High school other (ELA) lectures for GATE

Drama, Other (ELA), Vocal Music

DISCOUNT 30%! Hey, new teacher! Are you looking for year-long theater education curriculum and help from an award winning, veteran drama teacher? These units are best taught to students in sixth grade through ninth grade, however some units work well with sixth grade. ++++NOTE: I discovered long ago that some students were enrolled in my class without their say so. Consequently, they were reluctant and disengaged from my lessons. So, I changed what I taught them and went in a different direc

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Scripts

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Introduction Lesson | Printable & Digital

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It's Lit Teaching

This lesson is a quick way to introduce Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give to your class--in person or virtually. This Google Slides presentation covers background information referenced in the novel, as well as the basic premise of Tupac's T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. and its influence on Angie Thomas. This Google Slides presentation is meant to set the stage for your The Hate U Give Unit. Students will build their background knowledge by learning about some of the history of black activism, as well as recent

Subjects:

Literature, Other (ELA), Reading

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Lectures, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10

, RL.11-12.10

Also included in: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Whole Unit Bundle | Printable & Digital

Irony Bell Ringers - Funny Situational Irony Literary Device Posters or Warm Ups

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Presto Plans

Irony Bell Ringers - Funny Situational Irony Literary Device Posters or Warm Ups: These engaging irony bell-ringers will not only entertain your students but also deepen their comprehension of situational irony. Featuring 30 hilarious examples that embody true irony, this PowerPoint presentation and bell-ringer response booklet encourages student participation by having them share why each situation is ironic. Whether through lively class discussions or written responses, this resource infuses h

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations

Radio Theater Unit Drama Class Aligns CCSS 7.7 Audio Storytelling Foley Artists

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Part of a Bundle One of my most popular products! Get in on the excitement for your classroom, too! Got reluctant students in your classroom? Did you know that podcasts are the newest home for radio theater? Try radio theater--your students will find a place for themselves to participate in this unit! It is my radio theater unit ONLY. No script is provided. This TEN DAY unit, 43 pages in length, however you can use as little or as much as you like. It is suitable for middle and high school d

Subjects:

Thematic Unit Plans, Homeschool Curricula, GATE

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

Also included in: Radio Theater Units Scary Scripts Grades High School Frankenstein Monkey's Paw

Broadway Musical Theater Unit Study Guide Wicked Grades 7 to 9 Plot Themes Songs

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Part of a Bundle Elfaba and Glenda the Good Witch anyone? This one to five day lesson and study guide concerns the Tony award-winning Broadway musical Wicked! Need something different? Pick up this one. This unit contains enough material for four days. Students learn about the musical's origin, creative team, songs, trivia, plot and end with an enrichment activity or assignment which can be completed individually or with partners. This lesson can stand alone or be combined with one of my Famou

Subjects:

Thematic Unit Plans, Handouts, GATE

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Also included in: Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!

Broadway Musical Unit Study Guide The Wiz African American Futurism

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Part of a Bundle Let's ease on down the Road with the Broadway Tony Award Winner The Wiz a fantastic futuristic African American version of The Wizard of Oz. The Wiz is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of contemporary African-American culture. This two or three day lesson (65 pages) and study guide about this Broadway musical can stand alone or be combined with one of my Famous Artist Biographies (Lin Manuel Miranda) or other musical less

Subjects:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Also included in: Drama Units Broadway Musicals Wicked The Wiz Spongebob Christmas Story

Archetype Unit Notes, Quizzes, and PowerPoint PPT

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Pritchett's Practice

This unit contains 33 pages of notes, quizzes, and a test to help introduce character, plot/situatuional, and symbolic/motif archetypes. The 67 slide PPT includes a Star Wars scrolling text introduction to use with a mac or PC. The origianl scroll is included in the ZIP file, so you can add to the PPT if it will not play after saving to your computer. This unit is always used in conjunction when I teach The Odyssey and The Old Man and the Sea as well as with my Star Wars, The Lion King, and Th

