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50 EDITABLE Projects and Assignments for ANY NOVEL STUDY

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This bundle contains 50 projects and activities for ANY NOVEL STUDY in secondary English Language Arts. Use these projects, activities, handouts, and lessons to enrich your students’ close reading and analysis of any novel unit in your curriculum.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6, RL.8.7, RL.8.8, RL.8.9, RL.8.10, RL.9-10.1...

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The Ultimate Shakespeare Introduction Kit of Activities for Any Unit

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle contains 20 activities to use as introductory lessons for any Shakespeare unit.It includes:Shakespeare Insult KitShakespeare Translation Practice & KeyShakespeare’s Vocabulary DictionaryShakespeare Fun-FillerFamous Sayings we Owe to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3...

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Famous Love Letters: A Close Reading & Creative Lesson for Valentine's Day

By Bespoke ELA

This lesson by Bespoke ELA is a great lesson to use in February to celebrate Valentine's Day in a unique and creative way that is sure to engage students!Task:To analyze how famous love letters use language, literary and rhetorical devices, and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1...

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The Ultimate COLLEGE ESSAY Writing Workshop Bundle for HIGH SCHOOL

By Bespoke ELA

This is the ULTIMATE college essay bundle for any English teacher or tutor who helps students with college admissions essays. This bundle includes the following lessons along with TEN sample college essays: Introduction, Pacing Guide, and Table

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3, CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

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Argument and Rhetorical Analysis Games for Secondary ELA

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle of argument and rhetoric games for secondary ELA contains SEVEN unique games that target the skills of argumentation in a fun and high-interest format.The games included in this bundle are:Rhetorical Devices BINGO GameIn this game,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Games

CCSS:

W.9-10.1, W.9-10.1a, W.9-10.1b, W.9-10.1c, W.9-10.1d, W.9-10.1e, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.2a, W.9-10.2b, W.9-10.2c, W.9-10.2d...

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The Ultimate Zombie Apocalypse THEMED Literary Unit-- HIGH INTEREST BUNDLE

By Bespoke ELA

Let’s face it. Zombies are cool. I love a good zombie movie… especially if it’s zombie apocalypse satire like Shaun of the Dead. As an English teacher, I’m always looking for unique angles to “hook” my students, and zombies are high-interest.

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.SL.1...

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The Zombie Apocalypse-- Persuasive Speech Activity

By Bespoke ELA

In this activity, students will role play that they are trapped in their school by the zombie apocalypse. They have to decide whether to stay at the school... or whether to leave the school for an alternate location. In order to make this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

W.9-10.1, W.9-10.1a, W.9-10.1b, W.9-10.1c, W.9-10.1d, W.9-10.1e, W.9-10.2c, W.9-10.2d, W.9-10.2e, W.9-10.2f, W.9-10.4...

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Literary Devices Super Mario Battle Challenge

By Bespoke ELA

For this Google Drive activity, students will complete a Super Mario themed escape room type challenge. Students will complete four separate tasks that target literary devices and close reading skills in order to uncover the passwords needed to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5

$1.99

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Google Docs™

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Poetic Devices with Pop Songs-- EDITABLE

By Bespoke ELA

In this bundle, you will find a collection of activities that use pop songs to target the following poetic devices: ImagerySimileMetaphorContrastAssonancePersonificationHyperboleAllusionParadoxAnaphoraEpistropheAlliterationConsonanceIronyRhetorical

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.SL.6, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.3...

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Infamous Criminals: A High-Interest Nonfiction Research Project

By Bespoke ELA

In this project, students will research the life of a famous criminal and compile a bibliographic research project to share with the class. The criminals included in this project range from fraudsters to gangsters and from pirates to drug lords.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Assessment

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.3, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.7, RI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.10, RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2...

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Mega Pack of Icebreakers for Secondary ELA-- Virtual and In-person

By Bespoke ELA

This MEGA pack contains 30 unique, creative, and fun icebreakers to use with your students at the beginning of the school year either in class, online, or for hybrid models. Print-ready activities include:1. Candy fun!2. Pass the hat3. What's in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$1.99

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"Junk Journal" Novel Project for ANY NOVEL: A Creative Way to Express Analysis

By Bespoke ELA

For this creative project, students will create a "junk journal" representation of their interpretation of a novel. This project works for any text in secondary ELA and presents an engaging way for students to interpret literature.What is a “junk

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10

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The Writer's Notebook Guide-- Handouts, Instructions, Charts, and MORE!

