Vickey Sue

This 30-page package contains worksheets, research activities, graphic organizers, and answer keys. Nine American writers of these periods are studied: Emily Dickinson; Paul Laurence Dunbar; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Washington Irving; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Edgar Allan Poe; Henry David Thoreau; and Walt Whitman. Rhetorical devices/literary terms are also examined through worksheets that can be used as prescriptive and test prep activities. Each activity can be a homework as

This product addresses the comparison of the Iroquois Constitution and the U. S. Constitution. Debates have addressed whether the Founding Fathers were influenced by their interaction with the Iroquois. Students will consider their stance on the issue. Interest in further research is an option. However, dialogue will be stimulated. I have always encouraged students to generate their own questions in order to move them to a higher level of critical thinking. This product is a resource for all gra

This forty-page product contains four trickster tales from each of the following continents: Africa; Asia; and North America. Each of the twelve tales is followed by an activity with an answer key. Individualization is facilitated. Students will be able to see the connections between the tales from various countries. For example, Hare has traveled the world.

Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale" is retold in this package, which contains study questions, activities, and a test with the answer key. You can use this for individualized instruction and homework.

These charts of British Literary Periods can be displayed in a number of ways. Each period includes: Genre; Style; Effects; Aspects; Historical Aspects; Historical Perspectives; and Literary Examples. A good resource to blend history and literature.

Students travel with Hercules through the completion of his twelve labors. A summary of each task is accompanied by illustrations in public domain. They are preceded by background information that acquaints the students with reasons for the twelve labors. Also included are: a chart identifying characters Hercules encountered and a list of the Greek/Roman gods and goddesses. There are two multiple choice tests with answer keys. Two writing activities are also included, which move students to a

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is Washington Irving’s classic story of a man’s futile attempt to win the love of a young woman. This classic is retold for easy reading to include major events. This 20-page product includes the story, nine (9) activities to facilitate individualization, and an answer key. The activities include: Study Questions; Analyzing Characters; The Setting; Using Figurative Language; The Use of Allusion; Three Research Activities; and a Test.

We all must admit that kids love movies. A movie analysis is an effective educational strategy that influences the building of a culturally diverse community that does not limit itself to the classroom and traditional classroom resources. When the classroom becomes the community, learners are empowered and higher levels of critical thinking are reached. Nothing is more effective than the study of the many issues in The Blind Side. Various activities are included in this package, including a proj

I have taught "Jonathan" for almost thirty years. This novella by Richard Bach is a great resource for teaching life skills. Each of the three sections of the book is summarized in this unit. They are followed by classroom activities that cover the following: Values Clarification Critical Thinking Coping with Loss and Anxiety Coping with Stress Assessing Your Abilities Respecting Difference Expressing Feelings Inspiring Others Goal Setting Demonstrating Empathy Self-Esteem Building Recognizing

Individualize instruction with Greek myths. This resource includes the myth from Jean Lang's A Book of Myths (1914), which is in public domain. Illustrations were added to the story in order to stimulate the imagination. There are questions to guide the study. Activities are designed to cover themes, to compare and contrast the myth with biblical content, and to analyze a character. A quiz is included.

This 150-page product, with an answer key, is an analysis of various poems by the poets listed below. The poems are included and they are in public domain. Activities for each poem can be the source for further discussion and research. Analyses of these poems include: (1) Dramatic Situation; (2) Imagery; (3) Theme; (4) Figurative Language; and (5) Rhetorical Devices. Students are also able to see the lives of poets within their work. It is important that students recognize the fact that these

This resource includes the parable. I added artwork in public domain. There are four activities, which include analyzing attitude and mood through the use of art. An answer key is included.

Students on all levels are able to enjoy Beowulf through this prose adaptation. There are no struggles grasping an understanding of this Old English epic. This prose adaptation is aligned to the original epic. Activities are included, which engage the students in reflecting on themselves as heroes on their own stories. The preview provides the content of this product. There is an answer key.

Some people often struggle with the need to practice delayed gratification to avoid the vice of greed, and its consequences. The Fisherman and His Wife addresses the themes of greed as well as female dominance. A graphic organizer is designed for Internet research on the life of the Grimm brothers. There are also nine creative writing activities, character and mood analysis activities, and two small group activities on immediate and delayed gratification.

REVISED TO INCLUDE RECENT LINKS. There are twelve worksheets and graphic organizers in this package, which also include Internet research. Our students are digital kids who were born into a world so unlike the past. Technology integration in education is not the only venture we are experiencing. Technology has become so much a part of us that we cannot determine where our physical selves end and technology begins. In "Harrison Bergeron," technology is used to control the citizens. This short sto

Individualize instruction with these stories of the ill-fated lovers of literature: "Pyramus and Thisbe" and "Tristan and Isolde." This product includes: The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe Cultural Background Information Discussion Questions Research Activities The Story of Tristan and Isolde Literary Background Information Study Questions Comparative Analysis of Ill-fated Lovers

Every lesson taught ought to address character education. Aesop has been a favorite source. Each of the fables included in this package has a group of dicussion questions that will generate even more questions and conversations in your class. These can be used on every level. Simply, re-word some questions for younger students.

Individualize instruction with Greek myths. Included in this unit is the story of "Echo and Narcissus" from Jean Lang's A Book of Myths (1914), study questions, activitiess, and a quiz. Illustrations were added to the story.

Individualize instruction with worksheets, graphic organizers, research projects, and reflective writing assignments based on works by James Thurber. Selections include the following: "The Night the Bed Fell" "The Unicorn in the Garden" "The Princess and the Tin Box" "The Moth and the Star" "The Owl Who Was God" Answer keys are included.

Encourage dialogue in your classroom. Every lesson taught ought to address character education. Aesop has been a favorite source. Each of the fables included in this package has a group of discussion questions that will generate even more questions and conversations in your class. These can be used on every level. Simply, re-word some questions for younger students.