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This literary elements bundle includes resources to help teach literary elements to your students. These mini lessons include such topics as themes for lit, examples of author’s style, characterization in a short story, conflict in the story, definition of mood and tone, plot diagram example, point of view of a story, setting in a story, and symbolism in a short story. All worksheets allow you to customize your lesson with a short story of your choice or use the examples provided.  Each Mini

Looking for a book spine template pdf that you can use right away? If you are looking for an easy way for your students to complete a book review, then these book spine templates are perfect for you. In this printable book spine resource, students will add all the essential novel information, a 5-star rating, and an image of the novel. Plus, students have a chance to show off their creativity by decorating the spine as well. As each book spine is completed, students can add them to a bookshe

Planning for back to school can be overwhelming but these first day class activities can be your simple solution and help you save time and energy. Instead of boring your students by reading your syllabus, use these first day of school activities stations. In this print or digital resource, students will be allowed to choose how they get to know about your class and how they share about themselves with you as the teacher. Each station includes easy-to-use directions, links to necessary pape

This literary analysis essay writing bundle includes all the resources you need to teach literary analysis essay writing. This comprehensive bundle includes lessons and essay examples for every part of the literary analysis essay.  First, students will learn about the three levels of analysis to help make it simpler for the students to understand how writing commentary requires one to analyze a text. Students will then see an example paragraph where they will identify the different levels tha

This back to school bundle is an easy win for your first day of school. This bundle includes my best selling back to school resources that save you time and energy. Start your first day with engaging station activities that allow your students the freedom to explore your class without you doing any of the work. Design a professional-looking syllabus to send out to your students and their families with my easy to use templates. With detailed teacher guides, instructions, and lesson plans, y

Need resources for your independent novel study unit? This bundle is the ultimate ELA independent novel study unit starter toolkit! In this bundle, you have all the resources you need to teach a novel unit right away. Each resource includes engaging activities to help students develop deeper reading comprehension skills and easily analyze any novel. The best part is that these resources include both print and digital formats to meet your students’ needs. These resources work for any novel a

Engage your students with this character autopsy project by giving them a creative outlet to conduct character analysis. In this print or digital resource, students will have the chance to become surgeons as they dissect the character traits of a character from their story. Each character autopsy includes 12 different body part prompts that focus on characterization and require the use of text evidence. In the group version of this character autopsy activity, students receive a letter from

Looking for a great graphic organizer for poetry that will help your students analyze a poem? These graphic organizer for poetry use the T. S.W.I.F.T. acronym for analysis complete with a Taylor Swift theme. This play on swift poem analysis will have students analyze Tone, Structure, Word Choice, Imagery, Figurative Language, and Theme. In this print or digital resource, students have the option to use the T.S.W.I.F.T. Cheat Sheet where they can analyze a poem for all the pieces. Or they c

Looking for a better way to conduct an end of the semester reflection that is not just your general survey in your high school and middle school class? Include this one-pager reflection as part of your end of the year activities. If you don’t want a lot of work at the end of the marking period, semester, or year, you can use these end of the year reflection questions. In this print or digital resource, students will be able to customize their one pager with ten different color options. They w

Searching for fresh novel study project ideas that you can use instead of using generic novel assessments? In this print or digital resource, students have the option of 12 project ideas that allow students to share their understanding of the main characters, conflicts, events, and themes from the novel. By utilizing the Novel Project Choice Board, students have the freedom to choose how they demonstrate what they have learned in their novels. Each novel project includes a Project Requireme

This rhetorical analysis essay writing bundle includes everything you need to help teach your students how to write rhetorical analysis essay. From building a rhetorical analysis thesis statement to finishing the essay with a strong conclusion, this bundle covers all the fundamentals to help your students write strong rhetorical analysis essays. These print or digital resources work for any prompt and for any text.  Rhetorical Analysis Introduction TemplateFirst, If your students are strugg

These literary elements posters pdf and digital versions are designed to provide the main literary elements with definitions. In this color and black & white posters, students will have a visual guide to identify, define, and analyze the literary elements for any short story. Each poster is Common Core aligned for the English Literature Grades 9-10 standards. The posters include such topics as themes for lit, examples of author’s style, characterization in a short story, conflict in the sto

The best way to start studying rhetoric in a text is using the SPACE CAT rhetorical analysis method. This resource focuses on the SPACE CAT rhetorical analysis to help students understand the rhetorical situation and the rhetorical choices the author makes. In this print or digital resource, students will analyze the speaker, purpose, audience, context, and exigence of a text first. Students will then move on to focusing on their rhetorical choices, rhetorical appeals, and tone to strength

Ready to start an in class discussion about a text with a Socratic Seminar but need the Socratic Seminar Prep? In this print or digital resource, students will have all the resources they need to discuss, review, and analyze texts all on their own. In this low-prep, high-impact class discussion, students will have all the tools they need to lead their own successful discussion. This resource includes Socratic seminar rules, expectations, preparation worksheets, and reflection. The students w

As high school English teachers, we all know we need to create a short stories unit plan because that is a major focus of our standards. However, creating that unit and making it enjoyable for both us and our students can be a challenge. This short stories unit plan takes the guesswork out of planning your short story lessons. In this print or digital resource, you have everything you need to teach literary elements, themes in lit, and short stories for high school. The resource includes a unit

This Taylor Swift classroom bundle is an easy way to capture the hearts of your Swifties.  This bundle includes my best selling back to school Taylor Swift classroom resources that save you time and energy. Start your first day with engaging Taylor Swift themed station activities that allow your students the freedom to explore your class without you doing any of the work. You will also have weekly and daily agenda slides that represent a different Taylor Swift era so you can mix and match y

Searching for a way to show an author’s techniques when creating an anti hero? In this lesson plan, students will use the inspiration of Taylor Swift’s new song “Anti Hero” to distinguish what makes an anti hero and learn how to create their own. In this print or digital resources, students will first learn about the definition of an anti hero.  Students will use a handout to identify the elements of an anti hero using a well-known story “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. Students can then fin

Writing literary analysis is an essential part of the essay writing process but requires critical thinking which can be difficult for students to master. In this print or digital literary analysis how to students will first learn about the three levels of analysis to help make it simpler for the students to understand how writing commentary requires one to analyze a text. Students will then see an example paragraph where they will identify the different levels that they have just learned and p

How to write a thesis statement example is the best way to show your students a thesis statement example as well as teach them the process for writing a thesis statement for any topic. This print or digital resource includes thesis statement graphic organizers for both general thesis statements for any paper and literary analysis thesis statements. Students will learn how to write a thesis statement step by step and then use a thesis statement checklist to examine thesis statement examples.

Keep your students organized with a rhetorical analysis body paragraph outline. In this print or digital resource, students first learn all the elements that go into a rhetorical analysis body paragraph. Students can analyze an example paragraph to show the elements of rhetorical analysis. This resource also includes a handout to showcase the difference between rhetorical choices and rhetorical devices. Students can also reference the Rhetorical Appeals handout to help strengthen their writ