Derek Malin ELA Resources

"Double, double, toil and trouble..."Is reviewing Macbeth a struggle in your classroom? Turn your unit into an engaging, no-prep digital escape room. This self-contained HTML game traps students inside the walls of Inverness Castle until they prove what they know about plot, character, theme, and Shakespeare's craft. 165 built-in questions. One HTML file. No logins. No accounts. Just share and go. What Students Do:Students open a single file in any modern browser, choose an act (or the whole pla

Stop choosing between rigor and engagement. This is both.The Macbeth Suite is a single-file, no-install HTML dashboard that walks students through all 28 scenes of the play using a repeatable Technique · Moment · Effect (T·M·E) framework — the same close-reading move literature students need for AP, IB, and beyond, applied consistently from the Weird Sisters' first line to the final duel.No prep-heavy slide decks. No stitching together six different resources. Open one file and everything — stud

Stop choosing between rigor and engagement. This is both.The Macbeth Suite is a single-file, no-install HTML dashboard that walks students through all 28 scenes of the play using a repeatable Technique · Moment · Effect (T·M·E) framework — the same close-reading move literature students need for AP, IB, and beyond, applied consistently from the Weird Sisters' first line to the final duel.No prep-heavy slide decks. No stitching together six different resources. Open one file and everything — stud

A powerful, flexible tool for creating fully customized, classroom-ready digital escape rooms.Create engaging digital escape rooms for your students using an intuitive, step-by-step generator designed specifically for classroom use — now with expanded narration options, flexible question design, and improved support for differentiation. The Premium Escape Room Generator is built for teachers who want the reliability of a guided workflow plus the freedom to customize how their escape rooms look,

Spot the device. Name it. Claim the pair.Defining "metonymy" on a flashcard is one skill. Recognizing it mid-sentence under exam pressure is another. Craft & Claim closes that gap — every match in this digital memory game requires students to identify a real example in context, not just recall a definition. It's retrieval practice with an application layer built in, and it's the closest thing to exam conditions you can run as a bell-ringer. Runs in any browser — PC, Mac, Chromebook, or tablet. N

Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!The Crucible digital escape room is a fully self-contained, text-based review game for Arthur Miller's play: students explore a Salem scene, answer multiple-choice questions at numbered hotspots, collect clue letters, and enter a final escape code. One HTML file — no logins, no student accounts, no prep. Built for Grades 10–12 (including IB English A: Literature). The bank holds 180 questions across Acts I–IV and Whole Play, with Ea

"All of life is an act of letting go, but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye."Life of Pi digital escape room is a fully self-contained, text-based review game for Yann Martel's novel: students explore an atmospheric ocean scene, answer multiple-choice questions at numbered hotspots, collect clue letters, and enter a final escape code. One HTML file — no logins, no student accounts, no prep.Built for Grades 10–12 (including IB English A: Literature). The bank holds 180 ques

Struggling to make Shakespeare's tragedies resonate with your students? Transform your review for Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, AND Hamlet into an engaging, no-prep digital escape room bundle! This value-packed resource provides three separate, self-contained HTML games that challenge students to escape the iconic settings of Verona, Inverness, and Elsinore. Each game is the perfect, interactive tool for review, assessment, or a fun, memorable activity that will bring these timeless plays to lif

Community. Identity. Stability. But at what cost?Brave New World digital escape room is a fully self-contained, text-based review game for Aldous Huxley's novel: students explore atmospheric World State scenes, answer multiple-choice questions at interactive hotspots, collect clue letters, and enter a thematic escape code. One HTML file — no logins, no student accounts, no prep.Built for Grades 10–12 (including IB English A: Literature HL). The bank holds 120 questions across Parts 1–3 and Whole

"May the odds be ever in your favor." Bring the world of Panem into your classroom with this interactive digital escape room covering the complete Hunger Games trilogy. Students review plot, character, theme, motif, and symbol through an immersive, no-prep HTML game — then push deeper with analytical Challenging mode questions that ask them to interpret and evaluate. The resource is built for maximum replayability and differentiation, with a large randomized question bank drawn from all three bo

