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High school Presidents' Day literature interactive whiteboards under $5
Creation Stories, Meaningful Jigsaw Activity to Intro. any Mythology Unit
As a launch to any middle-school or high-school study of mythology, use this 45-minute activity where students work in teams of four to read and think through four short pieces about the creation of Earth/humanity. Use the five slide deck (PDF) to guide students through the jigsaw process as they find commonalities among literature from China, Uganda, the Blackfoot Native American tribe, and the King James Bible's Book of Genesis. The download also includes full-text copies of the public domain
Grades:
7th - 10th
Flowers for Algernon pretend Rorschach test
I use this PowerPoint presentation to introduce my students to the Rorschach test before we read the short story, "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. I go over what the test is and have students write down what they see in the ink. We talk about the accuracy of the test and why it isn't used anymore. There are also a couple of slides devoted to the Thematic Apperception Test, which is also discussed in the story. The kids really enjoy this activity and it increases their understanding of the
Grades:
6th - 10th
Symbolism Presentation
In this two week presentation, you will find 10 mini-lessons (15-20 minutes each) that will help your students understand symbolism in a fun way! (Plus you will love it because all the work has been done for you...sweet!)
Day 1: Introduction to Symbolism with academic language and picture symbols
Day 2: Familiar symbols in literature - Can you match symbolic items with what they represent?
Day 3-4: Use pictures to help students figure out what different colors symbolize. Students fill in wo
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Extended Metaphor, Symbolism, Literary Analysis, John Steinbeck Text, CCSS
Analyzing literature doesn’t have to be boring. Instead, show your class the awesomeness that great writers tuck into their works and help them use symbolism to make connections between the text and their own lives.In this visually vibrant presentation, you’ll use a small slice of John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Grapes of Wrath (link included) to take students through an easy-to-follow 45-minute lesson where they analyze a stand-alone piece of text. You do not need to study any Steinbeck in y
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Touching Spirit Bear - Introduction to Novel PREZI
Ben Mikaelsen's Touching Spirit Bear is a novel that many young kids today can relate to. This prezi presentation is a unique way of introducing the unit to a full class or even small groups. The presentation includes background information about the Native American tribe in the book, the Tlingits, as well as the basic premise of the story's plot. It also contains images of totem poles and includes some opportunities for discussion.
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6th - 12th
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Theme and Main Idea Task Cards - Digital Boom Cards for Distance Learning
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and non-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice finding the theme and main idea.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS & CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learningâ„ ! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and m
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle | Test Prep | Digital Boom Cards
Introduction to Sherlock Holmes | Presentation for PowerPoint & Google Slides
Introduction to Sherlock Holmes Presentation for PowerPoint. Arthur Conan DoyleSherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. Since the publishing of the first novel, A Study in Scarlet, Holmes and Watson have been popular with readers of all ages. Re-imagined in thousand of plays, movies, novels for over a century, Sherlock Holmes still manages to captivate audiences around the world. Includes 11 Slides. This product is not editable.This presentation is a gr
Grades:
5th - 12th
Hero's Journey powerpoint (Moana example included)
Walk students through the stages of the Hero's Journey with this beautiful Powerpoint featuring a female heroine and Disney's Moana as an example of the hero's journey archetype!
Connects to Grade 6 Module 1 ELA curriculum - Myths: Not Just Long Ago.
Slides include
- Background on Joseph Campbell's monomyth
- Popular examples of the hero's journey including Star Wars, Harry Potter, A Christmas Carol, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, etc.
Explanation of each stage...
- Call to Adventure/Crossi
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Figurative Language SmartBoard Activities, Games & Overview
8 Slides - ready for fun!
Slide 1 - Vortex Game - Onomatopoeia Game
Slide 2 - Overview of Simile, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Imagery
Slide 3 - Pop the Metaphor Activity
Slide 4 - Alliteration Activity - Roll the Dice
Slide 5 - Colorful Overview of Simile, Imagery, Metaphor, Hyperbole
Slide 6 - Spinner Imagery Activity
Slide 7 - Simile example
Slide 8 - Interactive Sorting Activity of 3 Figurative Language Devices
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Grades:
2nd - 10th
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Summarizing Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and modern mon-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering main idea questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction & Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS and CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learningâ„ ! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads,
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Reading Skills Task Card Bundle Digital Boom Cards
Main Idea Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and modern mon-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering main idea questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction & Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questionsThese digital task cards are on Boom Learningâ„ ! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and more. They are self-checkin
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Reading Skills Task Card Bundle Digital Boom Cards
Context Clues Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and modern mon-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering questions using context clues.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction & Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS and CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learningâ„ ! Play them on SmartBoards, computer
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Task Card Digital Boom Cards ELA Test Prep
Cubism and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Power Point Presentation)
This is an 11 slide power point presentation on Cubism and the way it applies to Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It can be used as a lesson to help students understand the term as well as how it can be seen as a metaphor for the main character. It includes definitions, images, a 15 minute writing assignment as well as a homework task. It's really a complete lesson bundled into one presentation.
