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Looking for activities for accompany the novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer? This 30-page unit plan includes short answer questions, a quote journal project, a final assessment, essay topics, creative projects, and in-depth literary analysis of the important people and locations from Chris' odyssey into Alaska. This pdf product includes:Pre-Reading: ✔️ 2 Pages of Teacher Startup notes and Standards listed ✔️ 10 links to interviews and articles for an introduction to reading ✔️ 8 class di

Help your Journalism, Yearbook, or Library students sharpen their online research and digital literacy skills with this fun and interactive Internet newspaper scavenger hunt! This 2-page research activity includes 30 engaging questions that challenge students to find answers using credible online sources. This product includes: ✏️ Page 1 (15 questions) focuses on local research— What is the name of the newspaper closest to where you live? How many banks are within 5 miles of your school? ✏

This bundle for Middle School and High School aspiring journalists contains 15 journalism activities and over 125 pages of activities to use in your journalism classes. Buy the bundle and save! Included in this bundle are: ✔️ Journalism Syllabus - Beginning and Advanced Classes5 Page example Syllabus differentiated for Beginning and Advanced Journalism classes. Includes suggested wording for class introduction, essential questions, pacing timeline, recommended textbooks and films, and more! ✔️ J

Are you looking for a Year-Long Journalism Curriculum Syllabus that actually engages students? I've created a journalism syllabus for both beginner and advanced students that's been classroom-tested (with my 15 years of teaching experience) and is ready to go for you! This 14 page Syllabus covers an entire year of Journalism classes and breaks everything down into 4 quarters and numbered curriculum lesson plans. What a time-saver! Topics included:5 W's and H25 Basic Journalism vocabulary terms

Add Ethical Journalism to your yearly curriculum with this Digital Scavenger Hunt activity designed for middle and high school journalism classes! Students will go online to research and answer 20 questions about the First Amendment, the Code of Ethics for the Society of Professional Journalists, famous and infamous journalists and much more with this fun, research scavenger hunt! Perfect for school newspaper teams or journalism/yearbook classes. This product includes:✏️2-Pages of short-answer q

Turn your classroom into a real newsroom! This engaging journalism lesson plan helps students practice the most essential reporting skill: asking strong interview questions through realistic role-play scenarios. With this resource, students receive 9 fake news story scenarios built from vague bullet points of facts and background information—just like a reporter might encounter in the field. Some students act as real reporters, while others take on the role of eye witnesses. Through role play,

Are your drama and theater students learning about the Elements of Drama? Are they writing their own one act play scripts or need help with stage directions, lighting, setting the scene through props, etc.? This 3-page handout covers all the drama elements and can be used with creative writing, English or in theater when students are learning to write a play. This product includes:✔️ 3 Page outline covering the basic Elements of Drama: point of view, setting, lighting, mood colors, stage direc

Help your middle and high school Journalism students build real-world critical thinking skills with this journalism ethics lesson plan! These 5 ready-to-use activities guide students through online research, article analysis, and ethical decision-making. This product includes:✔️ 1 Page Teacher Activity Directions and Suggested State Standards ✔️ 2 Pages "list format" of all five student activities centered around ethics ✔️ 5 Pages individually introducing each of the same five activities. Teach

Are your students reading The Prologue of Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterfully satirical The Canterbury Tales? This 30-page unit includes Background Notes, Essay Prompt Topics, a Quiz with Answer Key, and more! This complete unit includes:✔️ Teacher Notes, time frame, suggested state standards, table of contents ✔️ 5 Pages Background information and student cheat sheets on the Middle Ages Societal Structure (Ruling class, clergy, Middle, etc.) as well as the various touring groups of the Pilgrims (Kn

Do your students need more practice with Higher Level Vocabulary? Are you teaching a Word of the Day to your classes? This product contains 32 Vocab Lists of 15 words each, and 32 corresponding vocabulary quizzes to use after students learn the words! This product includes: ✔️ 32 High-Level Advanced Vocabulary Lists containing 15 words each ✔️ 32 quizzes matching the word to its definition ✔️ Answer key for easy grading or sub plans! 480 words total!! This product will last you all year!!

