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Remember the figure from Greek mythology, Sisyphus, whose punishment it was to push a bolder up a hill for all of eternity? If you are like me, spending hours making comments on student compositions just to see the same mistakes continue to occur time after time in the same student's writing may make you relate to the poor, cursed mythological figure a bit too much for comfort. I would not dare to be presumptuous enough to say that this free product will 100% fix our little problem, because it a

This is to be used with the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. I just recently taught the novel and updated much of my material. I hope this is helpful. This product includes: Character Chart: Students explain the significance of each of the listed characters to the plot and overall meaning of the novel.Quote Circle Activity Template: I use these in place of selection quizzes periodically. If you are using my test, you may want to incorporate the quotes included in the exam. I include a list of quotes

Click HERE for the Video Preview! In this FREE resource, your students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of rhetorical appeals. Students are tasked with finding advertisements that use ethos, logos, and pathos, describe how the image utilizes the appeal, then cite their image. An example slide is provided to lead your students in the right direction. I have also included a link to the Google Slide version of this resource. Simply click on the "Read First" document in the download and

This 7-page resource is meant to help students reach a deeper analysis as they read Elie Wiesel's novel Night. I have had much success with the say, mean, matter method in my own classroom. Each page of this resource includes three quotes. After reading the chapter, students are to consider each quote in context (SAYS), paraphrase what the quote MEANS, and explain how the quote MATTERS to the story or how it plays into various themes. INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE: - A blank copy of the Night Say,

This well scaffolded worksheet allows students to create a monthly budget and calculate their projected net worth after thirty years of keeping their created budget, giving students some much needed motivation for budgeting, saving, and investing. Students have the option of selecting predetermined values for income and expenses or they may research and fill in their own values. If you like this resource, check out my The Book Thief Vocabulary and Magic Square Activity!

Magic Squares are a wonderful way to introduce vocabulary terms to any student. This activity uses fifteen terms essential to understanding the world of Night. The student will use his/her prior knowledge of history, math skills, and deductive reasoning to complete the activity. Match the correct vocabulary term to its definition and add the correlating number in its box. If the totals are the same horizontally, diagonally, and vertically, you have found the magic number! This product includes:

Your students just finished the first draft of their persuasive essays. What now? How about a peer review? This resource contains two separate foldables. The tri-fold persuasive essay peer review allows for two separate peer reviews and one self-reflection. Also included is a book-style foldable with the same information. Both peer reviews are provided as an editable Microsoft Publisher document and PDF.

In this assignment, students will compose a quest story. I normally assign this after my classes read The Epic of Gilgamesh, but it can also be used to aid understanding in any type of quest story or hero journey. (Think Odyssey, Illiad, Beowulf, etc..) Includes a rubric.

This is a reading organizer that I use with my Ninth Literature course. This helps the students keep track of what we have read for each unit. There are boxes for the title of the work and page number, author, form of literature, and literary terms we have studied with that work and a definition of the term.

This is a reading organizer that I use with my English Literature course. This helps the students keep track of what we have read for each unit. There are boxes for the title of the work and page number, author, form of literature, and literary terms we have studied with that work and a definition of the term.

I give this to my students on the very first day of class.

Students research an author. A great way to transition students into the research process.

This is a reading organizer that I use with my American Literature course. This helps the students keep track of what we have read for each unit. There are boxes for the title of the work and page number, author, form of literature, and literary terms we have studied with that work and a definition of the term.