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These Google Slides and accompanying Google Doc worksheets allow students to have a better understanding of four key terms on social justice. In addition, students are then challenged to apply their knowledge of the key terms in a quick fill-in-the-blank assessment. I have also included a Google Doc with the definitions pre-loaded for students to use as a reference or for any students who struggle. Please see my Social Justice Book Study Unit for Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy, and/or Jason Reynol

These slides are a great way to introduce your students to literary elements that are used in Drama. I have used these prior to beginning any of Shakespeare's plays including Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. The following elements are covered: dramatragedycomedyhistoryantagonistprotagonistdialoguemonologuesoliloquyasidetragic herotragic flawdramatic ironyforeshadowthemeThis is perfect for a sub day as you can just print or distribute the slides digitally, and go!

For use with Benjamin Alire Sàenz's, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.These slides include 30 questions/prompts to get students thinking about issues presented in the text. Since the text grapples with some difficult to discuss themes, these slides allow for appropriate discussions in the classroom, that empower students to use their voice and discuss the text in a critical way. These can be used as a warm-up, or to break up the readings. They can also be printed for ind

Included in this set are 8 prompts in a Powerpoint that are to be used to spark critical thinking in students. You can use distribute these via your school's LMS or they can be projected on the board. You can give students the option of responding to one of the eight, or assign them all as they correspond to the the topics presented throughout the text. This is perfect for a sub day as it can be used as a stand alone quick write assignment and has everything the substitute and students need to

These slides are a great way to introduce your students to William Shakespeare's Macbeth. The following elements are covered: Shakespeare's lifeWitchcraft and SuperstitionThe Globe TheatreHistorical HappeningsThere are 16 informational slides total. You can have students take notes on all four main elements, or jigsaw the four so students can divide, conquer, and share. This is perfect for a sub day as you can just print or distribute the slides digitally, and have students take notes, learn,

This is a compilation of 15 affirmations and quotes written in fun fonts to help motivate and empower students/teachers.