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2024 New Year's Activities - Resolutions Foldables and More! Updated Yearly!
Check out the preview and thumbnails!A new year (or a new school year) is a great time to turn over a new leaf, try new things, and end bad habits. Right around winter break (or at the beginning of a new school year) have a class discussion about resolutions. Brainstorm goals that are attainable and share some of your own. Have students create the foldable and then hang them for others to read.* This activity is great for all students!* Wonderful for goal-setting discussions and character educat
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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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
Feedback Comments for Student Writing
BEST SELLER!! Does it seem like you give students the same generic compliments on their writing over and over? Do you struggle to find kind, supportive ways to suggest improvements? Have you given up on detailed feedback because it's just too time-consuming to provide?This document contains hundreds of comment suggestions to help you give meaningful feedback to students on their writing assignments. You can use these comments to help guide your conversations during writing workshop and writing c
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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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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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Christmas and Winter Holiday Google Slides Template | Distance Learning
Do you need PowerPoint or Google Slides for your classroom or distance learning? Stay festive with these bright and beautiful Christmas and Winter Holiday Slide Templates for your classroom.Grab all 10 holidays in the growing bundle HERE! This product is included in the bundle.This product comes with the following:PowerPoint and Google Slides (3 designs and 280 pages)Directions for accessing Google SlidesThe PowerPoint and Google Slides come with premade. The following is included in the premade
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Holiday Bundle Google Slides Template | Distance Learning
Santa's Sleigh Extreme Difficulty Christmas Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots
Connect the dots to reveal the picture of Santa Claus riding his sleigh on Christmas Eve. There are 1395 dots to connect in this dot-to-dot, keeping your students busy for quite some time! Include this fun and challenging activity as part of your winter holiday activities! Print this dot to dot for your classroom, year after year. PDF format. Dot to dot is on pg 1. Answer key on pg 2.
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2nd - 9th, Higher Education
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Annotated Bibliography MLA Format | Evaluate Sources | Summarize Articles
An annotated bibliography helps you make sure your students are reading their source material. This pack contains4 assignment sheets which allow you to choose whether to require one paragraph or 2 paragraph annotations and to choose either a standard 5 source annotated bibliography or fill in your own number of sources.2 Rubrics with and without suggested point values Sample 1 and 2 paragraph annotated bibliography entries.A reference sheet that explains what an annotated bibliography is and ho
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Hunger Games Book vs. Movie Activities
"The Hunger Games" Movie vs. The Novel Activities
With the availability of the DVD, showing the movie to your class and making it an enriching and educational activity has never been easier. My packet is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it will be easy to justify the lessons, as well. NOTE: there are at least five exercises/handouts that can be done WITHOUT watching the movie. See the free preview download for a list of all the activities.
This packet has multiple activities tha
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Valentine's Day Gnome Themed Bulletin Board Kit or Door Decor
This Valentine's Day gnome themed digital or printable bulletin board or door decor kit is perfect for teachers, Sunday school teachers, homeschooling families, and more! This modern and trendy design with a Valentine theme will help your classroom decor look exactly as you've envisioned and your students will love it just as much! I've included instructions for exactly how to use the product in the resources as well as a way to print the words all in one (for ease!) or letter by letter so you c
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Valentine's Day Digital Music Games and Activities Bundle
How to Write a Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences
This bundle explains what a thesis statement is and includes step-by-step directions for writing one yourself. It then does the same thing for topic sentences and explains their importance and the differences between them.The bundle includes:1. How to Write a Thesis Statement PowerPoint (17 slides) --> includes an activity where I put students into groups of 3-4 students, give them an essay prompt, and have them come up with a thesis statement together. There are 3 different practice essay p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Thanksgiving - Fall Doodles | Clip Art [IN COLOR!]