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Character Dynamics Anchor Charts | Flat vs. Round | Static vs. Dynamic
These Character Dynamics Anchor Charts and/or note sheets can be used at any point during the school year. Use them to introduce or use it to review Flat and Round Characters & Static and Dynamic Characters. These anchor charts help answer the question what are flat and round characters and what are static and dynamic characters and how are they different. I use them with my AP Lit. students and my English 11 students as we are going into greater depth on characterization near the middle of
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â AP Literature Full Short Story Bundle
Greek Mythology Jeopardy Review
This is a fully functional Flash Jeopardy Review game covering Ancient Greek Mythology. The game includes 25 questions, including major gods and goddesses, greek heroes, Titans, and questions related to the Trojan War as told by Homer.
The game automatically keeps score for up to 10 teams, includes a randomly selected Daily Double question, and allows you to add a tie-breaking Final Round at the end of the game.
The file is a Flash Executable and should play on most any PC.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Text Structures Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and non-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering text structure questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS & CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learningâ„ ! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, an
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle | Test Prep | Digital Boom Cards
Making Predictions Task Cards | Inferencing | Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice making predictions and inferences about a text.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS & CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learningâ„ ! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and more. They are self-checkin
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Task Card Digital Boom Cards ELA Test Prep
March Madness Book Bracket Template (Editable)
Want to promote March Madness and a love of reading in your classroom? This Google Slides presentation may be used to create a bracket-style tournament for your students. The slides include two EDITABLE templates, so you are able to make changes that best suit your needs. The first template slide has a March Madness Book Bracket graphic (view preview), or you can add your own logo or image on the second template slide. Round 1 begins with 32 teams, and the bracket progresses to the Sweet Sixteen
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Literary Terms Jeopardy - PA/Keystone Prep
This is a PowerPoint slideshow that functions as a Jeopardy game. It can be used to teach, review, or refine some of the important terms used on the Pennsylvania State Keystone Exams. There are 25 total questions, which provide the definition and ask students to identify the literature terminology. Click anywhere on the slide for the answer to appear. Categories on the Jeopardy board include the following: Plot Diagram, Elements of Fiction, Word/Sentence Structure, Propaganda Techniques, Dram
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Story Map Organizer (Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution)
Have you ever wanted to your students to map out the events in a story to show their comprehension of it? Well, look no further! This product features a story map (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) which tests students' knowledge of a poem, short story, or novel. With each level, students will be asked a series of questions where they will have to respond on the lines given. Each set of questions will correspond to the level of the story in which they have to thi
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Grades:
4th - 12th
The Giver Jeopardy Review Game for Smartboard
This is a Jeopardy review game for Lois Lowry's novel The Giver. The game is formatted using Smart Notebook and is made to be used with the Smartboard. All of the categories are pre-linked to each question slide, and each question slide is linked back to the questions, making it easy and quick to navigate in class. There is also a red bar that can be taken again and again to cross out the category selected.
This game includes one round of regular jeopardy, one round of double jeopardy, and a
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Text Evidence Task Cards Digital Boom Cards
Looking for a digital tool to help your students practice reading comprehension?Using excerpts from well-known youth novels and non-fiction articles, these digital task cards will engage your students and help them practice answering text evidence questions.The deck includes:- 20 slides- 20 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction)- Each has two multiple-choice questions- Answer Key with TEKS & CCSSThese digital task cards are on Boom Learningâ„ ! Play them on SmartBoards, computers, iPads, and
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Task Card Bundle | Test Prep | Digital Boom Cards
An Introduction to Satire
An Introduction to Satire - 22 slides defining satire, types and characteristics of satire, and examples from television, music, and art. I use this with my AP Language and Composition class at the beginning of my Huckleberry Finn unit.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Number the Stars and World War II Power Point
I created this 21 slide Power Point to enhance my instruction about World War II and this time in history. There are images and text included that will stimulate class discussion and help students gain a deeper understanding of the major concepts.
Concepts Included:
Danish Resistance, King Christian X, Hitler, World Map, Anne Frank, Jewish Victims, American War Timeline, Targeted Groups, Hans Christian Anderson, Nazi Party, Nationalism, German Occupation
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Grades:
5th - 12th
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