Joseph Lawrence

This is a complete UNIT or Bundle made up of the individual components available on my store but for a cheaper price. This product is much larger than you might think-- it's designed to take a whole semester even though it's only 118 root words. CONTENTS:1) Student Words List, Words List2) Flash Cards3) Workbook: Chapter 1 4) Dice Game5) Fly Swatter Game6) Root Word TestsCONTENT DESCRIPTIONS1)Student Words List, Words ListThe Student Word lists is a fill-in-the blank style notecatcher to

This is a set of quizzes for each of the ten chapters based around simple recall and assuring the students are reading the book, Anthem by Ayn Rand. I felt the need for this because my students just don't read unless they are being graded on doing so. These reading checks make an easy way to evaluate if students have actually read the assigned pages. If you want to contact me to find examples of essays or if you want to collaborate on something I've made, please email me: jlawrence0723@gmail

This is a 41 page packet, and includes questions for each chapter in the book. I basically got tired of buying these online packets from major retailers, and then having my students just go online and find the answers. The only answer, to me, was to write all my own content. So, here it is! Inside, there's 250+ questions. About 10 questions per chapter. I tried to include some obscure content that you'd have to be reading closely to find and for which is pretty time-intensive to really get at.

This overview of Greek Mythology and Greek Gods delves into basics of the gods of Ancient Greece. SLIDE CONTENTS: 1-- Cover Page 2-- Civilization of the Greeks 3-- Map of Greece 4-- Important Greek Persons 5-- Origin of the Gods 6-- Mount Olympus 7-- Zeus 8-- Hera 9-- Poseidon 10-- Hades 11-- Demeter 12-- Hestia 13-- Aphrodite 14-- Apollo 15-- Artemis 16-- Athena 17-- Ares 18-- Hephaestus 19-- Hermes 20-- Dionysus 21-- References 3 worksheets are included which go with the presentation. It's d

The Greek Drama Lesson gives information on theatrical conventions of ancient Greek drama. It uses simple language to introduce new concepts, such as the chorus, parts of a Greek drama, stagecraft and the classical Greek theater. It is a great introduction before reading "Oedipus" or "Antigone", but can also be used before " The Odyssey" or other canonical texts of Greek Mythology involving Greek Gods. This is the one with conventional (yellow/brown) aesthetics. ____________________________

I've scoured the textbooks of those subjects at the 7th grade level to decide what words would be interdisciplinary and included them in this set of games to help kids study for the root words quizzes and tests. This is a component of the semester-long complete unit aimed at 7th grade to 9th grade. I have taught it for a couple years. Kids like learning the roots and have fun putting together words that they find applicable in their science, math and history classes. CONTENTS:-"Fly Swatter Ga

Over 100 high-frequency root words, prefixes and suffixes are included in an easy-to-use packet. Students can copy down the meaning of the roots to memorize. It includes hundreds of multi-syllabic example words for each root word. For more on what this is, check out post on the subject: Why Root Words RULEPlease check back. I have another 50 pages of products ready to bundle with this one, including games, activities, and flash cards. CONTENTS:Student Word Lists (worksheets to print out and f

The Olympic Games are a popular event to spectate, and a great avenue for students to access the world of Ancient Greece. Kids who participate in sports will know all about these sports. Engaging prior knowledge is a fundamental part of frontloading. There's a historically accurate description of each competition with each slide with photos of sculptures and works of art from the Ancient Greeks participating in the events. I integrate this powerpoint into a unit by presenting it before reading

This packet of questions for Catcher in the Rye is 37 pages long and contains 3000 words. It's fairly large. I use this to supplement the reading in the class. Many driven students read without the support of the reading guide, but many need this extra support. These questions give students something to look for while reading. It guides them toward important parts of the book and helps them stay on course. Also, it provokes them to recall, inquire, and relate to the text. It includes a variety

This is an English/Government/Journalism lesson focused on analyzing word choice and sentence structure as persuasive tools in an interview of Kellyanne Conway conducted by Chris Cuomo on CNN on August 4, 2017. Activity PurposeI noticed some people seem to be impressed by what Kellyanne Conway has been doing within interviews with journalists. Where the people she is representing are often more direct, she is speaking in persuasive ways that dodge, distract, inform, and redirect both the interv

