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Question Trail: The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne Google Slides and Form!
By The Red-Haired Reader
This is a partner or small group activity that will have students answering 15 questions related to many different literary devices in the short story "The Birthmark". The questions are on a Google Slideshow and the answer sheet is a Google Form, so you can post the whole digital activity to Google Classroom! Perfect for virtual, distance, hybrid, or in- person instruction!
The product contains 15 multiple questions that have at least 4 answer choices. Each answer will direct students to the next question they should answer. The correct answers will lead the students to each of the 15 questions exactly once. Only by getting the correct answers will students be able to complete the circle trail successfully!
The questions address literary devices such as author's word choice, figurative language, irony, foreshadowing, and characterization.
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The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by Kelly J. Baptist LESSON
By Ms. J's ELA
This resource should accompany the short story The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by Kelly J. Baptist. The page numbers listed in this resource align with the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. This resource includes 4 pages of both color and b/w worksheets which include a pre-reading journal question, tiered reading questions, vocabulary, and a focus on supporting analysis with textual evidence. A 10 page presentation accompanies the worksheets and includes an answer key.
This is a sensitive story. One of the tiered reading questions addresses coping strategies in times of grief. This question needs to be approached in an open, honest, non-judgmental way. If this is not the way you operate, skip this resource.
Lamb to the Slaughter & The Black Cat Compare Contrast Essay
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features all the materials you need to assign a compare/contrast essay for Roald Dahl's Lamb to the Slaughter and Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat.
For this assignment, students will need to think critically and specifically about the similarities and differences between the two famous stories of marital strife taken to the extreme. A comprehensive chart is provided to prompt students to take a close look at both tales and to think beyond the obvious (like the fact that they are written by different authors) and consider the deeper similarities and differences (plot structure, mental state of the narrators, and elements of suspense, etc.) between them. These thoughtfully-constructed materials will help students develop exemplary compare/contrast essays that they can be proud of!
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This assignment works well in any short story unit but is best near Halloween when creepy is the way to go!
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⭐ Lamb to the Slaughter Literature Guide
⭐ Lamb to the Slaughter Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan
⭐ The Black Cat Literature Guide
⭐ The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Unreliable Narrator of The Black Cat Lesson Plan
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart/The Black Cat "Breaking News" Article and Illustration Activity
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart/The Black Cat Socratic Seminar Materials
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN [DRAMA PRESENTATIONS]
By Richard B Williams
This A RAISIN IN THE SUN [DRAMA PRESENTATIONS] resource provides 16 Slides, a major PROJECT and 2 worksheets, with black and white versions. Lessons on family, legacy, faith, racial discrimination, gender roles, and other topics are included. This resource will make teaching students themes and characterization through this phenomenal classic a lot more relatable and current. 10th - 12th Graders will love this piece through these activities. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
This play is about a lower-class black family's struggle to gain middle-class acceptance. When the play opens, Mama, the sixty-year-old mother of the family, is waiting for a $10,000 insurance check from the death of her husband, and the drama will focus primarily on how the $10,000 should be spent. Each family member has a different way to spend the funds. What will they do?
This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to navigate urban Chicago through these characters and memorable story line.
This Resource Includes:
1. 2 worksheet pages
2. 6 questions (great for group or sub work)
3. 12 DRAMA PRESENTATION TOPICS
(with Instructions for students and teacher)
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THE METAMORPHOSIS [BUNDLE]
THE MONKEY'S PAW [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
EVERYMAN: A MORALITY PLAY [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS [BUNDLE]
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Quitters Inc. Socratic Seminar set of 2 discussion booklets + rubric!
By The Red-Haired Reader
Are you looking for a fun, interactive, student-led activity/ assessment for the end of Stephen King's "Quitters, Inc." from Night Shift?
This resource contains two different packets of Socratic Seminar packets- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains three different discussion questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with three additional questions they will ask if there’s time in their seminar. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner in the opposite seminar. They will make a check each time their partner speaks, and paraphrase meaningful comments their partner makes. The file also contains a rubric for you to use while your students are discussing!
When you print out the file, you’ll see packet A on the top half of the sheet, packet B on the bottom half, and then the rubric as the last page of the file. Remove the rubric and print one out for each of your students. Copy the rest of the pages, cut them in half, and staple them. Each student will receive one half-sheet booklet; packet A or packet B.
