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1. Geography: World Religions Task Card Cooperative Activity

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3. Geography: World Religions Comparison Study: Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

4. Geography: World Religions Comparison Study: Buddhism & Hinduism

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1. Geography: World Religions Task Card Cooperative Activity

2. Geography: World Religions Scavenger Hunt Games

3. Geography: World Religions Comparison Study: Judaism, Christianity, & Islam

4. Geography: World Religions Comparison Study: Buddhism & Hinduism

5. Geography: World Religions Comparison Study: Taoism & Confucianism

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Purchase this Task Card Bundle Worth $24.95 if purchased individually. (Now only $19.95, 20% discount). This bundle includes:

• Four (4) sets of predesigned card sets and one Africa, Tectonics, South America, Regions, etc.
• One (1) card set to create your task cards.

Your students are sure to love this interactive lesson/activity that will get them thinking while having fun! Students will not be engaged with these task cards. Designed to motivate and engage students in the learning process while encouraging higher-level thinking and research skills.

Includes:

(1) "Shake, Rattle, and Roll": Plate Tectonics/Earthquakes Task Cards

(2) Africa Task Cards

(3) South America Task Cards

(4) World Religions Task Cards Cooperative Activity

(5) Create Your Own Social Studies Task Cards Template. (Enter Description Here)

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✧ Additional Resources on Religion

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Looking for a load of Boomwhacker resources for your percussion kids? Look no further to keep all of your kids engaged through this semester and next!

In this WHACKY PACK, you will receive 8 resources of the most popular Boomwhacker themed lessons on Mr. Litt's Music Room TeachShare at a 15% discount when bought all together here...

• Here Comes the Boom (5 compositions)
• Here Comes the Boom AGAIN (5 follow-up compositions)
• BOOM -- it's a MYSTERY (Name that Tune with Boomwhackers)
• Boomin' Whackin' fun ain't Lackin (10 original compositions for boomwhackers)
• Boom along Songs (simple compositions for primary kids)
• Boom Oops Boom! (poison pattern/poison rhythm game)
• Boom it up Dynamically (working with forte and piano)
• Boomwhacker Warmups (18 8-beat warmups)

Get your basketballs out for Rhythm Basketball and have some musical fun for the remainder of the year to keep your kids engaged (while displaying some true athleticism)

In this Rhythm Basketball JAMPack! you will receive 9 custom arrangements that are 20% off when bought all together with basketball notation for your kids to read along to

Your students will each have a basketball (can be regulation size or smaller) and bounce their ball on the ground each time they see a basketball icon. Each basketball icon is denoted as a quarter note. The rests are in between each ball for the students to hold the ball. Any smaller balls (grouped in two) will be played as 2 eighth note pairs and students will have to lower themselves a foot or two to dribble eighth notes on the floor. If you don't have basketballs, you can use a tennis ball, a kick ball, a dodgeball -- essentially anything that gives you a bounce and an accent as you hit it on the floor!

Included in this pack are:

• ABC, Jackson Five
• Believer, Imagine Dragons
• Can't Stop the Feeling, Justin Timberlake
• Fight Song, Rachel Platten
• High Hopes, Panic! at the Disco
• Imperial March, Star Wars
• Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson
• Thunder, Imagine Dragons
• Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

All songs can be found on YouTube, Amazon Music, Pandora, or other streaming services

This Arabic Book Level 1 includes:

✦ 204 total colored Pages for lessons and practice.

✦ Stories: Embark on exciting adventures through captivating stories set in diverse Arabic-speaking environments.

✦ Matching Alphabet Letters: Build a strong foundation in Arabic literacy with interactive alphabet matching activities.

✦ Coloring Pages: Unleash creativity with colorful illustrations and engaging coloring pages.

✦ Copying Pages: Develop fine motor skills and handwriting proficiency with copying exercises tailored to Arabic learners. These pages provide guided practice in writing Arabic letters and simple words, helping children build confidence in their ability to form letters and words accurately.

This Book is the perfect resource for young learners embarking on their Arabic language journey. Whether used in the classroom or at home, this book fosters a love for learning Arabic and sets a strong foundation for future language proficiency.

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• 204 صفحة
• قصص اطفال ممتعة
• تعلم كتابة ونسخ الاحرف والكلمات بطريقة مميزة
• تلوين باقة من الانشطة

This resource is great for:

• In-Classroom Teaching (Displaying for the Whole Class)
• Online Learning
• Homeschooling
• Sharing on Google Classroom or Other Platforms as a Tool for Revision

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Looking to begin your Orff Chapter, need a few extra tunes to get your kids going, or rounding out your years with some resources? Check out the "Orff MegaPack" with 6 arrangements, warmups, and activities @ 15% off regular price as a bundle!

Included in this MegaPack are the following resources:

• Barz and Starz - Modeled after the "Rainbow Recorder" series, students learn 8 all-original Orff melodies set to colors -- White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, Blue, Red, and Black. As the kids begin, simple rhythms and patterns are given but as they progress into the "Barz and Starz" system, melodic lines get harder with eighth notes, alternating hands, skips, and increased tempo. Student 'pass off' these compositions by playing them with the accompanied mp3s.
• Call it the Response - In this lesson, student swill hear a “Call” which is the first part of a musical phrase. They will then play a “response” which completes the short musical phrase. Their response may be a certain number of beats or maybe a certain rhythm (could be same or different than the call)
• Orff Arrangements
• Simple Orff Arrangements
• Advanced Orff Arrangements
• Orff Warmups

Challenge and excite your students with these fun and engaging activities as you explore prehistory and early civilizations! This exclusive bundle includes PowerPoints, interactive reading activities, foldables, graphic organizers, crosswords, and much more!

