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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

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

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 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

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-

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

✨ 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

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

Do you want to get to know your students? This is the ticket. This imaginative back-to-school or early-year activity invites students to design a “magic house” with four doors—each leading to a meaningful place, time, or world. It’s a fun way to build descriptive writing skills while helping students express personality, preferences, and creativity. Students will: Brainstorm real and fictional places that matter to them Write vivid, paragraph-length descriptions for each “door” Design a visua