Looking for an engaging, no-prep way to help students track character analysis in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Digital mini flip books to the rescue. These graphic organizers will help students identify character traits and analyze character development. This resource includes three mini flip books: ✸Main characters - Hermia, Lysander, Helena, Demetrius, Titania, Oberon, and Puck ✸ The Players - Bottom, Quince, Snout, Snug, Flute, and Starveling ✸ Minor Characters - Fairies, Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus Each character contains his or her own tab. Students provide evidence of ↪ Background. - What is known about the character (age, relationship to other characters, social status, etc.) ↪ Quote Analysis - Choose one quote that best summarizes the character and analyze for the quote’s impact on the text. ↪ Theme - Examine and explain how the character’s actions help develop the theme. ↪ Characterization - Provide examples of direct and indirect characterization ↪ Static, Dynamic, Round, Flat - Determine which two best describe the character and provide an explanation Includes three versions for each mini flip book: Digital version compatible with Google Slides™ - simply type into the colored text boxes print version fillable PDF version for digital use - clickable tabs and colored text boxes Digital version: Make a copy and add to your Google Drive.™ From there, you can upload the flip books to Classroom, Schoology, or the LMS of your choice. Print version: Easy to assemble. Cut along the dotted lines and then staple pages together along the left margin. Mini flip books are the perfect size to include in interactive notebooks as well - simply attach the back page of the foldable to the corresponding INB page. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of my favorite Shakespeare comedies to teach. The love triangle (square?), unrequited love, parental pressure, jealousy, and more are all topics that resonate with high school students.

Looking for an engaging way to help students analyze characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Mini flip books to the rescue! These A Midsummer Night’s Dream Character Analysis Mini Flip Books will help students not only keep track of all characters, but also provide examples of characterization, theme, and more. A play of unrequited love and mischief, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long been a staple in ELA classrooms. Created with the reluctant learner in mind, these mini flip books provide quick and easy practice in analyzing key characters. What’s included in the A Midsummer Night’s Dream Character Analysis Mini Flip Books: Three mini flip books: Main characters, minor characters, and the Players Main characters: ▶ Hermia ▶ Lysander ▶ Helena ▶ Demetrius ▶ Titania ▶ Oberon ▶ Puck Minor characters: ▶ Fairies ▶ Theseus ▶ Hippolyta ▶ Egeus The Players: ▶ Bottom ▶ Quince ▶ Snout ▶ Snug ▶ Flute ▶ Starveling Each A Midsummer Night’s Dream Character Analysis Mini Flip Book includes: Background: What is known about the character Quote Analysis: Choose one quote that best exemplifies the character and analyze for its impact on the text Theme: Explain how the character’s actions help develop the theme Characterization: Provide examples of direct and indirect characterization Characterization: Determine if each character is static, dynamic, round, or flat and explain Easy to assemble. Cut along the dotted lines and then staple pages together along the left margin. Mini flip books are the perfect size for interactive notebooks.

Looking for an engaging way to introduce the Colonialism Literary Period to your students? This American Literary Periods: Colonialism introduction presentation and visual notes resource is a great addition to any American Literature course. Research shows that students retain more information when visuals are combined with words. The more students make connections between graphics and written notes, the stronger their ability to apply information becomes. This resource was created to provide background knowledge that will be useful as students tackle what is typically the first unit in American Literature curriculum - Puritan writings. Visual notes as well as Cornell notes are included to away any prep work and allow students to focus on the material at hand. Included in this resource: PowerPoint presentation with a timeline of important events as well as additional information about Puritan writings, The Salem Witch Trials, and more. 3 versions of student handouts: * Version A: completed notes for students who struggle with note-taking * Version B: partially completed notes for students who need some scaffolding * Version C: blank notes for students who don’t require scaffolding Cornell notes version interactive ThingLink version - perfect for individual exploration of the topic provides the same information as the PowerPoint, with additional links to external websites and texts Note: Make sure that ThingLink.com is not blocked by your school district if you intend to use the interactive version. Need a Google Slides compatible version? Simply upload the PowerPoint to Google Slides. Terms of Use: This product is for individual single classroom use only. Copying, altering, redistributing, editing, or re-selling anything from this product is strictly forbidden. Use in multiple classrooms requires the purchase of additional licenses.

