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This CCSS aligned unit includes a variety of discussion questions, class handouts, quizzes and tests to give students a thorough understanding of Lorraine Hansberry’s award-winning play. Teacher notes and keys for quizzes, discussions questions and the unit test are included. This unit is based on Hansberry’s first edition of the play from the original Broadway Production. Unit Contents: * "A Raisin in the Sun" Web Quest with Teacher Notes * Vocabulary Words and Activity with Teacher Not

This CCSS aligned unit provides an overview, examination and creation of satire using Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" and other resources. Students read and analyze different satires, build their vocabulary, gain historical knowledge, read and analyze "A Modest Proposal", then craft their own satire. For a smaller activity pack about satire *without* “A Modest Proposal”, click here: A Study of Satire. **Please don’t purchase both.**Includes: * Satire Overview Handout * Two Satire Analysis Activiti

Provide your students with a more complete understanding of rhetorical analysis with a variety of concept overviews, practice activities, complementary assignments and assessments. This product is included in my AP Language and Composition Bundle for a reduced price. Please don’t buy this item in addition to the bundle as it is already included.This resource is organized in the following sections: Rhetorical Analysis with an overview of rhetoric using the SOAPSTone method, a practice activity

Provide your students with a more complete understanding of rhetorical devices, rhetorical appeals and logical fallacies with this mini-unit that includes concept overviews, practice activities, complimentary assignments and an assessment. ** This product is included in my Rhetoric: The Art of Presuasion Unit and my AP Language and Composition Bundle for a reduced price. Please don’t buy this item in addition to either product listed above as it is already included.** This resource is organize

This CCSS aligned set encourages students to analyze James Thurber’s short story through a variety of lenses. After reading the story, students complete a general analysis of the work, play the role of an armchair psychologist and practice their text structure analysis skills before comparing and contrasting the story with the 2013 film. Students write a comparison essay as their final assessment. Includes: * a link to the short story * a 10 question reading quiz * analysis questions with teach

Wrap up a study of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with this student-directed activity that integrates close reading, writing, speaking and civics. Students form groups in a civil trial that puts Victor Frankenstein on the defense. While the plaintiff and defense compile their cases, judge and jury research modern day examples of Frankenstein to share with their classmates. Each student is also responsible for a written assignment tailored to his or her role in the project. Includes: * activity d

This CCSS aligned unit provides a literary and historical overview of early American literature from the Native Americans', European explorers' and colonists’ perspective. Students read and analyze literary and informational texts, write a narrative and/or argumentative essay, and finish the unit with a test. This set includes the following: * Nine public domain readings including Native American creation myths, an excerpt of Columbus's journal, an excerpt of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza De Vaca's journ

This CCSS aligned set provides a literary and historical overview of Olaudah Equiano and his "Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano". ** This set is from my Literature of Slaves Unit, so please do not purchase both. ** Includes: * a short WebQuest about Equiano and Slavery Narratives with teacher notes * a four page excerpt of “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" * a 10 question true or false reading quiz with key * analysis questions with teacher notes *

This CCSS aligned set includes a student overview covering the AP Language and Composition multiple choice test and two student-generated practice activities with reading passages. The two challenging multiple choice activities require students to perform close readings to sharpen their analytic skills as they become test developers. These activities aid in student understanding and build confidence leading up to the AP test. This product is included in my AP Language and Composition Bundle fo

This CCSS aligned set provides a literary and historical overview of Frederick Douglass and his “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech. ** This set is from my Literature of Slaves Unit and my American Literature Bundle, so please do not purchase both. ** The set includes: * a short WebQuest about Douglass with teacher notes * a vocabulary activity and quiz with teacher key * a two page excerpt of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech * analysis questions with teacher no

This British poetry unit covers the best metaphysical and Romantic poets including Marvell, Herrick, Donne, Shelley, Byron, Keats, Wordsworth and Browning while addressing all strands of the Common Core State Standards. As a group, students conduct research, analyze poetry, create class handouts or PowerPoints and present their findings to their classmates. Independently, students write a poetry explication. To wrap up the unit, students review with a trivia game followed by a multiple choice an

This CCSS aligned unit provides a literary and historical overview of the literature of American slaves including narratives, speeches and poems. Students read informational and literary texts, develop their analysis skills, write an extended metaphor poem and/or an argumentative essay then finish the unit with a written test. This unit includes the following: * Five public domain readings --an excerpt from Oludah Equiano’s “Interesting Narrative...” --two Phillis Wheatley poems --an exc

This CCSS aligned set provides a literary and historical overview of Harriet Jacobs and her “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” narrative. ** Much of this set is from my Literature of Slaves Unit, American Romantic and Transcendental Writers Unit and my American Literature Bundle so please do not purchase both. ** The set includes: * a short WebQuest about Jacobs and Slave Narratives with teacher notes * a five page excerpt of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" * a 10 question true or

This unit test includes 70 multiple choice questions and extended response questions to conclude a classroom’s reading of "Romeo and Juliet". Questions address direct references to the text, author’s biography, and literary techniques. Answer key and teacher notes included for both test sections. Also includes student study guide. Did you know this unit is part of my British Literature Bundle? The bundle includes 7 resources for a 25% discount. **Please do not purchase this unit in addition to

Newly updated for the 2013-2014 school year, this CCSS aligned bundle has everything a high school English teacher needs to assess most of their students’ work; this bundle includes: * Argument Writing Rubrics (grades 9-10 and 11-12 in two formats) * Informative Writing Rubrics (grades 9-10 and 11-12 in two formats) * Narrative Writing Rubrics (grades 9-10 and 11-12 in two formats) * The Research Essay (in three formats) * Short Story Rubric (in two formats) * Speech/Presentation Rubric (in tw

This syntax bundle not only teaches students about syntax and why it is an important component for writers and readers alike, but also teaches students how to use syntax to strengthen their own writing. This product is included in my AP Language and Composition Bundle for a reduced price. Please don’t buy this item in addition to the bundle as it is already included. This bundle includes: * a two-page syntax 101 handout with tips for analyzing syntax * two syntax analysis practice with teache

Spend a few days with what’s been called Poe’s “perfect” short story: “The Cask of Amontillado” from my American Romantic and Transcendental Writers Unit and my American Literature Bundle (please do not purchase both). Students develop their vocabulary and their literary analysis skills before spending some time analyzing Poe’s use of setting and irony. Students wrap up Poe’s story with a flash fiction gothic horror story assignment and/or a test. All teacher notes and keys included. CCSS aligne

Infuse your class with the spirit of American independence with this unit featuring three of America’s most iconic non-fiction texts from the Revolutionary Era. Through Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”, Paine’s “The American Crisis” and Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, students learn about and examine rhetorical appeals, logical fallacies, argumentation and syntax. Includes the three readings, analysis questions, a vocabulary activity and quiz, a short test and a persuasive wr

Spend a week with two of America’s most beloved poets: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. This CCSS aligned unit from my American Romantic and Transcendental Writers Unit and my American Literature Bundle (please do not purchase both) develops students’ analysis and close reading skills as they work as a group and independently with six poems from the Romantic Era. Students wrap up the unit with a creative response project, a poetic explication and/or a test. All teacher notes and keys included.

This set gives an overview to rhetoric and rhetorical analysis with an excerpt from Mary Wollstonecraft’s "A Vindication of the Rights of Women". Students read and analyze the excerpt using a graphic organizer, then write a rhetorical analysis of the piece. This unit includes: * a vocabulary activity with teacher definitions * a vocabulary quiz with answer key * a rhetoric and rhetorical analysis overview handout (which can be used for other assignments) * "A Vindication..." public domain rea