Challenge high school students to move beyond surface-level comprehension with this close reading analysis worksheet covering a portion of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17). From applying knowledge of literary devices to making inferences about the author’s intentions, readers will be supported by a set of rigorous questions complementing the text. An answer key is included. 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 as needed
- Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
- Determine the function of a particular chapter
- Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Apply knowledge of literary devices such as metaphor
- Indicate the most prevalent theme in a given chapter
- Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
- Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
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The Handmaid's Tale Chapters 1-17 Quizzes, Worksheets, and Vocabulary Games
Evaluate reading comprehension, facilitate college readiness vocabulary development, and support analysis of plot and literary craft with this bundle of activities and assessments covering a portion of *The Handmaid's Tale* by Margaret Atwood (chapters 1 through 17). Plot-based quizzes, close reading inference worksheets, vocabulary application activities, crossword puzzles, word search games, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these activities, students will: * Read for literal comprehension * Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed * Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences * Articulate the contradictory nature of a given word as it is used in the text * Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques, including how language is used as a manipulative tool in the novel * Describe tone in context * Determine the function of a particular chapter * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Apply knowledge of literary devices such as anaphora, metaphor, and pun * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence * Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
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The Handmaid's Tale Close Reading Analysis Worksheets Bundle
Challenge students to move beyond surface-level comprehension with this bundle of nine close reading analysis worksheets covering *The Handmaid's Tale* by Margaret Atwood. From applying knowledge of literary devices to making inferences about the author's intentions, readers will be supported by rigorous questions complementing the novel. The range of question types may also facilitate small-group review discussions and prepare students for standardized testing scenarios. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these close reading activities, students will: * Read for literal comprehension * Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed * Infer the intended effects of the author's word choices and narrative techniques, including how language is used as a manipulative tool in the novel * Discern the functions of given passages or chapters * Describe tone in context * Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop * Apply knowledge of literary devices including allusion, ambiguity, anaphora, dramatic irony, metaphor, pun, situational irony, and more * Consider themes in context * Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence * Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision * Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
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