Children's Literature Syllabus
By Professional Development and Teacher Prep
I created and currently teach a Children's Literature online course at a local community college. This is a multicultural Children's Literature Syllabus for you to get started on your own course or the get an idea of the acitivites and assignments to use in your own course. We are using Literature and The Child (2016) as the main textbook. Also, this is an editable Children's Literature Syllabus Community College Microsoft Word Document.
Legend by Marie Lu - Text Analysis Writing Prompt, Citing Text Based Evidence
By Write On with Jamie
Introducing how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for Legend by Marie Lu has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository / informative essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.
All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting details, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.
The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their informative writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing expository writing easy for teachers.
This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.
All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.
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This Citing Text Evidence Expository / Informative writing prompt lesson includes:
Entertaining Instructional Video with:
Detailed Lesson Plan with:
Worksheets with:
Slide Show Presentation with:
Expository Writing Quiz
Expository Rubric
Expository Graphic Organizer
Helpful Hints Writing Worksheet
Google Slides™
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Figurative Language Crossword Puzzle
By Beth Hammett
This individual or group crossword puzzle activity uses 12 terminologies and optional word bank, as well as word bank with definitions handout, that include: Simile The boy ran as fast as the wind. Sentence uses “like” or “as” to make comparisons. Metaphor The construction worker is a prince. An implied comparison between two unlike beings or objects. Alliteration Casey cackled confidently. The repetition of a single letter at the beginnings of words. Internal (Rhyme) Type of rhyme: The groom was soon doomed. Rhyme occurs inside the words of a sentence. Onomatopoeia Ring, ring…went the telephone. Sound words. Hyperbole I was so hungry I could eat an elephant. An exaggerated statement that has no literal meaning. Adjective The ragged, tattered coat. Vivid words that describe. Personification The flowers danced in the wind. Animals or inanimate objects take on qualities of humans. Synechdoche ABCs for Alphabet. Shortened forms of whole words. Adverb The two boys ran quickly. Tells when, where, or why and may end in –ly. Pun Sea captains don't like crew cuts. Deliberate use of words with multiple meanings that creates play on phrases. Oxymoron Long shorts or silent yell. Opposite words are combined to form phrases. Get students to interact with figurative language. Packet includes answer sheet with definitions. Fun introduction, test prep, or assessment for figurative language!
World book day Quotes Mandala Coloring Pages - Fun Book Lovers Activities
By The Students Palace
Fun mandala coloring pages to print at home ! Take a look at our huge range of designs, from beautiful flower mandala patterns to Book day quotes , holiday-themed designs, intricate geometric mandalas, and many more! We invite you to create something beautiful and restore your inner calm with one of our printable mandalas.
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
30 coloring pages ( PDF + PNG )
Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper
High-resolution images
Unlimited prints
Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens
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Classrooms & Chimeras For Kids Character Creation Template - D&d Inspired - Dnd
By Sean Alexander Dennison
Unlock the imagination and storytelling skills of your students with our Dungeons and Dragons Character Creation Template for Kids! This versatile resource is designed to introduce children to the exciting world of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) while fostering their speaking and listening skills in the classroom.
Key Features:
Why Use This Resource for Speaking and Listening Classes?
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Ignite the imagination and communication skills of your students with our Dungeons and Dragons Character Creation Template for Kids. Watch as they embark on epic adventures and develop lifelong speaking and listening skills along the way!
SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH: Digital Historical Background Introduction-PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, context & factual background information for the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare.
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension & aligned to standards
AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms
**HISTORICAL POWERPOINT:**Please be aware that YOUTUBE LINKS open to a standard warning page which must be clicked to access video.
• Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short bio.
•Setting slides
-Location facts, photos, maps
-Time period facts, photos and links
-Link to period music
-Links to historical video clips
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story/play
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
****NOTE****This product is included in the MY PERSPECTIVES MACBETH ACTS 1-5 lesson for only $5. Purchase the lessons to receive this lesson PLUS vibrant vocab slides, practice, and tests for the acts. Click below.
