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Ode to Melancholy PowerPoint
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Ode to Melancholy PowerPoint

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Teaching John Keats’s “Ode on Melancholy”? This 35-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee an engaging, rigorous Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include background information on Keats and Romanticism, vocabulary review, the text, analysis on craft and structure, rigorous discussion/essay questions and engaging writing activities. Your students will love this classic ode that has captivated audiences for generations. Perfect for British or AP Literature. *This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!
Ode to a Grecian Urn PowerPoint
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Ode to a Grecian Urn PowerPoint

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eaching John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? This 44-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee an engaging, rigorous Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include background information on Keats and Romanticism, vocabulary review, the text, analysis on craft and structure, rigorous discussion/essay questions and engaging writing activities. Your students will love this classic ode that has captivated audiences for generations. Perfect for British or AP Literature. *This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!
Edgar Allan Poe Task Cards
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Edgar Allan Poe Task Cards

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Teaching Edgar Allan Poe? Add rigor and fun to your unit with these (40) engaging Edgar Allan Poe Task Cards that can be used for any Poe short story or poem. Product will reinforce Poe’s themes of gothicism, suspense, and mystery as well as literary concepts such as mood, tone, symbol, red herring, flashback, foreshadowing, and unreliable narrator. You and your students will love this hands-on, student-centered activity! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Annabel Lee Bundle
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Annabel Lee Bundle

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Teaching “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe? This 68-page product bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned unit. Product includes a 46-slide PowerPoint, 40 Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Task Cards, and a 11-page close reading exam test with 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 mystical poem. This bundle is super sub friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there!
Main Idea Bundle
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Main Idea Bundle

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Teaching the main idea? Teach, practice, and assess this important literacy skill with the Main Idea PTA Skills Bundle! The PTA Skills Bundle includes three research-based, best practice products that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment: PowerPoints - 32 slides Task Cards - 40 Task Cards Assessment - 30-question test with answer key About PTA Skills Bundles: The Guaranteed-To-Succeed PTA Skills Bundles includes three research-based, best practice products (PowerPoint, Task Cards, and Assessment) that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment – the three most important components of your lesson. PTA Bundles are an all-inclusive easy way to teach skills and concepts while reaching 100% student engagement and proficiency in no time. Here’s how it works: You TEACH the skill with an easy-to-understand, comprehensive instructional PowerPoint. Students PRACTICE the skill as they review the content with high yield Task Cards that generate active engagement. You ASSESS the skill with a Common Core-aligned assessment that will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic. Need more products for all your literacy lessons? Check out the PTA ELA Skills Jumbo Bundle - Volume 1 and PTA ELA Skills Jumbo Bundle - Volume 2 for an entire year of resources! 10 Benefits of the PTA Skills Bundle: ➢PTA Bundles are instructional time-friendly! ➢PTA Bundles are perfect for standout evaluations. You’ll shine as your evaluator commends your use of materials, creativity, content, and assessment. ➢PTA Bundles are minimal prep work…it’s all there! ➢PTA Bundles include Common Core-aligned assessments will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA skill. ➢PTA Bundles are time savers…they last for years! ➢PTA Bundles include research-based high yield strategies that keep students actively engaged. ➢PTA Bundles are super sub friendly…Keep them learning even when you’re not there! ➢PTA Bundles have built in standardized test prep, so no need to stress come spring! ➢PTA Bundles make collaboration easy. Share the wealth of your knowledge and resources with your colleagues the easy way. ➢PTA Bundles are Easy for you – Engaging for them!! Add PTA Skills Bundles to your teaching library today!
The Tell Tale Heart Exam Test
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The Tell Tale Heart Exam Test

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Teaching Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with “The Tell-Tale Heart” Final Exam (10 Pages). Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the author’s style of suspense, which can be included or not based on the level of your students. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.
Main Idea PowerPoint
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Main Idea PowerPoint

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Teaching how to identify the main or central idea of a text? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students this comprehensive, instructional 32-slide PowerPoint: “Finding the Main Idea.” Presentation addresses direct versus implied main ideas and how to identify each, with a focus on expository, nonfiction text. Assess your students with a formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!
Main Idea Task Cards
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Main Idea Task Cards

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Identifying the main or central idea is a literary skill often addressed on standardized tests. Make sure your students are prepared with these (40) engaging Main Idea Task Cards that focus on nonfiction, expository text. Task Cards can be analyzed in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. Answer key included. A fun, effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Main Idea Test Assessment
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Main Idea Test Assessment