Use this Book and Movie Comparison Writing Activity at the end of any class novel unit! This can be used for any book, and any movie! Students will show their comprehension of both media as they compare and contrast. This activity allows students to summarize the information they gathered from literary texts and visual media, and to differentiate between pertinent and extraneous details. Teachers will be able to determine who read the book and who watched the movie instead of reading the text th

Do your English students continue to struggle with the parts of speech usage in a sentence? This colorful grammar activity asks students to read a small passage, highlighting each part of speech in a different color. This product helps students to read slowly and understand the meaning that each part of speech plays in a sentence. This pdf product includes:✔️1 page of student directions, parts of speech color coding key, and a short two-paragraph story. Students read the story and underline eac

Are your students reading the dramatic play The Crucible by Arthur Miller? This product features 83 Comprehension Questions, broken down by Act. Use for study guide questions, review for tests, comprehension check, journal prompts, etc. Included in this PDF product is:✔️3 Pages of 83 questions listed one after another, broken down by each Act. Perfect for students to work at their own pace, or for you to assign certain questions to answer. ✔️ 8 Pages of 83 questions with lines to write answers

Are your students reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston? This 75-page unit plan contains Comprehension Questions, Literary Analysis of characters/theme/plot/conflict/figurative language, journal prompts, and two final test assessments. This product includes: ✔️ Teacher Notes, Suggested Standards, Table of Contents ✔️ 11 Pages of Literary Analysis: Plot, Theme, Characters, Conflict, Figurative Language ✔️ 50 Comprehension Questions broken down by each chapter. Available in

Are your students reading Homer's Epic Poem, The Odyssey? This Odyssey unit includes 40 pages of Activities such as introduction topics, vocabulary, Literary Analysis, and a 55-question test with answer key! Students will love reading about the brave and cunning Odysseus as he journeys far and wide, facing obstacles and challenges orchestrated by gods and mythical creatures! This Unit includes:✔️ Suggested State Standards and Table of Contents ✔️ Response Letters to a Peer ✔️ Quote Journals:

Looking for Tests/Assessments to cover the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston? This product contains 9 Tests with 80 questions and includes multiple formats like fill in the blanks, matching, short answer, multiple choice, and identifying important quotations. Included in this product is:✔️ 1-Page Identification of major characters and role in the novel (10 questions) ✔️ 1- Page Fill in the blanks about major plot points/people (16 questions) ✔️ 1-Page ID the Quotes: ID t

Teach your students the foundation of strong news writing with this Journalism Lesson focused on analyzing newspaper article leads and introductions. Perfect for middle school and high school journalism classes, this product explains what an article lead is, introduces 9 different types of leads with clear definitions, and provides graphic organizer templates for hands-on practice identifying various leads. This product includes:An example syllabus with Journalism class introduction, essential q

Are your high school English students reading I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak? This Novel Unit contains 60 pages of activities that covers Plot, Conflict, Theme, Symbolism, Character Motives, and Comprehension! Included in this product:✔️ 1 page Table of Contents ✔️1 page Teacher Introduction and Suggested Teaching Standards ✔️ 6 pages of Writing Prompts: short answer, essay writing, journal prompts ✔️ 7 pages of literary elements covering Plot, Conflict, Figurative Language, Tone, Setting,

Are you celebrating Banned Books Week and looking for a fun activity to help students understand the History behind Banned Books as well as potential reasons and examples for Censorship? This Research Project will do the trick! How it works:With this research activity, students will choose a Banned Book and read it in full. They will then research when, where, and why the book was challenged or banned. Finally, students will give their opinion on if the book should be banned or not, giving evide

Are your students studying the art of using Propaganda and Persuasion within Media ads? This project gives an overview of Media Techniques that use persuasion or propaganda to convince a buyer to purchase their product. With this product, students receive an overview of Persuasion and Propaganda terms and techniques. Then, students create their own invention, and must use these same techniques to help advertise it through a variety of methods (social media ad, radio ad script, picture or 3-D pro