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Irony lesson  If your students are struggling with identifying, understanding, deciphering, and including irony in their writing, then this is the resource for you.  This lesson can be used with any literature or writing activity that has to do with irony. Within this resource you will have access to a slide deck introducing irony, explaining the three different types, and how to spot the difference, as well as a guided notes graphic organizer and high order thinking writing extension activity.

This mini lesson can be used to introduce a short story unit or with any individual short story. Use this lesson as an overview of the following plot elements in short stories:  PlotCharactersPoint of ViewSettingThemeConflictWhen you purchase this resource, you will be given access to the following materials on Google Drive and an editable Canva template links: 10 page slide deck Student guided notes graphic organizer

This resource will have your students focusing on well-written, fully-supported paragraph strategies.  Go over slides and an activity to teach and practice ALICE writing strategies before moving on to student focused writing activities.  The final assessment included in this resource is a literary analysis paragraph writing assignment.  Examples of paragraphs are included.  With this resource, you will receive the following: ALICE paragraph slides and PDFExamples of ALICE paragraphsLiterary Anal

If you are about to start teaching “Of Mice and Men”, this is the lesson you need! Download includes a seven-slide introduction to "Of Mice and Men", 1930s America, and the characters in the text, as well as a paired student notes graphic organizer.  This lesson can be used to provide background information for your students to the time period, setting, and characters in “Of Mice and Men” so they are ready to tackle the novella with understanding.  You will receive access to a Google drive folde