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A Modest Proposal Satire Study: Fun Lesson Plan + Teaching Satire with Examples
Make A Modest Proposal relevant and fun with this engaging satire study! Not only will students better comprehend the challenging text, but they will also be equipped to write their own mini modest proposal for a issue or injustice they the care about in today's world. Whether you are teaching A Modest Proposal digitally or in print, this satire unit will have you covered!You will get:⭐ The full text of A Modest Proposal in a guided reading format⭐15 questions and active reading tasks for A Mode
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Poetry Rap - Using Rap Song Lyrics to Teach Poetry Presentation and Activities
This poetry rap resource bundle will engage your students in examining rap song lyrics and analyzing the songs as poetry. Using rap song lyrics to teach poetry will help your students see how the two genres have a great deal in common. From sophisticated rhyme and rhythm, literary devices, lyricism, storytelling, theme, social commentary, and emotional impact, poetry and rap have many similarities. Students will use what they learn to compare Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son" with Tupac Shak
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8th - 12th
MURDER MYSTERY Debate English Distance Learning ESL EFL Inference Team Building
ABOUT THE LESSONThis is a simple and controlled murder mystery. It is very good for ESL / EFL learners of a middle school or high school level. The slides are editable so that you can adjust the language/cultural references as necessary. I usually ask students to explain their reasoning and to keep their group discussion in English only when they are deciding who to nominate as a suspect in each round.The lesson also works great as a debate class, as at each step you can have students discuss wh
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4th - 12th
Short Story Unit - Close Reading & Analysis for High Middle School Short Stories
Looking for an engaging short story unit with rigorous reading and literary analysis activities for your high school and advanced middle school students? This Short Story Literary Analysis and Close Reading Unit Bundle provides TONS of materials for four classic short stories to help your students master a host of Common Core standards--all while having fun along the way! And because the ability to closely read and analyze text is so critical to Common Core and individual state standards, this s
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7th - 12th
Of Mice and Men Unit Plan Bundle: PowerPoint, Task Cards, Worksheets
If you're teaching John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, you need this teaching bundle! Included in this bundle:• 30+ slide introductory PowerPoint (with personal pictures from Salinas and Monterey, CA)• 60 task cards with engaging critical thinking questions for every chapter of the novella• Anticipation guide• Common Core unit plan map• Writing activities for each chapter of the novella• American Dream pre-reading interview assignment• Contextual information on mental disabilities• Primar
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7th - 12th
Letter from Birmingham Jail BUNDLE: Rhetorical Analysis Close Reading Unit & PPT
Use Martin Luther King Jr.’s impassioned “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (a CCSS exemplar text) to practice close reading and other key Common Core skills, including analyzing a seminal U.S. text and evaluating rhetorical strategies.Save over 30% by purchasing this comprehensive bundle of three products (also sold separately), now including both print and digital versions! This "Letter from Birmingham Jail" bundle includes:PRE-READING INFORMAL DEBATE ACTIVITYHook your students from the start as th
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Rhetorical Devices: PowerPoint, Activities & Handouts
Help your high school and advanced middle school students learn, understand and practice a wide variety of rhetorical devices with this engaging, fully editable 40-slide PowerPoint and 10-page printable activity packet. The CCSS-aligned package includes: • Definition, purpose and examples of fourteen types of rhetorical devices (see list below). Multiple examples from historical speeches, literature and everyday life for each• Assessment activity that asks students to identify rhetorical devic
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8th - 12th
Dystopian Literature Bundle Volume I — 5 Short Stories, Literary Analysis
The 5 short stories included in this dystopian literature bundle are:Ray Bradbury - "The Pedestrian"Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - "Harrison Bergeron"Shirley Jackson - "The Lottery"Yann Martel - "We Ate The Children Last"Ursula K. Le Guin - "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"Can't get enough dystopian literature? Check out my second bundle!Dystopian Literature Bundle Short Stories Volume IITeach all the literary elements that encompass dystopian literature such as: allegory, theme, irony, setting, symboli
