Sheryl Eberwein

This assignment can be used with JFK's "The Immigrant Contribution" and guides students as they evaluate Kennedy's main idea, purpose, rhetorical appeals, and style.

This handout guides students as they identify archetypes and parts of the Hero's Journey in Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou.

Assign this digital notebook to your students to help guide analysis for To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 1 - 11. Activities focus on: - Setting - Characters - Writing to support claims - Symbolism - Short, constructed responses

Trying literature circles to make your next class novel more student-centered? Literature circles give your students the opportunity to build community, learn critical speaking and listening skills, and deepen their understanding of texts. These choice boards help provide your groups with structure and freedom! They can be used with any novel, though the themes in #5 focus more on those found in young adult novels. Choice Board 1: Exposition Choice Board 2: Characters and conflict Choice Board

"The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl" is Elizabeth Wong’s narrative essay about her own assimilation into American culture. This worksheet guides students to focus on Wong's conflict, tone, and theme about assimilation.

This assignment is designed to introduce students to rhetorical appeals as the building block of persuasive writing. Students will identify examples of ethos, pathos, and logos; then, they will be tasked with writing a persuasive letter convincing the reader to excuse the writer for some action or behavior. The lesson includes a graphic organizer for students to plan three reasons for their request. This assignment can be used with a literature unit as students can write the letter from the po