Teaching Guides for Literature and Writing
Teacher guides made by actual teachers
I’ve taken my favorite paragraph writing lesson plans and put them into the Paragraph Teaching Guide. It includes 10 lesson plans aligned to the common core standards, notes for each lesson, and over 15 ready-to-use graphic organizers and handouts. It’s only $5.95. Get a sample Topic Sentence Lesson Plan from the guide for free.
The “Cask of Amontillado” Teacher’s Guide contains an annotated copy of this Poe classic, great lesson plans aligned to the Common Core Standards, graphic organizers, rubrics, a quiz and more. It’s 30 pages of teaching awesomeness. Buy it. It’s only $5.95.
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This “Black Cat” Teacher’s Guide contains an annotated copy of the short story, several lesson plans aligned with the common core standards, graphic organizers, writing rubrics and more. It’s over 30 pages of awesomeness. Buy it. It’s only $5.95.
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“The Most Dangerous Game” Teacher’s Guide includes lesson plans with common core objectives, graphic organizers, vocabulary words, essay organizers and an annotated copy of the story, annotated by an actual teacher, who knows how to engage actual students. Buy it. It’s only $5.95.
“The Necklace” Teacher’s Guide contains lesson plans with common core objectives, graphic organizers, vocabulary words, essay organizers, bonus lesson plans and an annotated copy of the story. This thing’s like 39 pages long. Buy it. It’s only $4.95.
Get five writing lesson plans with common core objectives, notes and instructions in a downloadable/printable pdf document. You can simply print it out, stick it in your lesson plan book and wait for administrative accolades. The lessons are “How to Write a Narrative/Reflexive Essay,” “How to Write an Article Critique,” “How to Write an Informational Article,” “How to Write a Literary Analysis” and “How to Write a Tall Tale.” Buy it. It’s only $1.50.
Need a downloadable/printable PDF file for “How to Write a Persuasive Essay,” “How to Write a Cause and Effect Essay” and “How to Write a Problem/Solution Essay”? All you have to do is print them out and stick them in your lesson plan book. All the notes and information you need to give your students is there as well as a list of common core objectives (for your administrator). I also threw in three graphic organizers (one for each lesson) that you can copy. Buy it. It’s only $2.50.
This downloadable/printable “Literary Periods” pdf includes a one page handout for each of the following literary periods: British Romanticism, American Romanticism, Naturalism, Realism, and Modernism. Along with the one-page notes handout, there’s a lesson plan, complete with common core objectives, for each period. The file also contains two charts for each literary period. One chart is filled out with an exemplary work from the period. The other chart is blank for students to complete. I also threw in a Cornell Notes template and a fun vocabulary lesson. It’s only $2.50. It’s awesome. Buy it.