Looking for an engaging way to introduce Post-Modernism to your students? This American Literary Periods: Contemporary, Post-Modernism Introduction presentation and visual notes resource is a great addition to any American Literature course. Research shows that students retain more information when visuals are combined with words. The more students make connections between graphics and written notes, the stronger their ability to apply information becomes. This resource was created to provide background knowledge that will be useful as students tackle a staple unit in any American Literature curriculum - Post-Modernism. Visual notes, as well as Cornell notes, are included to take away any prep work and allow students to focus on the material at hand. What’s included in the Contemporary, Post-Modernism American Literature Introduction, Visual Notes: PowerPoint presentation with a timeline of important events and literary works as well as additional information about origins and characteristics, McCarthyism/“The Red Scare”, theKorean War, key political moments, and national emergencies. Google Slides version of the presentation PDF version of the presentation - ideal for distributing to absent students 3 versions of student handouts: ➡Version A: completed notes for students who struggle with note-taking ➡ Version B: partially completed notes for students who need some scaffolding ➡ Version C: blank notes for students who don’t require scaffolding Cornell notes version Interactive ThingLink version - perfect for individual exploration of the topic ➡provides the same information as the PowerPoint, with additional links to external websites and texts Note: Make sure that ThingLink.com is not blocked by your school district if you intend to use the interactive version.

Looking for an engaging way to help students track character analysis in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet? Mini flip books to the rescue. These graphic organizers will help students identify character traits and analyze character development. This resource includes two mini flip books: ✸Main characters - Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, Friar, Nurse ✸ Minor Characters - Benvolio, Montague, Lady Montague, Capulet, Lady Capulet, Prince Each character contains his or her own tab. Students provide evidence of ↪ Background. - What is known about the character (age, relationship to other characters, social status, etc.) ↪ Quote Analysis - Choose one quote that best summarizes the character and analyze for the quote’s impact on the text. ↪ Theme - Examine and explain how the character’s actions help develop the theme. ↪ Characterization - Provide examples of direct and indirect characterization ↪ Static, Dynamic, Round, Flat - Determine which two best describe the character and provide an explanation Includes three versions for each mini flip book: Digital version compatible with Google Slides™ - simply type into the colored text boxes print version fillable PDF version for digital use - clickable tabs and colored text boxes Digital version: Make a copy and add to your Google Drive.™ From there, you can upload the flip books to Classroom, Schoology, or the LMS of your choice. Print version: Easy to assemble. Cut along the dotted lines and then staple pages together along the left margin. Mini flip books are the perfect size to include in interactive notebooks as well - simply attach the back page of the foldable to the corresponding INB page. Romeo and Juliet is a staple in many ELA curriculums. Forbidden love. Parental pressure. Irrational decisions. All topics high school students identify with.

Looking for an engaging way to introduce Modernism to your students? This American Literature Movements: Modernism Introduction presentation and visual notes resource is a great addition to any American Literature course. Research shows that students retain more information when visuals are combined with words. The more students make connections between graphics and written notes, the stronger their ability to apply information becomes. This resource was created to provide background knowledge that will be useful as students tackle a staple unit in any American Literature curriculum - Modernism. Visual notes, as well as Cornell notes, are included to take away any prep work and allow students to focus on the material at hand. What’s included in the Modernism American Literature Movements Introduction, Visual Notes: PowerPoint presentation with a timeline of important events and literary works as well as additional information about Imagism, the Harlem Renaissance, Prohibition, The Roaring 20s, and The Lost Generation Google Slides version of the presentation PDF version of the presentation - ideal for distributing to absent students 3 versions of student handouts: ➡Version A: completed notes for students who struggle with note-taking ➡ Version B: partially completed notes for students who need some scaffolding ➡ Version C: blank notes for students who don’t require scaffolding Cornell notes version Interactive ThingLink version - perfect for individual exploration of the topic ➡provides the same information as the PowerPoint, with additional links to external websites and texts Note: Make sure that ThingLink.com is not blocked by your school district if you intend to use the interactive version.

Teaching Shakespeare’s tragic story of betrayal and manipulation but short on time? Students struggling to grasp the complex language? Shakespeare Simplified - Othello Close Reading, Summaries to the rescue! Designed for the abridged Othello unit and/or students with learning disabilities or for whom English is not their first language, these summaries and close readings will allow you to tackle key interactions and plot points quickly and efficiently. Shakespeare’s Othello has been a staple in English classes for years. Lies. Deceit. False accusations. Romance. Murder. This play has it all. What’s included in Othello Close Reading, Summaries: Character map: keep the character relationships straight with this visual. Includes clip art of each character and arrows showing all connections Scene summaries: summaries of each scene provide students with the necessary background for key scene annotations as well as fill in gaps in the action between close reading scenes Close readings (one per act): includes side-by-side original and modern English translations of key lines from one scene in each act Scenes included: 1. Act 1: scene 3, lines 48-73, 171-199 2. Act 2: scene 1, lines 100-166; 214-280 3. Act 3: scene 3, lines 90-170; 193-212 4. Act 4: scene 1, lines 1-48; 64-99; 170-211 5. Act 5: scene 2, lines 1-84; 195-251 fillable PDF: can be uploaded to LMS of choice for online completion suggested answer key

