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Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here. We’re Kate and Stephanie, former high school English teachers in southern California with over 30 years of classroom experience between us.
Type A overachievers and recovering workaholics, we burned out so you don’t have to.
We’ve taught all levels of students 9-12 (including AP Literature, AP Seminar, and AP Research, as well as yearbook and study skills), hold master’s degrees in curriculum and instruction, and participated on school and district leadership teams.
We excel at organization, backward planning, and making material accessible for students performing below grade level. We also know firsthand how time consuming it is to create quality student resources, which is why we created Three Heads.
If you want to learn more about how we can help you, check out our website, threeheads.works, for tips and resources sure to save you time.
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Pixar Shorts for Teaching Theme - Determine Theme Practice Middle & High School
English teachers know students from middle school up through AP Literature struggle to differentiate between a topic, theme, moral, and cliché, and it can be a challenge to get even the most proficient students to write meaningful theme statements without multiple rounds of revisions. Wouldn’t it be great to, once and for all, have a theme activity help students see just what makes a theme a theme? This activity provides plenty of examples of themes and non-themes, uses a few engaging,
8th - 10th
English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
Pixar Shorts Teaching Theme - Theme Practice - Determine Theme - Theme Activity
Teaching theme with Pixar shorts? This 3-in-1 bundle helps students avoid vague clichés and write theme statements they can actually support with evidence, using engaging short films, scaffolded activities, and literary writing practice. Each of the three included theme activities is built around high-interest Pixar shorts that offer big ideas in short films—perfect for everything from modeling and review to independent practice and literary writing. Whether you’re introducing theme for the firs
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Other (ELA), Writing, Writing-Expository
CCSS
RL.9-10.2
5 Paragraph Essay Writing - Essay Outlines, Graphic Organizers, Essay Examples
Your students are struggling with essay writing. You can help. Make a meaningful impact on their writing proficiency by teaching them a five paragraph essay structure that can be used for nearly any essay genre. From middle school to high school, from emerging ELLs to gifted students, from students who struggle to find anything to say to students for whom the ideas just keep flowing, everyone benefits from having a go-to essay outline that can help ensure they convey their ideas in a clear and
7th - 10th
Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository
CCSS
W.9-10.1
, W.9-10.2
, W.9-10.3
+4
The Odyssey Unit Plan for Middle and High School with Intro to Greek Mythology
It’s time to start thinking about your unit plan for The Odyssey. You know you need some background activities for an introduction to Greek mythology, something to keep your students engaged with a difficult text, some way to help them access this difficult task, and an essay prompt to round it all out. Sound familiar? This was where we found ourselves when we started planning to teach The Odyssey for the first time. A whole lot of “some of this” and “some of that,” and not a lot of clear dir
7th - 9th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Expository
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.2
, RL.9-10.3
+5
End of Novel Project - Response to Literature for Any Novel - AP Lit Exam Review
You need a meaningful end of novel project. One that’s good for PreAP and AP students and works for any novel (bonus points if you can adapt it for plays). With this flip book template activity, you can feel confident you have provided your students a rigorous assignment without needing to assign another response to literature essay. So often we feel like the only way to really assess students’ understanding of a novel is by having them write an essay, but this flip book activity requires stud
9th - 12th
Close Reading, Literature, Writing
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.2
, RL.9-10.3
+2
Literary Devices & Elements List - PreAP & AP Literature - Literary Terms Exam
Wouldn’t it be helpful to provide your students with a list of literary elements and devices that includes reliable definitions and examples instead of leaving them to their own devices (pun intended) to do a responsible search? We can’t be the only ones with students who go straight to the dictionary to look up literary terms. Would you like to assess students’ knowledge of the terms without spending time making that literary elements and devices exam yourself? How about a literary elemen
8th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.4
, CCRA.R.6
AP Literature & Composition Literary Analysis Essay Lit Devices How to Read Lit
