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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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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 Shakespeare Sonnet Bundle-- 100+ Pages and 15 Sonnets

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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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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

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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

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English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

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

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Activities, Assessment, Lesson

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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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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

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

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Activities, Lesson

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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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Lesson

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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

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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

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Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

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Virtual Field Trip of Shakespeare's World for any Shakespeare Unit

By Bespoke ELA

This Google Slides activity takes students on a virtual field trip to Shakespeare's England. Students virtually visit Stratford-upon-Avon, including Shakespeare's birthplace and burial place. They then head to London to learn about Shakespeare's

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Cultural Activities

$1.99

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Poetry Study: 10 Short Poems for Analysis + Creative Writing on Google Drive

By Bespoke ELA

This product contains 10 short poems to analyze with creative writing extensions and is an abbreviated version of the original product of 20 poems for analysis. You can find the original product here.For each poem, students will:1. Make

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

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

$1.99

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Google Slides™

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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

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Activities

$1.99

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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

$1.99

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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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Shakespearean Tragedy and Aristotle's Poetics: Excerpts, Debate Activity, & MORE

By Bespoke ELA

This lesson introduces Aristotle's literary theories and terms from Poetics on tragedy and then analyze how they may or may not apply to Shakespeare's work. Objectives:To develop criteria for analyzing literary elementsTo support analysis with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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

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Unique Ideas for Poetry Writing and Analysis-- FREEBIE

By Bespoke ELA

If you like this freebie, click on the green star to follow Bespoke ELA to stay up-to-date with new product releases, exclusive freebies, and giveaways!Be sure to click the FOLLOW star at the top of the page to follow Bespoke ELA. I like to send

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

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Canterbury Tales Stereotype Poem: Creating a Modern-day Pilgrim

By Bespoke ELA

In this assignment, students become a modern-day Chaucer and create a stereotype poem based upon a contemporary figure in society. They must write a poem that describes this modern-day pilgrim, including imagery and rhetorical devices, that reveals

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Literature Circles

CCSS:

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

$1.00

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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

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Exquisite Corpse Poetry Info Sheet

By Bespoke ELA

Exquisite Corpse Poetry actually has nothing to do with corpses! It was a parlor game created during the Parisian Surrealist Movement of the 1920s & 1930s in which players would create random lines of poetry by passing their papers around the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

FREE

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Shakespearean Sonnet Explication Assignment, Sample, & Rubric

By Bespoke ELA

This lesson by Bespoke ELA contains an assignment for explicating a Shakespearean sonnet. It's tailored specifically for Shakespearean sonnets rather than poems in general. The Shakespearean Sonnet Explication Assignment includes:1. Explication

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Lesson

$2.50

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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.