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Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. Students may check some of their answers online.
Spark Notes
Antigone by Jean Anouilh: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Jean Anouih's Antigone. Students may check some of their answers online.
Spark Notes
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature activity, learners respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Students may check some of their answers online.
Spark Notes
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Students may check some of their answers online.
Spark Notes
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith. Students may check some of their answers online.
Spark Notes
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature learning exercise, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Assistant by Bernard Malamud: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Bernard Malamud's The Assistant. Students may check some of their answers online.
Spark Notes
As You Like It by William Shakespeare: Study Guide - Mini Essays
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Shakespeare's As You Like It. Students may check some of their answers online.
Spark Notes
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: Study Guide - Mini Essays
For this online interactive literature worksheet, learners respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Anne Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Students may check some of their answers online.
Curated OER
"Shooting An Elephant": George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma
Students read an essay by George Orwell's life in Burma and place it in its cultural and historical context. They identify the main points of the essay and Orwell's use of symbolism in the essay. They explain how each persuasive tool...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Writing Prompts for Middle School
Scratching your head when it comes to engaging writing prompts? Check out a list of prompts designed for middle school classes, which includes topics for persuasive writing, expository writing, how-to essays, personal narratives, and...
MENSA Education & Research Foundation
The Writer’s Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft
Strengthen your high schoolers' writing with a series of steps for writing successfully. With sections on organizing an essay, choosing a topic, crafting a thesis statement, and revising a draft, the lesson plan encourages your class to...
Curated OER
Essay Evaluation
In this essay evaluation worksheet, learners are provided with a writing prompt and two sample essays. Students evaluate and grade the sample essays and provide three reasons why they graded as they did.
Curated OER
Julius Caesar Writing Response: Essay on Bravery
In this essay outline worksheet, students apply a quotation from Julius Caesar to their own lives and formulate an outline for a well developed five paragraph essay. The outline includes quotes and examples to fully support the author's...
Curated OER
Role-Playing and Discovery: Literary Analysis
Introduce your class to the personal essay with this worksheet. Learners identify the subject of an essay and then record examples from the essay that represent the author's thoughts and feelings regarding the subject. While this...
Curated OER
Visible Speech: A Short Course in the Fundamentals of Writing (Lesson 5)
Of these five slides, two consist of the title and directions; the other three list the parts of an essay and their purpose, as well as how to best begin an essay. In essence, this is a very brief PowerPoint that can be used as a...
Curated OER
Visible Speech: A Short Course in the Fundamentals of Writing
Use this presentation to introduce a class or lecture about writing organization. The slide show is the first part in a five-part series, titled "What is an Essay?" The slideshow is short and could use more detail, but functions as a...
Curated OER
Personal/Social Development: Preparing for Scholarships
Prepare your class for applying to scholarships with this lesson. Although very bare-bones, this plan provides a writing prompt for learners that will surely get them thinking about how to present themselves to the outside world. The...
Curated OER
Visible Speech: A Short Course in the Fundamentals of Writing/Lesson 3
Focusing on writing an introduction, this presentation provides a variety of techniques for how to begin. Although the question marks on slide six obscure the writing, the other slides are clear and legible and display good examples for...
Curated OER
A Personal Journey
Learners will share ideas about class mobility. They create a timeline that chronicles milestones in their own lives, and synthesize their learning by writing personal essays about their class status and aspirations for the future.
Oakland Writes
Exploring Thematic Motifs in The House on Mango Street
Explore identity and community through an expository essay based on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. This two-week unit on writing an essay provides a brief description of each day and all of the worksheets and...
College Board
2017 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions
In the age of the Internet, are libraries still important? A collection of sources, part of a set of sample free-response questions from the AP® English Language and Composition exam, discuss that question. A variety of sources,...
College Board
2015 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions
Many schools have honor codes, but scholars do not always choose to follow them. As part of a series of free-response questions from the AP® English Language and Composition Exam, learners discuss the benefits or disadvantages of honor...
Curated OER
How Do I Write an Essay?: Understanding Parts of an Essay
Students explore how to write an essay. They discuss the parts of the essay and how the essay is organized. Students discuss various examples of essays. Students play the Essay Matching game and they organize and compose their own 5...
