Teaching Steinbeck’s novella, The Pearl? This product bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned unit. Product includes a 34-slide PowerPoint, an 11-page test with answer key, and an in-depth 11-page study guide with activities and projects - all at a reduced price. Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this beautiful, allegorical story. 55 Pages
Teaching Steinbeck’s The Pearl? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with The Pearl Final Exam Test. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the thematic message, which can be included or not based on the level of your students. Common Core aligned. Answer key included. 11 Pages
Teaching John Steinbeck’s The Pearl? Keep your students accountable and engaged with this in-depth comprehensive unit study guide that includes Common Core-aligned activities and questions on each chapter. Literary activities include creating Kino’s Facebook Profile page, writing an I-Am Poem, and making a scrapbook project. 11 Pages
Teaching W.W. Jacobs’ “The Monkey’s Paw”? This product bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned week-long unit. Product includes a 32-slide PowerPoint, 24-Task Cards, and a 11-page Final Exam with answer key - all at a reduced price. Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this classic short story of good luck gone bad.
Teaching W.W. Jacobs’ “The Monkey’s Paw”? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with “The Monkey’s Paw” Final Exam. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the author’s theme, which can be included or not based on the level of your students. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.
Teaching “The Monkey’s Paw?” Amp up the rigor (and fun) in your classroom with these (24) literary task cards that tackle Common Core reading and analysis standards. Task cards can be used in a variety of instructional settings, such as small group or whole class instruction. A motivating and effective tool for formative and summative assessment that reinforces academic language and concepts. Easy for you - engaging for them!!
*Bonus: Go green! Task cards can be used year after year and are a nice alternative to worksheets and packets. My task cards are ready to use and require no gluing.
Teaching figurative language? Teach, practice, and assess this important literacy skill with the Figurative Language PTA Skills Bundle!
The PTA Skills Bundle includes three research-based, best practice products that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment:
PowerPoints - 23 slides
Task Cards - 40 Task Cards
Assessment - 30-question test with answer key
About PTA Skills Bundles:
The Guaranteed-To-Succeed PTA Skills Bundles includes three research-based, best practice products (PowerPoint, Task Cards, and Assessment) that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment – the three most important components of your lesson. PTA Bundles are an all-inclusive easy way to teach skills and concepts while reaching 100% student engagement and proficiency in no time.
Here’s how it works:
You TEACH the skill with an easy-to-understand, comprehensive instructional PowerPoint.
Students PRACTICE the skill as they review the content with high yield Task Cards that generate active engagement.
You ASSESS the skill with a Common Core-aligned assessment that will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic.
Teaching figurative language? Hold your students accountable with the Figurative Language Test. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA skill. Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there! 11 Pages/30 Questions with key
Teaching figurative language and want to take it to the next level? Amp up the rigor of this important skill with (40) engaging task cards that students can work on in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. Each card presents a higher-order thinking task that is sure to guarantee an understanding of figurative language. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets!
Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Simile, Metaphor, Personification…what is the difference? With this engaging, student-friendly PowerPoint presentation, your students will not only understand figurative language, but they will apply the terms when analyzing literature. Presentation includes definitions, examples, graphics, and a fun, whole-group formative assessment. A must-have for introducing and reviewing figurative language. 22 Slides
Teaching analogies? Teach, practice, and assess this important literacy skill with the Analogy PTA Skills Bundle!
The PTA Skills Bundle includes three research-based, best practice products that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment:
PowerPoints - 22 slides
Task Cards - 40 Task Cards
Assessment - 30-question test with answer key
About PTA Skills Bundles:
The Guaranteed-To-Succeed PTA Skills Bundles includes three research-based, best practice products (PowerPoint, Task Cards, and Assessment) that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment – the three most important components of your lesson. PTA Bundles are an all-inclusive easy way to teach skills and concepts while reaching 100% student engagement and proficiency in no time.
Here’s how it works:
You TEACH the skill with an easy-to-understand, comprehensive instructional PowerPoint.
Students PRACTICE the skill as they review the content with high yield Task Cards that generate active engagement.
You ASSESS the skill with a Common Core-aligned assessment that will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic.
Teaching analogies? Hold your students accountable with the Analogy Test that addresses part to whole, cause and effect, and synonym/antonym word analogies. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA skill. Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there!
9 Pages / 30 Questions
Analogies can be challenging, so amp up the fun and proficiency level in your classroom with Analogy Task Cards. Product includes (40) engaging analogy task cards that cover a variety of analogy formats, including synonym/antonym, part/whole, and cause/effect.
Task cards are an effective instructional tool for test prep and a great alternative to boring worksheets! Answer key included.
Teaching analogies? Help your students reach proficiency with the interactive, instructional PowerPoint: “All About Analogies.” Presentation addresses each analogy type found on standardized tests: cause/effect, synonym, antonym, whole/part, and general to specific. Assess your students with a formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!
21 Slides
Kick off a unit on Edgar Allan Poe’s world of suspense with this PowerPoint bundle on four classics at a reduced price. Product includes presentation on two poems, “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” and two short stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Slides include anticipatory questions, informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, pre-reading vocabulary, themes, character descriptions, and engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.
Keep them learning - even if you aren’t there with this sub-friendly literary lesson bundle. Product includes five all-inclusive Common Core-aligned poetry PowerPoint lessons on Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky,” Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee,” Gary Soto’s “Oranges,” and Shel Silverstein’s “Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout.”
Each PowerPoint includes author background information, anticipation questions, the text, discussion questions, and engaging writing activities. Lessons should keep your students engaged and learning for one week or more. 184 Slides
Keep them learning - even if you aren’t there with this sub-friendly literary lesson bundle at a reduced price. Product includes three all-inclusive literary lesson PowerPoints on Poe’s “Annabel Lee” and short stories, “The Dinner Party” and “The Elevator.”
Lessons should keep your students engaged and learning for one week or more. PowerPoints include the text, pre-reading vocabulary, probable passage, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions. 100 Slides
Teaching Shel Silverstein’s “Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout?” This 28-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee a stimulating, thought provoking, Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include background information on Silverstein, anticipation questions, the text, rigorous discussion questions, and engaging writing activities. Your students will be laughing themselves silly as they practice their literary analysis skills. Easy for you - engaging for them!
*This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!
Tweens and teens love chills and thrills! Kick off a unit - or an exhilarating lesson - of intense suspense with this all-inclusive 36-slide PowerPoint “The Dinner Party.” Presentation includes the text, pre-reading vocabulary, probable passage, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions. Answer key included.
*This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!
Teaching The Diary of Anne Frank? Elevate your instruction with the Common Core-aligned 100-page The Diary of Anne Frank Unit Bundle for everything you need to teach this seminal coming-of-age novel/play about a young Jewish girl during the Holocaust.
Bundled product includes the following:
The Diary of Anne Frank PowerPoint
The Diary of Anne Frank Assessment with answer key
The Diary of Anne Frank Gallery Walk
The Diary of Anne Frank Socratic Seminar