Country Facts A student handout explaining the Country Fact Sheet lesson plan.		The Great Gatsby Journal Use the journal to help students focus on literary elements as they read, or in lieu of daily...
Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.		The Great Gatsby Chapter Questions Questions for each chapter of The Great Gatsby.
Seeing Logic in Analogies Students will practice using analogies and interpreting them.		Gatsby Art A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great...
Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.		Columbus Discovers a New World Students label a map of Columbus's first voyage. Answer key is included.
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.		Columbus's First Voyage to the New World This page of facts about Columbus serves as an excellent background reference for educators.
Heart Training Range (Part 3 of 3) Use this printable explains how to identify the appropriate heart rate for various exercise...		"The Monkey's Paw" Short Story & Activities Read the full text of W.W. Jacobs' short story "The Monkey's Paw," then analyze the story with...
Harry Potter Book Covers: British and Danish Take a look at these images of Harry Potter cover art from around the world.		"The Raven" Poem & Activities Read the full text of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," then analyze the poem with a lesson...
William Butler Yeats Read a brief biography of W.B. Yeats.		"The Black Cat" Play & Activities Read the full text of Edgar Allen Poe's play "The Black Cat," then analyze the play with a...
Getting to Know Your Students Get to know new students through icebreakers, name games, and first-day celebrations. Our...		The Black Cat Vocabulary Definitions Definitions for "The Black Cat" vocabulary words.
The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Lists & Quizzes Use this vocabulary list and chapter-specific vocabulary quizzes to test students' knowledge of...		"In Flanders Fields" The full text of "In Flanders Fields," written by John McCrae in 1915, in the midst of World...