This resource includes study guide questions for Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle. Questions reference direct quotes or passages from the novel. The question stems connect to understanding content, literary analysis prompts, and reference figurative language strategies.
This comprehensive unit plan for Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. Through a variety of interactive activities, worksheets, and discussion questions, students will practice close reading on characterization, theme, setting, plot, and language devices.
This is a comprehensive full unit for the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. This includes everything you need to teach the novel including journals, discussion questions, quizzes, and a unit test.
This resource includes a comprehensive short and long answer essay test for The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
This is a comprehensive curriculum for Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haden. This includes a day-by-day unit plan that includes pre-reading activities, discussion questions, and a mystery paper assessment.
This unit includes resources to teach The Beans Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. This is a unit is geared toward on-levels classes that includes analysis discussion questions, an essay assignment, and a unit test. These activities and questions will support close reading and critical thinking.
his resource includes everything you need to teach The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor. This complete 4-5 week unit plan includes detailed and rigorous literary analysis questions & significant quotes, engaging activities, printables, a unit test, and a final assignment: everything you need to teach this novel!
Nonfiction selections
This is a comprehensive curriculum for Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich. This resource collection includes: resources, discussion questions, and quizzes and a unit test.
This resources includes detailed literary analysis discussion questions to walk your students through each section of Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers.
This is a comprehensive close reading analysis unit for Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy. This includes everything you need, from daily activities and discussion questions, to journals and quizzes.
This brand new resource engages your students in real-life non-fiction reading about real issues that impact student journalists. This non-fiction book study walks students through the key thematic topics of the text We Say #Never Again written by the student journalists at Parkland High School.
This mini-unit takes commentary/editorial writing to the next level using Sports Illustrated and ESPN columnist Rick Reilly as inspiration. In his humorous and edgy columns, students will study editorial form, rhetorical strategies, and language.
This a complete set of discussion questions for Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen by Bob Greene. This is great for a full unit or a small group book study.
This resource includes everything you need (and more!) to teach Stamped (For Kids) by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. This complete 4-5 week unit plan includes detailed and rigorous literary analysis chapter-by-chapter questions, engaging activities, printables, quizzes, a unit test, and a final assignment: everything you need to teach this novel! This is a great addition for your AVID or Ethic and Cultural Studies course.
This resource includes everything you need (and more!) to teach There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz. This complete 4-5 week unit plan includes detailed and rigorous literary analysis chapter-by-chapter questions, engaging activities, printables, quizzes, a unit test, and a final assignment: everything you need to teach this novel! This is a great addition for your nonfiction unit!
This resource includes everything you need (and more!) to teach Finding Chika by Mitch Albom. This complete 3-4 week unit plan includes detailed and rigorous literary analysis chapter-by-chapter questions, engaging activities, printables, quizzes, a unit test, and a final assignment: everything you need to teach this novel! This is a great addition for your nonfiction unit!
Classic American Literature
This is a collection of resources for the Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. This includes everything you will need for a 4-5 week classroom unit to build awareness of coming of age, fallacies of logic, and close reading analysis.
This is a comprehensive 3-4 full unit plan for My Antonia by Willa Cather. This resource has everything you need, from pre-reading activities to the unit test and essay assignment.
This resource includes questions or prompts for each Act of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
This unit includes everything you need to teach Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This is a comprehensive 3-4-week unit that includes a calendar, pre-reading resources, discussion questions, activities, journals, and a unit test. These activities and questions will support close reading and critical thinking.
This is a comprehensive full unit for Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This resource includes 4 main parts: activities & journals, literary analysis discussion questions, writing, and reading quizzes and tests.
This is a comprehensive unit for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This complete unit includes everything you need for a -3-4 unit geared toward on level courses.
This mini-unit includes resources to teach "Fences" by August Wilson. This is geared toward on-level classes that includes analysis discussion questions for each act and scene, 2 worksheets, and a unit test. These activities and questions will support close reading and critical thinking.
his resource includes everything you need (and more!) to teach Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”. This mini-unit includes 22 detailed and rigorous literary analysis questions, engaging activities, printable, and a final essay assignment: everything you need to teach this short story!
In this comprehensive American Literature MEGA Bundle, you'll find all of the resources you need to plan your core literature units throughout the year! Each of these best-selling resources helps your students develop close reading, literacy, and critical thinking skills.These resources are designed to keep kids engaged, while providing meaningful and thoughtful instruction for student success! This unit pack includes 5 novels, 2 plays, and 1 short story that represent key canonical pieces that span a variety of time periods.
Book Clubs and Literature Circles
Bring the joy of reading into your classroom with inclusive independent reading teaching pack. This Book Talk Independent Reading pack helps students foster their love of reading by providing a lot of choice not only with what to read, but how to present their learnings with 5 fun and engaging Book Talk options This ready-to-use resource includes everything you need to launch independent reading in your classroom!
