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Help your students understand any class material and content! Our review game, "Capture the Flag" gets kids up, moving, engaged, all while having them interact with their content. Turn any boring worksheet or review into something memorable with this activity! This resource includes: A detailed slideshow on the game setup, rules, and winning termsA game board to play the game onPrintable flags/game pieces*Please note that this is a template designed just for the game portion of the activity. Yo

Keep an accurate record of student comings and goings with this digital hall pass! Students clock in and out of the classroom using a Google Form and their email address. Teachers can easily navigate the data by seeing how long students are gone, and by individually searching for specific students. Customize your sheet to turn red if students are gone for a select number of minutes. This product works great for schools or classrooms that are one to one, have a student use computer, or even for c

This collection of archetypal lessons (all editable) will introduce the concept of archetypes as universal characters to your students and provide ongoing lessons to deepen their understanding. Students will study 12 archetypal characters, create individual poster projects, and share in a digital exhibition! Contents include: 12 Speed Dating (Tinder) Character Profiles12 Poster Project Slide Shows (Student Examples Included) 2 Archetypal Exhibition Gallery Walk Templates3 Gallery Walk Synthesis

This digital interactive flipbook is designed to help students understand 6 key pre-reading concepts prior to beginning "The Odyssey". Students will either read excerpts, view infographics, or watch videos on: Homer, Epic Poetry, The Iliad, Ancient Greece, Greek Monsters, and Mythology. As they explore each of these topics, students will complete short tasks on each "flap" within the digital flipbook. This resource is fully editable so that you can make adjustments to best suit the needs of your

Engage your students in the drama and imagery of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" by creating meaningful masks and throwing a masquerade! Have students create masks after reading Act 1, Scene 2 (when the masquerade is introduced) and before reading Act 1, Scene 5. This assignment included differentiated mask requirements and writing tasks. Choose between having students create a mask and conduct research based upon a character from the text OR have students read the poem "We Wear the Mask" by P

Get your students up, engaged, creating, and comprehending with 6 of our favorite activities from the first act of "Romeo and Juliet"! These activities cover all 5 scenes from act 1 of the play, with a bonus daily/weekly agenda template to keep yourself and your students organized! What You Get (Click on each for a more in depth preview/description: Romeo and Juliet: Act 1, Scene 1 Inquiry Expedition: Test students understanding of Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet with more than just a worksh

Have students delve into characterization as they explore what Romeo and Juliet's wedding would have looked like! In small groups, students will select a pivotal character from the play and create vows or speeches for the wedding that we don't get to see. Students love to bring this scene to life using what they know from the text and what they can infer beyond the scenes they have read! Have groups perform their vows in class and provide additional decor, entertainment, and food to really set t

Looking for a unique final project that will work with any novel or short story? This project includes a fully editable choice board, rubric and detailed directions that will allow your students to show their knowledge and understanding of the text in a creative way! Help students explore and analyze the plot, quotes, setting, and other story elements as they work through small sections of text or longer novels. A Flextangle is an endless paper construction that flexes to reveal multiple side

Help your students understand the archetypal myth that is the hero's journey with this mini-unit! This product includes:A nearly 50 slide presentation on archetypes and the hero's journeyEach stage of the journey includes examples from pop culture that your students will know and love7 discussion topics to engage your students and gauge their level of understandingA hero's journey poster project complete with rubric (could be adapted for digital learning)Student example postersThis unit is perfe

Get your students up, engaged, creating, and comprehending with 3 of our favorite activities prior to reading "The Odyssey"! These activities are meant to help introduce major themes, characters, and concepts before beginning the epic poem, with a bonus daily/weekly agenda template to keep yourself and your students organized! What You Get (Click on each for a more in depth preview/description: The Odyssey Pre-Reading WebQuest Flipbook: This digital interactive flipbook is designed to help stude

Get students engaged in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" by establishing a visible family feud! This activity can be used anytime immediately before or during your reading of Act 1. However, we like to create shields after having chosen character roles and before beginning our banishment/family feud (free) activity - this happens around our reading of Act 1, Scene III. *Comes with a traditional option, honor's symbolism option, and digital template!Encourage students to be loyal to their famili

Evaluate major character's strengths, weaknesses, actions and traits in this Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1 Trading Card Activity! Students choose one of the major characters in this scene (Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio, or Tybalt) and analyze the following: Strengths and weaknessesDesires and wantsArchetypal role within the storyMemorable events or actions from the playSymbols to represent character traitsText evidence to support their analysis of the characterHave students complete this activity

Help students to explore the concepts introduced by Friar Laurence in Act 2, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." After having read the scene, give space for a creative and engaging outlet while still enriching comprehension of the text through blackout poetry. This Product Includes:An introductory presentation that contains: The definition of a blackout poemA recap of the concepts in Act 2, Scene 3Potential poem topicsSuggestions and tips for how to best create a blackout poemMultiple

Get your students up, engaged, creating, and comprehending with 5 of our favorite activities from the third act of "Romeo and Juliet"! These activities cover all 5 scenes from act 3 of the play, with a bonus daily/weekly agenda template to keep yourself and your students organized! What You Get (Click on each for a more in depth preview/description: Romeo and Juliet: Act 3, Scene 1 Trading Cards: Evaluate major character's strengths, weaknesses, actions and traits in this Romeo and Juliet Act 3,

While teaching The Odyssey, help students make sense of the geographical setting as they visualize and trace the wanderings of Odysseus and his men with this mapping activity bundle! Using the map template, students label the select locations on the map with the options of adding textual evidence and creating a small symbol representative of the area and events in the text! As a bonus, have your students compete in a memory map challenge or see where Odysseus visited on his journey through a mo

Get your students up, engaged, creating, and comprehending with 6 of our favorite activities from the second act of "Romeo and Juliet"! These activities cover all 6 scenes from act 2 of the play, with a bonus daily/weekly agenda template to keep yourself and your students organized! What You Get (Click on each for a more in depth preview/description: Romeo and Juliet: Act 2, Scene 1 Sonnets: Engage students creativity by allowing them to explore characters and concepts of Romeo and Juliet Act 2,

Greek names can be difficult, especially when there are so many of them! These character cards will help you and your students to keep track of all of the characters within "The Odyssey". Use these cards to create a visual display in your room for your students and have them record each character's defining moments either on paper or digitally within Google Docs. What You Get:- All major and most minor characters from the text on character cards - Suggested layout to build your own character ch

Get your students engaged with this small group tarsia puzzle review game for Act 1 (scenes 1-5) of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"! Students will receive 16 puzzle pieces in which they have to match all 3 triangle side topics to the corresponding pivotal quotes and major character descriptions as review of Act 1 of the play. Use this as review before OR in lieu of a comprehension quiz. Bonus slides to explain what a tarsia puzzle is and provide hints and an answer key to students. Add a timer

Get your students up, engaged, creating, and comprehending with 12 of our favorite activities and assignments while reading Part 1 of Homer's "The Odyssey"! These activities are meant to help introduce major themes, characters, and concepts while reading the epic poem, with bonus unit plans and daily/weekly agenda templates to keep yourself and your students organized! It can be so difficult to find activities to help your students fully comprehend and engage in a challenging text such as "The O

This digital, interactive flipbook is designed to help students understand 6 key pre-reading concepts prior to beginning Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Students will either read excerpts, view infographics, take digital tours, or watch videos on: Shakespeare, Shakespeare's World, Shakespearean Language, The Globe Theater, Shakespeare's Works, and Influences Today. As they explore each of these topics, students will complete short tasks on each "flap" within the digital flipbook. This resource