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I have been teaching for 21 years. I am endorsed to teach English (grades 8-12) and Fine Arts (grades 1-12). I currently teach Film, Graphic Design, and Advanced Placement 2D Design. For 17 years I have taught 9th-12th grade Literature courses which consisted of World, British, and American studies. I have taught Advanced Placement Literature and Composition for 12 years. My goal is to create quality, detailed, editable resources that teachers can use to fit the needs of their students.

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I have been teaching for 21 years. I am endorsed to teach English (grades 8-12) and Fine Arts (grades 1-12). I currently teach Film, Graphic Design, and Advanced Placement 2D Design. For 17 years I have taught 9th-12th grade Literature courses which consisted of World, British, and American studies. I have taught Advanced Placement Literature and Composition for 12 years. My goal is to create quality, detailed, editable resources that teachers can use to fit the needs of their students.
"Pleasantville"COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,PowerPoint
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"Pleasantville"COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,PowerPoint

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TEACH ACADEMIC AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS USING FILM. 91 page COMPLETE unit on the film! It is the perfect film to use in an English, History, Sociology, Philosophy, and Film course. This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and FILM ANALYSIS. * 4 POWERPOINTS * 18 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * 86 VIEWING QUESTIONS * 62 VIEWING/READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS * 14 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)Credits and Opening Montage,Film Techniques,Brainstorming and Making Connections,Juxtaposition of Scenes,Connecting Allusions to Theme,Paintings and Significance,Symbols,TV Repairman,Significance of Name and Titles,Mural,Music * 4 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS * 1 AP STYLE PROMPT * 1 AP STYLE PASSAGE TEST (analysis/application of skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ESSAY ANALYSIS
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE AP Style
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE AP Style

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69 page unit on the poem! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (alliteration, allusions, anaphora, characterization, dramatic monologue, enjambment, epigraph, existentialism, free verse, metaphor, point of view, simile, symbolism, synecdoche, syntax, theme) SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. * 14 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * 4 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work): Brainstorming and Making, Connections, Symbols, Allusions, Psychiatric Evaluation of the Narrator * 2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS * 1 AP STYLE PROMPT * 14 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS * 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS ON POEM
"Diving Into the Wreck" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,AP Style
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"Diving Into the Wreck" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,AP Style

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55 page unit on the poem! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allusions,anaphora, connotation, denotation, diction, double entendre,enjambment, free verse, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, symbolism, syntax, tone) * SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. * 18 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * 3 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work):Explication of a Poem, Brainstorming and Making Connections, Symbols * 4 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 1 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPT * 1 AP STYLE PROMPTS * 10 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS * 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS
"Where Are You Going,Where Have You Been?"EDITABLE Activities,Tests,AP Style
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"Where Are You Going,Where Have You Been?"EDITABLE Activities,Tests,AP Style

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74 page unit on the short story! Focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allegory, allusions, apotheosis stage, characterization, connotation, denotation, diction, foreshadowing, paradox, parable, personification, point of view, oxymoron, metaphor, motif, realistic literature, simile, surrealism, symbolism, syntax, tone), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. * 17 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * 10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS * 8 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work): Allusion: “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” by Bob Dylan, Characterization, Syntax: Questions,Psychiatric Evaluation, Symbols, Motifs and Finding Support, Significance of Title * 12 VOCABULARY WORDS (handout and quiz) * 1 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTION * 1 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPT * 1 AP STYLE PROMPT * 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ESSAY
"The Hollow Men" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys
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"The Hollow Men" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys

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49 page unit on the poem! This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allusions, anaphora, connotation, denotation, diction, double entendre, enjambment, epigraph, existentialism, free verse, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, symbolism, syntax, tone), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. * 13 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * 4 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work):Symbols, Oxymoron and Paradox, Allusions, Brainstorming and Making Connections * 2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS * 1 AP STYLE PROMPT * 10 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS * 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS
"Life of Pi" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys
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"Life of Pi" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys

