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 bySet of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by William Shakespeare from Romeo and Juliet with 1833 antique book Illustrations for student rewards, early finishers, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wonderful w
Not Grade Specific Literature
Also included in: Fun Bundle Shakespeare Plays Quotes Coloring Bookmarks Keepsake Gifts Craft
$2.35
Created bySet of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by William Shakespeare from The Taming of the Shrew with antique book Illustrations for keepsake student rewards, early finishers, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a
Not Grade Specific Literature
Also included in: Fun Bundle Shakespeare Plays Quotes Coloring Bookmarks Keepsake Gifts Craft
$2.35
Created bySet of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by William Shakespeare from Julius Caesar Play with antique book Illustrations for keepsake student rewards, early finishers, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wonde
Not Grade Specific Literature
Also included in: Fun Bundle Shakespeare Plays Quotes Coloring Bookmarks Keepsake Gifts Craft
$2.35
Created bySet of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by William Shakespeare from Twelfth Night Play with antique book Illustrations for keepsake student rewards, early finishers, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wonde
Not Grade Specific Literature
Also included in: Fun Bundle Shakespeare Plays Quotes Coloring Bookmarks Keepsake Gifts Craft
$2.35
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 William Shakespeare from Much Ado About Nothing Play with antique book Illustrations for keepsake student rewards, early finishers activity, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrati
Not Grade Specific Literature, Poetry
Also included in: Fun Bundle Shakespeare Plays Quotes Coloring Bookmarks Keepsake Gifts Craft
$2.35
Created bySet of 4 different coloring bookmarks with quotes by William Shakespeare from Othello Play with antique book Illustrations for keepsake student rewards, early finishers activity, additions to sub plans, relaxing time, gifts, and more.Using coloring bookmarks with quotes and illustrations can be a wo
Not Grade Specific Literature, Poetry, Drama
Also included in: Fun Bundle Shakespeare Plays Quotes Coloring Bookmarks Keepsake Gifts Craft
$2.35
Created byTeach types of conflict in literature with this 10-day ELA Focus Unit for Grades 3–5. Students explore protagonist and antagonist roles and four types of conflict: character vs. self, character, nature, and society. Using picture books as mentor texts, students analyze how conflict shapes plot and characters. Includes lesson plans, scenario sorting cards, task cards, student response pages, exit tickets, assessments, rubrics, and answer keys.
3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
$5.00
Created byHelp students in Grades 3–5 master point of view and perspective with this comprehensive ELA Focus Unit! Students identify first, second, and third person narration, distinguish point of view from perspective, and explore how different characters interpret the same events. Includes multi-day lesson plans, anchor posters, task cards, graphic organizers, student practice pages, exit tickets, summative assessment, and answer keys. Works with picture books and other familiar texts.
3rd - 5th Literature
$5.00
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 byGive students the mythological background they actually need for Sophocles' Antigone without turning the unit into ten unrelated mythology reports. In this collaborative research project, groups investigate one focused topic, teach the class the most useful background, and then students keep using a
9th - 12th English Language Arts, Literature
Also included in: Antigone Bundle | Greek Tragedy, Mythology, Context & Analysis
$4.50
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 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