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High school literature resources for Easel Assessments $10 and up
Norse Mythology Unit, Campbell Hero’s Journey, Lord of the Rings, Marvel Thor
In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to The Lord of the Rings and Marvel’s Thor. In other words, you’ll leave your ordinary world, enter a special world filled with g
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Dark Romanticism & American Gothic Unit; Poe, Hawthorne, Dickinson, The Village
In this sublime unit, your students will explore American Romanticism and Gothic in works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. Your students will first learn about conditions that influenced American Romanticism and Gothic and study concepts and elements that characterize Romantic and Gothic literature and art. They will then apply these concepts to short stories (The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and The Pendulum, Rappaccini’s Daughter), poems (The Raven, A Bird Came Down The
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8th - 12th
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY -- Matt Haig
Which regret stands out? Which decision would you like to Undo? Which life would you like to try on? ~Matt HaigGreetings,Is this the novel and resource for you and your students? Let me ask several questions to help you arrive at an answer. Everyone has regrets. Agreed? Everyone would like an Undo on some life choice. Agreed? Everyone has at least one, ‘What would have happened if I had taken the other fork in the road moment.’ Agreed? Nora Seed, the protagonist, in Matt Haig’s, The Midnight L
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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FIVE LITTLE INDIANS -- Michelle Good
If we abandon hope then where will our energies be fired from? ~Michelle GoodMany fine novels have been written in recent years about residential schools and the harm inflicted upon generations of aboriginal people in Canada and the United States. Michelle Good’s, Five Little Indians, is one of the best. She is well-qualified (Cree lawyer and writer) to write such a story. And the novel has received many awards and much praise. Five Little Indians is a great story -- a story full of substance
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: INDIGENOUS STUDIES READING CIRCLE BUNDLE -- FIVE NOVELS, FIVE AUTHORS
KEEPER 'N ME -- Richard Wagamese
Boy’s got some stories he wants to tell. ~KeeperGreetings,Welcome to Richard Wagamese’s Keeper ‘N Me. I love the book and this 193-page resource gives you and your students a number of tested options that you can use in and adapt to your situation. It puts students in the centre of the action and learning. It enables you to do what teachers do best -- spend time and energy with the students to inform, inspire, ignite. The 56-page Student Workbook on Book One and Book Two of the novel, and the
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: INDIGENOUS READING CIRCLE BUNDLE -- RICHARD WAGAMESE
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram a CCSS novel study/PDF/Google Drive
This is a close reading guide to the book Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram.Darius Kellner is a Fractional Persian - he is half-Persian - on his mother’s side. He knows almost nothing about Persian social cue, and only slightly more about American social cues. He is about to take a trip to Iran that will change his life. Darius has never really felt as if he fits in in America. His clinical depression doesn’t really help. While depression medication is tough to explain to his grandpar
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8th - 12th
FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER -- Angeline Boulley
Greetings,If you like a page-turner mystery that explores questions of “identity, loss, and injustice, and also love, joy, connection, friendship, hope, and laughter,” then Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter is here for you and your students. The characters and questions raised, insights and inspirations received will stay with you long after you close the novel. This 232-page resource covers all four strands: reading, writing, oral, and media. It develops your students’ critical thinking,
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Motorcycles & Sweetgrass -- Drew Hayden Taylor
Greetings,Drew Hayden Taylor’s novel, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass, is a delightful story featuring a famous Indigenous Trickster character -- Nanabush. The story revolves around thirteen-year old Virgil Second, his grandmother, mother, uncle and others on the Otter Lake Reserve. Humour, suspense, mystery, mischief and misdirection abound, along with empathy, grace, wonder and wisdom.This 216-page resource covers all four strands: reading, writing, oral, and media. It develops your students’ cri
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES -- Waubgeshig Rice
Greetings,What a perfect time of year to release Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves. I have been in touch with Waub over the last couple of years about the novel, and eagerly waited for it. As I turned the pages reading, the maple tree in my yard kept pace with its leaves turning from green to golden yellow. What a delight to catch up with the characters from Moon of the Crusted Snow and embark on another adventure and the continuing "story of survival, resilience, Indigenous identi
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9th - 12th
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THE SUNFLOWER -- Simon Wiesenthal (Non-Fiction)
Greetings,The Sunflower is the most important book I teach, and it is more relevant than ever with rampant anti-Semitism. far-right extremists, racism, and intolerance.https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/03/02/anti-semitic-graffiti-toronto-schools/ The Sunflower poses an existential question to the reader: You are a Jewish prisoner in a German concentration camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do? Simon Wiesenthal tells the story of his WWII concentration camp exp
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Night Wanderer -- Drew Hayden Taylor
Greetings,Drew Hayden Taylor’s novel, The Night Wanderer, explores rich themes (redemption, identity, family) and relevant issues (racism, bullying, suicide) as it combines a bumpy coming-of-age story with a Native Gothic tale. The story revolves around sixteen-year old Tiffany Hunter, her father and grandmother, and the mysterious Pierre L’Errant. Something is odd and dangerous about their nocturnal lodger, and don’t get a paper cut flipping the pages.This 155-page resource covers all four stra
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9th - 11th, Adult Education
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The Outsiders Reading Comprehension Tests ~ Differentiated Assessments
Dear Educator,This is a complete set. All four reading comprehension tests cover the whole book. This differentiated product for The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton was written for use in traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Product Includes:Four tests Page and paragraph numbers for most questionsFour character study guidesModified sections ~ sequencing, character and quote identificationDetailed answer keys Abridged answer keys96 Pages24 Easel ActivitiesFour Easel AssessmentsTests:Chapters 1 –
