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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

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Article of the Week: Student-Led, CHOICE Non-Fiction Edition

By Secondary Sara

Want a no-prep Article of the Week system? Ready to integrate more non-fiction reading and speaking into your class? Use this Article of the Week program to give students room for differentiation, choice, and articles that they’re ACTUALLY

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Informational Text

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities

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The Outsiders: Chapter Quizzes

By Secondary Sara

Need a quick assessment of literal and critical comprehension of The Outsiders? Use this set of four quizzes to get a snapshot of your students’ understandings of the novel!Each two-page quiz has a combination of question types that will help you

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

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

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Assessment

CCSS:

RL.6.10, RL.7.10, RL.8.10, RL.9-10.10

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Timed Essay Writing Unit: Use with Any Topic or Prompt!

By Secondary Sara

Do your students need help writing an essay in 45 minutes or less? (Need test prep help, or want to prepare them for future grade levels and tasks?)Use this lesson and writing practice set to break down the process of a timed essay and build

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Activities, Assessment

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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

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Activities, Assessment

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Commas 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 comma rules to middle and high school students!This set of TWO lessons guides students through all the major comma rules

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar

Grades:

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

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Lectures, Assessment

CCSS:

L.7.2a

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Concise and Redundant Writing Lesson

By Secondary Sara

Need a quick lesson to review or introduce topics like conciseness, redundancy, or wordiness? This lesson and practice is a great way to prep for tests like the ACT/SAT or teach CCSS L.7.3.A in middle school. In this lesson, students will:• Learn

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

L.7.3a

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Public Speaking: Humor, Comedy, and Storytelling Project

By Secondary Sara

Whether you’re a graduate of my "15 Minutes of Fame" public speaking project or just want a different, engaging way to assess speaking on a whole new level, take students’ natural storytelling abilities and polish it into informal stand-up

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

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Citations Lesson for Beginners: MLA 9th Edition (with Google Docs)

By Secondary Sara

Are your students resisting citations in their research? Don’t understand what citations are, or why they are important? It’s less ugly with a metaphor, when you explain it as making your writing more “designer” by putting logos on it! Win them over

Subjects:

Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Lesson

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Student Survey: EDITABLE for Secondary ELA (with Google Version)

By Secondary Sara

Need a quick but effective student survey? Let this one tell you who students are, how they learn best, where they want to sit (if you make seating charts), and what their strengths and weaknesses are in English. (If desired, you CAN edit this for a

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Professional Documents, Classroom Forms, Google Apps

$1.99

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Banned Books: Individualized Reading & Writing Project

By Secondary Sara

Celebrate Banned Books Week (Sept. 24th-30th, 2017) OR stretch your students’ thinking about literary censorship anytime during the year! This EDITABLE document is a unit that will work well for middle or high school since it is highly flexible for

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

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Poetry Activity Bundle: Reading & Writing Poems in Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Want to ease your students into harder poetry, prove why we need to care about it, or add more variety to your existing curriculum?Use this rigorous bundle of activities to remind the “big kids” that poetry is still fun!These products will help you

Subjects:

Writing-Essays, Poetry, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

$45.45

$34.99

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Reading Literature Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Help your students grow as readers with a bundle of lessons, activities, tools, and projects that apply to any novel! Use them for independent reading OR assigned whole class books. If you're looking to refresh the ways your students respond to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

$51.89

$34.99

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Academic Skills Choice Project: Becoming Better Students

By Secondary Sara

Do your students need help learning how to become independent, successful students? Can’t keep a binder organized or study well for tests? Do they struggle with study skills, time management, or other elements of school?Use this short research

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Activities

$2.99

$1.99

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Research Lesson & Project Bundle for Secondary ELA (MLA 9th edition)

By Secondary Sara

Teach the basics of citations, search, and more while ALSO engaging students like never before with proven, unique projects! This bundle includes...Citation instruction: my diagnostic test and an intro to citing lesson do not assume any prior

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.7.7, W.7.8, W.8.7, W.8.8, W.9-10.7, W.9-10.8

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MLA Essay Lesson (DISTANCE LEARNING): Formatting is Like Setting a Table!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Just as the pieces of a place setting go in particular spots on the table, the elements of an essay's document need to be formatted just so!Use this easy simile to teach your students why essays need

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

$2.50

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Diagnostic Essay: Before & After Writing Assessments for ANY Unit

By Secondary Sara

If you need to show growth in student writing, celebrate learning over time, or build students’ confidence as writers, use this diagnostic essay (AND the comparison essay LATER) to get a benchmark and then make growth visible!Use this set of TWO

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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Assessment

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

By Secondary Sara

Students learn from the greats by reading mentor text poems and writing their own using templates!Hook students into poetry by making it seem as easy as fill-in-the-blank! Great for any British Literature class or regular English Language Arts,

Subjects:

Literature, 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

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Grammar Diagnostic Test (#2 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...

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The Outsiders: Non-Fiction Video Jigsaw Activity

By Secondary Sara

Need to add non-fiction into your unit on The Outsiders? Ready to make modern-day connections with engaging videos and discussion? Use this 2-3 day lesson connecting literature and modern articles to assess CCSS SL.2 and SL.3 in your ELA classroom.

Subjects:

Literature, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.8.2, SL.8.3, SL.9-10.3

$2.50

192

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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