This exercise uses passages from 451 to help students practice identifying and understanding the concepts of symbolism, alliteration, metaphor, sim... ByEmily S.
This handout is a practice activity for using context clues to acquire new vocabulary. Students read a short passage and complete a chart. Students... ByEmily S.
This graphic organizer is an outline for the writing of a persuasive letter. This outline is especially useful for visual learners who prefer to se... ByEmily S.
This worksheet gives students practice in differentiating between metaphor, simile, and personification. Students read each example and label it ap... ByEmily S.
This document describes two activities that I use to teach descriptive writing in my classes: The peppermint activity and the blue duck activity. T... ByEmily S.
This is an anticipation guide for the giver. It's a pre-reading activity that helps students to build their prediction and discussion skills. This ... ByEmily S.
This activity helps students build skills in acquiring vocabulary through context clues. The students read a short passage and then answer question... ByEmily S.
This activity is an active discussion about the themes and topics presented in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible." The activity requires students to ge... ByEmily S.
This packet includes four graphic organizers to help students analyze any work of fiction for plot, character, conflict, and theme. This packet wor... ByEmily S.
This outline is for students who are visual learners. Instead of the traditional outline with letters and Roman numerals, this outline is designed ... ByEmily S.
This PowerPoint presentation gives students the historical background they need to understand Elie Wiesel's "Night." Each slide highlights the main... ByEmily S.
Included in this download are descriptions of project ideas and options for the novel "The Contender" by Lipsyte. Projects include writing topics a... ByEmily S.
This file is a list of 7 sets of 10 words to use for vocabulary lessons during Julius Caesar. The words are listed with their parts of speech and d... ByEmily S.
This is a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation introducing students to the background information for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The presentation giv... ByEmily S.
This is a great vocabulary in context activity for The Alchemist. It could be adopted for any text, however. This is also wonderful state test prep... ByEmily S.
This is a definition sheet for the literary terms and definitions (like empathy and hypocrisy) for a novel study of To Kill a Mockingbird.... ByEmily S.
This power point presentation takes students through the literary terms necessary for a unit on poetry and/or drama. Each slide has a term, definit... ByEmily S.
This handout guides students through what thesis statement should look like for a research paper. Examples of both good and bad thesis statements a... ByEmily S.
I created this graphic organizer for my 9th grade class's study of The Odyssey. This is an archetype graphic organizer for damsel in distress, the ... ByEmily S.
This worksheet guides students through questions about the historical background of To Kill a Mockingbird. It takes students from the Great Depress... ByEmily S.