This resource extends beyond text comprehension, helping high school students analyze the formal elements of fiction and respond thoughtfully in writing to questions about literature. The featured short story is titled “The Singing Bone” by the Brothers Grimm. An answer key and copy of the public domain short story, which has an estimated Lexile measure of 1100-1200, are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By completing this exercise, students will:
- Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly
- Define complex words and phrases in context, with emphasis on archaic usage
- Analyze nuances in word meanings
- Choose the most appropriate synonym to replace a word
- Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text with emphasis on lesser known concepts: metonymy, epizeuxis, polysyndeton, and anastrophe
- Apply knowledge of more basic literary devices to the text: consonance, assonance, alliteration, personification, and situational irony
- Write clearly, concisely, and accurately in response to analytical questioning
- Cite textual evidence in support of claims
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Grimms' Fairy Tales Close Reading Bundle
This bundled close reading resource promotes thoughtful, critical analysis of several classic Grimms' fairy tales, helping students focus on significant details to develop improved reading proficiency and contribute more meaningfully to class discussion. Each close reading assessment includes an answer key with detailed explanations for correct options. You will receive two versions of each individual item: a Word Document version and a PDF version. These resources may serve as the basis for small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers' reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking. Make reading more purposeful with these close reading activities to support students in their efforts to demonstrate the following: * An ability to define complex vocabulary in context * An ability to analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character motivations * An ability to analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character relationships * An ability to analyze the text for literary devices such as foreshadowing, situational irony, dramatic irony, theme, symbolism, dynamic character, and more * An ability to find and articulate relevant textual details in support of a claim * An ability to analyze context clues to discern and articulate the significance of a given detail * An ability to articulate what the text indicates both explicitly and implicitly * An ability to write with clarity and precision
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“The Singing Bone” by the Brothers Grimm Quiz and Close Reading Bundle
Help middle and high school students improve fluency, stamina, text comprehension, and close reading analysis of the formal elements of fiction with this bundle of resources for teaching “The Singing Bone” by the Brothers Grimm. Included are the following: a self-grading, plot based quiz; a worksheet composed of high-order questions; a copy of the public domain short story (estimated Lexile Measure of 1100-1200); and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By completing the close reading activity, students will: * Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly * Define complex words and phrases in context, with emphasis on archaic usage * Analyze nuances in word meanings * Choose the most appropriate synonym to replace a word * Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text with emphasis on lesser known concepts: metonymy, epizeuxis, polysyndeton, and anastrophe * Apply knowledge of more basic literary devices to the text: consonance, assonance, alliteration, personification, and situational irony * Write clearly, concisely, and accurately in response to analytical questioning * Cite textual evidence in support of claims
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