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This colorful PowerPoint introduces both the author, Sandra Cisneros, and the book, The House on Mango Street. It includes a picture and short bio of the author, a definition of vignette with activity, and a link to a video clip of Sandra speaking about herself and her writing with a follow up journal question. Great way to start the book! Background and border art by TpT seller, RedPepper

This version is made specifically for people in the 40HTW (40 hour teacher workweek) Club, there is another version of this same planner that does not have club information in the calendars. Click here for that version:The Reflective Teacher Planner and Binder Editable! 2026-2027Do you want to make goals, intentions, and reflections for your year, but struggle with a place to keep all of your thoughts? Are you part of Angela Watson's 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club, and need a little help staying

Tap into your students' creative sides with these "one-pager" assignments for each act of Romeo and Juliet. Pages include: a cover page with one-pager examples, an explanation page of the mini-project and how to cite from Shakespeare, and a grading rubric. A great way to incorporate quote selection, questioning, and personal connections.

Do you want to make goals, intentions, and reflections for your year, but struggle with a place to keep all of your thoughts? I created the Reflective Teacher Planner as a way to not only streamline the thinking process, but as a way to also plan, implement, and stay organized. This 250+ page planner is fully editable with PDF and PPT options, has three different files for three preps, five preps, or eight preps and includes:Goal setting pages for quarters, and the yearMonthly intentionsMonthly

Prepping to teach American Literature made easy! Included in this teaching pack is a PowerPoint for each Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism, along with a set of graphically organized teacher's notes, and a blank graphic organizer for students to take notes from the PowerPoint. There are four video links included in this pack, and each are approximately 28 minutes long -- two for Realism, and two for Modernism. Everything is aligned with the PIES approach: teaching American Literature through th

Everything you need to complete a roots, prefixes, suffixes unit! We always tell our students the purpose of learning these affixes is to figure out vocabulary-in-context. Many times we test students' knowledge of the affixes, but not their APPLICATION of them. In this definitions and assessment bundle each quiz includes a write-in section for definitions, approximately five multiple choice vocabulary words that use the affix, and students choose the best option based on their knowledge of the

A great introduction to the Puritans for your American Literature class. I use this every year as our first look at America's early settlers before reading authors such as Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, William Bradford, etc. Please provide feedback so that I may update my products, and keep them relevant to your classroom! Also see my resource for Anne Bradstreet here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Anne-Bradstreet-Poetry-Questions-and-Journal-Assignment Background art by TpT

Included are graphically organized sets of notes for both teacher (filled in) and student (blank) for every act of The Crucible! These close reading notes include a thematic focus through which to read each act, an introduction for each, and an essential question for which to find evidence. Students record evidence on the left side of the organizer, and write a short analysis on the right. It is a close-reading focused approach, and asks students to synthesize what they read, and answer the es

Little to no prep for teaching Dr. Heidegger's experiment! This 11 page slide contains brief pre-reading slides about looking for the allegory, symbolism, and characters in the text. The slides for after reading contain questions and symbols for students to explore in groups (9 symbols), and finally, a teacher's explanation for each of the symbols, characters, and how to determine the theme. Background art and fonts on the cover: TpT sellers RedPepper, Kelly Benefield, KG Fonts

While teaching Shakespeare's plays in my class I needed a way to assign roles while being fair, consistent, and not take up a lot of time in the beginning of class deciding who would read which role! The first document in this bundle is a survey which asks students to circle the length of role they are comfortable performing, along with sample characters that speak in that role. The next document is a list of all characters in each act in table by character/length of role/student assigned to

This has been so helpful to get my students to understand theme! Includes a student guide and a teacher's guide. In this four page guide students will understand how to comprehend theme through recognizing what the protagonist in the story learns, and how to turn that into a thematic statement. It also teaches the difference between a theme and a moral, and includes a page for practicing with previous stories. The teacher's guide has directions for the teacher on how to begin the lesson, wh

A PowerPoint that introduces students to the concept of prefixes, suffixes and root words. Explanation with example for each. Slide on word cells; abbreviations (L- Latin, ME- Middle English, Pr- Prefix). You can also buy the BUNDLE which includes 86 words and definitions, and 16 quizzes! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roots-Prefixes-and-Suffixes-No-Prep-Bundle-with-Assessments-2025427 Background art by TpT seller RedPepper

This introductory pack comes with a PowerPoint, student notes that follow the PowerPoint, and a set of teacher notes with all of the columns filled in. The notes take a "PIES" approach to teaching American Literature: Political, Intellectual, Economic, and Social aspects of American Realism. At the end of the PPT there are two links to two 28 minute free videos online about Regional Realism and Social Realism. A great introduction for your students! Zip File Contains: Teacher notes, Student no

This journal assignment is a great way for students to experience what it is really like to try and master a virtue. Great for use in your Revolutionary Period, Age of Reason, or Enlightenment unit. Students always gain a lot from this assignment. Includes directions, grading criteria, seven days of journal pages, and a final reflections page. Enjoy!

The SuperBowl is an exciting time for many of your students, and it’s often difficult to reel them in for your lesson on Monday. Why not use this as a time to incorporate a lesson on persuasion techniques? My students love it, and I know yours will, too! Included: Persuasion techniques handout, directions for the lesson, worksheets to fill in after watching commercials, and a follow-up sheet. Here is a website that hosts many of the commercials on one page: https://www.superbowl-commercials.o

Middle and high school teachers enjoy incorporating holidays into the secondary classroom just as much as elementary teachers, but it can be difficult to find age-appropriate materials. Enjoy these Valentine's Day reading and writing activities for grades 7-12 in your English or history classroom! Included in this pack: - A choice of two warmups - Two articles on the history of Valentine's Day - Worksheet with questions on the article - Persuasive writing prompt Please note this is a Zip file

Directions for an essay on "Catch the Moon," by Judith Ortiz Cofer. The directions give a definition of imagery, and ask students to choose images from the story to explain Luis' character development. In the instructions are instructions for each of the four paragraphs (minimum). There is a PDF and DOC version. I use this with a general level sophomore class, but it can be used from middle school through 10th grade.

Relating early American Literature to your student's lives can be a challenge, so here are some guided reading analysis questions and a journal response to get you started! Included are questions to get your students thinking about Bradstreet's poems, "Upon the Burning of Our House," and, "To My Dear and Loving Husband." Also included is a journal question and response sheet to relating Bradstreet's experience to your students' own experience.

This product includes a PDF and DOC file of the narrative writing essay assessment and story exercises that I use with my 11th grade writing class. This exercise can be modified for any grade level and would also be middle school appropriate. It includes a copy of the essay assessment, and exercises that can take about two class periods to create character sketches and a "storyboard" of sorts with a comic strip graphic organizer of the plot. This exercises really helped my students hone in on im

Author's Craft and Purpose in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a Common Core Aligned lesson/worksheet to help students understand choices authors make when structuring and crafting a story, and how that structure creates or detracts from meaning. Includes a teacher's guide!