Give your students adequate time to plan for their Seminar! I usually give them a full class period (40 minutes for me), but you could have them do it for homework, or over the course of a few days. The day of the Seminar, you’ll assign partners with opposite packets. Let A discuss for as long as they need (usually 25 to 30-ish minutes for me!), then flip-flop your circles and have B discuss afterwards.
My students LOVE Socratic Seminars! I have found the fishbowl discussion format works much better when you give each group three different questions so you don’t hear the same discussion two times, which is how this product is set up. I have used Socratic Seminars in small literature circle groups, as well as with the whole class at once. Please ask if you have questions!
Eraser Tattoo by Jason Reynolds Lesson
By Ms. J's ELA
This lesson should accompany the short story Eraser Tattoo by Jason Reynolds. The story can be found in the anthology Fresh Ink.
This lesson focuses on making inferences and identifying themes. Students will provide and explain textual evidence that supports inferences and themes that they identify from the story.
This resource includes 6 slides for display at the front of the class and 2 student worksheet pages which come in color and b/w.
Lamb to the Slaughter & The Black Cat Compare Contrast Essay
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features all the materials you need to assign a compare/contrast essay for Roald Dahl's Lamb to the Slaughter and Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat.
For this assignment, students will need to think critically and specifically about the similarities and differences between the two famous stories of marital strife taken to the extreme. A comprehensive chart is provided to prompt students to take a close look at both tales and to think beyond the obvious (like the fact that they are written by different authors) and consider the deeper similarities and differences (plot structure, mental state of the narrators, and elements of suspense, etc.) between them. These thoughtfully-constructed materials will help students develop exemplary compare/contrast essays that they can be proud of!
Product Includes:
This assignment works well in any short story unit but is best near Halloween when creepy is the way to go!
________________________________________________________________________
Also, check out these great products to supplement your units on Lamb to the Slaughter and The Black Cat:
⭐ Lamb to the Slaughter Literature Guide
⭐ Lamb to the Slaughter Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan
⭐ The Black Cat Literature Guide
⭐ The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Unreliable Narrator of The Black Cat Lesson Plan
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart/The Black Cat "Breaking News" Article and Illustration Activity
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart/The Black Cat Socratic Seminar Materials
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EVERYMAN [DRAMA PRESENTATIONS]
By Richard B Williams
This EVERYMAN [DRAMA PRESENTATIONS] resource provides 17 Slides, a major PROJECT and 2 worksheets, with black and white versions. Lessons on the journey of man, possessions, faith, importance of family and friends, and other topics are included. This resource will make teaching students themes and characterization through this phenomenal classic a lot more relatable and current. 10th - 12th Graders will love this piece through these activities. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
God is angry that Man no longer respects and fears him as he should, so God sends Death to take Man on his final pilgrimage. When Death finds Everyman, he tries to weasel his way out of going on this journey. Everyman's excuses become the drama, but does Everyman learn in the end? Check it out!
This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to naviga
This Resource Includes:
1. 2 worksheet pages
2. 6 questions (great for group or sub work)
3. 12 DRAMA PRESENTATION TOPICS
(with Instructions for students and teacher)
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THE METAMORPHOSIS [BUNDLE]
THE MONKEY'S PAW [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
EVERYMAN: A MORALITY PLAY [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS [BUNDLE]
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Popsy by Stephen King Socratic Seminar: 2 packets + rubric!
By The Red-Haired Reader
Are you looking for a fun, interactive, student-led activity/ assessment for the end of Stephen King's horror-filled, suspenseful short story "Popsy" from Nightmares and Dreamscapes?
This resource contains two different packets of Socratic Seminar packets- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains three different discussion questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with three additional questions they will ask if there’s time in their seminar. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner in the opposite seminar. They will make a check each time their partner speaks, and paraphrase meaningful comments their partner makes. The file also contains a rubric for you to use while your students are discussing!
When you print out the file, you’ll see packet A on the top half of the sheet, packet B on the bottom half, and then the rubric as the last page of the file. Remove the rubric and print one out for each of your students. Copy the rest of the pages, cut them in half, and staple them. Each student will receive one half-sheet booklet; packet A or packet B.
