Created bySixty question comprehensive test on prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Meant to accompany a unit on Antigone, but could be used any time to teach prefix, suffix and roots. Common core aligned, Also helpful for SAT prep. Included is a chart with many different roots.
8th - 10th English Language Arts, Vocabulary
$3.00
Created byNeed a straightforward way to assess sentence functions and conjunctions without writing a second test for make-ups or retakes? This resource includes a short student review, two parallel 40-point grammar assessments, and complete answer keys.Students are assessed on:• direct objects• indirect objec
8th - 11th English Language Arts, Grammar
$4.00
Created byNeed a quick way to see whether students are actually keeping up with William Goldman’s The Princess Bride—without turning every reading check into a full test?This set includes five open-response novel quizzes that can stay simple or go a little deeper when you need them to. Use the Reading Check p
9th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
$5.00
Created byGive students a reason to think about survival, leadership, rules, fear, and group dynamics before they ever meet the boys on the island.STRANDED! is a two-day pre-reading simulation for Lord of the Flies that asks students to build an island society, make difficult choices, and respond when their p
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$7.50
Created byStart the year with a real English lesson that gives you useful information about your students without making the first week feel like a test. In this low-pressure activity, students read an original short story, discuss possible interpretations, and write a brief evidence-based response.Student-fa
8th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Writing
$4.50
Created byGive students the background they need to understand how Greek tragedy worked before they begin reading the play itself. This classroom-ready lesson introduces the performance space, actors and masks, the chorus, dramatic structure, and essential tragedy terms through a coordinated presentation and
9th - 12th Literature, Drama
Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis
$4.50
Created byStart the year with two getting-to-know-you activities that feel appropriate for secondary students and give you information you can actually use.Students begin with a quick All About Me page covering interests, learning preferences, and attitudes toward reading, writing, and discussion. They then w
9th - 12th Writing, Classroom Community
$3.00
Created byIf your students jump into Antigone without enough context, the opening scene can feel confusing from the start. This resource gives them the background that matters most—without turning pre-reading into an overlong mythology lecture.Students work through the House of Thebes family tree, the key Oed
9th - 12th Literature, Drama
Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis
$4.50
Created byIntroduce Edgar Allan Poe with a concise biography and background lesson that gives students the literary context they need before reading his stories and poems. Rather than turning Poe’s life into a list of sensational facts, this lesson connects his biography to the themes, techniques, and literar
8th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Reading
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher
$5.00
Created byWhich character best fits the tragic-hero idea in Sophocles' Antigone? This post-reading lesson asks students to build the strongest case for both Antigone and Creon before they decide. Students compare the characters' choices, warnings, reversals, recognition, responsibility, and final costs, then
9th - 12th Literature
Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis
$4.50
Created byTeaching “The Fall of the House of Usher” is difficult for one simple reason: students cannot analyze what they cannot follow. Poe’s prose is dense, the plot is strange, and the story’s best ideas only land when students know what is actually happening.This 8–9 day guided-reading unit gives students
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Reading
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher
$7.50
Created byHelp students understand what happens in “The Raven” before asking them to interpret its symbolism and psychological horror.This close reading mini-unit follows Poe’s poem chronologically, with a stanza-numbered reading text, vocabulary support, a student analysis packet, and coordinated lesson slid
8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher
$5.99
Created byGive students the background they actually need to enter Sophocles’ Antigone, then bring them back to the text for allusions and post-reading analysis.This four-resource bundle combines Greek theater and tragedy background, story-specific pre-reading context, a collaborative mythology/allusions proj
9th - 12th Literature, Writing, Drama
Antigone Greek Mythology Background Project | Allusions Research & Presentations
Antigone Pre-Reading Background | Oedipus Family Tree, Context, Guided Notes
Antigone Tragic Hero Analysis | Antigone vs Creon | Literary Analysis Lesson
Greek Theater & Tragedy Background | PowerPoint, Guided Notes & Teacher Guide
$18.00
$14.50
Created byTeach a complete Edgar Allan Poe sequence with three coordinated resources that move from author background into close reading of “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Raven.” Together, the resources provide approximately 2½–3 weeks of instruction for grades 9–12, depending on class length and h
9th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Short Stories
$18.49
$14.99
Created byStudents can follow what happens in “House Taken Over” and still miss the strangest part: Irene and the narrator barely resist as their world gets smaller. This lesson sequence slows the story down, makes the house and both takeovers concrete, and then moves students into ambiguity, evidence, and in
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$6.99
Created byBefore students begin A Doll's House, give them a chance to wrestle with some of the ethical questions they will encounter in the play - without telling them how those questions connect to Nora.Students respond to eight short scenarios involving secrecy, forgery, debt, loyalty, control, marriage, re
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Antigone and Creon, give them a chance to decide what they think about family loyalty, public order, conscience, community, and personal safety.Students work through eight modern ethical scenarios, make a choice before discussion, record what mattered most, and return to those s
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, East Egg, or West Egg, give them a social system to navigate.In Who Gets In?, students take on one of six fictional social profiles. Each profile begins with a different mix of money, family name, connections, education, and reputation. Students may improve o
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byBefore students meet Caesar, Brutus, or Cassius, place them inside a republic trying to decide how much power one successful leader should be allowed to hold.In WHO SHOULD HOLD POWER?, students take on one of six civic positions in the fictional Republic of Valeria. A respected general, Cassian Varo
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byGive students a clear visual reference for ten literary movements and modes without turning your classroom walls into a word wall. Each poster pairs a concise definition with a student-friendly Look For list, three recurring visual ideas, and an atmospheric image that helps the concept stick.The col
9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)
Also included in: Literary Posters Bundle | Literary Movements & Analysis | 20 Secondary ELA Poste
$7.99
Created byStudents can summarize what happens on the island. This companion asks them to do something more useful: track what happens to the boys' shared society as it weakens, fractures, and finally collapses.In CIVILIZATION UNDER PRESSURE, students return to the same five indicators at six points in Lord of
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Lear, Cordelia, Goneril, and Regan, give them the problem first.WHO GETS THE KINGDOM? places students on the Royal Council of a fictional kingdom whose aging ruler wants to give away the work of governing while keeping the title, honor, household, influence, and treatment that c
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byPut students inside the problem before they meet it in the text.This six-resource bundle gives secondary ELA students a reason to think, argue, make decisions, and live with the consequences before plot knowledge tells them whom to support.Each activity is built around a different literary problem.
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
A Doll's House Pre-Reading Activity | Ethics & Moral Dilemmas | Ibsen
Antigone Pre-Reading Activity | Law, Loyalty & Conscience | Ethics Scenarios
JULIUS CAESAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | LEADERSHIP, POWER & AMBITION SIMULATION
KING LEAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | POWER, SUCCESSION & LOYALTY SIMULATION
STRANDED! A Survival Simulation for Lord of the Flies | Pre-Reading Activity
THE GREAT GATSBY PRE-READING ACTIVITY | SOCIAL CLASS, WEALTH & STATUS SIMULATION
$40.45
$31.99
Created byGive students a literary analysis reference they can actually use.This 10-poster collection goes beyond simple definitions. Each poster helps secondary ELA students notice important textual choices, distinguish commonly confused concepts, and move from identifying a technique to explaining how it sh
9th - 12th Literature, Writing
Also included in: Literary Posters Bundle | Literary Movements & Analysis | 20 Secondary ELA Poste
$8.99