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William Shakespeare Quote Posters
By Language Arts Excellence
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." ~ William Shakespeare
Make your classroom pop with this set of 25 beautifully-made posters featuring quotes from William Shakespeare. Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) PDF poster contains a noteworthy quote from one of the Bard's plays imposed over a stunning photograph that will spruce up your ELA classroom. The square format is reminiscent of Instagram and makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board. I suggest laminating the posters and using them not just during your Shakespeare unit, but all year long!
Plays included in package:
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Quote Posters for specific Shakespearean plays:
⭐ A Midsummer Night's Dream Quote Posters
⭐ Macbeth Quote Posters
⭐ Othello Quote Posters
⭐ Romeo & Juliet Quote Posters
Also, check out these great resources to compliment your Shakespeare unit:
⭐ Introduction to Shakespeare Lesson Plan, Power Point & Scavenger Hunt
⭐ Elizabethan England Differentiated Mini-Unit
⭐ Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Shakespeare's "Death Lines" Activity
⭐ Shakespeare's Epitaph Assignment
⭐ Shakespeare Valentine's Day Lesson Plan
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INITIATION [LESSON ACTIVITIES]
By Richard B Williams
This "INITIATION" [LESSON ACTIVITIES] product allows students to look at themselves and our society. 40+ Slides, Several projects, Group Activities, Graphic Organizers, TASK CARDS assignments, Reader Response, Short response and multiple choice Quizzes are activities in this product. This narrative encourages insightful responses from work. 10th - 12th Graders will love this prose and product. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Plath's "Initiation" highlights fitting in, group exclusivity, self exploration, and individuality. Millicent, a teen pledge at Lansing High, realizes that being an individual offers more freedom and self discovery than being part of a sorority. Can we truly separate ourselves from society and at what would you sacrifice to do so?
This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to look at themselves, conformity, and individuality.
This PRODUCT includes:
1. Class Opener/Bell Ringer
2. INITIATION POD Parties
3. INITIATION WATCH/Listening Party
4. INITIATION Poster Challenge
5. INITIATION TASK CARDS
6. PLATH & FITTING IN
7. INITIATION in Society
8. REGARDING THE SORORITY and much, much more
to make your your classroom GREAT!
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Jane Eyre Quotes Bookmarks, Charlotte Bronte Watercolor Book Club Cards Gift
By Eden Digital Arts
Set of bookmarks with quotes by Charlotte Bronte from Jane Eyre with watercolor illustrations. These bookmarks would be a great add on gift for a book lover, as favors for book club members, or used as tags and embellishment for cards, journals, scrapbooks, and more, they could be printed on sticker paper and used as stickers.
For best results, please print on thick card stock paper and laminate.
Files include:
1 Pdf US-letter size page 8.5” by 11”.
Each bookmark measures 7" by 2.1, four bookmarks total.
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Teacher Prep Resources | College of Education Courses | Higher Education
By Professional Development and Teacher Prep
This resource bundle is designed specifically for teaching education courses at the college level. It includes editable Google Slides and Canva templates, allowing you to tailor the materials to the specific needs of your courses within the College of Education. These versatile slides can be seamlessly integrated into your existing curriculum, serving as an engaging and motivational tool for future educators.
The resources are thoughtfully created to:
This bundle is a valuable tool for molding the next generation of exceptional teachers by providing interactive and thought-provoking content that aligns with the goals of teacher education program
Please e-mail me with any questions or concerns @ heather.schrage@gmail.com
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines - Text Based Analysis Writing Prompt
By Write On with Jamie
Introducing how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository / informative essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.
All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting details, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.
The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their informative writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing expository writing easy for teachers.
This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.
All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.
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This Citing Text Evidence Expository / Informative writing prompt lesson includes:
Entertaining Instructional Video with:
Detailed Lesson Plan with:
Worksheets with:
Slide Show Presentation with:
Expository Writing Quiz
Expository Rubric
Expository Graphic Organizer
Helpful Hints Writing Worksheet
Google Slides™
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Check out my other High School Text Based Analysis Writing Prompts:
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By Beth Hammett
An easy-to-follow, 14-page guide for understanding and writing literature analysis. Includes: Individual/Group activities Writing process approach Definitions Purpose Goal Options Terminologies for students to look up and define Steps for analyzing Critical thinking components Literary Prior Knowledge Handout Worksheet for Analyzing Literature Extra Resources (Video and more...) Interactive approach to understanding how to properly begin, write, and complete literary analysis essays. Be sure to build a class model!
