Leading Professional Development? Teaching adult learners? This 125-slide Best Practice Professional Development Bundle includes three comprehensive Optimal Learning PowerPoints:
Best Practice Strategies and Activities Featuring Marzano’s Nine
Differentiation
Formative and Summative Assessments
Product includes Teaching Tips, Practical Classroom Ideas, and Problems of Practice Assessments. Perfect for instructional coaching, professional development, or New Teacher Induction programs.
Teaching Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart?” Kick off this suspenseful classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and captivating scenes from the film adaptation. Presentation includes engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.
All educators know the value of giving feedback - but what exactly is the difference between formative and summative assessments and how does it look in the classroom? This 32-slide Professional Development PowerPoint is a comprehensive tutorial of Formative and Summative Assessments that can be adapted to any content or classroom. Product includes the fundamentals of assessing students, tips for giving feedback, and (10) fun and fabulous Formative Assessments that can be used in any class. Perfect for instructional coaching, professional development, or New Teacher Induction programs.
Teaching Emily Dickinson’s “Hope Is a Thing With Feathers”? Amp the rigor and literary analysis with the comprehensive “Hope Is a Thing With Feathers” PowerPoint Lesson. Product includes 24 slides addressing background information on Dickinson, symbols, theme, literary analysis, complete text, text dependent-questions/answers, and writing challenge.
Perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!
Do you coach, lead, or inspire teachers? Now you can help empower teachers and build capacity with the Instructional Coach PowerPoint Guide. Product includes a 34-slide PowerPoint that address roles of the instructional coach, onboarding, coaching cycle components, sample questioning stems, setting smart goals, and coaching tips and tricks! This is a must-have resource for any coach or leader!
Do you want to integrate Drop Everything and Read into your classroom routine but not sure how to go about it? Now with the 52-slide Drop Everything and Read PowerPoint, you have your roadmap! Product includes Tips and Tricks, Benefits, How to Create a Classroom Library and Book Nook, and ready-to-go D.E.A.R. Discussion Questions/Activities. This Common Core-aligned product is a must-have for any English teacher!
Did you know implementing D.E.A.R. on a regular basis will…
Help develop lifelong readers by giving students voice and choice in what they read
Increase reading comprehension
Build vocabulary
Build background knowledge
Improve writing skills
Foster classroom community
All educators know the value of Differentiation! But what does it actually look like in the classroom? This 42-slide Professional Development PowerPoint is a comprehensive tutorial of Differentiation that can be adapted to any content or classroom. Product includes the fundamentals of differentiating content, product, process, and learning environment and a useful Problems of Practice assessment. Perfect for instructional coaching, professional development, or New Teacher Induction programs.
Teaching Poe’s “The Black Cat?” Kick off this suspenseful classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 38-slide The Black Cat PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, anticipatory questions, themes, vocabulary, symbols, discussion questions/answers, and writing challenge. This product is Common Core-aligned and perfect for an upcoming evaluation.
Kick off your literature class with The Seven Basic Plots PowerPoint (40 Slides) based on Christopher Booker’s renowned book used in college classrooms across the country. Product addresses each plot archetype with the meta-plot, examples from literature, and summary. Plot archetypes include the following:
1 - Overcoming the Monster
2 - Rags to Riches
3 - The Quest
4 - Voyage and Return
5 - Comedy
6 - Tragedy
7 - Rebirth
Your students will be discussing and writing about literature like college professors in no time! Perfect for an introduction to AP English or American/English literature, this is the reference no serious English teacher should be without!
Exit Tickets are a versatile, research-based best practice that allow students to “show what they know.” In addition, Exit Tickets are a great way to conclude class while leaving you with a piece of data that informs tomorrow’s instruction.
Now you can have 100 Exit Ticket slides at your fingertips for easy lesson wrap-ups! Just grab any slide and add it to your PowerPoint or Google Classroom. Share with a colleague for ready-to-use/no-prep formative assessments. Perfect for teacher evaluations that can be used for any subject or class!
Teaching Edgar Allan Poe or gothic literature? This comprehensive 40-slide PowerPoint on Poe’s poem “The Haunted Palace” is all you need for a perfect lesson that can last 2-5 days. Product includes background information on Poe, gothicism, complete text, discussion questions (and answers), TPCASTT analysis, and student writing challenge.
Teaching Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”? Introduce Shirley Jackson’s classic story of conformity with this engaging, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on Shirley Jackson, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions.
Teaching Antigone, Oedipus, or Medea? Kick off your Ancient Greek Theater unit with this comprehensive 32-slide PowerPoint. Product addresses important information and concepts such as the Greek playwrights, Chorus, masks and costumes, Aristotle’s Poetics, dramatic terms (hubris, catharsis, hamartia) and Fun Ancient Greek Theater Facts to hook your students.
Teaching Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130? This 30-slide PowerPoint is all you need for a comprehensive, all-inclusive lesson. Product includes background information on Shakespeare, the sonnet form and structure, Petrarchan conventions, satirical thematic message, discussion questions, and writing activity. You will love this product and so will your students!
Perfect for an upcoming evolution and super sub friendly - keep them learning even when you’re not there!
Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird? Kick off this groundbreaking classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 50-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include informative facts on Harper Lee, themes, symbols, character descriptions, and discussion/essay questions. Presentation can last up to the entire unit as it includes engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.
Kick off Shakespeare’s Macbeth with a comprehensive, student-friendly 62-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest in this classic tragedy. Common-Core aligned product includes informative facts on Shakespeare, the Globe Theater, character descriptions, quotations, symbols, theme, and deep-thinking essay questions. Presentation will last the entire unit.
Teaching George Orwell’s Animal Farm? This 40-slide all-inclusive Animal Farm PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee a stimulating, thought provoking, Common Core-aligned unit. Slide deck includes author information on Orwell, anticipation questions, allegorical background, craft/structure, rigorous discussion questions/answers that reflect depth of knowledge, and engaging writing activities.
Teaching Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee?” This 45-slide all-inclusive PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee a stimulating, thought provoking, Common Core-aligned lesson. Slides include the text, informative facts on Poe, prevailing themes, character descriptions, and rigorous discussion/essay questions. Your students will be transfixed by this poem and Poe’s haunting, beautiful world of eternal love.
*This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you’re not there!
Expressly designed for 4-12th graders, invent a character that can be used as a whole class instructional aide or in small group literature circles. The guide reinforces literacy and common core language arts standards and is highly recommended for reluctant readers. Invent a character that can be adapted to any short story or novel when teaching character analysis strategies. It is a student/teacher-friendly, hands-on classroom resource.
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Aligned with Common Core State Standards: W.4.3, W.5.3, W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3, W.9-10.3, W.11-12.3
Expressly designed for 6-12th graders, Create a Bookmark that can be used as a chapter check or a culminating reading activity, perhaps in lieu of the ordinary book report. Create a Bookmark that reinforces literacy and common core language arts standards, while allowing for individual expression. It is a student/teacher-friendly, hands-on classroom resource that includes the following elements:
• Title
• Author
• Theme of book
• Character quotation
• Scene from the book
• Summary of the book