Use Katy Perry's popular song "Firework" to teach figurative language, sound devices, and other poetry terms. You can decide how many and which dev... ByTracee Orman
Complete teaching unit for Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins from Best Seller & Top-Rated teacher author Tracee Orman.
This unit contains the follow... ByTracee Orman
This exercise illustrates to students exactly why revision and rewriting is a necessary part of the writing process. It is helpful to do this activ... ByLaura Torres
An excellent introduction to the life and times of William Shakespeare. This can be shown before you read or act any of Shakespeare's plays. Downl... ByTracee Orman
Most students zone out when it comes to learning English usage, spelling, grammar and mechanics. And the older they get, the more they question the... ByTracee Orman
A student resource packet for William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (10 pages total). This is an excellent handout to give students upon introduc... ByTonya Thompson
This CD contains all of my Poetry & Figurative Language lessons, activities, art prints, powerpoints, quizzes, and more. It also includes a bonus a... ByTracee Orman
Get all three Hunger Games novel teaching units in one shipment at a discounted price!
This bundle includes my Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and ... ByTracee Orman
Your student has a working thesis and research for a research paper. Now what? I find that incorporating the research into body paragraphs is the ... ByLaura Torres
Enhance your students' understanding of grammar by teaching them how to diagram sentences! Sentence diagramming is a way of visually understanding... ByChristina Mitchell
This complete unit has everything you need to teach writing a research paper from start to finish. Everything here is classroom-tested with hundred... ByLaura Torres
This .zip folder contains over 9 megs of handouts, assignments, quizzes, activities, literary criticism, et al. for George Orwell's 1984. As an add... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
Download includes two tests for Cormac McCarthy's The Road.
A 50 short-answer question test with an additional nine possible essay questions.
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This free item is the first page of a 37 page to help students understand how to write a persuasive essay, as well as understanding vocabulary, cri... ByLynn Eggleston
This CD contains ALL of my literature resources that can be used with any novel, short story, play (and includes Shakespeare resources), poem, etc.... ByTracee Orman
This 2 1/2 page double-sided list contains 201 different formats that can be successfully incorporated into class work that promotes writing. These... ByPeddler
This is a classification essay activity and is an excellent expository writing assignment. The attached file contains a description of the assignm... ByWilliam Woodrum
This lesson plan template (which is fully editable) is specifically designed for the English teacher, incorporating writing and reading check lists... ByTracee Orman
If you are looking for just the tests and quizzes for teaching The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, look no further.
This bundle contains 12 doc... ByTracee Orman
Perhaps you don't have the time to show an entire movie in class, or maybe you don't have access to it. You can still do a comparison between the n... ByTracee Orman
This PowerPoint will walk students through a graphic organizer to help them write an essay, either expository or persuasive. A sample of the graphi... ByHappyedugator
Enjoy this free activity to use while teaching The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and/or Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
Students will use creativ... ByTracee Orman
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Teaching Unit
This has my complete digital download Mockingjay Teaching Unit, plus several bonus lessons and activit... ByTracee Orman
Completely rewritten & expanded July 2011
This is a complete, loosely-structured novel unit for John Gardner�s Grendel. There are no stri... ByAdam Erickson
This four page guide asks students to examine how "absolutely true" Alexie's novel is by visiting the author's official website, the Spokane Indian... ByAmy Richards
These are six reading quizzes for Orwell's 1984. Originally designed for an AP English language class, they may be used as they are or in conjuncti... ByEugene Wohlsdorf
This is a complete, loosely-structured unit. Rather than a day-by-day schedule, you will find a collection of materials that you may use in any seq... ByAdam Erickson
Study Guides: Here are fifteen student Study Guide handouts and fifteen combination chapter Quizzes and Discussion Prompts for A Lesson Before Dyin... ByAdam Erickson
Use with The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and/or Mockingjay.
Students map out the 74th & 75th arenas (and the Capitol in Mockingjay) and also crea... ByTracee Orman
Here's an original synthesis-style essay prompt that's perfect for AP Lang & Comp or a college Comp/Rhetoric class (where I use it). Can be used as... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
This is a persuasive writing activity. Show the students the powerpoint where you pose the argument (complete with supporting details and paragrap... ByMr. Z
Attached are 11 pages of resources for Albert Camus's most famous piece of existential short fiction, "The Guest." In addition to handouts on exist... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
Author Suzanne Collins uses rich language filled with similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, and irony in "The Hunger Games." This activi... ByTracee Orman
This product contains 80 vocabulary words (10 per day for eight days) from Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. Students can write sen... By"kopish"
This activity involves the whole class and is a nice break from workbooks or lectures on identifying parts of speech.
My students love this activ... ByLaura Torres
In honor of the final Harry Potter movie this week, enjoy these FREE printable Harry Potter bookmarks. Contains several different designs for six p... ByTracee Orman
What are Prepositions, how are they used, how can they be used to enhance writing, and prepositional activities. Fun, interactive PowerPoint for bu... ByBeth Hammett
This is a complete, loosely-structured novel unit for J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in The Rye. There is no strict schedule or pacing guide here, t... ByAdam Erickson
Preface to Simms, Norman. A New Midrashic Reading of Geoffrey Chaucer. His Life and Works. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2004. i-x. An introductio... ByJoseph Abraham Levi
This is a complete history of the English language beginning at its very earliest roots, its evolution and causes for them through modern English. ... ByWen-n-steve
This packet includes a simple-to-understand explanation of run-on sentences, a worksheet, quiz and answer keys. The sentences are entertaining and ... ByLaura Torres
An 8 slide PowerPoint presentation on 6 different text structures, including cause and effect, comparison/contrast, and sequence. The first slide i... ByHappyedugator
This power point presentation contains 15 unique slides that all explore the idea of trees as a symbol for Melinda in the novel Speak by Laurie Hal... ByEla Ms. P
A study of Native American Oral Traditions. Although this PowerPoint was created with "The Sky Tree" and "Coyote Finishes His Work" in mind, other ... ByJosh Rutherford
This product includes 2 never-fail fun lessons that will introduce, teach, and practice alphabetical order (using manipulatives) in a way that enga... ByValerie Bryant Bennett
This packet of worksheets contains extensive guided practice on figurative language. Metaphor, personification, simile, idioms, hyperbole, and lite... ByThe Mr. G Show
My students love this! For this assignment students are asked to create an Anglo Saxon boast about themselves using the standard conventions of Ang... ByAsa Suriano