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From Silvestris Educational Publications, a complete project and reflective paper assignment to complement your reading of Animal Farm. Students get to create their own government! They have all the power, and they love it, but they soon realize just how difficult it is to create any government, particularly one under which they would actually wish to live. Give them something to think about, argue about, and enjoy!

Bring some psychology into your literature class. These two projects allow you and your students to delve beneath the plot of Lord of the Flies and closely examine the personalities and behavior of Ralph, Piggy, and Jack. Id, Ego, Superego, Integrated Components of the Personality-- it's all here. A unique, different, and interesting set of activities to interest and engage your students and challenge them to look at the characters in a way they've never done before. Includes helpful hints and b

A perfect introduction to the study of Shakespeare. this 23 page packet from Silvestris Educational Publications provides you with all the materials necessary to introduce Shakespeare to students who have had little or no previous contact with him. This is a complete unit (part of the larger "Introducing Mr. William Shakespeare" package) that contains: 4+ pages on Shakespeare's life, world, works, and theater suitable as a handout or for use by you as the basis of a lecture; a set of research qu

A complete teaching unit for the play "Fences." Contains more than 40 pages of reading questions, discussion topics, quizzes, essays, research activities, etc., plus a list of additional resources. Covers the entire play. Enough material for weeks of work.

A complete unit for introducing William Shakespeare to your students, provided by Silvestris Educational Publications. This 73 page package will provide you with dozens of resources designed especially for teaching Shakespeare to students who have had little or no previous exposure to him. Contains background on the Elizabethan era, Shakespeare, his work, his world and theater; a complete vocabulary unit; research and essay assignments; classwork, homework, and reinforcement activities; quizzes;

Posters for your classroom: Little Whispers "Remembering Why I Teach" Series-- Six Mini Desktop Posters little whispers™ is a new concept from Silvestris Educational Publications—5” x 7” mini “desktop posters” that you print yourself. They can be framed, attached to a backing, used as bookmarks, or slipped under binder covers. Some teachers have creatively used them as covers for small books. Since you print them yourself, you can make as many copies as you need, on whatever type of stock your

This 34 page package from Silvestris Educational Publications contains projects and activities that will carry you through every class period for the duration of your reading of Lord of the Flies. Insightful, challenging, thoughtful and substantial, this full package goes far beyond quizzes, chapter reading checks, and recall questions. These materials invite you and your students to see this book as you never have before. Psychology, personality theory, group dynamics, sociology, ethics, and mo

Posters for your classroom: Little Whispers "Hopes and Dreams" Series-- Six Mini Desktop Posters. little whispers™ is a new concept from Silvestris Educational Publications—5” x 7” mini “desktop posters” that you print yourself. They can be framed, attached to a backing, used as bookmarks, or slipped under binder covers. Some teachers have creatively used them as covers for small books. Since you print them yourself, you can make as many copies as you need, on whatever type of stock your printe

Have you ever wished for the perfect research and essay assignment for your students? This package from Silvestris Educational Publications has it all. A fun unit of research and writing that students love to do. They investigate Shakespeare's life and world: food, clothing, money, occupations, pastimes, marriage, family life, education, conversation...you name it. And then they become young William Shakespeare for a day and write about it. This unit is limited only by your creativity and theirs

Poster Package: little windows™ Math MiniPoster Five-Pack little whispers™ is a new concept from Silvestris Educational Publications—8.5” x 11” miniposters that you print yourself. They can be framed, attached to a backing, stapled to a bulletin board, slipped under a binder cover, or simply taped to the wall. Some teachers have creatively used them as covers for small books. Since you print them yourself, you can make as many copies as you need, on whatever type of stock your printer can hand

Are you looking for a resource that will help your students to better read, understand, analyze and discuss the works of fiction you are covering in your course? Too many students simply don't know how to read successfully. Eventually, especially after a few class discussions that they don't take part in and a few quizzes that they fail, they become frustrated, stop trying, and even give up reading altogether. If you have students who are experiencing these types of difficulties, please consi

A Listing of Sixty Common Words Used by Mr. William Shakespeare with Their Modern American English Equivalent Meanings and a Comprehensive Collection of Related Practice Exercises and Quizzes from Silvestris Educational Publications. This 25 page unit presents a perfect starter set of Shakespearean vocabulary words, most of which you will encounter in any play you choose to read with your students. The package contains: lists with and without equivalent meanings; practice word search puzzles by

From Silvestris Educational Publications, The TotalPoint Gradebook with AssignMinder is a simple Excel workbook with a beautiful interface. Use it instead of your bulky pencil-and-paper gradebook and calculator to keep track of all your assignments and automatically calculate your grades using the total point method. Both tools are designed to accommodate any number of students and assignments and can be put on any device that opens Excel files. They are packaged in a file so small that you can

From Silvestris Educational Publications, The Three-Category Weighted Gradebook and The TotalPoint Gradebook with AssignMinder is a simple Excel workbook with a beautiful interface. Use it instead of your bulky pencil-and-paper gradebook and calculator to keep track of all your assignments and to automatically calculate your grades using either a three-category weighted or the total point method, or both! All tools in this package are designed to accommodate any number of students and assignmen

A four-part project from Silvestris Educational Publications that puts your students on the island with the lost boys. Before long, they will be arguing over what they need to do in order to survive, and why Jack should be in charge of building the huts instead of Ralph. By the end of the project they will be quite the little experts in reading characters’ personalities. This small-group project for your class is an activity that will provide hours of interesting discussion, writing, and debate.

From Silvestris Educational Publications, The Three-Category Weighted Gradebook with AssignMinder is a simple Excel workbook with a beautiful interface. Use it instead of your bulky pencil-and-paper gradebook and calculator to keep track of all your assignments and automatically calculate your grades using a three-category weighted method. Both tools are designed to accommodate any number of students and assignments and can be put on any device that opens Excel files. They are packaged in a fil

From Silvestris Educational Publications, The AssignMinder is a simple Excel spreadsheet with a beautiful interface. Use The AssignMinder instead of your bulky pencil-and-paper gradebook to keep track of all your assignments. It is fully customizable to fit your needs and can be put on any device that opens Excel. It is also available with The Weighted Gradebook or The TotalPoint Gradebook at a discounted price, to give you assignment tracking and grade computation in one small file. Or, add it

A completely free list of more than 2000 Shakespearean vocabulary words, provided by Silvestris Educational Publications. This glossary of Elizabethan English words used by Shakespeare is fully searchable by word, definition, or any part(s) thereof. It is beautifully formatted and easy to read, with hyperlinks that enable the user to jump to the beginning of any section by letter of the alphabet. If you are searching for a free, downloadable list of common and not so common vocabulary words used