High School Reading PowerPoint Presentations

Transform your middle school ELA classroom with this comprehensive bundle of 12 highly engaging short story units. Each unit is meticulously designed to provide a full week of dynamic lessons, complete with detailed plans, interactive slides, a choice activity board, Socratic seminar questions, three STAAR-aligned essay prompts, a film vs. text Venn diagram, and the text PDF. These short stories will captivate your students and enhance their literary analysis skills, making learning both fun and meaningful.

Included Short Stories:

1. The Most Dangerous Game
2. Sorry, Wrong Number
3. The Hitchhiker
4. The Way Up to Heaven
5. Lamb to the Slaughter
6. The Landlady
7. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
8. Harrison Bergeron
9. Examination Day
10. The Pedestrian
11. All Summer in a Day
12. There Will Come Soft Rains

Bundle Features:

1. Comprehensive 5-Day Lesson Plans: Each story unit includes a detailed five-day lesson plan, ensuring a structured approach to teaching. Lessons are aligned with educational standards and include clear objectives and outcomes.

2. Interactive Slides: Engage your students with interactive slides that guide them through the story, provide context, and facilitate discussions. These slides are designed to keep students focused and involved.

3. Choice Activity Board: Each unit comes with a creative choice board, allowing students to demonstrate their understanding through various projects such as writing an alternate ending, creating a comic strip, designing a literary brochure, and more.

4. Socratic Seminar Questions: Encourage critical thinking and in-depth discussion with six thought-provoking Socratic seminar questions for each story. These questions help students delve deeper into the text and analyze its themes, characters, and literary elements.

5. Three STAAR-Aligned Essay Prompts: Each unit includes three essay prompts (argumentative, correspondence, and informational) that are aligned with STAAR standards, helping students practice their writing skills and prepare for standardized assessments.

6. Film vs. Text Venn Diagram: Enhance your students' analytical skills with a film vs. text Venn diagram activity. Students compare and contrast the short story with its film adaptation, focusing on key similarities and differences.

7. Text PDF: Each unit comes with a PDF of the short story, making it easy to provide students with the text for reading and annotation.

Why Choose This Bundle?

• Engaging Content: These short stories are highly engaging and perfect for capturing the interest of middle school students. The diverse selection of stories includes suspense, science fiction, dystopian themes, and more.
• Comprehensive and Ready-to-Use: Save time with ready-to-use lesson plans, activities, and resources. Each unit is designed for easy implementation, ensuring you can focus on teaching and engaging your students.
• Develop Critical Thinking: The activities and discussions included in each unit promote critical thinking, literary analysis, and deeper understanding of the text.
• Flexible and Adaptable: The bundle provides flexibility in teaching, with a variety of activities and assessment options to suit different learning styles and classroom needs.

Perfect for middle school humanities teachers, this bundle offers everything you need to deliver engaging and effective ELA lessons throughout the year. Enrich your curriculum and inspire your students with these timeless short stories and comprehensive teaching resources.

Studying Murder on the Orient Express? Looking to give students some context for the novel ?

Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•Interwar Period (1918-1939)

•Orient Express and International Travel

•Golden Age of Detective Fiction

•Conflicts

•Story Overview

•Themes

•Motifs

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

Unlock the power of inferencing with this comprehensive resource pack tailored for middle and high school students. Dive into the world of critical thinking and analysis with 19 unique files, carefully curated to enhance inferencing skills across various mediums.

Delve into captivating texts with a selection of short stories and poems, including "The Chaser," "Rose from the Concrete," "Rolling in the Deep," and "Cry me a River." Each file comes with detailed summaries and thought-provoking questions to stimulate deep comprehension and inferencing abilities.

Equip your students with the tools they need to excel in inferencing with supplementary materials, such as checking account statements for real-world application and a list of words describing tone to aid in textual analysis.