Subjects:

Literature, Other (ELA)

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

Broadway Musical Unit and Study Guide For Come From Away 911 Attack

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Part of a Bundle The Tony award winning Broadway musical, Come From Away tells a heart warming story which occurred the day after 9/11. This lesson and study guide works as an arts integration in a language arts or social studies class studying American history as well as drama or a gifted/talented class. A review of Come From Away states, "It genuinely captures the power of the human spirit in times of crisis during 9/11 reminding us all that even when it may seem like the world is ending, some

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Other (ELA)

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

GATE, Homework

Also included in: Musical Theater Units and Study Guide | Tony Awards and Broadway Musicals

The American Dream

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Devin Plaas

This PDF of powerpoint slides contains an introduction to what the American Dream is, how it is defined, and how it has changed over time. It also introduces the idea of The American Dream as a theme and briefly discusses The Great Gatsby. It also includes brainstorming and summarizing questions throughout.This is the perfect way to give an introduction to The American Dream before starting a literature unit. You can find a follow up quiz/comprehension assessment here:https://www.teacherspayteac

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations

Shakespeare: Sonnet 29, Sonnet 116. and Sonnet 130 Lecture, Notes and Quiz

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Turnkey Lessons

This British Literature Poetry Unit includes: 1. 42 slide ppt that walks through close reading of poems (listed below). Check out the preview for the style! 2. 12 question multiple choice quiz (that you can edit and pull from to incorporate into any assessment). Answer Key included! 3. PDF with a description of how I use this in my classroom, annotated poetry notes and the applicable common core standards. 4. To hook students, at the end of each poem, there is a clickable link to a popula

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Poetry

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

CCSS:

Introduction to Rhetoric Presentation and Notes

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Lindsey Hyslop

Introduce the fundamentals of rhetoric to your students using this presentation and student notes handout. Presentation Includes: -explanation of logos, ethos, and pathos -present day examples using popular ads -rhetorical devices: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, rhetorical question, euphemism, repetition, anaphora, epistrophe, parallelism, juxtaposition, understatement, oxymoron

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Reading, Writing

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Lectures, Handouts, Outlines

Bell Ringers and Start Ups: Brain Teasers for Young Scholars

Created by

Margaret Whisnant

This seventy-four page collection of original, challenging, fun brain teasers is designed with the young scholar in mind, but it appeals to adults as well. This material is especially suitable for gifted students. These activities work well as bell ringers and start up. They are great for substitute folders. The thirty-two activity sets are 30 to 50 items each. Table of Contents topics include: Connections , Animal Talk, Words to Color, Categories, Velcro Words, Verbal Hors d'oeuvre

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Activities, GATE

PUBLIC SPEAKING Course | Semester Speech Curriculum | Communication Classes

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High Altitude Public Speaking

Want to teach your secondary public speaking students with confidence? Speech classes are a blast to teach, but only if you're comfortable with the material and the processes. I've taught public speaking at the high school and college levels for 23 years, and I've created the course I wish I'd had when I started.From organizing the course in Google Classroom to assessing formal presentations, this resource has it all. Wondering what to do when you have a sub? I have you covered. Want to know my

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Oral Communication, Other (ELA)

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

CCSS:

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Radio Drama Play Script Edgar Allen Poe Cask of Amontillado Revenge

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Drama, Halloween, Other (ELA)

Part of a Bundle Here's a fifteen minute dramatic radio play adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's classic, gothic story, The Cask of Amontillado. This script has 15 + roles (plus crew) and was written especially for the classroom! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, and reading skills all at once. It's a one stop shop!BONUS: I've included a sample of my new book, "We're Live! Radio Theater #101"! This teacher's guidebook gives you all the advice, tips and guidance you'd need to teach with

Subjects:

Grades:

8th - 10th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Scripts

Also included in: Halloween Drama Class Units, Scripts and Lessons Bundle!

