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Hey English Teachers! Let's focus on books for our first week of school :) This bookish activity duo asks students to think about their reading journey and design a book cover for their own life. These are two very simple, print and go activities that you could use to get to know your students and get them thinking about how books have impacted their lives. I plan to use them this year with my students!

This is a fillable book review for students. It is measured for 11x17 paper. It requires students to complete a summary, visual, star rating, age rating (with rationale), comparison to other movies/tv/books, look at professional reviews and include a few blurbs, and write their own review with rationale. It's a different approach than a book report, and requires quite a bit of writing! This can be helpful also for students who need a bit more structure when trying to write. It can be used over a

Are you teaching The Crossover this year? This product will be your new best friend! A full novel unit study of materials! This unit includes: Anticipation Guide, Character Analysis, Journal Assignment, Tracking of the Vocab and Basketball Rules from the book, Response Question Pages, Theme Analysis, and a Summary Assignment which could prep for an essay or just be a fun way to wrap up the book! This does not include lesson plans or a pacing guide - just the materials to get you started! Keep

"What are we doing today?" Does it drive you crazy when students walk in and ask this question every day?? This resource is your solution! Put a clear outline for the day, including learning targets and reminders, up for display so students can see exactly what to expect! This resource includes 100 different slide options with a variety of colors and themes including holidays such as Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Easter! A lot of them are nature inspired, but there are many, many d

A worksheet and discussion questions to go along with the Netflix show "Basketball or Nothing" This show and activity make a great companion to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian or other stories featuring Indigenous voices. In this resource, you will find a graphic organizer that has a place to take notes for each episode of the show, and a PowerPoint presentation with editable discussion/reflection questions for each episode of the show. This resource is currently aimed to be pa

Help your students follow along with Macbeth! Included in this product are scene guides for every Act of Macbeth. Each Act is broken down into its specific scenes, and each scene has fill-in notes summarizing what happened in the scene. There are occasional places for students to copy key quotes, or add their thoughts about an action. There are also places to make a prediction part way through the play, and for a final reflection at the end. Included is a Word doc and PDF version of each guide

Introduce your students to Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian with this engaging station activity! A few small tweaks to personalize it for your classroom and you will be on your way! Nearly all of the work has been done for you - just a few things to set up. Instructions included to help you (especially if this is your first time trying stations) Stations Include: 1) Author Info - a little background on Sherman Alexie 2) Key Word Summary - words and ideas from

This is an academic vocabulary unit designed to add to your students' working vocabulary and improve their writing by enhancing their variety and diction. The words in the lists are not specific to AP Language, but are simply academic vocabulary words that are helpful for anyone to know and use in their writing and life. Examples of words include: redundant, astute, ostracize, belittle, vacuous, etc. Included in the product are:- 4 sets of vocabulary (12 words in each set with a PowerPoint pres

A full unit of materials for studying Night by Elie Wiesel! Comes with introductory materials, questions and activities for during reading, and summative assignments. What's included: (This bundle is resources already listed in my store) - Night Intro Materials: Background info on the Holocaust and Elie Wiesel, Gallery Walk **Some Assembly Required! (see this individual product for details) - Night During Reading Materials: Comprehension questions for every chapter, graphic organizers, and clo

Need some ideas for how to start your school year? This activities bundle is for you! This PowerPoint has 10 different activities to choose from. Some are individual assignments and some are activities to start building classroom community. Instruction slides and handouts (if necessary) are provided for each activity. The activities included are: Letter to the teacher, Heart Maps, Visual Biographies, One Word Activity, Desert Island Activity, Find Someone Who Bingo, Random Story Generator Activ

This bundle includes an introductory activity to introduce the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and a supplemental activity that involves a Netflix show called "Basketball or Nothing."

Activities for your students while reading Night by Elie Wiesel. Simple comprehension questions, but also activities that will get them digging a little deeper and thinking about bigger ideas in the memoir. What's included: - Comprehension Questions for each chapter of the book (these are set up to be glued into journals, but could be easily adjusted to hand out instead) - Graphic Organizers to track how Elie's relationship to his faith changes throughout, and one for his relationship with hi

Macbeth During Reading Materials includes: Scene Guides for every scene and act Double Entry journal for student responses Character Trait charts and one response Use all or mix and match to help your students dig into this crazy play! Buying as a bundle will save you about 15%

A double entry journal for each Act of Macbeth! This document asks students to interact with the text as they read Macbeth. Already filled with key quotes, scenes, and questions, the students will simply respond as they come to each part in the play. Included in PDF and Word format so that it can be personalized or changed before usage if desired.

A simple, but engaging way to start your unit on Night by Elie Wiesel! What's included: - A Gallery Walk Notesheet - A PPT with introductory information about the Holocause and Elie Wiesel - A Cornell Note sheet for the introductory information (All documents have a Word and PDF file so that you can adjust as needed!) **SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED** Due to copyright rules, the PPT does not include any images, and you will need to find some images for the Gallery Walk to use in your classroom. This

This is a very simple template for students to create character trading cards! It asks students to draw a picture of the character, write down important traits, and has a place for other information or special abilities (if applicable). These cards could be used for many different activities! To introduce characters as pre-reading, to review important characters, or review historical figures. Students could fill out the cards and then walk around and quiz each other without saying the name of t

A quick and easy form for students to create a quick and easy review! This form has options to either write a review for a book or a movie. These could be used to create a classroom culture of reading, to share independent reading books, or even as get-to-know-you activities to share favorite books or movies! Reviews are attached in Word and PDF formats so that you can adjust as needed or use as is!

Here are two different ways to wrap up your Night unit. You can use both or just one, depending on your aims for your students. Easily adaptable for your specific focus. What's included:- Socratic Seminar Prep: questions for discussion, pre-writing and reflection for students, and a teacher evaluation sheet for following the discussion. - Essay Outlines: Outlines to help students organize their essay with three different focuses: humanity, religion, and family. (All documents are uploaded as

Character analysis graphic organizers for Macbeth! This item includes two character trait charts - for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth - with spots to fill in character traits for each Act of the play as well as a follow up response. There is also a short response included which asks students to compare Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It is in Word and PDF format so that you can adjust or use as is!

Use this product with a Socratic Seminar on any book, movie, or topic! Included with this product are two evaluation forms: A peer evaluation form for students to complete about a classmate during the seminar A self-evaluation form for students to complete about themselves after the seminar The peer eval is pretty simple, but the self-eval asks students to reflect on what specifically they added and how the conversation went overall. Included as Word and PDF so you can adjust or use as is!