Looking for an engaging way to introduce Realism and Naturalism to your students? This American Literary Periods: Realism, Naturalism Introduction presentation and visual notes resource is a great addition to any American Literature course. Research shows that students retain more information when visuals are combined with words. The more students make connections between graphics and written notes, the stronger their ability to apply information becomes. This resource was created to provide background knowledge that will be useful as students tackle a staple unit in any American Literature curriculum - Realism and Naturalism. Visual notes, as well as Cornell notes, are included to take away any prep work and allow students to focus on the material at hand. Included in this resource: PowerPoint presentation with a timeline of important events and literary works as well as additional information about Realism, Regionalism, Naturalism, and Civil Rights Milestones. Google Slides version of the presentation PDF version of the presentation - ideal for distributing to absent students 3 versions of student handouts: ➡Version A: completed notes for students who struggle with note-taking ➡ Version B: partially completed notes for students who need some scaffolding ➡ Version C: blank notes for students who don’t require scaffolding Cornell notes version Interactive ThingLink version - perfect for individual exploration of the topic ➡provides the same information as the PowerPoint, with additional links to external websites and texts Note: Make sure that ThingLink.com is not blocked by your school district if you intend to use the interactive version.

Teaching rhetorical devices? Looking for an engaging way for students to complete a rhetorical analysis of a given speech? Then the Rhetorical Analysis Mini Flip Book is for you! This low-prep resource is a perfect addition to your rhetorical analysis unit. Simply print, cut, and staple - great for interactive notebooks! The best thing about this flip book is that it can be used for any speech. What’s included in the Rhetorical Analysis Mini Flip Book: 5 tab mini flip book Printable version Fillable PDF version - ideal for online completion. Simply upload it to your LMS. Tabs include: Glossary - includes 6 most commonly used rhetorical devices Rhetorical Devices Chart - provide examples of devices and analyze their effect on the text Rhetorical Pyramid - Provide examples of ethos, pathos, and logos Rhetorical Precis - Includes formula SOAPSTone chart Rhetorical Devices included: Allusion Anaphora Antithesis Appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) Parallelism Rhetorical question

Teaching Fitzgerald’s greatest work, The Great Gatsby? Knowledge of Fitzgerald and the 1920s is vital to students’ comprehension of this famous novel. In this activity, students will use six different sources to gain background information on Fitzgerald, the Roaring 20s, Prohibition, the Lost Generation, and the American Dream. Students can either click on the embedded link or use the QR Code reader on their device to open the source. Want students up and moving about? Paste the QR codes around the room for a gallery-walk type completion. The file includes two copies of the PDF: a printable version and a fillable version that can be uploaded to LMS of your choice, allowing students to complete the webquest and submit it electronically, making this activity ideal for distance learning.

Looking for a fun, engaging way to review George Orwell’s famous novel Animal Farm? Your students will love this escape room. Students play as one of the farm animals, living through the Rebellion and Napoleon’s reign. Students can work at their desks to solve all puzzles or can rotate around the room. Great for a little friendly competition between groups. Included: Four core tasks: plot, characters, close reading, and an encrypted message, all with instructions and clues Station cards Student answer sheet Answer key Teacher instructions

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been a staple in English classes for years. This classic tale of forbidden love resonates with teens over 400 years after its publication. Looking for a different way to gauge students’ comprehension? These task cards are ideal. Use for bell ringers, stations, or exit tickets. Included: ✪ 56 Task Cards covering the Prologue and all five acts ✪ Student Response Sheets - fillable PDF that can be uploaded to Google Classroom™, Schoology™, or the LMS of your choice, or sent to students to complete remotely ✪ A suggested answer key for response sheet

Scott Fitzgerald’s classic work The Great Gatsby is considered to be one of the great American novels - the embodiment of the Lost Generation and the American Dream. Looking for a fun and engaging way to review this classic novel? Then this escape room is for you :) Students will access the digital escape room through a Google Site. There’s no need to create copies of anything - everything is embedded in the presentation. There’s also a printable student response sheet that can be used to record answers to the locks. Tasks include: ✺ Plot - determine the order of the eight plot points ✺ Characters - match the character to his or her description ✺ Budget - convert the Fitzgerald’s 1923 monthly budget to today’s money ✺ Setting - discover the real-life locations that served as inspiration for East and West Eggs ✺ Quotes - solve the cryptogram to decipher three quotes

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been a staple in English classes for years. This classic tale of forbidden love resonates with teens over 400 years after its publication. While full of beautifully written lines and witty puns, Romeo and Juliet can be difficult to understand, especially for students with learning disabilities or for whom English is not their first language, making teaching it difficult. Shakespeare Simplified to the rescue! This resource is ideal for struggling students, or for units with time constraints. Included: ✪ Character Map: to keep characters’ relationships to one another straight ✪ Prologue translation and annotations exercise ✪ Each act includes: ⇝ scene summaries ⇝ side-by-side original and modern translation of a selected scene ⇝ annotations, focuses, and questions ✪ Fillable PDF - can be uploaded to Google Classroom™, Schoology™, or the LMS of your choice, or sent to students to complete remotely. **** Note: students may need to either (a) download the PDF and fill it out then reattach it or (b) use an extension such as Kami to “write” on the PDF. ****

