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NEW DELUXE EDITION! This no-prep resource is designed as a notetaking guide through Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. The student packet includes space to record important details about each of the ten suspects/ victims, including the crimes of which they are accused, the order in which they die, how they die, and other pertinent information. This new edition includes three new guided pages that focus on tracking clues and the solution of the crime, giving students more direction and

This culminating project for The Catcher in the Rye is an excellent way to assess your students' understanding of J.D. Salinger's unique style in addition to major symbols and themes of the novel. For this project, students are given a matrix of possibilities to showcase their knowledge, selecting three tasks to complete and display in a portfolio. The matrix is divided into three categories: one focuses on style, the next on symbols, and the third on themes. Project options allow for creativit

This timeline activity is an excellent review tool for students upon completion of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby! To complete this activity, students need to look carefully back at the details in the text. Complete with a detailed answer key, teachers can use this easy, no-prep resource to help students solidify key plot developments prior to concluding any Gatsby unit. If you find this resource helpful in your classroom, consider other products for your next literature unit from the tiffs.no

Print these coupons to give to your students as incentives/rewards for positive contributions to your classes! I use these passes as part of a bi-weekly raffle system where students are awarded tickets for all kinds of positive behaviors, participation in class, and work that goes above and beyond. These coupons were created for my high school students, but they could work at the middle school level (and possibly even upper elementary). There are eight incentives included, but you can modify thi

Share some of literature's most exciting opening moments with this Famous First Lines Poster Set & Activity! Each unique poster features the first line of a classic novel or classic children's book in striking minimalist style. Included with this poster set is a matching activity, perfect for an easy, quick, and fun classroom activity or challenge. This product contains 20 posters in PDF form, each size 8.5 x 11 inches. In addition, there is a one-page quotation matching activity with answer k

This Great Expectations Character & Relationships Map is an excellent tool for students and teachers to keep track of the complicated relationships in Charles Dickens' novel. A blank map can be used while reading or at the conclusion of the novel, once all of the twists are revealed. I have also used this map as a component of a Great Expectations unit test! If you find this resource helpful, please check out more ELA activities and assessments in the tiffs.notes store!

This resource is designed as a notetaking guide through Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. The packet includes space to record important details about each of the ten suspects/ victims, including the crimes of which they are accused, the order in which they die, how they die, and other pertinent information. I use this to help students actively read the text and keep track of the key elements of the mystery, which has a large cast of characters. If you find this resource helpful, you c

This activity is a great way to provide an introduction to the Bard's language for any Shakespearean literature unit. These prompts for explicating Sonnet 29 are also helpful for teachers of AP English Literature and Composition-- I use this in my AP course as a way to keep our prior study of poetic techniques and devices at the front of my students' minds. In this assignment, students are tasked with determining how poetic form and figurative language contribute to the meaning of a poem. If you

Are you looking for a meaningful activity to complete with your seniors as you wrap up the school year? Before You Go: Senior Reflective Writing is the perfect way to get students to engage students in expressive and reflective writing before they leave school and start the next chapter of their lives. When they have completed these writing projects, students will also have a great keepsake. This assignment includes the instructions for three writing projects, including a letter to a teacher, a

Get your students responding to the text of Frankenstein with this great resource! In this assignment, students are given five quotations from Chapter 5 and asked to consider various topics, such as Victor's victimhood (or lack thereof) and the presence of Romanticism in Victor's narrative. If you find this resource helpful, check out other activities, study guides, writing prompts, and assessments for Frankenstein in the tiffs.notes store! Chapters 1-2 Study GuideChapter 3 Foreshadowing Acti

This Frankenstein Chapter 3 graphic organizer helps students focus seeking textual examples of foreshadowing in addition to prompting them to make predictions based on the text. Included in this resource is a sample completed graphic organizer. If you find this resource helpful, check out other activities, study guides, writing prompts, and assessments for Frankenstein in the tiffs.notes store, including a full Frankenstein Unit Plan! Chapters 1-2 Study GuideChapter 4 Writing PromptChapter 5

This resource is designed as a notetaking guide through Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. The packet includes space to record important details about the victim and the crime, the suspects, and the detective. I use this to help students actively read the text and keep track of the key elements of the mystery, which has a large cast of characters. If you find this resource helpful, you can also find quizzes for all three parts of the novel as well as other activities to accompany

This culminating project is the perfect way to end your semester or year! This project asks students to revisit and reflect the literature and concepts learned in your class. For English teachers looking for a student-centered, meaningful, and useful end of the year activity, this is the perfect resource! This project can work for any English course! The project gives students an opportunity to Design a professional portfolioReview class novels for content and themesExplain their takeaways from

Get your students writing about Frankenstein-- specifically how Victor Frankenstein is the epitome of the Byronic hero-- with this great resource! In this document, you will find A writing prompt which asks students to hone into Byronic hero qualities as they specifically emerge in Victor's Chapter 4 narration, although you could use this for any point in the narration with a quick modification!Helpful guidelines about effective literary argument writingA sample student responseIf you find this

Are you looking for a fun way to keep your students reading this summer? This Summer Reading Challenge is the perfect resource to incentivize reading, encouraging students to find books they'll actually enjoy. This full-color BINGO card features 25 reading tasks, including "Read a book from the ALA banned books list," "Read a book set in a different country," "Read a book and then watch the movie," "Sign up for a reading app like Storygraph," and etc. The second page includes a reading log that

Use this activity after reading Chapter 11 in And Then There Were None to promote students' critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills. This activity gives students the opportunity to play detective and provides a great springboard for full-class discussion. Because there is no concrete answer for the quotation identification, a sample response is included on page two of the document in place of an answer key! If you find this resource helpful, you can also find other activities to accom