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Created byFree sample of the ten-reading pack. Two complete readings from Real-World Science Reading + CER Questions: 10 No-Prep High School Sub Plans, each with its question page, plus the answer key for both.What you getReading 1 - The Bird That Was the First Gas Alarm (science and engineering, measurement)
8th - 11th English Language Arts, Science, Biology
Free
Created byThe situation: you are covering a science class on short notice, or you need something that works on a bad Wednesday when the lab is locked and the projector is being argued with. This is ten original nonfiction readings for grades 8-12, each with its own question page and a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
8th - 11th English Language Arts, Science, Biology
$9.99
Created byHumans in Outer Space – Current and Future Implications of Living in Space – This space science lesson explores the history of space exploration and the challenges astronauts face while living and working beyond Earth. Students learn about major space missions, the International Space Station, and h
9th - 12th Science, Astronomy, Physical Science
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Created byIntroduce Shirley Jackson and the world in which she wrote before students begin The Haunting of Hill House. This one-day background lesson combines author biography, postwar American culture, guided student notes, and two 10-point quiz options.Jackson's fiction often makes familiar places and ordin
9th - 12th Literature, Other (ELA)
$5.49
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 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
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 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 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
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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 byTeaching the college essay can be frustrating. Students often think they need a dramatic story, choose a prompt before they have anything meaningful to say, or end up writing the same version of “this experience taught me to never give up.”This unit takes a different approach.The College Essay: Find
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
$14.99
Created byYour students have written the college essay. Now comes the part that is often harder to teach: real revision. This three-lesson workshop is designed for students who already have a complete or nearly complete personal statement. Instead of focusing only on proofreading, students look closely at wha
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
$5.99
Created byYour students have a college essay idea. Now they have to turn it into an essay. This five-lesson workshop is designed for the middle of the college essay process: after brainstorming, but before final revision. Students work on reflection, natural voice, prompt choice, structure, and beginnings and
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
$7.99
Created byBring a little fog into your AP Literature classroom. This two-day case-file lesson for Stephen King's “Strawberry Spring” asks students to investigate the evidence, commit to a theory, and reconsider what they thought they knew after the ending.The Halloween atmosphere gives students a reason to le
10th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$5.99
