Mrs P's Treasures

Students need to understand the influence of the media on society. In order to have them look more closely at the interrelationship between society and the media, this project asks students to identify a particular culture, such as Breast Cancer Awareness, and look at the influence that the culture has had on the media and/or the influence the media has had on the culture. They break down the media into categories and decide which part they are going to study. For example, they might decide to s

STEPS FOR COMPLETION:  Step 1: As a group, locate the poem, print the poem, read the poem, and thoroughly discuss the poem.  Step 2: Complete a group TPCASTT of the poem to get beyond its surface meaning.  Step 3: Discuss the comparisons between the poem and Jane Eyre. Create a VENN DIAGRAM to illustrate the similarities and differences. Make sure you are finding the interrelatedness of the two pieces of literature.  Step 4: Discuss the poetic and literary elements of the poem. Write up

This is a project to jigsaw the early American Exploration Narratives in the textbook. Students become the experts at ONE of the narratives and present this expertise to others. I created this because I noticed that there was not a lot related to the literature portion of early American history.

Students are tasked with creating a “How to Explicate a Poem” Video which walks viewers through the steps of explicating a poem and writing an explication poetry paper worthy of an “A”. This project will require students to come into the project have a SOLID understanding of the steps involved in this analytical type of writing as well as to actually COMPOSE a poetry explication essay; the instructions are basic because this projects functions as an assessment. Again, this assignment may functio

Where the Crawdads Sing – Chapters 34-37  5-4-3-2-1 Literary Analysis ActivityWITH ANSWER KEYObjective:Students will be able to identify and analyze literary elements in Where the Crawdads Sing, focusing on figurative language, characterization, conflict, foreshadowing, and theme development. Instructions:Read the assigned chapters (34-37) carefully.Identify and record examples of each literary element on a post-it note, then write the quote down in the table below.Use the provided example for

Do your students STILL struggle to write strong paragraphs even though they have worked on them since early elementary school? My students had great ideas, but there were never any specific examples within their paragraphs to give the paragraph meat. I created a graphic organizer and an outline to help students PLAN their paragraphs. This has helped my students significantly in understanding the need for evidence in their writing. This is also modified to help with research paragraphs and writin

Objective: Students will use contextual clues to infer the meanings of challenging vocabulary words, illustrate their interpretations, and compare their guesses to the actual definitions. Instructions:Read the sentence carefully – Look at how the word is used in the sentence.Infer the meaning – Based on the sentence, write what you think the word means.Look at a picture – Look at the picture, and see if that helps you determine the words’ meaning and to see if it matches your guessed definition.

Objective:Students will be able to identify and analyze literary elements in Where the Crawdads Sing, focusing on figurative language, characterization, conflict, foreshadowing, and theme development. Instructions:Read the assigned chapters (34-37) carefully.Identify and record examples of each literary element on a post-it note, then write the quote down in the table below.Use the provided example for guidance and find your own examples from the text.Write a short explanation of each example.P

Students will research to find poems that connect to the themes found within The House on Mango Street. They will do presentations and poetry explications to demonstrate their understanding.

ANSWER KEY Where the Crawdads Sing – Chapters 34-37  5-4-3-2-1 Literary Analysis ActivityObjective:Students will be able to identify and analyze literary elements in Where the Crawdads Sing, focusing on figurative language, characterization, conflict, foreshadowing, and theme development.