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The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide
By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features a comprehensive Common Core-aligned literature guide for use while reading Edgar Allan Poe's tale of the original haunted house, The Fall of the House of Usher. The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story and encourages students to think critically about Poe's use of literary elements, figurative language, plot elements, and symbolism. Also included is a creative "Snap Chat!" activity that will bring the story to life in the 21st century. A full answer key is provided along with two bonus student-tested lesson plans. The wide range of activities in this guide will keep your students engaged in this difficult story and help them to gain a deep understanding of one of the most shocking tales of American literature.
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Check out these great products to supplement your study of The Fall of the House of Usher:
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher Digital Literature Guide (paperless version)
⭐The Fall of the House of Usher ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher Digital Escape Room
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher Socratic Seminar
More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Crossword Puzzle
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
But why stop with one story? We have enough Edgar Allan Poe resources to frighten your students for months!
⭐ The Raven Literature Guide
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart Literature Guide
⭐ The Black Cat Literature Guide
⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Literature Guide
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death Literature Guide
⭐ The Cask of Amontillado Literature Guide
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Short Story BUNDLE
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ECR & SCR Bundle: Constructed Response Group Practice for STAAR Testing
By Blooming Through High School
Elevate your students' short response writing skills and prepare them for success on the STAAR test with these comprehensive Extended Constructed Response (ECR) and Short Constructed Response (SCR) lessons designed for middle and high school classrooms. The engaging PowerPoint lessons offer educators a valuable tool to assess and guide student learning effectively.
Key Features:
Why Choose This Lesson:
Rigorous and standards-aligned content designed to meet the needs of middle and high school students.
Engaging and interactive activities that promote student engagement and academic growth.
Easy-to-use resources and materials for seamless lesson implementation and classroom management.
Comprehensive preparation for the STAAR test, ensuring that students feel confident and capable on exam day.
Empower your students to excel in short response writing and conquer the challenges of the STAAR test with this dynamic and comprehensive lesson. Elevate your teaching and ignite a passion for learning with these innovative instructional materials. Download this lesson today and watch your students thrive!
What's Included:
Flying Lessons and Other Stories BUNDLE- First 5 Stories
By Ms. J's ELA
This bundle includes resources for the first five short stories in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. Those stories are: How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium, The Difficult Path, Sol Painting, Inc., Secret Samantha, and The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn.
Each resource includes a presentation and student worksheets which come in color and b/w for easy printing.
This bundle includes:
38 student worksheet pages
52 slides
Answer Keys
Each resource includes:
story vocabulary
pre-reading activities
tiered reading questions
an emphasis on one particular ELA standard
Depending on the length of your class periods, this resource could last 4 days or 2 weeks.
Back to School ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
By Language Arts Excellence
If you are looking for the perfect way to start your school year off strong with a rigorous yet engaging beginning of the year activity your students will be talking about all year, look no further than this Back to School Escape Room for ELA - Pop Culture Edition!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length ELA Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
Your students must learn to collaborate with their new peers to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
Although this escape room is ideal for the beginning of the school year, it can be used at any time throughout the year without modification.
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We've gone digital! Check out our paperless version to support distance learning:
⭐ Back to School ELA Digital Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
If you enjoyed this escape room, make sure to check out the original and second edition!
⭐ Back to School ELA Escape Room
⭐ Back to School ESCAPE ROOM - Second Edition
Check out these related resources by Language Arts Excellence to start your year in ELA off strong:
⭐ Back to School ELA Bundle
⭐ First Day of ELA "Book Talk" Activity
⭐ Back to School "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" Activity
⭐ Back to School Effective Effort Lesson Plan
⭐ First Day of School Powerpoint Presentation
⭐ Emergency ELA Lesson Plan BUNDLE
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The Handmaid's Tale ESCAPE ROOM
By Language Arts Excellence
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with The Handmaid's Tale ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock. This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Handmaid's Tale. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys to help yours run smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
In this escape room, students will try to escape from Gilead into Canada by solving 5 different puzzles, discovering an encrypted message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
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Save 20% off this resource when you purchase as part of a growing bundle of all The Handmaid's Tale products by Language Arts Excellence:
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale Activity Bundle
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Also, check out these great resources to complement your unit on The Handmaid's Tale:
⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale "Hot Seat!"
