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Elevate your AP English Language classroom with this ready-to-use One-Pager Bundle. Designed for grades 11–12, this bundle focuses on core argumentation skills and rhetorical analysis, combining plug-and-play one-pagers with engaging practice activities. Perfect for bell-ringers, warm-ups, or skill-building mini-lessons. This bundle includes: Rhetorical Appeals One-Pager: Ethos, Pathos, Logos analysis with ready-to-use warm-ups and text practice. Arguments that Endure: Letter from Birmingham J

This 20-part bell-ringer bundle is designed to be high-rigor, no-fluff, and completely plug-and-play for busy teachers. Each bellringer targets a core rhetorical or analytical skill, from tone and diction to rhetorical appeals, syntax, and satire, making it the perfect daily warm-up or do-now routine. Each bellringer includes: A high-quality text excerpt (short and engaging) A clear skill focus aligned with AP Lang learning objectives A specific student task A full answer key with device identi

This is a great project for AP Language. Students are able to choose their own nonfiction novel of choice, from an approved list which I have included in the plan, and create a synthesis prompt. The prompt the students create will look EXACTLY like the one on the AP Exam. This means they are required to have sources! All of the specific guidelines are included. This is a 6 week out of class assignment, with specific "check" points to make sure students are on task. This is a GREAT assignment,

Description:Help your students master character analysis with this all-in-one, editable one-pager and tracker. Perfect for grades 7–12, including AP English, this resource supports independent reading, whole-class novel studies, and quick warm-ups. This student-friendly document guides learners to: Identify character types: stock, static, dynamic, foil, round, and flat Track textual evidence from their reading Write concise analytical sentences using scaffolded sentence starters Why you'll love

This is an EXTREMELY detailed look at everything that goes into rhetorical analysis! I have inserted "blank" slides where I generally end a lesson for the day. There is a plethora of information-everything from what is rhetoric?, to ethos, pathos, logos, to the rhetorical triangle, to Joliffe's Rhetorical Analysis Framework, etc. This is great way to introduce rhetoric, as well as a handy tool to use at any point in the year for a refresher.

Engage your students in persuasive writing and critical analysis with this ready-to-use Rhetorical Appeals One-Pager! Perfect for grades 7–12, including AP English Language, this resource allows students to explore ethos, pathos, and logos through plug-and-play exercises. This resource includes: Teacher Notes + Answer Key: Step-by-step guidance with sample answers for every section. Student One-Pager: Clean, editable, and ready for printing or digital use. Warm-Up Activity: Pre-selected slogans

This is a GREAT introductory lesson on oxymorons, paradoxes, and idioms! This slide show has lots of examples, and it includes a fun group activity at the end! The PowerPoint also has a video clip. :-) The lesson also begins with a "warm-up"/"bell ringer" reviewing the sentence types and parts of speech.

This is a fun activity that allows high school students to get creative. The PowerPoint includes brief background information on Plato, and also provides information on The Allegory of the Cave. (This is a great introduction to The Allegory of the Cave). This PowerPoint includes a PROJECT where students get to choose a current movie or book and build a diorama, labeling the parts that would be considered inside and outside of the cave. It really gets the students thinking critically, and they ar

This is a fun activity that allows freshmen to create anchor charts and compete with each other WHILE reviewing all the necessary components of the English I EOC! The students are divided into teams (no more than 4 people on a team), and then they draw numbers. Each number correlates with which EOC requirement they will be working with. (literary essay, expository essay, sentence types, etc.) This can also be modified for English II. The students had a blast competing to see who could create th

Start the year with a powerful lesson that invites critical thinking, empathy, and conversation. This back-to-school lesson uses Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Danger of a Single Story to help students explore author’s purpose, rhetorical strategies, and the influence of perspective. Designed for 11th or 12th grade ELA, this TEKS-aligned resource is ideal for establishing a strong classroom culture rooted in voice, critical analysis, and identity. Perfect as a standalone lesson, this resource

Start your AP Language year with depth, purpose, and critical thinking using this rigorous 2-day lesson analyzing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. Designed to set a high bar for rhetorical analysis and close reading, this resource invites students to examine one of the most powerful texts in American history through the lens of tone, syntax, audience, and argument. Students will: Complete a guided pre-reading assignment to build context and comprehension before class.