Printable World Book day Quotes Activities & Games - Fun Book Lovers Activities
By The Students Palace
Printable World Book day quotes activities are perfect for keeping kids engaged and entertained during World Book day . These activities include a variety of fun and educational options that can be easily printed and completed at home or on the go. this bundle contains, Coloring Pages , jigsaw puzzles , cut and paste activities , mandala coloring sheets ...
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
( PDF + PNG)
Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper
High-resolution images
Unlimited prints
Great for kids, boys and girls
JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED
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You can print as many copies as you want.
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Classrooms & Chimeras Campaign D&d Dnd Dungeons & Dragons board games templates
By Sean Alexander Dennison
Dive into the magical world of "Classrooms & Chimeras" with our Ultimate Adventure Bundle! This comprehensive collection includes everything you need to bring the excitement of Dungeons & Dragons-inspired role-playing games into your classroom. Perfect for summer school, extra-curricular activities, or enhancing speaking and listening skills, this bundle provides a rich, interactive learning experience that students will love.
Bundle Includes:
Bonus:
Why This Bundle Is Essential:
Ideal For:
Teachers looking to integrate interactive and collaborative activities into their curriculum.
Educators seeking to enhance students' critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills through role-playing games.
Summer school programs, extra-curricular activities, or any educational setting that values creative and engaging learning
Find our other Classrooms & Chimeras materials below!
The Chimera Compendium - A monster manual of all the monsters in the game... so far.
The Character Creator Template - a fresh character creator template for creating new characters for Classrooms & Chimeras
The 6 Premade Character Sheets - 6 Premade characters including Gorim, Zephyra, Shadowtide, Aerin, Valerius and Whispering Wind
The Character Creator + Premades Bundle with bonus Ghorbash - The whole character bundle with a bonus feathered fury with a pretty terrifying ultimate attack!
The Student's Handbook - A guide to everything Classrooms & Chimeras instructing you on how to make a unique character and play, but more importantly, how to play well!
The Classroom Master Guide - Episode 1: The Portals of Possibilities Campaign - A guide on how to run a TTRPG Classrooms & Chimeras game including all the content from the first campaign with the dreaded Mr. Jenkins, Slimes and Goblins!
The Portal of Possibilities Interactive Presentation - Episode 1 - An interactive hyperlinked version of the TTRPG Classrooms & Chimeras game!
The Classrooms & Chimeras Daily and Lesson Planner - A day-by-day companion to make sure you can be the best teacher you can be!
Classrooms & Chimeras - Episode 2 The Machine - The second instalment of the Portals of Possibilities Campaign!
Classrooms & Chimeras - Hitpoint HUD Tracker - A way to track your damage and where you get hit for more immersive roleplay
Classrooms & Chimeras - Leveling Up! - Spells & Cantrips - A helpful guide to helping your students/players level up effectively!
Classrooms & Chimeras - Coloring Book - A coloring book for mindful C&C coloring!
Equip your classroom with the "Classrooms & Chimeras Ultimate Adventure Bundle" and embark on an epic educational journey. This bundle provides everything you need to create a magical, engaging, and educational experience that your students will remember for years to come.
Literature Quote Posters for the ELA Classroom
By Language Arts Excellence
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." ~ Ray Bradbury
Make your ELA classroom pop with this set of 25 quote posters about literature! Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) PDF poster contains a quote from a famous figure imposed over a stunning photograph that will give a fresh look to your ELA classroom. The square format is reminiscent of Instagram and makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board. I suggest laminating these posters so that you can use them to inspire your students to love reading all year long!
