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This comprehensive study unit for The Lottery by Shirley Jackson comes complete with a student booklet and teacher’s plan. It covers comprehension questions, setting analysis, author details, figurative language, annotation activities, creative writing, essay planning, and more. This exceptional resource makes teaching “The Lottery” a breeze. Designed to provide a ready-to-use unit plan for The Lottery, this resource includes a printable student booklet, saving teachers time and effort in preparing suitable text study materials. Perfect for high school English Language Arts or secondary English students, this unit is suitable for students aged 12-16, typically in Years 8-11. This “The Lottery” Short Story Unit Student Booklet Includes: Notes on “The Lottery” Webquest task about the author Text observation activities Setting analysis Annotation guide for “The Lottery” Comprehension questions Creative writing task Themes brainstorming Character brainstorming Language techniques page Essay structure and planning Sample teacher unit plan Everything you need to teach “The Lottery” effortlessly is included. Simple and ready to use!

Get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey with BLACK SNAKE: The Daring of Ned Kelly by Carole Wilkinson! Our ready-to-print novel study and text study resource is a game changer for teachers like you. With a printable student booklet and a suggested teacher’s plan included, your prep time will be drastically reduced! Perfect for students studying this gripping tale both in Australia and beyond, this novel strikes the perfect balance between fact and personal letters, making it highly readable and accessible for teenagers. It’s an engrossing story that will captivate your students and leave them hungry for more. Designed for students aged approximately 10-16, the student booklet is packed with engaging activities. Explore the author with a fun webquest, create character files with templates, delve into the setting and context, answer comprehension questions that explore character development, ideas, themes, and events, unleash creativity with a writing task, symbols, and language techniques, develop close reading skills with text observation exercises, engage in big ideas discussions, conduct interviews and presentations, and even get valuable essay structure and planning pages. This resource perfectly complements the Text Response Essay Writing Unit in our store, making it an ideal choice for text analysis and essay preparation. With everything you need in one place, this novel study is an absolute breeze to implement in your classroom. So, grab our resource, save time, and ignite your students’ love for literature and analysis!

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Check out this great short story unit on All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury/ This resource package includes an easy to print student booklet and a teacher’s plan, covering all aspects of the All Summer in a Day short story, saving you valuable time and effort in searching for appropriate text study materials. This user-friendly resource is perfect for high school ELA or secondary English students studying “All Summer in a Day” in the classroom. It caters to students approximately aged 12-16 years, spanning Years 8-11. The student booklet is ready to be printed and offers a wealth of educational content. It includes comprehensive short story notes, a webquest task to explore details about the author, exercises to enhance text observation skills, analysis of the story’s setting, effective strategies for annotating the story, All Summer in a Day comprehension questions to deepen understanding, engaging creative writing tasks, mapping of important themes in “All Summer in a Day,” character analysis and mapping, a dedicated page on language techniques, and sound guidance for essay structure and planning. To simplify your teaching process, we also provide a sample teacher All Summer in a Day unit plan, which offers a clear framework to guide your lesson planning. Make your teaching experience of “All Summer in a Day” seamless with this comprehensive resource. With all the necessary materials at your disposal, you can effortlessly engage your students and guide them through a thorough analysis of this captivating short story.

Literary Terms & Vocabulary for Secondary English Classrooms x100 - A Colourful & Super Easy and Attractive Print & Display Frieze or Word Wall to Make Your Classroom Shine. 100 English- related Key Words and Terms to display around your room to add instant wow factor and add colour - while helping your students learn basic English terminology and vocabulary which will help them achieve success in their work. Designed as a frieze, these literary terms can be placed around the room as a border, around a bulletin board, under the whiteboard, or on your door. Or create a word wall in one area to add information and interest to your room. All the general terms are here: Analogy, Ambiguity, Allusion, Bias, Colloquialism, Contrast, Conflict, Cliché, Euphemism, Hyperbole, Irony, Jargon, Metaphor, Oxymoron, Paradox, Pun, Satire, Slang, Symbolism, Connotation, Homonym, Register, Mood, Suspense, Theme, Plot … Now includes character types & novel terms such as stock/static/round & red herring, resolution, turning point, and so on. and many more. 34 pages. English, Secondary English, English classroom, secondary English classroom, English classroom display, English classroom posters, English terms, English literary terms, English vocabulary, English key words

This Poetry Analysis Workshop for close reading activity uses Banjo Paterson’s ‘WALTZING MATILDA’ to help students learn about poetry analysis. This is a great classic Australian song which many voted to have as the National Anthem at one time! It’s the story of a happy-go-lucky swagman who just wants to go dancing with his sweetheart. Workshop takes 2-4 lessons. This poetry analysis booklet can be instantly printed for students. Perfect for snippets of analytical thinking and textual analysis practice between other units, or for a reliever or substitute teacher - everything needed is included. Perfect for students in Upper High School - New Zealand Years 10-12, Australia Years 9-11, USA Years 9-11, and Britain Years 10-12 (Key Stage 4-5). Included: A list of language techniques to look for An analysis grid A language features page to focus on two chosen language features 4 great extension tasks for students to choose from A sample marking schedule Teacher sample analysis notes Included: 10 page poetry close reading workshop

Affirmation Posters for English Classroom Décor A range of affirmations to put on English classroom walls. Ready to print in colour and stick up around the room. (10 posters) Include thoughts like: • English is easy for me • It’s my choice how well I do in this class • I choose to do the right thing, even if no one is watching • I can do this • I can get things done on time… … and more! CHECK OUT my other great classroom décor posters and packs - I have a great set of 40 affirmations suitable for any classroom - available in black and white, or a great watercolour finish! Posters, poster, english poster, english classroom, english classroom poster, english classroom decor, secondary english, secondary english classroom, secondary english poster, secondary english classroom decor, decor, classroom decor, english classroom decor, printable poster, english printable poster, printable english poster, secondary english printable poster, printable poster secondary english

This worksheet is a graphic organiser for students observing oral presentations. The idea is for them to be more intentional in their observations and to fill out remarks in each of 4 areas: Content Body Language Voice Preparation You can ask them to fill it out while watching a teacher-chosen example, then get them to fill it out while listening to a friend preparing their speech before the big day, or they could film themselves and fill it out as self-reflection in preparation for their assessment. Very handy! Check out my other resources! I have some excellent Essay Writing posters suitable for any secondary classroom that might suit you :) oral presentations, speeches, speech resources, oral presentation resources, speech preparation

An easy get-to-know-you game to play as a crowdbreaker with a new class or group of kids to help the interact and get to know one another. All you need is to print enough copies to have one between two students, dice, and you’re good to go! Includes 6 sets of 3 random questions to get kids talking. The teacher rolls the dice and the students answer the questions corresponding to the rolled number. (1 page) CHECK OUT my great range of posters and resources for Secondary English and other subjects - I’ve got a great set of Essay Writing posters which may interest you!