"For you, a thousand times over."The Kite Runner digital escape room is a self-contained, text-based novel review game for Khaled Hosseini's bestseller. Students explore an atmospheric Kabul-inspired scene, answer multiple-choice questions at numbered hotspots, collect clue letters, and enter a final code word to escape. One HTML file — no logins, no student accounts, no prep.Built for Grades 10–12 and IB English A: Literature. The bank holds 248 questions across three parts and a Whole Novel ti

"He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine."Students step into Willy Loman's fractured world through a fully self-contained digital escape room built for real literary depth. With 180 questions across 12 section and difficulty combinations, this isn't a surface-level plot quiz — it's a structured, replayable review tool that moves from basic comprehension through to IB-level analysis of Miller's craft. No prep. No logins. No accounts. One HTML file that runs on any

A guided tool for creating simple, classroom-ready digital escape rooms. Create engaging digital escape rooms for your students using a guided, step-by-step generator designed specifically for classroom use. The Base Version Escape Room Generator is ideal for teachers who want a quick, structured way to build escape rooms without worrying about visual design, advanced settings, or complex customization. This version keeps things simple so you can focus on content, review, and student engagem

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."Transform your study of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist into an immersive, no-prep digital escape room. Students follow Santiago's journey across desert landscapes, through omens, alchemy, and self-discovery — reviewing characters, plot events, symbols, motifs, and major themes along the way. Designed for both rigor and accessibility, this game works as a review tool, assessment alternative, or culminating acti

"I was born to join in love, not hate."The Antigone digital escape room is a fully self-contained, text-based review game for Sophocles’ tragedy: students explore an atmospheric Thebes scene, answer multiple-choice questions at numbered hotspots, collect clue letters, and enter a final code word to escape. One HTML file — no logins, no student accounts, no prep.Built for Grades 10–12 (including IB English A: Literature). The bank holds 202 questions across three acts and a Whole Play tier — writ

"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us."The Great Gatsby digital escape room is a fully self-contained, text-based review game for F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel: students explore an Art Deco Long Island scene, answer multiple-choice questions at numbered hotspots, collect clue letters, and enter an 8-letter code to escape the pull of the past. One HTML file — no logins, no student accounts, no prep.Built for Grades 10–12 (including IB English A

A plague o' both your houses. But not on your review lesson.Students navigate the tragedy of Verona through a fully self-contained digital escape room built for real literary depth. With 165 questions across 11 section and difficulty combinations, this isn't a surface-level plot quiz — it's a structured, replayable review tool that covers Act-by-Act comprehension through whole-play thematic analysis. No prep. No logins. No accounts. One HTML file that runs on any device with a browser. What St

Was he an animal, that music could move him so?"Kafka's The Metamorphosis is one of the most taught and most difficult texts in senior English. Surreal imagery, shifting power dynamics, and dense symbolism reward close reading — but getting students to do that reading carefully takes the right tool. This digital escape room turns the pressure of review into something students actually want to engage with. No prep. No logins. No accounts. One HTML file that runs on any device with a browser. Wha

Modern American Tragedies Bundle! (Death of a Salesman & The Crucible)Struggling to make Arthur Miller's classic plays resonate with your students? Transform your review for Death of a Salesman AND The Crucible into an engaging, no-prep digital escape room bundle! This value-packed resource provides two separate, self-contained HTML games that challenge students to escape the oppressive worlds of Salem's hysteria and Willy Loman's fractured American dream. Each game is the perfect, interactive

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't..."Turn your Hamlet unit into an immersive digital escape room. Students are trapped at Elsinore and must answer 170 built-in multiple-choice questions on plot, character, theme, and literary craft to collect letter fragments and crack an 8-letter escape code. No prep. No logins. No accounts. One HTML file. What Students Do:Students open the game in any modern web browser, choose an act (or Whole Play), and pick Normal or Challenging. Each run dr