Give your students adequate time to plan for their Seminar! I usually give them a full class period (40 minutes for me), but you could have them do it for homework, or over the course of a few days. The day of the Seminar, you’ll assign partners with opposite packets. Let A discuss for as long as they need (usually 25 to 30-ish minutes for me!), then flip-flop your circles and have B discuss afterwards.
My students LOVE Socratic Seminars! I have found the fishbowl discussion format works much better when you give each group three different questions so you don’t hear the same discussion two times, which is how this product is set up. I have used Socratic Seminars in small literature circle groups, as well as with the whole class at once. Please ask if you have questions!
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features a comprehensive test covering Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, and The Raven. Questions cover: comprehension questions, figurative language, Freytag's Pyramid plot structure, vocabulary, and 2 short answer questions
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⭐Edgar Allan Poe Compare/Contrast Essay
⭐Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
⭐Edgar Allan Poe-bituary
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JANE EYRE [NOVEL PRESENTATIONS]
By Richard B Williams
This JANE EYRE [NOVEL PRESENTATIONS] resource provides 15 Slides, a major PROJECT and 2 worksheets, with black and white versions and it's editable! Lessons on the importance of tempered ambition, gender roles, the significance of children, and other topics are included. This resource will make teaching students themes and characterization through Bronte's classic a lot more relatable and current. 11th - 12th Graders will love this piece through these activities. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Charlotte Bronte's JANE EYRE showcases a girl's journey to love and happiness through this bildungsroman. Jane moves from an orphaned 10 year old to an accomplished governess who gains the heart and love of the brooding, Byronic hero Edward Rochester. As she journey's through this novel she encounters several hardships and trials.
This 11th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to delve into the importance of what happens when you avoid judging others, and when you never give up and your persevere. Just what is hidden away in Rochester's attic?
This Product Includes:
1. 2 worksheet pages
2. 6 questions (great for group or sub work)
3. 16 NOVEL PRESENTATION TOPICS
(with Instructions for students and teacher)
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The Reaper's Image by Stephen King set of 2 Socratic Seminar booklets + rubric!
By The Red-Haired Reader
Are you looking for a fun, interactive, student-led activity/ assessment for the end of Stephen King's "The Reaper's Image" from Skeleton Crew?
This resource contains two different packets of Socratic Seminar packets- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains three different discussion questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with three additional questions they will ask if there’s time in their seminar. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner in the opposite seminar. They will make a check each time their partner speaks, and paraphrase meaningful comments their partner makes. The file also contains a rubric for you to use while your students are discussing!
When you print out the file, you’ll see packet A on the top half of the sheet, packet B on the bottom half, and then the rubric as the last page of the file. Remove the rubric and print one out for each of your students. Copy the rest of the pages, cut them in half, and staple them. Each student will receive one half-sheet booklet; packet A or packet B.
Give your students adequate time to plan for their Seminar! I usually give them a full class period (40 minutes for me), but you could have them do it for homework, or over the course of a few days. The day of the Seminar, you’ll assign partners with opposite packets. Let A discuss for as long as they need (usually 25 to 30-ish minutes for me!), then flip-flop your circles and have B discuss afterwards.
My students LOVE Socratic Seminars! I have found the fishbowl discussion format works much better when you give each group three different questions so you don’t hear the same discussion two times, which is how this product is set up. I have used Socratic Seminars in small literature circle groups, as well as with the whole class at once. Please ask if you have questions!
Edgar Allan Poe Brochure - Final Project
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features an engaging final project that meaningfully incorporates technology in a culmination of your unit on Edgar Allan Poe.
For this final assignment, students will showcase their knowledge of Edgar Allan Poe, his works, and his life by creating brochures using Microsoft Word. Students will love the chance to practice using technology with this project as opposed to writing the same-old same-old essay and if they are like my students, will not even realize how much research and writing they are actually accomplishing with this project.
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This project works for any of the stories you read during your Edgar Allan Poe unit.
