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Native American Literature Introduction (themes and types of stories)

By Candace Horner

Twenty-three slide Powerpoint is a two to three day introduction to Native American literature, includes a thorough explanation of the types and functions of native stories myths and themes. Also includes journal questions, U.S. map of Native

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English Language Arts, Literature

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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A Tale of Two Cities Final Exam

By Candace Horner

This 100 question multiple choice exam contains plot, character and literary device questions listed in textual order and divided into the three subsections of the novel. This exam is easily administered in scantron format and the Word file allows

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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1984 Intro & Be Big Brother

By Candace Horner

This is a basic introduction to Orwell, basic biographical information about the author and his influences, details about the setting and terms to know. Group activity imagining a totalitarian society and a list of propaganda techniques to review or

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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Lectures, Lesson

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A Tale of Two Cities Chapter by Chapter Questions

By Candace Horner

Over 150 short answer style questions for Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. Every chapter of the novel has corresponding questions that can be used during reading for comprehension checks or copy and paste them into weekly quizzes. Answers are included

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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Native American Literature Unit

By Candace Horner

This mega file contains ten PowerPoints with stories and essays over Native American culture. Included; Introduction to Native Literature, Native IQ Test, N. Scott Momaday "Way to Rainy Mountain" questions and links, Leslie Marmon Silko story "The

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Native Americans, Literature, Informational Text

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

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The Odyssey: Imagine You Are The Cyclops!

By Candace Horner

Visually charming powerpoint that is a writing and review assignment for The Odyssey, Book 9. Students write from the point of view of the Cyclops. Starts with essay question about whether Polyphemus was a monster or lonely creature, transitions to

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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The Road Final Exam

By Candace Horner

This is an original 100 question multiple choice exam I wrote over the novel, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. ( 9 page test with 9 page answer key). Questions are labeled by page groups. Most of the questions are knowledge/recall but there are around

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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Slaughterhouse-Five Unit Plan

By Candace Horner

First time teaching Slaughterhouse-Five? Need to save some time? Or maybe you have a student reading this independently? (My unit was used with a regular sophomore English class and includes supplemental stories and articles about Vonnegut.)

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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Lesson

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The Bell Jar Unit Plan

By Candace Horner

I created The Bell Jar unit with a focus on reading comprehension and have added harder to find non-fiction readings related to the novel. Writing and essay assignments have mostly analytical focus and can be used while reading the second half of

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English Language Arts, Psychology

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

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Lesson

$12.50

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The Grapes of Wrath Unit Plan

By Candace Horner

The unit plan has the best activities I've used over eight years teaching the novel by John Steinbeck. All of the activity PowerPoints have examples/photos of student work. The unit contains the following files: -Introduction PowerPoint (12

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Unit

By Candace Horner

This bundle is an 81 slide PowerPoint (in 5 sections) that covers the entire novel. It includes literary analysis, activities and non-fiction supplemental works that accompany the novel as well as student examples.Part One (22 slides) includes:

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English Language Arts, Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

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Lesson

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Introduction to American Transcendentalism

By Candace Horner

Introduction to American Transcendentalism PowerPoint reviews basic concepts of the nature writers and philosophers. Includes: lecture slides, anticipatory writing set, 2 reading assignments for “Self-Reliance” excerpt by Emerson and excerpt of

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Lectures, Lesson

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1984 Final Exam

By Candace Horner

This 50 multiple choice question exam covers Orwell's 1984. All three sections of the novel are included on the exam and an answer key is included at the end. I use this as my end of the unit assessment. Format of exam lends itself easily to

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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The Psychology of Halloween: Costumes, Candy and Classic Scares

By Candace Horner

The Psychology of Costumes, Candy and Classic Scares is a mini-collection of informational essays and articles that are Halloween related. It is an 11 slide PPT with 26 pages of accompanying reading material. Each assignment has both reading and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Lesson

CCSS:

RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2

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The Crucible Final Exam

By Candace Horner

This comprehensive (100 question) exam includes 65 content/comprehension, 20 vocabulary and 15 quote identification questions. The exam is in multiple choice format for scantron application and is easily edited from Microsoft Word. Answer key is

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English Language Arts, Literature

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

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Beowulf Unit Plan

By Candace Horner

Unit plan (designed for the unabridged Seamus Heaney version) is 4-6 weeks and includes the following- Introduction to Beowulf PPT (20 slides) overview of plot, manuscript history and literary devices.Beowulf Battles PPT (17 slides) Reading

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment, Lesson

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Superstitions, Prophecies and Witchcraft

By Candace Horner

This lesson/activity is about learning prophetic techniques. Has been used in association with The Crucible, but also could be thematically connected to Poe short stories, Macbeth, the Puritans, The Odyssey (role of oracles/fate) and the short story

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Halloween

Grades:

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

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Lectures, Activities, Lesson

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Persuasion: Intro to Rhetorical Strategies (pathos, ethos, logos)

By Candace Horner

Eighteen slide Powerpoint designed as a teacher lecture where students take notes on the definitions and examples of pathos, ethos and logos. Also included are eleven definitions of logical fallacies.Examples shown are taken from advertising.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Lectures, Lesson

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The Culture of Food and Cooking (Essays and Articles)

By Candace Horner

This is a mini-collection of seven creative non-fiction essays and informational articles about the culture and psychology of food and cooking. It can be used at any time but I use in the months of October through December. “Why Cook?” essay by

Subjects:

Reading, Holidays/Seasonal, Informational Text

Grades:

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

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Lesson

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Fahrenheit 451 Introduction and Reading Guide

By Candace Horner

The PPT is an introduction and reading comprehension walk though for the entire novel that I use with audio/classroom reading. The forty slides include: -Intro to the author, setting, plot, characters beginning vocabulary and ongoing major

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Study Guides, Activities

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My husband, who taught high school for 15 years, is now a video game programmer who I partner with to make our video review games.