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.
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.
Teaching Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady”? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with this 10-page unit test. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the thematic message, which can be included or not based on the level of your students. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.
Teaching the Unreliable Narrator as a plot device? Turn your students into literary scholars with this comprehensive 54-slide Unreliable Narrator PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product addresses types of unreliable narrators, literary tropes, feminism theory of the unreliable narrator, and a direct instruction activity with Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”
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 text features? Ensure your students know the basics of this important literary skill with the 32-slide Text Features PowerPoint. Product includes the purposes of text features, (16) text features with visual examples, the N.E.A.T. Strategy, and a Check For Understanding Quiz. You and your students will love this!
Text Features Addressed in This Product:
Table of Contents
Index
Headings/Subheadings
Captions
Bold Words/Italics
Illustrations
Photographs
Glossary
Labels
Graphs/Table/Chart/Diagram
Maps
Sidebars
Bullet Points
Title
Inset
Footnote
Teaching those pesky punctuation marks? Teach, practice, and assess this important grammatical skill with the Punctuation Mark Bundle that addresses all (14) punctuation marks, including the often forgotten hyphens, dashes, slashes, ellipses, and parentheses!
This 100-page Common Core-aligned Bundle includes three research-based, best practice products that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment:
PowerPoints - 58 slides
Task Cards - 32 Task Cards
Assessment - 30-question test with answer key
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.
Punctuation Marks addressed in this product include:
Period
Question mark
Exclamation point
Comma
Colon
Semicolon
Dash
Brackets
Braces
Parentheses
Apostrophe
Quotation marks
Ellipsis
Hyphen
Help your students infer proficiently on standardized tests with this comprehensive, instructional 32-Slide PowerPoint: Making Inferences. Presentation addresses test strategies, important signal words, sentence stems, and practice questions with answers. Easy for you - engaging for them!
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!
Teaching how to write a summary? Ensure your students know the basics of this important literary skill with the 30-slide How to Write a Summary PowerPoint. Product includes what to include in an objective summary, what NOT to include, summary steps, sentence stems, summary verbs and transitions, summary examples, and several “Your Turn Summary Tasks,” for an easy check for understanding and guided practice.
Teaching the A-B-C’s of essay writing? This comprehensive, student-friendly 46-slide PowerPoint is all you need to yield the results you want. With a focus on the five paragraph essay, product addresses organizational patterns, transitional phrases, signal words, the hook, and proofreading checklist and tips. Includes an essay example, writing prompts, and a graphic organizer to use throughout the entire year. Your students will love this as much as you, as they take on the craft of writing like never before. Perfect for standardized writing prep and an effective foundation for high school, college, and beyond.
Teaching Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart?” Kick off this suspenseful classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and captivating scenes from the film adaptation. Presentation includes engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.
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 Bram Stoker’s Dracula? Elevate this literary horror classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 38-slide Dracula PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest in both the genre and novel. Slides include informative facts on Stoker, anticipatory questions, themes, symbols, and analytical discussion questions/answers. Product is Common Core-aligned and editable.
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 Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”? This 31-slide PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee an engaging, rigorous Common Core-aligned unit. Slides include background information on O’Connor, Southern gothic conventions, symbols, irony, discussion questions, and an engaging writing activity. Perfect for American or AP Literature.
Kick off Shakespeare’s Hamlet with a comprehensive, student-friendly 58-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest in this classic tragedy. Common-Core aligned product includes informative facts on Shakespeare, the Globe Theater, character descriptions, quotations, symbols, theme, and deep-thinking essay questions. Presentation will last the entire unit.
Teaching how to write a thesis to students? It can be daunting - but with the How to Write a Thesis Statement PowerPoint, you have everything you need for an exemplary lesson! Common Core-aligned Product includes 34 slides on what makes a strong thesis statement, steps for writing a thesis statement, tips and tricks, multiple CFU’s (Checks for Understanding), and a Bridge to Practice Formative Assessment. Your students will be ready to get their research on in no time!
Expressly designed for 6-12th graders, Create a Bookmark that can be used as a chapter check or a culminating reading activity, perhaps in lieu of the ordinary book report. Create a Bookmark that reinforces literacy and common core language arts standards, while allowing for individual expression. It is a student/teacher-friendly, hands-on classroom resource that includes the following elements:
• Title
• Author
• Theme of book
• Character quotation
• Scene from the book
• Summary of the book
What is the difference between analyzing and defining? Comparing and contrasting? In this kid-friendly PowerPoint, your students will become test-taking pros as they learn to differentiate common academic terms that they will need to know in high school, college, and beyond. A gem of a lesson if there ever was one!!!