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Canterbury Tales MEGA BUNDLE-- Great for Distance Learning & In Class Study!

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This is the ONLY Canterbury Tales bundle you will need to teach Chaucer to your high school students! I have included 36 items in this Canterbury Tales bundle to give you the opportunity to select and plan lessons according to you and your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

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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...

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The ULTIMATE Beowulf Bundle with Answer Keys, Assessments, and Creative Projects

By Bespoke ELA

In this mega Beowulf Bundle, you will find 36 lessons and activities that include thorough answer keys with textual evidence where applicable to take your Beowulf unit to the next level. You will also find creative activities, quizzes, and an

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities, Lesson

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The ULTIMATE Shakespeare Sonnet Bundle-- 100+ Pages and 15 Sonnets

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle is the ULTIMATE Shakespeare Sonnet Bundle by Bespoke ELA. With over 100 pages of resources to help your students analyze Shakespearean sonnets, this bundle is an excellent addition to any unit on Shakespeare.This bundle includes:1.

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English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

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Activities, Assessment, Lesson

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.9-10.10, W.11-12.1, W.11-12.1a, W.11-12.1b, W.11-12.1c...

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The ULTIMATE Macbeth MEGA Bundle-- 45 UNIQUE Lessons & Activities

By Bespoke ELA

This unit contains 45 separate lessons and activities to supplement any Macbeth unit... and many of them are editable and useful for distance learning or in the classroom! In this bundle, you will find:Pre-Reading ActivitiesIntroduction to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, 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.9-10.8, RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.1...

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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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Literary Device Bell-Ringers for Analysis + Close Reading Practice- EDITABLE

By Bespoke ELA

This editable Power Point presentation contains TEN weeks worth of bell-ringers that target common literary devices used in literary analysis.The devices included

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Lesson

$3.99

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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...

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Beowulf Intro. Power Point-- History & Anglo Saxons

By Bespoke ELA

This PowerPoint introduction to the epic poem Beowulf contains 22 slides that cover the Anglo-Saxon period of England, the language of Old English, the conventions of epic poetry, the main characters of the epic poem, and more!This introduction also

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Cultural Activities

$2.00

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Winter Poetry Unit with Annotations, Sample Explication Essays, & MORE!

By Bespoke ELA

This unit includes TEN poems by classic authors that involve winter in some respect. Some poems use winter to symbolize absence, others age, and still others unity. Five of these poems have a more positive representation of winter while the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

$4.00

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Final Unit Test on Beowulf-- Skills Application with Answer Key

By Bespoke ELA

This Beowulf unit test is a 40-question multiple-choice/ matching test over the epic poem Beowulf -- answer key included!It includes:Two pieces of "new material" that connect to the epic poem Beowulf ("The Seafarer" and "Ulysses" by Tennyson)A few

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

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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Virtual Poetry Journal for Google Slides: EDITABLE

By Bespoke ELA

This Google Slideshow is a virtual poetry journal for students. It contains TEN poetry activities for students to explore. These activities are great for National Poetry Month in April-- or anytime of year!Here are the ten creative poetry

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$1.99

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Imagists vs. Romantics: A Poetry Lesson to Facilitate Style Analysis

By Bespoke ELA

In this comparative poetry activity, students will compare and contrast two completely different styles of poetry-- the Imagists and the Romantics. Students will also get to try their hand at writing in both styles to understand the traits of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.10

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Holiday "Magnet" Poems for Google Slides-- Editable and FUN!

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle of FUN contains "magnet" poetry via Google Slides for 12 holidays.Students can drag and drop words onto the slide to create poems just like those magnetic word/ poem sets for refrigerators and magnetic boards. Each poem activity is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

CCRA.W.10

$2.00

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Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Poetry Close Reading & Analysis FREEBIE

By Bespoke ELA

In this FREEBIE by Bespoke ELA, you will find a close reading activity for Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 that includes an answer key to the close reading questions. This activity also asks students to write their own Shakespearean sonnets in which they

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

FREE

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Unique Ideas for Poetry Writing and Analysis-- FREEBIE

By Bespoke ELA

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Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

FREE

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Poetry Analysis Chart-- TPCASTT

By Bespoke ELA

This FREEBIE from Bespoke ELA contains a TPCASTT Poetry Chart that takes students step-by-step through the process of analyzing a poem for theme. The TPCASTT strategy for analyzing poetry takes students through analyzing the title, diction, shift,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.32 MB)

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National Poetry Month Calendar FREEBIE-- An ENTIRE MONTH of Poetry Activities

By Bespoke ELA

This calendar contains an ENTIRE MONTH of poetry activities to celebrate National Poetry Month in your secondary ELA classes.Activities includedTone TunesZip OdesExquisite Corpse PoemsCut in Half RevisionFun-House Mirror RevisionPoetry in MotionSong

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.06 MB)

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Beowulf Journal Prompts

By Bespoke ELA

These Beowulf journal prompts contain writing tasks for all three levels of writing. They are excellent to use as warm-up/ bell-ringer tasks at the beginning of class periods or as more developed writing assignments. They also lend themselves to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Homework

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.48 MB)

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Edward Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies: A FREE Halloween Primer on Victorian Satire

By Bespoke ELA

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was an American writer and illustrator of “children’s” books that satirized Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He was born in Chicago in 1925 and later attended Harvard University. His books contain dark satire, often

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.10

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Digital Download PDF (9.76 MB)

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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.