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Attractive slides teach five vocabuary words, their definitions, and engaging activities to help students use the words they're learning. Present as a slideshow or print four on a page for a student handout. You receive the presentation as a PDF and as a PPT. Teaching "The Pedestrian"? Check out my Anticipation Agreement Circle Activity for The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury. It's in English and Spanish and targets speaking and listening standards. Visit Brevity on TPT!

Backwards instruction allows students to get their feet wet and get excited about a text before they even read it for the first time. These four task cards focus on story elements in the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker." Print as cards and hand out one per day, or four on a sheet for Day 1 of your lesson. Or, show as a slide presentation. Common Core-aligned, student-centered task for backward instruction or use throughout the lesson Visit Brevity on TPT for more ELA resources.

Flexible docs enhance any Early American literature or history unit. Throughout your Early American literature or history unit, introduce one wall doc per week. Add doc to a designated wall or bulletin board, or place in different locations around the room. Refer to docs frequently throughout the unit. Use as discussion starters, texts for Socratic seminars, writing prompts, etc. Encourages speaking and listening and writing practice, as well as reading informational text. Visit Brevity on TP

Printable White-Background Tags 2.5" by 5.75" in Summer Colors Bundle Print on paper or cardstock, cut out, and punch with a standard hole-punch for a cute, classic tag to add to any gift. This bundle includes five pages of colorful tags, including my Pink Flamingo and Floral tags.

Brief slide show explains how students should group themselves and complete the triple-entry journal (included by links within the presentation) for each of four major characters in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Students will cite text, ask questions, and analyze quotes from the novel. Great way to give students collaborative learning time and underscore the importance of the words of the text for analysis. Visit Brevity on TPT for more helpful teacher resources.

Attractive and Core-aligned, the sixteen slides in this presentation will get students working with their existing vocabulary lists and learning strategies for attacking unknown words. Most activities require no prep by the teacher. You receive the file as a PowerPoint, a Google Slides presentation, and as a PDF. Visit Brevity on TPT for more secondary ELA resources!

Offer students of British Literature a visually-appealing introduction to Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron. Presented in the form of a scrapbook, the slides introduce Byron's turbulent family history, his romantic liasons, and some things he'd rather be known for, like his poetry. Excellent springboard for reading "She Walks in Beauty."

Two-sided handout walks students through the process of writing a catalog poem. Great for high school students studying Walt Whitman, Gerard Manley Hopkins, or other poets. Mentor texts help students see how a finished catalog poem looks, and a graphic organizer helps them plan their own poems. Simple and easy way to incorporate writing and literature into an existing lesson.

Ten vocab words are highlighted in this flexible slideshow. Print it as 11 x 8.5 docs or with four on a page. Show the presentation as a slideshow for direct instruction. Pairs with American Literature short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving. Visit Brevity on TPT for more ELA resources.