Kim's Literary Methods

Our Town Unit Bundle Thornton Wilder’s classic play is just as significant today as it was when it was first published. The depth of his insight regarding humanity should be shared with students today, especially in our fast-paced world. This unit contains everything you need to walk through the play easily and directly. The bundle includes the following in a 41-page/slide ZIP file, which contain Word and PowerPoint formats that are all editable: --Ten question anticipation guide --Characte

Who am I? This is a tough question. But this end of the year (or beginning of the year) assessment will provide your students with a number of thought-provoking and self-reflective questions that help them examine that exact focus. This resource includes two forms of the assessment--one 45-question set and one 65-question set with rubrics for both forms. The documents are editable and give you the opportunity to add to or delete from the questions provided or change the point values on the r

Although brief, John's Steinbeck's novella says much about how greed impacts someone's life. The Pearl is a work that hits the truth of that vice, and my assessment bundle will help you make sure your students pick out the importance of basic comprehension, as well as terminology application and deeper meanings to the text. This product includes the following editable assessments all with answer keys: Chapters 1 & 2 Quiz Chapter 3 Quiz Chapters 4 & 5 Quiz Chapter 6 Quiz Final Test (matchi

Thornton Wilder’s classic play is just as significant today as it was when it was first published. The depth of his insight regarding humanity should be shared with students today, especially in our fast-paced world. I like to conclude each act with a creative connection to significant elements within the play's context. Within this product, you will find 3 pages (Microsoft Word) of multi-copied activity descriptions that can be cut up and handed out to your students as a fun, culminating activi

Although brief, John's Steinbeck's novella says much about friendships, dreams, and regrets. Of Mice and Men is a work that hits the difficult reality of those issues, and my assessment bundle will help you make sure your students pick out the importance of basic comprehension, as well as terminology application and deeper meanings to the text. This product includes the following editable assessments all with answer keys: Chapters 1 & 2 Quiz Chapter 3 Quiz Chapters 4—6 Quiz Final Test (

Thornton Wilder’s classic play is just as significant today as it was when it was first published. The depth of his insight regarding humanity should be shared with students today, especially in our fast-paced world. My act-by-act scaffold notes provide basic comprehension of the play's content in as few as two pages. All short answer questions hit the comprehension element with ease, and they connect seamlessly with my Our Town Act-by-Act Quizzes. The 12-page document is editable if you wan

Introducing your students to Alan Gratz's Prisoner B-3087? Then this resource is for you. Anticipation guides are one of the best ways to introduce students to concepts, characters, and situations books will present. This one page document will provide you with a set of 10 value line questions for students to examine in preparation for reading and discussing the novel. The document includes plot, thematic, and symbolic questions, which lend it to great student-led discussions prior to read

An anticipation guide is a great introduction to the themes, situations, and character conflicts throughout a novel, and Gordon Korman's novel The Unteachables has so many of them! I created the questions to embody the various situations, moments, and themes in the novel to engage students in deep, insightful discussions. This one-page document provides a set of 10 questions that pertain to topics students will encounter while reading. It is also editable if you'd like to add additional questio

An anticipation guide is a great introduction to the themes, situations, and character conflicts throughout a novel, and Peter Brown's novel, The Wild Robot, has so many of them! I created the questions to embody the various situations, moments, and themes in the novel to engage students in deep, insightful discussions. This one-page document provides a set of 10 questions that pertain to topics students will encounter while reading. It is also editable if you'd like to add additional questions

Although London’s work is quite brief, you can unpack so much in his seven chapters. With the use of my guided notes set, I hope to provide you and your students an opportunity to find those significant elements as well. Included in this 20-page product are three different notes sets with answer keys. Each set of scaffold notes provides a unique way to approach the content of the chapters. All documents are editable so you can adjust accordingly to your novel version, as well as add in any other

Are you getting ready to begin Thornton Wilder's work? Then this resource is for you. Anticipation guides are one of the best ways to introduce students to concepts, characters, and situations books will present. This one-page document provides a set of 10 questions that pertain to great discussion topics students will encounter while reading the play. It is also editable if you'd like to add additional questions or topics. If you like this product, please rate, review, and check out my sto

Do you want quick, but thorough assessments, over each act of Our Town? My act-by-act quizzes do just that. This 10-page document provides insightful questions and simple grading for the content of each act. Each quiz contains a variety of question types including: true/false, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, short answer, quotations, and vocabulary. They are also editable if you'd like to add additional questions or topics. Feel free to check out my other resources for the pla

Give Me 5-4-3-2-1—A Reading Comprehension Strategy in Five Numbers This guided-notes format asks students to give you the 5-4-3-2-1 over what they’ve read. This unique format takes those individual numbers and assigns items, quotes, characters, terms, vocabulary, etc. to them, which can cover a wide variety of comprehension pieces within their reading. This formatting can be quite diverse for whatever works you may cover—novels, short stories, drama, poetry—because no matter what, the numbers

This 8-page document includes a 64-question assessment covering Thornton's play. The preview shows a few of the questions from each section. In its entirety, this product includes the following elements: 3 author/play background questions 12 character matching questions 7 quotation identification questions 17 multiple-choice questions 11 true/false questions 10 fill-in-the-blank questions 4 vocabulary questions An answer key is included, and the document is editable if you are wanting to make ch

Helping students follow the plot in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet can be quite the task; however, with the use of my guided notes set, it might just be a bit easier. Included in this 36-page product are five different notes sets with answer keys. Each set of scaffold notes provides a unique way to approach the content of the act. Vocabulary words and definitions begin each set. All documents are editable so you can adjust line numbers according to your book version, as well as add in any othe

Assessing short stories can be a tricky task. You want the students to know the basic comprehension, but you also want them to look for terminology application and deeper meanings to the text. My short story quiz for James Hurst's work is an easy 17-question multi-format quiz that hits the comprehension basics in as little as one page and is easy to grade. This 2-page Word document contains answer key, is editable so you can make changes where necessary, and is found within my Short Story Guide

As one of the staple Shakespeare works in middle school and high school, Romeo and Juliet provides a foundational understanding of drama for students. My assessment bundle will help you make sure your students pick out the importance of basic comprehension, as well as terminology application and deeper meanings to the characters, plot, and themes of the play. This product includes the following editable assessments all with answer keys: Act I Quiz (multi-format--true/false, quote analysis, a

Assessing short stories can be a tricky task. You want the students to know the basic comprehension, but you also want them to look for terminology application and deeper meanings to the text. My short story quiz sampler has quizzes for each of the stories listed below. The question types vary so students have a wide variety of formats, but they are still easy to grade. All quizzes have answer keys included, are editable so you can make changes where necessary, and are all found within my Short

An anticipation guide is a great introduction to the themes, situations, and character conflicts throughout a novel, and Lisa Fipps' novel And Then, Boom! has so many of them! I created the questions to embody the various situations, moments, and themes in the novel to engage students in deep, insightful discussions. This one-page document provides a set of 10 questions that pertain to topics students will encounter while reading. It is also editable if you'd like to add additional questions or

An anticipation guide is a great introduction to the themes, situations, and character conflicts throughout a novel, and Alan Gratz's novel Projekt 1065 has so many of them! I created the questions to embody the various situations, moments, and themes in the novel to engage students in deep, insightful discussions. This one-page document provides a set of 10 questions that pertain to topics students will encounter while reading. It is also editable if you'd like to add additional questions or t