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Save 20% off this resource when you purchase as part of a bundle of Edgar Allan Poe products:
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Also, check out these great products by Language Arts Excellence to supplement your Edgar Allan Poe unit:
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⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Crossword Puzzle
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters
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⭐ The Raven Literature Guide
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart Literature Guide
⭐ The Black Cat Literature Guide
⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Literature Guide
⭐ The Cask of Amontillado Literature Guide
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death Literature Guide
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE
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THE GREAT GATSBY [NOVEL PRESENTATIONS]
By Richard B Williams
This F. Scott Fitzgerald THE GREAT GATSBY [NOVEL PRESENTATIONS] resource provides 14 Slides, a major PROJECT and 2 worksheets, with black and white versions. Lessons on the duality of man, money, reputation, secrecy, and other topics are included. This product will make teaching students themes and characterization through Fitzgerald's phenomenal issues a lot more relatable and current. 11th - 12th Graders will love this piece through these activities. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is set in the Roaring Twenties, a time of prosperity and excess in America. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, who moves to Long Island and rents a house in the wealthy neighborhood of West Egg. There, he becomes neighbors with the mysterious and wealthy Jay Gatsby.
As Nick becomes acquainted with his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom, he learns of Gatsby's obsession with Daisy, who he had a romantic relationship with before the war. Gatsby throws extravagant parties in the hope of attracting Daisy's attention. Will these parties re-ignite the fire or will they prove dangerous in the end?
This 11th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to look at themselves, their world, and their life choices?
This Product Includes:
1. 2 worksheet pages
2. 6 questions (great for group or sub work)
3. 12 NOVEL PRESENTATION TOPICS
(with Instructions for students and teacher)
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ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS [BUNDLE]
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Grey Matter from Night Shift Stephen King Speed Dating Discussion + reflection!
By The Red-Haired Reader
This set of 12 Speed dating questions are a fun alternative to a traditional class discussion and will help your students analyze "Grey Matter" from Night Shift by Stephen King!
In order to prepare, you simply have to copy the 12 discussion prompts below and cut them into separate strips. You can laminate them if you’d like! Arrange your classroom so pairs of students will be facing one another. My classes have about 24 students in each, so I set up my desks facing one another down the center of the classroom. Alternatively, you could do two concentric circles depending on the space you have to work with!
When it’s time for the speed dating to begin, each “couple” will flip over their question and discuss it. I usually set a timer for 60 seconds, but you can do longer or shorter depending on the needs of your students. When the timer buzzes, one row (or circle) moves one way, and the other goes in the opposite direction. In this way, each student will have the opportunity to discuss every question.
I've included a reflection/ ticket out the door half sheet question for afterwards if time allows!
Please let me know if you have any questions about this activity! I’d love to hear your feedback after you complete it in your classroom. Thank you so much!
The Gift of the Magi & The Necklace Compare Contrast Essay
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features all the materials you need to assign a compare/contrast essay for two classic tales of irony: O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi and Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace.
For this assignment, students will need to think critically and specifically about the similarities and differences between the two famous stories. Two comprehensive literary device charts are provided to prompt students to take a close look at both tales and to think beyond the obvious (like the fact that they are written by different authors) and consider the deeper similarities and differences differences (like plot structure, values of the characters, and lessons the stories try to teach) between them. These thoughtfully-constructed materials will help students develop exemplary compare/contrast essays that they can be proud of!
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This assignment is perfect during the holiday season or can be used as a part of any short story unit!
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Also, check out these resources to round our your unit on The Gift of the Magi:
⭐ The Gift of the Magi Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan
⭐ The Gift of the Magi ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Gift of the Magi Socratic Seminar Materials
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By Richard B Williams
This MACBETH [PLAY PRESENTATIONS] resource provides 14 Slides, a major PROJECT and 2 worksheets, with black and white versions and it's editable! Lessons on the importance of tempered ambition, gender roles, the significance of children, and other topics are included. This resource will make teaching students themes and characterization through Shakespeare's phenomenal issues a lot more relatable and current. 10th - 12th Graders will love this piece through these activities. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Set in medieval Scotland, Macbeth charts the prophetic rise to power and tragic downfall of general Macbeth. Already a successful soldier in King Duncan's army, Macbeth is informed by Three Witches that he is to become king. As part of the same prophecy, the Witches predict that future Scottish kings will be descended not from Macbeth but from his fellow army captain, Banquo. Macbeth, and his power-hungry wife - Lady Macbeth, is taken aback when King Duncan nominates his son Malcolm as his heir. Propelled by ambition, confusion, and greed, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth scheme to take the thrown and keep it...even if it means to murder the king.
