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A very interesting book, but also an interesting listen! Have your students practice listening skills while listening to C.S. Lewis's book, originally BBC radio broadcast, Mere Christianity. This product includes: Teacher guideComprehension and reflection questions Answer Key I hope you enjoy, email me if you have any questions @laurennbrackbill@gmail.com

This product includes the reading of one of the translations of the Ballad of Mulan and guided questions to do as a whole group, small groups, or solo! This product includes: Teacher notesBallad Reading and questionsAnswer Key Email me at laurennbrackbill@gmail.com if you have any questions! Enjoy!

Review APHUG standards while also reading and watching engaging videos and articles that reinforce core skills. This product contains the link to a fully editable learning station review for Unit 2. This will be a great way for students to work at their own pace, a last-minute sub-lesson, or a way to spark class discussion! I hope you and your class enjoy it! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

This product is a fun way to end the study of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays! This project gives students an opportunity to practice writing, acting, collaboration, and gets students up and moving out of their desks! This product is editable, so you can meet the needs of your own unique classroom. Students will work in groups to rewrite a scene from Romeo and Juliet after reading the play as a class. I have designed this to be a summative assessment for my class to come after a test or

Review APHUG standards while also reading and watching engaging videos and articles that reinforce core skills. This product contains the link to a fully editable learning station review for Unit 5. This will be a great way for students to work at their own pace, a last-minute sub-lesson, or a way to spark class discussion! Please watch or read all content and make sure it is suitable for the students in your class! I hope you and your class enjoy it! Please let me know if you have any questions

This documentary pairs well with anything about the Civil Rights Movement or literature about racial inequality. FILM TRAILER: CLICK HERE**Please watch first since there is some sensitive content and see if it's appropriate for your classroom. This is a longer documentary, and in my film guide, I attempt to highlight significant issues addressed in the documentary. This film guide comes with an answer key and is editable, so youmay take out questions if you wish only to watch portions of the doc

Toward the end of my students’ study of Native American literature (including myths, folklore, memoirs), we begin a research project. Many students may not realize that Native American tribes can be similar, but many greatly vary in their customs, language, traditions, etc. My goal with this project is for students to learn to independently research Native American history & current issues as well as presentation skills. This product includes: A detailed suggested lesson procedures pageSugge

This product can be used as an extension activity after reading the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Use this as an individual review activity, or have your students work on it in the group in class to see who can identify all the character quotes correctly the quickest! After everyone finishes, use it to discuss the themes, word choice, or author's choice to dive into the play! This included both the No Fear Shakespeare Translation and the original quote. This product Includes: An

Hello fellow teachers! This product can be used as an extension activity after reading the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe or as a stand-alone reading as part of a poetry unit. I used this as a post-reading assignment with my student after finishing Things Fall Apart in my World Lit class. I also used this with my British Lit class. This product Includes: A detailed suggested lesson procedures pageSuggest resources/videos used during this project for teachers and studentsAnswer Key T

Review APHUG standards while also reading and watching engaging videos and articles that reinforce core skills. This product contains the link to a fully editable learning station review for Unit 3. This will be a great way for students to work at their own pace, a last-minute sub-lesson, or a way to spark class discussion! Please watch or read all content and make sure it is suitable for the students in your class! I hope you and your class enjoy it! Please let me know if you have any questions

Review APHUG standards while also reading and watching engaging videos and articles that reinforce core skills. This product contains the link to a fully editable learning station review for Unit 4. This will be a great way for students to work at their own pace, a last-minute sub-lesson, or a way to spark class discussion! Please watch or read all content and make sure it is suitable for the students in your class! I hope you and your class enjoy it! Please let me know if you have any questions

This product can be used as an extension activity after reading the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Use this as an individual review activity, or have your students work on it in the group in class to see who can identify all the character quotes correctly the quickest! After everyone finishes, use it to discuss the themes, word choice, or author's choice to dive into the play! This product Includes: Answer KeyThis can be printed out or assigned digitally! If you need to m

This unit is designed to have students read excerpts from the full Epic of Gilgamesh, compare and contrast the flood account from both Gilgamesh and the Genesis account, and analyze primary sources. This product includes: Teacher notesGilgamesh Excerpts Primary sources assessment QuizAnswers Keys

This Social Studies / World History lesson serves as a review or an introduction to The Black Death (also known as the Bubonic Plague). This could be also used as ELA if you want to tie this to literature and authors such as Shakespeare. This topic is especially engaging to students right now as they have just experienced a pandemic (COVID 19) and are still experiencing it! This product includes: Google slides presentation with content slides and linked videosNotetaking guide and extension writ

This movie guide is designed to be used after reading the 1925 novel by Fitzgerald. After reading, students use this during, and after watching the 2016 version of The Great Gatsby. After watching there is a post-film and reading a short writing prompt which can be used as an extension to connect poetry from the same era, No Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost. I hope your students have fun experiencing the roaring twenties! Email me if you have any questions at laurennbrackbill@gmail.com

This project asks students to write a five-paragraph, compare, and contrast essay. This writing project is designed to follow the reading of Gilgamesh (or Beowulf, or any hero that follows the hero's journey). Prior to the essay, students in my class have covered in the depth each stage of the Hero's Journey which will be essential for the students in selected a modern-day hero for their own paper. This product includes: Teacher notes and daily schedule Prompt, step by step instructions, and gr

Do students need a break in the middle of your Shakespeare unit? Or want to have them practice listening skills but still have it tie in with your unit? If so then tie in a bit of Chinese history as well and learn about Tang Xianzu. Have your students practice listening skills, while listening to an an episode of Shakespeare Unlimited!This product includes: Teacher guideNote taking space and reflection questions I hope you enjoy, email me if you have any questions @laurennbrackbill@gmail.com

This product can be used in a short story unit, American romanticism unit, or a unit about the works of Edgar Allan Poe. This product is designed to have students compare and contrast the two gruesome tales by the master of the American Gothic style. Also, it can be used to review some SAT vocabulary that is bolded throughout the stories so that students can review it, or it can be assigned to review. This product Includes: A detailed suggested lesson procedures pageSuggest resources/videos use

This product is a fun way to end the study of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays! This project gives students an opportunity to review some major quotes from the play. Both the original Shakesperian translation is included as well as the No Fear Shakespeare translation. Use this as a group activity to spark discussion about the deeper themes of the play or as an individual assignment. Use it to review for a unit test! This product is editable, so you can meet the needs of your own unique cl