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Higher education short stories teacher tools
Catching Fire Complete Unit: Questions, Activities, Tests, Vocab
Catching Fire Literature Guide Teaching Unit - aligned to the Common Core State Standards
This is an entire literature guide unit for teaching the novel "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins (sequel to The Hunger Games and second book in The Hunger Games trilogy) and is my best selling Catching Fire product.
It includes the following files:
Catching Fire Pre-Reading: Hunger Games Review Lessons-Characters & Setting
Catching Fire Discussion Questions, Projects, Activities
Catching Fire Che
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Special Education Program Starter Kit- Single Teacher License
Setting up a special education classroom can be a challenge. Where do you start? What do you do? What is the most important?This huge 227 page manual was created to help teachers set up their own special education classrooms. This manual can be used by veteran teachers who are looking to revamp their current program or first year teachers looking for guidance where to start. This 227 page manual is broken up into 15 chapters for easy reference.OverviewFloor PlanBulletin BoardsDaily Schedule
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Classroom Starter Kit- Discounted Bundle
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Unit with Hunger Games Comparison
"The Lottery" Short Story Literature GuideThis package of documents features numerous materials for teaching Shirley Jackson's 1948 short story "The Lottery." Includes an introduction activity (using real stones), guided reading questions (for recall/comprehension, analysis, applying, critical thinking), discussion questions, a character chart, extended activities, a 26-question quiz (15 multiple choice, 9 vocabulary matching, 2 short answer essay), and a theme comparison with the novel The Hung
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
The Masque of the Red Death - Poe - ESCAPE ROOM - Engaging Activity
Engage your students and practice literary analysis with this engaging, elaborate ESCAPE ROOM for Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death. This escape room activity can be facilitated virtually, traditionally, or with a blended/hybrid approach. Get ready to creep your students out even more as they attempt to escape the Red Death at Prince Prospero's masquerade!This sequential escape room takes students through 7 "rooms" (like the story) or challenges. The challenges start simple, with reading
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle: Engaging Activities
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Presentation and Activities
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Presentation and Activities: Immerse your students in the haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic masterpiece, The Tell-Tale Heart, with these comprehensive short story materials. This resource equips educators with everything necessary to effectively teach the classic work of gothic fiction and engage students in meaningful learning experiences. Included are the full text of the story, a presentation to guide the lesson, a figurative langu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Sarcasm, Irony, Satire, and Parody English Literary Devices
Sarcasm, Irony, Satire, and Parody English Literary Devices Is That Sarcasm? Enhanced Lesson Plan for Irony, Satire, and Parody, Printables/ Handouts, Students' NotesEnglish language arts students like to laugh while they learn!Introduce English language arts students to the concepts of sarcasm, irony, parody, and satire. This lesson can be used prior to teaching longer, more complex short stories, poems, viewing films, creative writing, novel studies.Includes: ★**ZIP FILE** Is That Sarcasm? Eve
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Edgar Allan Poe- A CSI Activity! Was he MURDERED??
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - One Year Bundle
This is a complete set (12 months) of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum...one lesson for every day of the year (320 pages). If you've enjoyed our monthly bundles, you're going to love this because it's all the months bundled together in one easy download and offered at a 20% discount over buying each monthly individually. This is a single user license however, so if you are planning on adopting this curriculum across your grade level or in your building (for grade l
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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff
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Short Story Unit, Eng. 11/12 Short Stories + Multimedia, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Short Story Unit for Older TeensTired of teaching the same old short stories? Did a teacher in the earlier grades steal your thunder by already teaching some of the short stories you were planning to use in your classroom? This bundle of modern and classic short stories (all with multimedia add-ons) is for you! Designed for high school junior and senior English classes, this unit plan includes a wide variety of lesser-known high-interest short works that will entertain and challenge your uppercl
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Lesson & Unit Plan Templates for Middle or High School
This set includes a Daily Lesson Plan Template and a Unit Plan Template. Both are fully editable with Powerpoint or Google Slides.Daily plan template allows inclusion of standards, objectives, program of studies, daily activities, bellringers, exit slips, modifications and more.Adaptable 15 day unit plan allows for daily activities, core content listing, objectives, essential questions, and so much more. Very useful for new teachers or experienced teachers looking to streamline planning. Plan
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories: This comprehensive middle school and high school short story unit will captivate your students with four highly engaging stories, all with surprising endings. The resource includes eye-catching PowerPoint presentations to introduce short story terms and to guide the lesson for each of the short stories, dynamic discussions, enriching videos, and creative assessments and activities to engage and challenge your stude
