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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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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

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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 Introduction Kit of Activities for Any Unit

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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

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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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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

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

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Orwell's 1984 Unit Test-- Multiple-Choice, Close Reading, Matching, Plot-- 50 Qs

By Bespoke ELA

This EDITABLE unit test over Orwell's novel 1984 consists of 50 questions. In this assessment, you will find:5 True/ False Questions27 Multiple-choice Plot Questions9 Close-reading Questions with a Passage from the Novel9 Matching QuestionsThis

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Assessment

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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

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Hamlet Final Test and Assessment -- Multiple-Choice and Short Answer {EDITABLE}

By Bespoke ELA

This assessment over Shakespeare's play Hamlet includes 50 questions that consists of 45 multiple-choice questions and five short answer questions. ANSWER KEY INCLUDED!The test includes the following sections:Character Matching-- match the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Literature

Grades:

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

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Assessment

$3.99

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The Ultimate Crime Bundle- Criminals, Serial Podcast, Lizzie Borden, & MORE!

By Bespoke ELA

In this bundle, you will find the top-selling crime units from Bespoke ELA! These include:The Infamous Criminals: A Research ProjectLizzie Borden: Infamous Murder Case Nonfiction Unit, Tone, Bias, PersuasionNonfiction: Tone and Bias in the Media

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English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

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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 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...

$5.50

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Reading Response Question Cards for Any Book-- Multi-grade Usage

By Bespoke ELA

These 100 question cards for any novel will help your students engage in meaningful and insightful discussions about the books they are reading. The cards address setting, characters, plot, theme, symbolism, point of view, style, and more! Students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Task Cards

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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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Exit Ticket Journal on Google Slides-- 180 Prompts for the ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR!!

By Bespoke ELA

This digital journal on Google Slides enables students to reflect back on classroom lessons either in class or at home through distance learning. There are over 70 original prompts included in this bundle as well as free choice options that

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies - History

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Reflective Journals for Teachers

CCSS:

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

$3.99

181

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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...

$10.50

128

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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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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...

$3.99

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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

Online Resource
Google Docs™

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Context Clues Vocabulary Bundle- SAT + Close Reading Practice for ELA

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle targets the five different types of context clues: definition, synonym, antonym, inference, and punctuation. Students will practice each type of context clue using SAT-style sentence completions. They will then complete a close

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.10, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.10, RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.4...

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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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The Ultimate Book Club Kit for Secondary ELA

By Bespoke ELA

This bundle is built to take students through book club from start to finish. It provides the forms needed for students to get their groups started and organized, activities to complete during meetings, and forms for you to assess students.It

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Assessment

$3.99

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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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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.