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A complete, hands-on poetry unit for middle school, English I and English II: 35 interactive notebook lessons with cut-and-fold templates, real poems, practice pages, card sorts, task cards, unit tests and keys, aligned to Common Core and TEKS.
The ultimate A Christmas Carol unit with two tracks: elementary (4–5) gets an original readers' theater script adapted from Dickens; middle school (7–8) works with the Horovitz play plus workhouse history and Dickens comparisons. Drama elements, connotation, conflict, theme, tests, SCRs, ECRs, body biography and one-pager projects, character art and 2 slide decks. CCSS + TEKS.
The ultimate unit for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart": the full story in 4 versions, separate middle school (7–8) and high school (English I & II) tracks, unreliable narrator, irony, suspense, symbolism, a Detective's Case File, tests, SCRs, ECRs and two slide decks. CCSS + TEKS.
The ultimate unit for Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" with separate middle school (7–8) and high school (English I & II) tracks: irony, foreshadowing, symbolism, allegory, author's craft, historical context, tests, SCRs, ECRs, projects and two slide decks. CCSS + TEKS.
A complete, original unit for O. Henry's holiday classic: the full story in 5 differentiated versions, vocabulary, figurative language, characterization, plot, irony, allusion and theme, a quiz, unit test, SCR/ECR, a creative writing task, centers and a 30-slide deck. CCSS + TEKS.
A complete, original 14-day unit for the stage play The Diary of Anne Frank: elements of drama, dramatic irony, tone, conflict, dialogue and analyzing events (RL.8.3), with quizzes, a unit test and keys.
Eight original suspense stories with inference questions, SCRs, ECRs and creative prompts.
Your teacher has been cursed into a ghost: 12 Halloween ELA puzzle stations to save them.
A five-day launch for any society or survival novel. It includes a Codes of Conduct jigsaw from Hammurabi to the Bill of Rights, an Island Charter, a good vs. evil quote debate, an original coming-of-age story and daily Question of the Day slides.
Five gothic Halloween projects plus an ELL-friendly "House of Usher" reading week: a symbolism jack-o'-lantern, an omen exhibit with "The Raven," a legend research lab, a design-a-haunt writing project and a ghost story contest with awards.
Eight spooky ELA activities with all-original texts: Trick-or-Treat Street review, a self-checking picture reveal, a homophone mystery, tension tracking, strange-but-true bell ringers, figurative language poems, a color-by-code mandala and unexplained mysteries articles.
A complete ELA interactive notebook system: three sections, 9 weeks of daily Do Now slides, cut-and-glue foldables, trackers and notebook check rubrics.
Fourteen no-prep character analysis organizers for any book, from a Brain Scan and Character Iceberg to a Player Card and Text Thread, plus a trait word bank and paragraph frame.
A tradition-themed quick write, mystery-tradition game, and prediction exit ticket before "The Lottery."
Analyze figurative language and symbolism in Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX halftime show.
A timestamped transcript of Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX halftime show for close reading.
Students analyze symbolism and figurative language in Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show on a one-pager.
A full-play Romeo and Juliet test: 20 multiple choice, 2 SCRs, and a letter-format ECR. Key included.
Break down the Romeo and Juliet prologue as a sonnet, then have students remix it in their own words.
Five text-evidence SCR prompts on "The Scarlet Ibis": pride, symbolism, setting, and more.
Tone vs. mood notes slides plus a three-part worksheet with an answer key.
Five ECR prompts for "The Most Dangerous Game": argumentative, correspondence, and informational.
Five STAAR-style ECR prompts for "Lamb to the Slaughter," on irony, characterization, setting, and more.
Eight SCR prompts for "Lamb to the Slaughter" with a CER walkthrough and SCR rubric slides.
A short slide lesson defining irony and its three types, with a warm-up and examples.
A ready-to-teach intro slide deck on Shakespeare's life, the Globe, his plays and the words he gave us.
A 32-question research webquest on Shakespeare's life, Elizabethan England and the Globe.
Five SCR prompts for "The Most Dangerous Game," on slides and in a printable doc.
ECR prompts for "The Scarlet Ibis": argumentative, correspondence and informational.
Five multiple-choice theme questions for "The Scarlet Ibis," with answers and explanations.
Five SCR prompts and slides for Roald Dahl's "The Landlady," with an SCR walkthrough.
Seven SCR prompts for "The Lottery," on slides and in a printable doc.
A Mystery Box game, warm-up prompts, and a prediction exit ticket to open "Lamb to the Slaughter."
A survival-themed warm-up, island scenario, and predator/prey game to set up "The Most Dangerous Game."
Ten after-reading discussion questions for "The Most Dangerous Game," with a teacher answer guide.
17 exit-ticket prompts plus a 10-question open-ended quiz with answer key for "The Most Dangerous Game."
Students build a one-pager on the king, princess, or young man in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" with cited evidence.
Personal-connection discussion slides and 10 writing prompts that tie Romeo and Juliet to students' lives.
Elements of fiction slides with STAAR question stems, a fill-in notes chart, and an SCR exit ticket.
10 reusable nonfiction questions and 4 essay prompts that work with any informational text.
A slide lesson on stating theme as a full idea, tracking it through a text, and backing it with evidence.
A Spider-Man passage where students mark figurative language, plus an answer key for 5 practice sets.
A one-page grid of positive character trait words for analysis, one-pagers, and writing.
A body outline project for Doodle and his brother in "The Scarlet Ibis," with a 100-point rubric.
A 500-700 word MLA reflective essay connecting a theme from "The Scarlet Ibis" to students' lives.
Students design a character's phone: wallpaper, 3-5 texts and a 5-song playlist, each with a written explanation.
Ten multiple-choice questions checking Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet, answer key included.
Six discussion prompts and a 10-question prologue quiz to start Romeo and Juliet, answer key included.
A 31-question Shakespeare WebQuest set up as a quest, with linked 'equipment' sites and an answer key.
Three ECR essay prompts for "The Lady, or the Tiger?": correspondence, argumentative and informational.
Five SCR prompts for "The Lady, or the Tiger?" on character, theme and the ambiguous ending.
A 15-20 slide character analysis presentation project for "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Students write a 2-3 page alternate ending to "The Lady, or the Tiger?" from one character's view.
Open-ended discussion and writing questions for Randy Ribay's novel Patron Saints of Nothing.
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