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A Christmas Carol: Stave Quizzes with Text-Dependent Questions

By Secondary Sara

Whether you are reading the novella, only watching the movie, OR just want a seasonal check of reading comprehension, these quizzes for advanced middle school or high school help students step into reading Dickens!Each quiz has a text excerpt from

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

CCSS:

RL.8.1, RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1

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Grammar Video Project: Students Teach Their Peers!

By Secondary Sara

We learn by DOING and by TEACHING others. Transform your grammar instruction by putting STUDENTS in the role of teacher!In this project, student groups collaborate to design and record their own SHORT videos (1-5 minutes) teaching one focused

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Google Apps

$3.99

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Nonfiction Reading & Argumentative Essay: "Why Grammar?" 1-Week Unit

By Secondary Sara

NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS: If you’re tired of trying to sell the importance of grammar to your students, then maybe it’s time to let them discover for themselves why we still have to learn it! This mini-unit focuses on evaluating the arguments in

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$7.00

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Vocabulary Epic Bundle: Editable Program & Activities for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Consider your vocabulary planning finished! This mega bundle of ALL the vocabulary items from my store contains everything you need to regularly teach and assess words to middle or high school ELA students – plus, editable documents means that you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Flash Cards

CCSS:

L.6.6, L.7.6, L.8.6, L.9-10.6

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The Giver Unit: 4+ Weeks of Literature, Nonfiction, Writing, & Speaking

By Secondary Sara

Teach The Giver with a critical thinking unit full of literary devices, collaborative discussions, several genres of writing, real-world connections, and visible learning!The EDITABLE unit you see here was perfected over six years of teaching it to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Assessment

$29.99

$19.99

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Subject and Predicate Unit: Grammar Lesson, Quiz, Test, & More

By Secondary Sara

Need a hand teaching grammar in a no-prep, classroom-tested, easy-to-assess manner? Use this set of tools to introduce OR review subject and predicate to middle and high school students!This concept is SUCH an important prerequisite grammar skill

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

L.7.1a

$6.00

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Narrative Writing Flip Book: Mini-Lessons for ANY Unit

By Secondary Sara

Need help teaching your next narrative writing assignment? Do your kids need review, and/or need the tricks to take their writing to the next level? This dense flip book of eight mini-lessons will elicit stronger drafts from your writers to get

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Interactive Notebooks, Lesson

$7.99

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Theme Lesson & Quiz – Apply to ANY Novel, Short Story, or Movie

By Secondary Sara

Need a quick mini-lesson to review or introduce themes in a story? Grab this lesson and practice set to teach what theme is and immediately start identifying one in a text of your choice!In this lesson, students will:• Learn what a theme is (and

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.2, RL.7.2, RL.8.2, RL.9-10.2

$3.50

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Nothing Gold Can Stay: 2-Day Reading Stations & Quiz (The Outsiders)

By Secondary Sara

If you love Robert Frost OR are teaching The Outsiders, you know that this little 8-line poem is more dense and interesting than meets the eye! Teach this classic poem in 1 or 2 class periods with a stations activity that promotes small group

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$4.99

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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

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.6.10, RL.7.10, RL.8.10

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Parallel Structure Unit: Grammar Lesson, Quiz, Test, & More

By Secondary Sara

Need a hand teaching grammar in a no-prep, classroom-tested, easy-to-assess manner? Use this set of tools to introduce OR review parallel structure to middle and high school students!This concept is very common on standardized tests, especially the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

L.9-10.1a

$6.00

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Attendance Forms for Secondary Teachers EDITABLE (with Google Docs)

By Secondary Sara

Need a simple, classroom-tested attendance method? Use these editable templates to meet your needs in a practical manner that won’t take too much time each day. These are great if you want to customize your attendance form, don’t quite find the

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Classroom Forms, Google Apps

$2.50

373

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Subject Verb Agreement Unit: Grammar Lesson, Quiz, Test, & More

By Secondary Sara

Need a hand teaching grammar in a no-prep, classroom-tested, easy-to-grade manner? Use this set of tools to introduce OR review subject/verb agreement to middle and high school students!This lesson guides students through basic guidelines for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$6.00

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I Have a Dream Speech: Lesson, Annotation, & Quiz for MLK Day (with GOOGLE)

By Secondary Sara

Make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech come to life by letting students uncover layers of meaning through movement and annotation. NEW: As of January 2021, this resource now includes both MS Office and Google versions. Here’s how

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Martin Luther King Day, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$7.50

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Greek & Latin Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes: Stations, Flipbooks, & Assessments

By Secondary Sara

Need to teach Greek and Latin affixes in ELA? Your prep work is done! Use this comprehensive instruction, practice, and assessment set to help students learn prefixes, roots, and suffixes in a student-friendly manner!This set keeps instruction

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

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

$14.99

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Formal Writing Word Choices Lesson for ELA: Write "Like a Boss"

By Secondary Sara

Do your writers still sound like students instead of professionals? Do they need help avoiding conversational word choices and tone?Use this lesson to teach students how to write “in a formal style” to meet CCSS for informative AND argumentative

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$3.99

181

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Evaluating Arguments & Rhetoric Unit: Finding Fallacies & Propaganda

By Secondary Sara

Want an engaging 2-week unit to make your students far more precise, critical readers of nonfiction? Ready to tiptoe past the boring basics of argument and delve into the positive and negative writing techniques that real authors and speakers

Subjects:

Reading, Vocabulary, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$19.99

$14.99

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Parts of Speech Unit: Grammar Lesson, Quiz, Test, & More

By Secondary Sara

Need a hand teaching grammar in a no-prep, classroom-tested, easy-to-assess manner? Use this set of tools to introduce OR review parts of speech to middle and high school students!In my experience, students in the older grades still need a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

$6.00

124

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WORD CRIMES: Poster Project and Lesson for the Music Video!

By Secondary Sara

Ready to stop some word crimes? Watch or listen to Weird Al Yankovic’s song and use this lesson as a follow-up!This 9-page, fully EDITABLE download includes the following:• In the introductory lesson, students watch the video and record their

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.99

$2.99

234

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Poetry Parody Bundle (American Literature): Read & Imitate 5 Classic Poems!

By Secondary Sara

Students learn from the greats by reading mentor text poems and writing their own parodies using templates!Hook students into poetry by making it seem as easy as fill-in-the-blank! Great for any American Literature class OR anyone feeling patriotic,

Subjects:

Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.7.10, W.8.10, W.9-10.10, W.11-12.10

$12.50

$7.99

148

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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