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Scary Podcasts: Lore and Urban Legends

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For real. No cheesy music, no bad acting, and no trick endings where everyone is okay and it was all just a big misunderstanding. Seriously, your students are going to love these and they have just the right amount of horror while still being

Subjects:

Literature, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.5, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.3, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.7, RI.9-10.8

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A Jury of Her Peers: Inferences, Symbolism, Irony, Philosophical Chairs

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Everything you need to teach and analyze "A Jury of Her Peers." All worksheets have answer sheets as well, PowerPoints frequently contain notes in the notes sections to assist with instruction of material. Everything is separate so you can pick and

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Activities

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, W.9-10.3, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.4

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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Bundle

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This bundle includes:Guide QuestionsA mixture of analysis questions and basic recall for each of the 35 chapters and the prologue. Some questions include how an event is ironic and satirical.Although some chapters are very short, each has its own

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, W.9-10.3, W.9-10.3a, W.9-10.3d, W.9-10.4

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Lamb to the Slaughter: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

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*Updated 10/12/20: For each worksheet, I’ve created a png image of the worksheet and then put that image as the background in a Google Slide. The students can use all of the tools in Slides to mark their answers. The links are already set up to

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English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Handouts, Movie Guides

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.7, W.9-10.1a, SL.9-10.4

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The Landlady Guide Questions and Movie Comparison

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Students LOVE this story! With a bit of inferencing magic, around the 90% mark in the story, the class gives a collective "No way!" when they realized what's actually happening. It's a sight to see and it's guaranteed to warm your teacher heart as

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

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RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.7

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John Proctor: Tragic Hero or Just Tragic?

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Great worksheet to help students find textual evidence to support their claim on if John Proctor fulfills the characteristics of a tragic hero. Students must closely read each quote in order to determine which one BEST exemplifies each tragic hero

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3

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Porphyria's Lover

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My students LOVE this poem - once they get through some of the tricky language. I've designed this lesson to help students catch some of the overlooked details and fully appreciate how creepy this poem is. *Updated to help with distance learning.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4

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My Last Duchess Psychological Analysis

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Put new life into your "My Last Duchess" lesson by having students act as the duke's treating physician for a psychological analysis. Product includes Personality Survey - This is part of the pre-reading activity to introduce students to how we

Subjects:

Poetry, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, W.9-10.9

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Night Chapter Five: Analyzing Style

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Students analyze style and punctuation throughout chapter five in order write a chapter six prediction in the style of Wiesel. To understand Elie Wiesel's style, students look at his use of questions, ellipses, dialogue, and parallel structure and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4, W.9-10.3

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"The Sniper" Pre Reading Activity, Guide Questions, Written Response

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Get the most out of the very engaging and accessible story, "The Sniper."This product includes PDF and digital, Google Drive versions of the following:A graphic organizer for students to use while watching a Ted Ed on the Potato Famine. This Ted Ed

Subjects:

Literature, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Internet Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.W.4

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"Weight" Short Story Body Biography

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My students love the short story "Weight" by Dhonielle Clayton, and they really enjoy breaking it down with this body biography graphic organizer. This story is perfect for students to focus on characterization and the body biography organizer gives

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

$4.00

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Day of Infamy SOAPSTone

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Day of Infamy by Franklin D. Roosevelt is perfect for rhetorical analysis. This product includes the final speech made to Congress and America, as well as a copy of Roosevelt's annotated notes where he made his original edits. First students will

Subjects:

U.S. History, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.5, RI.9-10.6

$2.50

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Night Chapter One Characterization

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Instead of guide questions, use this characterization packet to analyze character development. Included are two graphic organizers to help students analyze the character development of Elie's father and Elie's mentor, Moishe, throughout the first

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, W.9-10.4

$3.00

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The Crucible Act 1: Character Motivation

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This is a worksheet with a graphic organizer to track character actions, motivations, and traits. "The Crucible" contains background stories, secrets, and ulterior motives galore, so it's important for students to closely analyze each character to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1

$1.00

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The Crucible Act II: John Proctor Noble Character Quote Analysis

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For this activity, students look at different quotes throughout the second act in order to determine if they feel Proctor is noble. The perfect scaffolding for analyzing Proctor as a tragic hero after they have finished the play. The worksheet is

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3

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Tone in Literature and Film

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This is great practice identifying different tones found in text and film passages. The passages are mostly from more modern texts, such as "Sleepers" and "The Time Traveler's Wife," with one passage from the movie "Mean Girls." For each passage

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Homework

CCSS:

RL.9-10.4

$2.50

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"Barbie Doll" Poetry Analysis for Interactive Notebook

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Poem analysis: Includes foldable graphic organizer (no cutting, just line up the two pages and fold once) to analyze poem. Each tab is for analysis of one stanza of the poem and has guide questions specific to the poem to help students determine

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.7

$3.00

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"Not Waving, But Drowning" Poetry and Visual Analysis

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Poetry Analysis: Includes foldable graphic organizer (no cutting, just line up two pages and fold once) to analyze poem. Each tab is for analysis of one stanza of the poem and has guide questions specific to this poem to help students determine

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.7

$3.00

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Animal Farm Unit Assessment and Answer Rubric

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The focus of this "Animal Farm" test is on the identification and explanation of various literary elements: irony, foreshadowing, allegory, propaganda, and theme. A rubric is attached to help quickly grade short-answer responses and to maintain

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5

$2.00

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Tragic Hero Romeo and Juliet Worksheet

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Graphic organizer specifically made for students who struggle in English class. This is perfect for struggling students to practice close reading and finding specific evidence from the text to support their answer. Many struggling readers are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2

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I started teaching special education English in 2011 at a high school in Baltimore County. Recently I moved up to central Pennsylvania where I continue to teach a combination of self-contained/adaptive English classes as well as co-taught inclusion classes. I have a dual graduate degree in special education and secondary education and am certified in both special education and English 7-12.

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I've spent the majority of my career teaching in self-contained special education settings and co-teaching in standard classes. My products are made to reach all learners; not through watering down the content, but through the presentation of the information. Vocabulary worksheets include visuals because most students benefit from the addition of appropriate and meaningful visual aids. My graphic organizers are made to chunk information in ways that help struggling students better understand the material. I love teaching special education and adore the students I work with. My passion is connecting with students who struggle in “standard” classrooms because they tend to learn differently from what we consider to be the average student.

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