Topics covered include prehistory, the Neolithic Revolution, and River Valley Civilizations (Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, India)

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This resource features a bundle of all of our best-selling lesson plans, materials, and activities for Veronica Roth's best-selling dystopian novel, Divergent. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the novel's themes, characters, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. You will not find tedious lists of comprehension questions and vocabulary words in this bundle; instead you will find materials that will bring the novel to life!

Included in this Bundle:

⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint & Crossword

This resource features an engaging, interactive, editable PowerPoint Presentation for introducing or reviewing Dystopian Fiction to your students! The PowerPoint Presentation runs through an entire lesson from warm-up to explanation, application, and summarizer. Also included are 2 pages of "guided notes" so that you may differentiate your lecture for all levels of students. Recently, a fun dystopia crossword puzzle has been added to help reinforce knowledge of the lesson. Since utopias and dystopias are intrinsically motivating for students, this lesson is always a fun one and gets students excited about the upcoming unit on Divergent.

⭐ Divergent "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity

This product features a thoughtful and engaging activity for use during your study of Divergent. Centering around 5 different provocative passages from the book, this lesson provides your students with a chance to think, reflect, and respond to their peers without ever saying a word. This creative approach is a great way to differentiate instruction among your students and allows even your most quiet students to shine. I am confident that this no-prep lesson will become a must-do activity within your unit on Divergent!

⭐ Tattoos of Divergent Character Symbolism Lesson Plan

This powerpoint explores the symbolism behind the character's tattoos. It is a fantastic opening mini-lesson to an activity in which students choose their own "symbolic" tattoos. My students LOVE this activity - just be prepared to share what symbolic tattoo you would get - they WILL ask!

⭐ Divergent Faction Acrostic Poem Assignment

This product contains an assignment for students to create their own acrostic poem for their favorite faction from Divergent. This is the perfect assignment to give after conducting a mock ceremony in your classroom.

⭐ Divergent Fear Landscape Assignment

This resource contains two separate assignments for creating a fear landscape so that you may differentiate among your figurative and literal thinkers. The first is more appropriate for students who can think symbolically (typically end of eighth grade and above) while the second is better suited for your literal thinkers (sixth-seventh grade). No matter which assignment you give, this is an engaging project that will urge students to consider their deepest fears and connect with Tris and her Dauntless friends in Divergent.

⭐ Divergent Mock Choosing Ceremony

This product contains everything you need to conduct your very own true-to-the-book Choosing Ceremony for Divergent in your classroom! This is one of my favorite activities I do with my students all year as I truly get insight into who they are and what they believe. The Choosing Ceremony will be an emotional challenge for some but very well-worth it!

⭐ Divergent Worksheet Bundle

This product includes a crossword puzzle, faction knowledge worksheets, a Freytag's Pyramid worksheet for entire novel, character review worksheet, and full answer keys.

⭐ Divergent Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan and Materials

Socratic Seminars are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class text. 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, with this resource, the work has been done for you. This packet includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding the novel.

⭐ Divergent Final Project - Long Lost Sixth Faction

This project instructs students to create their own faction. They must create everything from faction name, symbol, jobs, and manifesto to a propaganda poster, initiation process and more! This comprehensive project takes students about 1 week to complete. Because it is such an incredibly engaging activity, it truly runs itself and is the perfect way to conclude your study of Divergent.

⭐ Divergent Unit Test

This comprehensive test includes 46 well-written questions: character matching, plot-level multiple choice, faction knowledge chart, vocabulary, and short answer along with full answer key.

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This resource features a bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for Paolo Coelo's inspirational best-selling novel, The Alchemist. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the novel's themes, characters, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. You will not find tedious lists of comprehension questions and vocabulary words in this bundle; instead you will find materials that will bring the novel to life!

Included in this Bundle:

⭐ The Alchemist "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity

This product features a thoughtful and engaging activity for use during the study of The Alchemist. Centering around 5 different provocative passages from the book, this lesson provides your students with a chance to think, reflect, and respond to their peers without ever saying a word. This creative approach is a great way to differentiate instruction among your students and allows even your most quiet students to shine. I am confident that this no-prep lesson will become a must-do activity within your unit on The Alchemist!

⭐ The Alchemist Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan

This product features an anticipation guide for The Alchemist, and a meticulously-explained lesson plan that is in my opinion, the absolute best way to approach a new novel. Using a non-intimidating method called "Numbered Heads", this activity will get your students thinking, writing, conversing, and reporting about themes you will be encountering during your study of The Alchemist.

⭐ The Alchemist Bell Ringer Journal Prompts

This resource features a set of 25 reader response journal prompts for use during your unit on The Alchemist. Each bell ringer is comprised of a quote from the novel and a thoughtfully crafted question that encourages students to personally connect with his inspirational words. Prompts can be used as bell-ringers (most popular and mean the first 5 minutes of every class for a month are planned for you!), summarizers, stations, full class or small group discussion questions, for homework, task cards, sub plans, as a filler activity… the possibilities are endless!

⭐ The Alchemist ESCAPE ROOM

This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Alchemist. 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. All tasks are skills-based so that with this fun lesson, 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!

⭐ The Alchemist Quote Posters

Make your classroom pop with this set of 20 gorgeous posters featuring quotes from The Alchemist. Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) poster contains a provocative quote from the novel imposed over a stunning photograph meant to inspire your students and motivate them to follow their dreams. The square format is reminiscent of Instagram and makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board. I suggest laminating the posters and using them not just during your Alchemist unit, but all year long!

