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These slides include chapter by chapter summaries, discussion questions, and important quotes. These could help you as a teacher to teach the book or be used on the board with students as you read the novel as a class, in lit circles, or as an independent study.

These slides are a visual to use on the display board with students as you work through the 'check your understanding' and 'analyze the text' questions for the text "A Desperate Trek Across America" from HMH Into Literature English 11 Unit 1). If you print them off, you can do them in a jigsaw, stations, or in a round-robin format. They are editable so you may modify them to suit your needs.

There are 150+ slides with book titles and links to book talks for each book. They are curated from other sources (not me giving book talks). It's a growing resource and I add to it as often as possible.

These slides introduce students to the idea of coming of age, the novel itself, and the author. It's fully editable so you can modify it to fit your needs.

This helps students see the difference between theme topics and thematic statements as part of a class discussion. You can also print them to use as stations or a jigsaw activity, even Socratic seminar preparation. The slides are fully editable so you can modify them to suit your needs.

This is an 80+ slide presentation of YA titles with descriptions as well as link to an excerpt of audio for each. It is a growing doc and I add to it as much as possible! It can be used for part of a book tasting, First Chapter Friday, or as lit circle book choices.

This graphic organizer/worksheet is a companion for deep-level analysis of "New Orleans," Joy Harjo's poem from HMH Into Literature grade 11 unit 1. It can also be used separate from HMH with a reading of the poem, as it is editable so you can modify it to suit your needs. It would be best for an accelerated/honors level English class or as an extension/differentiation option for students understanding the basic analysis. For a less challenging version, see my content analysis on my TPT store. N

This is both the slides and the jigsaw assignment combined into a bundle to save you some money!

These have background information and videos as an introduction to the ideal school project that students will create after watching Freedom Writers. (Those materials are available on my TpT store as well). It is editable so you can modify it to suit your needs.

These slides have background information for both the novel and the film as well as directions for the jigsaw group activity (which can also be found on my TpT store). They are fully editable so you may modify them as you need to for your own purposes.

There are over 100 titles right now and it's a constantly growing resource. This is great for offering distance learning options to kids who aren't in person.

There are 200 titles and I add to it as often as possible. This is fantastic to use for First Chapter Fridays!

These slides take students step-by-step through writing their own "This I Believe" essay. It is fully editable so you can modify it to suit your needs.

I used these slides to introduce the song "Creek Mary's Blood" to students as a pair to Joy Harjo's "New Orleans," which is in HMH Into Literature grade 11 unit 1. However, it can be introduced on its own to explore the themes of violent colonization. It is editable, so you can modify it to suit your needs.

These slides give background information relevant for the 1920s as an introduction to the novel. It is fully editable so you can modify it to suit your needs.

These can be used for an introduction to novel study of Jerk California by Johnathan Friesen.

I used these slides to build background on Joy Harjo, the Creek people, Indian Removal, and poetic elements. It is fully editable, so you can modify it to suit your needs.

This is helpful to share with students to get them looking for novels outside of class.

I posted these slides to my Google Classroom and had them printed as part of a bulletin board to show students what I was reading.