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I love teaching The Iliad, but I have always struggled with an easy way to introduce the major knowledge required in understanding the epic poem. This is why I created The Iliad Webquest. It has been student tested for two years, and my students come away from it prepared to tackle The Iliad. This editable Google Slide is a guided research project. Directions, guiding questions, and research links are included in the speaker notes to keep students on track, and images are already provided to

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

These guided reading questions are designed to challenge your students! I love teaching Elie Wiesel, but I do not love how easy it was for my students to Google the answers to the chapter questions I inherited from a co-teacher years ago. These worksheets use higher-order thinking questions to encourage your students to REALLY dig deep into Wiesel's words. This source includes: Questions for each chapter,An answer key, andAn attention-grabbing quote at the top of each guide.This resource uses pa

This resource is intended to your students reach a deeper level of analysis with The Great Gatsby with Say, Mean, Matter. This method of quote analysis works well because it forces students to look past a simple rephrasing of the quotes and challenges them to analyze how the quote plays into major themes and the novel as a whole. Students will read each quote, explain what the quote means, then explain how the quote matters to the greater concepts of the novel. INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE  ● A b

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!

Are you ready to host a book speed date of your own? If you have been in the classroom long, you know that one of the major roadblocks to a smooth student independent reading program is that students often do not take the time to explore the books that are right in front of them, leading to indecision and lack of interest in reading. Hosting a book tasting can help solve that problem. Included in this resource: - Book Speed Date Trifold Menu - Table Numbers - Student Instruction Presentation *

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:

* MAGIC SQUARE * Magic Squares are a wonderful way to introduce vocabulary terms to any student. This activity uses fifteen terms essential to understanding the world of The Great Gatsby. 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 num

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 descriptive writing activity I use with Legos. The kids tend to really respond to it... the building part, not the response sheet. :) This activity uses Lego building pieces to improve descriptive writing skills. It can also serve as an ice breaker. ***Updated 1/15/2016*** New teaching variations included!

Exam for Night by Elie Wiesel. This test includes 20 multiple choice questions, 1 short essay (with 4 alternate questions), 4 quote questions, and 15 vocabulary questions. ***Are you interested in more Night resources?!? This activity pack is part of a larger bundle including: - Night SAY, MEAN, MATTER Quote Analysis- Night Magic Square Vocabulary and Vocabulary Tests- Night Guided Reading Questions- Night Activity Pack

This is a research project I like to use with my 9th and World Literature courses after reading The Iliad and/or Odyssey. Students are to research American trade names and logos which are inspired by the Greek culture.

This is a project I use with my students as part of an assessment for independent novel reading. Students are to create a comic strip based on the plot of his/her novel.

This is to be used with the novel The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. The main course of this product is the student tested Magic Square activity, which utilizes 25 terms that are essential to helping your students understand The Book Thief's world. Magic Square activities encourage students to use their deductive reasoning and prior knowledge to solve a numerical puzzle. An answer key and instructions have been provided to help you and your students along the way. I have offered some ideas on how

Are you looking for a way to get to know your students a bit better both as writers and individuals? I usually give this as our first writing assignment for the year, but it can be used at any time during the time you spend with your students. Included in this resource: - Assignment sheet with writing suggestions for your students - Single point rubric - Mind map brainstorming assignment - Peer edit checklist - Self Reflection checklist These products are all PDF copies, but if you would like

I use this essay to help motivate my juniors and seniors to apply for college. On the assignment sheet, I provide a list of five topics for the student to choose from. If the student is considering applying for a college that already requires a topic, or if they are applying for a scholarship that designates a topic, I allow the student to kill two birds with one stone. A rubric for grading is also included.