Ryan Burrows

These multiple-choice quizzes include between 15 and 20 questions per section (chapters 1-5, 6-11, and 12-19) for the book Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliffe. This book is a good alternative to reading The Iliad as an epic in translation, especially for regular education students, ELLs, and SPED students at the middle school level. They are by no means meant to test critical thinking; rather, they are what I call "Did you read it?" quizzes. A key is included for each of the three sect

This comprehensive teaching unit for Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus includes comprehension, vocabulary, and critical thinking questions for each chapter in both Maus books as well as ten-question multiple-choice reading quizzes for each chapter. The unit also includes a final test and an extension list of extension activities. Keys are provided for all objective questions and a list of Common Core standards addressed by the unit is included. Because the unit is in Word format, the purchaser

These three reading comprehension quizzes serve as "Did you read it?" assessments. Complete with keys, these quizzes divide the text into thirds just as my Black Ships Before Troy quizzes do.

This PowerPoint is designed for use before teaching a unit on Anne Frank and seeks to connect students with the historical background of the times in which Anne Frank lived. Beginning with WWI and moving through Europe in the 1920s, this presentation chronicles how the events of the early 20th century lent themselves to Hitler's rise to power.

This PowerPoint presentation provides students a broad introduction to the science fiction genre in particular to the dystopian sub-genre more specifically as a means of introducing Ray Bradybury's Fahrenheit 451.