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Before my site went kaput thanks to my former host, I had all of these handouts organized on a page entitled “Lesson Plans.” I decided not to be misleading. They aren’t lesson plans, but they are handouts I have created for assignments. They are organized by the grade level in which I teach them. Most handouts are available in two formats—Rich Text Format (RTF) or Portable Document Format (PDF).
Like many teachers, I borrow freely, and I share freely. If I have not given proper credit for something you see here that you created, please know that it was completely unintentional, and the most likely reason is that I can no longer remember where I got it. Please just contact me and inform me that it’s yours, and I will either give you proper credit or remove it, whichever you prefer.
General Handouts | 9th Grade | American Literature | British Literature | Other
General
- Persuasive Writing Peer Editing: DOC, PDF (via the Reflective Teacher)
- Narrative Writing Peer Editing: DOC, PDF
- Expository Writing Peer Editing: DOC, PDF
- Literary Analysis Peer Editing: DOC, PDF
- How to Integrate Quotations: DOC, PDF
- Ratiocination (editing technique): RTF, PDF
- Writing Folder Insert (for portfolios): RTF, PDF
- Writing Self-Evaluation: RTF
- Semester Writing Self-Evaluation: RTF, PDF
- Research Paper Introduction: RTF, PDF
- Research Paper, Note Cards: RTF, PDF
- Research Paper, Formal Outline: RTF, PDF
- Outline Template: RTF, MS Word Template (.dot)
- Research Paper Checklist: RTF, PDF
- Persuasive Speech: RTF, PDF
- Persuasive Speech Rubric: RTF
- Elements of Film: RTF
- Clock Buddies: PDF
- Vocabulary Cards Instructions: Word Document
9th Grade Grammar, Composition, and Literature
- Study guide for The Bean Trees: RTF, PDF
- Writing Assignment for The Catcher in the Rye: RTF, PDF
- Oliver Twist project: RTF, PDF
- Romeo and Juliet unit plan: RTF, PDF
- Romeo and Juliet Plot Summary assignment: RTF, PDF
- Romeo and Juliet Character Diaries: RTF, PDF
- Romeo and Juliet Essay: RTF, PDF
- To Kill a Mockingbird Writing Assignment: RTF, PDF
American Literature and Composition
- Crucible study guide: RTF, PDF
- Crucible essay: RTF, PDF
- Crucible, Act Two, Scene Two assignment: RTF, PDF
- “Half-Hanged Mary”: RTF, PDF (credit Jana Edwards)
- Think Like a Puritan (Scarlet Letter): RTF, PDF (Credit Jana Edwards)
- Scarlet Letter Study Guide: RTF, PDF
- Scarlet Letter Character Quad: RTF (Credit Jana Edwards)
- Scarlet Letter essay: RTF, PDF
- Moral Perfection (Franklin) assignment: RTF, PDF
- “Thanatopsis” lesson: RTF, PDF
- “Thanatopsis” teacher’s notes: RTF, PDF
- Your Brain on Transcendentalism: RTF, PDF (Credit Jana Edwards)
- Thoreau Panel: Simplicity vs. Acquisitiveness: RTF, PDF
- Moby Dick Video Guide: RTF, PDF (Credit Jana Edwards)
- Love Connection (Whitman and Dickinson): RTF, PDF
- Age of Innocence movie study guide: RTF, PDF
- The Awakening unit: RTF, PDF
- Huck Finn unit plan: RTF, PDF
- Huck Finn essay: RTF, PDF
- “A Pair of Silk Stockings”: The $100 Windfall Activity RTF
- “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: PDF
- Hemingway notes (to accompany Hemingway Power Point): RTF, PDF
- Harlem Renaissance unit plan: DOC
- Their Eyes Were Watching God unit plan: RTF
- “Strange Fruit” by Lewis Allan (Billie Holiday) lyrics: RTF, PDF
- “Richard Cory” (Simon and Garfunkel lyrics): RTF, PDF
British Literature and Composition
- Beowulf’s Heroic Résumé: DOC, PDF (Sample résumé using Odysseus as example)
- Beowulf: Lost in Translation?: Handout 1, Handout 2 (PDF)
