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Calling all high school and middle school teachers: have you been on the hunt for the perfect digital planner that is geared towards class periods, unit planning, and secondary education? Look no further. This one was customized and created with YOU in mind. This digital planner is FULLY EDITABLE to meet your needs and MADE WITH GOOGLE SLIDES.The digital planner includes:*UPDATED* for July 2025 - June 2026 monthly calendars (equipped with dates).Weekly lesson plan template options (broken dow

Julius Caesar Unit BundleThis unit is fully editable and digital unit for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Play. The unit gives you access to a Google Drive folders with the following high-engagement resources. Introduction to Shakespeare/Play:Shakespeare Introduction InfographicJulius Caesar Introduction Learning Stations (5 stations on Shakespeare, key dramatic terms, characters, the real-life Caesar, and background on the conspiracy)Unit Pacing GuideAct 1:Scene 2- Cassius Close Reading + Texting

Introduction to Julius Caesar - Learning Stations - PRINT and DIGITALBe confident that your students are ready to tackle the great conspiracy of Julius Caesar with these five pre-reading learning stations. These are perfect to use over the course of two class periods or one class period and a homework assignment. You can either print out the learning stations (ready for you in a PDF document) or use the completely digital adaptation! There are five learning stations that cover an introduction

Julius Caesar Act III Engaging Activities - PRINT and DIGITAL Resources Engage your students with THREE activities as they read Act III of Julius Caesar. These activities are fully equipped for a digital or print use. Act III Brutus Speech Analysis - Students will closely read and annotate Brutus' speech in Act 3, Scene 2. Then, they will answer five questions to evaluate the rhetorical appeals and effectiveness of the speech. Act III Antony Speech Analysis - Students will closely read and

Julius Caesar Act II Engaging Activities - PRINT and DIGITAL Resources Engage your students as you read Act II of Julius Caesar with two activities that are fully equipped for a digital or print lesson! Act II Close Reading Stations - These digital learning stations will walk your students through Act 2, Scene 2's warnings to Caesar! Each of the five stations will include an excerpt from the play and questions for students to analyze about the warnings that Caesar received from various chara

Julius Caesar Campaign Project - Assessment with RubricA Julius Caesar unit project that students LOVE! Students will choose a character from the play and create a "campaign" for that character to be elected as the dictator for Rome! The project includes three parts: poster, pitch, and presentation. The poster requires a picture, slogan, leadership strengths, and textual evidence. The pitch needs to be a half a page in length and must include all three rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos)

Julius Caesar Act V Engaging Activities - PRINT and DIGITAL ResourcesEngage your students as you read Act V of Julius Caesar with two activities that are fully equipped for a digital or print lesson! Act V Close Reading Stations - These digital learning stations will walk your students through Act V with five stations that offer excerpts and ask students to analyze character development, themes, symbols, and more! The stations include a variety of question types and levels. The stations are in

This resource features a digital and editable learning stations activity for your students to complete after reading and annotating Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." Upon purchase, you will get access to the Google Slides document that includes six stations. The stations cover questions about the setting, theme, plot structure, mood, and vocabulary. This assignment can be completed in one class period! This product includes:Google Slides document with eleven, fully-editable slidesHyperl

Need an engaging way to get your students interested in narrative writing? Include music! In this narrative essay project (I call it "The Selfie Soundtrack"), students will learn about the elements of narrative writing, review a thorough rubric, practice brainstorming and organizing their ideas in a prewriting document, write a rough draft, complete a peer review activity, and then edit their final draft. Students will write at least a three-page paper about an important/transformative event or

For this assignment, students will write a letter to their future selves during the first week of school. The directions prompt students to write a one-page letter (in a business letter format) and reflect on how they're feeling during the first week of school, what they're hopeful/nervous about, what their strengths and weaknesses are in the classroom, what their goals are for the school year, etc. The directions come with a template for students to follow, so they can practice writing a busin

Julius Caesar Act I Engaging Activities - PRINT and DIGITAL ResourcesEngage your students as you read Act I of the play with two activities that are fully equipped for a digital or print lesson! Act I Character Analysis: Students will choose three characters, find quotes that characterize each, explain the significance of the quote, and draw their interpretation of the character.Act I Close Reading + Texting Activity: Students will closely read an excerpt from Cassius and annotate the text for r

Growth Mindset Quotes - Poster Pack - Greenery ThemeThese posters are perfect for a bulletin board display, classroom decor, and more! This pdf download includes 16 growth mindset/inspirational quotes with various greenery designs. Additionally, this resource comes with different “Try a Growth Mindset” banners and printouts for you to use (if you desire) with your bulletin board display. Tips: These posters and letters are designed to be printed on 8.5x11” paper. Be sure to click "scale to size

GROWING BUNDLE! This resource is a growing bundle, and I will continue to add different boho-themed posters and templates. The price will increase overtime, as I add more background and border variations, I will increase the price of the resource. However, UPDATES ARE FREE! That means, once you purchase this resource, you will receive free updates. What's Included: 30 + Boho-Themed Agenda, Borders, and Backgrounds for Google Slides 10 Boho-Themed Reading Posters8 Boho-Themed Literary Device P

These three Editable Syllabus Templates comes with different syllabus styles to make creating your syllabus for back to school a breeze! All three templates are organized as a one-page syllabus (front and back) that will stand out with exciting fonts and colors! You can choose to utilize the included wording or customize it to make it your own in Google Slides. These templates are fully customizable with existing headers that would work for any subject at any level -- elementary, middle school,

Introduction to Shakespeare Infographic This is an excellent resource to introduce any of Shakespeare's works or as an introduction to him as an author. Students will have fun exploring details about Shakespeare, statistics about his works, interesting facts about his plays, and more! I use this resource to introduce Shakespeare before heading into our Julius Caesar unit. It can be a useful tool in pre-reading stations, as a visual review as a class, or as a scavenger hunt activity to learn mor

Julius Caesar Act IV Engaging Activities - PRINT and DIGITAL Resources Engage your students as you read Act IV of Julius Caesar with a resource that is fully equipped for a digital or print lesson! Act IV Close Reading + Diary Entry: Students will closely read and annotate an excerpt from Act IV for examples that detail the Brutus and Cassius' emotions and fears. Then, they will make notes about what these examples reveal about the characters in the margins. For the diary entry, students wil

Postcard ActivityFor this activity, students will design a postcard image of a text's setting and write a postcard message from the point of view of one of the text's characters. This template is completely editable on Google Slides and comes with a 15-point rubric, which is also completely editable. In the Google Drive folder, I've included an example of what this activity could look like for students reading Walden by Thoreau for reference. My students love this creative activity, and I lo

GROWING BUNDLE! This resource is a growing bundle, and I will continue to add different neutral and colorful boho slide variations. The price will increase overtime, as I add more background and border variations, I will increase the price of the resource. However, UPDATES ARE FREE! That means, once you purchase this resource, you will receive free updates. What's Included: 30 + Agenda Slides, borders, and backgrounds for Google Slides.

With this purchase, you will get access to a Google Drive folder that contains Google Slide and PDF versions of three different doodle notes options for your students. The PDF versions are ready to print on 8.5x11 paper.

These boho-themed reading quote posters are a perfect way to add reading interest and style to your classroom! This pack includes 10 posters with quotes that can be used for bulletin boards, classroom libraries, and more! These are designed to be printed on 8.5x11". Be sure to click "scale to size" when printing to account for printer differences. You may also like these matching boho-themed literary device posters!