Looking for a fun, engaging way to review George Orwell’s famous novel Animal Farm? Your students will love this escape room. Students play as one of the farm animals, living through the Rebellion and Napoleon’s reign. Students can work at their desks to solve all puzzles or can rotate around the room. Great for a little friendly competition between groups. Included: Four core tasks: plot, characters, close reading, and an encrypted message, all with instructions and clues Station cards Student answer sheet Answer key Teacher instructions

Field trips are a fantastic way to expose students to new places and experiences. A trip to England not feasible? Virtual field trip to the rescue. This resource includes eleven interactive Google Slides™. On this trip, students will visit: ✈Stop #1: Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s birthplace) ↪ explore some of the museum collection ↪ watch an embedded YouTube video on Shakespeare’s life ↪ create a timeline of some of his most famous works ↪ discover phrases we owe to Shakespeare and convert their own phrases to “Shakespearean” ✈Stop #2: Anne Hathaway’s cottage: Learn a little bit more about his wife and explore some of the museum’s collection ✈Stop #3: The Globe Theatre ↪ learn more about Shakespeare’s life and the Globe Theatre ↪ take a virtual 360° tour of the Globe to learn more facts and watch short clips Also included is an answer key. This resource is completely digital. You will receive a Google Drive™ folder with the Google Slides™ presentation along with instructions.

Looking for a fun, engaging way to review Richard Connell’s classic short story “The Most Dangerous Game”? Your students will love this escape room. Students play at Sanger Rainsford, rushing to solve a set of puzzles to help them escape General Zaroff and his Ship Trap Island. Students can work at their desks to solve all puzzles or can rotate around the room. Great for a little friendly competition between groups. Included: Five core tasks: plot, characters, figurative language, cryptogram, and close reading with instructions and clues Station cards Student answer sheet Answer key Teacher instructions

Teaching Eugenia Collier’s “Marigolds”? This resource can be used as a stand-alone or part of a short stories unit. This Google Slides resource includes seven slides: ✲ reading comprehension questions, including mood and tone, setting, and more (2 slides) ✲ character study - Lizabeth ✲ figurative language ✲ symbolism ✲ conflict ✲ theme Simply create a copy and upload into Google Classroom or the LMS of your choice. Students type their answers directly into the slide. A link to a PDF of the text is also included. The digital nature makes this an ideal lesson for distance learning.

Knowledge and understanding of literary devices is vital for any high school student. Tired of the same old drill? Looking for a way to change things up? These visual notes will help do just that. Students can color and/or add additional doodles while taking notes, thereby activating both sides of their brains, leading to better retention. There are three versions of the student handouts: ✧ Version A: This version is best suited for students who struggle with note-taking. Most of the information is provided, allowing the student to focus on only writing down a few points. ✧ Version B: This version is best suited for students who may need some scaffolding but are able to take longer and more detailed notes than students who use Version A. Students will complete definitions and additional notes, as well as some examples. ✧ Version C: This version is best suited for students who require no scaffolding when taking notes. With this version, students will complete definitions and additional notes as well as most examples. Also included is a PowerPoint presentation that can be used to review the literary devices with your students. This presentation includes all information needed for completing the visual notes, with the exception of the “More Examples” spots; these spots are left open to allow teachers to interject specific examples from texts that either have been or will be read during the term or from other sources relevant to their students’ lives (favorite songs, tv shows, movies, etc.).

This bundle contains resources for five of the most commonly taught short stories for ninth grade. Includes: ✰ “Marigolds” Close Reading - focusing on reading comprehension, figurative language, symbolism, conflict, characterization, and theme ✰ “The Lady or the Tiger?” Lesson Plan - focusing on vocabulary, reading comprehension, and theme ✰ “The Black Cat” Lesson Plan - introduction Prezi, vocabulary, reading comprehension, suspense, narrator reliability, conflict close reading, and writing extension ✰ “The Most Dangerous Game” Lesson Plan - focus on vocabulary, literary terms, reading comprehension, characterization, conflict, and figurative language ✰ “The Most Dangerous Game” Escape Room - review for the short story ✰ “The Scarlet Ibis” Lesson Plan - focus on vocabulary, characterization, conflict, plot, figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and quote analysis ✰ “The Veldt” Ray Bradbury Short Story Lesson Plan - focus on literary devices, characterization, plot, quote analysis, diction, and arguing a point