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This .zip folder contains over 9 megs of handouts, assignments, quizzes, activities, literary criticism, et al. for George Orwell's 1984. As an added bonus, the file contains the list of great essay ideas for the novel that I'm currently selling separately--it's like getting it for free! Please note that this product, like many of my others, is a compendium of resources, not a road map; there are no explicit directions on how to use the materials--there's just lots of materials for you to use,

Included here are six different handouts covering a total of 10 different grammar concepts; in addition, each handout has at least 10 accompanying practice problems. In addition to that, there is a full 60 question test that you can use a diagnostic or an end-of-unit assessment. Lots of great stuff here that will save time! Note: answer key IS included.

Here's an original synthesis-style essay prompt that's perfect for AP Lang & Comp or a college Comp/Rhetoric class (where I use it). Can be used as a formal assessment tool, or as an informal introduction to synthesis thinking and writing--I generally have students do some freewriting with it, and then do a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate to talk it through.

Everything you need to teach Sandra Cisneros's classic coming of age novel, House on Mango Street. As with all of my unit plans, I do not lay out for you specifically how to teach the unit step-by-step, though in this case a few of the documents do have schedules. Instead, I give you all of my resources--and they are extensive here--and you pick and choose what works for you, in the manner that suits your style and your students best. Having said that, you'll find everything you could possibly n

100 Pages of lesson plans, activities, assessments, supplemental readings, and guides, all packed into a single accessible document. This Ultimate guide provides you with creative, learning-centered tools to enhance your literature experience. Customize at will.

Here are my Great Gatsby files--almost all of them. In this zip containing 50+ documents, you'll find discussion and quiz questions for every chapter, activity plans, paper assignments, literary criticism, even artwork (for the El Greco reference in Chapter 9)! I've got everything you need to produce a deep, meaningful unit for your students. As with all of my unit plans, I do not lay out for you specifically how to teach the unit step-by-step, though in this case a few of the documents do have

Enclosed are the resources I use for showing the movie (not for the book) Whale Rider, which is a great film for 8th, 9th, 10 graders. You'll find a guide for the movie inside, as well as a group assignment, note taking sheets and discussion prompts! FYI: As a rule, my zip files for teaching a novel do not lay out step-by-step plans how to teach the book--that's up to you. Instead, what I give you is all of my resources to use at your disposition; some of the resources here I didn't even end up

Resources--activities, quizzes, essay options, discussion questions, etc.--for Raisin in the Sun. As with all of my unit plans, I do not lay out for you specifically how to teach the unit step-by-step, though in this case a few of the documents do have schedules. Instead, I give you all of my resources--and they are extensive here--and you pick and choose what works for you, in the manner that suits your style and your students best. Having said that, you'll find everything you could possibly n

80+ files, almost 2 megs of material! Inside this zip you'll find quizzes, discussion questions, activities, student-lead discussion assignments, a reader response/literary criticism essay assignment, tons of literary criticism, and weeks--and I mean weeks!--of pre-reading activities to get you ready for this text. As with all of my unit plans, I do not lay out for you specifically how to teach the unit step-by-step, though in this case a few of the documents do have schedules. Instead, I give y

11 pages of parallelism handouts, practice problems, sentence creating, quizzes and tests. There's a nice mix of multiple choice questions and interpretive questions, including a rhetorical analysis quiz that is a great reading strategies activity.

Full Unit plan for Caesar, including Act quizzes, handouts, paper assignments. Lots of focus on paraphrasing and rhetorical analysis; focus on unit is Shakespeare's language and characterization, particular with each's persuasive techniques

Here's some resources for misplaced and dangling modifier issues, both of which appeear on the ACT English portion. Inside, you'll find two handouts, 20 practice problems and a quiz. FYI: as with all my downloads, I don't necessarily give instructions; feel free to modify and alter my resources at will.

Whether you're teaching journalism, a persuasion unit or helping your students with expository composition, this assignment is an excellent way of offering the students to write in an advanced, research-based voice. The assignment calls for a response to a school topic--feel free to adapt to issues related to your specific community--and to address them toward a specific audience (school or community paper, most likely). Students use the Monroe Model for persuasion to help construct their ads an

Resources--activities, quizzes, essay options, discussion questions, etc.--for Their Eyes Were Watching God. As with all of my unit plans, I do not lay out for you specifically how to teach the unit step-by-step, though in this case a few of the documents do have schedules. Instead, I give you all of my resources--and they are extensive here--and you pick and choose what works for you, in the manner that suits your style and your students best. Having said that, you'll find everything you could

This zip file contains over two dozen Word files with various resources for teaching Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. Inside you'll find the following: pre-reading activities, reciprocal teaching plans (i.e., student-led discussion), quizzes, assignments, questions for discussion and more! FYI: As a rule, my zip files for teaching a novel do not lay out step-by-step plans how to teach the book--that's up to you. Instead, what I give you is all of my resources to use at your disposition; some of the

If you're teaching argumentation or expository composition, this is a great assignment that will yield complex thinking and writing. I ask my students, in pairs, to investigate a problem in the school or community; they then research it (causes, effects, patterns, etc.) and hypothesize a solution. The documents here follow a process, including producing a research document prior to composing, and features rubrics, pre-writing and editing tasks, etc. A great project for your high school or colleg

Where to begin? There's 174 files in this zip! Everything you need is here. I use a persuasion unit to teaching various rhetorical and stylistic techniques, as well as more research practice, as I think working with nonfiction is often much more helpful to students than literature. In any event, I give you most of my resources--the rest are in other downloads (an editorial assignment and debates--and I'll let you decide how long you want to spend on the issue; you can focus on the basics and ju

To help my college students construct arguable, specific, and representative thesis statements, I use a series of templates to have them work through their ideas. Included in this word document are a template warm-up exercise, which helps students articulate their core position on the essay topic; and two thesis structures, one for position essays, where they would evaluate the worth or meaning of something, and a proposal structure for when they are making recommendations or providing solutions

This document contains dozens of ideas to develop lesson plans: bellringers/sponges, direct instruction techniques, group activity descriptions, closure exercises. Will inspire you during unit/lesson planning and save you lots of time! This is the one document I consistently return to, both for secondary and postsecondary teaching situations.

As part of an American Dream unit with my junior Am lit students, I have my classes investigate their own dreams and pursuits by researching a possible career they'd like to pursue as adults. It's a fun and informative project for them, and it pushes research and synthesis skills, particularly early on in the year when I schedule it. Students write not only narrative work but do a literature review that requires them to look at multiple sources of information to get a sense of things. You'll nee