Booking It

This file contains an entire unit on Mulan's origins: 1. There is a slideshow on Mulan's historical and literary roots. 2. Questions and answer key for Women Warriors: The Real Mulan (a 45 min. documentary available via Prime Video) 3. The text of the original "Ballad of Mulan" with a tic tac toe activity. 4. An 10-page excerpt of Maxine Hong Kingston's novel "Woman Warrior" (this portion is based on Mulan's legend) with guided reading questions, timeline, quiz, and answer key. I teach this un

This file includes a slideshow on early writing (pictographs and cuneiform) with guided notes for students to take as they view the slides. It also contains a timeline of the history of writing for students to complete (using the slides as and aid) and a pictograph matching activity (with answer key). I use this with a 9th Grade cross-curricular World Literature / World History class, so it also includes the fictional story "How the First Letter Was Written" with a guided reading questions and

This lesson is a great way to get your know your students better. I like to use the first week of school, but it can be a fun activity at any point in the semester. Students read a model text by Emily Dickinson in which she describes herself in a series of similes. After reviewing a slide show and analyzing the poem, students will write their own selfies, which they can share and workshop in a variety of suggested ways. This lesson has always been popular among my ninth graders, but easily wo

The students are presented with five different scenarios, such as "a student finds a $20.00 on the floor in the classroom, what would _____ do?", and the student must then explain how Buddha, Confucius, and Lao Tzu would handle the situation differently.