Inside you will find 35 of my favorite doodles from my Thanksgiving doodle collection.. in color (PNG) clip art files! There are 70 images in all including B&W images + color variations!All images are from my Gobble Gobble Doodle FontYou can check out the Growing Doodles Bundle → HEREDoodle fonts are so fun to use but when you need to add color, they can get time-consuming! I've taken select doodles and converted them into crisp clip art images. This set will save you a ton of time using
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Research Paper Unit | MLA Format | Annotated Bibliography | Proposal | Outline
Teach Students the Research Paper Writing Process! From paper proposals to note taking, thesis statement writing, outlining, and writing annotated bibliographies this bundle has it all.There are more than 50 pages of resources! Many assignments have more than one version which allows for customization! Perfect for high school. Useful in first year composition classes. May be used for advanced middle school students. Use everything or pick and choose! Enjoy!This is a bundle of all my other
The Literary Analysis Thesis Statement: SIX Mini-lessons for Essay Success
This lesson contains a step-by-step guide for how to write a thesis statement for the literary analysis essay. It is a part of our Mega Lit. Analysis Essay Bundle, sold separately. Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!The most important part of the writing process is crafting the thesis statement because it is the "road map" or "blueprint" for the entire essay. Because this one, single sentence is so important, I have crafted six mini-lessons to insure that your students will have focused, argumentati
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Research Paper Bundle: Note Cards, Outlines, MLA 9th Edition | Digital
Make writing a research paper manageable for both you and your students with these easy-to-use digital resources!Digital Source CardsNote CardsGraphic OrganizersOutlines for Every Paragraph of the PaperInteractive Guide to MLA Style 9th EditionHow to Cite SourcesHow to Avoid PlagiarismHow to Paraphrase, Summarize, and QuoteParaphrasing and Summarizing Practice Exercises & Answer Key⭐ No more loose note cards! Manage every step of the research paper online. ⭐These resources will save you time
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Journalism Interviewing Techniques and Tools, Yearbook, Complete Teaching Pack
Interviewing is one of the most difficult aspects of the process for student journalists. Your yearbook or newspaper students, however, can be successful and can generate amazing content for your publications if they know how to draw out those stories. This no prep lecture along with tools for students be successful out in the field is just what you need for teaching and practicing interviewing skills. Student Experience: Students will take notes about the proper techniques for interviewing f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
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[UPDATED 2019] MLA 8 Format Cheat Sheet
UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2019MLA 8th EditionImportant details about MLA citations and works cited Page guidelines Works Cited Description:Teach your students how to embed and cite text into their expository, persuasive, and argumentative essays correctly. Use this helpful cheat sheets as a reference for different ways of embedding quotes into sentences and cited sources. This Product Includes:Cheat Sheets -MLA 8th Edition Somethings that are covered: What is MLA Citation Page guidelines Types of i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Winter Extreme Difficulty Dot-to-Dot / Connect the Dots - 959 Dots
Connect the dots to reveal the winter scene of a snowman and a dog. There are 959 dots to connect in this dot-to-dot, keeping your students busy for quite some time! Include this fun and challenging activity as part of your winter holiday activities!Print this dot to dot for your classroom, year after year.Contents:Page 1 - Dot-to-Dot with black dots & numbers. Page 2 - Dot-to-Dot with gray dots & numbers. (Kids who want to color the dot-to-dot afterward may prefer this version.)Page 3 -
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2nd - 9th, Higher Education
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Winter - Christmas Doodles | Clip Art [IN COLOR!]
Inside you will find 37 of my favorite doodles from my Winter/Christmas doodle collection.. in color (PNG) clip art files! There are 99 images in all including B&W images + color variations!All images are from my Christmas (Part 2) Doodle FontYou can check out the Growing Doodle FONT Bundle → HEREDoodle fonts are so fun to use but when you need to add color, they can get time-consuming! I've taken select doodles and converted them into crisp clip art images. This set will save you a ton
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Christmas Charades Printable PDF - Party Game Printable
Liven up your Christmas party with these fun charades printables. Great for all ages, these cute charade prompts will have everyone smiling. All you do is print out the cards on cardstock, cut them out and you are ready to play. Fun for the whole family!
You will receive one - 5 page pdf file, printable on 8.5" x 11" size paper. It includes 4 pages of 2.5" x 3.5" cards, 8 to a page for a total of 32 different Charade prompts and 1 blank page for you to fill in your own charade prompts.
How to
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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