I, too, love my phone, but let's get down to basics.
My available resources constitute this, that, and the other to get students to inspect text more closely, to think more deeply, and to express that thinking more clearly and thoroughly. Easier said than done. The resources in my store might help.
I, too, love my phone, but let's get down to basics.
My available resources constitute this, that, and the other to get students to inspect text more closely, to think more deeply, and to express that thinking more clearly and thoroughly. Easier said than done. The resources in my store might help.
This product is a cloze note activity for introducing some of the highlights of the Trojan War, as told in Homer’s Iliad. It’s often used as background before exploring Homer’s Odyssey.
This traditional matching quiz assesses students on 25 of the major players in Homer’s Odyssey. The following characters from the Iliad also make an appearance on this quiz: Helen, Paris, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Achilles, mostly because I use them to establish background before reading the Odyssey. An answer key for this character quiz is included. The quiz comes as two files: Microsoft Word and PDF.
This is a movie guide for All the President’s Men. This in-depth guide includes about 50 questions and blanks for viewers to answer and fill in as the movie progresses. Most of the questions are plot based or historical in nature, some require internet research, and a few are geared toward a journalist’s perspective. An answer key is included. This package includes both Microsoft Word and PDF versions of the movie guide.
Bonus material included:
Rap Introduction Battle Activity: This writing a rap assignment for All the President’s Men is a fun way to make connections with some of the key figures in the film or book.
This Julius Ceasar Study Guide includes the following:
A. A 15-word vocabulary list and accompanying activities
B. A PowerPoint presentation with accompanying cloze notes on (1) the historical figure Julius Caesar, (2) the geography, (3) the opening of the play, and (4) William Shakespeare and The Globe Theatre. An answer key for the cloze notes is included
An embedded video used in the PPT can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3VGa6Fp3zI
C. Extensive close notes on the plot of the play, broken down by act and scene. An answer key for the cloze notes is included
D. A quiz for acts 1-3
E. A guided activity for exploring the concept of tragic hero
F. A guided activity for practicing funneled introductory paragraphs, and essay prompts for a culminating assessment.
Bundle Description
This To Kill a Mockingbird bundle includes the following:
• an 80-page writing unit focusing on presenting text evidence to support a claim
• a novel quizzes package that includes 8 quizzes spanning all chapters (w/ answer keys)
• a close read and writing task using Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” that focuses on analyzing writing strategies such as contrast, imagery, and diction. This close read comes with a culminating writing task that parallels the Part 3 of the Common Core English Regents Exam
• a close read of a missionary meeting excerpt from chapter 24
• a brief reading guide for the showdown between Atticus and Heck Tate in chapter 30
• Socratic Seminar prompts
• a partners reminder and organizer for partnered work