Explore the intricacies of inferencing through engaging activities, including an Inferencing Lesson with 26 slides designed for both group instruction and individual practice. With meticulously crafted lessons, students will develop a keen eye for detail and learn to draw insightful conclusions from diverse sources.

Unleash the power of music, poetry, literature, and more as students analyze and infer meaning through a variety of mediums. Whether used for group lessons, individual practice, or assessments, this resource pack provides all the materials you need for rapid inferencing success.

Plus, with answer keys included for all activities, you can streamline your grading process and focus on what matters most: empowering your students to become master inferencers. Elevate your teaching and transform your classroom into a hub of critical thinking and discovery with this inferencing activity!

Get ready for an exciting Romeo and Juliet escape room! Students work in small teams to help Romeo and Juliet meet before Juliet’s wedding to Paris. They must solve a series of puzzles, each one based on the play.

First, students decode a secret letter using numbers and letters. Then, they match characters with their correct descriptions. They unscramble famous lines from the play and choose the right potion to help Juliet fake her death. In another challenge, students sort characters into the Montague and Capulet families. Each puzzle brings them closer to the final clue.

The activities are fast, fun, and full of teamwork. Students need to read carefully, think critically, and work together under pressure. Each puzzle ties directly to the characters, themes, and events from Romeo and Juliet, helping students review the story in a creative way.

The escape room is in PowerPoint format. It can be used digitaly or printed out. No internet connection is required. All answers are provided.

Get it while it's H-O-T! Help your students practice identifying figurative language devices with this engaging and totally current powerpoint presentation using only the Top-100 Billboard Hits of 2017! This fun and colorful 34-slide presentation is the perfect print-and-go lesson for any time in the school year. Each slide features lines from the top songs of 2017 with figurative language from artists such as Alessia Cara, Imagine Dragons, Sam Hunt, Ed Sheeran, and The Chainsmokers. Also included is a student answer sheet (both in color and black/white) for students to identify the figurative language exemplified in each lyric. The lesson run time is approximately 30 minutes but will vary on the age of your students and is a great way to have a little fun with your students' favorite music without sacrificing learning. Your students will love seeing how their favorite songs are just brimming with figurative language and will appreciate your willingness to relate to them through contemporary music! Presentation covers: - Metaphor - Simile - Hyperbole - Oxymoron - Idiom - Personification - Onomatopoeia - Allusion - Alliteration Powerpoint also includes directions, a colorful student answer sheet, black/white answer sheet, answer key for teachers, and index card-size word banks in color and black/white. ___________________________________________________________________________________ You can also save 20% by purchasing this product in a bundle along with the Figurative Language in 2017 Hit Music PowerPoint! ⭐ Figurative Language in 2017 Hit Music PowerPoint & Task Card BUNDLE __________________________________________________________________________________ Get more practice with figurative language with these related products by Language Arts Excellence: ⭐ Figurative Language in 2017 Hit Music Task Cards ⭐ Figurative Language in Animated Film Songs PowerPoint
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Unlock Literary Analysis with "The Way Up to Heaven" - A Complete Week-Long ELA Unit

Prepare your middle school classroom for an immersive literary journey with our comprehensive week-long ELA unit centered around Roald Dahl’s gripping short story, "The Way Up to Heaven". Tailored specifically for middle school ELA teachers, this resource is perfect for wrapping up the year, enriching substitute plans, or as an engaging mini-unit.

What’s Included in This Resource?

• CommonLit Text: Easy access to "The Way Up to Heaven", ensuring seamless integration into your curriculum.
• Dynamic Slides: 22 interactive slides designed to guide discussions, enhance understanding, and captivate students' interest from start to finish.
• Socratic Seminar Tools: Everything you need to run a successful Socratic seminar, including detailed procedures and a framework for students to use claim, evidence, and reasoning in their discussions.
• Diverse Writing Prompts: Rigorous prompts for argumentative, informational, and correspondence essays that challenge students to delve deeper into the story’s themes and characters.
• Choice Board Activities: Engage every learner with creative projects such as comic strips, alternate endings, newspaper articles, and literary brochures.
• Film vs. Text Comparison: A Venn diagram activity to critically compare the story's film adaptation with Dahl's original text, fostering critical media literacy skills.
• Comprehensive Teaching Guide: Detailed instructions and tips to help you make the most of each lesson, regardless of your previous experience with the story.

