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High school balanced literacy lessons $5-10
Multi-Genre Project for Secondary English
Multi-genre projects are a great addition to the assessments you use in your secondary classroom. These projects give students more voice and choice as they explore a theme, idea or questions. They will begin with something that grabs their interest and then conduct research to find multiple genres that explore the topic, looking for a thread or a unifying element on which to base their conclusions.This package includes everything you will need to roll out a multi-genre project in your classroom
Grades:
8th - 12th
Visual Literacy & The Graphic Novel
Teach visual literacy and introduce the graphic novel. This resource is full of engaging lessons and activities for building visual literacy skills. It will also introduce students to the genre of the graphic novel (you don't need to be reading one).Whether you teach the graphic novel or not, this bundle will give you the opportunity to work on your students’ analytical skills. We spend our days analyzing visual clues and interpreting people’s actions based on those clues. However, when it comes
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8th - 12th
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A Monster Calls Novel Study: Reading Guide, Comprehension Questions + Activities
UPDATED: APRIL 2024 TO INCLUDE AN ANSWER KEY!This novel study and reading guide for A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 7 sections, with each section focusing on 25-30 pages of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact tha
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6th - 12th
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The Hunger Games Novel Study: Reading Guide + Chapter Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for the awarding winning novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 14 sections, with each section focusing on 1-2 chapters of reading. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Hunger Games & Mockingjay Novel Studies: Reading Comprehension Guide
Genre Unit - Powerpoint, Jeopardy Review, Task Cards, much more!
This unit contains a ton of activities and lessons for teaching genre! 1. A 26 page PowerPoint overview of Fiction and Nonfiction that includes sub-genres and examples of actual books:-Science fiction-Fantasy-Realistic Fiction-Historical Fiction-Poetry-Folktales (fables, myths, legends)-Mystery-Biography-Autobiography-Memoirs-Informational (expository)2. A .pdf copy of the PowerPoint presentation3. 24 Genre Task/Flash Cards perfect for Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures like Quiz Quiz Tra
Grades:
4th - 10th
Edgar Allan Poe | Escape Room for Break Out Groups | ELA
Get ready for two fun-filled days of beginning-to-end excitement with this engaging lesson in ELA skills and critical thinking! This editable product is also available in my Bundle of Fear (200+ Pages and growing). Don't miss out! Your students will love the English Language Arts lessons embedded in this escape room - as they engage in problem-solving and teamwork to break Poe out of the graveyard! No props needed - you'll create student packets and hide keys from the materials provided. This l
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Language Arts Lessons Horror Bundle | Middle School and High School
Animal Farm Activities & Lessons with an Inquiry Approach
Animal Farm teaches many lessons that are relevant to students of today; show them with an inquiry approach. This package can be used instead of, or as a supplement to, a more traditional approach to Animal Farm.(NOTE: looking for resources for distance learning for the novel? Check out my graphic organizers and one-sliders)Students will learn about the power of language as they come to understand how words can be used to both inspire and control. They will look at several inspirational speeche
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Symbolism Literary Symbols Motifs Common Core
Symbolism and Traditional Literary Symbols
I have a Bundle Available for this Item and its Companion PowerPoint:
Symbolism Bundle 130+ Pages/Slides of Materials
This is a WinZip File so you need WinZip to access the Materials.
Purchasing this Item by Itself:
Product/Materials Preface:
This valuable high order thinking resource is over ninety (90+) pages of amazing ELA materials. There is just about everything you need to teach your students Literary Symbolism and so much more. This is
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Hatchet Novel Study: Reading Guide + Chapter Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide unit for the awarding winning novel, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 12 lessons, with each lesson focusing on a chapter. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes it even bett
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Mystery Unit Bundle
This bundle includes: CSI Activity, Scooby-doo Activity, Puzzle Piece End Unit Review, PowerPoints and handouts for each activity, as well as a sample starter Power Point for the unit.
Worksheets and handouts for listed activities all include a scoring box that highlights the specific CCSS that the lesson or activity addressed and the level at which it is addressed.
I have a sheet students continually update (roughly every two weeks) as papers are passed back and reviewed. They update these
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Flush Novel Study - Reading Guide + Unit Plan + Lessons
This novel study and reading guide for Flush by Carl Hiassen, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes it even better!This Flush Reading Guide has been updated as of December 2022 to now include CCSS Alignments for grades 5-8.STUDENTS WI
Grades:
5th - 10th
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What is a Memoir? Writing Mini-Unit (Great for Distance Learning)
Students become writers by evaluating, experimenting with, and reading examples of good writing. This mini-unit about memoir writing brings all of those components together. In these six lessons, students will investigate authentic texts to then apply techniques and strategies to their own memoirs. Included in this product:Google Slides presentation to guide all six lessons, containing all links to student materialsVocabulary and inquiry lesson using the anchor text The Relatives Came by Cynt
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4th - 9th
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MURDER MYSTERY 2 - Debate Reading Inference Team Building Online Distance
ABOUT THE GAMEThis is a controlled murder mystery. It is a little bit more complex and involved than my first Murder Mystery but still follows the same style.In this game, students are presented with a murder, six suspects, evidence, and interviews. They need to look at this information and decide who is the guilty suspect. The lesson has 6 main stages: an introduction, 4 stages of evidence or interviews, and a conclusion.Unlike my other Murder Mystery lesson, this murder mystery has a more defi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
75 English Idioms: List, Definitions, Tips, Practice, and Final Test
I teach my middle school class five common English idioms a day for fifteen consecutive school days. This is a great warmup to start a language arts period, a real "piece of cake" that the kids "get a kick out of."
