145 Essay Prompts!

These topics can be used throughout our English department, and the whole school as "Step Up to Writing" essays. Thanks for your great products.

Among the Hidden Literature Guide: 70+ pages; Standards-Based

I was somewhat disappointed. The type is too small. Not enough "white space" on the paper. I teach resource English. My students need size 14 font and fewer words on each page. I have tried to download this literature guide and only the title page appears and prints. Excellent! You covered the bases. I am getting my money's worth. Thanks for sharing.

Animal Farm Literature Guide: 63 pages of Standards-Based Materials

This is a great resource. The activities are engaging and the information is very thorough.

Bathroom Passes

Thank you Excellent and Creative idea - this can really be put to use :) perfect! I definitely will use them. Great Resource, thanks! great idea - one i'll share with my team.

Brave New World Literature Guide: 64 pages of Standards-Based material

This is one of the most comprehensive and "user friendly" literature guides I've ever purchased. This is exactly what I wanted to do with my students but didn't have time to do myself. This unit is very thorough and covers a wide variety of standards. I will definitely buy from this author again. I love that this unit is so comprehensive--it goes way beyond mere study questions and objective tests. Wonderful work! Wow- this was so helpful! Thank you for a wonderful unit!

Bud, Not Buddy Literature Guide: 80 pages of Standards-Based materials

This lesson plan was exactly what I needed to aid in the teaching of this book to my class. I am thoroughly enjoying using it and any teacher that purchases this product will be truly satisfied A great unit for the novel that incorporates many English/Language Arts standards. Thanks!

Choosing the Right Books Handout

We use Accelerated Reader at my school, so the kids are given a list of books, many of which they haven't heard of, to choose from. This is a great, concrete method for them to pick up a few of those books and make a choice. This is a great resource, but I fear that my students will be confused by the flowchart format. Otherwise, a creative, concise, practical guide.

Elements of Literature

Very nice! Thank you! This is a nice and concise handout for students to follow...but it is something that could be easily accessed anywhere on the web. Good job making it concise and clear for students to use. Excellent summary of Literature topics - very helpful for students :) Thank you!

Essay Architect Writing System: 103 pages of Standards-Based material

This is one of the best essay lessons I have ever come across. It is time consuming in the beginning. but the kids really "get it"! This is absolutely an invaluable resource. Writing is the most difficult part of English to teach, and the area most students are weak. This resource truly supplements my instruction. I will incorporate these lessons more thoroughly next semester and compare student success. Very useful. I have just purchase this writting system. It seems very thorough on expository, compare/contrast and others but lacking on persuasive essays. There is only one page of a scaffold for this type. While the general info applies; the practice essays do not include examples of persuasive essays. I like the activity sheets, there seems to be ample practice for putting together all types of essays except for persuassive.

Freak the Mighty Literature Guide: 77 pages; Standards-Based materials

I found this literature guide to be very user friendly and saved me a great deal of time not having to create the materials myself. Highly recommended if you are interested in reading the book in your class. I love the novel study and want to use every page. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to! I will be looking to buy more in the future, guaranteed. Thanks a lot. Teacher's guide is very easy to use and has the key elements needed to teach the book. Wow! As a middle school language arts teacher and mother of three, I find this guide to be a life saver! FANTASTIC! I am reading Freak the Mighty with my class because of bullying issues; I really appreciate that you included several activities geared toward this topic. Excellent!! Thanks. LOVE IT!!! Found one error: Crossword Puzzle for Chapters 6-10. There is an extra box for #1 down. The key and handout are made to accomodate "s-w-i-l-l-i-i-n-g" , but there should only be one "i" after the double "l" ....."s-w-i-l-l-i-n-g" .

Hamlet Literature Guide: 48 pages of Standards-Based materials

I wish this unit had the weekly schedule like Macbeth did. Otherwise, very good unit.

Incorporating Quotations into Essays

Everything I get from this author is something I can use in class on a daily basis. This teacher's products are excellent.

Lord of the Flies Literature Guide: 78 pages; Standards-Based material

Excellent!

Macbeth Literature Guide: 43 pages of Standards-Based materials

Ready to print and use in the classroom. Quality. I think it will get me off to a great start with seniors since I haven't taught Macbeth in ages -- thanks

Night Literature Guide: over 72 pages of Standards-Based materials

Superior Quality overall. Provides background information and even vocabulary lists-with the definitions. A great selection of materials to choose from. Love how the guides always cover note-taking skills in a practical format as well as literary critical thinking.

