K Gabbert

The Great Gatsby, 1920s Culminating Project This resource contains 7 creative project ideas to culminate a unit on Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Each project has specific guidelines/criteria and a rubric. Option 1: original 1920s/ The Great Gatsby magazine Option 2: original 1920s/ The Great Gatsby newspaper Option 3: The Town Tattler tabloid Option 4: Gatsby Party Planners: product is a persuasive, appealing, professional portfolio showcasing your party plan/ideas. Option 5: Museum Exhibits

File contains link to Google website I created and screenshots of some of the content. The home page addresses why to read this epic as well as videos and cartoons that allude to The Odyssey. The tab "Basics and Context" provides information about the Odyssey; Characters tab describes some of the characters; Characteristics of the Epic outlines traits of the epic hero, epic plot/setting, epic archetypes, epic themes, and epic language (epic simile, epithet...) The Assignment tab links to a di

This activity works well after teaching types of conflict. Students find textual evidence of types of conflict in Wright's "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis" and then they identify the type of conflict in passages from Wright's Native Son.

This is Where the Crawdads Sing, Ch 51-53 adapted as a script for classroom use

matching with characters, multiple choice, and short answer

matching with characters, multiple choice, and short answer

Ch 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird adapted as a script to increase student engagement

introduces students to Willa Cather as well as the novel includes character chart gives reading assignmentspreviews unit workcloze exercise with key

Two quizzes (Form A and B) over Jodi Picoult's novel, MAD HONEY. Keys provided. Quizzes span whole novel and are 10 questions each - multiple choice.

Intro handout to give students with information and reading assignments as well as an outline for class ideas each week before a quiz on Friday

Some stanzas are color-coded to correspond to the questions given beneath the poem. For some questions, students will need to do some quick outside research. Harlem:  A PoemBy Walter Dean Myers

matching with characters, multiple choice, and short answer

matching with characters, multiple choice, and short answer

matching with characters, multiple-choice, and short answer

The Other Wes MooreChapter 4 Quiz I. Reading Completion/Comprehension/Retention II. Literary TechniqueIII. Vocabulary in Context: For the following underlined terms, write a quick (ONE WORD) synonym for the word given the context.

crafted as a silent, small group quiz but could be adapted to an independent quiz I. Reading Completion/Comprehension/Retention II. Literary TechniqueIII. Vocabulary in Context: For the following underlined terms, write a quick (ONE WORD) synonym for the word given the context.

The Things They Carried EXAM Tim O'Brien Matching Multiple Choice addresses some supplemental texts such as the film Vietnam in HD and Hemingway's "Old Man at the Bridge" (only a couple ofquestions) TRUE OR FALSE Short Answer 70 points; 61 questions

multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false, short answer

multiple choice, fill in the blank, true/false, short answer

assesses reading comprehension/retention, literary technique, and vocabulary in context