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Teach, review, and test over 40 literary techniques/language features and apply close reading skills to a variety of texts. Assess students' prior knowledge of annotating texts, argumentative writing, and literary analysis. An academically rigorous one-week crash course that will set high standards for your students and introduce them to a skills based curriculum. This plan includes: 1. Full Lesson Plans with clickable resource links for 5 days 2. Language Features Glossary, Games, and Quiz wit

This poetry unit includes three anchor texts (Harlem, An Explanation of Poetry to My Father, The Right Word), multiple forms of formative and summative assessments and activities. Designed for distance learning but perfect for classroom learning as well! Materials included: 1. Unit Intro and Literary Techniques Review 2. Two-day activities/assessments/lessons for 3 poems (6 days of instruction) 3. Built for ready-to-post Google Classrooms

Introduce or review close reading and evidence-based response writing with your students. These activities should take 2-3 full 80 minute periods and are largely self/group lead. I often annotate the poem as a class (annotations/teacher's copy included), and use a student exemplar (included) to review the activity after students have submitted. Great activities for the first week of a new semester or as a last minute sub plan. Included: - Assignments (Google Docs) - Annotated copy of Harlem by

Centre 2SLGBTQIA (his)stories in your senior high English class using this 1-2 week mini-unit. Investigate the origins and reclamation of the pink triangle in Newman's 'A Letter to Harvey Milk'. Distance-learning friendly, academically rigorous, and multiple assessment strategies. Included in the bundle: 1. Annotated passages from the text 2. Robust Historical Context Reading and Activity 3. Evidence-Based Writing Method, Class Model, Activity and Exemplar 4. Critical Discussion - Student Prep

This poetry unit helps students become familiar with literary techniques/language features and poetic analysis using rhyming couplets, haikus, and limericks. Designed for Google Classroom and perfect for distanced-learning, each lesson is scaffolded so students can eventually try writing their own poetry using language features in a fun way! Materials Included: 1. Unit Intro 2. Three poems, 2 lessons each, 6 days of instruction 3. Formative and Summative Assessment Options

This poetry unit is perfect for distance learning in a strong grade 6 or 7 class, using Angelou's 'Caged Bird' as an anchor text. Students will learn how to close read poetry and be asked to grapple with big themes in an accessible way. Lots of formative and summative assessment options and engaging activities. Designed for Google Classroom. Materials Included 1. Unit Introduction and Review of Language Features 2. Four Lessons 3. Formative and Summative Assessment Options

Analyze Atwood's short story 'Happy Endings' by investigating themes, writing argumentative, evidenced-based response paragraphs, and completing an analysis assignment, all in one week! This is a perfect week long mini-unit (for a rigorous classroom), or stretch it into two weeks and dive deep into annotating texts and evidence-based analytical writing. Included: - Text annotations (Teacher's Copy) - Theme Activity - Evidenced Based Writing Structure, Prompt, and Student Exemplar - Assignment

A digital, searchable, and itemized glossary of over 40 language features! Students can quickly scan and select any language feature from the document outline, click, and see definitions and examples. A great first-week resource for all senior high English students.

Help your students memorize over 30 language features with this memory card game! Match the term to the example. Examples are taken from The Wire, Gatsby, Shakespeare and more. Check out my other Memory Card Decks below, or buy the full bundle!

Start your semester with an academically rigorous introduction week that will set high standards for your students and introduce them to a skills based curriculum. This plan includes interactive games, quizzes, activities, and assignments with adapted and advanced options. Answer keys and students exemplars are also included. Check out the full materials here: Crash Course in Literary Techniques - One Week Mini-Unit!