Prepping your students for the big standardized test? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with (40) engaging Standardized Test Task Cards that challenge and teach simultaneously. Task cards are an effective instructional tool for test prep and a great alternative to boring worksheets! Task cards address a variety of literary skills, including vocabulary, context clues, main idea, analogies, response to literature, author’s purpose, writing, and research. 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!

Test Tips and Tricks is the ultimate Test Prep PowerPoint (35 Slides) that will put you and your students at ease before taking any type of standardized test. PowerPoint includes guaranteed-to-succeed strategies, tips, and comprehensive test-taking terms review. Test Tips and Tricks uses humor and positive reinforcement to psych your students up for this all-important challenge. With Test Tips and Tricks and your professional expertise, your students will reach proficiency in no time!! For all subject areas!!!

Prepping your students for the big standardized test? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with (40) engaging Standardized Test Task Cards that challenge and teach simultaneously. Task cards are an effective instructional tool for test prep and a great alternative to boring worksheets! Task cards address a variety of literary skills, including vocabulary, context clues, main idea, analogies, response to literature, author’s purpose, writing, and research. 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!

Teaching Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? Kick off this groundbreaking classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 45-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Mark Twain, 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.

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.

Teaching The Twilight Zone play, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?” Introduce this gripping play of suspense and conformity with an engaging, student-friendly 36-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on The Twilight Zone, pre-reading vocabulary, teleplay terms, anticipation questions, themes, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions that will take you through the entire unit.

Teaching “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros? This 47-slide Common Core-aligned PowerPoint includes everything you need: short story text, facts on Sandra Cisneros, character descriptions, literary elements, and discussion questions that enhance analysis of this thematically rich text. Super sub friendly - Keep them learning even when you’re not there!

Combine word work into word fun with the Boggle PowerPoint! Students will be fully engaged with this interactive, fun instructional game that makes you “the cool teacher” while increasing critical thinking skills. Perfect for a bell ringer, brain break, or building community activity. 38-slide product includes rules/directions, easy to score point scale, and ELA/school themes for an extra culturally relevant challenge.

Combine word work into word fun with the ELA Word Game PowerPoint - that includes Boggle, Rebus Puzzles, and Scattergories! Students will be fully engaged with this interactive, fun product that makes you “the cool teacher” while increasing critical thinking and word proficiency. Perfect for a bell ringer, brain break, or building community activity. 65-slide product includes rules/directions for each game and easy to score point scale. Your students will love this!

Students love learning about fears and phobias! Now you can leverage their interest with the Fears and Phobias PowerPoint Lesson (Common Core-aligned). Product includes 36-slide PowerPoint on the etymology of phobias, common (and not-so-common) Greek/Latin phobias, a fun Check for Understanding quiz (answer key included), and an opportunity to create their own phobia word. You and your students will love this lesson. Perfect for Halloween or an upcoming evaluation!

Teaching textual evidence using the A.C.E. strategy? Kick off your this research-based, best practice strategy with the 34-slide PowerPoint lesson. Product includes an easy-to-understand breakdown of A.C.E. (Answer, Cite, Explain), why it is important to include textual evidence when writing, and useful passage examples with answers. Perfect for reinforcing this important tool in any subject!

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!

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.

Kick off Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with a comprehensive, student-friendly 35-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest in this seminal classic. Slides include informative facts on Shakespeare, the Renaissance, the Globe Theater, character descriptions, quotations, theme, and captivating scenes from recent film adaptations. Presentation can last up to the entire unit as it includes engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.

Kick off Shakespeare’s Macbeth with a comprehensive, student-friendly 62-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 similes and metaphors? Amp up the proficiency in your classroom with this comprehensive, instructional 39-slide PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product addresses definitions, examples, and comprehension questions to assess understanding. Perfect for your figurative language or poetry unit. Easy for you - engaging for them!

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 Cask of Amontillado?” Kick off this suspenseful classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 36-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include anticipatory questions, informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, pre-reading vocabulary, themes, character descriptions, and engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.

Teaching Characterization? Turn your students into literary scholars with this comprehensive 34-slide Characterization PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product addresses direct and indirect characterization and the character acronym S.T.E.A.L. (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, and Looks). Includes characterization comprehension questions for a quick assessment. Easy for you - engaging for them!