Kick‑start AP Literature and Composition with a no‑prep toolkit: literary devices, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, theme practice, and a scaffolded FRQ2 literary analysis essay.The first few weeks of AP Lit are a balancing act: you’re mapping out plans for major works, students are sizing up expectations, and everyone’s reading stamina is still in “summer mode.” This bundle isn’t a miracle cure, it’s a practical jump‑start to literary analysis. By giving students a common literary vo
10th - 12th
Literature, Other (ELA), Writing-Essays
Editable Infographic Syllabus Template - Middle & High School + Scavenger Hunt
Looking for a creative way to introduce your syllabus or expectations to students? An infographic syllabus makes the much needed, but not-so-interesting, information visually engaging for your students. This fully editable infographic syllabus covers all the important information you need to share with students at the beginning of the school year or semester. The minimal style of the graphics in this font breaks up the blocks of text you’d see in a traditional course syllabus or class expe
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Social Studies
Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room + Shakespeare's Language Sonnet Activity
Shakespeare is hard. Reading Shakespeare is challenging. Teaching Shakespeare can be difficult. But getting Shakespeare? Really getting it? That’s such a powerful reward. You and your students feel like you’ve summited Everest on that day. Everything else? Mere foothills. We all do the obligatory introduction to Shakespeare. Hands up if you’ve got that Introduction to Shakespeare PPT/Google Slides deck in a folder on your computer. ✋ We’ve got a few. Each one, we thought, more engaging than
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
CCSS
RL.9-10.4
, RL.11-12.4
How to Write Literary Analysis Essay - Essay Template & Rubric - AP Prose Essay
My students need help with how to write a literary analysis essay. It only takes reading a few prose essays for this thought to cross your mind. What most students, even our PreAP/honors and AP Literature students, need is a literary analysis template that walks them through each step of writing a literary analysis essay. From analyzing writing prompts all the way through to a literary analysis rubric, this unit has everything you and your students need to make sense of the prose essay, includi
9th - 12th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays
CCSS
RL.11-12.1
, RL.11-12.3
, RL.11-12.4
+4
The Odyssey Unit Plan: Hero’s Journey & Homeric Hero - Differentiated Resources
Do you feel a little overwhelmed by the thought of teaching The Odyssey to your students? Do you want your students to walk away remembering more than just the story of Polyphemus, the Cyclops, but don’t want to commit yourself to reading every. single. line. of this epic poem? That’s how we felt! Then we stumbled across a version of The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson. Cue the spotlight and chorus of singers. This version of the text is far and away more engaging and understandabl
7th - 9th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.2
, RL.9-10.3
+3
Literary Devices & Elements for Literary Analysis - AP Literature & Composition
Give your AP English Literature and Composition students and budding literary analysts the tools they need to navigate challenging texts. This bundle includes a comprehensive list of literary devices and elements with student-friendly definitions and examples; a list of more than 90 common allusions in Western literature from the Bible and Greek/Roman mythology; and a unit plan for Thomas Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Reading and literary analysis in AP Literature and Compos
11th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RL.9-10.9
, RL.11-12.3
, RL.11-12.4
+3
Writing a Hook - Practice Writing Hooks - Activities - No Prep - Digital & Print
Writing a hook is not easy! Equip your students with these go-to options for writing hooks to help them avoid the frustration that so often comes with writing this first sentence and build their confidence with multiple opportunities to practice writing hooks. The four approaches to writing a hook—anecdote, generalization, startling fact, and quotation—can be used with any writing type and provide students with options they can call upon when composing process-written essays and completing in-
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
CCSS
CCRA.W.4
Back to School: First Week of School Activities - Middle and High School English
Get ready for back-to-school and your first week of school activities without jumping head-first into serious course content. This bundle for secondary ELA/English includes all the back-to-school essentials you need. From your course syllabus/expectations to an engaging theme review lesson and fun this or that activity, you’ll have your first week handled without spending your precious last days of summer sitting in front of your computer. Here’s what you’ll find in this back-to-school
8th - 10th
English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
Independent Reading Activities - Reading Check-In Questions for Accountability
