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This American Romanticism Unit Study is perfect for your secondary English classes. It includes all of the other Romanticism resources found in my TPT store, but at a cheaper price! This is a great companion to The Language of Literature: American Literature. It includes: A Romantic Dinner: PBL for American Romanticism Dickinson Death Poem Activity Emily Dickinson WebQuest "I Hear America Singing" Then and Now Literary Romanticism PPT Romanticism Study GuideThe 5 Is of Romanticism Graphic O

This packet includes a lesson plan and all of the materials your students will need for a Project-Based Learning project about American Romanticism. In the project, students research different American Romantic writers, including all of the Fireside Poets. They then plan a dinner party for these individuals, incorporating their background information and famous literary works. For other Romanticism resources, visit my TPT store. Whitman "I Sit and Look Out" Emily Dickinson WebQuestA Romant

This activity provides background information about Walt Whitman, comprehension questions about his 1860 poem "I Hear America Singing," and a worksheet for students to write their own modern versions of "I Hear America Singing."

Use this cloze reading activity to help your students prepare for the ACT Work Keys Business Writing Test. This is a note written from the leaders of a marketing company thanking their employees for a successful year. Students will read the letter and fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank. Includes an answer key.

These Slides explain the directions and expectations for making a mind mirror (QTEL strategy) to represent a character in Romeo and Juliet. The project looks specifically at the characters' state of mind at the end of Act 3, when Romeo leaves for Mantua. Included in the Slides is a link to a planning page for students to map out what will be included on their poster.

This zip file includes a PPT explaining all of the symbolism in Poe's "The Masque of Red Death," a student worksheet to record the details of each room, and a teacher answer key. Check out my other resources in my store!

Use this close reading activity to help your students prepare for the ACT Work Keys Business Writing Test. This is a note written from principals to teachers concerning professional attire. Students will read the letter and fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank. Includes an answer key.

Use this extended anticipatory guide to pique students' interests prior to reading Tara Westover's Educated. This anticipatory guide includes sentence stems for a dyad share about each statement. After reading, the students will return to the anticipatory guide and reflect on whether or not their opinion on the statements has changed. This activity is thought-provoking and encourages student interaction and participation. The sentence stems are a great support to English Learners who may be in

A PPT to introduce your students to the Fireside Poets.

Use this close reading activity to help your students prepare for the ACT Work Keys Business Writing Test. This is a note written from principals to teachers concerning requesting days off and Covid-19 mitigation strategies. Students will read the letter and fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank. Includes an answer key.

This WebQuest is perfect for students to independently build their background knowledge about one of America's most famous poets!

This activity was designed for my English 11 class. The activity was created for students to reflect on the sorrows in the world before, during, and after reading Walt Whitman's poem, "I Sit and Look Out." First, students reflect on what brings them sorrow. Next, students consider what brings Walt Whitman sorrow. Finally, the students compare and contrast the sorrows that Walt Whitman discusses with the sorrows that they listed previously. The activity can segue into a discussion about the

The perfect PPT to introduce your secondary students to American Romanticism!

This is a very basic graphic organizer and pre-writing page for my 9th grade English Learners below ACCESS level 2.0. The packet includes an assignment description, a graphic organizer, and a fill-in pre-writing sheet. The pre-writing sheet covers three paragraphs: introduction and thesis, one body paragraph, and a conclusion.

Help your students easily visualize the themes of American Romanticism by filling in this graphic organizer after reading!

I use this PowerPoint to introduce my eleventh grade English class to the concept of cultural identity. Eleventh grade English focuses on American literature. The class will use this PPT to build background knowledge and guide discussion before we begin reading Native American literature and Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."

This document includes the directions for a three paragraph character analysis essay. It also includes a pre-writing/ graphic organizer page for students to use to help them format their papers.

This slideshow introduces the concept of narrative writing. I use this to introduce the narrative writing process in my high school Advanced English Learners class.

This script was designed for middle school English Language Learners to practice working with money and role playing the roles of cashier and customer. It is suggested that the teacher brings in the household items pictured on the script and money manipulatives for students to work with. The script would be appropriate for an ESL classroom or any upper-level elementary classroom learning to work with money. The amounts do not surpass $1. The concept of making change is not addressed.