Prospero's Lost Books

This bundle focuses on the timely short story, "Cell One" by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The bundle features the elegantly designed "Response Journal" that is powered by Google Slides and features a link to a TedTalks episode that features the author and provides insight into her writing and inspirations. The Response Journal focuses on assessing and supporting students with structured writing activities that requires summarizing the text, as well as providing an explanation fo

This bundle is intended to both inform students about the novel and its author, Toni Morrison, as well as assess their knowledge of the novel and the major skills required to demonstrate comprehension of the classic novel. The materials were developed to reflect the novels organization into the four seasons. Each season focuses on a topic or skill for students to learn and practice with. Here is the breakdown of the materials including four “Response Journals” presnted with Google Slides and fou

This bundle includes five "Response Journals" that assess each act of The Tempest. The Response Journals all focus on one reading skill to accompany the instruction of the plot of the play. The Response Journals teach students to write in structured paragraphs to explain various topics from the play. The bundle also includes five quizzes that each assess individual acts and scenes from the play. The quizzes asses the skill introduced in the Response Journal that goes with each act. Here is an

This package includes an instructional Google Slides presentation that describes the author, as well as the major literary functions of her shorts story. The presentation focuses on the allegory of the child, as well as themes of utopia and dystopia, and the balance that is required for a society of any kind. The package also includes Cornell Notes with prefilled questions and activities that focuses on the usage of Le Guin's language to achieve her desired literary outcomes. Can you walk away f

This Google Form quiz assesses the basic plot, characters, as well as student knowledge of the impact of the various characterizations that can be made in the section "Winter." The character conflicts and situations are explored by students in the quiz and students are required to evaluate those characters and to define them. The quiz is customizable for individual teacher use and taste.

This Google Form quiz assesses the basic plot, characters, as well as student knowledge of the impact of the setting on the novel. The setting is influenced by poverty, as well as many of the characters actions throughout the section "Autumn."

This Google Form quiz assesses the basic plot, characters, as well as student knowledge of the impact of the various character conflicts throughout the section "Winter." The conflicts are explored by students in the quiz and students are required to evaluate those conflicts and categorize them. The quiz is customizable for individual teacher use and taste.

This instructional package is centered around the intriguing short story, "The Plain in Flames," from Juan Rulfo's collection of short stories with the same title that detail the lives of Mexican revolutionaries around the turn of the century. The package features a modified version of the original short story that contains an annotation column with annotation directions in which students use different colors to highlight different types of details (yellow is used for important plot details, blu

This bundle includes various electronic materials to increase student comprehension of the classic horror story, "The Masque of the Red Death," with various forms of assessment. The beautifully designed Response Journal provides instruction for symbols and motifs, as well as background information on Edgar Allen Poe. It also provides students with an activity that outlines the symbolism of the seven rooms as the life cycle. The Response Journal also includes slides that require and support stude

This Google Form quiz assesses the basic plot, characters, as well as student knowledge of the impact of the various themes that can be identified in the novel. The character conflicts and situations are explored by students in the quiz and students are required to evaluate those those themes. The quiz also assesses students on their knowledge of "Summer" in terms of the plot. The quiz is customizable for individual teacher use and taste.

This unit includes a Google Slides presentation that outlines Amanda Gorman, herself, and introduces her poem that she recited at President Joe Biden's Inauguration. There are links to an interview conducted by PBS, as well as her presentation of the poem at the inauguration. There is also a set of Cornell Notes with prefilled questions and information for students to analyze and respond her poem, "The Hill We Climb." Here is a list of what is included in the unit: The Hill We Climb poem - Googl

This "Response Journal" is designed to provide instruction for identifying details about various figures in the text and evaluating characters using characterization. The character details are analyzed by students through structured writing prompts that are supported by sentence frames. There are also diagrams included to support student comprehension of the conflict types as they work through the Response Journal's questions. Students will analyze either Cholly Breedlove or Pauline Breedlove in

This "Response Journal" is designed to provide instruction for identifying details about various themes in the novel and exploring their overall development throughout the novel. The the themes analyzed by students through structured writing prompts that are supported by sentence frames, as well as a Theme vs. Theme activity where students match details to specific themes. There are also diagrams included to support student comprehension of the themes as well as sentence frames to communicate th

This "Response Journal" introduces the author to students with a link to a nonfiction article about Toni Morrison's life that asks students to summarize the information using the speaker's notes in Google Slides. The Response Journal also includes other introductory information like setting information with a link to Lorain, Ohio. Then students are provided with sentence frames to reflect on the book's material including the forward from the author. Finally, students summarize information about

This "Response Journal" is designed to provide instruction for identifying and evaluating character conflicts, including both internal and external character conflict types. The conflicts are analyzed by students through structured writing prompts that are supported by sentence frames. There are also diagrams included to support student comprehension of the conflict types as they work through the Response Journal's questions.

This is a customizable Google Forms quiz based on Act I of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. The questions cover the plot of the play as well as the setting of the play. This was designed for use in the secondary setting and is adaptable to special education and ELL learners.

This "Response Journal" is is Google Slide Presentation that focuses of teaching students about the settings involved in Shakespeare's The Tempest and the plot of Act IV of the play. There are sentence starters that focus students on academic writing in the secondary classroom setting through learning to use in-text citations in MLA format. The Response Journal includes structured writing activities to summarize events from Act IV, as well as to determine a theme using the elements of plot and

This "Response Journal" is is Google Slide Presentation that focuses of teaching students about the settings involved in Shakespeare's The Tempest and the plot of Act IV of the play. There are sentence starters that focus students on academic writing in the secondary classroom setting through learning to use in-text citations in MLA format. The Response Journal includes structured writing activities to summarize events from Act IV, as well as to evaluate Prospero's character using characterizat

This "Response Journal" is is Google Slide Presentation that focuses of teaching students about the settings involved in Shakespeare's The Tempest and the plot of Act II of the play. There are sentence starters that focus students on academic writing in the secondary classroom setting through learning to use in-text citations in MLA format. The Response Journal includes structured writing to summarize both scenes, as well as a slide that requires students to describe Gonzalo's perfect island th

This "Response Journal" is is Google Slide Presentation that focuses of teaching students about the settings involved in Shakespeare's The Tempest and the plot of Act III of the play. There are sentence starters that focus students on academic writing in the secondary classroom setting through learning to use in-text citations in MLA format. The Response Journal includes structured writing activities to summarize events from Act III, as well as to evaluate Prospero's relationship with Ariel. Ov