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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

I created this reader's theater for my Newcomer English students to accompany our unit on emotions. There are 8 speaking parts. The lines have small pictures next to them so students have a visual aid.

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 is a 16-part readers' theater script about the Inuit Native American tribe. My second grade class turned our classroom into an Inuit village and performed this readers' theater for parents and other classes in our school. It touches on the different roles that the Inuits had to fill.

I used this readers' theater with my high school Newcomer students to practice talking about their families. Within the script, there are some blanks that the person talking needs to fill in to make the information accurate.

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 PPT that I created for my 11th grade English Learner students. I used the PPT to build background knowledge about the American Revolution prior to beginning the American Revolution literature unit in English 11 class. The PPT also touches on the purposes of writing, explaining how the majority of the literature written during the Revolutionary era was written to persuade readers.

I used this activity during my Newcomer English unit on numbers and money. I brought in the various objects pictured, distributed money manipulatives, and assigned the students a partner. The students traveled around the classroom to different stations and took turns taking on each role and making the appropriate amounts of change. In addition to practicing money vocabulary, the students also got to practice some basic phrases and expressions.

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.

This book was designed for my Newcomer students to illustrate and write about their family members by filling in sentence frames.