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale Journal Prompts
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale Social Media Materials
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale Quote Posters
⭐ The Handmaid's Tale Activity Bundle
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More ELA Escape Rooms here:
⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Raven ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ End of Year ELA ESCAPE ROOM - Pop Culture Edition
⭐ End of Year ELA ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM - Pop Culture Edition
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The Pit & the Pendulum Digital Escape Room for Distance Learning
By Language Arts Excellence
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching remotely with Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM for use with Google Drive!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular The Pit and the Pendulum Escape Room at home for distance learning or in the classroom using your school's technology (to cut down on paper and valuable prep time) with this meticulously-crafted resource. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers and this escape room aims to provide a welcome break from the monotony while encouraging higher order thinking skills and a fun review of the classic tale by Edgar Allan Poe.
How does it work?
In this escape room, students will try to escape out of the Inquisitor's digital dungeon of doom by solving 5 different puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and worksheets
- Digital Student Answer Booklet
- Digital Teacher Answer Key
***This product requires free accounts through Google Drive and is completely paperless.***
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Check out these great products to supplement your study of The Pit and the Pendulum:
⭐ The Pit & the Pendulum Digital Literature Guide
⭐ The Pit & the Pendulum ESCAPE ROOM (original paper version)
⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Literature Guide
⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Sensory Detail Activities
⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Socratic Seminar
More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Crossword Puzzle
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
And because your students will be begging for more escape rooms...
⭐ The Raven ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Cask of Amontillado ESCAPE ROOM
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By Language Arts Excellence
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching poetry with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Poetry ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Poetry Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are skills-based so that with the escape room, learning is not sacrificed; in fact, your students will come away with a stronger understanding of poetic terms and devices. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying (and the number of poems they have analyzed) in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
The ghosts of Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Langston Hughes, William Shakespeare, and Maya Angelou have risen from the grave to lock your students inside your classroom. They are upset because they believe that students spend too much time talking about (fill in the blank with whatever is hip with students these days) and not enough time reading and writing poetry. Students cannot escape until they complete 5 poetry-based tasks to show these ghosts of poets past that they do in fact know their poetry.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
This escape room is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal any time during your poetry unit. Students will need to know definitions of poetic devices and terms in order to complete the activity. Some of the terms covered: alliteration, imagery, free verse, internal rhyme, tone, mood, stanza, stress, onomatopoeia, allusion, hyperbole, syntax, extended metaphor, haiku, oxymoron....
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We've gone digital! Check out the paperless version for distance learning:
⭐ Digital Poetry Escape Room
Poetry escape rooms for the holidays:
⭐ Back to School Poetry Escape Room
⭐ Halloween Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Thanksgiving Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Christmas Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
Check out more great resources for your poetry unit:
⭐ Poetry Unit Anticipation Activity
⭐ Still I Rise (Angelou) Lesson Plan & Materials
⭐ Caged Bird (Angelou) Lesson Plan & Materials
⭐ Harlem (A Dream Deferred) Lesson Plan & Materials
⭐ Figurative Language Challenge Game
⭐ Sonnet 130 Valentine's Day Lesson Plan
⭐ Sonnet 18 Valentine's Day Lesson Plan
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The Fall of the House of Usher Digital Escape Room for Distance Learning
By Language Arts Excellence
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching remotely with Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM for use with Google Drive!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular Fall of the House of Usher Escape Room at home for distance learning or in the classroom using your school's technology (to cut down on paper and valuable prep time) with this meticulously-crafted resource. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers and this escape room aims to provide a welcome break from the monotony while encouraging higher order thinking skills and a fun review of the most haunted house of all time.
How does it work?
In this digital escape room, students will try to escape out of the haunted house of Usher by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and interactive worksheets
- Digital Student Answer Booklet
- Digital Teacher Answer Key
***This product requires free accounts through Google Drive and is completely paperless.***
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Check out these great products to supplement your study of The Fall of the House of Usher:
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher ESCAPE ROOM (paper version)
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide
⭐ The Fall of The House of Usher Anticipation Guide and Lesson Plan
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher Socratic Seminar
More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
And because your students will be begging for more escape rooms...
⭐ The Raven ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Pit & the Pendulum ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Cask of Amontillado ESCAPE ROOM
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⭐⭐⭐For the escape room enthusiasts out there, you can now build your own bundle at 20% off the cover price of 3 or more escape rooms! Click the link to check out all of the escape rooms Language Arts Excellence has to offer: Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE⭐⭐⭐
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The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM
By Language Arts Excellence
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Because this is a skills-based escape room, it is the perfect way to review the story for the final quiz or test. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
In this escape room, students will try to escape from the clutches of the Red Death in Prince Prospero's lavish castle by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, completing a secret message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions, and supplementary materials to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
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This escape room pairs perfectly with the The Masque of the Red Death Literature Guide
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Plus, check out these great products to supplement your study of The Masque of the Red Death:
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death Socratic Seminar
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death Anticipation Guide
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death Social Media Materials
More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
And because your students will be begging for more escape rooms...