Ideal For:

• End-of-Year Engagement: Keep your students intellectually stimulated and creatively engaged right up to the final bell.
• Substitute Lesson Plans: Robust, easy-to-follow plans ensure that your class remains productive even when you're not there.
• Focused Literary Studies: Perfect for a thematic unit that explores suspense, character analysis, and narrative structure.

Why Choose This Unit?

• Standards-Aligned: Meets key ELA standards, preparing students with essential analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Adaptable and Flexible: Easily modified to suit different classroom needs and student abilities.
• Interactive and Engaging: Encourages students to actively participate in their own learning through a variety of creative and analytical tasks.

Empower your students to explore complex literary themes, develop critical thinking skills, and express their understanding through diverse mediums. This all-encompassing unit is not just a teaching tool—it's a gateway to a richer understanding of literature.

Included in this 12 week unit: Ultimate Middle School Short Story Bundle: 12 Week Engaging Suspense ELA Units (TeachShare.com)

Studying Antigone? Looking to give students some context for the play ?

Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•The Peloponnesian War

•Polytheistic Beliefs

•Oracle of Apollo and Delphi

•Funerary Practices

•Divine Intervention

•Conflicts

•Themes

•Motifs

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

End the year strong with our fully-fledged, week-long ELA unit on "Lamb to the Slaughter," crafted for middle school teachers. This resource is an exceptional choice for end-of-year activities, substitute teacher plans, or as a focused mini-unit, suitable for grades 6-8 but easily adjustable for broader use.

What’s Included in This Comprehensive Unit:

• Text and Film Study: Access the PDF text and use our detailed guides to compare it with its film adaptation, enhancing comprehension with visual learning.
• Interactive Slides: Leverage beautifully designed PowerPoint slides that guide daily lessons and foster lively discussions.
• Socratic Seminar Tools: Utilize our structured Socratic seminar procedures and evidence writing guides to cultivate critical thinking and eloquence in discourse.
• Diverse Writing Prompts: Challenge your students with tailored argumentative, informational, and correspondence essay questions that deepen their analytical skills and understanding of the text.
• Creative Choice Board Activities: Motivate and inspire with options for comic strips, alternate endings, literary brochures, and newspaper articles, catering to diverse learner interests and abilities.
• Venn Diagrams: Facilitate insightful comparisons between the text and film, aiding students in identifying key literary elements and thematic nuances.
• Curriculum Alignment: Ensure educational standards are met with activities designed to hone key literacy skills.

Perfect For:

• Dynamic Learning Environments: Whether it's wrapping up the school year with engaging content, needing robust plans for substitute teachers, or focusing on a thematic unit, this package delivers.
• Adaptability: With materials adjustable for different learning levels, you can tailor the experience to fit your classroom's specific needs.
• Comprehensive Coverage: From reading comprehension to creative expression and critical writing, every base is covered, making this a turnkey solution for busy teachers.

Educational Objectives:

• Foster an appreciation for literature through multidimensional study of a classic text.
• Develop critical thinking, writing, and presentation skills through structured activities and discussions.
• Encourage creativity and personal expression through diverse, engaging projects.

Elevate your teaching toolkit with this rich, engaging ELA unit that promises not just to meet educational standards but to exceed them, sparking students' creativity and critical thinking. Perfect for teachers looking to provide a comprehensive, engaging literary experience that students will remember.

Included in this 12 week unit: Ultimate Middle School Short Story Bundle: 12 Week Engaging Suspense ELA Units (TeachShare.com)

Studying The Count of Monte Cristo ? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you!

Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•The Bourbon Restoration

• The July Monarchy

•Conflicts

•Themes

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

Comprehensive Dahl Exploration: This bundle combines three of Roald Dahl’s most compelling stories, each presented in a detailed ELA unit designed to engage middle school students. Perfect for an author’s study, this bundle allows students to analyze Dahl’s unique narrative style and recurring themes across different works. From the mysterious escalations in "Way Up to Heaven" to the unsettling undertones of "The Landlady" and the darkly comic "Lamb to the Slaughter," students will appreciate Dahl’s mastery in crafting suspense and surprise. This bundle is an excellent resource for end-of-year activities, sub plans, or a focused thematic unit on one of literature’s most intriguing authors.

1. Way Up to Heaven ELA Unit

Description: Explore the suspenseful realms of Roald Dahl’s "Way Up to Heaven" with this detailed ELA unit. This package includes engaging slides for easy teaching, a structured Socratic seminar to foster deep discussion, comprehensive lesson plans for effective learning, and versatile choice board activities to cater to diverse learning preferences. Students will delve into thematic analysis, character study, and the craft of writing through guided essays and creative projects.

2. The Landlady ELA Unit

Description: Dive deep into the chilling story of "The Landlady" with this complete ELA unit. It features dynamic slides that enrich the narrative experience, a Socratic seminar to enhance critical thinking, and a choice board that offers creative and analytical options like comic strips and alternate endings. Additional essays and activities, including a film comparison using a Venn diagram, make this unit perfect for a comprehensive study of narrative techniques and thematic development.

3. Lamb to the Slaughter ELA Unit

Description: Unpack the intrigue of Roald Dahl’s "Lamb to the Slaughter" in this all-inclusive ELA unit. This resource provides detailed slides for seamless instruction, engaging seminar guidelines to discuss the complexities of the plot, and a range of activities including a choice board for student-driven projects. The unit also includes tailored essay prompts and additional activities that encourage a deeper understanding of the story’s themes and Dahl’s distinctive writing style.

Bonus:

Includes in-depth character analysis across three stories and synthesizing essay prompt with graphic organizers!

Studying _Esperanza Risin_g? Looking to give students some context for the novel ?

Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•The Mexican Revolution

•The U.S (1920’s)

•Story Overview

•Themes

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

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

•About the Author

•World War II

•The Nazi Party

•The Concentration Camps

•Auschwitz

•The Holocaust

•Themes

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

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Studying Animal Farm? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you!

Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•Russian Revolution

•Allegories and Satire

•Conflicts

•Story Overview

•Themes

•Motifs

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

Studying Dracula ? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you!

Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•Victorian Era

•The ‘Real’ Dracula

•Conflicts

•Themes

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

Studying To Kill a Mockingbird ? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you!

Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•The Great Depression

•Racial Segregation

•Southern Culture

•The Scottsboro Boys

•Conflicts

•Story Overview

•Themes

•Motifs

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

Studying The War of the Worlds? Don't know where to begin? Then this product is for you! Includes a power point with: About the Author, Historical Significance, Literary Devices, Themes, Symbols, and Essential Questions. A great way to start off a unit on the classic novel The War of the Worlds!

Studying The Hate U Give ? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

-About the Author

-Brief History of Race and Policing in America

-Black Lives Matter Movement

-Story Overview

-Themes

- Symbols

- Essential Questions

Studying The Picture of Dorian Gray? Don't know where to begin? Then this product is for you! Includes a power point with: Oscar Wilde Life and Works, Historical Context, London: Industrial City, Crime, Picture of Dorian Gray: Time and Style, Dorian’s Personality, Themes, Symbols, and Essential Questions. A great way to start off a unit on Oscar Wilde's classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray!

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

•About the Author

•British Literature and Folklore

•Rise of Modern Fantasy

•Conflicts

•Themes

•Symbols

•Essential Questions

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Studying Great Expectations ? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you!

Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•Victorian Era

•Upper vs Lower Classes

•Conflicts

•Themes

•Symbols

•Essential Questions