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Higher education short stories lectures
Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find Powerpoint 46 slides
This powerpoint contains everything you need for Flannery O'Connor's short story called A Good Man is Hard to Find--images, literary criticism and quotes from O'Connor herself.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Elements of Fiction Presentation (with Fill-in-the-Blank Notes Pages)
In this presentation, you will find the elements of fiction covered thoroughly and in a visually-engaging way! Included with the presentation are notes pages for students. The notes pages follow the presentation and contain blanks where students fill in key words as you go through the material together. Studies have shown that, when using presentations to teach, students are more likely to stay engaged and retain the material much better if they take notes. Providing students with pre-made n
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Introduction to AP Literature
This introductory AP Literature unit can be used for summer work or for the first three weeks of the year--or both! It includes:
Lecture notes on how to define literary merit
Lecture notes on the major literary elements
A sample reading list
Discussion questions on four short stories and ten poems.
The questions included are intended to help students discover the links between the what (theme, argument) and the how (literary devices). I've found that this helps to increase their confidence in a
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Intro to Magical Realism - Google Slides - Editable - A Man With Enormous Wings
Need an introduction to your new Magical Realism unit or mini-unit? Check out this Google Slides deck perfect to get you started! This slide deck includes:Rules of the magic realism genreHyperlink to video with examples in moviesLiterary Analysis Activity identifying the key characteristicsAnswers to the Analysis ExamplesActivity for students to create their own example and share with a partner to ensure accuracy as well as information on the relevance of this genreHyperlink to the Magical Reali
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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ELEMENTS OF A NOVEL POWER POINT
This is a great power point to use when going over elements of a novel or story. It includes the following:- plot- parts of plot- plot diagram- conflict- types of conflict- what to do while you read- setting- characters- theme- after readingThere are 13 slides and they all include a visual. It is a wonderful review or overview of significant material. I use it at the end of the year for my Book Fair Unit.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
English: Plot and Structure in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
Originally designed for a Community College English Composition class, this lesson plan engages students with the inclusion of multimedia tool suggestions. Using the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, students discuss theme, plot, and structure. A close reading of the text is aided by a visual diagram depicting the movement of the story. The lesson plan also includes a Responsive Writing exercise.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Learning About PLOT: A Powerpoint Presentation
Too often we throw students into a task without realizing they may need additional guidance or scaffolding to complete the task effectively. "Write a story," we tell them. But how should it start? What makes it interesting? How should it end? This 38-slide PowerPoint slide show gives a detailed overview of the concept of plot. Ideal for use with a unit or lesson on story-writing, narrative (fiction or non-fiction), or short stories. It was originally designed for a high school or middle school c
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Romanticism: American Literature
Updated, expanded, revised! Now 24 slides! Provides background, examples, questions, and more! An introduction to the literary movements known as romanticism, dark romantics, and transcendentalism. This is a visually fun presentation that provides the students with interesting, rigorous content; it will allow students to have a feel for the movement and make personal connections to it. Ties to previous literary movements in American history.This is product is also included in the very well-re
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”
An eleven-page, text-based, fill-in-the-blank handout in which your students will explore in depth the structure of Faulkner’s brilliant, but somewhat difficult, short story “Barn Burning.” This analysis of structure includes the inciting moment or the major problem of the story, its climax, and its denouement or final resolution where recognition and reversal (or surprise ending) occur. By studying this structural pattern in “Barn Burning,” your students should be able to apply it to other sh
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" Handout
A detailed analysis of Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily," including its themes, plot, foreshadowing, protagonist and antagonists (with a new interpretation of the symbolism of their names), point of view, and other symbolism.This handout, which has blanks which the students can fill in, is suitable for homework or as an in-class activity. An answer key is provided at the end of the handout on a separate page. Prepared by Professor William Tarvin, Ph.D., who has published many articles o
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
French short stories for beginners book, Reading Comprehension French/English
⭐️⭐️⭐️ THIS LISTING IS AN INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD – PLEASE NOTE : NO PHYSICAL ITEMS WILL BE SHIPPED! ⭐️⭐️⭐️------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This book offers a unique way to learn and practice French. It features stories from a popular fable to a literary work of art to build your knowledge and sustain your interest at the same time. It starts you off with a simple story you are familiar with and then offers a more challenging prose as you
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe
In iClassics we have invented a new way of reading, enjoyable and surprising. The original texts are accompanied by illustrations, music and animations to immerse yourself in the story.
These exercises are based on iPoe Collection Vol.3, one of our AppBooks of Immersive Reading.
We make the Classics more enjoyable for Students and reduce the challenges of teaching them for Educators!