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7th - 12th
Figurative Language Bell Ringers and Task Cards - Literary Devices Practice
Figurative Language Bell Ringers and Task Cards - Literary Devices Practice: Kick off your ELA lessons with these engaging figurative language bell ringers and task cards, designed to captivate your students from the moment they enter the room! These weekly bell ringers prompt students to identify various types of figurative language and literary devices used in provided examples, with two examples per slide. The resource covers a wide range of literary devices, including simile, metaphor, perso
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7th - 12th
ELA templates for Jamboard : for Jamboard™ discussions, reading responses, hooks
This pack includes 50+ Jamboard templates and Jamboard ideas for the secondary ELA classroom! From Jamboard games to reading responses, discussions, and abstract thinking, these Jamboard templates will engage your students foster collaboration in a virtual or in person setting.This bundle includes Jamboard templates to help you facilitate:⭐ Hook ideas and relationship building⭐ Debate and discussion⭐Reading response and reflection prompts⭐Test prep and abstracting thinking⭐Writing and mentor tex
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7th - 12th
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Meter and Rhyme in Poetry Presentation and Assignment - Poetic Form
Help students better analyze poetic form with this presentation and assignment to teach meter and rhyme in poetry. After using this resource, students will better understand the role that sound and rhythm play in poetry analysis. The presentation will help students understand poetic meter, rhyme scheme, and types of rhyme. The accompanying assignment will allow them to put what they learn into practice!This is included in our best-selling poetry bundle>>> Poetry Resource BundleIncluded
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9th - 12th
Shakespearean Sonnet Writing and Analysis of Sonnet 18 Poetry Activities
The Shakespearean sonnet is an excellent addition to any poetry unit, and this resource will teach students both sonnet analysis and how to write a sonnet! First, use the presentation and poetry annotation and analysis assignments to help students analyze Sonnet 18, one of Shakespeare's most famous poems. Then teach students sonnet writing with the included assignments, handouts, and graphic organizers. With instruction on iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme, and what to include in each of the quatr
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9th - 12th
Bell-Ringers & Mentor Sentences: A Bundle for the Beginning of Class
Product #1: Bell-Ringers for the ENTIRE YEARThis bundle of EDITABLE bell-ringers for the entire school year contains 40 weeks worth of prompts (323 SLIDES)!Each day of the week is assigned to a specific type of prompt to challenge students with various skills tasks. Here is the weekly key of prompts in this bundle:Mondays = Vocabulary TasksTuesdays = Debate TopicsWednesday = Mentor SentencesThursday = Literary Analysis ActivitiesFridays = Creative Writing PromptsUse these bell-ringers at the be
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
30 MENTOR SENTENCES with Writing Revision for GOOGLE SLIDES
This product is an EDITABLE POWER POINT PRESENTATION that contains 30 MENTOR SENTENCES from famous classic writers to model key literary terms, rhetorical devices, and syntactical structures for students.For each sentence, students are to:1. Copy the sentence.2. Make observations about the sentence.3. Imitate the sentence.4. Learn about literary devices.5. Answer questions about how the devices are used for rhetorical and literary effect.6. Revise an essay with a new sentence modeled after
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Bell-Ringers & Mentor Sentences: A Bundle for the Beginning of Class
Literary Devices Super Mario Battle Challenge
For this Google Drive activity, students will complete a Super Mario themed escape room type challenge. Students will complete four separate tasks that target literary devices and close reading skills in order to uncover the passwords needed to unlock each digital lock (the password to the next Google Slideshow). They will work through four battle challenges to defeat Super Mario villains in order to save Princess Peach from Bowser.You will need to make the Google Slideshow links available to
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8th - 12th
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Introduction to Shakespeare Middle School and High School Shakespeare's Language
Looking for an engaging way to introduce William Shakespeare's background and context and prepare students to better understand Shakespeare's language? These editable, no prep, Google Slides Intro to Shakespeare activities are the perfect way to introduce Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, and any Shakespeare play, sonnet, or unit! This mini-unit includes a presentation about William Shakespeare's background and historical context, a collaborative mini research project about the time period, and
