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Greek & Latin Roots Activities – 10 Lessons to APPLY Affixes (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Learning piles of roots and their definitions is a great accomplishment, but have you ever wanted more than just rote memorization and listing words? The CCSS standards regarding Greek and Latin affixes ask us to “USE common, grade- appropriate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

L.6.4b, L.7.4b, L.8.4b

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Greek & Latin Roots, Suffixes, & Prefixes Test: EDITABLE (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Find out which Greek & Latin affixes your students know with a quick, easy-to-grade diagnostic test that will inform your future instruction! Administer this test just once (as a diagnostic) or more than once (such as a pre/post test) to see

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps

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Thesis Statements are like Menus (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Thesis statements are like menus: a promise of what is to come. Hook and satisfy your diners/readers with this lesson!Use this easy simile to teach your students why essays need thesis statements, how

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1a, W.7.1a, W.8.1a, W.9-10.1a

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Citations Lesson for Beginners: MLA 9th Edition (with Google Docs)

By Secondary Sara

Are your students resisting citations in their research? Don’t understand what citations are, or why they are important? It’s less ugly with a metaphor, when you explain it as making your writing more “designer” by putting logos on it! Win them over

Subjects:

Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Lesson

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MLA Essay Lesson (DISTANCE LEARNING): Formatting is Like Setting a Table!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Just as the pieces of a place setting go in particular spots on the table, the elements of an essay's document need to be formatted just so!Use this easy simile to teach your students why essays need

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

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Introductions are like Free Samples (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Introduction paragraphs are like free samples of food – it’s your one chance to grab a customer (reader) and convince them to “buy in” and keep reading. This lesson teaches students that it’s

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1a, W.6.2a, W.7.1a, W.7.2a, W.8.1a, W.8.2a, W.9-10.1a, W.9-10.2a

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Transitions are like Waiters (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Transitional words, phrases, or sentences are like great waiters: they improve the timing and flow of the entire meal (essay) to control your satisfaction. Use this easy simile to teach your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1c, W.6.2c, W.7.1c, W.7.2c, W.8.1c, W.8.2c, W.9-10.1c, W.9-10.2c

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Sample Five Paragraph Essay & Activity

By Secondary Sara

Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s some value in learning the rules before you break them. Introduce students to the five paragraph essay structure with this fun lesson and example essay.I elicited the “Whoa, dude!” response by first telling

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

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Prompt Analysis & Brainstorming Lesson

By Secondary Sara

It's one thing to UNDERSTAND a prompt: the true question, the action verbs, and all parts of the directions. It's something else to brainstorm all of the perspectives, counterarguments, and connections possible to come up with a complex

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.6.5, W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5, W.11-12.5

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Body Paragraphs are like Courses (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! To continue the metaphor that Essays are like Meals… if a thesis statement promised what was to come (like a menu), then the body paragraphs are the time to deliver!Use this easy simile to teach your

Subjects:

Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1b, W.7.1b, W.8.1b

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Shades of Meaning: Pre-made Vocab Activities for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Need a “shades of meaning” activity with higher rigor? Want variety in teaching connotation or synonyms? Need an activity that uses more “secondary” words? This customizable set of activities provides everything you need to do MANY different

Subjects:

Vocabulary

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

L.6.5c, L.7.5c, L.8.5c, L.9-10.5b, L.11-12.5b

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The Giver: Socratic Seminar & Discussions about the Novel

By Secondary Sara

Jump-start your unit (or revive the middle/end of it) with these discussion activities, designed to get kids moving and talking!Some of the questions are thematically related, general-level ones that are easy for kids to relate to. Others are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities

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Vocabulary Words in Writing: 10 Practice Activities to Deepen ANY Word List!

By Secondary Sara

Back away from the graphic organizer, and check out this set of activities that will help students move from memorization to application of new words in their writing! Add these activities to your current vocabulary system (and reuse them all year)

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

L.6.4, L.6.5, L.6.6, L.7.4, L.7.5, L.7.6, L.8.4, L.8.5, L.8.6, L.9-10.4, L.9-10.5...

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Evidence is like Seasoning (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Evidence in a paragraph is like a well-seasoned meal: it’s more exciting, appeals more to the consumer, and fully finishes the meal. Use this easy simile to teach your students why essays NEED

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.2b, W.7.2b, W.8.2b, W.9-10.2b

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Revision is like a Makeover: Lesson for ANY Writing Assignment!

By Secondary Sara

Good revision is like a makeover – a significant, transformative, and visibly different draft from “before” to “after” that changes the quality of the writing. Reframe the concept of revision for students with this metaphor in a quick lesson that

Subjects:

Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.5, W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5

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Proofreading is like Checking Your Teeth (DISTANCE LEARNING): for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! It’s embarrassing to find out you have food stuck in your teeth. It’s just as bad to get caught with a really bad, noticeable grammar error – people notice. This lesson reinforces why editing is

Subjects:

Grammar, Spelling, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.5, W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5

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Vocab-in-Context Graphic Organizer: Dealing with Unknown Words

By Secondary Sara

When you're happily reading, unknown words are like shark attacks: sudden, vicious, and a total bummer, man. Use this one-page graphic organizer to deconstruct a Vocab Attack! This activity hits the entirety of CCSS standard L.6.4, L.7.4, or L.8.4

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

L.6.4, L.7.4, L.8.4, L.9-10.4

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FREE Conclusions are like Dessert: 45-Minute Essay Writing Lesson

By Secondary Sara

Conclusions can be tough to write, but they are so critical to an essay: the equivalent of a dessert after a meal, leaving a final impression on the reader.This *EDITABLE* 45-minute lesson introduces students to conclusion paragraphs through a

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1e, W.6.2f, W.7.1e, W.7.2f, W.8.1e, W.8.2f, W.9-10.1e, W.9-10.2f, W.11-12.1e, W.11-12.2f

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FREE Greek and Latin Roots Activity: Invent-a-Word

By Secondary Sara

Subjects:

Vocabulary

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

L.6.4b, L.7.4b, L.8.4b

FREE

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Essay Outline Writing Lesson (DISTANCE LEARNING): Outlines are like Recipes

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! A good recipe gives us directions in a set order, using the perfect amount of detail to make cooking easy... and a good outline makes drafting an essay simple, too! Teach a formal prewriting method

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.5, W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

6 years of teaching 7th & 8th grade ELA, and 8 years of high school tutoring experience. I'm also a National Writing Project consultant and writing team coach. I'm constantly involved with both the middle and high school "worlds", and I love all of these grade levels and their quirks!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I teach with a lot of technology and student-centered projects! I flip my ELA curriculum when I can, and create units in which students drive their own learning. Student motivation is very important to me, and we spend time in class talking about why the lesson matters to their futures.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Writing Project Teacher Consultant; Conference presenter; Kappa Phi Kappa Award 2010

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor's degree with honors in English Pre-Education, with minors in Professional Writing and Music. Master's degree in Integrated English Language Arts 7-12. Both degrees are from THE Ohio State University!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Check out my blog at secondarysara.com! You can also interact with me on Facebook and Pinterest.

GRADES

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, World Languages, Latin, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Classroom Community