Austen-tatious Learning

Teaching your class about Good vs. Evil? The Seven Deadly Sins? The following notes give an overview of the seven deadly sins definitions, what makes it a sin, and what virtue alters the sin. The final slide is an activity to complete with the class or as independent work. Activity recommendation: SpongeBob SquarePants Characters representing the Seven Deadly Sins! I paired these notes with my class viewing of Spirited Away.

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth undergo extreme stress after committing atrocious deeds. Neither of them can live with their guilt and express signs of mental breakdown. This assignment walks students through the process of analyzing the text to find signs of mental breakdown in Macbeth. Included is the one-pager directions, grading expectations, an alternative one-pager assignment, and a signs of a breakdown tracking chart for students to complete.

A Hero's Quest follow-along guide to Studio Ghibli's 2002 Spirited Away. Have your students track Chihiro's hero's quest through the spirit realm and answer reflection questions after you watch it in class. I added a suggestion for a follow up lesson at the bottom of the assignment.

An printable, interactive workbook for a Wisdom Project. This notebook is the perfect for Seniors who are preparing to graduate and enter the real world. It focuses on critical reflection of lived experiences and learned life lessons.

Teach your students to become modern Jonathan Swifts and create a Modest Proposal of their own! This Satire Campaign can be used to guide students in their understanding of satire. Students are asked to pick a relevant and modern issue and use satire to promote change for the issue.

Want to get your class into the spooky mood? Use the Scary Story Podcast assignment to get your students reading, listening to, and recording their own scary story podcast. This assignment is inspired by the Full Body Chills Podcast. My students LOVED this project and wrote some really scary stories!

Prepare your students the future by writing a reflective essay that could be used on the Common App or in interviews for trade school programs!

Define memoir and prepare students to write a Common App or career bound essay with these engaging notes and a creative activity!

A helpful one stop shop for all of your poetry practice needs! The packet includes eight pages of various poem formats including: Shape PoetryCinquainHaikuDiamonteCredoand more...

Practice summarization skills with your students as you read through Macbeth by assigning them this fun emoji storytelling activity!

The perfect pre-spring break activity to get students sitting on some wonderful English quotes.

This document is a great resource for a Multicultural Wisdom Unit for high school students. It highlights core cultural or religious teachings and asks students to interpret the sayings and consider how they would be applied to everyday life.