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7th - 12th
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A Jury of Her Peers: Inferences, Symbolism, Irony, Philosophical Chairs
Everything you need to teach and analyze "A Jury of Her Peers." All worksheets have answer sheets as well, PowerPoints frequently contain notes in the notes sections to assist with instruction of material. Everything is separate so you can pick and choose which activities will most benefit your students. -Vocabulary PPT and worksheet. Worksheet is designed to meet CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 of determining word meaning based on context. Visuals are included as well for visual learners and to hel
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9th - 12th
Assertion Journal Bundle #1: A Year of Quotations for Analysis and Response
Challenge your students to blend close reading and argumentation skills as they broaden their world views! Assertion journals--written responses to pithy quotations--are an integral part of my classroom. Through them, students learn to think critically, analyze, and argue. They are frequently cited by my students as one of the most helpful and enjoyable assignments of the entire year. This product contains ten topical collections of quotations, presented attractively with unique pictures and bac
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Their Eyes Were Watching God Introductory PowerPoint and Activity
Start off your unit on Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, with this smartly designed 31-slide PowerPoint presentation.
Topics covered in the presentation:
• Brief Hurston biography
• Eatonville history
• The Harlem Renaissance
• Racism in 1930s
• Hurston's anthropological work
• Dialect in the novel
• Narrative structure
• Setting background (Eatonville, Everglades)
• Motif guide
• And more!
This presentation can be used before, during, or after reading the novel. Both
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
The Road by Cormac McCarthy: Complete Unit and Guide (Word and PDF versions)
Newly revised! Reading and assignment schedule, study guide questions & graphic organizers (all with keys), Reading Quizes, an in-depth Exam with Essay prompts (and key), 2 PowerPoint presentations, discussion/journal activities, art enrichment activity, and Student Project ideas. Word and PDF versions included.
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10th - 12th
HORROR BUNDLE: "The Monkey's Paw" and "Masque of the Red Death"
What better way to get your young readers hooked than to scare them silly? This comprehensive bundle includes two classic short story thrillers--"The Monkey's Paw" and "The Masque of the Red Death"--along with TONS of engaging activities, handouts and a PowerPoint--all Common Core aligned. Great for Halloween or ANY time of year!This horror story unit bundle includes three popular products (also sold separately):”THE MONKEY’S PAW” UNIT • An overview of lesson objectives, including the Common Cor
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7th - 12th
Media Literacy: Logical Fallacies as Propaganda in Current Events
This engaging lesson takes a comical approach to examining the common use of logical fallacies as propagandistic techniques in product advertising, popular press news coverage, and political campaigns. Rest assured, your students will become much more savvy information consumers after they have purposefully used fallacies to mislead others in this active assignment. The lesson begins with a fictional news article that uses logical fallacies to prove that a visit to the doctor is deadly and to
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7th - 12th
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My Last Duchess by Robert Browning Analysis Lesson - Assignments & Presentation
Teach My Last Duchess by Robert Browning with this ready-to-use teaching bundle that includes a presentation, analysis questions, poetry annotation, character analysis, answer keys, and creative writing. Your students will be totally engaged with this My Last Duchess analysis pack. The surprising ending of Browning's dramatic monologue is always an incredible springboard for discussion and poetry analysis.This is included in our best-selling poetry bundle>>> Poetry Resource BundleInclud
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9th - 12th
Language Analysis Bundle: Diction, Figurative Language, Imagery, Syntax
*This is a bundle of text-based language analysis Powerpoint review exercises each available for separate purchase.*
The following (20) Powerpoint slide presentation is a compilation of (4) separate Powerpoint presentations and can be used as individual or class practice (or printed as handouts) to review diction, figurative language, imagery, and syntax analysis. Each presentation of (1) terms review list and (5) slides contains a short passage from classical works of literary merit found on
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10th - 12th
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