Brain Windows

These easy-to-use, editable slides guide students to annotate the text of the soliloquies in Macbeth. NOTE: This resource does not include text of the soliloquies.

Challenge your class to create a chain of profound quotes around the classroom as they read Kindred by Octavia Butler. This assignment is designed to last throughout a novel study but can be adapted as the instruction page is editable. INCLUDED:Instruction sheet with grading rubric (PDF and Google Doc)Strip templates (8.5 x 11 and 8.5x14- legal size) for students to write and explain quotesInstructions and tips for successful implementation of the project.**NOTE: Kindred is a novel that uses

In this activity, students rotate through 5 stations in small groups, discussing a variety of philosophies about the study of literature. The culminating part of the activity asks students to write about their ideas for each station individually. Stations include- 2 quotes to ponder, practical reasons for studying literature, metaphors for literature, and cards that demonstrate how literature has a way of explaining emotions and concepts that average speech cannot accomplish. This activity foste

This reproducible/digital unit includes: - 1 master slideshow that helps students in each circle orient themselves to their text (+ an example slideshow) - 6 guidesheets for each stage of the discussion

Students can use this hyperdoc to learn about formalism and new historicism and apply it to their reading of "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The document includes links to videos and online sources where students can learn the basics of formalism and new historicism. In addition, there are graphic organizers that allow space for students to generate ideas about how "The Yellow Wallpaper" can be viewed through the two critical lenses.