Included are:
1) Teaching guidelines and tips (based on years of experience) for using the list effectively and making sure your students learn them well.
2) The list of 75 very common and useful English idioms along with complete and easy-to-use definitions.
3) A Mid-Course Review
Grades:
5th - 9th
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The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Edgar Allan Poe's The Masque of the Red Death ESCAPE ROOM!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Es
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Edgar Allan Poe Escape Room MEGA Bundle
Word Patterns: A High School Spelling and Decoding Program (Digital)
A science-based approach to teaching reading at high school. `This package is derived from an approach to literacy education called Structured Literacy, drawing on the Orton-Gillingham research and methods. It is a science-based approach aligned with the goals and methods called for in The Ontario Human Rights Commissions' Right To Read Inquiry Findings. Version 2: updated, expanded, and revised.There are now 20 lessons, 5 quizzes, and a pre-post test. Revised, improved, refined through use with
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham Scope and Sequence
MORPHOLOGY, SPELLING RULES, HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS, AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ALL IN ONE PLACE!!! I have created this scope and sequence to provide you not only with a guide for teaching but have also included other important information such as high frequency words, morphology, spelling rules and resource materials in the order of the sequence. The general sequence order follows the Wilson Reading System but includes additional information to make your lessons planning much simpler with all info
Grades:
1st - 12th
Five Amazing Socratic Seminar Texts for Middle & High School
I have facilitated hundreds and hundreds of Socratic Seminars in grades 4-12, and here are lesson plans for five of my all-time favorite texts. These is the first in a series and each one will introduce more about facilitating Socratic Seminars.Included here are lessons for "An Ominous Baby" a short story (2 pages) by Stephen Crane, a plan for the song and lyrics "Lateralus" by Tool, "Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt," a wonderful poem by David Bottoms, the visual art "Relativity" by M.
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6th - 12th
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No Prep Inquiry-Based Ocean Plastic Pollution: Sustainable Development
This engaging and action-based project will turn and transform your students into sustainable thinkers and citizens. The unit focuses on climate change, global warming, the health of our oceans and places a focus on single use plastic in which students will investigate through inquiry their impact on the environment. Topics coverred are The Great Pacific Garbage Patch/, The Ocean Cleanup/Boyan Slat, Plastic Pollution, Stustainable Development and more!This package includes:- 4 award winning docu
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Exposition, Narration, and Description: Digital Writing Bundle
This bundle contains 3 interactive PowerPoint lessons for a disounted price. Descriptions for each presentation are below:Expository Jumbo:This giant, interactive PowerPoint on EXPOSITORY writing will help your students see the importance of being able to write using facts, examples and illustrations. This PowerPoint has many graphics and is formatted for easy use and clarity. A must for any teacher of writing! It includes instruction, practice responses, and a follow up.Descriptive Writing:
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Character Motivation Mini Lesson Graphic Organizers CCLS CCSS
Teaching Character Motivation
Product/Materials Preface:
These English Language Arts Unit Resources come with a 3 page introductory mini-lesson on Characterization and Character Motivation but the accompanying graphic organizers primarily focus on Character Motivation. You can find my parallel resources here:
Inferring Character Traits,
Character Types and Roles, and
Direct and Indirect Characterization
I have provided thirteen (13) unique graphic organizers to help students collect and
Grades:
5th - 12th
Words Their Way Derivational Relations Spelling Crosswords & Word Searches 1-30
Why we think this pack is useful: We are pleased to provide a spelling pack to support vocabulary understanding for the Words Their Way spelling program. This pack contains crosswords and word searches for the first 30 spelling word lists in the Derivational Relations stage of the Words Their Way spelling program. We found that at this stage, students are learning more sophisticated words and therefore it is important that they understand the word meanings, along with how to spell them. This pac
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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Context Clues Escape Room (9th - 12th Grade) | The Escape Classroom
**SEE THE PREVIEW AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF WHY WE ARE THE ORIGINAL AND THE #1 ESCAPE ROOM MATERIAL USED BY THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS**INCLUDES: 1) Escape Room Activity (internet connection required) 2) Handout Material3) Lesson Plan On Subject 4) Power Point Presentation5) Promotional Videos 6) How-To Video7) Count Downs 8) Test **The interactive nature of our videos set us apart from all other curriculum sources. Students LOVE our Super Villains, and will beg you for more. When was the
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Symbolism, Archetypes and Figurative Language (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
Over 100 Slides! Available in Google Slides OR PowerPoint. Newly updated and revised! A fun, easy way to introduce your students to the difficult concepts of SYMBOLISM, ARCHETYPES and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Using notes, figures from popular culture, and interactive activities these presentations feature interactive fun for the entire class! You will have fun teaching these lessons and your class WILL learn the material!
Grades:
7th - 10th
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