Great Expectations Common Core and NCTE/IRA Standards-Aligned Teaching Guide

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This Literature Guide for Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is written using time-tested best practices for teaching, and is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, the NCTE/IRA English Language Arts Standards, and the Texas TEKS for Grades 9-12.
Includes:
• Common Core Alignment Documentation for Grades 9-12
• Pre-Reading Ideas and Activities List
• Note-Taking and Summarizing Guide
• Comprehension and Analysis Questions for entire novel
• Post-Reading and Extension Ideas
• Essay and Writing Prompts
• Quizzes and two final tests for differentiation
• Informational Focus article questions on Bildungsroman and Genre
• Informational Focus article and questions on A Tale of Two Endings
• Informational Focus article and questions on Victorian England
• Informational Focus article and questions on Early Nineteenth Century and Post-Industrial England
• Author Biography and questions
• Vocabulary Lists: with and without definitions
• Extended Vocabulary List
• Defined list of Allusions, Terminology, and Expressions

• CCSS Reading: Literature Focus lessons on
- Using Imagery and Figurative Language
- Satire
- Mystery
- Characterization
- Symbolism
- Foreshadowing and Theme
- Plot
- Theme

• CCSS Writing Focus activities and lessons:
- Character Sketch
- Writing About Character
- Altering Point of View
- Biographical Approach
- A Day in the Life
- Persuasive Essay

• CCSS Language Focus activities and lessons on

- Using Literary Devices and Rhetorical Techniques
- Sentence Structure

• CCSS Speaking and Listening Focus: Endings Debate