Broadway Musical Unit Study Guide In the Heights Hip Hop Lin Manuel Miranda

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Part of a Bundle Looking for something to use for Hispanic Heritage Month? This one to four day lesson and study guide focuses on the Tony award winning, Lin Manuel Miranda In the Heights musical. In the Heights tells the story of a vibrant Hispanic community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Students have an opportunity to study its plot, journey to Broadway, its creative staff, trivia about Broadway and In the Heights, view video clips, study the Tony awards and finish learning th

Subjects:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

Grades:

8th - 11th

Types:

Also included in: Musical Theater Units and Study Guide | Tony Awards and Broadway Musicals

Dear Martin by Nic Stone Introduction Slideshow

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It's Lit Teaching

Introduce your students to Dear Martin by Nic Stone and build their background knowledge with this introduction slideshow and lesson! Before diving into this engaging novel, make sure students are prepared with the right background knowledge. This slideshow provides an overview of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Era, Black Lives Matter, Nic Stone, and the book itself. It's the perfect Dear Martin introduction for making sure your students have the knowledge they need to understand the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Reading

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Lectures, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10

, RL.11-12.10

Also included in: Dear Martin by Nic Stone Unit Bundle | Printable & Digital

High School Radio Drama Unit Script The Invisible Man Using Google Slides Sci-fi

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This THREE WEEK radio theater unit including folly artistry and Radio play The Invisible Man is now available using Google slides. This scary play, with roles for 17 + students is great fir high school students. Plus, the accompanying unit teaches the history of radio theater, Foley engineering and gives students an opportunity to write a commercial, create sound effects and perform in a radio play. Plus students' reading, writing, listening and speaking skills are strengthened. It's a one-stop

Subjects:

Unit Plans, GATE, Scripts

Grades:

8th - 12th

Types:

Also included in: Theater Arts Units and Lesson Plans Using Google Slides

Radio Theater Play Script Bow Wow Blues Comedy Great Characters! Buffoonery

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Want to have some fun? Here's a fifteen minute comedy radio play, with 15+ roles for students, written especially for the classroom! This original play was written by an award winning middle grade author. Me! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, reading skills all at once. A one stop shop! HOW DO I USE THIS IN MY CLASSROOM? If you are a reading teacher, you could read this script to cover one of your standards or language arts teacher to study characterization and voicing Or you cou

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

GATE, Scripts

Also included in: Year Long Theater Curriculum Lessons Units Plays Projects Grades 6 to 9 Drama

Broadway Musical Unit Study Guide Matilda Grades 7 to 9 Tony Winner Roald Dahll

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Are you as afraid of Trunchbull as I am? Matilda the Musical is a very popular production especially with fans of author Roald Dahl's book, Matilda. Students learn through a study guide about its journey to Broadway, plot, characters, songs and even trivia! This one or two-day lesson can stand alone or be combined with one of my Famous Artist biographies or another musical, such as Spongebob Squarepants. Note: I created a digital version of this lesson for you. I split up the teacher's pag

Subjects:

Thematic Unit Plans, GATE, Independent Work Packet

Grades:

7th - 9th

Types:

Also included in: Musical Theater Units and Study Guide | Tony Awards and Broadway Musicals

Radio Theater Unit and Play Scripts Foley Artistry Audio Storytelling

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25% DISCOUNT! Looking to engage your reluctant students? Try radio theater! Here are 5 radio theater plays adapted specifically for the classroom, PLUS a unit on radio theater. Learn from a theater education expert, me! Teaching with radio theater helps students strengthen their reading, speaking and listening skills while working cooperatively. A teacher can use the unit separately of the plays if they have another radio play they'd rather produce. Certain scripts are more suited for youn

Subjects:

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

Broadway Musical Unit Study Guide For Rent HIV AIDS Struggle Poverty La Boehme

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