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NEW: All quizzes and tests are in excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. Students can take tests online for instant grading and feedback. 269 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! Focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allusion,chiaroscuro, chiasmus, cliché,comic relief, diction, foil, hero cycle, irony, juxtaposition, momento mori, motif,narrator,paradox,personification, simile,surrealism,symbolism,theme), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Original photographs of India included on handouts. * over 200 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * over 150 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS * 14 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work): Bildungsroman Novel, Characterization,Song Connection,Religions and Philosophy,Figurative Language, Syntax,Writing about a Significant Passage Psychiatric Evaluation *20 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS *2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS *4 AP STYLE PROMPTS *120 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS *2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) *EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS
"Tsotsi" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE-Activities, Tests,Essays, AP Style, Keys
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"Tsotsi" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE-Activities, Tests,Essays, AP Style, Keys

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201 page COMPLETE unit on the novel! Focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allusions, anaphora,connotation,comic relief,denotation,diction,flashbacks, foil,personification,simile,paradox, metaphor,narrative structure,tone, types of questions), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Original photographs of South Africa on handouts. * over 200 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * over 150 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS * 14 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work):Characterization,Figurative Language,Foil Characters,Syntax,Writing About,Psychiatric Evaluation,Significance of Names,Transformation Through Communication,Point of View,Symbols,Motifs * over 15 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 3 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS * 4 AP STYLE PROMPTS * 67 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS * 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) * STUDENT ESSAY REVISION ACTIVITY
"A Clean,Well-Lighted Place" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests, AP Style
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"A Clean,Well-Lighted Place" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests, AP Style

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46 page COMPLETE unit on the short story! Focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allusion, characterization, chiaroscuro, connotation, denotation, diction, existentialism, metaphor, microcosm, paradox, repetition, symbolism, syntax, tone, understatement), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. *14 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) *10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS *2 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work): Characterization, Symbols *2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS *2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS *1 AP STYLE PROMPTS *2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) *EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS
"The Matrix" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys
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"The Matrix" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests,Essays,AP Style,Keys

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A 119 page COMPLETE unit on the film! It is the perfect film to use in an English, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Film course. NO FLUFF. This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and FILM ANALYSIS. Stills from film are on handouts. EXCEL files of all quizzes included for easy upload to Socrative.com Electronic Quiz program. * 22 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) * 67 VIEWING QUESTIONS * 37 VIEWING/READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS * 10 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)Brainstorming and Making Connections, Allusions, Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Symbols, Motifs and Finding Support, Significance of Names and Titles, Allegory of the Cave, Philosophy and Religion * 4 READER-RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS * 2 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS * 1 AP STYLE PROMPT * 13 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS/QUIZ * 2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) * EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS ON FILM
"The Black Cat" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities, Tests, AP Style
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"The Black Cat" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities, Tests, AP Style

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69 page COMPLETE unit on the short story! Focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (anaphora, connotation, denotation, diction, double entendre, irony, free verse, oxymoron, paradox, personification, point of view, metaphor, syntax, symbolism, tone, understatement, unreliable narrator), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. *13 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) *10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS *7 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work):Gothic Characteristics, Characterization,Symbols,Significance of Names,Psychiatric Evaluation,Motifs and Supports *13 VOCABULARY WORDS (handout and quiz) *1 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS *1 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPT *1 AP STYLE PROMPT *2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) *EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" EDITABLE UNIT AP Style
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"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" EDITABLE UNIT AP Style

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NEW REVISED VERSION UPLOADED! All Tests are now in Excel format for easy upload to the free program socrative.com. You can now test your students electronically with instant feedback and assessment! 170 page COMPLETE unit on the novel!Focuses on LITERARY DEVICES (allusion, anaphora, chiasmus, connotation, denotation, diction, double entendre, metaphor, motif, narrator, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, tone, syntax), SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. *over 140 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels) *over 100 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS *11 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work):Characterization,Figurative Language,Syntax,Writing About a Significant Passage,Psychiatric Evaluation,Transformation Through Communication,Brainstorming and Making Connections,Motifs and Supports,Literary Devices,Arnold Spirit’s Illustrations *12 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS *5 FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY PROMPTS *4 AP STYLE PROMPTS *41 VOCABULARY WORDS DEFINED/HANDOUTS *2 AP STYLE PASSAGE TESTS (analysis/application of skills) *EXAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS