This reading quiz tests on the history of the Greek Drama (see related powerpoint) through the First Choral Episode in Aeschylus's play, Agamemnon... ByF. Drew
This essay writing prompt prepares students for the California High School Exit Exam by allowing for practice of the Biographical Narrative writing... ByCahsee Guru
This is a fifty-word crossword puzzle on Michael Ondaatje's Giller prize-winning novel Anil's Ghost. It can be used as a review or assigned as an ... ByMichael Cummings
Prepositions and prepositional phrases can cause problems in sentence structure. Students may mistake the object of a preposition as the subject of... ByCarolyn Elam
English Irregular Verbs in 18 pages and 237KB. Guided verb search, appropriate to use in class or for self studying.
Looking up a verb can be a... ByAmy Karagiannaki
This is a COMPLETELY revised lecture about a consensus model for argument. Lots more pictures and more detailed discussion of the rubric for this ... ByDonna Hart
This handout allows students to make reflection entries after each of their writing assignments. The goal is to eliminate repeated mistakes and im... ByChelsie Bergen
I searched high and low for a basic, close reading test that would simply show me whether students did their outside-of-class reading of THE HUNGER... BySylvia Jackson
This test contains questions for Emerson's Self-Reliance and Nature and Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience. There are 55 multiple choice ques... ByCaroline Hopkins
This is a worksheet that selects 28 quotations from Shakespeare's Macbeth, asks students to find those lines, provide the context from which the co... ByA.l.b.
An accompaniment to the essay on international adoption, Finding Yuri, included 3 word puzzles: word search, hidden phrase, and crossword. Solution... ByPica Kahn
Chapter 3, from my own textbook Humorous & Serious: A Guide and Reader for Critical Thinking, contains easy-to-understand definitions and funny exa... ByJoy Learning
Designed to help students break down a CAHSEE writing prompt by identifying cue words, determining purpose, ascertaining audience, and developing a... ByChris Pirraglia
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the definition of a sonnet and its history, then allows the teacher to interactively guide his... ByEntwinedteachers
A fun, interactive introduction to beginnings/endings or introductions/conclusions. Includes how-to successfully "hook" readers, pull readers in, a... ByBeth Hammett
This individual or group activity uses twelve terminologies (alliteration, similis, metaphors, puns, adjectives, onomatopoeia, and more!) to get s... ByBeth Hammett
How to write effective titles: what to do/what not to do, plus examples of effective titles, and famous novels such as Gone With the Wind/The Great... ByBeth Hammett
I use Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry to show students how to match pronouns and antecedents in number. Like this? See my other grammar lessons using ... ByWendy Turner
This comprehensive reading guide takes students through the essential plot points, character actions, symbols, and themes. The questions are a mix ... ByAngstfilledmind
This is an abbreviated version of my book report project menu that gives students choices on what activities to do for their book report. ... ByCynthia Brock
Teaches students the basic background about satire. Examples are broken down, so that students can recognize the literary elements that make satire... ByCreativity
The following document will help prepare English students write a spotting test by scaffolding the development of a passage analysis. Students will... ByThe Green Faery
A proper lesson and a board game at the same time.
210KB, 31 pages of pps, 26 mistakes to be spotted and analyzed. It works well with ... ByAmy Karagiannaki
This comprehensive research paper consists of 30 pages total, with 13 sources of varying types. Among other features, there is the abstract, state... ByDeborah Leech
More Grammar & more than Grammar...
Exclamations is another Piece of Cake by Amy Karagiannaki. Exclamatory words and phrases are presented through... ByAmy Karagiannaki
This PDF file, created in Microsoft Publisher, is a project overview and newspaper model for students. Groups can consist of 4-5 students, and eac... ByCaroline Hopkins
This material supplements the scavenger hunts for chapters 8 & 9. It could be done by individuals or groups at home or in the classroom.... By Lonnie Jones Taylor
A full, 68-page unit plan for the Shakespearean tragedy. This comprehensive packet includes detailed lesson plans, handout activities (see my item... ByDanielle Beach
Struggling with fragments? Commas after introductory clauses? Creating complex sentences? This kinesthetic activity is designed to force students t... ByAngie Kratzer
This simple yet very effective one-two period lesson will help students take the form of haiku (which most students LOVE to write) and help them tu... ByFrancine Witte
This study guide includes basic comprehension, reaction/opinion, and analytic questions based upon chapters 11-end of the novel. There are 61 ques... ByMs. W.
Use this worksheet of 6 items to give your elementary students more practice in using proofreading marks and writing sentences correctly.... ByCarrie Meyer
This is a simple, multiple choice test (and answer key) for The Catcher in The Rye.
The questions are literal recall questions and do not requi... ByAdam Erickson
This is a group essay unit in which students work in groups to write compositions. I usually use this assignment after we have finished a class nov... ByAdam Erickson