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Every good sentence has structure. Every strong idea needs substance. And every lesson should offer simplicity, not chaos. I’m an English teacher building resources that help students analyze, write, and grow—with clarity at the core. Welcome to Pen & Pattern.
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Preview of Character & Setting Art Analysis – Visual Skill-Builders with AP-Style Practice

Character & Setting Art Analysis – Visual Skill-Builders with AP-Style Practice

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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
Preview of Whiskey Speech: RA & Mentor Writing

Whiskey Speech: RA & Mentor Writing

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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
Preview of AP Literature: Mini-Analysis w/ MC

AP Literature: Mini-Analysis w/ MC

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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
Preview of Their Eyes Were Watching God: Analysis & Sentence Combining

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Analysis & Sentence Combining

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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
Preview of Mini Analysis: Pop Culture to Shakespeare Bundle

Mini Analysis: Pop Culture to Shakespeare Bundle

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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
Preview of The Great Gatsby Bundle: Mini-Analysis & Sentence Combining

The Great Gatsby Bundle: Mini-Analysis & Sentence Combining

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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
Preview of The Great Gatsby: Mini-Analysis

The Great Gatsby: Mini-Analysis

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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
Preview of Characterization Study: Art to Literature

Characterization Study: Art to Literature

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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
Preview of Othello Literary Skills Bundle: Sentence Combining & Mini-Analysis

Othello Literary Skills Bundle: Sentence Combining & Mini-Analysis

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Othello Skills Bundle – Sentence Combining + Quote Analysis (Slides + PDF)This all-in-one bundle gives you structured tools to build writing fluency and literary analysis—using Shakespeare’s Othello as the core text. With ready-to-use slides, handouts, and scaffolded writing practice, this resource helps students dig into character, syntax, and meaning—one skill-building moment at a time. What’s Included:✅ Mini-Analysis Slide Deck (PowerPoint) 4 quote analysis slides with guiding questions
Preview of Othello: Mini-Analysis & AP MC Practice

Othello: Mini-Analysis & AP MC Practice

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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-
Preview of Beowulf Bundle: Analysis & Fluency

Beowulf Bundle: Analysis & Fluency

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Beowulf Literary Skills Bundle | Mini-Analysis + Sentence CombiningThis all-in-one Beowulf bundle blends literary analysis and writing fluency practice—helping students unpack the language, structure, and imagery of the epic poem while sharpening their sentence skills. Designed to support meaningful engagement with the text, this low-prep, high-impact resource is perfect for bell ringers, warm-ups, stations, or skill-focused lessons. What’s Included:✅ Mini-Analysis Slide Deck (PowerPoint) 4 quo
Preview of Setting Analysis: Art to Literature w/ MC

Setting Analysis: Art to Literature w/ MC

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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
Preview of Beowulf Mini-Analysis

Beowulf Mini-Analysis

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⚔ 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
Preview of Psalm: Mini-Analysis PowerPoint Bell-Ringers

Psalm: Mini-Analysis PowerPoint Bell-Ringers

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✨ Psalms Mini-Analysis | Bellringer PowerPoint for Literary & Spiritual Reflection Bring literary depth and spiritual reflection into your classroom with this beautifully designed PowerPoint bellringer set based on selected Psalms. Each slide guides students through a poetic excerpt using targeted literary analysis questions and a sentence frame to support thoughtful, text-based writing. What’s Included: 5 fully-designed bellringer slides featuring Psalm excerpts Guided literary quest
Preview of Character, Character, & More Character: Analysis Writing & MC

Character, Character, & More Character: Analysis Writing & MC

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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—
Preview of Psalms: Mini- Analysis Bundle

Psalms: Mini- Analysis Bundle

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✨ Psalms Mini-Analysis | Bellringer Slides + Printable PDF Bundle This complete Psalms Mini-Analysis bundle gives you both projectable slides and a printable PDF version—perfect for flexible classroom use. Whether you're teaching analysis with Psalm as poetry, leading a morning devotional, teaching faith-based literature, or guiding students in reflective journaling, this resource helps students engage deeply with the poetic language of scripture. What’s Included: 5 bellringer-style Po
Preview of Argument Practice: Quote of the Day

Argument Practice: Quote of the Day

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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
Preview of Argument Practice: Quote of the Day Set 2

Argument Practice: Quote of the Day Set 2

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Bring powerful ideas into your classroom with this ready-to-use Quote of the Day resource. Each slide features a thought-provoking quote paired with guiding questions and a simple writing frame, making it easy to spark discussion and build writing fluency. I like to use these as bell-ringers, then let them chose one to develop into an essay. What’s Included:8 ready to use quotes with guiding questions. Editable slides. Built-in “What / How / Why” writing frame to support structured responses
Preview of AP Literature: Mini-Analysis Figurative Lang (Pop Culture)

AP Literature: Mini-Analysis Figurative Lang (Pop Culture)

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Figurative Language Mini-Analysis: Pop Culture to Shakespeare (Slides)This high-engagement mini-analysis set helps students build confidence in figurative language by starting with pop culture lyrics and progressing toward more complex literary texts. Each slide invites close reading, guided questioning, and structured commentary writing, each aligned with AP Literature skill development. What’s Included: 5 Mini-Analysis slides, each featuring: A figurative language excerpt (metaphor, si
Preview of Their Eyes Were Watching God: Quote Analysis Slide (w/ MC)

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Quote Analysis Slide (w/ MC)

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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
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Experience

Every good sentence has structure. Every strong idea needs substance. And every lesson should offer simplicity, not chaos. I’m an English teacher building resources that help students analyze, write, and grow—with clarity at the core. Welcome to Pen & Pattern.

Teaching style

I’m a practical, no-fluff kind of teacher. I believe in smart structure, steady challenge, and helping students level up—one intentional step at a time. If it’s engaging, efficient, and elevates thinking, I’m in. Bonus points if it copies straight into a sub plan. 😄

Awards & shining teacher moments

I’ve been lucky enough to be voted Teacher of the Year four times. I’ve scored AP Language essays for the college board (all three questions), written curriculum for statewide programs, and directed student theater with actual sets, costumes, and chaos. But honestly, my favorite moments are when a kid who swore they’d hate the book suddenly gets it and doesn’t want to put it down.

My own education history

Bachelors, Masters, National Board Certification. I seem chaotic, but I have a plan.