Character Clash Teacher Guide

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining similes and metaphors. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

An updated 4-page student-facing workbook for Week 4. Page 1 is a final Portfolio Cover Page. Page 2 is a side-by-side Simile and Metaphor builder. Page 3 introduces the Ode, a complex figurative tribute poem celebrating an everyday object. Page 4 is a Gallery Walk peer review sheet.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining concrete and free verse poetry. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 3. Page 1 is a concrete shape canvas. Page 2 is a sensory feeling map. Page 3 is a structured free verse drafting sheet with visual prompt blocks. Page 4 introduces the Diamante, a challenging 7-line diamond poem comparing opposites.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining acrostic and couplet poetry. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 2. Page 1 is an acrostic builder. Page 2 is a couplet rhyming workshop. Page 3 is a visual beat-counting grid. Page 4 is a Limerick Laboratory scaffolding the advanced AABBA bouncing meter.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining sensory poetry, haiku, and color poems. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 1. Page 1 is a sensory collector. Page 2 is a Haiku builder. Page 3 introduces the Cinquain, a structured 5-line format with parts-of-speech rules. Page 4 features a sensory color poem with a metaphor constraint.

A single-page, student-facing reference sheet. It includes detailed character profiles for the Athenian mechanicals, a curated 'Quote Vault' containing direct Shakespearean lines with Act and Scene citations supporting both sides of the hiring debate, and a quick plot summary of their play-within-a-play.

An interactive, 6-slide presentation deck designed to guide instruction. It sets up the royal context of Theseus's wedding, introduces the comedic cast of characters, models evidence selection (both pro and con), and details the paragraph structure with sentence starters.

A 6-slide presentation deck to guide instruction for the character motivation analysis writing lesson. Features an elegant Athenian forest theme with clean typography and step-by-step scaffolds for modeling text evidence and drafting paragraphs.

A two-page student-facing graphic organizer and drafting worksheet. Page 1 provides a background briefing on the Athenian Workmen and guides students in selecting a claim and gathering textual evidence of their acting skills. Page 2 scaffolds their persuasive draft with custom sentence starters, a lined writing area, and a proofreading checklist.