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Yellow Wallpaper Mini-Unit - Engaging, Complete Print and Digital Resource
“The Yellow Wallpaper Mini-Unit” is perfect for teaching students to analyze literature in a meaningful way. All of the prep work and thinking have been done for you. This truly is a print-and-go resource. The mini-unit includes 5 lesson plans, an interactive PowerPoint presentation to introduce the story’s historical context, student activities, as well as a detailed answer key. The mini-unit also includes a creative writing piece that allows students to play around with voice and situate thems
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teams and Themes Bundle
Classroom Teams will revolutionize the way you teach! Teams and Themes are two programs I use to create classes I love teaching by creative power incentives to work as teams and develop positive leadership and community character traits. Both are inspired and adapted from systems I experienced and taught while serving with the United States Marine Corps. There, they help forge Marines who win missions in challenging, complex, and dynamic environments. While we as teachers don’t send our kids int
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Science Lab Safety Rules (Powerpoint)
*BEST SELLER!*This PowerPoint covers all of the general science lab safety rules in a fun & interesting format for students as well as includes a few sound effects to keep it exciting. It is written so that it can be used with a variety of ages/levels of students. -Includes a quiz and review questions at the end! -Use all of the included slides or modify and/or shorten for your specific class needs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Text Based Evidence Graph: A Close Reading Behavior & Motivation Tool
My BLOG POST about how to use this graph with your students. And, a follow-up blog post HERE.By now, we all know the Common Core emphasis on TB Q&A with TBE (text based questions and answers with text based evidence), but if you were at all like me, I couldn't get the kids to DO IT, until THIS, My TBE Graph. While I was racking my brain trying to figure how to get kids to speak and show where in the text they were finding the answer, with words and phrases FROM the text...it occurred to me
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K - 6th, Higher Education, Staff
Halloween Reading, Cause and Effect and Inference Skills Using, "Thriller"
Students like to be entertained while they learn! HALLOWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT AND INFERENCE SKILLS USING, "THRILLER." Introduce students to the concepts of cause and effect and inference skills. This lesson can be used prior to teaching longer, more complex short stories, poems, viewing films, creative writing, novel studies.
Includes: PDF File
Presentation for the smart board or projector
Active link to the music video, “Thriller”
Cause and effect handouts (2)
Inference handout
Lyrics handout
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Raven- Edgar Allan Poe- A Mini-Unit!
Raven: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
#TheRaven #EdgarAllanPoe #Poetry #AmericanLiterature
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This lesson is can also be paired with Edgar Allan Poe- A CSI Activity!
In need of extra activities and resources to enhance your Edgar Allan Poe unit? The Raven- A Mini-Unit activity pack will help you guide your students in a better un
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Phonemic Awareness Curriculum: Literature Based - One Year Bundle {Set 2}
This is a complete set (12 months) of original phonological awareness curriculum...one lesson for every day of the year (307 pages). If you've enjoyed our monthly bundles, you're going to love this because it's all the months bundled together in one easy download and offered at a 20% discount over buying each monthly individually. This is a single user license however, so if you are planning on adopting this curriculum across your grade level or in your building (for grade levels and interventi
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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff
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Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Fall of the House of Usher: A Mini-Unit! *Snapchat Activity Included!*
#TheFalloftheHouseofUsher #EdgarAllanPoe #Snapchat #AmericanLiterature
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Need a lesson that lasts in your students' minds for more than 10 seconds? This Edgar Allan Poe mini-unit can help students understand "The Fall of the House of Usher" with a modern twist! This activity pack hits many standards: h
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle: Engaging Activities
Make your Poe unit even more creepy and engaging with this bundle of engaging activities!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" Mock Trial Bundle - Engaging Activity
Engage your students with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" by facilitating a mock trial while practicing close reading, citing strong and thorough textual evidence, analyzing evidence, persuasion/argumentation/debate, writing, and speaking/listening. This is truly an authentic learning experience that covers a wide range of essential skills and gets every student involved! This bundle contains the discussion cards I use to activate students' thinking before the mock trial, as well as the comple
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Minister's Black Veil: A Mini-Unit!
In need of materials that will compliment your unit on The Minister's Black Veil? This *Mini-Unit* can help fulfill many Common Core standards with a variety of activities!
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography! (With check questions!)
Vocabulary Worksheet! (**KEY INCLUDED!**)
Quickwrite Activity- A glance into the past!
Study Questions (**KEY INCLUDED!*)
Connecting the literature graphic organizer! (Example response included!)
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper
In this Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story: The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature. The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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