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Say hello to a platform dedicated to industrious, yet overtasked teachers like you. Say goodbye to countless hours spent developing relevant and engaging ELA lessons. Whether you are teaching the fundamentals of grammar, creative writing skills, classic literature, or contemporary fiction, you will find thousands of activities and assessments to help you achieve a healthier work-life balance without sacrificing academic rigor.
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering Act 2 of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The quiz may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the play. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
Gonzalo’s interactions with King Alonso
Sebastian’s interactions with King Alonso
The reason for King Alonso’s emotional distress
Ariel’s effect on the shipwrecked crew
Antonio’s planned betrayal of King Alonso
Caliban’s feelings toward Prospero
The role of Trinculo
Trinculo’s reaction to Caliban
The characterization of Stephano
Caliban’s assumption about Trinculo and Caliban
Caliban’s decision to serve Stephano
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering Act 1 of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The quiz may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the play. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
The purpose of King Alonso’s travels
The calmest character in the midst of a terrible storm
Prospero’s former title
The relationship between Prospero and Miranda
Prospero’s intentions
Prospero’s studies
The relationship between Prospero and Antonio
Ariel’s function
Ferdinand’s sadness
The characterization of Sycorax
Interactions between Prospero and Ariel
The first interaction between Ferdinand and Miranda
Prospero’s feelings toward Ferdinand
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this bundle of plot-based quizzes covering William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. These assessments may double as guided reading handouts to facilitate active engagement with the play. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
The purpose of King Alonso’s travels
The calmest character in the midst of a terrible storm
Prospero’s former title
The relationship between Prospero and Miranda
Prospero’s intentions
Prospero’s studies
The relationship between Prospero and Antonio
Ariel’s function
Ferdinand’s sadness
The characterization of Sycorax
Interactions between Prospero and Ariel
The first interaction between Ferdinand and Miranda
Prospero’s feelings toward Ferdinand
Gonzalo’s interactions with King Alonso
Sebastian’s interactions with King Alonso
The reason for King Alonso’s emotional distress
Ariel’s effect on the shipwrecked crew
Antonio’s planned betrayal of King Alonso
Caliban’s feelings toward Prospero
The role of Trinculo
Trinculo’s reaction to Caliban
The characterization of Stephano
Caliban’s assumption about Trinculo and Caliban
Caliban’s decision to serve Stephano
Ferdinand’s status at the start of the Act
Ferdinand’s perspective on doing hard labor
The interactions between Ferdinand and Miranda
The effect of said interactions on Prospero
Caliban’s resentment of Trinculo
Stephano’s visions of the future
Ariel’s eavesdropping on Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban
A strange occurrence
Ariel’s warnings to King Alonso and his attendants
Prospero’s observations
King Alonso’s psychological state
Gonzalo’s concerns about his cohorts
Prospero’s advice for the engaged couple, Miranda and Ferdinand
Ariel’s role in terms of arranging the wedding ceremony
Gifts given to Miranda and Ferdinand
The sprites who impersonate various goddesses
An interruption during the wedding festivities
Prospero’s erratic behavior
How Prospero intends to entice his enemies
Caliban’s awareness of a trap
Prospero’s assessment of Caliban’s character
Caliban’s epiphany
The appearance of spirits in the form of animals
Miranda and Ferdinand’s actions
Advice given to help Prospero “become tender”
Prospero’s reason for letting his enemies go
A major personal decision made by Prospero
Ariel’s fate
Alonso’s dynamic character
Prospero’s reason for not accusing his enemies of treason
The fate of the shipwrecked crew
Caliban’s promise
Prospero’s storytelling
Ariel’s last act of helping Prospero
Conditions under which Caliban will be freed
Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of The Tempest. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the play during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
A total of 118 words are addressed: abide, abstemious, abysm, acquaint, adder, affliction, ague, alack, allay, amends, anon, aspersion, auspicious, austerely, barren, baseness, beseech, besiege, bestow, brine, certes, chastise, chirurgeonly, coragio, cur, deboshed, desolate, diligent, direful, discase, discord, dismay, drollery, ebb, enmity, entreat, expeditious, extirpate, fain, filbert, foison, frail, frippery, furlong, gaberdine, gale, hearken, hither, idle, impertinent, incense, indignation, industrious, infirmity, insolent, invulnerable, jocund, knave, liege, loathly, lusty, mar, marmoset, mischance, murrain, mutineer, mutinous, nimble, oracle, paragon, paunch, penitent, perdition, perpetual, pertly, pickle, pox, prate, prattle, prescience, prithee, promontory, quarrel, rabble, rapt, ratify, reign, repose, requite, rite, sanctimonious, sans, scurvy, shun, sicklemen, sirrah, sloth, sot, spendthrift, supplant, tawny, thence, thrice, totter, treacherous, trice, tricksy, trumpery, vain, valiant, verdure, vexation, viands, vigilance, wanton, wearily, withal, and yarely.
