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I design ELA resources that emphasize the core critical thinking skills of interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating texts. I try to push students to recognize the purposes a work of literature serves!
Creating literature resources that help busy English teachers is a dream job for me. I developed my expertise first as a high school English teacher (12th grade British literature) and then as a curriculum designer and blogger at an educational nonprofit.
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Beowulf Introductory Slides
These Beowulf introductory slides use authoritative sources to prepare your students to analyze the text. The slides include explanations of: The general plot The historical context about the cultures who contributed to the development of the storyHow the story developed in the oral tradition before it was written in Old English and eventually translated into Modern EnglishThe cultural values present in the story including comitatus, wyrd, flyting, boasting, and a sense of communityLiterary dev
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
CCSS
RL.11-12.2
, RL.11-12.3
, RL.11-12.5
+4
Also included in: Custom British Literature Mega-Bundle
Intro to Shakespeare Fun Quiz and Presentation
Make your intro to Shakespeare more interesting and relatable with this just-for-fun personality quiz and presentation! This resource is a great way to start your study of any Shakespeare play or the sonnets. Students start by completing the 10-question multiple-choice "quiz" (called "What percent Shakespeare are you?") which includes questions like "Do you have any twins in your family?" and "Which names do you like best?" to hook their attention. Then, the slides that follow provide the answe
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
CCSS
RI.9-10.1
, RI.11-12.1
, L.9-10.1
+5
Also included in: Custom British Literature Mega-Bundle
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Experience
I design ELA resources that emphasize the core critical thinking skills of interpreting, analyzing, and evaluating texts. I try to push students to recognize the purposes a work of literature serves!
Creating literature resources that help busy English teachers is a dream job for me. I developed my expertise first as a high school English teacher (12th grade British literature) and then as a curriculum designer and blogger at an educational nonprofit.
Teaching style
I love to challenge students with well-crafted extended thinking questions and literary analysis assignments that maximize what students take away from reading a text. But in addition to that, I'm always on a mission to get students excited about reading literature in the first place. I try to create thought-provoking anticipation guides and fun intro activities that engage students' attention in the pre-reading phase too!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Experiences I loved most as a teacher:
• Serving as the advisor for the students who produced the annual literary magazine
• Getting even the most reluctant students excited about the mysteries of Macbeth
• Seeing students design their own contemporary monsters as part of our Beowulf unit
• Laughing through our class performances of The Importance of Being Earnest!
My own education history
B.S., Secondary English Education and Communications
M. Ed., School Library and Information Technology
Additional biographical information
• Hi, I'm Jillian. I started the BritLitWit store in 2009!
• I'm a Shakespeare fanatic (you'll see the heart and soul poured into my Macbeth and Hamlet bundles!). I'm trying to find the time to be able to read and write articles about all of the plays!
• Besides working on the BritLitWit store, I can be found hanging out with my elementary-aged son and baby daughter, cooking, writing, hiking, or doing yoga videos!
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