Description

Teaching Shakespeare’s The Tempest? Looking for a way for students to practice annotating and close reading? If so, then this The Tempest Close Reading activities bundle is for you!

Each act close reading includes:

❊ Shakespeare’s Language handout: Review some key facts about Shakespeare’s language as well as commonly used terms found in each act.

❊ Vocabulary: Students define vocabulary words from the act, provide the connotation of the word, and explain their reasoning behind the connotation.

❊ Annotation Directions: An annotation key is provided to help students differentiate between their markings and develop a clear focus for annotating.

❊ Full text with wide margins: Plenty of room is provided for students to annotate on both sides of the text. Use the left side of summaries and the right side for questions, literary devices, and more.

❊ Reading questions: Short answer questions require students to provide textual evidence, make inferences and predictions, research allusions, and analyze word choice as well as character motivations and relationships.

❊ Standards Alignment chart: Provides a standard for each of the reading questions. (Based on the CCSS standards)

❊Suggested Answer Key: Since annotation can be subjective, the annotations included are samples. Sample responses are also included for the short answer questions.

Teachers Like You Said…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “It’s great to have the close reading activities to hand. I appreciate the time and effort that has gone into prepping these resources.” ~ Angela

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Supported the independent learning, comprehension, and story practice for my 10th-grade ELA classes nicely.” ~ Mischief and Magic in the Middle

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This was an ESSENTIAL resource for me as I taught The Tempest for the first time to a group of ELL students. Love, love, love the teacher notes and answer key. Thank you!” ~ Jennifer