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Help your students analyze character and setting like pros— before they even crack open a novel. This bundle includes two ready-to-use slide decks that turn high-quality artworks into powerful AP Lit warm-ups, complete with scaffolded questions, sentence starters, and AP-style multiple choice questions with answer justifications. Whether you're introducing tone, teaching inference, or building MC confidence, these slides give students a low-stress, high-engagement way to practice literary thinki

The Whiskey Speech – Assignment & Slide Deck Bundle Analyze. Imitate. Perform. A Rhetorical Writing Experience Your Students Won’t Forget This bundle includes everything you need to turn Noah S. “Soggy” Sweat’s legendary 1952 Whiskey Speech into an unforgettable rhetorical analysis and writing experience. Students will analyze the structure and tone of the original speech, then write their own satirical imitation on a lighthearted topic—complete with an optional performance challenge. Wit

Mini-Analysis + Sentence CombiningThis classroom-ready bundle combines two focused resources designed to build both writing fluency and literary insight. Perfect for AP Lit, honors, or upper-level ELA classes, these activities help students work closely with language on both the sentence level and the interpretive level. What’s Inside: ✅ Mini-Analysis Slide Deck (PDF) 4 quote-based analysis slides Annotation and writing prompts Sentence frames for literary commentary AP Lit-style multipl

Mini-Analysis for AP Literature: Visual & Textual Skill-Builders with Multiple Choice PracticeHook your AP Lit students with high-interest, skill-driven activities that build confidence, close reading skills, and multiple choice mastery—without overwhelming them with full-length passages. This bundle brings together two powerful formats: Art analysis slides with sentence starters, mood/tone exploration, and AP-style MC questions A targeted Othello quote analysis set with paired multiple choice

Figurative Language Mini-Analysis: Pop Culture to Shakespeare – Slides + PDF BUNDLEThis bundle includes both PowerPoint slides and a printable PDF version of the Figurative Language Mini-Analysis set, designed to help students develop analytical writing skills through short, engaging texts. Each selection features a metaphor, simile, or allusion drawn from pop culture or literature—ideal for bell ringers, guided analysis, or literary device instruction. What’s Included: PowerPoint Sli

The Great Gatsby – Literary Thinking Bundle: Mini-Analysis + Sentence Combining This ready-to-use Gatsby bundle helps students read with purpose and write with precision. It combines figurative language analysis and sentence combining practice for a powerful, skill-building toolkit. What’s Included: ✅ Mini-Analysis Slide Deck (in reading order) • 5 carefully selected quotes from key chapters • Layered questions to support close reading and theme discussion • Sentence frames to guide student c

This ready-to-use slide deck walks students through five layered excerpts from The Great Gatsby, using targeted questions and structured sentence frames to build deep literary analysis skills. Designed for use after reading each chapter when the quotes appear, these quotes help facilitate discussing the novel and analyzing Fitzgerald's language. Each quote is presented in chronological order to match the pacing of your unit. What’s Included: 5 mini-analysis slide sets (1 per quote), eac

Two ready-to-use collections focused on one big skill: analyzing character. Each set includes portrait-style paintings with guided questions, sentence starters. "Character, Character, Character" follows written analysis with Multiple Choice questions (written in the style of AP Literature). Students practice tone, inference, and evidence-based interpretation without needing a single paragraph of text. Perfect for warm-ups, bell-ringers, writing mini-lessons, or visual analysis practice that ac

Othello Quote Analysis Slides – Bite-Sized Literary Thinking If your students freeze up when it's time to analyze, this slide deck gives them the support they need without watering anything down. Each mini-lesson is built around one powerful quote from Othello, with just enough scaffolding to build confidence and real analysis (AP Lit) skills. Each quote comes with: A guided close reading slide with layered questions A sentence frame to help students write with purpose and style An AP Lit-

Use art and visuals to bring home the analysis skills students need for literature. This Power Point includes 6 carefully selected paintings, each paired with layered prompts that guide students through observation, interpretation, and literary-style analysis, concluding with an AP Literature style multiple choice question for each painting. Whether used as bell ringers, weekly writing warm-ups, or sub-friendly skill builders, these slides are designed to stretch your students’ thinking and giv