⭐ The Alchemist Socratic Seminar Materials

This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for The Alchemist. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways 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 includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding The Alchemist... and no preparation is required by you at all.

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Moral and Ethical Dilemma Lesson | Conflict Resolution Lesson | Ethical Lesson

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Topic - Moral and Ethical Dilemmas

★ Lesson Plan, PowerPoint, and Activity Packet

★ 84 pages

★ Print and Digital (Text boxes already created!)

★ Suitable for Middle and High School Students

★ Detailed Answer Keys included

This resource includes:

★ Moral Dilemma Lesson Plan (4 pages)

★ EDITABLE Lesson Plan (4 pages)

★ Lesson Plan PowerPoint (38 Slides / Same Content in Lesson Plan)

★ Lesson Worksheets and Activities (Differentiated Activities / 24 Worksheets in total)

★ 1 BLANK PowerPoint slide for you to duplicate and add your OWN content!

★ Detailed Answer Keys / Sample Responses

★ 2 Google Slides links (Lesson Worksheets and PowerPoint)

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PDF and Digital Versions

☆ Lesson Plan (PDF and Editable)

☆ Lesson Worksheets/Activities (PDF and Google Slides)

☆ Lesson PowerPoint (PowerPoint and Google Slides)

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This resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs to assist students who accidentally delete text boxes and/or when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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Throughout your students’ education and lives, they will indeed grapple with many choices that test their personal values, beliefs and priorities. They will encounter all kinds of situations where they must choose between doing what’s right and doing what’s wrong. This resource can greatly help students recognize situations that involve moral issues and practice becoming better decision-makers. Students will learn what steps they can take to help them navigate and resolve moral dilemmas effectively. The lesson plan and activities also provide students the opportunity to discuss what they would do in different moral/ethical dilemmas. Introducing moral dilemmas in the classroom can open up opportunities not only for debate and critical thinking, but also for personal growth, empathy for other viewpoints, and self-reflection.

The lesson, activities, and scenarios provide guidance for real-life situations. You can use these activities and scenarios as a basis for engaging students in conversations about making decisions between right and wrong, and even have them role-play ways of resolving moral and ethical issues. These activities can help students acknowledge why certain choices might be tempting and ultimately think about other courses of actions and responses that might be better (or that will lead to more positive outcomes).

FULL RESOURCE DESCRIPTION

This resource includes a complete step-by-step lesson plan, lesson worksheets, PowerPoint Presentation (38 slides), activities, and detailed ANSWER KEYS that introduces and helps students understand the concept of moral dilemmas.

LESSON OBJECTIVES

Students will:

• Identify and examine their personal values and become aware of how they are an important part of helping them navigate moral dilemmas.
• Understand what moral dilemmas are, their characteristics, and steps they can take to navigate and resolve them in a positive and effective manner.
• Read a variety of moral dilemma scenarios and identify and examine courses of actions they can take to resolve these dilemmas.

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Resource Items and Descriptions

✅ This Lesson and PowerPoint Packet includes a DETAILED Lesson Plan (PDF and Editable Hard Copy Lesson version) that guides you step-by-step on how to introduce the concept of Moral Dilemmas. Lesson activity worksheets and Answer Keys are included to support ALL sections of the lesson plan.

✅ To make this lesson plan SUPER ACCESSIBLE and easy to follow, on the left side of the lesson plan, I included a picture/image of the worksheet that you will use/distribute to students for that section of the lesson. No need to “figure out” what worksheets to use – I explicitly SHOW you which ones to use for each section of the lesson plan!

✅ I also included an editable hardcopy lesson plan version so you can tailor it to meet the needs of your students.

❌ The Activity Worksheets and PowerPoint slides are NOT editable due to copyright purposes.

Lesson POWERPOINT (38 Slides)

★ 38 PowerPoint slides

★ Uneditable (due to copyright purposes)

★ PowerPoint and Digital versions (Text boxes already created)

★ Student Interactive (Includes 5 student response slides for students to add responses if used digitally)

★ Some Answer Key slides included in the PowerPoint version

✅ This resource includes a Lesson PowerPoint of 38 slides (uneditable / PowerPoint and Digital). The PowerPoint is interactive and consists of “instruction” slides, FIVE student response slides (where students can type in their responses if used digitally), and some ANSWER KEY slides.

✅ Depending on how you share the PowerPoint with them, students can engage with the slides as you instruct! SUPER EASY TO DELIVER!

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Lesson Worksheets and Activities (Answer Keys included)

There is nothing more you need to create to deliver this lesson effectively. Worksheets for each part of the lesson, from beginning to end, have been created for you to share with your students and use!

Lesson Worksheets/Activities/KEYS included in this packet:

⭐ Note-Catcher Worksheet

⭐ 2 Anticipation Guides (Same statements / Differentiated)

⭐ 2 Quick-Write Prompt Worksheets

⭐ 3 Differentiated Key Vocabulary Worksheets and KEY

⭐ 2 Values WEB and KEY

⭐ 1 Examples of Good vs. Bad Moral Behaviors and KEY

⭐ 2 Moral Dilemma Scenario Worksheets with Questions and KEYS

⭐ 1 Brainstorming Moral Dilemmas Teens Face and KEY

⭐ 1 Brainstorming Moral Dilemmas YOU Face

⭐ 1 Resolving Moral Dilemmas Steps List and Note-Catcher

⭐ 2 Resolving Moral Dilemmas Scenario Practice Worksheets and KEYS

⭐ 1 Resolving My OWN Moral Dilemma Planning Worksheet and KEY

⭐ 1 Text Message Conversation with Questions Worksheet and KEY

⭐ 1 What Would You Do? Moral Dilemmas Worksheet and KEY

⭐ 2 Reflection Worksheets and KEYS

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This resource is also included in the following discounted BUNDLES:

• Moral Dilemma BUNDLE
• SEL Lesson Plan and PowerPoint BUNDLE
• SEL Mega Bundle
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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Other Moral/Ethical Dilemma resources you might be interested in:

• Moral Dilemma BUNDLE
• Moral and Ethical Dilemmas Activity Worksheets and Keys
• Moral/Ethical Dilemma SCENARIOS
• Moral/Ethics Writing and Discussion Questions

You might also be interested in CONFLICT RESOLUTION resources!

