Engage high school students with a dark fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm: “The Juniper Tree.” With this close reading worksheet, students will go beyond basic reading comprehension and practice their critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills. An answer key is included, as well as a copy of the narrative, which makes a fitting addition to a short story unit for grades 9 through 12, especially during the Halloween season. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By completing this close reading activity, students will:
- Read for literal comprehension
- Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings
- Infer the intended effects of the authors’ word choices and narrative techniques
- Determine the function of a given passage
- Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Apply knowledge of various literary devices including allusion, black humor, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, onomatopoeia, personification, and more
- Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
- Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
- Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
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Grimm's Fairy Tale Close Reading Analysis Worksheets with Answer Keys
Help students go beyond basic reading comprehension and sharpen their literary analysis skills with this bundle of 20 close reading worksheets covering a variety of classic Grimm's fairy tales. (**Answer keys are included.**) With these materials, students will perform tasks such as examining character development, exploring themes in fiction, applying knowledge of literary devices, making evidence-based inferences about the effects of word choices, and much more. The following short stories are covered: * "Cinderella" * "Rumpelstiltskin" * "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" * "Sleeping Beauty" * "Hansel and Gretel" * "The Juniper Tree" * "The Elves and the Shoemaker" * "The Hare and the Hedgehog" * "The Wolf and the Fox" * "The Bremen Town Musicians" * "The Queen Bee" * "The Raven" * "The Godfather" * "The Death of the Little Hen" * "The Donkey" * "The Old Woman in the Wood" * "The Four Clever Brothers" * "The Owl" * "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage" * "The Poor Boy in the Grave"
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"The Juniper Tree" Quiz, Worksheets, and Vocabulary Games (Grimm's Fairy Tale)
Embrace the Halloween season (no matter what time of year), evaluate general reading comprehension, and sharpen critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with this bundle of materials for teaching the dark Grimm's fairy tale "The Juniper Tree." A plot-based quiz, close reading worksheet, literary elements activity, vocabulary application exercise, crossword puzzle, word search, the short story, 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 * Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings * Isolate examples of compelling sensory description * Infer the intended effects of the authors' word choices and narrative techniques * Determine the function of a given passage * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Apply knowledge of various literary devices including allusion, black humor, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, onomatopoeia, personification, and more * Make connections between elements of the story and aspects of the modern-day Halloween season * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence * Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision * Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
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