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Aesop's fables are for kids, right? Wrong! Always intended for an adult audience (and performed at the royal courts of ancient Greek city states), Aesop's original fables are a GREAT way to teach literary interpretation in your high school and upper middle school classrooms. Plus, the fables are perfectly bite-sized for discussion and activities. Included in this 28-page packet are the following: -- a 2-page introduction to interpreting fables and a 1-page Aesop biography -- 40 hand-selected

Introduce your students to the Russian Revolution allegories of Animal farm with this visually rich slideshow (30+ slides!) and 1-page summary handout for students. Taking up about 30 minutes of class time, this explanation of how Animal Farm works as a fable will encourage buy in from your students as well as stimulate discussion. Enjoy! Note: this slideshow is in PDF format, but you can still start the slideshow with your favorite pdf reader.

In this simulation, groups imagine they are advertising companies that organize and pitch a propaganda campaign to the rulers of Animal Farm, the pigs. The propaganda campaigns must include a slogan, a print ad, a video ad strategy, and a social media ad strategy. Each group member takes one of those roles, groups organize slideshow presentations, and then groups "Pitch" their campaigns, just like in the real-life world of advertising! This pdf packet includes everything you need for the 1-wee

Why lecture your students about America's Roaring Twenties when they can research interesting topics from this period and present them to each other?! This project helps build important skills: Researching, Slideshow Design, and Public Speaking. (It works great at the start of a Great Gatsby unit, too!) Included are 12 Roaring Twenties topics with 3 targeted research angles each, plus some helpful teaching tips.

Stop lecturing your students about Shakespeare's Life & Times and have THEM do the research! This project includes scaffolded research and slideshow instructions, an expository essay assignment, and a multiple choice quiz. Also included are student examples (slideshow AND essay), a presentation grading rubric, a quiz answer key, and helpful teaching tips. This COMPLETE Shakespeare Life & Times project is a GREAT way to front load the reading of a play, and provides you with everything you nee

A fun way for students to work on research skills, slideshow design, and public speaking, this project asks students to present a classic work of science fiction (27 options provided!) to the class with a slideshow presentation. Also includes teaching tips, a student slideshow example, a wall gallery component, and a small group build-your-own Utopia activity. 1-2 weeks of class time, depending on class size and homework load.

Introduce your students to the life and times of George Orwell with this visually rich slideshow. Lecture notes included! Taking up about 30 minutes of class time, this introduction to Orwell's fascinating life helps bolster student buy-in for Animal Farm and 1984 units. Enjoy! Note: this slideshow is in PDF format, but you can still start the slideshow with your favorite pdf reader.

This Animal Farm multiple choice quiz covers the entire book, about two questions per chapter, covering facts and analysis. Answer key is included, with page numbers for two different paperback versions. Also included are four pages of extra reading questions (with answers) organized by chapter, which you can use for discussion or short answer responses. A few teaching tips are provided as well!

Included is a complete, 2-page proofreading symbols chart, a blank chart for you to create your own symbols handout, and two practice paragraphs for students (with answer keys!).