AMY RICHARDS

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 site, the school pages of the Wellpinit and Reardan districts, and other sites. The guide asks for specific answers, reflective responses, and an analysis of the novel in relation to the found information. A great lesson!

Twenty question powerpoint Jeopardy game on Beowulf. Categories include: Monster Mash, He Got it From His Mama, Holding on for a Hero, and What?! We Had Vocab?

Six stations to enhance student reading of Dumas' Funny in Farsi. Teacher will need to print their own copies of the articles listed (so this posting does not break copyright laws) and find picture books on the USA and Iran at any public library.

Put your Lord of the Flies readers on teams in a Survivor-style challenge game that engages even when digitally learning or in a socially distant classroom. Use the Google suite for student collaboration on: - Challenge 1: Survival IQ - Challenge 2: Hut Building with Discussion Prompts - Challenge 3: Character Analysis with Masks - Challenge 4: Chapter Understanding with a digital breakout - Challenge 5: Symbol analysis with a map challenge - Challenge 6: Language analysis with a collaborative

A lesson that asks high school ELA students to study mentor passages written about eclipses, draft their own, safely view the April 8, 2024 (USA) solar eclipse, and then update/share their descriptive writing.

50 point test - multiple choice and short answer

Nine student-centered analysis activities to use for discussing/analyzing any poems.

An easy to use fill-in-the blank outline for students first beginning to write analysis outlines. Created to be used with any short story, but would work for any story/essay type.

Twenty question (short answer) quiz on pages 3-103 of Funny in Farsi

These four easy activities and corresponding discussion prompts ask students to become absurd themselves. Approximate time: 45 minutes

Prompts to encourage research, discussion, and connection-building to prepare students for Tom Stoppard's absurdist play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Resources and prompts to encourage background-building before reading Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party.

Five stations to prompt student analysis after reading or watching Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party

Analysis activity that asks students to consider the inspiration of and possible adaptations for the interrogation scene in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party drama.

Ten analytical discussion prompts to pair with the film *George Orwell: A Life in Pictures* (with streams online for free)

Six activities to introduce advanced learners to Toni Morrison on a digital choice boards. Each activity is unique, includes resources, & prompts reflection.

true/false, multiple choice, and short answer exam on Beowulf