Created byStudents sometimes describe what characters say without explaining how a conversation develops characterization. This free mini-lesson gives students a focused opportunity to examine dialogue, repetition, silence, and actions in a scene from O. Henry's “The Gift of the Magi.”Students first read the
9th - 12th Literature
Free
Created byStudents often begin a personal narrative or college essay with a topic that is too broad to describe in detail. This free mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 find a specific moment within an experience, plan what happened, and begin writing a scene.Students first compare broad topics with mor
9th - 12th Writing
Free
Created byStudents often write discussion questions that ask classmates to recall what happened rather than interpret the text. This mini-lesson helps them develop questions that invite different interpretations and require supporting evidence.This free 45-minute mini-lesson uses an excerpt from Frank R. Stoc
9th - 12th Literature, Reading
Free
Created byStudents can recognize an eerie setting—but can they explain how a writer creates that feeling? This FREE Gothic literature mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 analyze how word choice, ordinary details, and uncertainty make a setting feel unsettling.Students begin by comparing two descriptions
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature
Free
Created byStudents can find a quotation—but can they explain why it matters? This free, 30-minute literary analysis mini-lesson helps students in grades 9–12 move beyond plot summary and develop commentary grounded in specific textual details.Students work with a short model and two original literary passages
9th - 12th Literature, Writing
Free
Created byTeach Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House with a complete novel unit built for 10th Grade English. Students get the support they need to understand what is happening before they are asked to decide what it means.The unit includes lesson slides, an 18-page student packet, an exact filled key
9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Novel Studies
$19.99
Created byTeach A Doll's House with a complete, coordinated unit that helps students understand what is happening in the play before asking them to make larger claims about character, power, marriage, identity, and Ibsen's dramatic choices.The unit begins with a spoiler-light ethics pre-reading activity and a
10th - 12th Literature, Drama
$32.99
Created byTeach Dante’s nine circles of Hell without requiring students to read the entire Inferno.In this two-day creative literature lesson, students first learn how Dante organizes the underworld, why the order of the circles matters, and how contrapasso connects wrongdoing to punishment. Then they use tha
9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)
$6.00
Created byVirginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House” fits easily into part of a class period, but the shifting pronouns and two couples can make the first read confusing. I revised this activity after using the story with my own AP Lit students and seeing where they lost the thread. The first five questions help stud
10th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$3.00
Created byTeach Saki’s “The Open Window” in one class period without stopping the story to death. Students read the complete story straight through, briefly sort out the ending, and then go back to examine how Vera gets Framton to believe her. Includes the full public-domain text in a beautifully illustrated
8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$4.99
Created byTeach all nine chapters of The Great Gatsby with one coordinated post-reading unit. Includes 9 instructional decks, 9 student packets, 18 A/B reading quizzes, 9 teacher guides, an interactive whole-novel review, and a cumulative assessment with two 50-question forms. All materials are included in ed
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
$39.99
Created byDigital Teacher Planner | 28 Tabs, Auto-Dated Calendars, Lesson Plans, Attendance & GradebookLesson Plans • Daily Attendance • Gradebook • Homework • Monthly Calendars • Family Contacts — 28 connected tabs in one editable digital plannerTake your everyday teacher organization out of separate not
Preschool - Adult Education Reading
$5.99
Created bySet of bookmarks with quotes by Charlotte Bronte from Jane Eyre with watercolor illustrations. These bookmarks would be a great add on gift for a book lover, as favors for book club members, or used as tags and embellishment for cards, journals, scrapbooks, and more, they could be printed on sticker
9th - Adult Education Literature, Poetry, Reading
$2.40
Created byBun bundle of keepsake coloring bookmarks from William Shakespeare's plays with book illustrations and quotes to explore Shakespeare's works. These work great for collaborative collage, student rewards, early finishers, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Using coloring bookmarks
9th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Drama
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Created bySet of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by Edgar Allan Poe from his short story The Cask of Amontillado to be used as gifts, early finishers, addition to sub plans, and more. Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wonderful way to engage readers and explore the the
9th - 12th English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Literature
$2.40
Created byFunny Shakespearean Insults set of 8 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by William Shakespeare from various plays with antique book Illustrations for keepsake student rewards, early finishers, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Here are some ideas on how to use them in your
9th - 12th Literature
Also included in: Fun Bundle Shakespeare Plays Quotes Coloring Bookmarks Keepsake Gifts Craft
$3.58
Created bySet of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by Edgar Allan Poe from The Raven to be used as gifts, early finishers, addition to sub plans, and more. Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wonderful way to engage readers and explore the themes and characters of the stor
6th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Reading
$2.40
Created byLow prep activity with 12 Greek Mythology gods and goddesses coloring bookmarks with space to write in their roles/traits.These bookmarks would work great as a fun addition to lesson plans, sub plans, early finisher activities, for a relaxing time, DIY gifts, and more.Ideas on using bookmarks:as ear
6th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Ancient History
$3.70
Created bySet of 4 coloring bookmarks with the quote from the poem by Robert Frost "The Road Not Taken" to be used as low prep activity, gifts, early finishers, additions to sub plans, and more.Here are some ideas on how to use them in your classroom, library, or at a book club: Book Club and Classroom Discu
5th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
$2.40
Created byOnce students know the characters well enough to move beyond first impressions, this mini-unit helps them turn what they notice into literary analysis.Students choose one major character—Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, or George Wilson—and look closely at motiv
9th - 12th Literature, Writing Essays
$5.00
Created byBring structure, discussion, and evidence-based thinking to your study of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express without piecing together materials from multiple sources.This complete high school ELA novel study includes reading support, vocabulary practice, suspect and evidence tracking, hi
9th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary
$11.00
Created byComma Rules Review LessonReview seven essential comma rules with a complete, low-prep lesson designed for secondary ELA. This resource gives you the materials you need to teach or reteach common comma conventions, guide students through examples, provide meaningful practice, and quickly check unders
7th - 11th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
$4.50
Created byFree Comma Rules Guided NotesHelp students follow along with comma instruction using these free guided notes covering seven common comma rules.Students fill in key terms, complete quick checks, and add commas directly to examples as they work through the notes. The format gives students enough struc
7th - 11th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Free
Created byTeach rhetorical appeals and devices without stopping at simple identification.The Art of Persuasion is a ready-to-use secondary ELA mini-unit that helps students understand how speakers and writers influence an audience—and why their rhetorical choices matter.Students begin with an accessible Feel
9th - 12th English Language Arts, Reading, Writing
$9.50