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Designed for an AP or pre-AP class (but easy to use for other levels as well), this assignment pushes students to examine Wiesel's language and style in order to gain an understanding of the function of diction, syntax, figurative language, and tone in his narrative. It includes carefully selected passages from the narrative and a series of guiding questions that explain to students how to perform the close reading. Narrative of Frederick Douglass - Close Reading / Style Analysis by Paul Marti

This is a 35 question comprehensive test covering the entire narrative. It includes 30 multiple choice questions and 5 short response questions. The test includes an answer key for the 30 multiple choice questions.

This is a detailed, 19-slide PowerPoint providing an introduction to the twelve Olympic Gods. It begins with an overview of the Titans (and Cronus in particular), then progresses to the Olympians, with each slide providing information on a different god/goddess. Information on each slide includes the Greek and Roman name of the god/goddess, the role of the god/goddess in mythology, interesting facts about him/her, as well as an image of the god/goddess. This serves as a fun and interesting intro

Includes twelve thought-provoking questions for F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. Each question is a higher-order thinking question designed for intelligent classroom debate.

This is a seven-slide PowerPoint that includes background on William Golding, historical context on World War II and the Cold War, and relevant background information that will allow students to understand the beginning of the novel and Golding's purpose/themes. All information is strictly tied to the novel and is important in allowing students to understand the novel's context.

This powerpoint is designed to make the premises of the philosophies of Existentialism and the Absurd accessible to high school students. It contains 14 slides on the philosophies, emphasizing the major tenets of each theory. I have used this numerous times when prior to teaching Albert Camus' The Stranger and it has been very effective in allowing my students to understand the philosophy behind the novel.

This 7-slide PowerPoint presentation previews 18 key terms that students will come across in their reading of Elie Wiesel's Night. The words vary from Jewish religious terms and holidays to German military terms to political terms. This is best used as a pre-reading activity to introduce students to unfamiliar terms that will them better understand the memoir.

This nine-slide PowerPoint thoroughly explains action, linking, and helping verbs in a manner that students of all ages can comprehend. The PowerPoint includes definitions, rules, examples, and a practice activity at the end. I have used this PowerPoint with my classes for many years, and I am proud to say that my students are verb experts!

Designed for an AP or pre-AP class (but easy to use for other levels as well), this assignment pushes students to examine Douglass' language and style in order to gain an understanding of the function of diction, syntax, figurative language, and tone in his narrative. It includes carefully selected passages from the narrative and a series of guiding questions that explain to students how to perform the close reading. Narrative of Frederick Douglass - Close Reading / Style Analysis by Paul Mart

This PowerPoint presents a list of modern English words that are derived from characters and stories from Greek and Roman mythology. Each slide presents a unique word and includes a picture, the character/myth from which the word is derived, and an explanation of how the word's English meaning connects to the story from which it comes. Words Derived From Mythology PowerPoint by Paul Martinez is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States Li

This PowerPoint is designed to introduce students to the concept of allegory. It defines the term and uses a well-known fable ("The Tortoise and the Hare") to present an example of allegory that students of various ages and abilities can comprehend. The presentation concludes with a guide outlining questions students ask themselves as they read a work of allegory. I have used this presentation before reading Orwell's Animal Farm, Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Poe's The Masque of the Read Deat

Designed for a pre-AP class (but easy to use for other levels as well), this assignment pushes students to examine Wiesel's language and style in order to gain an understanding of the function of diction, syntax, figurative language, and tone in Night. It includes carefully selected passages from chapter 1 of the memoir and a series of guiding questions that explain to students how to perform the close reading.

This PowerPoint is designed to make the premises of Romanticism and, especially, American Transcendentalism accessible to high school students. It contains 12 slides on these movements. The initial slides offer a very brief background on Romanticism, while the remainder (the final 8 slides) are focused on Transcendentalism. I have used this presentation numerous times when teaching works by Thoreau, Emerson, Whitman, etc., and it has been very effective in allowing my students to understand the

This eight-slide PowerPoint thoroughly explains the process of identifying, and correcting, errors with misplaced and dangling modifiers. It provides definitions, rules, examples, and pictures. Students will laugh as they discover the humorous scenarios that misplaced and dangling modifiers create as they come to recognize that a single misplaced word can completely change the meaning of a sentence.

This compilation of twelve Socratic Seminar questions provides an opportunity for students to discuss the novel's larger ideas in depth. The questions are all higher-level thinking questions related to the work's themes and their connection to modern society. They are geared toward more mature students and require a level of insight beyond surface level reading.

This is a seven-slide PowerPoint that goes over the basics about nouns. Includes definitions and examples of concrete/abstract, common/proper, collective, and compound nouns. There is also a practice exercise at the end of the PowerPoint that will enable teachers to assess students' knowledge of nouns after the presentation is complete.

This 7-slide PowerPoint guides students toward evaluating a website for the purpose of identifying it as a proper or improper source for a research or expository paper. Each of the 5 W's (who, what, when, where, and why) includes a series of questions for students to ask as they come across a website.

This is an easy-to-follow checklist providing step-by-step instructions for typing an essay using standard MLA formatting using Microsoft Word 2007. Students follow the steps in order, and in doing so, end up with a perfectly formatted essay every time. Includes instructions for setting up font, margins, spacing, header, running header, etc. The checklist includes examples and pictures of specific Word menus and buttons to help students of any age easily set up their essays.

This compilation of fourteen Socratic Seminar questions provides an opportunity for students to discuss the novel's larger ideas in depth. The questions are all higher-level thinking questions related to the work's themes and their connection to modern society. They are geared toward more mature students and require a level of insight beyond surface level reading.

This compilation of twelve Socratic Seminar questions provides an opportunity for students to discuss the novel's larger ideas in depth. The questions are all higher-level thinking questions related to the work's themes and their connection to modern society. They are geared toward more mature students and require a level of insight beyond surface level reading.