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
Created byBuild a cohesive literary reference wall with 20 secondary ELA posters covering both major literary movements and the analysis concepts students use to explain how texts create meaning.FULL DESCRIPTIONGive students the literary landscape AND the analytical tools to navigate it.This bundle combines t
9th - 12th Literature, Writing
$16.98
$13.99
Created byTeach William Golding's Lord of the Flies with a complete, coherent novel unit that supports students from pre-reading through final assessment. Rather than relying on disconnected worksheets, this resource keeps one central line of thinking in view: what civilization restrains - and what happens wh
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
$24.99
Created byGive students a structured way to read one approved novel with a partner, talk about it across six checkpoints, and keep a record of their developing ideas.Developed and refined through more than a decade of classroom use, this six-week project is designed for high school literature classes and work
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Writing
$7.99
Created byTen voices have arrived. None will tell your students its name.Literary Séance is a one-period Halloween ELA mystery that asks students to identify classic literary characters from a sequence of staged “manifestations” — then write one final message in character and challenge classmates to identify
9th - 12th Creative Writing, Literature
Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations
$5.99
Created byLet students picture Poe's palace before they decide what it means. In this two-part lesson, students closely read and draw "The Haunted Palace," then return to the poem to trace its tonal shift, identify its human features, and discover how the palace becomes a picture of Roderick Usher's mind.FULL
8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Poetry
$4.50
Created byCreate a moody, literary classroom display with 10 Gothic and dark-classic quote posters featuring public-domain quotes from authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and more.Bring classic literary
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Other (ELA)
$7.99
Created byKeKeep “The Monkey’s Paw” tense instead of turning it into a worksheet marathon. This two-day secondary ELA lesson uses a few deliberate reading stops, then asks students to go back and examine how W. W. Jacobs builds suspense through warning, irony, pacing, Gothic atmosphere, and ambiguity.“The Mon
8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories
$5.99
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
After 24 years in the English classroom, I know how valuable it is to have resources that are thoughtful, practical, and ready to use. Plotting Something is built around the kinds of materials I’ve always wanted at my fingertips—resources that give students meaningful work without creating more work for the teacher.
Here you’ll find materials for literature, rhetoric, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more. Everything is designed to spark thinking, encourage discussion, and help you make the most of your classroom time.
Literature-rich lessons, engaging classroom activities, and thoughtfully designed teaching resources for secondary English teachers.
