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The Medicine Bag: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Medicine Bag: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

Support a reading of Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve’s The Medicine Bag with questions that connect comprehension, vocabulary, and interpretation. The lesson plan includes a discussion routine, while the worksheet guides students from previewing the story to supporting their responses. Choose literary-term slides and graphic organizers to match your lesson focus. Have a copy of the story ready, then use the materials to help students organize ideas before sharing or writing.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–9

Three Skeleton Key: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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Three Skeleton Key: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for Three Skeleton Key text by George G. Toudouza. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -Three Skeleton Key Lesson Plan -Three Skeleton Key Worksheet -Three Skeleton Key Answer Key Graphic Organizers: Author’s Purpose…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

Zlateh the Goat: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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Zlateh the Goat: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for Zlateh the Goat text by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -Zlateh the Goat Lesson Plan -Zlateh the Goat Worksheet -Zlateh the Goat Answer Key Graphic Organizers: Author’s Purpose…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–9

A Day's Wait: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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A Day's Wait: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

A multi-file ELA lesson package for teaching the short story 'A Day's Wait' by Ernest Hemingway, built around literary analysis (plot/characterization/theme as applicable).

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 5–9

A Coward Text: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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A Coward Text: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

A multi-file ELA lesson package for teaching the short story 'A Coward' by Guy de Maupassant, built around literary analysis (plot/characterization/theme as applicable).

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–10

Human Digestive System - Google Slides and PowerPoint Lesson teaching resource preview

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Human Digestive System - Google Slides and PowerPoint Lesson

Deliver a multi-day slide-based lesson on the human digestive system, covering why the body needs digestion, digestive organs, digestive enzymes, and mechanical vs. chemical digestion.

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

A Sound of Thunder: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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A Sound of Thunder: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

A complete 2-3 hour secondary reading lesson plan for teaching the short story 'A Sound of Thunder' by Ray Bradbury, focused on plot and setting, characterization, reading fluency, and higher-order thinking (predicting, inference, analysis, synthesis).

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 9–12

Rules of Pronouns | Lesson Plan | Learn with Visual Mind Map teaching resource preview

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Rules of Pronouns | Lesson Plan | Learn with Visual Mind Map

Lesson plan / visual mind-map poster teaching rules for correct pronoun usage.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 3–12

A Rose for Emily: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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A Rose for Emily: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

A complete 2-3 hour secondary reading lesson plan for teaching the short story 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, focused on historical fiction, characterization and imagery, reading fluency, and higher-order thinking (predicting, inference, analysis, synthesis).

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–12

The Cask of Amontillado: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Cask of Amontillado: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The Cask of Amontillado text by Edgar Allan Poe. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The Cask of Amontillado Lesson Plan -The Cask of Amontillado Worksheet -The Cask of AmontilladoAnswer Key Graphic Organizers:…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 9–12

Thank You, Ma’m: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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Thank You, Ma’m: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

Teach Thank You, Ma’m with a lesson plan, worksheets and graphic organizers for character, imagery, plot and other reading skills.

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

The Dog of Pompeii: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Dog of Pompeii: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The Dog of Pompeii text by Louis Untermeyer. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The Dog of Pompeii Lesson Plan -The Dog of Pompeii Worksheet -The Dog of Pompeii Answer Key Graphic Organizers: Author’s Purpose…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

The People Could Fly: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The People Could Fly: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The People Could Fly text by Virginia Hamilton. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The People Could Fly Lesson Plan -The People Could Fly Worksheet -The People Could Fly Answer Key Graphic Organizers: Author’s…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

A Level Poetry Lesson: ‘The Map Woman’ by Carol Ann Duffy teaching resource preview

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A Level Poetry Lesson: ‘The Map Woman’ by Carol Ann Duffy

A slideshow lesson guiding A Level (Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level English Literature, Post-2000 Poetry unit) students through close reading and analysis of Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'The Map Woman'.

File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Length: 36 slides
Level: 9–12

The Monkey’s Paw: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Monkey’s Paw: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

Use this lesson sequence with your own copy of W. W. Jacobs’s The Monkey’s Paw. Students move from previewing and vocabulary into reading questions, literary analysis and a critical-thinking response. The plan calls on plot instruction, with additional literary PowerPoints and organizers available for other teaching focuses. Worked responses cover the eleven Questions For Thought, leaving other writing tasks open for student interpretation.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

Too Soon a Woman: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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Too Soon a Woman: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for Too Soon a Woman text by Dorothy M. Johnson. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -Too Soon a Woman Lesson Plan -Too Soon a Woman Worksheet -Too Soon a Woman Answer Key Graphic Organizers: Author’s Purpose…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 8–11

The Gift of the Magi: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Gift of the Magi: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The Gift of the Magi text by O. Henry. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The Gift of the Magi Lesson Plan -The Gift of the Magi Worksheet -The Gift of the Magi Answer Key Graphic Organizers: Author’s Purpose…

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–9

The Ransom of Red Chief: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Ransom of Red Chief: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The Ransom of Red Chief text by O. Henry. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The Ransom of Red Chief Lesson Plan -The Ransom of Red Chief Worksheet -The Ransom of Red Chief Answer Key Graphic Organizers:…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–9

Elements and Compounds Review Lesson - Middle School Science teaching resource preview

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Elements and Compounds Review Lesson - Middle School Science

Review a fact sheet independently or with the teacher, then answer a 54-question slideshow quiz (identifying symbols, formulae, and molecule/compound classifications) on a personal answer sheet, checking answers against the included answer slideshow.

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–9

By The Waters of Babylon: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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By The Waters of Babylon: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

A full lesson-plan bundle for teaching literary analysis of the short story "By the Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benet, focused on narration and characterization along with related literary terms.

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

The Lady, or the Tiger?: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Lady, or the Tiger?: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The Lady, or the Tiger? text by Frank R. Stockton. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The Lady, or the Tiger? Lesson Plan -The Lady, or the Tiger? Worksheet -The Lady, or the Tiger? Answer Key Graphic…

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–11

The Masque of Red Death: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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The Masque of Red Death: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

This resource will give you everything you need to complete a full, comprehensive reading lesson plan for The Masque of Red Death text by Edgar Allan Poe. Files are offered as PDFs and Word documents. Included: -The Masque of Red Death Lesson Plan -The Masque of Red Death Worksheet -The Masque of Red Death Answer Key Graphic Organizers:…

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 9–12

Tuesday of the Other June: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview

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Tuesday of the Other June: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

The lesson plan pairs Tuesday of the Other June with previewing, vocabulary, comprehension, and literary-analysis tasks. Model responses support the Questions For Thought section, while reusable organizers and slide decks offer ways to teach characterization, plot, and other concepts. Supply the story separately and choose the additional tools that serve the discussion rather than assigning the whole library.

File: Multiple File Types
Level: 7–10

The Spheres of the Earth Lesson - Google Slides and Distance Learning Ready teaching resource preview

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The Spheres of the Earth Lesson - Google Slides and Distance Learning Ready

Students follow along with teacher/student slide decks, filling in blanked bolded terms while watching embedded videos, complete a fill-in-the-blank worksheet based on a Bill Nye 'Atmosphere' video, and take notes from an outline.

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 6–9