This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to delve into the importance of what happens when we don't check our ambitions. Can we be too ambitious? Can one person show both heroic and villainous sides at the same time?
This Product Includes:
1. 2 worksheet pages
2. 6 questions (great for group or sub work)
3. 12 PLAY PRESENTATION TOPICS
(with Instructions for students and teacher)
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The Man Who Loved Flowers by Stephen King Socratic Seminar: 2 booklets + rubric!
By The Red-Haired Reader
Are you looking for a fun, interactive, student-led activity/ assessment for the end of Stephen King's "The Man Who Loved Flowers" from Night Shift?
This resource contains two different packets of Socratic Seminar packets- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains three different discussion questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with three additional questions they will ask if there’s time in their seminar. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner in the opposite seminar. They will make a check each time their partner speaks, and paraphrase meaningful comments their partner makes. The file also contains a rubric for you to use while your students are discussing!
When you print out the file, you’ll see packet A on the top half of the sheet, packet B on the bottom half, and then the rubric as the last page of the file. Remove the rubric and print one out for each of your students. Copy the rest of the pages, cut them in half, and staple them. Each student will receive one half-sheet booklet; packet A or packet B.
Give your students adequate time to plan for their Seminar! I usually give them a full class period (40 minutes for me), but you could have them do it for homework, or over the course of a few days. The day of the Seminar, you’ll assign partners with opposite packets. Let A discuss for as long as they need (usually 25 to 30-ish minutes for me!), then flip-flop your circles and have B discuss afterwards.
My students LOVE Socratic Seminars! I have found the fishbowl discussion format works much better when you give each group three different questions so you don’t hear the same discussion two times, which is how this product is set up. I have used Socratic Seminars in small literature circle groups, as well as with the whole class at once. Please ask if you have questions!
The Lottery Socratic Seminar (Shirley Jackson)
By Language Arts Excellence
Socratic Seminar Materials for Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
A Socratic Seminar (or a "Fish Bowl" Conversation as I like to call them with my students) is a higher order way of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource was created to include everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding The Lottery by Shirley Jackson... with very little preparation required on your end.
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• Assignment Directions with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct fishbowls in your classroom
• Engaging Introductory Activity for Conversation Building
• 5 Discussion Questions for each “Fishbowl” conversation
• “Fishbowl” Preparation Sheet
• Conversation Builder Prompts
• Observation Sheet
• Rubric
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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on The Lottery by Language Arts Excellence:
⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint Presentation
⭐ The Lottery Literature Guide
⭐ The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Lottery "Tossing Lines" Pre-Reading Activity
⭐ The Lottery Social Media Activities
⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
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THE OTHER WES MOORE [NOVEL PRESENTATIONS]
By Richard B Williams
This Wes Moore THE OTHER WES MOORE [NOVEL PRESENTATIONS] resource provides 14 Slides, a major PROJECT and 2 worksheets, with black and white versions and it's editable! Lessons on the importance of redemption, the nature of opportunity, importance of community, taking responsibility, and other topics are included. This resource will make teaching students themes and characterization through Moore's phenomenal issues a lot more relatable and current. 10th - 12th Graders will love this piece through these activities. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Wes Moore's The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates highlights the true story of two Black men from the same neighborhood with the same name: Wes Moore. Both men grew up enduring similar hardships, but Moore, the author and narrator, was encouraged to overcome these difficulties and became successful, while Wes, his counterpart, found himself sentenced to life in prison for murder. What happened? Did life have to turn out this way?
This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to look at themselves, their world, and their life choices?
This Product Includes:
1. 2 worksheet pages
2. 6 questions (great for group or sub work)
3. 12 NOVEL PRESENTATION TOPICS
(with Instructions for students and teacher)
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I'm Richard Williams, The Angry Teacher. I've been teaching for 20+ Years , and have amassed quite a bit of knowledge to share. Please consider joining the Angry Teacher family; we'll enjoy having you in the fam!
Please consider checking out the other EDUCATIONAL materials and resources in my store.
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