Book Clubs and Literature Circles are a great way to increase student engagement and promote choice in your classroom! Using reading and writing workshop strategies, along with project-based-learning philosophies, this complete teaching pack empowers student learning and fosters high engagement in your classroom. This complete Book Club and Literature Circle unit allows for both direct instruction, as well as student-driven discussions and activities through independent reading. Book Clubs help build strong student-to-student relationships and rich class discussions.
Keep your students on the edge of their seats with the engaging Mystery novel unit! Using reading and writing workshop strategies, along with project-based-learning philosophies, this complete teaching pack empowers student learning and fosters high engagement in your classroom. This complete Book Club and Literature Circle unit allows for both direct instruction, as well as student-driven discussions and activities through independent reading. Book Clubs help build strong student-to-student relationships and rich class discussions.
This Book Club assessment pack includes high-engagement activities to help you assess your students in a fun and creative way. There are 3 assessments designed for students to complete individually and 3 assessments students can complete in pairs or groups. These assessments are low-prep and do not require a lot of pre-planning. They are also adaptable to multiple grade levels and for use with most any novel!
Academic Writing Tools
This product includes resources to help you plan and execute a thematic literary analysis. Presentations and worksheets include multiple examples (especially from Fahrenheit 451).
This is a great mini writing unit to accompany any novel or short story! I often used this after Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime, but this is easy adaptable to any creative writing unit.
This is a single Powerpoint on how to introduce students to basic quotation, attribution, and MLA citation rules.
This complete research paper teaching pack'?:::: is not your old-school research project of the 1990s with notecards and card catalogs! This updated research paper still includes the fundamentals of a traditional research paper, but with modern resources including current topics, updates to the online research process, and updated MLA citations and Works Cited page. This easy-to-use unit includes everything you need (and more!) to conduct your research paper from beginning to end!
This product includes everything you need (and more) to help you plan and execute a persuasive essay. This literary analysis resource guides students through the process of developing their argument using evidence and logic (including rhetorical techniques using ethos, pathos, and logos). Students will practice organizing, drafting, and editing a polished and well-written essay. Teach your students how to develop a strong thesis statement, in depth supported paragraphs, and a strong conclusion using this easy no-prep resource!
Engage your students with rhetoric through the use of current, high-interest topics in the news media. Though the study of the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, and logos, students will read and analyze articles about the topic: To tip or not to tip. Students will read a combination of news and opinion articles (all links are included) that provide a deep understanding of this issue on both sides. Using guided materials, students will evaluate and think critically about this topic, identify rhetorical approaches authors use, and develop their own opinion based on evidence.
This comprehensive and creative sentence structure unit includes everything you need engage your students and help them understand how to craft simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Using this scaffolded collection of resources, students will learn the basics of punctuation, types of sentences, and how to improve writing by using a variety of sentence structures. Crafting strong sentences is at the heart of good writing, and this unit plan includes everything you need to walk students through the basics of sentence construction in a fun and interactive way!
Teach your students the proper way to use artificial intelligence (AI) in your classroom, while also teaching them practical and fun ways to use AI tools for academic and ethical reasons. Have you seen an increase of students using AI tools to generate coursework because they don't understand where AI is appropriate and where it is not? If so, this comprehensive and engaging all-in-one AI unit will give you and your students all the tools you need to not only teach academic integrity, but how to accurately use AI in creative and engaging ways. The reality is most of our students will need to learn how to use AI in their future, so help set them up for success by teaching them ethical ways to apply their learning.
Media Literacy Resources
With so many messages aimed at teens todays, it's important for them to understand how to learn the various ways in which advertisers target them. In this comprehensive media literacy unit, students will learn about media literacy, common rhetorical strategies, and have multiple opportunities to apply their learning to print and commercial advertisements.
With so many messages aimed at teens todays, it's important for them to understand how to learn the various ways in which advertisers target them. In this comprehensive media literacy unit, students will learn about media literacy, common rhetorical strategies, and have multiple opportunities to apply their learning to print and commercial advertisements.
It's never been more important than ever to help students understand media literacy and the differences between fake news, misinformation, click bait, sensational news, and satire. This mini-unit introduces students to the nuances of fake news and confirmation bias.
Graphic organizers are a great way for students to organize, visualize, and comprehend in an engaging way. These resources help educators like you scaffold learning and differentiate within your classroom! This pack of over 30 graphic organizers supports student learning by providing simple-to-use strategies in student-friendly language. They also allow for teachers to use over multiple grade levels. These graphic organizers include tools to help students build skills in reading fiction, non-fiction, and writing. All of these visually-pleasing organizers promote active listening and high engagement with both clear directions and high quality visual images.
Poetry & Short Stories
If you are looking for an easy-to-use, detailed introduction to poetry, this resource includes everything you need to launch your unit. The 38-slide PowerPoint introduces your students to poetic and literary devices using age-appropriate examples and definitions. Lesson materials also includes 3 printables for as a handy reference throughout any poetry unit. Help your students understand common language and practice their skills with ease!