(more info www.iclassicsedu.com)
RESOURCES - ACTIVITIES
• Character Analysis
• Matching Exercise
• Quizzes
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Hero's Journey: Teaching story writing visually
This is a Prezi presentation that details The Hero's Journey. The Hero's Journey is based on Joseph Campbell's study of literature. In this presentation, your students will look at how stories are told in very similar patterns. I incorporated numerous video clips to highlight each concept (The Hunger Games, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Karate Kid, and Harry Potter). I would like to point out that this presentation does carry a PG rating. There is some violence and minor languag
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Things They Carried_ Lesson 5_Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong
Hi guys! I'm an IB English A/B teacher based in Shanghai at the moment. As an English A examiner, I've been trying to create resources that serve the purpose of both preparing students for exams and fostering their life-long love for the English language and English literature. This PowerPoint is a Lesson 5 class for Tim O’Brien’s war novel The Things They Carried. It covers a 90-120min lesson (17 pages) that contains the story “Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong” in the novel. Here is a summary of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Creative Writing Screenplays Using Heroes & History (+ Essay Study Guide)
English / Spanish / European History / Film Studies
CREATIVE WRITING for HOLLYWOOD
ESSAY, SCREENPLAY OR FICTION
A Writer's Journey: How to Find Your Heroes
Essay + Author's Study Guide
*****
"Not the Spain of Hemingway or Hollywood"
The Making of a Novel and Its Screenplay Adaptation
Essay by Cynthia Buchanan
Bonus: Study Guides from "The Scarlet Spaniard" screenplay
and the Spanish Civil War
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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"Araby" a short story by James Joyce from Dubliners
This document contains a lecture on James Joyce's "Araby," a short story contained in the larger work Dubliners. This short story takes place in Dublin, Ireland, and is a learning resource that can be used to celebrate Irish history this month. It includes short descriptions of the characters, examples and explanations of literary devices such as personification, symbolism, metaphor, and motif. It also contains definitions for vocabulary terms that students may not be familiar with and sugge
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Powerpoint- Literary Movements
This is a powerpoint presentation detailing the major literary movements. It includes Romanticism, Dark Romanticism/Gothic, Transcendentalism, Impressionism, Realism, Modernism, Naturalism, The Lost Generation, Harlem Renaissance, Existentialism, Post Modernism, and the Beat Generation.
This presenation correlates with the literary movement handout in my other posting- The complete reading guide to The Best Short Stories of the Modern World by Douglas Angus.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited”: A DARE-TO-EXCEL Handout
This six-page, fill-in-the-blanks handout challenges your students by going beyond a mere simplifying summary of Fitzgerald's brilliant and most popular short story.
Rather the handout motivates them to explore the rich texture of "Babylon Revisited": the symbolism of its title “Babylon Revisited,” its main themes, its layered plot (including the irony at its ending), and on the characters (protagonist and antagonists) and their symbolic names.
It even calls your students' attention to an apo
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Jack & Jill's Worksheet
Hello Fellow, Bilingual Teacher!!!Congratulations on joining this learning adventure!!!!Each ESL Beginner/Intermediate/advanced course Levels Ranges from Lessons 1 to 50!Offering you a wide variety of classes and topics for you to expand your student's learning experience & cover all the bases of English as a second language for all ages!!Each ESL Program Offers a variety of material for each of the 10 Levels:50 PDF lessons.50 PDF practice class worksheets.50 PDF homework.50 PDF quizzes.50 P
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Jack & Jill's Story FlashCards
Hello Fellow, Bilingual Teacher!!!Congratulations on joining this learning adventure!!!!Each ESL Beginner/Intermediate/advanced course Levels Ranges from Lessons 1 to 50!Offering you a wide variety of classes and topics for you to expand your student's learning experience & cover all the bases of English as a second language for all ages!!Each ESL Program Offers a variety of material for each of the 10 Levels:50 PDF lessons.50 PDF practice class worksheets.50 PDF homework.50 PDF quizzes.50 P
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wallpaper Slideshow
Introduce your students to the author Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her well-known short story The Yellow Wallpaper. Use this slideshow with helpful background information and photographs to engage your students as you begin a new unit.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
A SHORT STORY UNIT: Katherine Mansfield
This 112 page booklet is designed as a working model for teachers and students engaging in the Literary Mindscapes Elective Katherine Mansfield . All the work has been done for you simply work through the booklet as your teaching resource. The primary feature of the booklet is a breaking down of the rubric into 5 separate questions which students may easily use in the analysis of their texts. The booklet includes all short stories, a complete breakdown of the function of the rubric into 5 questi
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Jack & Jill's Homework Worksheet
Hello Fellow, Bilingual Teacher!!!Congratulations on joining this learning adventure!!!!Each ESL Beginner/Intermediate/advanced course Levels Ranges from Lessons 1 to 50!Offering you a wide variety of classes and topics for you to expand your student's learning experience & cover all the bases of English as a second language for all ages!!Each ESL Program Offers a variety of material for each of the 10 Levels:50 PDF lessons.50 PDF practice class worksheets.50 PDF homework.50 PDF quizzes.50 P
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
L.II L.1 Jack & Jill's Story.pdf
Hello Fellow, Bilingual Teacher!!!Congratulations on joining this learning adventure!!!!Each ESL Beginner/Intermediate/advanced course Levels Ranges from Lessons 1 to 50!Offering you a wide variety of classes and topics for you to expand your student's learning experience & cover all the bases of English as a second language for all ages!!Each ESL Program Offers a variety of material for each of the 10 Levels:50 PDF lessons.50 PDF practice class worksheets.50 PDF homework.50 PDF quizzes.50 P
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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