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 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 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 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 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 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 byTeaching the college essay often gets stuck before students ever begin drafting. They insist nothing important has happened to them, assume they need a dramatic life event, or grab the first familiar topic they can think of and immediately turn it into a generic life lesson.Find Your College Essay S
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
$5.99
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 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
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
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.
