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Bell-Ringers & Programs Bundle for MIDDLE School ELA

By Secondary Sara

Ready for an engaging, productive bell-ringer system that YOU do not have to make? Every day of this bell-ringer/daily warm-ups routine is EITHER premade OR created by students! This bundle includes the following products from my store, in what

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Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Independent Reading Program: "Book of the Month" (Grades 6-8) DISTANCE LEARNING

By Secondary Sara

Ready to add more independent reading to your middle school classroom? Want to try reader’s workshop? Hoping to bring in more fiction that’s differentiated to student interests? Track genres and progress without expensive programs, points, or book

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Handouts, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.6.10, RL.7.10, RL.8.10

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Task Card Activity for Literature: Apply to ANY Novel or Short Story!

By Secondary Sara

Need a flexible way to assess a fictional text? Want to try task cards, stations, and small group collaboration? (Want something OTHER than a quiz to assess understanding?)Try this set of task cards to put some variety in your assessment of literary

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

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Book Talks: Student-Led Presentation Project for ELA

By Secondary Sara

Want students to be accountable for book talks? Build a reading community, increase word-of-mouth book recommendations, and practice speaking skills with this project! Use this project to: • Start your independent reading program, or give it a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

$2.99

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Reading Response Menus: Differentiated Prompts for ANY Novel!

By Secondary Sara

Need a higher-level or differentiated set of tasks for readers AFTER they have finished a choice OR whole-class novel? Grab this set of 24 tiered prompts and a user-friendly rubric to fairly assign and assess reading, asking students to prove that

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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Activities

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FREE Reading Quote of the Week Collection

By Secondary Sara

Inspire your readers with fresh "food for thought" on why reading is important and enjoyable. This collection of 40 reading quotes gives you one quote per week in the school year, with a few to spare! The quotes are mostly general thoughts on

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

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The Giver: Editable Chapter Quizzes for Reading Comprehension

By Secondary Sara

Want to ensure that students read AND understood the novel? Use this 3-pack of chapter quizzes to check for literal and deeper understanding of the text. EACH quiz includes…• Rubric for easy grading• 7 multiple-choice questions• 2 passage-based

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

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Assessment

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The Giver: Background Research Collaborative Mini-Project

By Secondary Sara

Looking for a collaborative way to jumpstart your unit, frontload background knowledge, or just lessen how much time YOU spend talking? Put the responsibility on STUDENTS so they can play the role of teacher to each other!This 24-hour unit uses

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Activities

CCSS:

W.5.6, W.5.7, W.6.6, W.6.7, W.7.6, W.7.7, W.8.6, W.8.7, W.9-10.6, W.9-10.7

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Reading Mysteries: Choice Independent Reading Mini-Project

By Secondary Sara

Ready to help your students uncover the mystery genre in a differentiated way? Use this set of 3 short activities to fairly assess choice reading. This assignment, meant to assess student comprehension during and after reading, will help students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.10, RL.7.1, RL.7.10, RL.8.1, RL.8.10

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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