By Bespoke ELA

This guide includes explanations on how to organize the writer's notebook as well as the charts, handouts, graphic organizers, rubrics, etc. for students to use with the notebook throughout the school year. It also includes a Google Slides notebook

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Assessment

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.8, CCRA.R.9, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1...

$2.99

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50 Photos to Inspire Analytical Writing with Prompts-- Great for Bell-Ringers

By Bespoke ELA

In this Google Slides bundle, you will find 50 photos with analytical prompts that will help students practice their analysis in a visual context, which is an effective way to reinforce literary elements and techniques in order to segue into

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Assessment

$1.00

$0.80

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Teaching Grit: Growth Mindset Activity Bundle for Secondary ELA

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle also includes enrichment items such as posters, coloring pages, bookmarks, video guides, failure reflection, setting SMART goals, and even a BINGO game to spark student interest in developing a growth mindset. The purpose of this bundle

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Other (ELA)

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts

$3.00

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Literacy Scavenger Hunt Pack for ELA in Grades 6-12: EDITABLE!

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle contains TEN different scavenger hunts for secondary English Language Arts in grades 6-12.In this bundle, you will find the following scavenger hunts:ELA Scavenger Hunt Pack-- Bespoke ELA Book Tasting Scavenger Hunt Scavenger

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2

$1.99

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Macbeth Scavenger Hunt: Making Real World Thematic Connections

By Bespoke ELA

This activity has students making connections between Shakespeare's play Macbeth and the real world through the topic of corruption. In this scavenger hunt activity, students are to locate three Real World Macbeth figures who became corrupt as a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.3, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.7, RI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.10, RI.11-12.4, RI.11-12.5...

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Romeo and Juliet Advice Letter Activity-- Act III {EDITABLE}

By Bespoke ELA

This is a fun, interactive advice letter activity, and students LOVE it!Students will first complete a group discussion activity in which they discuss the advice they would give to each character. Afterwards, they select one character and write a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.9, CCRA.W.10

$1.99

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Poetry Bundle: 20 Short Poems to Teach Rhetorical Relationships & Explication

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle contains 20 short poems to analyze for the four, basic rhetorical relationships: juxtaposition, contrast, shift, and repetition. All literary devices can be categorized into these four basic relationships. A simile is a type of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.6, RL.9-10.7, RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2...

$3.99

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TedTalk Choice Board with Reflective Writing via Google Slides

By Bespoke ELA

In this Google Slides activity, students will select three TedTalks from the choice board to view. They will then complete the prompts attached to each TedTalk and type their responses directly onto the slides in order to respond and reflect upon

Subjects:

Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Cultural Activities

$1.99

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

---15+ years of high school teaching on every level, including A.P. Literature and Dual Credit Composition and World Literature ---5+ years experience teaching Creative Writing--- ---Taught in three states in the US: Texas, Illinois, and New York in public, private, and magnet schools--- ---Bespoke ELA blogs at: BespokeClassroom.com & TeachWriting.org

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style is all about discovery and finding ways to enable students to uncover knowledge themselves. Therefore, many of my lesson plans are student-centered. I am also known as "the writing teacher" because I believe that writing is the cornerstone of the English class and that every piece of literature should be selected for the sake of teaching skills and not simply because it's a "classic."

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

New Teacher of the Year- 2003

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

M.A. Literature- Northwestern University/ B.A. Literature- University of North Texas

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Meredith is the founder and creator of TeachWriting.org and BespokeClassroom.com. She has taught high school English for 14+ years in Dallas, Chicago, and New York City and holds a M.A. in Literature from Northwestern University. She has always had a connection to the written word-- through songwriting, screenplay writing, and essay writing-- and she enjoys the process of teaching students how to express their ideas. Meredith enjoys life with her sweet daughter and crazy Yorkie named Teddy. Visit the Bespoke ELA blog at: BespokeClassroom.com.