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Higher education oral communication writing-essays tools for common cores
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Ultimate Literary Analysis Essay Guide: 20 Mini-lessons for Success
In this bundle, I have compiled 20 mini-lessons that take students through the entire writing process, step-by-step, from reading samples, to brainstorming, to drafting, to editing and revising, and to reflecting. This book bundle of lesson reflects lessons that I've developed throughout my teaching career. I have worked hard to construct a bundle that is practical and easy to follow for both teachers and students. In fact, these lessons are built so that they are reproducible for teachers.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Plagiarism Lecture, Game-Based Approach to Introduce/Reinforce Plagiarism Rules
You know you need to show your students the right way to handle sourced material to prevent plagiarism, but the subject matter can be so dry, causing teens to tune out during your lecture. To fix this, use a lecture disguised as a game to help cover the basics of proper MLA source citation and plagiarism rules.This product includes a projectable “game” of PDF slides (shh...it’s really a lecture – don’t tell our students) with concrete, real-world examples of how source citations should be handle
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
"Hunger Games" Unit: Lessons Q&A Tests Activities Quiz Vocab Maps Key
The Hunger Games Literature Guide Novel Teaching Unit Bundle with Lessons Aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) - Digital Download UPDATED for distance learning with a DIGITAL version of my Survival Guide that can be shared on a secured platform with your students. They can type directly into the document!This is a comprehensive literature guide for the entire novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It correlates with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 6-12 in En
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5th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
MLA Style & Format 9th Ed: Instruction, Practice, Examples Distance Learning
Teach your students how to cite their sources! Newly updated to include MLA 9th edition. This has also been updated for distance learning! Everything is included in an easy-to-use Google Slides document that can be shared digitally with students on a platform such as Google Classroom.MLA style and format for citations includes teaching instructions, practice exercises, interactive notebook flipbook, and many examples. The citations are those your students use the most. I wrote guidelines and exa
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Parent Communication Log
As teachers, we know how important it is to communicate with parents. We also know how important it is to document all teacher/parent communication. This Parent Communication Log is an effective tool to help document these interactions.
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- Student information
- Type of communication
- Who communicated with
- Purpose of communication
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Activities, Exams, Quizzes, Vocab - UNIT
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee literature novel guide: lessons, tests, and creative activities created and written by Tracee Orman. I've included EDITABLE files (in Microsoft Word) so you can customize the resources to suit the needs of your students.This unit IS included in my To Kill a Mockingbird Teaching Unit and Interactive Notebook Unit Growing BundleThe unit includes:• Introduction activities, including To Kill a Mockingbird KWL Introduction Activity• List of vocabulary words and def
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Transition Words and Phrases
**UPDATE**
After using this for a couple years, I've added two new pages.
This now includes:
1. The original Transition Words and Phrases page detailed below.
2. Transitions for Primary Essay Paragraphs
(This page is what I use on a more day to day basis when teaching writing and appropriate transitions for different places in primary level essays. This page also includes Transitions to Text Evidence and Evidence Elaboration)
3. Ways to Hook Your Reader
This is a compilation of Transition W
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Persuasive Writing- Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers!
In persuasive writing, many students have trouble writing a clear thesis statement on what their essay is truly about. In the lesson Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers, students get to break down what is actually involved in a thesis statement and what happens when the statement is vague- as teachers we feel that we get misled often!
Movie trailers are a good tool to use in teaching thesis statements because it is relatable to almost every student- they have to admit they would feel
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Catching Fire Complete Unit: Questions, Activities, Tests, Vocab
Catching Fire Literature Guide Teaching Unit - aligned to the Common Core State Standards
This is an entire literature guide unit for teaching the novel "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins (sequel to The Hunger Games and second book in The Hunger Games trilogy) and is my best selling Catching Fire product.
