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Product Description A flexible, engaging activity designed to help students practice evaluating solutions, weighing tradeoffs, and defending decisions—using a fictional Valentine’s Week setting at a high school. This low-stakes but rigorous resource asks students to analyze complex decision-making scenarios, consider multiple perspectives, and justify a recommended course of action. While the context is seasonal and familiar, the thinking required is analytical, transferable, and aligned with r

Writing Authentic Monologues with Objects & MeaningHelp students write monologues that reveal emotion through concrete details. This low-prep, high-engagement lesson teaches students how to build monologues around a meaningful object rather than a dramatic event. Through model texts, guided discussion, and structured drafting, students learn that compelling monologues often come from memory, relationship, loss, and change—all anchored in a single, tangible object. Perfect for ELA, theatre, and c

Writing Authentic Monologues with Tension & StakesHelp students write monologues that actually hold an audience’s attention. This low-prep, high-engagement lesson teaches students how to build monologues around conflict rather than action or backstory. Through model texts, guided discussion, and structured drafting, students learn that compelling monologues come from pressure, uncertainty, and emotional stakes—not dramatic events. Perfect for ELA, theatre, and creative writing classrooms, this

AP Language–Style Argument Practice | Grades 9–12 | Digital & Distance LearningStruggling to get students to move beyond summary and into real analysis? Commentary Clinic is a streamlined, digital mini-lesson designed to help students identify and write effective commentary—the part of an argument that explains how evidence supports a claim. This skill is essential for success in AP Language and advanced high school writing, yet it’s often one of the hardest for students to master. NO PREP!

Reverse the Love: Writing Odes to the OrdinaryLove poetry doesn’t have to be awkward, overly personal, or romantic to be meaningful. In this engaging and highly scaffolded lesson, students flip traditional love poetry on its head by writing odes that praise ordinary, annoying, or overlooked subjects—homework, alarm clocks, slow Wi-Fi, Mondays, and more. By “reversing the love,” students learn that strong poetry comes from imagery, metaphor, and elevated language, not personal romantic experien

AP Seminar Stimulus Packet - Annotations, Synthesis, & IWA Topic LaunchThe AP Seminar Stimulus Packet can feel overwhelming—for students and teachers. After teaching AP Seminar since 2017 and serving as an AP Reader (including for the IWA), I created this Stimulus Packet Survival Kit to help students move beyond surface-level annotation and toward meaningful synthesis and strong research topics. This resource guides students through intentional annotation, cross-source analysis, and theme-ba

Looking for the 2026 Materials? Click here!Annotations, Synthesis, and IWA Topic DevelopmentI’ve been teaching AP Seminar since 2017 and have served as an AP Reader (including for the IWA), and this Stimulus Packet Survival Kit reflects what works. Instead of disconnected questions and prompts, this resource offers a cohesive, flexible system that helps students move from genre-aware annotation to meaningful synthesis and focused, problem-based research topics. This kit helps students:Annotate

A fun team activity to prep for your TMP or FPS tasks that can also be adapted as individual student practice. Help students practice evaluating solutions, weighing tradeoffs, and defending decisions—all in an engaging, low-stakes, holiday-themed context. This flexible activity features five North Pole scenarios, each presenting a complex problem and three possible solutions. Students analyze the pros and cons of each option, select the strongest solution, and reflect on its limitations and im

Engage your students with flash fiction through a dynamic, four-station rotation! This ready-to-use lesson targets grades 5–12 (ideal for 7-10) and helps students practice focused narrative skills, story structure, and concise, impactful writing. At each station — Conflict, Character, Setting, and Point of View — students complete a 10-minute free-write, generating ideas and practicing key techniques. Optional sharing, peer review, and revision guide students to transform a quick write into a po

Engage your students with flash fiction through a dynamic, four-station rotation! This ready-to-use lesson targets grades 5–12 (ideal for 7-10) and helps students practice focused narrative skills, story structure, and concise, impactful writing. At each station — Conflict, Character, Setting, and Finish — students complete a 10-minute free-write, generating ideas and practicing key techniques. Optional sharing, peer review, and revision guide students to transform a quick write into a polished

Use visual texts to make the last days before winter break educational and engaging with this ready-to-use film analysis lesson featuring classic holiday movie clips! Designed for English, Theatre, or Film classes, this mini-lesson introduces students to eleven essential film techniques using clear visuals, iconic scenes, and quick practice activities—no prep required. Students learn how filmmakers use camera angles and sound to shape mood, reveal character, and tell a story. Suggested clips fr

Bring Poe’s Gothic tale to life in your classroom with this ready-to-go Reader’s Theatre script! Perfect for middle and high school English students, this engaging activity allows learners to explore dramatic reading, character interpretation, and the eerie suspense of The Tell-Tale Heart. Also included is a bonus worksheet on tone and unreliable narrators. You will find this extension most appropriate for high school students.

This SEL-integrated, mini playwriting unit invites students to explore how emotion shapes monologue, dialogue, character, and tone. Designed for middle and high school students, it works equally well in a drama, creative writing, or ELA classroom. The included handouts and pacing guide make it easy to adapt for block or traditional schedules. Each day balances guided instruction with creative independence, and every activity builds toward authentic, emotionally resonant writing.

Yes...and! If you only teach one improv lesson, make this the one! This introduction to the rules of improv includes a presentation, handout, scene starter cards, and student reflection. Teaching improvisational theatre helps students develop confidence, creativity, and collaboration skills. Through unscripted practice, they learn to think on their feet, listen actively, support others’ ideas, and adapt to unexpected situations. These skills translate beyond performance into stronger communicat

Students quickly develop original characters using randomly selected trait cards. This activity encourages creativity, improvisation, and deeper understanding of how personality, background, and quirks shape character.

An accessible informational text, Outliers provides an example of what to do (and occasionally what not to do) when building an argument based on research. The lessons in the book teach its reader volumes about the need to recognize complexities and think creatively when solving problems. This unit was designed for AP Seminar but would be appropriate for other classes as well. It includes chapter quizzes, activities, discussion notes, and a culminating project with rubrics.

Using both modern-day connections such as dialects and vocal trends as well as the history of Victorian and Edwardian England, this unit on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion bridges the gaps between past and present, fiction and nonfiction, literature and rhetoric. This unit was designed for an AP class. Many of these activities will appeal to a broader audience, while others will specifically prepare students for the rigorous exams in AP English Language and Composition, AP Seminar, or AP Engli

Teach Satire with Pop Culture – Updated 2026 Edition! Bring satire to life in your classroom using pop culture! This fully updated resource now includes fresh playlists, new activities, engaging extensions, and a grading rubric—all designed for high school students in grades 10–12. The presentation has also been refreshed with enhanced visuals to make your lessons even more engaging. What’s New for 2026: A brand-new playlist featuring current pop culture examples Updated activities and extension

This quiz, "Academic Honesty WWYD" was designed in the style of a magazine quiz as a conversation-starter about issues of academic integrity.

Ever get tired of trying to outwit your students who rely entirely on internet study aids for summaries of literature? This test makes it impossible for students to fall back on internet summaries by asking them to complete a performance task in which they improve upon the already existent website! The essay test format makes it nearly impossible for students to cheat.