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Teaching main or central idea? Hold your students accountable with the Main Idea Test (13 pages/30 questions). This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA skill. Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Answer key included. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there!
The Hound of the Baskervilles Bundle
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The Hound of the Baskervilles Bundle

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Teaching Sherlock Holmes’s The Hound of the Baskervilles? This 85-page product bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned unit. Product includes a 63-slide PowerPoint, 40 Novel Analysis Task Cards, and a 10-page exam test with 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 classic detective novel.
Drama Task Cards
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Drama Task Cards

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Teaching a play? Add rigor and fun to your unit with these (40) engaging Common Core-aligned Drama Analysis Task Cards. Task cards can be used with any dramatic text and will reinforce literary concepts such as monologue, stage directions, characterization, and theme. You and your students will love this interactive activity! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Task Card Bundle
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Task Card Bundle

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All English teachers teach poetry, plays, and of course the novel. This Common Core-aligned Literature Analysis Jumbo Task Card Bundle is all you need to add fun and rigor to your classroom. Product includes (40) Poetry Analysis Task Cards, (40) Drama Analysis Task Cards, and (40) Novel Study Task Cards. Task cards can be used with any poem, play, or novel and will reinforce literary concepts such as theme, conflict, setting, monologue, stanza, symbol, etc. You and your students will love this as they become literary scholars in no time! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Novel Task Cards
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Novel Task Cards

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Teaching a novel? Add rigor and fun to your unit with these (40) engaging Common Core-aligned Novel Study Task Cards. Task cards can be used with any novel and will reinforce literary concepts such as theme, conflict, setting, point of view, etc. Students will also have the opportunity to get creative as they answer questions such as, “What would the protagonist text, Tweet, or post on Facebook?” Novel Study Task Cards can be used for D.E.A.R., literary centers, small groups, or whole group instruction. You and your students will love this! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Poetry Task Cards
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Poetry Task Cards

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Teaching poetry? Add rigor and fun to your unit with these (40) engaging Common Core-aligned Poetry Analysis Task Cards. Task cards can be used with any poem and will reinforce concepts such as address, stanza, theme, figurative language, and symbols, etc. You and your students will love this hands-on, student-centered activity! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Shakespeare Sonnet 130 Test
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Shakespeare Sonnet 130 Test

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Teaching Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with the Sonnet 130 Close Reading Test (10 Pages/Text Included). 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.
Shakespeare Task Cards
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Shakespeare Task Cards

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Teaching the Bard’s plays or sonnets? Add rigor and fun to your unit with a set of Shakespeare Task Cards. Product includes (40) highly engaging task cards that will support inquiry into Shakespeare’s life, sonnets, plays, Elizabethan era, and the Globe Theater - including a “Challenge Card” where students write their own sonnet in Iambic Pentameter! You and your students will love this hands-on, student-centered activity! 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!
Transitional Words and Phrases Bundle
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Transitional Words and Phrases Bundle

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Teaching transitional words and phrases? Watch your students’ writing proficiency and fluency improve with the Transitional Words and Phrases Bundle. Product includes 30-slide PowerPoint, 32 Task Cards, and 30-question assessment that covers additive, adversative, causal, and sequential transitions. Answer key included.
Transitional Words and Phrases Task Cards
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Transitional Words and Phrases Task Cards

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Teaching transitional words and phrases? Amp up the fun and proficiency level in your classroom with this comprehensive set of Transitional Words and Phrases Task Cards. These (32) Common Core-aligned task cards cover additive, adversative, causal, and sequential transitions. Task Cards can be analyzed in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. Answer key included. A fun, effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Transitional Words and Phrases Test
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Transitional Words and Phrases Test

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Teaching transitional words and phrases? Hold your students accountable with the Transitional Words and Phrases Test (9 Pages) that addresses additive, adversative, causal, and sequential transitions. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA skill. Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there!
Shakespeare PowerPoint
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Shakespeare PowerPoint

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Teaching the Bard? Kick off a compelling introduction to any of Shakespeare’s plays or sonnets with this comprehensive, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint, “Much Ado About Shakespeare.” Presentation is interactive and informative as students will learn key facts on Shakespeare’s life, the Globe Theater, plays, and sonnets, and language. Student activities include analyzing a sonnet and creating “Shakespearean insults” - always a class favorite! You will love this product and so will your students! Fun, engaging, and informative.