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A TALE OF TWO CITIES - FULL LITERARY UNIT (Quizzes, Character & Plot Maps, etc.)

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE: This bundle contains all the necessary lessons to prepare students for a final essay on Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES:Meet the Author - Biographical Research DocumentBeyond the Word Find - Prereading Vocabulary Puzzle

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.10, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.5, RL.11-12.10, CCRA.R.1...

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3 ROMEO AND JULIET Character Maps (Quiz, Worksheet, Review, Test) NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of three character maps for William Shakespeare's Romeo and JulietStudents place the names of 17 to 20 characters, places and symbols on each map for all five acts of the play within the context of character

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$3.95

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3 Character Maps for THE CRUCIBLE (worksheet, review, test, quiz) NO PREP

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NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of Character Maps for Arthur Miller's The Crucible.As your students finish reading from this amazing play, completing these maps helps them visualize and recall the relationships between characters that they've

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$3.95

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THREE Character Maps on Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY - PDF & Slides - NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of character maps for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.Students place the names of 20 characters (and a few locations & symbols) found in each of the three thirds of the novel within the context of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$3.95

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Reading Quizzes for ALL CHAPTERS of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN (Google Docs)

By Lit Empowered

This is a complete set of reading quizzes for all 24 chapters of Frankenstein.Teachers all know that few kids read assigned material unless they’re given reading quizzes. I want them to read, so I regularly use reading quizzes to make sure the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Assessment, Literature Circles

$3.95

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Google Docs™

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5 HAMLET Character Maps (Quiz, Worksheet, Review, Test) - NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of character maps for Shakespeare's Hamlet - One Map for each Act.Students place the names of 20 characters, locations & symbols found in each of the five acts of the play within the context of character

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$4.95

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An ENTIRE YEAR of AP Literature Lessons ON GOOGLE DOCS

By Lit Empowered

47 Lessons for teaching AP Literature and Composition all organized into the nine units set up by the College Board!You'll get a PDF of a curriculum map for an entire school year broken down by units and skills. Every lesson is named on the PDF and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$120.90

$79.95

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THREE Character Maps on Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN -- PDF & Slides - NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of character maps for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Students place the names of characters (and a few locations) found in each of the three sections of the novel within the context of character relationships and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$3.95

Digital Download PDF (2.13 MB)

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THE HOBBIT - FULL LITERARY UNIT (Quizzes, Character & Plot Maps, etc.)

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE: This bundle contains all the necessary lessons to prepare students for a final essay on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit:Meet the Author - Biographical Research DocumentBeyond the Word Find - Prereading Vocabulary Puzzle

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.10, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.5, RL.11-12.10, CCRA.R.1...

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3 NARRATIVE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS Character Maps (Worksheet, Review) No Prep!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of Character Maps for The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.As your students finish reading chapters from this amazing autobiography, completing these maps helps them visualize and recall the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$3.95

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Google Slides™

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2 ANIMAL FARM Character Maps (Quiz, Worksheet, Review, Test) - NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of character maps for George Orwell's Animal Farm (entire novel).Students place the names of characters and symbols found in the 10 chapters of the novel within the context of character relationships and events.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$3.45

Online Resource
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The "WHO HAS" Game -- AP Literature and Composition (Poetry Edition)

By Lit Empowered

An excellent game for preparing students for the AP Literature and Composition exam by reviewing the terms they need to know when writing about literature. Just print out, cut out strips, and hand them to all your students.To play the game, you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Games

$2.95

Digital Download DOCX (0.01 MB)

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Reading Quizzes for ALL CHAPTERS of George Orwell's 1984

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of reading quizzes for 1984. The book is divided into four roughly equal reading sections: Part I, ch.1-6 (50 questions)Part 1, Ch. 7-8 & Part 2 (50 questions)Ch. 1-4; Book 2, Ch. 5-10 (50 questions) Part III,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Study Guides, Worksheets, Assessment

$3.95

Digital Download DOCX (0.03 MB)

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4 GREAT GATSBY Crossword Puzzles - Divided by Chapters (worksheet, quiz) NO PREP

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE: This is a four-crossword set on key details in F. Scot Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It's in PDF and ready to print and hand out on one page each. They cover ALL NINE CHAPTERS of the novel. See preview.Crossword 1 ⟹ Chapters 1-3 (25

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.11-12.10, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10

$3.95

Digital Download PDF (0.91 MB)

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THE GREAT GATSBY Character Maps Ch. 1-3 (Quiz, Worksheet, Review, Study Sheets)

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCEThis is a complete character map covering Chapters 1-3 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.Students place the names of 20 characters (and a few locations & symbols) found in this part of the novel within the context of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$1.95

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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2 Character Maps on THE SCARLET LETTER (worksheet, Quiz, Test, Review) NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of character maps for Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.On each map, students place the names of 20 characters, places, and symbols found in the given chapters of the novel within the context of character

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$2.95

Digital Download PDF (1.75 MB)

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The "WHO HAS" Game -- AP Language and Composition

By Lit Empowered

This version of the great WHO HAS classroom game focuses on schemes and devices of syntax needed for success on the AP Language and Composition Exam. It's a great way to reinforce the terms students are expected to know and write about on the AP

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Literature

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Games

$2.95

Digital Download DOCX (0.01 MB)

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2 OF MICE AND MEN Character Maps (Quiz, Worksheet, Review, Test) NO PREP

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set of character maps for John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.Students place the names of characters (and a few locations & symbols) found in the novel within the context of character relationships. The two maps

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$2.95

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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3 THE HOBBIT Character Maps (Quiz, Worksheet, Review, Test) - NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCE:This is a complete set THREE of character maps for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.Students place the names of characters, locations, and a few items found in each of the three thirds of the novel within the context of character

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$3.95

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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5 MACBETH Character Maps (worksheet, test, quiz, review) on PDF - NO PREP!

By Lit Empowered

NEW RESOURCEThis is a complete set of character maps for Shakespeare's Macbeth - one Map for each Act.Students place the names of between 18 and 22 characters, locations, and symbols found in each of the five acts of the play within the context of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$4.95

Digital Download PDF (3.01 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Greetings all! I've spent 31 Years as a classroom teacher teaching everything from English I to Dual Composition to AP Language & Lit. I've also taught and coached debate. I've also built software for my classroom, including educational games to use with my interactive whiteboard (see product "Game Show Wizard").

MY TEACHING STYLE

Digital Classroom, Blended Learning, Hybrid

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Teacher of the Year 2014-2015

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BA in English, MA in English, MEd in Education (Educational Technology)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I currently live in deep South Texas.