Stacy Coons

High school students can work collaboratively in groups to review a text with 48 general questions that are broken into categories based on literary ideas. Whether you randomly select or purposely place students into groups, ALL students can answer questions based on what they read or heard during discussions. It's a low risk, high reward activity during which EVERYONE can participate. Use the questions with Jenga blocks or use the questions as another type of review game like an Egg Dash or ol

Students can practice writing quickly and efficiently with seven bell-ringer prompts about the play. Prompts are in order of the plot and can be assigned in the first 5-10 minutes of class but can also be assigned in any order you think is best. AP Big Ideas are attached to each prompt so students understand how their writing relates to the AP Literature and Composition Exam. Prompts may be printed and used for small group of whole class discussion questions or even for games such as Egg Dash if

Don't begin the year lecturing or reviewing a syllabus! Instead, ask high school students to complete stations to keep them engaged. These are FIVE stations to help students learn about you as their teacher as well as you learn about your new students. One station asks students to review a Google Classroom, but you may adapt that station to review any app you use in your district. Stations are available in Google Apps, and all stations are editable so you can create stations that best fit your c

Give AP Literature and Composition students an opportunity for voice and choice as an end of the year project! The choice board contains NINE projects with varying point totals according to project specificities. Activities and point totals are editable on Google Apps. Designed for high school seniors, these activities provide individual reflection before graduation while continuing to find their identities. Downloads are permitted for single user only. Please purchase additional licenses if it

A review of characters' personalities after a literature unit, students must decide which characters best exemplify each of the seven deadly sins with reasoning. Students will assign a character to a sin before explaining in a short, purposeful sentence how each character relates to each sin. Students may work individually or collaboratively in groups. Teachers may or may not require textual evidence as proof to create longer sentences. Downloads are permitted for single user only. Please purch