Tweens and teens love chills and thrills! Kick off “The Monkey’s Paw” with this engaging, student-friendly 32-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on W.W. Jacobs, pre-reading vocabulary, the horror genre, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions.

Teaching Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”? Introduce Shirley Jackson’s classic story of conformity with this engaging, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on Shirley Jackson, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions.

You will set a positive tone while establishing your classroom procedures with this student-friendly 25-slide presentation on rules and expectations. Slides cover all the middle and high school hot-button topics, such as bathroom, food/gum, bullying, cell phone, etc., along with Bonus Classroom Memes for a little added humor. PowerPoint template can be used for any subject or grade. Simply “fill in the blanks” with your own particulars. A must-needed gem for every secondary teacher!!

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.

Tickle your students’ funny bones as you teach the universal concept of puns with this engaging, interactive 50-slide PowerPoint. Presentation introduces the concept of wordplay and has tons of humorous examples with kid-friendly pictures. Students will analyze the puns as they discuss or write out their double meaning. Your students will love this!! Puns are everywhere in our society. Great for English Language Learners, too.

The ELA Word Search Jumbo Packet is a “must have” for every English teacher! Product includes (30) word searches that can be used as a vocabulary/definition review to enhance your lessons or a rigorous lesson in itself. Word search topics include: Academic Words Elements of Drama Edgar Allan Poe Eponyms Famous Authors Famous Literary Characters Famous Poets Fictional Places Figures of Speech Gothic Literature Greek Myths Greek Root Words Latin Root Words Literary Genres Literary Themes Poetry Research and References William Shakespeare Spelling Demons Interjections Test Taking Terms The Queen’s English Transitional Words Perfect for Distance Learning definition review, fun activities before or after standardized testing, or when you have a substitute. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there. Answer key included.

Teaching T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”? This 40-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee an engaging, rigorous Common Core-aligned lesson on this complex text. Slides include background information on T.S. Eliot, characteristics of Modernism, a stanza-by-stanza analysis, and rigorous discussion/essay questions. Perfect for AP Literature.

Tweens and teens love chills and thrills! Kick off Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter” with this engaging, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on Roald Dahl, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions.

Do you want to integrate Drop Everything and Read into your classroom routine but not sure how to go about it? Now with the 52-slide Drop Everything and Read PowerPoint, you have your roadmap! Product includes Tips and Tricks, Benefits, How to Create a Classroom Library and Book Nook, and ready-to-go D.E.A.R. Discussion Questions/Activities. This Common Core-aligned product is a must-have for any English teacher! Did you know implementing D.E.A.R. on a regular basis will… Help develop lifelong readers by giving students voice and choice in what they read Increase reading comprehension Build vocabulary Build background knowledge Improve writing skills Foster classroom community

Teaching John Keats’s “Ode to a Nightingale”? This 40-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!

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!

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!

Every brain needs a Brain Break! Now you can have a bank of Movement and Silent Brain Breaks at your finger tips with the 55-Slide Brain Break Bank PowerPoint - including a Dance Party, Would You Rather, Human Knot, Snowball Fight, and Invisible Ball Toss. Perfect for grades 5-12. Best practice research shows giving students Brain Breaks can: Increase creativity Improve mood and motivation Restore energy and support learning Reduce boredom, stress, anxiety Help kids focus and be more productive

Teaching Homer’s The Odyssey need not be an “epic” challenge with this comprehensive, student-friendly 72-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes informative facts on Homer, epic conventions, themes, symbols, scenes from film adaptations, character descriptions, and rigorous Common Core aligned essay questions that will take you through the entire unit. You and your students will love this!

Teaching Antigone, Oedipus, or Medea? Kick off your Ancient Greek Theater unit with this comprehensive 32-slide PowerPoint. Product addresses important information and concepts such as the Greek playwrights, Chorus, masks and costumes, Aristotle’s Poetics, dramatic terms (hubris, catharsis, hamartia) and Fun Ancient Greek Theater Facts to hook your students.

Teaching Antigone? Introduce this archetypal Greek tragedy with a comprehensive, engaging 38-slide PowerPoint. Product includes informative facts on Sophocles, Ancient Greek theater, the dramatic structure, characters, setting, themes, and Common Core aligned text-dependent discussion questions. You and your students will love this!

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!

Kick off your literature class with The Seven Basic Plots PowerPoint (40 Slides) based on Christopher Booker’s renowned book used in college classrooms across the country. Product addresses each plot archetype with the meta-plot, examples from literature, and summary. Plot archetypes include the following: 1 - Overcoming the Monster 2 - Rags to Riches 3 - The Quest 4 - Voyage and Return 5 - Comedy 6 - Tragedy 7 - Rebirth Your students will be discussing and writing about literature like college professors in no time! Perfect for an introduction to AP English or American/English literature, this is the reference no serious English teacher should be without!