⚔ Beowulf Mini-Analysis – Figurative Language & Function This focused slide deck guides students through close reading and literary analysis using vivid, high-impact passages from Beowulf. Each slide includes a short excerpt, structured prompts, a sentence frame for literary commentary, and an ACT-style multiple choice question. Rather than asking students to analyze long sections all at once, this resource breaks the epic into manageable, meaningful pieces—giving them time to unpack the l

If your students struggle to move past “She looks sad” or “He’s probably rich,” this set is going to be your new favorite tool. Character, Character, & More Character uses 7 carefully chosen portrait-style paintings to help students practice close looking, tone, and evidence-based interpretation—without needing a single paragraph of text. Each slide includes: A painting and a short set of guided questions A sentence starter frame for written analysis An AP-style multiple choice question (yep—

Start class with a quote—and end with stronger thinking. This daily warm-up set uses powerful, thought-provoking quotes to help students build interpretation, discussion, and argument writing skills—all through one consistent routine. Each slide prompts students to analyze a quote, take a stance, and defend it using the What / How / Why writing framework. What’s Included: 7 designed quote slides Literary, philosophical, and real-world quotes Scaffolded questions on every slide Built-in “What

These slides are perfect for scaffolding analysis for all your learners. Each slide walks students through a single quote using layered prompts, writing frames, and AP-style multiple choice practice. Rather than tackling big themes all at once, students build confidence by analyzing language one vivid excerpt at a time. These were designed to support both daily bell-ringers and full-period close reading discussions. What’s Included: 4 literary analysis slides Targeted annotation prompts (image

Othello Mini-Analysis | Bell-Ringer Quote Breakdown Slides Teach literary analysis without the overwhelm. This Othello Mini-Analysis slide deck gives students the structure and support they need to unpack Shakespeare’s language, one powerful quote at a time. ✅ What’s Included: 4 quote-specific mini-analysis slides Guided questions focused on syntax, metaphor, tone, and theme Sentence frames to support AP-level writing and commentary Teacher Info slide with tips for daily bell-ringer

Make Shakespeare accessible and exciting with this quote analysis mini-unit for Romeo & Juliet! This resource helps students build strong analytical writing by guiding them through key quotes using scaffolded questions and sentence frames. Designed for both general and advanced high school classes, this printable activity emphasizes figurative language, characterization, and theme—perfect for bell ringers, stations, or essay prep. What’s Included: 5 Mini-Analysis Quote Tasks, each with:

Hamlet Sentence Combining Bundle – Printable Handout + Digital SlidesElevate your Hamlet unit with this comprehensive sentence combining resource—offered in both printable and digital formats. Whether you’re modeling on the board, assigning bell ringers, or reinforcing sentence fluency in writing workshops, this bundle gives you the flexibility and structure you need. What’s Included: ✅ 10 sentence combining sets focused on key Hamlet concepts ✅ Topics include major characters, setting, solilo

Faces & Stories: Visual Analysis Slides for Literary ThinkingNeed a fresh way to kick off analysis skills? This ready-to-use slide deck uses portrait-style artworks to get students thinking deeply—about emotion, character, and visual storytelling. Just project a slide, pose the questions, and watch the thinking start to flow. Each of the 10 high-resolution paintings is paired with focused prompts that help students: Infer emotion and backstory Analyze color, light, and composition Practice th

The Whiskey Speech – Rhetorical Analysis Slides Companion Slide Deck for a Satirical Speech AssignmentThis ready-to-use slide deck walks students through the iconic Whiskey Speech by Noah S. “Soggy” Sweat with clarity, humor, and strong rhetorical focus. Designed to support rhetorical analysis and working with a mentor text, each slide breaks down a key moment from the speech—making structure, tone, and stylistic choices easy to follow and imitate. Use this deck to guide class discussion, s

Sentence Combining Slides – Hamlet Bring Shakespeare into the 21st century with these clean, editable slides designed for class modeling, bell ringers, and sentence fluency work. This digital resource pairs perfectly with your literature unit or writing workshop. What’s Included: 10 sentence combining slides based on Hamlet Each slide features 3 related sentence fragments to combine Clean, split layout for classroom modeling or student work PowerPoint download (can be easily converted to googl