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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an engaging and rigorous experience for students—and an easy one for you—with the BritLitWit bundle! These resources transform a difficult text into a memorable unit. All materials are appropriate for any translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, as well as abridged and unabridged versions. Here's what's included: Bonus: Pacing guide with a sample schedule and additional suggestions for activitiesDo You Have What It Takes to Be a Knight? Intro Activity:

Hamlet is a challenge for students and teachers alike, but this bundle will make it much easier to dive into Shakespeare's masterpiece with confidence! The BritLitWit Hamlet Unit Bundle includes pre-reading activities, questions for reading and extended thinking, quizzes and worksheets on all five acts, final projects, fun activities, and more. You'll be all set for an awesome unit! Check out the individual product listings for previews and additional details. Pre-Reading Opinionnaire: Kick off

You're all set to cover World War I poetry with this bundle! The resource includes intro slides, a packet of analysis questions with poem texts, and a final writing assignment. More details on the contents: Introductory Slides: These slides include a quick write to help students connect their prior knowledge to the topic, political context for why Britain got involved in World War I, a collection of British military recruitment posters with discussion prompts to help students understand the soc

Introduce Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with this engaging slide presentation! This resource includes 10 well-researched slides that include: A brief overview of the textBackground about the authorAn overview of chivalry in medieval timesCharacteristics of chivalric romancesComponents of a quest (and other examples in literature and film)Influence of folklore on the textNotable poetic devicesThemes and the motifs that support themThese slides align with any translation of Sir Gawain and the

Teach the Canterbury Tales Prologue in a way that highlights what matters: interpreting the text to understand what makes it a timeless classic. This bundle includes rigorous, yet well-supported resources that will improve students' reading comprehension skills and create an enjoyable learning experience. No tedious overemphasis on Middle English or the minor details of the pilgrims' clothing here! Instead, this approach is all about helping students become more astute readers and developing a

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

Need a Macbeth intro activity? Kick off the unit with an anticipation guide that engages the whole class in a fun discussion! The slides for this pre-reading activity present eight questions in a "Would you rather...?" format that get students to think about the tough decisions that the characters in Macbeth have to make (for example, "Would you rather be fake sometimes so you could get ahead in your career, or always be honest, but appear less ambitious?") Students always have fun debating the

Introduce The Importance of Being Earnest with these slides that provide an overview of the historical context, story structure, and literary elements! This 12-slide presentation includes: Explanation of the play's titlePlot overview (the reason for the conflicts)Map of character relationshipsLiterary terms including explanations of the "well-made play" formula, comedy of manners, farce, aphorisms, and epigramsOverview of the Aesthetic Movement and its relationship to the playThese slides are

Start your Hamlet unit by getting students oriented to the basics before they read! This intro slide presentation for Hamlet covers: The historical context for Shakespeare's writing of the playThemes and motifsOverviews of the major charactersElements of a revenge tragedyIdeals of Renaissance humanism, which Hamlet attempts to meet throughout the playThese slides are a to-the-point resource that will help you introduce your Hamlet unit and continue to serve as a useful reference while you rea

These introductory slides for the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle include: A five-question anticipation guide that gets students thinking about the importance of observation and the popular appeal of detective stories. It's a great discussion starter that you can project on your screen and/or print out for students to respond in more detail!Background about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's life and his inspiration for the character of Holmes.Details about what Holmes was really like in

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

Kick off your Canterbury Tales study with these introductory slides! This 16-slide presentation covers: Chaucer's biography (including details about his travels as a diplomat and the language of his time, Middle English) and how it impacted Canterbury TalesPilgrimage in EnglandHow Chaucer discovered the literary device of frame tale and used it in the textHow changing social structures during the Middle Ages influenced the characters includedHow corruption within the church influenced the devel

Begin your study of World War I poetry with these introductory slides! These 17 slides include: A quick write to help students connect their prior knowledge to the topicPolitical context for why Britain got involved in World War IA collection of British military recruitment posters with discussion prompts to help students understand the social pressures put on young men to enlistEffects of World War IBiographical information about five poets representing different perspectives on the war: Rupert