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The Ultimate High School ELA Test Prep Bundle is a comprehensive, no-fluff review system designed to help students master literary analysis, rhetorical analysis, and close reading skills across BOTH literature (RL standards) and informational text (RI standards). Don't worry, I've included Poetry analysis work, too! This is not surface-level review.This bundle pushes students to think, justify, analyze, and write, so when test day comes, they’re not guessing… they’re confident. Works wi

This comprehensive ELA Test Prep for Informational Text / Nonfiction booklet helps high school English students break down complex standards, practice with purpose, and build real confidence before test day. Too often, students walk into an EOC knowing the names of the standards, but not what they actually look like in action. They highlight randomly, guess at answers, and struggle to explain their thinking. This resource changes that. Instead of surface-level review, students dig into w

Want your students to actually get symbolism instead of just saying “the curtain is blue because it’s blue”? 😅These engaging symbolism analysis activities, where students analyze short films, help high school students break down symbols, imagery, tone, and theme. Using two powerful (and student-approved!) animated shorts ( A Single Life and Umbrella) this resource walks students step-by-step through how symbols work and how they build meaning, even without dialogue.The best part? The questi

Are your high school English students completely lost when it comes to creating a Works Cited page in MLA format? 😅 I made this quick, no-stress resource so students can actually understand how to format citations correctly, without the confusion, overwhelm, or 47-tab Google spiral. This resource includes a short, student-friendly video (under 10 minutes!) that walks them step-by-step through creating a Works Cited page in MLA format (covering books, articles, websites, and even YouTube vid

This Literary Analysis Essay Planning Guide helps students plan BEFORE they write, forcing them to think critically, develop real ideas, and build strong analysis step by step. If you're like me, then you often struggle to get your high school English students to write strong literary analysis essays instead of vague summaries or they just suspiciously spit out perfect AI/ChatGPT essays.Instead of staring at a blank page (or turning to ChatGPT), students work through structured, fill-in-th

Looking for a full-year high school ELA curriculum that actually engages students and saves you time? This comprehensive 9th grade English curriculum includes everything you need to teach an entire year with confidence: mini-lessons, full novel units, writing instruction, grammar, bell ringers, projects, assessments, pacing guides, and digital tools!It is all in one organized, classroom-tested bundle. Whether you’re a first-year teacher, teaching a new grade level, or a veteran teacher just

This complete Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds unit plan helps high school English students move beyond basic comprehension and into deep, meaningful literary analysis, discussion, and writing. This unit challenges students to think critically about motivation, fear, violence, choice, and consequence while building real reading, writing, speaking, and analysis skills that transfer to other texts and state assessments. Students analyze Long Way Down through reading guides for every section

This is my new favorite New Year activity for high school! When I saw these handmade punch cards trending on Tiktok, I knew that I had to bring it to my high school English classroom! :) This New Year punch card activity gives high school English students a fresh, meaningful alternative to traditional New Year’s resolutions. They can focus on realistic goals, reflection, and follow-through instead of random pics on a vision board. Inspired by the viral punch card trend on TikTok and Instagra

Check out my favorite Christmas activities for high school English that keep my classroom holly jolly all December long, but also standards-based! 🎅📖 You'll find 7 of my favorite holiday activities in this bundle including: Create your own character gingerbread house to use with ANY textGuide to analyze my fav. Christmas movie to teachA reading comprehension passage with questions on the YETI! (perfect for sneaky test prep)Of course, you may also have a different fav. Christmas film to analyze

In Create Your Own Satire, students learn how to channel their creativity and their critiques of the world into original short stories that use humor, irony, and exaggeration to make a point. Whether you’re wrapping up a satire novel, introducing social commentary, or just looking for a meaningful creative writing assignment, this project hits that sweet spot between academic and imaginative. Students move step-by-step through the writing process with a guided outline that helps them brain

This spooky, standards-aligned poetry activity is perfect for Halloween in high school English! It brings just the right amount of eerie energy to your high school English classroom...no full novel unit required! In “Spooky Poetry + Creative Writing Challenge,” students analyze three hauntingly beautiful poems: “Ghost” by Cynthia Huntington, “The Airship Era” by Caitríona O’Reilly, and “From a Train” by Lynn Emanuel, before channeling their own creativity with unique writing prompts inspired b

This engaging nonfiction text features lesson on interpreting graphs, charts, and infographics helps high school English students move beyond surface-level reading to see the bigger picture in informational texts.Too often, students glance at a chart, jot down the obvious numbers, and stop there. This lesson pushes them to think critically about author intent, purpose, and implications. The lesson focuses on showing students why the graph is there, what it adds to the text, and how to expl

This quick and easy inference and implication mini lesson helps you teach high school students how to move beyond surface-level reading to actually read between the lines. Too often, students stop at quoting the obvious. This lesson pushes them to think critically about author intent, hidden meaning, and subtext, giving them the tools to write stronger analysis, cite more convincing evidence, and engage in deeper discussions.With teen-friendly examples, clear explanations, and an engaging pra

This fast, focused symbolism mini lesson helps you teach high school students how to move beyond simply spotting symbols to actually analyzing them...and connecting them to theme. Too often, students stop at “the rose is a symbol of love.” This lesson pushes them to think critically about how symbols refine and deepen universal themes, giving them the tools to write stronger literary analysis and hold more meaningful discussions.With teen-friendly examples and engaging practice activiti

This fast, focused grammar lesson helps you teach modifiers and misplaced modifiers in a way that actually sticks with high school English students.Even our strongest writers slip up with dangling modifiers that make their sentences unintentionally confusing or just plain funny. These little mistakes cost students clarity, points, and credibility in formal writing. With high school–friendly examples and real-world context, this no-prep modifiers and misplaced modifiers lesson is ready to use

This creative, high-engagement literary analysis activity gets your students thinking deeply about symbolism, theme, and imagery without another boring worksheet. In the Tattoo Storytelling Challenge, students take on the role of a tattoo artist designing three meaningful tattoos for a character (or characters) from any text you’re teaching. Instead of just identifying symbols, students have to interpret them, connect them to the story’s theme, and justify design choices using direct quotes

This fast and focused grammar bell ringer set for high school English helps you finally make grammar stick. With quick daily activities and weekly video lessons, students get the consistent, bite-sized practice they need ( without you having to reteach the same skill 10 times).Each week focuses on one essential grammar concept, from sentence types to subject-verb agreement, and includes a short video lesson (about 5 minutes) that breaks it down in a way students can actually understand. Then

This AI lesson for high school English tackles the question: Is AI Helping Students Learn or Just Helping Them Cheat?This two-part, high-engagement activity dives into the messy, modern reality of AI in the classroom without research or essay fatigue. Students will read a high-interest article from a teen perspective, take meaningful notes, and wrestle with questions like: Is AI helping students learn, or just helping them cheat faster? What should English class even look like in an AI world

This set of 5 high-impact graphic organizers helps students analyze informational texts with depth, purpose, and clarity. They won't just fill in boxes or copy-paste summaries. They are designed to be used with any article and aligned to key ELA RI standards for grades 9–10. These aren’t your typical worksheets. They’re student-friendly (language that makes sense + connections to the real world), UnGoogleable, and AI-resistant. From tracking an argument like a lawyer to spotting bias like a

This fast, focused grammar lesson helps you teach capitalization rules and title formatting in a way that actually sticks. Even our top students forget when to capitalize things because of their reliance on autocorrect. They also struggle with how to format a short story title. These little slips can cost them points and credibility in formal writing. With high school-friendly examples and real-world context, this no-prep capitalization and title formatting lesson is ready to use with any tex