• Conflict Resolution BUNDLE (Print and Digital)
• Conflict Resolution Activity Worksheets and Answer Keys
• Conflict Resolution Task Cards and Worksheets

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1. Examination Day Full-Week ELA Unit Plan: Socratic Seminar, Choice Board, Slides

• Dive into Henry Slesar's thought-provoking short story, "Examination Day," with a full-week ELA unit plan designed for middle school. This comprehensive package includes detailed Socratic seminar procedures, engaging choice board activities, and dynamic presentation slides to encourage critical thinking and student-led discourse on themes of intelligence testing and government control.

1. Harrison Bergeron Full-Week ELA Plan: Socratic Seminar, Choice Board, Slides

• Explore Kurt Vonnegut's classic dystopian tale, "Harrison Bergeron," in this complete week-long ELA unit. Middle school students will engage deeply with themes of enforced equality and individuality through structured Socratic seminars, creative choice board activities, and informative slides, all designed to foster critical analysis and vibrant classroom discussions.

1. All Summer in a Day Comprehensive Week-Long Lesson Plan: Seminar, Choice Board

• Immerse your students in Ray Bradbury's poignant story, "All Summer in a Day," with this extensive unit plan. The curriculum includes everything you need to facilitate meaningful discussions around themes of isolation, bullying, and the longing for sunshine. Engaging seminars and diverse choice board activities provide varied learning opportunities that cater to different student interests and learning styles.

1. The Pedestrian Full-Week ELA Unit Plan: Socratic Seminar, Choice Board, Slides

• Step into the futuristic world of Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian" with this detailed unit plan for grades 6-8. Through thoughtful Socratic seminars, a creative choice board, and educational slides, students will analyze the story's critique of technological dependency and societal conformity, developing critical thinking skills that transcend the classroom.

Author's Purpose Lesson Plan and PowerPoint | Reading Comprehension PIED

About This Resource

★ Author's Purpose

★ No Prep Packet

★ Print and Digital

★ 56 pages and 35 PowerPoint slides (Total of 91 pages)

★ Excellent for grades 5-9 and lower-level Special Ed, and ELL High School students

★ Duration: 2-3 days

This resource includes:

★ In-depth Author’s Purpose Lesson Plan

★ EDITABLE Hard Copy Lesson Plan

★ Author’s Purpose PowerPoint (35 slides)

★ Do Now/Launch Worksheet and Answer Key

★ Author's Purpose PIED Worksheet Guide

★ 2 Mini Lesson Passage Worksheets and Answer Keys

★ 2 Guided Practice Worksheets and Answer Keys

★ Differentiated Formative Assessment Slips and Answer Keys

★ Groupwork Interactive Activity (2 Flap Book variations)

★ Final Assessment | Test (Multiple-Choice) and Answer Key

★ Lesson Reflection Worksheet and Sample Response

★ Groupwork Reflection Worksheet

★ 3 Video Links

★ 2 Google Slide Links for PowerPoint and Lesson Worksheets

Interactive Partner Activity Packet and Answer Keys

★ Teacher Directions Page

★ 2 Author's Purpose Flip Card Sheets (contains 9 Flip Card Text Boxes on each Sheet)

★ 2 Author's Purpose for Writing Sheets

★ Colorful Bulletin Board Task Display Page (for this activity)

★ 2 Rubrics (to score the activity)

★ Answer Keys

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Engaging Author’s Purpose Lesson, Activities, and PowerPoint for Middle and High School Classrooms

Take your students on an interactive journey to master Author’s Purpose with this comprehensive lesson packet designed for middle and high school classrooms! This resource includes everything you need to teach, practice, and assess the four main purposes of writing: **Persuade, Inform, Entertain, and Describe (PIED). **The PowerPoint and lesson worksheets are also available in Google Slides! This format gives you the flexibility to easily share the slides with your students.

What’s Included:

❤️ Author's Purpose Lesson Plan:

✅ This resource includes a 6-page, step-by-step lesson plan with supplemental worksheets to help you teach Author’s Purpose. The plan provides detailed guidance for each part of the lesson and even includes images of the worksheets to be used at each stage.

✅ An editable version of the hard copy lesson plan is included, allowing you to customize it for your students or use it for an observation.

❤️ PowerPoint Presentation:

✅ A visually engaging and easy-to-follow presentation (35 slides) that explains Author’s Purpose with examples and guiding questions.

❌ The PowerPoint slides are not editable due to copyright restrictions.

❤️ Author's Purpose Activities and Worksheets:

✅ Hands-on activities like the Author’s Purpose Word Flip Card Game to encourage collaboration and critical thinking.

✅ A Flap Book Activity for students to categorize and write examples for each purpose.

✅ Reflection sheets to help students analyze their understanding and participation.

❤️ Formative and Final Assessments:

✅ Matching and multiple-choice questions to evaluate comprehension.

✅ Differentiated worksheets for higher and lower-level learners.

❤️ Rubrics and Answer Keys:

✅ Detailed rubrics for groupwork, participation, and assessments.