This visually attractive, engaging, and updated Jeoparty (Jeopardy-style) game is a fun way to introduce your students to poetric terms and reinforce poetic skills development. Create a fun environment that helps even the most reluctant poets access terms, sounds, arrangements and more!
This mini-lesson poetry analysis pack includes resources to teach “"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou. This teaching pack is designed to encourage in-depth analysis of the poem to help students develop strong literary analysis skills. This poetry pair introduces students to poetic analysis through a simple 8-step process that includes poetic terminology, literary devices, and analyzing symbolism. Students will analyze the poem and apply their understanding of poetic and literary devices. Students will apply close reading to explore messages, themes, symbols, and poetic techniques.
Students learn how to “read” poetry and how to write a variety of poems using common poetic structures. Students have their own beautifully designed printable workbook and keepsake they use to write their own poems throughout the unit. All the prep work is done - just print and go! This visually pleasing resource includes 7 hands-on fun writing activities to inspire ALL of your students. There is also a 22-page workbook with students can use to create their own original poems!
This mini-lesson poetry analysis pack includes everything you need to teach “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou, “Caged Bird" by Alicia Keys, and “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This teaching pack is designed to encourage in-depth analysis of each poem or song to help students develop strong literary analysis skills. This poetry pair introduces students to poetic analysis through a simple 8-step process that includes poetic terminology, literary devices, and analyzing symbolism.
This mini-lesson poetry analysis pack includes resources to teach “"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou. This teaching pack is designed to encourage in-depth analysis of the poem to help students develop strong literary analysis skills. This poetry pair introduces students to poetic analysis through a simple 8-step process that includes poetic terminology, literary devices, and analyzing symbolism. Students will analyze the poem and apply their understanding of poetic and literary devices. Students will apply close reading to explore messages, themes, symbols, and poetic techniques.
This mini-lesson short analysis pack includes resources to teach “"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker. This teaching pack is designed to encourage in-depth analysis of the short story to help students develop strong literary analysis skills. This is a great 1-2 day stand-alone lesson that can accompany any novel or short story unit! This resource guides students through a simple 8-step process that includes literary and poetic devices, terminology, and analyzing central themes. Students will analyze the story and apply their understanding of close reading to explore messages, themes, symbols, and analysis techniques.
College and Career Readiness
Help your students stand out by teaching email etiquette to promote college and career readiness skills. By teaching your students the workplace skills necessary to email a teacher, peer, boss, or superior, these essential skills are important to know. This email etiquette all-in-one teaching pack includes everything you need to teach the art of accurate and sophisticated email communication. These engaging and practical classroom activities can be completed individually or collaboratively. Watch your students growth as they practice increase command of tone as they write for a specific audience!
Help your students stand out by creating a professional résumé to promote college and career readiness skills. This résumé writing all-in-one teaching pack includes everything you need to teach the art of how to write a professional and sophisticated résumé. These engaging and practical classroom activities can be completed individually or collaboratively. Watch your students growth as they practice increase command of tone as they highlight their own strengths and assets!
Help students learn creatively about real life careers and occupations, while having fun at the same time. Through the use of this career charades (or Pictionary) game, students will learn about 40 different professional careers and occupations. This engaging activity helps students all ages learn about what's possible in various career fields by exposing them to common and uncommon careers. Each card includes the professional job title and a description so students learn as they play.
This Jeopardy game is a fun way to introduce your students to career exploration and reinforce career readiness skills. Sometimes students have an "exposure gap" and aren't aware of careers beyond those they are exposed to on a daily basis. This game includes careers of all educational and wage levels to expand their awareness in an interactive way. This slideshow works in the same way as the popular Jeopardy game show; there are slides with the answers and then slides with the questions. This is a great addition to any AVID curriculum or advisory that introduces students to different careers. Help your students gain pre-employment knowledge before they enter the job force.
Help prepare your students for real-work job interviews with this interactive mock interview unit. Through the use of research, presentation, video, and practice exercises, your students will feel confident in their interviewing skills.
his visually attractive, engaging, and updated Jeopardy game is a fun way to introduce your students to career exploration and reinforce career readiness skills. Sometimes students have an "exposure gap" and aren't aware of careers beyond those they are exposed to on a daily basis. This game includes careers of all educational and wage levels to expand their awareness in an interactive way.
This high-engagement Amazing Race Career Edition challenge activity is a perfect way to hook your students, while still introducing career exploration concepts like career clusters, educational levels, professions, and job skills. Help your students expand their awareness of careers and career skills with this fun, engaging game!
This comprehensive college essay unit guides your students through the ins and outs of how to write an essay that helps them stand out and leave a lasting impression! This resource walks students through the college essay writing process through guided step-by-step tools, samples, and collaborative activities. This is perfect for teachers, tutors, advisory, AVID and senior English classes.
