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I really love embedding questions and text-marking within the reading! Therefore, I began making my own Interactive Readers to focus on what I wanted to in my readings. This unit delves into characterization and character motivation, focusing on the short story The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson. Inferences and moral dilemmas are also woven into the discussion. The assessments, a multiple choice test and a written response, both are modeled after EOC style questions. The following ar

This project is designed to be done in a drama class, but can be modified to fit an English class as well. Key pieces include: plotting the story on a classic structure (Freytag pyramid) identifying a moral and how it is shown Planning out script Included: Slides that go over the planning packet Planning packet Slides that go over step-by-step how to write the script Example script Rubric

This short project works in conjunction with the movie Greatest Showman. FIRST: Interactive Reader Students read an article from Smithsonian about the differences between the true PT Barnum and the version on screen. This is an interactive reader with questions along the side as well as after reading questions SECOND: During movie comparison This has images of both the historical figures as well as the movie characters of 4 individuals: Jenny Lind, the Bearded Lady, Tom Thumb, and Charity Barnu

This packet includes: 1. American Gothic Introduction PowerPoint >>American Gothic vs. Original Gothic >>Tone vs. Mood >>Diction >>Suspense >>Romanticism and Dark Romanticism >>Washington Irving background and writing style 2. The Adventures of the Mysterious Picture by Washington Irving >>Embedded questions >>Answer key 3. From Danse Macabre by Stephen King >>Embedde

I designed this project to combine student choice and research elements. In this project, students choose a teen issue they feel is important to research. Then, they choose a young adult novel that features that teen issue to argue if the book accurately portrays the issue as they researched it. The elements I am including in this packet are as follows: 1. Research Basics powerpoint 2. Intro to Teen Issue Research Powerpoint 3. Teen Issue - Top 3 Research Outline 4. Short Writing Assessment

This is a Unit originally made for an American Literature Class. It has MANY features! There are two main pieces of literature: 1. Oral Story: How Raven Gave Light to the World 2. Native American (Iroquois) Myth: The World on Turtle's Back Included in this Package Unit! 1. Oral Stories to Myths POWERPOINT -->purpose of oral storytelling and rise of myths -->recurring themes and myths -->what can we learn from myths -->Introduction and video of (per PBS) How Raven Gave Light to the

This assessment is over the first 11 chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird. It contains 14 multiple choice questions and 3 short answer questions. It is currently formatted to include a GradeCam form for students to place their answers if you have this program. The key is included. It is a word document so completely editable.

This package is great for reviewing the rules and then practicing those rules for punctuation. Semi-colons and colons are some of the most confused pieces of punctuation, while commas get tossed in willy-nilly or not at all. The rules are compressed and easy to understand and followed quickly by practice on that punctuation. BONUS! Sentence Structure This has students identifying the subject and predicate of a sentence to determine if it is complete. Good at middle school and high school l

This is a COMPLETE deal! Not only do you get questions by the chapter, but you also get vocabulary lists/activities, interspersed activities, and test. One stop shop for your Curious Incident needs. I made all of these items as I was teaching. A large portion of these items are PDF as they were created using publisher. If you have Microsoft publisher and would like the originals after you buy this unit, please contact me and I will gladly send them along! This unit combines the Hero's Jour

Students are instructed to use a picture (32 varying pictures provided) to review three main parts of speech: noun, adjective, and verb. They must list at least 3 of each type of these parts of speech based on the picture (imagination is encouraged!) On the back, they are instructed to write a short story using all of the nouns, adjectives, and verbs they listed. Although I am using this at the high school level with sophomores as a review, it is also a good activity for younger students as we

I use this right before the EOC for English 2 each year. I find it interests the students as well as reinforces the EOC style of questions and prompts. 1 – Anticipation Guide 2 – Introduction to “There Will Come Soft Rains” (Google Slides) 3 – Ray Bradbury + Historical Context Notes (Google Slides) 4 – Guided Notes (Ray Bradbury + Historical Context) *Goes with Google Slides* 5 – Poem Annotation Directions 6 – Poem at the Center of “There Will Come Soft Rains” à Analysis 7 – Interactive Read

This short unit was designed to dip our toes into some contemporary literature before beginning a novel. Included in this unit are the following: 1. Vocabulary List and Activity (10 words) 2. Introduction to Joe Hill (author) (PowerPoint) 3. From Danse Macabre by Stephen King (Joe Hill's father) 4. Comprehension Questions (with key and discussion notes) 5. Group Breakdown (pdf) -->3 groups --Searching for Figurative Language in the story --Indirect

**I had to divide this into two parts due to the amount of materials and the limits of the uploading** Part 1 is pre-reading to through chapters 7-9Part 2 is chapters 10 to final project THIS IS A MONSTER!! In the best way... The entire unit is centered around the central question: Which is more powerful: the survival instinct or the instinct to protect those you love? Elements: Pre-readingCentral Questions breakdown District and Capitol info Dystopian Elements and Notes Trailer Watch Chapters

This pack includes 4 different articles, all of which are about 4 pages long. They are designed with the intent of annotating. There is a key for marking and making notes/comments. The last piece is a set of one-pager directions. This was used as a means to discuss improv as a class and have students show their understanding of its benefits outside of acting.

1. Types of Satire: Notes Includes video examples with each I normally have a conversation about how these clips show this type of satire 2. Application Part 1: "The Onion" article This article is in regards to a woman running out of the store during coronavirus The questions have the students identify and explain the type(s) of satire used Finally they argue if the satire is effective in getting across the pointPart 2: SNL "Alexa Silver" fake commercial The fake commercial satirizes the older

I created this activity for a Literature and Media course, but it could be used in many different classrooms. I wanted to talk about how one piece of data or picture can be presented completely differently, but I didn't just want to talk AT them. Therefore - the Spin Newspaper was created. In this activity, students are given slips of paper with data or statistics on it as well as a picture. For each of these items, they must make up two opposing headlines to show how easy it is to flip a stor

This historical narrative pairs well with other survival stories. I paired it with To Build a Fire, the materials for which are also located in my store. If you purchase these and would like the combo test for both of these stories, please contact me! Included in this are: - intro notes packet - interactive reader packet

**I had to divide this into two parts due to the amount of materials and the limits of the uploading** Part 1 is pre-reading to through chapters 7-9Part 2 is chapters 10 to final project THIS IS A MONSTER!! In the best way... The entire unit is centered around the central question: Which is more powerful: the survival instinct or the instinct to protect those you love? Elements: Pre-readingCentral Questions breakdown District and Capitol info Dystopian Elements and Notes Trailer Watch Chapters

I used this giant unit to review skills for the EOC's and work on writing skills. This unit breaks down each reading and culminates with EOC style questions over each and then both together. The final piece is an essay identifying a common theme between the two. As you can see below, this is broken down into bite-size chunks. I used this with a sophomore level RTI class that is heavily rooted in regaining missed skills and reviewing the weaker areas they struggle with. Students really got int

Teen Issues in YA Lit – 2.0!! There is a different version of this project already located in my store – nothing is wrong with this project! I just wanted to take a bit of a different spin, so have a different version to offer. The focus changed to a multi-genre type of outcome rather than only an argument essay outcome (though this is still included!). Students also had to present their findings to their classmates, so a presentation portion is applied as well. Items include: 1. Intro: Tee