High School Balanced Literacy Centers

Shakespeare Ultimate Bundle. Includes resources for the following plays: Hamlet, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, and The Twelfth Night. Great for covering Shakespeare at multiple grade levels or multiple plays. Includes different activities, study guides, games, and more. Works great as a school resource.

Every April, students can celebrate Tell-a-Story Day, which occurs at the end of the month. This 16 page handout will help students with organizing and telling fact-based stories. Great for building oral communication, evidence/proof, and re-telling memories. Includes: Finding storytelling topics Graphic Organizers for planning stories in chronological order Setting up a storytelling event Designing advertisements/invitations Peer workshopping stories Links to multicultural, professional, international/national storytelling centers, storytelling videos and websites Can be used any time of the year! Students will enjoy sharing stories while learning how to use fact-based information. Fun and educational!

Complete Teaching Unit for Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.

Everything you need to cover the entire play with your students. Comes complete with answer keys. Differentiated instruction to ensure comprehension to meet your students needs.

Includes:

Much Ado About Nothing Context Powerpoint

Much Ado About Nothing Interactive Flipbook

Much Ado About Nothing Escape Room

Much Ado About Nothing Characterization

Much Ado About Nothing Act 1 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 2 quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 3 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 4 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Quiz

Much Ado About Nothing : Benedick Soliloquy Analysis

Shakespeare Comedies Power point

Much Ado About Nothing Final Project and Rubric

Trapped in a snowstorm in a dangerous mountain pass, students use character traits to debate and give rationals to win the only two seats in the wagon. Students create avatars with this 22 page handout based on character traits and character flaws. Uses social skills combined with ELA skills to practice compare and contrast, fact-based arguments and persuasion. Includes:

Directions

Character Trait List with Definition

Character Flaw List with Definition

12 Western themed Male Avatars

12 Western themed Female Avatars

Wagon, Ho! Scenario

Group Chart with Note Taking section

Character Reflection Sheet

Extra Resources

Optional Writing, Project, and Video Assignments

Excellent for small/whole group, whether at-risk/GT/AP, that uses character traits and fact-based evidence/proof to practice decision making processes and expository writings.

Teaching Number The Stars? Don't know where to start? This bundle includes many activities to do before, during, and after reading the novel. This is a complete unit for the classic novel Number The Stars by Lois Lowry. Keep your students engaged from beginning to end.

Complete Unit.

Covers the entire book !

Great for differentiation.

Includes:

⭐Number The Stars Introduction Power Point

⭐Number The Stars Flip book Study Guide

⭐Number The Stars Characterization Flip book

⭐Number The Stars Vocabulary Lists and Quizzes

⭐Holocaust Webquest

⭐Graphic Organizers - Any Novel

A GREAT VALUE!

Whole/group small group activity to get students thinking about word choices. Use the clues (illustrations, fill-in-the-blanks) to figure out complex job titles that translate into simple one-word definitions (Example: Media Distribution Officer = paperboy). Ten slides and answer guide included.

This flip book goes through all the main characters of the playl. It includes graphic organizers for your students to fill out in order to better understand character development. It makes a great study guide and a good way to have your students understand the differences and similarities between the different characters of the play. Offers differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all your students!

Studying The Catcher in the Rye? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•About the Book

•Being a Banned Book

•Summary

•Point of View

•Characters

•Settings

•Symbols

•Conflicts

•Themes

•Critical Thinking Questions

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Catcher in the Rye Interactive Flip book Study Guide

Catcher In the Rye Characterization Flip book

This bundle includes quizzes for The Taming of the Shrew 1-5. Each quiz has five multiple choice questions and at least two short answer questions. Each quiz comes with an answer key included. All these quizzes purchased individually would cost a total of $5.00. You save $1 buy purchasing all five in this bundle.

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The Taming of the Shrew Interactive Flip book

The Taming of the Shrew Characterization Flip book

This bundle includes quizzes for The Tempest Acts 1-5. Each quiz has five multiple choice questions and at least two short answer questions. All these quizzes purchased individually would cost a total of $5.00. You save $1 buy purchasing all five in this bundle.

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The Tempest Interactive Flip book

The Tempest Escape Room

The Tempest Interactive Characterization Flip book

The Tempest Epilouge

Doing a novel unit on The Scarlet Letter? Don't know where to get started? This introduction power point to Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter gives vital context to assist students with understanding the text, symbols, themes, and more.

This bundle includes quizzes for The Taming of the Shrew 1-5. Each quiz has five multiple choice questions and at least two short answer questions. Each quiz comes with an answer key included. All these quizzes purchased individually would cost a total of $5.00. You save $1 buy purchasing all five in this bundle.

Be sure to check out my other products for The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew Interactive Flip book

The Taming of the Shrew Characterization Flip book

5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions on Act 4 of the play The Tempest. Complete with Answer Key.

A characterization book for the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Great for differentiation while reading the novel!

Contains poem, graphic organizer for analysis, graphic organizer for literary devices, and answer key.

Archetype Web Quest! Started Web Quests this year and my students love them and so do I. Students must define and find examples for different archetypes. Great release of accountability. Requires students have access to a computer and internet. Includes resources and answer key.

5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions on Act 2 of the play The Tempest. Complete with Answer Key.

10 Multiple choice questions and 2 quote analysis (short answer) type of questions on Act 5 of the play Othello. Complete with answer key.

5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions on Act 5 of the play The Tempest. Complete with Answer Key.

5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions on Act 1 of the play The Tempest. Complete with Answer Key.