Back-to-School ELA Lesson | Personal Narrative with Voice & Identity | TEKS & Common Core Aligned (Grades 11–12) Product Description:Start the school year with purpose and connection using this powerful back-to-school lesson that centers identity, voice, and storytelling. Designed for 11th and 12th grade English Language Arts classrooms, this 1-day lesson is perfect for building community, developing writing skills, and launching a personal narrative unit—or as a meaningful stand-alone activ

INCLUDES VIDEO CLIPS! :-) THERE ARE ALSO OTHER CLIP LINKS AND OPTIONS IN THE SPEAKER NOTES FOR YOU TO CHOOSE THE BEST FIT! This is an introductory unit to the basics of drama! The PowerPoint includes notes on plot elements, monologue, soliloquy and aside. It also includes clips from various movies and t.v. shows that the students are familiar with that showcase various elements of drama. The PowerPoint also includes different character types i.e.: stock, static, foil, etc. This is a great piece

This is a really fun, simple activity to reinforce the concept of inferencing. The students are given a set of simple instructions and then shown a set of pictures, one at a time. The objective is for the students to INFER how each character got to the situation they're in and what they may be thinking based on their facial expressions, clothing, weather, etc. This activity is really fun, and the students were actually asking to see more pictures! :-)

This is a step by step project for vignettes. It uses Sandra Cisneros "House on Mango Street," as a blueprint, and then students create their own vignettes modeled after her writing style. ALL requirements of the vignettes are CLEARLY outlined and stated in the handout. This includes length requirements, font, and all basic formatting. There are also "check points" that you can modify for when students turn in their 1st, 2nd, and final draft.

REALLY fun activity to get students involved in professional correspondence. This PowerPoint goes over e-mails. How to send an e-mail, the importance of using the subject line, the significance of cc and the sneaky bcc, and it gives students the opportunity to "send" an e-mail to a potential employer and get a "response." <--No computer necessay. I have taught this lesson to freshmen as well as seniors, and it's always hit.

This is a great lesson to end your unit on The Great Gatsby, The Harlem Renaissance, The Roaring Twenties, etc and get your students REALLY involved. This immersion lesson outlines 8 VERY specific project topics that students can choose from that directly relate to the Modernism Era-specifically the 1920's. The students will choose one project to construct AND they are also required to dress up like and embody a prominent figure from the 1920's. Each year I transform my room into a "Gatsby" th

This is a GREAT activity for informational text. In groups, students will teach the class how to do a specific dance of their choice (Gangnam Style, Ballroom Dancing, The Worm, etc.) however they can not TELL the class which dance it is. The students must simply follow the instructions they are given. This activity gets the students up out of their seats, and it also teaches them how IMPORTANT it is to give CLEAR directions and to LISTEN closely! It's also fun to see how each student interpre

This activity is a fun and engaging way to get students up out of their seats and interested in Rhetorical Strategies. Students will go on 5 "speed dates" where they will answer questions about themselves (which are ALL included in the PowerPoint) and discuss the questions with each other. After discussing, students have to write THEIR OWN responses on notebook paper, but they must include a rhetorical device. For example, one of the questions asks the students to describe what they look for in

It is very difficult to get my students interested in Shakespeare, but this activity made them really excited to read Othello! Instead of providing the usual background knowlege, I had the students work in groups that focused on specific THEMES found in Othello such as jealousy, racism, identity, etc. It was almost like a scavenger hunt. As the students were working, they were able to see how each of the themes are still present in today's society-which makes the play more reliable. ALL of t