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Public Speaking Bundle: ALL My Speech Lessons! {Full Semester, with Google Docs}

By Secondary Sara

NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS: Take the fear and intimidation out of public speaking with a FULL SEMESTER bundle of classroom-tested speech activities that will safely get students out of their chairs (and their comfort zones!) Download this bundle of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

SL.7.1, SL.7.1a, SL.7.1c, SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.7.4, SL.7.5, SL.7.6, SL.8.1, SL.8.1a, SL.8.1c...

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Grammar Lesson Bundle: FULL YEAR of Editable Lessons for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Grab a full year of EDITABLE grammar curriculum, and then exhale, because your prep is now done! This download is a no-prep, classroom-tested, easy-to-grade set of lessons, videos, quizzes, tests, and more, perfect for middle and high school

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

L.6.1c, L.6.1d, L.7.1a, L.7.1b, L.7.1c, L.7.2a, L.8.1a, L.8.1b, L.8.1c, L.8.1d, L.8.2a...

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$89.99

373

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The Bucket List: “Short Research Project” with Real-World Goal-Setting

By Secondary Sara

Bucket Lists don’t have to be morbid; they can inspire us, give us hope, and force us to change or try new things. Setting goals is a valuable skill made even more priceless when we learn HOW to achieve them!Hook students into doing research in

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.6.7, W.7.7, W.8.7, W.9-10.7

$2.50

538

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Grammar Diagnostic Test (#1 of 2): Epic Pre/Post Assessment for Teens

By Secondary Sara

Need a grammar diagnostic test that will give you a clear picture of what students know? Use this assessment as a pre (and/or post) test to get a benchmark and track growth!This test is TEACHER-friendly because it is easy to grade, fully editable,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

L.6.1c, L.6.1d, L.6.2a, L.7.1a, L.7.1b, L.7.1c, L.7.2a, L.8.1a, L.8.1b, L.8.1c, L.8.1d...

$4.99

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Speech Unit: Mock TED Talks {3+ Weeks: Writing, Speaking, & Nonfiction}

By Secondary Sara

Want a new, authentic, 21st-century spin on a formal speech unit? Help students analyze, write, and present their own mock TED-style talks in your own classroom conference!* This print-and-go unit fully scaffolds students through a process of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

SL.8.4, SL.9-10.4, SL.11-12.4

$19.99

$14.99

182

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The Raven: 2-Day Reading Stations Activity & Quiz, Edgar Allan Poe (with GOOGLE)

By Secondary Sara

I love Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”, especially as a Halloween activity, but it’s a TOUGH poem… so this stations activity breaks down the difficult parts to scaffold understanding for teen and tween readers! Use up to 9 stations: Rhyme &

Subjects:

Reading, Poetry, Halloween

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$6.50

412

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Creative Writing/ Narrative BUNDLE: Full YEAR of Prompts, Assignments, & More!

By Secondary Sara

Need narrative writing assignments that are fun without being too juvenile? Want to help them improve drafts, increase peer feedback, and offer a TON of choice? Use this bundle of assignments, prompts, and feedback/revision tools to help your

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Rubrics

$33.43

$27.99

216

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College Admissions Essay/Personal Statement: Writing Unit (2022-23 Edition)

By Secondary Sara

NOW WITH GOOGLE: Up-to-date for 2022-23 Common App & Coalition App. The Common App prompts did not change this year.The Coalition App prompts DID change, and the lesson has been updated.College application essays are very different from other

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Writing-Essays

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$24.99

$14.99

165

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Grammar Lesson Bundle (Google Drive Version) Distance Learning

By Secondary Sara

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

L.6.1c, L.6.1d, L.6.2a, L.7.1a, L.7.1b, L.7.1c, L.7.2a, L.8.1a, L.8.1b, L.8.1c, L.8.1d...

$125.97

$89.99

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Short Story Unit: 3+ Weeks of Literary Devices & Classic Stories (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Need an engaging, student-driven way to teach short stories and/or literary terms? Use this unit as a high-accountability way to scaffold students into tougher literature!In this unit, small groups of students are assigned to one short story (so you

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.7.10, RL.8.10, RL.9-10.10

$17.99

399

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Poem of the Week Collection: a YEAR of Multimedia Poetry!

By Secondary Sara

Historically speaking, poems started out as stories intended to be read aloud. Share poems the way they were MEANT to be read - with audio and video readings – while still achieving rigorous reading and creative writing!This Poem of the Week

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

RL.7.7, RL.7.10, RL.8.7, RL.8.10, RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.10

$7.99

601

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A Christmas Carol: Unit Bundle with Random Acts of Kindness

By Secondary Sara

Want to scaffold readers into more difficult literature in a safe way? Ready to celebrate the holidays in English class while still rigorously accomplishing standards in all domains?This unit is a perfect way for advanced middle school or early high

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

$28.44

$19.99

183

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Editing & Revising Bundle: Lessons, Activities, & Assessments for Writing!

By Secondary Sara

Do your students struggle to turn in quality writing for the first draft or make visible changes to the second draft? Do they need help understanding the difference between editing and revising, or need help figuring out how to do them? Use this

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

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

$24.94

$14.99

133

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Grammar Bell-Ringers #1: Complete Sentences, Sentence Types, Run-ons, & More

By Secondary Sara

Want to incorporate grammar in small doses? Get ready to activate your students’ brains and learn grammar rules through inductive reasoning!This set of lessons can be used daily or weekly for any ELA class that needs help with basic sentence

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$7.99

220

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Grammar Projects Bundle: Creative Activities for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Teaching grammar doesn’t have to be painful lecture from a textbook or worksheet. Engage students with projects, activities, and mini-units, selling them on why grammar matters, debating its use, teaching each OTHER lessons, and making the editing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

$25.93

$19.99

227

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Creative Writing for Teens: Multiple Genres of Narrative Assignments (Updated)

By Secondary Sara

Do you want short narrative assignments that students will actually like? Want to engage writers who claim they have “nothing to write about”? Use this pack of 10 focused assignments to assess CCSS narrative standards in a painless way! Each

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.7.3, W.8.3, W.9-10.3, W.11-12.3

$9.99

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Analysis Booklets & Writing Mini-Unit: Use with ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Do your students struggle to choose, lead into, cite, and analyze evidence? Need them to give more detail in their answers or explain data, direct quotes, and facts in writing? Use this booklet and quiz set to give them a crash course on analysis

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

W.7.8, W.7.9, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.9-10.8, W.9-10.9, W.11-12.8, W.11-12.9

$7.99

214

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Dashes, Ellipses, and Hyphens Unit: Grammar Lesson, Quiz, Test, & More

By Secondary Sara

Need a hand teaching punctuation in a no-prep, classroom-tested, easy-to-assess manner? Use this set of tools to introduce OR review dashes, ellipses, and hyphens to middle and high school students!This set not only addresses several CCSS topics,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

L.8.2a, L.8.2b, L.11-12.2a

$6.00

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Narrative Writing Game for Teens: “Two Truths and a Lie”

By Secondary Sara

Ready to hook students into narrative writing and authentic peer feedback like never before? Play the game “two truths and a lie” with a narrative, storytelling twist!Instead of merely SPEAKING their truths and lies, students write 3 narrative

Subjects:

Creative Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

W.8.3, W.9-10.3, W.11-12.3

$2.99

200

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Bell-Ringers & Programs Bundle for HIGH 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

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

$41.95

$29.99

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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