Trying to find meaningful independent reading activities? On the hunt for interesting independent reading questions? Whether you’re looking for questions you can use to prompt conversation in reading conferences with students, or just searching for something more robust than a reading log to document students’ reading accountability, this independent reading check-in is for you. As teachers, we love days spent reading independently and appreciate the value of making sustained silent r
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.3
Plot Structure Activities Pixar Shorts Plot and Elements Quiz Blank Plot Diagram
Get ready to engage students with a fun, high-interest plot unit. Use three animated short films, a funny tv show episode, and an ambiguous short story to introduce or review elements of plot and plot diagrams with your middle and high school students. You like to be prepared. Make sure your students are ready to embark on literary analysis of grade-level-appropriate texts by ensuring they have a clear understanding of these foundational elements: PlotExpositionComplicationsClimaxResolutiona
8th - 10th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
CCSS
RL.9-10.5
, CCRA.W.1
Independent Reading Activities for High School Students + Classroom Posters
Not all independent reading is created equal, so not all independent reading activities work for all purposes. And that’s okay! We’ve got two activity options for you based on the type of independent reading you assign. Do you just want your students to read . . . anything? You may cringe when that sophomore picks up Diary of a Wimpy Kid or do an internal happy dance when they ask to borrow your copy of this week’s First Chapter Friday title, but you consider each a victory. They are not on so
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
RL.9-10.1
, RL.9-10.2
, RL.9-10.3
+4
The Hunger Games Novel Study Dystopia Intro, Fun Activities, Movie Guide + More
Make your The Hunger Games unit the one they can’t stop talking about. This novel study includes fun activities woven throughout, a flexible structure, and a creative project that challenges students to reimagine the Games, keeping engagement high from start to finish, without requiring you to sacrifice your nights and weekends to pull it all together.Your Arena Survival Kit: What’s IncludedEverything you need to make your The Hunger Games novel study a success. This bundle is organized, engagi
7th - 10th
Novel Studies, Other (ELA), Writing
CCSS
RL.7.3
, RL.7.4
, RL.7.7
+1
Paragraph Writing Template - Parts of a Paragraph - Middle & High School English
Do you need a surefire paragraph writing strategy to help your middle and high school emerging writers become proficient writers? Would you like to give your students a paragraph writing template they can use for multiple essay types and writing occasions? If your students are struggling to support claims with textual evidence, this writing resource is for you.There are 5 easy-to-remember parts of a paragraph in this paragraph writing strategy: ClaimConcrete Evidence ContextCommentaryConnecti
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository
CCSS
W.9-10.1
, CCRA.W.1
, CCRA.W.9
Personal Narrative Essay Outline - 5 Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizer + Slides
Help your students write personal narrative essays that include lots of opportunities for reflection with this narrative essay outline and helpful 5 paragraph essay graphic organizer. Whether you’re a middle school teacher looking to get your students to go beyond telling the story of the event or you’re a high school teacher trying to prepare your students to write the types of narrative essays they’ll need for college and scholarship applications, this resource is for you! The difference betw
7th - 10th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
CCSS
W.9-10.1
, W.9-10.3
, W.9-10.4
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About the store
Experience
Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here. We’re Kate and Stephanie, former high school English teachers in southern California with over 30 years of classroom experience between us.
Type A overachievers and recovering workaholics, we burned out so you don’t have to.
We’ve taught all levels of students 9-12 (including AP Literature, AP Seminar, and AP Research, as well as yearbook and study skills), hold master’s degrees in curriculum and instruction, and participated on school and district leadership teams.
We excel at organization, backward planning, and making material accessible for students performing below grade level. We also know firsthand how time consuming it is to create quality student resources, which is why we created Three Heads.
If you want to learn more about how we can help you, check out our website, threeheads.works, for tips and resources sure to save you time.
My own education history
///// Stephanie ///// After getting my BA in English and Psychology from the University of Southern California, I got my teaching credential and MA in Teaching from the University of California, Irvine.
///// Kate ///// I earned a BA in English with an Emphasis in Education from California State University, Long Beach. After several years in the classroom, I earned my MA in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University, Irvine.
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