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8th - 9th
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Percy Jackson - Chalice of the Gods - Comprehensive Novel study and guides
Nearly 3000 questions on Percy Jackson - Chalice of the GodsThe sets include for each of the 35 chapters, questions on:5 open ended questions5 multiple choice questionsSets of 5 questions on the themes of the chapterSets of 5 questions on the characters of the chapter5 multiple choice cloze procedure questions on the chapterQuestions on keywords in the book10 questions about the original poemIn addition to this each chapter hasa summarya list of the keywords and their meanings Descriptions about
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2nd - 9th
THE MARROW THIEVES -- Cherie Dimaline Everything You Need to Survive and Thrive
Greetings,Welcome to The Marrow Thieves. Cherie Dimaline’s novel is an award-winning, fast paced escape story, coming-of-age tale, and dystopian warning all rolled into one. Students easily engage with the cast of relatable characters, plot twists, and timely topics/themes. They’ll be turning the pages so quickly reading that you’ll need Band-Aids on hand for the paper cuts. This 166-page resource covers all four strands: reading, writing, oral, and media. It builds your students’ foundational
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9th - 11th, Adult Education
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Also included in: INDIGENOUS STUDIES READING CIRCLE BUNDLE -- FIVE NOVELS, FIVE AUTHORS
MEDICINE WALK -- Richard Wagamese
There are a thousand ways to say no — but I can’t, it’s impossible, it’s too late — but there’s only one way to say yes: with your whole being. When you do that, you chose that word, it becomes the most spiritual word in the universe and your world can change. ~Richard WagameseGreetings,What kind of medicine do you take for your well being? Running was my medicine for years, but when the knees started to seize up, I switched to walking. Indeed, my wife and I have walked across England twice, an
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: INDIGENOUS READING CIRCLE BUNDLE -- RICHARD WAGAMESE
SMALL GREAT THINGS -- Jodi Picoult
Not everything that is faced can be changed.But nothing can be changed until it is faced.~James BaldwinFeel awkward talking about racism, or looking for ways to increase your awareness and that of your students? Wanting to become an ally for change?Good news. Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things is insightful and inspiring, honest and hopeful. An engaging novel with plot twists, nasty turns, and memorable characters confronted with one of the biggest issues of our time, and perhaps the root of so m
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HUNTING BY STARS -- Cherie Dimaline
They never stopped dreaming. ~Cherie DimalineGreetings,Once again, Cherie Dimaline has written a winner. Hunting By Stars, while connected with The Marrow Thieves, is independent and stands on its own as an engaging read and exciting study, full of action, colourful characters, challenging issues, and enduring lessons. And I love the 2021 edition for the welcoming layout and text font size. A pleasure to hold and behold.The 93-page Student Workbook and the Multiple Intelligences Presentations a
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin: a CCSS novel study/PDF/Google Drive
This is a close reading guide to the book The Truth About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin, author of The Next Great Paulie Fink. With this close reading guide to this amazing book, your students will practice making inferences and predictions, summarizing, and identifying character development. Perfect for 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade ELA, especially, this novel study includes over 120 vocabulary preview Google slides, reading response questions that encourage use of the R.A.C.E. strategy for
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6th - 9th
Identifying Implicit Bias & Danger of a Single Story Unit - High School Lessons
This relevant unit on Implicit Bias and the Danger of a Single Story explains timely content in a step-by-step manner that helps students comprehend complex concepts. The materials are LOW PREP (print and go). They include plans, slides with engaging activities, PDF worksheets, and assessments. This is a High School resource that can be used for digital learning. These flexible lessons can enhance multiple courses such as English, History, Sociology, and Ethnic Studies.The resource explores thes
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9th - 12th
CHASING PAINTED HORSES -- Drew Hayden Taylor
Greetings,I love sports: playing, coaching, watching. A baseball highlight is relevant here. One season playing shortstop, the second baseman and I turned a phenomenal number of double plays to the delight of fans and teammates. We were poetry in motion. Drew Hayden Taylor’s novel, Chasing Painted Horses, provides you and your students with the opportunity to turn an even better double or even triple play. Why? Because of its heritage. It began as a short story, morphed into a one-act pla
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9th - 11th, Adult Education
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THE AGONY OF BUN O'KEEFE -- Heather Smith
Greetings,I lived and worked in Newfoundland and Labrador for almost a decade, and a finer place and nicer people would be hard to find. So, ‘stay where you’re to, and I’ll come where you’re at’ with a delightful novel -- The Agony of Bun O’Keefe. It will introduce you and your students to a captivating story of a young girl leaving her house and finding a home, in a community of courageous characters you will never forget. You’ll laugh and cry and celebrate.While the novel is an easy read, it
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9th - 10th, Adult Education
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FROM THE ASHES Jesse Thistle (Non-Fiction)
Every step is a gift, every one is sacred, and each, in its own little way, is a prayer for me. ~Jesse ThistleGreetings,Jesse Thistle's From the Ashes is like a Swiss Army knife. It's sharp non-fiction. It reads like good fiction with each chapter being a short story in itself. It contains high drama. It is full of poetry and poetic writing. Four genres in one! Quite an accomplishment, Jesse. Well done.Three smart people recommended the book: my wife, a teacher colleague, and bookstore clerk.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: INDIGENOUS STUDY BUNDLE: 5 Authors & 5 Genres
STATION ELEVEN -- Emily St. John Mandel
Greetings,Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven is an award-winning dystopian novel that seizes your attention from the opening chapter, sustains the suspense as you follow diverse characters confronting the challenges of a collapsing civilization, and leaves you pondering many ‘what would I have done in the situation’ questions.This 172-page resource covers all four strands: reading, writing, oral, and media. It develops your students’ critical thinking and communication skills. It also saves
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9th - 11th
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