⭐ The Raven ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Pit & the Pendulum ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Cask of Amontillado ESCAPE ROOM
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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Shakespeare's Othello ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for Othello by William Shakespeare. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
Instead of coming into your room this morning, your students have traveled all the way to Venice to visit their dear friend Othello. As they spend time with him, he becomes increasingly agitated, anxious, and paranoid. His friend Iago circles around his ear and Othello finally admits that he believes his beloved wife is having an affair. When he mentions plans of plucking his very special rose for good, it is time for your students to step in and save Desdemona! The only way to escape the room and save Des is by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
This escape room is an ideal way to end your unit on O_thello_ and a great way to review for the final test.
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Also, check out these great products by Language Arts Excellence to complement your unit on Othello:
⭐ Othello Quote Posters
⭐ Shakespeare Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Introduction to Shakespeare Powerpoint
⭐ Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Shakespeare's "Death Lines" Activity
⭐ Shakespeare Resource Bundle
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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with the Christmas Poetry ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Christmas-themed Poetry Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with this fun lesson on a sugar-filled holiday, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave for Christmas vacation until they solve 5 challenging poetry-based tasks about Christmas!
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
This escape room is suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal for any time during the month of December (or Christmas in July!).
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Have you stumbled upon this resource but it is nowhere near Christmas? Check out the original best-selling escape room here:
⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
Also, check out more great Christmas resources by Language Arts Excellence:
⭐ A Christmas Carol ESCAPE ROOM
⭐‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Figurative Language Lesson Plan
⭐ The Little Match Girl Sensory Details Lesson Plan
⭐"Christmas Talk" Lesson Plan
⭐The Gift of the Magi & The Necklace Compare/Contrast Essay
⭐Christmas Song Figurative Language Powerpoint Presentation
⭐Figurative Language in Christmas Songs - 32 Task Cards
...and an escape room for every holiday:
⭐ Christmas ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Hanukkah Kwanzaa Christmas Diwali ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Halloween ESCAPE ROOM
⭐Thanksgiving ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Thanksgiving Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ New Year's ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Valentine's Day ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ St. Patrick's Day ESCAPE ROOM
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The Yellow Wallpaper Escape Room
By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features an engaging, rigorous, and memorable way to review Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper with an escape room that your students will be talking about for years to come.
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game.
How does it work?
In this escape room, students will try to escape from the terrible room with the yellow wallpaper by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering codes, and finding clues along the way.
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Because this is a skills-based escape room, it is perfect for a review of the story before the test.
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End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
By Language Arts Excellence
If you are looking for the perfect way to end the school year and send your students off to summer vacation on a high note, look no further than this End of Year Escape Room for ELA - Pop Culture Edition!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length ELA Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with the escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
In order to graduate from your ELA class and make it to summer vacation, your students must escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way. Your students will appreciate how each puzzle incorporates pop culture and truly "speaks their language."
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
Although this escape room is ideal for the end of the school year, it can be used at any time throughout the year without modification.
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⭐⭐⭐ For the escape room enthusiasts out there, you can now build your own bundle at 20% off the cover price of 3 or more escape rooms! Click the link to check out all of the escape rooms Language Arts Excellence has to offer: Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE ⭐⭐⭐
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If you enjoyed this escape room, make sure to check out the best-selling original and second edition:
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room SECOND EDITION
Overachiever? Start planning the upcoming year with a Back to School Escape Room:
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM - Pop Culture Edition
Check out more great resources for the end of the school year:
⭐ End of Year Mad Libs
⭐ End of Year "Book Talk" Activity
⭐ Escape to Summer Vacation ELA Escape Room
⭐ We Didn't Start the Fire Activity
And because your students will be begging to do more escape rooms...
⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
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⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Winter Themed ELA ESCAPE ROOM
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This activity features a biographical escape room for one of the most beloved authors of all time, Jane Austen. It is the perfect way to introduce, re-introduce, or review the author with your students in an engaging and meaningful way.
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length escape room on the life and works of Jane Austen. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the massive knowledge they will gain about Jane Austen while playing this game!
How does it work?
The ghost of Jane Austen has risen from the grave with a dire warning. She is upset because she believes that people have become too concerned with money and looks and have forgotten the true meaning of love. She will not allow anyone to exit the room until everyone learns more about her, her novels, and the lessons she desires to instill upon us all.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- List of Suggested Websites
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions, and supplementary materials
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
This escape room is ideal for an introduction, refresher, or review of Jane Austen. Please note that internet access is required as not all information that students need to complete the escape room will be common knowledge.