✅ Answer keys for all activities and assessments to save you time.

❤️ Author's Purpose Interactice Flip Card Activity

In this engaging and interactive activity, students can work in pairs or independently to read 18 short Author's Purpose descriptions (or texts) and determine the author's intended purpose for writing each one. Students will decide whether the examples reflect the purpose to Persuade, Inform, Entertain, or Describe. They will then cut out Author’s Purpose Word Flip Cards and glue them onto the text boxes that best match the author’s purpose for each piece of text.

This resource also includes **two rubrics **for scoring the Author’s Purpose Flip Card Charts! One rubric is designed for use when assigning the activity as a pair task, and the other is for independent work. Additionally, a visually appealing **Bulletin Board Task Display Page **is included, making it easy to showcase students’ completed work right away!

Step-by-Step Teacher Instructions with Images Included!

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Engaging and Flexible: Perfect for middle and high school students, this packet adapts to various skill levels and learning styles.
• Standards-Aligned: Meets ELA standards for identifying and analyzing Author’s Purpose.
• Ready-to-Use: Everything is prepped and ready, with step-by-step instructions for seamless implementation.
• Collaborative and Fun: Includes activities for groupwork, independent practice, and creative reflection.

Transform how your students think about writing with this all-in-one Author’s Purpose packet! Whether you’re teaching a single lesson or a multi-day unit, this resource will help your students confidently identify and analyze an author’s intentions while keeping them engaged and excited to learn.

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Bundle together five dynamic New Year's resources for an enriching learning experience in your middle school classroom. Here's a brief overview of each component in this comprehensive package:

New Year's Informational Text Set: Structure, Central Idea, Author's Purpose!
A collection of five diverse articles, each exemplifying a different text structure like Description, Chronological, Problem and Solution, Compare and Contrast, and Cause and Effect. This set focuses on Times Square New Year’s celebrations and includes STAAR-aligned questions on the central idea, author's purpose, vocabulary, and text structure.

Classroom Synergy: Resetting Expectations in the New Year – 4 Engaging Activities!
Kick off the new year with four activities designed to reinforce classroom expectations and promote a positive learning environment. This resource includes expectation role-playing, creating expectations posters, and connecting expectations to SEL with reflective writing prompts.

Global Bites: New Year’s Celebrations and Food Traditions – Inquiry Based Learning
Explore New Year's traditions and food customs from around the world with this inquiry-based learning project. This resource encourages research and presentation skills as students delve into diverse cultural celebrations and their unique culinary traditions.

Cheers to A New Year: How to Write A Toast Workshop
Enhance public speaking skills with this engaging workshop on crafting toasts. Perfect for New Year celebrations, this resource guides students through the process of writing and delivering a meaningful toast, fostering both creativity and confidence in public speaking.

Spill the Tea: 2023 Year in Review – Google Slides Photo Project
A fun and engaging Google Slides project that allows students to reflect on the year 2023. Students create a photo-based presentation, capturing key moments, trends, and personal experiences from the year, making it an excellent activity for New Year reflections.

This bundle is perfect for middle school teachers looking to add a mix of educational and engaging activities to their New Year curriculum. Each resource is designed to be cross-curricular, supporting skills in reading, writing, research, public speaking, and social-emotional learning.

Social Skills Lesson and Activities

This resource is also included in the following discounted Bundles:

• SEL Lesson Plan and PowerPoint BUNDLE
• SEL Mega Bundle
• Social Skills and Empathy Lesson Plan and PowerPoint BUNDLE
• Social Skills BUNDLE
• ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Topic - Social Skills

★ Lesson Plan, PowerPoint Presentation, and Activities

★ 94 pages

★ Print and Digital

★ Suitable for Middle and high School Students

★ Lesson Duration: 2-3 days

★ PowerPoint includes 39 slides (Uneditable)

★ SEL-related topic

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This resource includes:

------ POWERPOINT (39 SLIDES / PowerPoint and Digital)

------ Step-by-Step Lesson Plan (4.5 pages – PDF)

------ Editable Hardcopy Lesson Plan version (for modifications)

------ General Note-Taking Sheet

------ Mini Lesson Note-Taking Sheet and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Note-Taking Worksheets

------ 4 Differentiated Quick Write Worksheets

------ 3 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for Quick Write Worksheets

------ Good vs. Poor Social Skills Worksheet and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Good vs. Poor Social Skills Worksheet

------ 3 Differentiated Guided Practice Worksheets and ANSWER KEYS

• Evidence of Good Social Skills Scenario, Reflection Question, and KEY
• Evidence of Poor Social Skills Scenario, Reflection Question, and KEY
• Evidence of both Good and Poor Social Skills Worksheet, Reflection Question, and KEY

------ 3 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for ALL Guided Practice Worksheets

------ 2 Differentiated Formative Assessment Worksheets and ANSWER KEY

------ Bulletin Board Task Display Page for Formative Assessment Worksheets

------ 3 PAIR Activities and ANSWER KEYS

• Social Skills Worksheet and ANSWER KEY
• Navigating Through Socially Awkward Situations Worksheet and ANSWER KEY
• How Would You Respond Worksheet and ANSWER KEY

------ 2 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for ALL PAIR Activity Worksheets

------ 2 End-of Lesson Assessments and ANSWER KEY

------ 2 Bulletin Board Task Display Pages for End-of-Lesson Assessments

------ 2 Assessment Rubrics (in 2 different formats totaling 4 Rubrics)

------ ANSWER KEYS for everything!!

------ Google Slide Links

DIGITAL VERSIONS (GOOGLE SLIDES)

• Lesson Plan Worksheets
• PowerPoint

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PRINT and DIGITAL versions!

