Beverly Brown

This powerpoint is the perfect resource for teaching the novel, Hoot, by Louis Sachar. It contains 46 slides, and is fully animated and illustrated. Created by Beverly Brown, it includes slides covering the following topics: author study, essential pre-reading questions, topics, themes, protagonist, antagonist, setting, conflicts, foreshadowing, flashback, characterization, palindromes, allusion, cause and effect, and compare and contrast. It also includes these activities: conflict disc

This fully animated, graphic packed, 13 slide powerpoint is the perfect anticipation guide for the Lois Lowry novel, The Giver. Created by Beverly Brown, the presentation focuses on Utopia, Rules, the Genre of Science Fiction, Setting, and Conflict. It also includes links for 5 websites of utopian societies. I also have a 38 slide powerpoint to use during the reading of The Giver available for sale.

Still struggling for an effective and fun way to teach the skill of deductive reasoning? This activity is perfect for doing just that! Written in worksheet form, this activity can be done in groups, pairs, or individually. After reading a short scenario about four couples gathering for a potluck picnic in the park, students are asked to use deductive reasoning to determine the answers to the following questions: husband and wife names, last names, food brought to the picnic, and transportati

This 29 slide, fully animated powerpoint focuses on the Indian removal act, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Supreme Court Judge John Marshall, the Georgia gold rush, and the 5 tribes involved. It includes maps,documents, photographs, and artwork connected to the Trail of Tears. Created by Beverly Brown, this is the perfect source to help teach a unit on the trail of tears.

This is the perfect tool to introduce your students to the Robert Frost poem, "The Road Not Taken". It focuses on vocabulary, roots, prefixes, analogies, and word parts. Using the words diverge, converge, trodden, undergrowth, and hence, this exercise includes word study, sentence completion, matching definitions, and analogy completion.

This fully animated 23 slide powerpoint, created by Beverly Brown, focuses on the seven types of figurative language. It compares figurative and literal language with a nine sentence exercise to differentiate between the two. Using the "SHAMPOO" acronym, it explains simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia. Also, this fully animated, picture filled powerpoint includes a 7 sentence exercise for practice (with key), and as an example, the poem, "Th

This propaganda worksheet focuses on bandwagon, loaded/emotional words, testimonial, and name calling. Using a short explanation, students are asked to identify which type of propaganda is used. Created by Beverly Brown, this is a 10 item practice worksheet that includes clip art. A key is included.

This worksheet is a timeline on the Lewis and Clark expedition. It is fill-in-the-blank and includes 13 events. A key is included. Created by Beverly Brown,it correlates with her Lewis and Clark Powerpoint. Check it out at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lewis-and-Clark-Expedition-Powerpoint

This 41 slide powerpoint is the perfect companion to teach "Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl". Fully animated and packed with photographs, it includes 14 terms and vocabulary words with definitions and photos. Created by Beverly Brown, it also includes a history of the Holocaust with vivid photos, quotes from her diary, and an extensive (29 events) timeline for World War II. A link to a website that describes Anne's life, and a link to the only known video of Anne is included in the presen

This 26 slide powerpoint is the perfect companion to teach the Ellen Raskin novel, "The Westing Game". Fully animated with artwork and pictures on each slide, it includes slides on the author, anticipation guide, main character analysis, genre, Sunset Towers graphic organizer, and cast of players. Created by Beverly Brown, it also includes 2 sets of vocabulary words (with definitions and pictures for each word), and 3 quizes. Special bonus slides are included explaining the stock market, obitua

This 20 slide powerpoint focuses on a step-by-step process to teach students to write a 3 paragraph book review. Created by Beverly Brown, it is fully animated and illustrated. The process can be used to write a review for any book. It also includes a sample book review using the novel, Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen.

This unit on the Avi novel, Nothing But the Truth, is 21 pages and includes a 18 slide powerpoint presentation. Included in the unit are the following: anticipation guide, song web worksheet, plot line worksheet, character web worksheet, phraseology worksheet, comic strip worksheet, newspaper template, 3 sets of vocabulary words, 3 sets of review questions, a final test review, and 3 two page tests. All pages are in PDF and Publisher format. A Key is included for all vocabulary worksheets, cha

This 24 slide powerpoint focuses on the reliability of sources both primary and secondary and is totally interactive for your students. It explains the differences between eye witness accounts, diaries, newspaper articles, internet sites, magazines, and tabloids. Created by Beverly Brown, it is fully animated and illustrated. It includes an interactive webquest to 3 different websites on the same topic. It also has a link to a website that is a hoax and several multiple choice exercises. To p

This clever worksheet looks exactly like a Facebook page. It is a great first week of school activity that allows students to tell about themselves and express their artistic side by creating a picture of themselves. They can also write about their family members and friends. It is the perfect getting to know you activity for the "techno savy" teacher.

This item is a final test for the novel, "The House of the Scorpion", by Nancy Farmer. Created by Beverly Brown, it is four pages long, 42 items, and includes the following: 15 item character matching sections; 18 item multiple choice questions; 4 true/false correction sentences; and a choice of 5 discussion questions. It includes many higher level thinking items as well as comprehension questions. Encompassing elements of plot, setting, characters, conflict, and resolution, this final t

This 24 slide powerpoint presentation focuses on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Created by Beverly Brown, it includes background information on the Louisiana Purchase, Sacajawea,original documents, manifests, maps, quotes, and beautiful pictures and artwork. There is a correlating worksheet/timeline (50 cents) for your students to complete as you teach through the powerpoint presentation. Check it out at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lewis-and-Clark-Timeline-Worksheet

This item is the perfect "game" to play with your students on the first day of class. It can also be played any time during the year. It includes thorough directions for 4 types of play: brain break, whole class, pairs, or small groups. Also included are 32 different game cards with clever clip art. All you have to do is run off 4 pages of cards, cut the cards apart and you are ready to play! Here are some specifics regarding the game. Not only is it “My Favorite Game”, it’s a game about

This 26 slide powerpoint is the perfect tool to teach a unit on Native Americans. Fully animated and beautifully illustrated, It begins with facts on the Anasazi and Mound Builders. Created by Beverly Brown and Glynn Brown, it includes numerous details on Native American groups, their beliefs, shelters, day-to-day life and culture, and focuses on five Native American Culture Areas: Northern (Inuit, Aleut), Northwest (Tlingit, Chinook, Tongass), Southwest (Zuni, Hopi, Pueblo, Apache, Navajo)

This massive, 53 slide powerpoint is the perfect accompaniment to teaching the Daniel Keyes novel, Flowers for Algernon. It includes many interactive activity slides. Among these are a complete Rorschach Test, central questions, anticipation guide, a complete verbal Rorschach test, vocabulary with definitions and matching picture activity, a chart activity, venn diagram activity, punctuation activity, a 14 item true/false activity, and a 10 item post reading questions assignment. Also inclu

This 19 slide powerpoint teaches the literary skills of theme and topic. After this lesson, your students will no longer confuse topic and theme. Created by Beverly Brown, this powerpoint is interactive and is a favorite with students. Using popular movies and familiar stories, students will easily remember how to determine topics and themes. It includes four interactive exercises, 1 multiple choice activity, and an extension/reinforcement activity you can tailor to your own classroom literatu