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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.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

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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Lizzie Borden: Infamous Murder Case Nonfiction Unit, Tone, Bias, Persuasion

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Lizzie Borden was tried and ultimately acquitted for the MURDER of her PARENTS in the 1890s. The trial was controversial. How could a WOMAN possibly hack her parents to death and why? How could this have happened while she was HOME if she didn't

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Lesson

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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.9-10.7, RI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.10, RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2...

$6.99

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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

$4.99

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Diagnostic Assignment Bundle for High School ELA

By Bespoke ELA

This series of diagnostic assignments assesses a HIGH SCHOOL student’s overall reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills at the beginning of the school in order to create a baseline for assessing student growth over the course of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.10, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.10, 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...

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Screenplay UNIT: Screenwriting in Secondary ELA-- From Script to Trailer

By Bespoke ELA

One of the things I really enjoy is reading and writing screenplays. In this unit by Bespoke ELA, I have put together some of the key lessons that I've learned about script writing in a format that is user-friendly to secondary ELA students.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Projects, Activities

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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.10, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.2, CCRA.SL.3...

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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

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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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Paragraph of the Week: 25 Texts, 25 Student Samples for Grades 9-12

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle contains 25 prompts for "Paragraph of the Week" in grades 9-12. Each prompt contains a passage from a text and a prompt. The texts range from poetry to prose to non-fiction. The paragraph prompts range from persuasive to descriptive

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

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

$4.99

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The Complete Gothic Unit for High School-- Close Readings, Assessments + MORE!

By Bespoke ELA

This high-interest bundle contains 50+ items for teaching Gothic literature to high school students. It includes close readings of novel passages, short stories, and poetry along with creative writing assignments, assessments, and fun stuff!

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

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...

$7.99

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30 MENTOR SENTENCES with Writing Revision for GOOGLE SLIDES

By Bespoke ELA

This product is an EDITABLE POWER POINT PRESENTATION that contains 30 MENTOR SENTENCES from famous classic writers to model key literary terms, rhetorical devices, and syntactical structures for students.For each sentence, students are to:1. Copy

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$6.99

$5.59

215

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Bell-Ringers & Mentor Sentences: A Bundle for the Beginning of Class

By Bespoke ELA

Product #1: Bell-Ringers for the ENTIRE YEARThis bundle of EDITABLE bell-ringers for the entire school year contains 40 weeks worth of prompts (323 SLIDES)!Each day of the week is assigned to a specific type of prompt to challenge students with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

$18.97

$13.99

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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...

$4.99

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Macbeth Test: A COMMON CORE Skills-based Objective Assessment

By Bespoke ELA

This Macbeth test contains 50 multiple choice questions that assess interpretation of key quotes from the play, character motivation, vocabulary in context, literary elements, motifs, and rhetorical appeals. As an optional supplement, there is a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

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...

$4.99

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Put a STOP Plagiarism in Essay Writing with this Bundle

By Bespoke ELA

Plagiarism is an issue that we face as English teachers. That's where this bundle comes in to help put a stop to this problem. In this bundle, you will find 15 resources, activities, games, and lessons to make sure your students know what

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Assessment

$2.99

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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

$1.99

$1.59

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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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Reader Response Google Slideshow Journal for ANY NOVEL-- EDITABLE!

By Bespoke ELA

This product is 50-slide Google Slideshow/ Digital Notebook that contains 50 prompts to respond to a piece of literature. Students can type directly into the slides to respond to the questions. These also make great bell-ringer activities during

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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...

$2.00

Online Resource
Google Slides™

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Bell-Ringers for the ENTIRE Year-40 WEEKS - EDITABLE PROMPTS w/ Mentor Sentences

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle of EDITABLE bell-ringers for the entire school year contains 40 weeks worth of prompts (323 SLIDES)!Each day of the week is assigned to a specific type of prompt to challenge students with various skills tasks. Here is the weekly key of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

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...

$5.99

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Find the Theme: 10 Text Practice on Google Slides for Grades 4-6

By Bespoke ELA

This collection of ten short texts helps students to practice reading for theme. The texts range from fiction to poetry to nonfiction. This makes a great, EDITABLE, bundle for Google Slides as a review of theme or as a further practice of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (5.33 MB)

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The Ultimate Personal Narrative Bundle for Grades 6-12

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle is going to become the most EPIC and ULTIMATE personal narrative bundle for grades 6-12. I am super excited to share resource that I create and use with my own students when they write personal narrative essays. I have also priced this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

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

$7.50

$5.99

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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.