All Lesson Plan Worksheets and the PowerPoint are included in GOOGLE SLIDES!

Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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This Social Skills Lesson Plan and PowerPoint HUGE Packet is a complete, COMPREHENSIVE, no-prep resource that teaches students:

⭐ what “social skills” means

⭐ the differences between good social skills and poor social skills

⭐ the benefits of having good social skills

⭐ how to develop and practice good social skills

This HUGE packet provides LITERALLY all the materials you need to complete the entire lesson. Included are supplemental worksheets and activities that highlight real-life social scenarios and situations to help students of all levels and abilities to practice and build social skills. These highly relevant activities and scenarios expose students to skills they need to interact with others effectively, forge positive relationships, negotiate conflicts, improve social skills and behavior, and most importantly, build confidence in managing their emotions.

There is absolutely NOTHING you need to create to complete this resource.

ITEM DESCRIPTIONS

▶️ In-depth Lesson Plan (Step-by-Step Directions)

✅ This resource includes an in-depth, step-by-step lesson plan that helps you teach social skills in a fun and engaging manner. This full Social Skills Lesson Plan Packet also contains a variety of collaborative and engaging activities to enhance students’ understanding of the concept of social skills. Students will have many opportunities to practice good social skills right in their own classrooms.

✅ Most activity worksheets include ANSWER KEYS!

✅ On the left side of the lesson plan, I included a picture/image of the worksheet that you will use/distribute to students for that section of the lesson! No need to “figure out” what worksheets to use – it explicitly SHOWS you which ones to use and when!

✅ Also included is a hard copy editable lesson plan so you can modify and tailor the lesson to the needs of your students.

Topics/Information covered in this Lesson:

⭐ Break Down of the Terms "Social" and "Skills"

⭐ Personal Experiences with Social Skills

⭐ Good vs. Poor Social Skills (and examples)

⭐ Outcomes/Effects of Poor vs. Good Social Skills in Certain Situations

⭐ How Your Behavior Affects/Impacts Others

⭐ Social Skills Scenarios

⭐ Social Skills

⭐ Navigating Through Socially Awkward Situations

⭐ Text Messaging - How Would You Respond (showing good Social Skills)

⭐ Reflection

⭐ Personal Connections

▶️ PowerPoint (39 slides / Digital version included)

✅ This resource includes a PowerPoint Presentation to go with the lesson plan and consists of 39 slides that covers the entire lesson from start to finish. (Slides are uneditable due to copyright purposes.)

✅ The PowerPoint Presentation is visually appealing, contain creative clip arts, fonts, and background paper. The images appeal to diverse populations.

✅ The PowerPoint is also included in Google Slides. That means you have the freedom to share these slides with your students!

✅ Please note that the slides cannot be edited due to copyrighted graphics, fonts, background paper, etc. 

❤️ Why this Lesson PowerPoint Presentation is so unique❤️

★ It’s visually appealing as it contains amazing, diverse “urban-like” clip art images, background paper, and fonts.

★ It provides plenty of “teaching points” as well as “student contributions” slides to maintain student participation and attention.

★ There are no “nonsense” slides.

★ It LITERALLY covers ALL parts of the lesson plan, including the activities from the supplemental worksheets, so you can review them with students.

★ Included are slides for ALL PAIR activities, so you can discuss the activities and review students’ responses if you wish!

▶️ Assessments and Rubrics

✅ There is a formative assessment and ANSWER KEY when you reach the middle of the lesson to check students' understanding. Additionally, at the end of this entire social skills lesson are two different final assessments where students demonstrate their understanding of social skills. You choose which ones you want them to complete, or they can complete both – it’s up to you! Each assessment includes a Rubric.

✅ The rubrics are NOT generic; They have been created to specifically align/reflect the assessment tasks.

✅ There are two different rubrics that come in two different formats:

⭐ The first set of rubrics contain just the rubric by itself.

⭐ The second set of rubrics include the same rubric with a "Comments/Feedback" section at the bottom.

▶️ Bulletin Board Task Display Pages
Every single worksheet comes with a colorful image and task filled Bulletin Board Task Display Page!! As soon as students complete an assignment or activity, you can display their work IMMEDIATELY upon completion! Just collect, grade, and display! Super time-saver!

▶️ ANSWER KEYS
Every worksheet also comes with an Answer Key/Suggested Response Sheet. No thinking is needed on your part! The Answer Keys are detailed allowing you to deliver the lesson and PowerPoint with ease!

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You may also be interested in the following Social Skills resources:

• Social Skills BUNDLE
• Social Skills Lesson Plan and PowerPoint Packet
• Social Skills Worksheets and ANSWER KEYS Packet
• Social Skills - Dealing with Teachers PACKET
• 192 Social Skills Scenario Task Cards and 192 Worksheets BUNDLE
• 192 Social Skills Scenario Task Cards (only)
• 192 Social Skills Scenario Worksheets (only)
• Social Skills - Filtering Your Thoughts" Task Cards and Worksheets
• Thinking Before Responding Task Cards and Worksheets PACKET
• High School Drama - Teen Dating and Romantic Relationships Packet
• Social Skills Scenario Task Cards and Worksheets using SLANG Words
• Social Skills - Teen Dating and Romantic Relationships Task Cards and Worksheets BUNDLE
• Social Skills Text Messaging - How Would You Respond?
• Social Skills Differentiated Text Message Conversations
• Reading and Responding to Body Language and Social Cues

