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This two-day CCSS-aligned lesson plan includes Common Core State Standards, a learning objective, learning activities, and handouts. The use of a Dialectical Journal (with Answer Key) is a great way to help students analyze metaphors and allusion in Eliot's stream of consciousness style in his famous poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Feedback and reviews are appreciated! Read more about how I use this lesson here!

This two-day CCSS-aligned lesson plan includes Common Core State Standards, a learning objective, learning activities, and an Inference Chart handout to introduce and teach "The World on the Turtle's Back," a typical text taught at the beginning of the year in American Literature courses, in a fun and engaging way! Read more about how I use this lesson here. Check out my Storytelling Analysis Project Rubric as a follow up for this lesson plan. Feedback and reviews are appreciated!

This rubric provides key criteria for assessing a Research Paper on a persuasive topic. It requires that students develop a clear position and develop arguments to support it, using evidence from research and MLA citations.

This project provides a fun and engaging way for students to practice using rhetorical appeals in their writing by creating a Public Service Announcement to persuade an audience to support their position on a researched topic. Learn more about the lesson leading up to this project and find other resources to go along with it here! Feedback and reviews are appreciated!

This two-day CCSS-aligned lesson plan includes Common Core State Standards, a learning objective, learning activities, links, and guiding questions for studying the poetry of the famous poet Billy Collins in a fun and engaging way for students. Read more about how I use this lesson here! Feedback and reviews are appreciated!

Use this Inference Chart handout to help students make inferences about Iroquois culture based on evidence from the creation myth, "The World on the Turtle's Back," a typical text taught at the beginning of the year in American Literature courses. While this is an open-ended assignment with a wide range of acceptable answers, I have included an answer key with possible responses. Download the full lesson plan here, and read more about how I use this lesson here. Check out my Storytelling Ana

This project provides an engaging way for students to practice making inferences based on evidence by telling a story that shares something about them. It can be used as an activity following the study of Native American Oral Literature, such as "The World on the Turtle's Back" (see lesson plan). Read more about this project here. Check out my lesson plan for "The World on the Turtle's Back" to pair with the Storytelling Project! Feedback and reviews are appreciated!

This three-day CCSS-aligned lesson plan includes Common Core State Standards, a learning objectives, fun activities, and handouts designed as an introduction to characterization through both reading and writing. These lessons can be easily adapted to meet the needs of middle or high school students at varying levels, for English Language Learners, or for Special Education students! Developing powerful characters is one of the most effective ways authors attract readers.  Unfortunately, many stu

This project is an engaging summative assessment for use after studying media, advertising and rhetorical appeals, and bias in the news, . Students select a combination of projects of their choosing to total 100 points.

This printable Course Evaluation provides helpful feedback about what areas of the course were helpful for students and what areas could use improvement based on student responses. Great teacher reflection tool for end of the year!

This editable rubric can be modified to assess any type of presentation. It focuses on the content, multimedia format, and oral presentation.

This graphic organizer provides a simple structure to guide students' reading of two opposing persuasive arguments. It will help them identify the authors' position statements and analyze how their evidence supports those claims. Finally, it also requires students to state their own position on the topic based on the information in the articles. Learn more about this lesson and a project to go along with it here! Feedback and reviews are appreciated!

This rubric can be modified to assess any type of presentation. It focuses on the content, multimedia format, and oral presentation.