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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,

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

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

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

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

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

Julie Otsuka's riveting novel is just starting to make its way into secondary english curriculum. If you're consdering teaching it, I highly recommend it: students are deeply moved by it, and it provides many opportunities to discuss style and rhetorical techniques used by authors to create meaning. There are very few resources available for this novel, so I'm pleased to offer mine, which I think match the complexity of the work appropriately. I should note that, in a rush because I had barely

So much here! In this zip, containing over 40 files, you'll find lesson plans, quizzes, group activities, vocabulary, paper assignments (over 10 options to choose from), discussion questions, literary criticism, even grammar! There are so many possible options for your classroom that you will never be able to get to all of them, which is the point: pick and choose what serves you best and explore! FYI: As a rule, my zip files for teaching a novel do not lay out step-by-step plans how to teach t

Resources--activities, quizzes, essay options, discussion questions, etc.--The Great Gatsby 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 need he

Resources--activities, quizzes, essay options, discussion questions, etc.--for Ordinary People. 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 nee

A lot here to talk about. So say you wanted your students to write a narrative or reflective essay focusing in on one particular moment... Well. Here's what we've got: at least two pieces of model prose (Langston Hughes' "Salvation" and Paula Grace's "Butterflies") with handouts for the other pieces (Rau's "By Any Other Name", Dillard's An American Childhood, and an excerpt from Zinsser's Writing Well) I use. These handouts cover the bases: the writing assignment, its rubric, prewriting tasks,

I run a Lincoln-Douglass style debate with my sophomores during spring semester: I find it's a good way to develop speaking skills while enhancing the ability to writing research-based persuasive writing. Included here are dozens of handy resources, from assignment sheets to rubrics to reflective responses. Doing debates takes up a serious amount of class time--I have students do a Research FAQ and a script before speaking--so while you'll find schedules inside my zip, I'd advise you to decide w

Okay, let's be clear: there's a lot here. It's also unorganized and not laid out for. I was intending on teaching MacBeth this past year, and so had begun to prep for instruction when my fellow sophomore teachers changed course and went with Caesar instead...as such, you're looking at a 75% complete vision of what could have been. Having said that, you'll find here quizzes, vocab lists and assignments, discussion questions and more. You'll have to put together the sequence and fill in some blan