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Melissa Soeltz
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Reading Informational Materials PowerPoint
Reading Informational Materials PowerPoint
One of my top sellers, this 4/4 rated powerpoint presentation provides an overview of how to read informational materials including consumer docume...
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Making Inferences - Playing Detective
Making Inferences - Playing Detective
This powerpoint teaches students to make inferences while reading, by allowing them to "play detective." Using the clues, students can determine c...
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Intro to the Holocaust
Intro to the Holocaust
This powerpoint gives unfamiliar students an overview of the Holocaust, using graphic pictures and informative captions....
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Connotation and Denotation Activity
Connotation and Denotation Activity
This handout helps to explain the difference between connotation and denotation, offering definitions, examples, guided practice, and critical thin...
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PowerPoint-Intro to To Kill a Mockingbird:Social, Historical Context
PowerPoint-Intro to To Kill a Mockingbird:Social, Historical Context
This is a 30-slide powerpoint presentation that provides information on the social and historical context of To Kill a Mockingbird. Information ab...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature, U.S. History Level(s): 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: 45 Minutes

State Your Position - Intro to Persuasion Activity
State Your Position - Intro to Persuasion Activity
This is a "get up and move" activity that illustrates the need for students to pick a side when it comes to persuasion - no fence sitters allowed! ...
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Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou Comparison
Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou Comparison
This is a comparison chart and writing assignment based upon Homer's The Odyssey and the movie O Brother Where Art Thou. Provides a detailed chart...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature, Writing Level(s): 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 90 Minutes

Romeo & Juliet - Prologue Critical Reading Annotation
Romeo & Juliet - Prologue Critical Reading Annotation
This is a detailed annotation for working through The Prologue to Romeo and Juliet. I usually work through this with the students to give them a gr...
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Subject: English, English Language Arts, Literature Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Test Taking Tips and Strategies
Test Taking Tips and Strategies
This powerpoint presentation provides valuable tips and strategies to help students succeed on standardized tests. Generally, because this powerpo...
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"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson Multiple Choice Quiz
This is a 20-question multiple-choice quiz on the novel "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson. An answer key is also included. Please leave fe...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Introduction to The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Introduction to The Crucible by Arthur Miller
This power point presentation provides background information on Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, focusing on Salem, Puritanism, and Witchcraft....
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Subject: Literature Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education Duration: N/A

"The Most Dangerous Game" Through the Text Powerpoint
This 18-slide powerpoint helps to teach the short story, "The Most Dangerous Game." There are slides containing cultural connections, slides askin...
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Persuasive Appeals - Understanding Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
Persuasive Appeals - Understanding Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
This PowerPoint explains the difference between the rhetorical devices logos, pathos, and ethos for use in an persuasive unit. Examples of each ty...
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Student Memoir Project - Autobiographical Narrative
Student Memoir Project - Autobiographical Narrative
This is a 6-page document that helps students to create their own Memoir Project. The project requirements are included, as well as handouts inclu...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Intro to Literature Circles Power Point
Intro to Literature Circles Power Point
This presentation explains the strategy of Literature Circles. It prepares students for the many roles and responsibilities they will have through...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: N/A

"Most Dangerous Game" Short Story Unit
This “Most Dangerous Game” short story unit offers the following standards-based activities: *“Why do Hunters Kill?” pre-reading article...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Level(s): 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Homeschooler Duration: 2 Weeks

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"The Most Dangerous Game" Critical Thinking Guide
Not your standard reading guide, this 2-page document helps students to work through "The Most Dangerous Game" in a higher-level manner. The stand...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Parenthetical Citation and Quote Integration PowerPoint
Parenthetical Citation and Quote Integration PowerPoint
This 10-slide powerpoint teaches students how to integrate quotes and text evidence into their writing, using proper parenthetical citation. This ...
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Back to School Quickwrite
Back to School Quickwrite
This quickwrite allows students to describe themselves the way they think others see them now and also to discuss who they think they will be at th...
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Romeo and Juliet Overview
Romeo and Juliet Overview
A handout of helpful information to increase student understanding of Romeo and Juliet. Terms include tragedy, blank verse vs. prose, how to read ...
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A