Need a break from analysis and rigorous contextual exercises? These coloring pages are designed with the ancient sculptures of the figures of Greek Mythology. Drawing is a great time to ruminate on the deeper ideas students are studying. Personally, I created these because my wife's just endlessly coloring when she comes home from work. It's how she winds down almost every night. Then, at school the kids are always doodling all over their papers. So, while not a skill on any standardized test,

These are slips of paper to hand out after every chapter. Simply hand out each "reading check" (or quiz) to the kids when they enter the classroom, then grade them aloud. I modeled this on my college English professor's quizzes (Aaron Schab, University of Idaho) There are less than 5 questions per chapter. Really short, obvious answers. Either you read the chapter or you didn't. It's 'who's the main character' or 'who kissed the main character' type questions-- not rocket science. I fel

This Greek Drama Lesson gives students background knowledge on theatrical conventions of ancient Greek drama. It uses simple language to introduce new concepts, such as the chorus, parts of a Greek drama, stagecraft and the classical Greek theater. It is a great introduction before reading "Oedipus" or "Antigone", but can also be used before " The Odyssey". This is the one with "edgy" (black) aesthetics. References: Meyer, Michael. Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinki

I've scoured the textbooks of those subjects at the 7th grade level to decide what words would be interdisciplinary and included them in this set of games to help kids study for the root words quizzes and tests. This is a component of the semester-long complete unit aimed at 7th grade to 9th grade. I have taught it for a couple years. Kids like learning the roots and have fun putting together words that they find applicable in their science, math and history classes. Flash Cards double sided

Lesson on Plot, genre, narrator, perspective using the Legend of Pytheas and the Legend of Pheidippidies---- this lesson was made by combining elements available on my store, see bottom for links. This product contains:Powerpoint on Plot, Genre, Narrator, PerspectiveNotecatcher for the powerpointReading Checklist and Questionstxt:The Legend of Pytheastxt: The Legend of PheidippidiesAnswer Key for notecatcherAnswer Key for Checklist and QuestionsPowerpoint Description:This was designed by reading

These are pages with 118 high-frequency root words, prefixes and suffixes to designed to help kids break down difficult words and make spelling a systematic, automatic skill. The quizzes include about 10 roots per quiz, spaced over 10 quizzes. The last page is a cumulative 118 word quiz, with an answer key. This is designed to be taught with the resources listed below: 1) Student Words List, Words List2) Flash Cards 3) Workbook: Chapter 14) Dice Game5) Fly Swatter Game

This contains and powerpoint, outline, notecatcher, and answer key. POWERPOINT:20-slide powerpoint from ch 1-2 of Norton's Introduction to Literature, Eleventh Edition. It includes information on the most basic elements of literature: plot, genre, narrator, and perspective. OUTLINE:follows the powerpoint word for wordNOTECATCHER:1 page, fill in the blankANSWER KEY1 page, blanks filled in redReferences: “Introduction, Ch.1, and Ch. 2.” The Norton Introduction to Literature, by Kelly J. Mays, W.

High-engagement lessons for analyzing novels!I use these to get into novels in a unique, modern way that involves social mediae-sque approach. Kids like that they get to imagine what characters are thinking, and what they might say if they had social media. I get to help kids work especially on VOICE of the characters, which includes colloquialisms, slang, and idiomatic terms specific to the time period, location, age and demographic of the character. Kids love to create these-- they usually re

This is a 4 page textbook-like worksheets for students to work on morphological awareness by studying the most frequently used Latin and Greek root words, prefixes and suffixes. This covers chapter 1, of 10, and is fairly easy to complete. This is designed to be the first part of a semester-long complete unit on root words. Here are the other components of the unit: Root Words List- with definitions and multi-syllabic, tier 3 examplesRoot Words Games and Flashcards- competitive classwide acti

This is a short story adapted from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens. It is 8.7 Grade level and 1756 words long. Summary: Persia wades war on the Athenians to quelch a rebellion. The Athenian commander sends a messenger, Pheidippidies, to Sparta to request support. The character runs to Sparta and back. They win the battle. Sparta's army arrives after the victory. This legend is in dispute historically, but it works well as an establishing story for the modern Marath