Teaching Emily Dickinson’s “Hope Is a Thing With Feathers”? Amp the rigor and literary analysis with the comprehensive “Hope Is a Thing With Feathers” PowerPoint Lesson. Product includes 24 slides addressing background information on Dickinson, symbols, theme, literary analysis, complete text, text dependent-questions/answers, and writing challenge.
Perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!
Teaching Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”? Amp the rigor and literary analysis with the comprehensive “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” PowerPoint Lesson. Product includes 23 slides addressing background information on Dickinson, vocabulary, symbols, theme, literary analysis, complete text, text dependent-questions/answers, and writing challenge.
Perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!
Teaching Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”? This 30-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee a stimulating, thought provoking, Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include background information on Frost, anticipation questions, the text, rigorous discussion questions, and engaging writing activities. Your students will be making real life connections to this classic poem as they practice their literary analysis skills. Easy for you - engaging for them!
*This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!
Teaching O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi?” Introduce the story with this engaging, student-friendly 34-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on O. Henry, themes, anticipatory questions, vocabulary, character descriptions, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions.
Teaching poetry or haikus? Amp the rigor and writing capacity of your students with the All About Haikus Poetry Powerpoint. Product includes 32 slides including the poetic haiku formula, Matsuo Basho biographical notes and his poems, step-by-step directions on how to write a haiku, and twelve haiku writing challenges your students will love as well as editing tips.
Perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!
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.
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? 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!
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!
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!