Tanna Guidry

How can you assess if your students are reading the text? Daily reading quizzes are the answer. They will help you assess comprehension and will also increase fluency. This PowerPoint contains 33 slides with daily reading quizzes and quote analysis. Each quiz has a key (located in the "notes" section of the slide). I use daily reading quizzes with every novel that I teach, and they are always a starting point for my lesson. They get students reading and create an easy way to transition into a w

This is one of my favorite short stories, and it always seems to be one of my students' favorites as well. After reading "Lamb to the Slaughter," you need to check your students' comprehension of the text. This is the perfect activity! This activity can be used as an alternative assessment as well as a cooperative learning project.

I use these PowerPoint presentation to give my ELA classes a brief background of the Anglo-Saxon time period prior to reading literature such as Beowulf. I start by reviewing Cornell style note taking (I have a PP presentation for sale). Then I use 47 slide PP presentation to discuss the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The information is divided into three sections: history, culture, and literature. This presentation includes several informal assessments (which can be used to check for under

How can you assess if your students are reading and comprehending the text? Daily reading quizzes are the answer. They will help you assess comprehension and will also increase fluency. This PowerPoint contains 22 slides with daily reading quizzes and activities. Each quiz has a key (located in the "notes" section of the slide). I use daily reading quizzes with every novel that I teach, and they are always a starting point for my lesson. They get students reading and create an easy way to trans

This research activity can be used as a pre-reading assignment or can be utilized during reading. The activity includes an individual assignment as well as a cooperative learning assignment. The individual assignment allows students to research the topic of revenge and locate modern examples. The cooperative learning portion of the activity allows students to choose between two topics: mourning practices in various cultures or the history of blood revenge in various cultures. The culminatin

This PowerPoint presentation contains 18 slides of information for an educator to teach this poem. The slides include writing prompts, ways to activate prior knowledge, cooperative learning activities, guided reading questions, and extension activities. There are "answers" in the notes section of the slides. I also have an assessment (key included) on and a metaphor activity for this poem for sale. Created by topgrump.

This activity should be used after reading and discussing the text. It can be used as an individual activity or a cooperative learning activity. It can also be used to check for understanding and as an alternative assessment. I have included an answer key. I have other items for sale dealing with this short story. In addition, you can extend this activity by changing the order of one of the items and have students explain how it changes the plot of the story.

This assessment should be utilized post-reading. It contains 52 questions including character identification, true/false, quote identification, and many short answer questions. It is aligned with Common Core standards and tests comprehension skills, analysis skills, and finding evidence in the text.

This PowerPoint presentation contains 33 slides of information for an educator to teach this famous short story from beginning to end. The slides include the author's biography, vocabulary, literary terms definitions and application, pre-reading activities, comprehension activities, guiding questions, as well as a jigsaw activity. There are "answers" in the notes section of the slides. I also have an assessment (key included) on this text for sale.

How can you assess if your students are reading the text? Daily reading quizzes are the answer! They will help you assess comprehension and will also increase fluency. This PowerPoint contains 97 slides with daily reading quizzes and activities. Each quiz has a key (located in the "notes" section of the slide). I use daily reading quizzes with every novel that I teach, and they are always a starting point for my lesson. They get students reading and create an easy way to transition into a whole

How can you assess if your students are reading the text? Daily reading quizzes are the answer. They will help you assess comprehension and will also increase fluency. This PowerPoint contains 34 slides with daily reading quizzes and writing prompts. Each quiz has a key (located in the "notes" section of the slide). I use daily reading quizzes with every novel that I teach, and they are always a starting point for my lesson. They get students reading and create an easy way to transition into a

Richard Wright's "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis" is an excerpt from his autobiography Black Boy. The product for sale is a PowerPoint presentation with 10 slides including information on the biography of the author, bell ringer writing prompts, post-reading prompts, a quiz to check for understanding (key provided), as well as journal topics. I also have a traditional assessment and an alternative assessment for this story for sale.

This is a post-reading activity for Agatha Christie's famous novel And Then There Were None. Oh no! A murder has occurred on campus! Teachers and other faculty (you can decide) will serve as suspects and students must answer multiple questions about the text in order to gather clues and figure out whodunit. This activity comes with a student handout (explaining the activity), a handout for the suspects (explaining their role in the activity), as well as all of the questions and answers neede

Are you teaching Ayn Rand's Anthem and have no idea where to start? Maybe you have just need a few resources to help you with this unit. This is one of my favorite books to teach, and my students usually love it as much as I do. This PowerPoint presentation contains 35 slides and begins with pre-reading activities, continues with direct instruction on various vocabulary terms (including literary terms), and has multiple post-reading activities. The "answers" are in the "notes" section of the

This test should be utilized after reading and discussing the poem. The assessment contains 21 questions. The key is included. I also have a PowerPoint presentation and a literary concept activity about this text for sale. Created by Topgrump.

This novel study was created to be taught with Guidebooks (Grade 8, Unit: Tell-Tale Heart); however, it can be used independently. This Google Slideshow contains everything you need to teach the novel. There are 86 slides including (but not limited to): - prediction activities - anticipatory set - discussion questions - activities - comprehension quizzes (with a key in the notes section of each quiz) for every page of the novel; the quizzes are on about 10-15 pages per quiz - character chart

This PP presentation (18 slides) should be used to introduce the novel prior to reading. I usually referred to the information in the PP throughout the reading and discussion of the novel. The PP contains information about: - Bronte's background - the setting of the novel ("wuthering" and moors) - Romanticism - Wuthering Heights as a "romantic" novel - frame narrative I utilized this PP with my English IV students. I lectured/discussed the information within the PP to give the students a pu

Are you looking for an interesting short story or nonfiction text to use as a supplemental text? "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis" is an excellent story that my students always enjoy. It has made many of them pick up the novel from which the short is taken. The product for sale is as assessment that should be utilized post-reading. It contains multiple choice questions, true/false questions, and short answer questions. The test is three pages long and the key is provided.

This PowerPoint will help you teach the story from start to finish. There are 61 slides including: vocabulary practice literary terms practice (conflict) conflict chart template character chart template pre-reading survey multiple writing prompts background info (big game hunting) guiding questions (answers in "notes" section of each slide) alternative assessments vocabulary practice game and ideas for extension activities Again, the answers to many of the slides are in the notes section of th

This PowerPoint presentation contains 29 slides of information for an educator to teach this famous short story from beginning to end. The slides include the author's biography, vocabulary, a characterization chart, writing prompt, and guiding questions. There are "answers" in the notes section of the slides. I also have an assessment (key included) on this text for sale.