Quotes included in package from famous figures like:
Oscar Wilde
Ernest Hemingway
Ray Bradbury
William Feather
Madeleine L'Engle
Stephen King
George Orwell
Groucho Marx
C. S. Lewis
Toni Morrison
Mark Twain
Philip Pullman
Gustave Flaubert
Italo Calvino
Louis L'Amour
Desiderius Erasmus
Jorge Luis Borges
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Caroline Gordon
Cassandra Clare
W. Somerset Maugham
W. E. B. DuBois
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AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE [TASK CARDS]
By Richard B Williams
From Figurative Language to textual analysis, this 4-set, 100+-item TASK CARDS product allows students to break apart Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." This product has black/white and colored versions; numbered and unnumbered versions. Students get to delve deeply into the literature. Their readings will come to life and their comprehension will soar. These 36 question items will make your English Language Arts class the place to be!
This Product Includes:
1. 36-numbered, colored question TASK CARDS
2. 36-numbered, black&white question TASK CARDS
3. 36-unnumbered, colored question TASK CARDS
4. 36-unnumbered, black&white question TASK CARDS
5. 14-item Suggested Uses page
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Sunflowers Motivational Quotes Bookmarks Achievement Inspiration Gift Tags
By Eden Digital Arts
Watercolor painted sunflowers printable bookmarks DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, with inspirational and motivational quotes by famous people. These bookmarks could be given out as gifts for a Birthday, or any other occasion, or used as a hang gift tag, or tag for a gift basket, or instead of cards, used as page tags, party favors, and more. Has a circle guide to attach a ribbon.
For personal use only, please do not share or resell the file
By Beth Hammett
An interactive, engaging 15 slide PowerPoint that defines and illustrates irony. Includes definition, everyday, and real life examples with photos, novel excerpts, and music links. Includes three individual/small/whole group activites for comprehension check.
Earth Poetree Education 2023 - 2024 Academic Bundle | 20% OFF! |
By Sean Alexander Dennison
Welcome to the ultimate Earth Poetree Education 2023 - 2024 Academic Bundle! This comprehensive bundle includes everything we've created and discussed, tailored for a variety of educational needs. As a Grade 2 teacher and with the collaboration of my partner, a kindergarten teacher, we have crafted resources that cater to elementary students, extra-curricular activities (ECAs), and younger learners. Enjoy a 20% discount on this extensive collection designed to enhance teaching and learning throughout the academic year.
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Enjoy a 20% discount on this extensive bundle and equip your classroom with the ultimate set of educational resources from Earth Poetree Education! This comprehensive resource ensures you have everything you need to make the first days of school productive, engaging, and fun, setting the stage for a successful year ahead.
All the Kickstarter academic content is included in this bundle. Explore the full range of resources from our Kickstarter campaign, "Classrooms & Chimeras," which you can view here. This ensures you have access to all the innovative educational tools and materials we've developed to create engaging and dynamic classroom experiences.
By Language Arts Excellence
**Now with newly added material!**
This resource features a growing bundle of all of our best-selling lesson plans, materials, and activities for your unit on Shakespeare. Resources perfectly complement any Shakespearean play and can be used to introduce the unit (like the Elizabethan Mini-Unit, Scavenger Hunt, and PowerPoint), throughout the unit (Bell Ringers, Sonnet Lesson Plan, and "Death Lines" Activity), as a review (Shakespeare Escape Room), and even to decorate your classroom (Quote Posters). Each product is thoughtfully crafted and inspires students to delve deeply into Shakespeare's life and works. Lessons have all been classroom-tested and allow for differentiation while encouraging optimal student engagement. You will not find tedious lists of comprehension questions and vocabulary words in this bundle; instead you will find materials that will make Shakespeare relevant in the eyes of your students and bring the Bard to life!
Included in this Bundle:
⭐ Elizabethan England Mini-Unit
This is a differentiated mini-unit on Elizabethan England to prepare students for studying Shakespeare's works! It can be used as an introduction to any of Shakespeare's plays. It begins with a day of research into Shakespeare's life and times, then asks students to create a group collage on their topic and ultimately perform a presentation of their findings.