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End of Year Grammar Escape Room
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If you are looking for the perfect way to end the school year and send your students off to summer vacation on a high note (while remembering their grammar rules), look no further than this End of Year Grammar Escape Room!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length grammar-based Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with the escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
In order to graduate from your ELA class and make it to summer vacation, your students must escape your classroom by solving 5 different grammar-based puzzles, discovering a secret message, and finding clues along the way.
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Although this escape room is ideal for the end of the school year, it can be used at any time throughout the year without modification.
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⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
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And because your students will be begging to do more escape rooms...
⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Escape to Spring Break ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
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The Tell-Tale Heart Escape Room
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This activity features an engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 puzzles covering plot, figurative language, literary elements, vocabulary, and quotes from Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. It is the perfect activity for Halloween or any day you want to shake it up with your students without sacrificing learning. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
In this escape room, students will try to escape out of the insane narrator's house of horrors by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
Because this is a skills-based escape room, it is perfect for a review of the story before the final assessment.
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Check out these great products to supplement your study of The Tell-Tale Heart:
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart Literature Guide
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart Anticipation Guide and Lesson Plan
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart Figurative Language Challenge Activity
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black Cat Socratic Seminar Materials
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart/The Black Cat Compare Contrast Essay
More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
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A Midsummer Night's Dream ESCAPE ROOM
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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
Titania and Oberon’s squabbles have led to a shift in the seasons and chaos throughout the land… and your students have all found themselves TRAPPED inside their magical fairy world. The only way to escape is by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
This escape room is an ideal way to end your unit on A Midsummer Night's Dream and a great way to review for the final test.
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Also, check out these great products by Language Arts Excellence to complement your unit on A Midsummer Night's Dream:
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⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream HOT SEAT!
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⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Essay Prompts & Rubric
⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Literature Guide
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This activity features an engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 puzzles covering plot, characters, vocabulary, and quotes from Shakespeare's Macbeth!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
Instead of coming into your room this morning, your students have entered Inverness, the castle of the new king, King Macbeth. Word has it that he has gone a little crazy lately and all of his ‘friends’ have been dropping like flies. Now he’s starting to look at your students a little funny too.... and in order to survive, they must flee from the castle as fast as they can! The only way to escape is by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
This escape room is an ideal way to end your unit on Macbeth and a great way to review for the final test.
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Also, check out these great products by Language Arts Excellence to complement your unit on Macbeth:
⭐ Macbeth Anticipation Activity
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⭐ Macbeth Quote Posters
⭐ Macbeth "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity
⭐ Shakespeare Resource Bundle
⭐ Shakespeare Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Introduction to Shakespeare Powerpoint
⭐ Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Shakespeare's "Death Lines" Activity
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The Cask of Amontillado ESCAPE ROOM
By Language Arts Excellence
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task (and it is!), but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Because this is a skills-based escape room, it is the perfect way to review the story for the final quiz or test. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
In this escape room, students will try to escape out of the Montresor family catacombs by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, completing a secret message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity
- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity
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This escape room pairs perfectly with the The Cask of Amontillado Literature Guide
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Plus, check out these great products to supplement your study of The Cask of Amontillado:
⭐ The Cask of Amontillado Family Crest Activity
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More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint
⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Compare Contrast Essay
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Socratic Seminar Materials
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Unit Test
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary - Halloween Lesson Plan
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
And because your students will be begging for more escape rooms...
⭐ The Raven ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Tell-Tale Heart ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Pit & the Pendulum ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM
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If you are looking for the perfect way to review the hero's journey with your students using a rigorous yet engaging activity, look no further than this Hero's Journey ESCAPE ROOM!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Hero's Journey Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game!
How does it work?
Though your students have been learning about the 12 stages, 8 archetypes, and countless examples of the hero's journey through literature and film, it is time for them to become heroes themselves by escaping your classroom! In order to do this, they must work in small teams to solve 5 different puzzles related to the hero's journey, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print & Classroom Preparation Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Sheet
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing assignment
This escape room is ideal for reviewing the hero's journey in your classroom. Students will need to know the 12 stages and the 8 archetypes in order to complete the activity.
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Also, check out this great product for your hero's journey unit:
⭐ Hero's Journey Socratic Seminar
⭐ Hero's Journey Anticipation Activity
Can't get enough of escape rooms? Many more ELA Escape Rooms here:
⭐ Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
⭐The Handmaid's Tale ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Back to School ELA ESCAPE ROOM - Pop Culture Edition
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room
⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
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