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Introduce high school students to poetry with this engaging end-of-year presentation. Featuring mini lessons and short analysis activities, it doubles as bell work to seamlessly fit into your classroom schedule. Inspire an interest in poetry while enhancing students' analytical skills with this versatile, ready-to-use resource. This resource includes: 155 Slide Presentation (PowerPoint and Google Slides)10-page packet of poems used in the presentationTeacher Instructions for each slide, availabl

Wrap up the old year or start the new one learning the history of Auld Lang Syne and analyzing its lyrics. This presentation allows students to reflect on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day while learning about one of its classic celebratory components. This resource centers around a Google Slides presentation and comes with two handouts for students. It is designed to be completed in 45 minutes, but has optional extension activities that could stretch the lesson to at least two (maybe three, i

Use this FREE! guide to annotating poetry with your students. This guide walks students through seven steps of poetry annotation from their first read and analysis of the title to writing an interpretation of the poem overall. This guide uses seven steps: 1. Analyze the title of the poem 2. Read the poem multiple times 3. Paraphrase and define tricky lines and words 4. Write a simple summary 5. Identify elements of language 6. Analyze structure 7. Make an interpretation This guide is appropriate

This FREE resource includes 4 plot diagrams: plot line onlyplot line with each part labeledplot line with each part labeled and definedplot line with quirky box shapes for students to fill inIf you're looking for a lesson to teach with these plot diagrams, check out: Writing Summary using The Devil & Tom Walker

Original and translated, modern lyrics to Auld Lang Syne in PDF form! This resource contains three different versions of Auld Lang Syne: 1. A single page with the original and translated lyrics 2. A single page with just the translated lyrics, centered on the page 3. A single page with just the translated lyrics, centered on the page, but aligned right. If you'd like a resource to use to teach the history and meaning of Auld Lang Syne to your students, please check out our lesson "Teaching Auld