Of Mice and Men Literature Guide: 50 pages of Standards-Based material

The unit of study of very thorough and provides a lot of the necessary materials for the various categories, Knowledge and Understanding, Application, and Communication. WIll not let me download! I bought this product about a week ago and I click the download button and it sends me to the OMandM information page.

Romeo and Juliet Literature Guide: 48 pages; Standards-Based materials

I've bought three of Mrs. Bowers' literature guides and can't say enough about their thoroughness, clarity, and practicality. As I previously stated, I particularly love the change in literary focus per chapter or act.

Shakespeare Student Publication PowerPoint

Visually beautiful and stimulating. I am using this at school with my teenage year 10 class and I feel inspired to ask them to create their own Powerpoint demo based on a theme of Romeo and Juliet. Thank you!

Shakespeare Unit Presentation PowerPoint

This was exactly what I needed! This was a very helpful starting point for me. I added some Elizabethen music and changed the background and fonts. There are some interesting free "Shakespeare" fonts that can be found with a simple internet search (free shakespeare ttf). I made all the files forward by phyiscal prompt so that I could add commentary and explanation. I teach special ed. seniors and created a guided note sheet so they could watch the presentation for information and fill in the notes as they watched. This kind of assist is very useful for these particular students. However - not starting from scratch was a huge help! Thanks.

The Crucible Literature Guide: 65 pages of Standards-Based materials

Ms. Bowers has done a superb job of creating these teacher materials. I am looking forward to using them in my classes Since I've never taught The Crucible, I found this guide invaluable. Although my instincts on how to teach the play are in line with Mrs. Bowers', I didn't have the time to prepare my own guide nor Mrs. Bowers' experience and stamina (smile). Over the thirty-five years of my teaching, I have used a number of teacher manuals for teaching The Crucible. Mrs. Bowers' teaching guide on Miller's play is exceptional! As a 3rd year teacher, new to this particular play, I am anxious to utilize this in my classroom. I praise the structure and cohesiveness of this unit. Thank you!

The Great Gatsby Literature Guide: 52 pages; Standards-Based materials

Excellent; I highly recommend this guide. It is thorough and includes meaningful lesson plans. A pretty good study guide. With excellent mix and match style worksheets. It tends to be very vocabulary heavy. With a large percentage of the worksheets being based on an arbitrary vocabulary list. Also the portion on point of view slightly misuses third person limited by summarizing the text instead of changing the point of view. The chapter quizzes tend to ask open ended, opinion questions...instead of more objective style questions (true/false, multiple choice) that check comprehension.

The Miracle Worker Literature Guide: 35 pages;Standards-Based material

I was rather miffed that it was NOT made clear upon purchase that these were downloadable materials. I have been waiting and waiting for something to come in the mail. Overall, the product looks like it feeds my needs in the classroom.

The Outsiders Literature Guide: 36 pages of Standards-Based materials

This unit is FILLED with great activites and touches on all the elements of literature. Touche! Thanks...well worth the money Nice resource---quality worksheets with activities that build higher level thinking skills.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Literature Guide

This material is very helpful to get me started with this book. It is very thorough and has many activities. In particular, the number of readings on the context and background are very helpful. However, I believe I found an innacurate piece of information on one of the historical background pages, which makes the otherwise helpful page difficult to use in the classroom. On the page describing The Great Migration it says: "When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, approximately 92% of the African American population lived in the North or Midwest." This is not accurate nor does it make sense with the information presented in the rest of the paragraph. Has this been looked at? Or am I missing something? Thanks, Elizabeth no comment

To Kill a Mockingbird Literature Guide: 150 pages; Standards-Based

Pretty helpful for me as a student teacher Pretty helpful for me as a student teacher This unit plan was packed with useful resources and activities. I would definitely recommend this literature guide to other teachers!

To Kill a Mockingbird Literature Guide: 49 pages; Standards-Based

I've several different literature resources, but I found Mrs. Bowers' to be the most thorough and useful. I especially love the different literary focuses per chapter or act. A truly valuable resource. It would also be nice if you included a sample unit plan for how you would incorporate it into a semester or quarter.