Social Skills Task Cards and Worksheets

• Bullying, Teasing, and Put-downs Task Cards and Worksheets
• Dealing with Conflicts Task Cards and Worksheets
• Effective Communication Task Cards and Worksheets
• Empathy Task Cards and Worksheets
• Friendship Task Cards and Worksheets
• Giving Advice Task Cards and Worksheets
• Good Manners Task Cards and Worksheets
• Kindness Task Cards and Worksheets
• Negotiating a Compromise Task Cards and Worksheets
• Interview Questions Task Cards and Worksheets
• Problem Solving Task Cards and Worksheets
• Apologizing Task Cards and Worksheets (Grades 2-4)
• Apologizing Packet (Grades 1-2)

Empathy resources:

• Empathy BUNDLE
• Empathy Lesson Plan and PowerPoint HUGE PACKET
• Empathy Task Cards and Worksheets
• Empathy Worksheets

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This bundle includes the in-class and digital version of our Escape from Dystopia 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. Now, you can facilitate our popular Escape from Dystopia Escape Rooms in the classroom and at home for distance learning with this meticulously-crafted bundle. 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 run smoothly from start to finish. All tasks are skills-based so that with these fun lessons, learning is not sacrificed. Whether they are in school or at home, your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize how much they're learning about dystopian literature!

How does it work?

In order to escape from your dystopian [digital] classroom of despair and destruction, your students must escape your room by solving 5 different utopian and dystopian related puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.

• Dystopia FAQs: In the first task, students must complete a crossword puzzle with questions about dystopian and utopian societies. Once complete, they must unscramble circled boxes to reveal the first code.
• Trending Now: In the second task, students must match an actual current law, statistic or trend with the dystopian novel that shows what, if taken to the extreme, could happen to our world. Once completed correctly, letters within the shaded boxes will reveal the second code.
• Word Maze: In the third task, students must complete a word maze. Letters collected along the way will reveal a theme of dystopia and act as the third code.
• Unknown Citizen: In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of W. H. Auden's The Unknown Citizen. This is the perfect poem for discussing the totalitarian aspects of dystopian societies and how citizens can completely lose their individuality within them. The letters of the multiple choice questions about the poem will form the fourth code.
• Dys/U topia?: In the fifth and final task, students must assemble two charts for Utopia and Dystopia using hypothetical elements of both types of society. Letters of the correct answers reveal the final code phrase to escape the classroom!

In-Class Escape Room 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

- Visual "Keys"

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

- Theme Reflection for homework assignment or in-class writing activity

Digital (Paperless) Escape Room 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

*Note that this is the digital version of the escape room; tasks are identical, just reformatted for digital experience. Requires use of Google Slides.*

These escape rooms can be used as an introduction to or as a review of dystopia, however students will need at least a fundamental understanding of utopian and dystopian societies prior to engaging in the activities. Therefore, this 30-slide Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint is included to be taught a day or two prior to the escapes.

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Getting sick is never convenient, especially when you're a teacher. But with this bundle of 5 stress-free emergency sub plans, you can rest easy knowing that your class will be in capable hands. Whether you need a full week now or are taking things day-by-day, this worksheet bundle has you covered.

Print-and-Go Topics include:

School

Professions

Clothing

Foods

Places Around Town

Each plan guides your students through meaningful and independent written vocabulary practice, ensuring that they're not just busy, but also learning. Lessons contain vocabulary lists with 25 words and 7 different worksheet options for practice sheets. These include:

1. Repetition-Based Learning: Utilize the power of repetition to solidify vocabulary retention. Students will practice writing place words multiple times, enhancing their memory and fluency.
2. Drawing and Labeling: Tap into your students' artistic side as they sketch and label new words. This activity promotes creativity while reinforcing vocabulary and spelling.
3. Decoding Secret Message: Pictorial symbols provide visual cues that help learners associate meaning with the target language vocabulary. By decoding a message using symbols, learners reinforce their understanding of the language's visual representation.
4. Alphabetizing: Alphabetizing vocabulary requires active cognitive processing. Students must analyze the words, compare their initial letters, and determine their correct placement in the alphabetical sequence. This cognitive engagement deepens understanding and promotes stronger memory connections with the vocabulary terms.
5. Short Answer: Provide an opportunity for students to apply the vocabulary in meaningful ways. By constructing responses, students connect the vocabulary to specific contexts, demonstrating their understanding of how the words are used. This application helps with recall and enhances their ability to use it effectively.
6. Creative Writing: Students draw from previous language knowledge to create complete sentences relevant to the new vocabulary. This is a slightly more advanced activity that allows students to use higher-level thinking and creativity to form sentences using verb tenses and additional they are familiar with.
7. Code Breaker: Decoding the vocabulary is like solving a puzzle. It encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills as learners work to match the symbols to the correct letters to form vocabulary while providing ongoing review and reinforcement.
8. Crossword Puzzle: When students create a crossword puzzle, they actively engage with the vocabulary words. They must think about the meanings of the words, consider their spelling, and create clues that correspond to each word. This active involvement promotes deeper processing and understanding of the vocabulary.
9. Word Search: Let your students become puzzle masters! They'll create their very own crossword puzzles using new vocabulary. This activity enhances spelling, vocabulary recognition, and problem-solving skills.
10. Magic Square: Learners must analyze the available options and find the correct matches. This process stimulates critical thinking, encourages logical reasoning, and enhances cognitive skills, all while reinforcing the vocabulary.
11. Matching: Learners to make connections between words and their translations. By actively associating and pairing words together, learners establish meaningful connections that enhance their understanding and retention of vocabulary.
12. Categorizing: Engage your students in critical thinking as they categorize their new vocabulary This activity encourages them to analyze and sort words according to different genres.

And more!

*Includes FREE fully editable Substitute Notes Template to make your week even easier!