⭐ Introduction to Shakespeare Powerpoint, Scavenger Hunt & Lesson Plan
This resource features everything you need to conduct the perfect introduction to William Shakespeare for your students. Shakespeare can be undeniably intimidating for students, particularly if they have never had experience with reading his work before, so this lesson aims to engage and show that the greatest writer of all time was actually a pretty cool guy. The powerpoint offers a brief glimpse into the life and times of William Shakespeare and takes about 30 minutes to run through while encouraging optimal student engagement. The scavenger hunt encourages active learning as students discover answers to the 21 important questions throughout the lesson about the man, the myth, the Bard himself. This lesson plan and accompanying materials can be used to introduce a unit on any of Shakespeare's plays.
⭐Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Shakespearean Escape Room. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours runs smoothly from start to finish. The activity involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of this game.
⭐ 25 Shakespeare Bell Ringer Journal Prompts
This resource features a set of 25 reader response journal prompts for use during your unit on Shakespeare. Each bell ringer is comprised of a Shakespearean quote from one of his plays or sonnets and a thoughtfully crafted question that encourages students to personally connect and appreciate the timelessness of his work. Prompts can be used as bell-ringers (most popular and mean the first 5 minutes of every class for more than a month are planned for you!), summarizers, stations, full class or small group discussion questions, for homework, sub plans, as a filler activity… the possibilities are endless!
⭐ Sonnet 130 Lesson Plan
In this creative and engaging lesson plan, students will analyze one of Shakespeare's most famous love sonnets about the notorious Dark Lady and create their own original poetry inspired by the Bard. This resource provides step-by-step instructions using a format of warm-up, explanation, application, and synthesis with the aim to engage students from beginning to end. A teacher cheat sheet is also included with full notes on Sonnet 130 so no preparation is needed.
⭐ Shakespeare Valentine's Day Lesson Plan
This full-length lesson plan revolves around Shakespeare's mastery of the English language with an emphasis on his knack for coming up with the most compassionate of compliments and scathing of insults. Through a non-intimidating approach, students will have the opportunity to do a little bit of acting and make connections to modern day as they explore Shakespeare's language of love and hate. I am always astounded by the level of maturity of the discussion that arises from this activity as students discuss what makes a compliment or insult particularly effective and from whom it means the most. This is sure to be a lesson that you will use again and again on February 14th.
⭐ Shakespeare's "Death Lines" Lesson Plan
In this full-length lesson plan, students will closely examine the final lines of Shakespearean characters before their deaths (if you know Shakespeare, there are quite a few!). Following a mini-lesson on the importance of these final words, students will take part in the classic game, Mafia, with a unique, Shakespearean twist. I invented the take on this game several years ago and it has become one of my students' and my favorite days of the whole school year. There is truly nothing like seeing students having a great time while studying Shakespeare. I am confident that your students will love it too!
⭐ Shakespeare Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game ~ newly added!
This resource features a lesson plan and materials for the Human Tic Tac Toe Review Game, an engaging and competitive way to review Shakespeare and the Globe Theater. Let's face it, review days can be boring for both teachers and students, so liven them up with this collaborative game. The resource includes not only a meticulously detailed lesson plan and set-up instructions, but 30 questions on Shakespeare's life, works, and the Globe. Besides simple set-up, very little preparation is needed for this lesson and if your students are like mine, they will ask for this form of review for every unit of study.
⭐ William Shakespeare Quote Posters
Make your classroom pop with this set of 25 beautifully-made posters featuring quotes from William Shakespeare. Each 7.5 x 7.5 (square) PDF poster contains a noteworthy quote from one of the Bard's plays imposed over a stunning photograph that will spruce up your ELA classroom. The square format is reminiscent of Instagram and makes for an eye-catching arrangement on your wall or bulletin board. I suggest laminating the posters and using them not just during your Shakespeare unit, but all year long.
⭐ Shakespeare's Epitaph Assignment - BONUS FILE!!
Students get the chance to create the epitaph for the gravestone of the most revered writer of all time. The activity encourages students to be thoughtful with their knowledge of William Shakespeare but also to be creative with their inscriptions. This can be done in or outside of class and also works as a no-prep emergency substitute plan. To be festive, I love to give this assignment on the anniversary of Shakespeare's actual death, April 23, but with the subject at hand, it also works well as a Halloween lesson plan.
By purchasing these great resources as a bundle, you save over 20% off the cover price of all materials!
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