Daniel Mitchell

This is a painstakingly crafted literature unit for Pilgrim's Progress, my all-time favorite piece of literature. Here, you will find study questions for the entire book which not only call on your young readers to exhibit skills in reading comprehension but to also question their own knowledge of their Christian faith. Additionally, there are more than 100 vocabulary terms taken from the work for the students to define. Included here as well are a multi-layered (and Bloom's compliant [all le

This one page research assignment is geared toward sixth and seventh grade students. The benchmarks it meets includes conducting research from multiple sources, compiling a list of sources, delivering an oral presentation, and historical & scientific concepts related to this L'engle classic.

This project offers ninteen different topics historically significant to treasure Island or pirates in general. The students look up information regarding each specific topic, locate research, prepare an oral presentation w/ visual aide (posterboard, Powerpoint, Prezi, et c)., create a bibliography, and deliver the presentation.

This is a complete study guide (chapter by chapter questions with vocabulary), a final test, and a multi-option final essay rubric.

This project takes your students from the brainstorming stages through the end product of both a final essay and oral presentation, with step by step instructions and guidelines for each stop along the way. The first section covers sources; the second focuses on creating an outline; this leads into the creation of the first draft; revision and final drafts are covered next; bibliographies are covered in the next section; the culmination of the activity is an oral presentation on the research co

This is an essay rubric for Treasure Island; their are three essay options for the students to choose from.

This is a pack of activities for The House of Seven Gables that you will surely value (first off, nice call in teaching this ignored masterpiece of literary genius). Here you will find three different pre-reading/ historical research activities that will help you get your young readers in the proper frame of mind to enjoy Hepzibah & co. Next, you will find two quizzes to use during the reading of the text, in addition to a final test, all of which cover a wide range of levels of Bloom's. In ad

This research project allows your students to investigate the degree to which Christianity is used and hijacked in marketing campaigns by advertising agencies. your students will observe, interpret, and create a speech with visual aide regarding this subject. This project is intended for Christian students in 7th grade and up.

This essay is for higher ability students in middle school grades or for standard 9th/ 10th LA classes. It asks the students to consider whether or not Wells was preferential of capitalism or communism, based only on the events of The Time Machine (outside research would give them their answer, but the text's messages are a tad ambiguous).

This is a power packed bunch of study materials that I created for the study of Frankenstein. In this pack, you will find several reading quizzes which range throughout the spectrum of Bloom's taxonomy. Additionally, there is a helpful vocabulary & application activity. You will also find two different historical background research project rubrics (one dealing with Gothicism in literature), as well as a final essay rubric (w/ three essay options).

This Anthem essay rubric asks your students to consider the motivation (or lack thereof) of the characters in this Ayn Rand classic on individualism versus group think.

This essay rubric assesses your students' ability to analyze characters and note development over the course of the novel.

This is an essay rubric for Elie Wiesel's Night which requires multiple levels of Bloom's. Research and thesis creation are involved, as are MLA parenthetical citation and source citation.

This is a rubric for final assessment of To Kill a Mockingbird. This rubric includes four thought provoking options which accommodate different learning styles, while also requiring the students to create a thesis and support it with examples from the text.

This is an essay rubric for a piece on Tuck Everlasting regarding immortality.

This is a final essay rubric that asks your students to consider deeply the historical & religious implications of the establishment of Israel and its impact the novel's characters.

This rubric allows for additional historical research, speech, and oral presentation opportunities for your students. It is designed as a way through which your students can research specific topics regarding the various aspects of elements regarding A Wrinkle in Time; a detailed speech rubric is included.

This rubric allows your young readers to explore various facets of character development, plot progression, and the writing process, upon the completion of reading April Morning.

This rubric allows for a culminating essay experience for your students upon the completion of Alice in Wonderland.

This is an essay opportunity for young writers to create a compare & contrast essay using the original text of the play against the Patty Duke film version.