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A plot-based quiz, three close reading worksheets (one per scene), a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Demonstrate knowledge of parts of speech
Determine the meanings of unfamiliar and archaic words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author’s stylistic choices and dramatic techniques
Describe tone in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Contrast two characters (Miranda and Ferdinand)
Conduct brief research on the mythological harpy and analyze what the creature has in common with Ariel
Apply knowledge of literary devices including personification, situational irony, and dramatic irony
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works
Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 2 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A plot-based quiz, two close reading worksheets (one per scene), a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meanings of unfamiliar and archaic words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author’s stylistic choices and dramatic techniques
Describe tone in context
Determine the function of a given excerpt
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Compare two characters (Antonio and Sebastian)
Apply knowledge of literary devices including situational irony
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works
Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 1 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A plot-based quiz, two close reading worksheets (one per scene), a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meanings of unfamiliar and archaic words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author’s stylistic choices and dramatic techniques
Determine the primary function of a given scene
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including dramatic irony and hyperbole
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works
Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 4 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A plot-based quiz, a close reading worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meanings of unfamiliar and archaic words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author’s stylistic choices and dramatic techniques
Consider tone in context
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including epiphany and figurative language
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering Act 4 of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The quiz may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the play. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
Prospero’s advice for the engaged couple, Miranda and Ferdinand
Ariel’s role in terms of arranging the wedding ceremony
Gifts given to Miranda and Ferdinand
The sprites who impersonate various goddesses
An interruption during the wedding festivities
Prospero’s erratic behavior
How Prospero intends to entice his enemies
Caliban’s awareness of a trap
Prospero’s assessment of Caliban’s character
Caliban’s epiphany
The appearance of spirits in the form of animals
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this quiz covering Act 5 of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The quiz may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the play. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
Miranda and Ferdinand’s actions
Advice given to help Prospero “become tender”
Prospero’s reason for letting his enemies go
A major personal decision made by Prospero
Ariel’s fate
Alonso’s dynamic character
Prospero’s reason for not accusing his enemies of treason
The fate of the shipwrecked crew
Caliban’s promise
Prospero’s storytelling
Ariel’s last act of helping Prospero
Conditions under which Caliban will be freed
Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and dramatic craft analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Act 5 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A plot-based quiz, a close reading worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meanings of unfamiliar and archaic words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author’s stylistic choices and dramatic techniques
Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including dynamic character and symbolism
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about Shakespearean drama with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss dramatic works
Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Act 2 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A vocabulary application worksheet, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: acquaint, adder, ague, anon, beseech, chirurgeonly, enmity, filbert, foison, gaberdine, idle, lusty, marmoset, nimble, paragon, perpetual, prate, prithee, repose, scurvy, sloth, spendthrift, supplant, and tawny.
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Act 4 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A vocabulary application worksheet, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: abstemious, amends, aspersion, austerely, discord, frail, frippery, indignation, industrious, infirmity, loathly, mar, mischance, oracle, pertly, rabble, ratify, rite, sanctimonious, shun, sicklemen, trumpery, vexation, and wanton.
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A vocabulary application worksheet, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: baseness, brine, certes, deboshed, desolate, diligent, drollery, incense, invulnerable, jocund, murrain, mutineer, paunch, perdition, prattle, quarrel, reign, sot, totter, valiant, viands, vigilance, wearily, and withal.
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Act 1 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A vocabulary application worksheet, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: abysm, alack, allay, auspicious, barren, besiege, cur, direful, extirpate, fain, furlong, hearken, hither, impertinent, insolent, pox, prescience, rapt, sans, thence, treacherous, vain, verdure, and yarely.
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Act 5 of William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest. A vocabulary application worksheet, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: abide, affliction, bestow, chastise, coragio, discase, dismay, ebb, entreat, expeditious, gale, knave, liege, mutinous, penitent, pickle, promontory, requite, sirrah, thrice, trice, and tricksy.
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
This end-of-unit test covers William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest and includes an answer key, as well as a standards-based rubric for scoring essays. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By taking this assessment, students will:
Demonstrate knowledge of significant characters and the key aspects of their lives
Demonstrate knowledge of significant events throughout the play
Identify the context of meaningful quotations in the play
Apply knowledge of a variety of literary devices applied in the play including hyperbole, metaphor, personification, situational irony, and more
Respond to an essay prompt requiring students to generate a relevant theme in the context of the play and explore its development
Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims made in an academic essay
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the short story “Early Autumn” by Langston Hughes. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the text. An answer key and copy of the narrative are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following aspects of plot:
Point of view
Setting
The history of Bill and Mary
An example of Mary’s impulsiveness
The reason for Bill and Mary’s reunion
Bill’s career
The nature of the conversation between Bill and Mary
What brings an end to the conversation
Why Mary is upset
The resolution
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the text. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following aspects of plot:
Shiftlet’s distinguishing physical characteristic
Shiftlet’s stated background
Lucynell’s condition
Mrs. Crater’s motivations
The relationship between Shiftlet and Lucynell
Shiftlet’s deception
Shiftlet’s interactions with a hitchhiker
The allusion to the title
And more
Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the short story “Breakfast” by John Steinbeck. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the text. An answer key and copy of the narrative are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following aspects of plot:
Point of view
Setting
The protagonist’s emotional reaction to his memories
Weather conditions
Sensory details
The protagonist’s encounter with a family
What impresses the protagonist about members of the family
How generosity is made evident
The resolution