Your health and well-being matter. So give yourself the time you need to get back to your best. Students will remain engaged and continue their learning, even if your substitute has no knowledge of French.

Check out my 4 Seasons Emergency Sub Bundle for shorter absences or make your own tailored plans quickly with 10 Universal French Vocabulary Mastery Sheets!

This bundle includes lessons for all stories in the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh. The stories are not included in this resource. Lessons are focused on the following stories:

- How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium by Matt De La Peña

- The Difficult Path by Grace Lin

- Sol Painting, Inc. by Meg Medina

- Secret Samantha by Tim Federle

- The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by Kelly J. Baptist

- Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains by Tim Tingle

- Main Street by Jacqueline Woodson

- Flying Lessons by Soman Chainani

- Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents by Kwame Alexander

- Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers

Each lesson includes WORKSHEETS and a PRESENTATION. Worksheets come in color and b/w. Presentations include answer keys.

Each lesson contains:

- Pre-reading journal prompt

- Story vocabulary (except Main Street)

- Tiered reading questions

- Questions focused on one particular ELA standard

- Answer keys

BONUS ESSAY WRITING PROMPTS ARE INCLUDED!

If you teach 90 minute block classes, you would likely get through one lesson per day. If you teach 50 minute classes like I do, each lesson could take two days. This bundle could last from 2 weeks to 4 weeks depending on your schedule.

This resource features a bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale of plague and pestilence, The Masque of the Red Death. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the story's themes, characters, vocabulary, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. This activity bundle provides a week's worth of material to bring the story to life!

Included in this Bundle:

• The Masque of the Red Death Literature Guide: This literature guide features a Common Core-aligned mini-unit for use while reading The Masque of the Red Death. 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, and symbolism. Also included are 12 reader response task cards for literature circles and a creative social media activities that will bring the story to life in the 21st century. A full answer key is provided along with three bonus student-tested lesson plans. The wide range of activities in this guide will keep your students engaged and help them to gain a deep understanding of one of the most horrifying tales in American literature.

• Masque of the Red Death Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan (also included within Literature Guide): This resource features an anticipation guide for the story along with a meticulously-explained lesson plan that is in my opinion, the absolute best way to approach a new short story. Using a non-intimidating method called "Numbered Heads", this activity will get your students thinking, writing, conversing, and reporting about themes you will be encountering during your study of The Masque of the Red Death.

• The Masque of the Red Death Social Media Activities (also included within Literature Guide): This resource features two fun, interactive activities to bring The Masque of the Red Death into the 21st century! In this 45 minute lesson plan with accompanying materials, your classroom will transform into a real life "twitter-world" in which students will create twitter accounts for hypothetical characters in the story and interact with one another through their twitter pages. The Snap Chat worksheet is perfect for an engaging homework or sub-plan that your students will look forward to working on and sharing with their friends.Your students will thank you for offering such fun ways to connect with Poe's twisted tale and will not even realize how much they are learning by digging deep into the text. Both work perfectly for a Friday or even on Halloween when students need a mental break and a chance to tap into their creativity!

• The Masque of the Red Death Socratic Seminar: This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for The Masque of the Red Death. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways 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 includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding the short story... and no preparation is required by you at all.

• The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM: 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. 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!

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This resource features a bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for Edgar Allan Poe's gruesome tale, The Tell-Tale Heart. Each product is thoughtfully crafted and allows students to think outside the box by delving deeply into the story's themes, characters, vocabulary, and plot development. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. This activity bundle provides more than a week's worth of material to bring the story to life!

Included in this Bundle:

The Black Cat Literature Guide: This resource features a comprehensive literature guide for use while reading Edgar Allan Poe's creepy classic tale, The Black Cat. The packet provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story and encourages students to think critically about plot structure, literary elements, figurative language, and the superstitions within the story. The wide range of activities in this guide will keep your students engaged and help them to gain a deep understanding of one of the most highly regarded tales of American literature.

The Black Cat Socratic Seminar: 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 Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe... with very little preparation required on your end.

The Black Cat ESCAPE ROOM: This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for The Black Cat 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!

Unreliable Narrator of The Black Cat Lesson Plan (also included within Literature Guide): This resource features a full-length lesson plan and accompanying materials that asks students to delve into the crazed mind of the narrator of Poe's The Black Cat. Through an engaging "True/Untrue Storytelling" activity, precise mini-lecture on the unreliable narrator, guiding questions, and follow-up assignment, your students will be able to understand the sometimes daunting concept of the unreliable narrator and discuss how a story is affected when told through the eyes of one. This lesson plan opens up a new world for students as they realize that many of the books, movies, and tv shows that they have read or seen in the past may have been influenced by an unreliable narrator. Thus, not only is this lesson important, it is intrinsically fascinating to students and the "oohs" and "aha" moments that tend to arise from the discussion make it a blast to teach! I am confident that you and your students will love this lesson as much as mine have for years.

**BONUS FILE: Intro to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint: This product features a highly-engaging introductory PowerPoint Presentation for the Father of Horror himself, Edgar Allan Poe. A unit of study on Poe is not complete without learning the gory and heartbreaking details of his life and what made him into the master poet and writer whom we continue to marvel at today. This 20-slide powerpoint runs through his tragic family life and childhood, relationships, early occupations (before he was the Poe that you know), synopses of some of his most famous works, death theories, and current pop culture references. It concludes with a 10 question quiz to see how well students listened... and trust me, they will be hanging on your every word! This powerpoint encourages class participation, is fully editable to suit your class' needs, and lasts about 30-40 minutes to run through. I suggest presenting this on the very first day of your unit on Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy and let the horror begin!

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