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Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Task Cards
Teaching persuasion and modes of rhetoric? Make sure your students understand the basics of ethos, pathos, and logos with these (40) engaging task cards. Common Core-aligned product includes (20) Q/A task cards with examples of each mode of rhetoric and (20) writing tasks where students will need to determine the best argumentation strategy. Answer key included.
Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Punctuation Mark PowerPoint
Teaching those pesky punctuation marks? Amp up the proficiency level with the Punctuation Mark PowerPoint. This comprehensive 58-slide product covers all (14) punctuation marks, provides examples, and has multiple checks for understanding, including a formative assessment quiz for a complete lesson!
Punctuation Mark PowerPoint includes:
Period
Question mark
Exclamation point
Comma
Colon
Semicolon
Dash
Brackets
Braces
Parentheses
Apostrophe
Quotation marks
Ellipsis
Hyphen
Elements of Drama PowerPoint
Teaching a play? Kick off an inspirational unit with this student-friendly, engaging 95-slide Elements of Drama PowerPoint. Product introduces students to drama with background information on the Greek theater, dramatic elements/terms, famous plays, and an opportunity to act out the most famous scene in all of theater - Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene, which can be a lesson in itself!
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The Cask of Amontillado Bundle
Teaching Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”? This product is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned week-long unit. “The Cask of Amontillado Short Story Bundle” includes a 37-slide PowerPoint, a 14-page test with full-text and answer key, (40) Edgar Allen Poe Task Cards and a 30-slide PowerPoint on Irony, which will help support craft and structure comprehension.
Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this classic short story of revenge and suspense.
A Christmas Carol PowerPoint
Teaching Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Kick off this time-honored classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 32-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Charles Dickens, Victorian London, themes, and character descriptions. Presentation can last up to the entire unit as it includes engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.
Irony PowerPoint
Teaching the concept of irony? Help your students understand this literary device with the 30-slide PowerPoint: Isn’t It Ironic? Presentation addresses verbal, situational, and dramatic irony with examples and kid-friendly pictures. Students will have an opportunity to show what they have learned as they analyze Shel Silverstein’s ironic poem, “Smart.” A wonderful review for standardized test prep. You and your students will love this!
The Hound of the Baskervilles Test
Teaching Sherlock Holmes’s The Hound of the Baskervilles? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with this Final Exam Test (10 Pages). Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.
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The Raven Bundle
Teaching “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe? The 93-page The Raven Unit Product Bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned unit. Product includes a 40-slide PowerPoint (editable), 40 Edgar Allan Poe Task Cards, and a 13-page close reading exam test with text and answer key!
Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this mysterious, melancholic poem. This bundle is super sub friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there!
Southern Gothic Literature PowerPoint
Teaching Southern Gothic literature? This 31-slide PowerPoint is a perfect introduction to To Kill a Mockingbird, As I Lay Dying, or Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Product includes information on the tropes of Southern Gothic literature, authors, themes, and engaging writing tasks incorporating this genre’s distinctive motifs.
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John Keats Ode PowerPoint Bundle
Teaching John Keats? This comprehensive bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging unit. Product includes three all-inclusive PowerPoint lessons.
Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by these mystical poems. This bundle is super sub friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there!
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe Test Assessment
Teaching Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee”? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with the “Annabel Lee” Close Reading Test (11 Pages). Questions include multiple choice, short answers, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the thematic message. This product is Common Core aligned, all-inclusive, and super sub friendly - keep them learning even when you’re not there! Answer key included.
Close reading is a high yield strategy that ensures maximum literary benefits and proficiency as seen in increased test scores.
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The Tell-Tale Heart Bundle
Teaching Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”? This product bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned week-long unit. Product includes a 30-slide PowerPoint, a 10-page test with answer key, and 40 Edgar Allan Poe Task Cards. Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this classic short story of suspense.
The Raven PowerPoint
“Nevermore” has there been a more engaging PowerPoint for Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Presentation hits Common Core objectives as students engage in building background, vocabulary review, deep thinking comprehension questions, and a culminating activity where students make their own symbol crest. PowerPoint contains built-in differentiation for remedial or ELL classes.* A perfect presentation for an upcoming evaluation as you and your students will perform like literary stars.
*Text in red shows differentiation for lower-level classes.
Transitional Words and Phrases PowerPoint
Teaching transitional words and phrases? Introduce this important fluency skill with the 30-slide Transitional Words and Phrases PowerPoint. Student-friendly product covers additive, adversative, causal, and sequential transitions with examples and writing practice.
Need more Transitional Words and Phrases products? Check out my bundle: Transitional Words and Phrases Bundle. A must have for every English teacher!
House on Mango Street PowerPoint
Kick off The House on Mango Street with this comprehensive, student-friendly 45-slide PowerPoint that piques students’ interest in Esperanza’s coming-of-age story. Slides include background information, discussion questions, and engaging literary analysis tasks. Presentation can last up to the entire unit as it includes engaging Common Core writing activities and quotations from the book. You and your students will love this!
Oranges by Gary Soto PowerPoint
Teaching Gary Soto’s poem, “Oranges”? This 38-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee a stimulating, thought provoking, Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include background information on Gary Soto, anticipation questions, the text, rigorous discussion/essay questions and engaging writing activities. Your students will love this rite-of-passage poem about first love.
*This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!
To Kill a Mockingbird PowerPoint
Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird? Kick off this groundbreaking classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 50-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Harper Lee, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and discussion/essay questions. Presentation can last up to the entire unit as it includes engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.
Fragment and Run On PowerPoint Lesson
Are you students struggling with fragments and run ons? Help them reach sentence proficiency in no time with the comprehensive, instructional 21-slide PowerPoint: “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fragments and Run Ons.” Presentation addresses fragments, run-ons, and how to correct each with examples and kid-friendly pictures. Assess your students with a formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!
Cause and Effect PowerPoint Lesson
Teaching cause and effect? Students will automatically become better readers and writers if they understand cause and effect text structure. This comprehensive, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint will do the trick! Presentation addresses signal words, examples, and cause and effect textual practice as a formative assessment to check for comprehension. This is a perfect resource to use throughout the year or before any standardized reading or writing exam.
Symbols in Literature PowerPoint
Teaching symbols can be challenging but with this comprehensive and engaging 65-slide student-friendly PowerPoint, your students will be literary symbologists in no time. PowerPoint addresses major symbols in literature, including colors, nature, animals, and objects, as well as examples from Harry Potter, The Raven, and Shakespeare. Students will have an opportunity to identify and analyze the symbology in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and make their own symbol crest. You and your students will love this lesson!