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Clean and organized graphic organizers assist with the teaching of characterization and tracing the evolution (or lack thereof) of characters in Taming of the Shrew. Students not only work with appropriate characterization descriptors but support their conclusions with evidence from the play and analyze how the evidence supports the characterization descriptor.

The graphic organizer is a clear way for student to reflect on certain elements of dramatic irony in each act. Students analyze how the element is dramatic irony and what the direct impact is of the dram. irony on the play/plot. (This G.O. is a precursor to the dram. irony assessment given at the end of the play= also avail. for purchase.)

Students apply their understanding of connotation and dentotation to a poem in order to demonstrate how an author's diction choice impacts the text as a whole. Clean, organized, student friendly. Tested in the classroom by a team of teachers over time.

Inspired by a year of making uncomfortable phone calls home about student AI usage with assignments, these two articles, "Workarounds Don't Work Part 1" and "Part 2," provide a student-friendly explanation of the pitfalls and dangers of AI use for academic assignments. This purchase is article 1 of 2. The article comes with guiding questions for students to respond to. Also included is a grading rubric for the responses. The aim is for students to read, critically think, and then write. There is

Inspired by a year of making uncomfortable phone calls home about student AI usage with assignments, these two articles, "Workarounds Don't Work Part 1" and "Part 2," provide a student-friendly explanation of the pitfalls and dangers of AI use for academic assignments. This purchase is article 2 of 2. The article comes with guiding questions for students to respond to. Also included is a grading rubric for the responses. The aim is for students to read, critically think, and then write. There is

A clean and user friendly assignment for students to draw parallels between the character Simon and the Bible.

Students look at the denotation of specific diction choices in the short story Cask of Amontillado by Poe and analyze how the word's dentotation influences the text. Clean, organized, and student friendly. Used by a team of teachers in the classroom over time.

Worksheet is clean, organized and user friendly. Students look at imagery clues regarding the Characterization of Lennie and draw conclusions and create analysis as to how Lennie is characterized. Good practice worksheet prior to the administration of a characterization formative and summative assessment (also created and avail. via TPT).

Students apply their understanding of foreshadowing and infer and predict based on contextual clues given in the play. Acts 1-3.

Assignment tasks students to apply understanding of symbolism to the re-occuring symbol of the jar in the novel. Scoffolding techniques are used: students reflect on their own understanding and background knowledge before analyzing the symbol.

A clear and coherant graphic organizer that has students predict and reflect on each epigram used in the novel (at the beginning of each chapter). A scoffolding tool for pre and post reading for each chapter. Assists with students grasping themes, plot, tone and characterization in the novel

Students apply their understanding of symbolism to the short story Cask of Amontillado by Poe. Student's have an opportunity for additional rigor in creating their own symbol. Tested in the classroom over time by a team of teachers. Clear, organized, student friendly.

This study guide includes developed and thought-provoking questions for each chapter that move beyond level one thinking. Study guide prompts students to move from lower level into higher level thinking (Costas and Bloom's upper levels) analyzing, predicting, evaluating, applying and judging (to name a few). Invites and prompts students to dig deep. Study guide helps transition into developed classroom discussion. The study guide is classroom tested over 5 years by a team of teachers. Layout is

After learning about imagery, students practice crafting their own images with this clear graphic organizer. Given the category, students make positive and negative images. An example is provided for student clarity.

These clear and coherant graphic organizers not only provide students opportunity to develop thematic understanding of characterization and conflict, but they also help dovetail into the culminating essay prompt created for this unit (also avail for purchase).

With critical thinking and Common Core Depth of Knowledge in mind, this exercise asks students to complete a guided annotation of a poem and then complete higher level critical thinking as to how the main symbol of the poem reveals the poem's theme. Students create a thematic statement identifying the difference between a low level statement and a quality statement. Document is clean, organized and student friendly. The assignment utilizes scaffolding techniques in order to maximize quality st

Assists with student analysis of the chorus portion of the play. Scaffolding techniques utilized. Students familiarize themselves with Shakepeares language and the plot of the play using paraphrasing skills. Worksheet is classroom tested by a team of teachers.

The teacher can either use these as an assessment or reinforcement for student's understanding of metaphors and similes in the novel. Answer keys provided.

Aides students in gathering evidence and drawing conclusions about the author's purpose and style for the characterization of the society depicted in chapter one of the novel.

Students apply their understanding of characterization in a clear and coherant manner. Each chapter G.O. features characters and the students are tasked with utilizing a characterization descriptor, searching for appropriate evidence from the novel to support the descriptor and then justify how the evidence supports the descriptor providing quality developed analysis. These G.O.s can be used for practice or assessment.