It includes the following files:
Catching Fire Pre-Reading: Hunger Games Review Lessons-Characters & Setting
Catching Fire Discussion Questions, Projects, Activities
Catching Fire Che
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Creative Activities for ANY Novel or Short Story with Handouts Distance Learning
Creative activities and project ideas for any novel, story, or unit in history. Includes standards alignment for every activity, EDITABLE grading rubrics, EDITABLE list of activities, EDITABLE student handouts that are ready to share in Google Slides, and lots of print-and-go handouts for students. These are perfect for distance learning!This 52-page bundle contains almost 100 creative student activities to use with any piece of literature. It includes 33 pages of templates and worksheets that
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
COLLEGE ESSAY Writing Unit: Personal Narrative Advice, Examples, & Assignment
Updated for the 2024-2025 COMMON APP: This 30-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need to help your students write phenomenal college application essays. Here are some highlights from the 30-page curriculum: • How to Get Started (Handout #1): Tips for how to get started on one's college essay and overcome writer's block. (1 page)• Strategies for Crafting Vivid & Lively Prose (Handout #2): While the question of what students choose to write about will be important, the question of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Roll an Icebreaker Question - Getting to know you activity dice discussion game
Ease the stress and spark the fun with this fantastic icebreaker game! Say goodbye to awkward introductions and hello to unforgettable connections. Inside, you'll find a treasure trove of 8 mats packed with over 250 icebreaker questions that'll have your students buzzing with excitement. Simply hit print and roll the dice to kickstart the adventure!Whether it's a dynamic duo, a lively group, or the entire class, this game adapts to any setting. Break the ice like a pro and watch the magic of gen
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5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sarcasm, Irony, Satire, and Parody English Literary Devices
Sarcasm, Irony, Satire, and Parody English Literary Devices Is That Sarcasm? Enhanced Lesson Plan for Irony, Satire, and Parody, Printables/ Handouts, Students' NotesEnglish language arts students like to laugh while they learn!Introduce English language arts students to the concepts of sarcasm, irony, parody, and satire. This lesson can be used prior to teaching longer, more complex short stories, poems, viewing films, creative writing, novel studies.Includes: ★**ZIP FILE** Is That Sarcasm? Eve
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - One Year Bundle
This is a complete set (12 months) of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum...one lesson for every day of the year (320 pages). If you've enjoyed our monthly bundles, you're going to love this because it's all the months bundled together in one easy download and offered at a 20% discount over buying each monthly individually. This is a single user license however, so if you are planning on adopting this curriculum across your grade level or in your building (for grade l
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PreK - 3rd, Higher Education, Staff
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Speech Sounds Mouth Clip Art Set
Various mouth forms depicting common speech sounds. Perfect for speech language pathologists, as well as pronunciation and articulation activities.Please check out my other speech clip art set here, featuring SHORT VOWELS:SPEECH SOUNDS CLIP ART - *VOWELS*Includes 36 clip art images: .png format, 300 dpi. - 18 color- 18 black and white- 3 preview images (.jpg)****Updated 2/13/2017****** Updated set with "t / d" soundsThanks for looking, and enjoy! Please remember to leave feedback!For personal or
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to Write An Essay Brochure: Intro, Thesis, Body, Conclusion, Word Choice
Support students throughout the writing process with this EDITABLE reference brochure that covers writing the introduction and thesis statement, integrating evidence, using transitions, writing the conclusion, and using effective word choice. This resource works for expository/informational essays, as well as persuasive/argument essays. It is full of tips on how to write, structure, and revise an essay.When you purchase this product, you will receive a 2-slide PowerPoint file that you easily edi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Posters for Higher Level Thinking
Whether you're a Common Core school, a 21st Century school, or just a school that's making it a focus to prepare all learners for their future, you know how essential it is for the teaching and learning to be in the highest levels of Bloom's everyday. Display these student-friendly (and not too overwhelming) posters in your classroom (or if you're an administrator, purchase these for all the teachers in your building, so there's a set in every classroom) to help you and the students do "the wor
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Writing Commentary for the Literary Analysis Essay: Strategies for Success
In this 38-page bundle, I have provided students with two methods for crafting commentary that will help them not only write analysis but also take it to a deeper level: the "This Shows That Method" and the "LET" Method.Writing commentary is without a doubt the most difficult aspect of the literary analysis essay. It is the ONE part for which there is no formula because it's the part of the essay that contains the writer's original thoughts, or commentary/ analysis, on the evidence of the essa
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading History & Social Studies Graphic Organizers 6-12
Common Core Reading History and Social Studies Graphic Organizers for Grades 6-12 *Newly Updated* Now includes a DIGITAL Google Slides version for distance learning!This IS included in the following bundles: • Common Core Bundle for Grades 6, 7, 8• Common Core Bundle for Grades 9-12Do you need to implement the Common Core Standards into your curriculum? These graphic organizers are written for each individual standard for Reading in History and Social Studies (RH) grades 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12. Th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Excel Gradebook for Standards Based AND Traditional Grading
Click here to check out the latest Google Drive version of this top selling resource. We've taken customer feedback and redesigned the software to make it easier to use, online based, and support unlimited assessments!
Input assessments in ANY format, combination, or order you like (levels of mastery, test percentages, assignment scores, standardized tests etc) and let Grade Blender put it all together in professional weighted reports that fully align with your school’s reporting requirements (
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Hunger Games Introduction & Visual Guide Presentation
The Hunger Games PresentationThe Hunger Games Powerpoint Introduction and Visual Guides is the ultimate visual resource for teaching The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This, combined with my best-selling Hunger Games Teaching Unit digital download, is sure to engage your students (not to mention cover all those Common Core State Standards!)."The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins is such a wonderful novel to teach and share with your students. My comprehensive presentation was previously only av
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: The Hunger Games Teaching Unit Mega Growing Bundle
MLA Citations - Works Cited Cheat Sheet for Students Editable 9th Ed
A quick and easy reminder of how to write in-text and works cited citations. This editable handout covers the basics in a simplified way. It is not meant as a replacement for using a handbook, but an easy-to-copy resource students can keep in their notebooks or folders.UPDATED to include the 2021 MLA 9th edition changes.This handout simplifies the hardest part for students: documenting their sources.Common Core State Standards: The CCSS require students to cite sources. This will be a helpful ai
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
Giving instructions GREAT FIRST DAY ACTIVITY TEAMWORK LEADERSHIP
This activity demonstrates the difficulties that arise when a medical professional or other professional must give instructions verbally without the assistance of anything in writing. This is an essential ability in the medical field or any field that requires relaying of instructions or orders. health science, medical, anatomy, communication disorders, speech therapy, homeschool, high school, middle school, medical terminology, pharmacology, leadership, teamwork, first day, icebreakers, intro
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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