ELA/Writing

The Test-Taking Strategies Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode universal testing tips for any subject. Some of the strategies include: get a good night’s sleep, underline or...

This EDITABLE Class Procedures Scavenger Hunt is a fun way to share your procedures and routines with your students without boring them! Get them up and out of their seats to search your room for information about your class procedures which they can...

Text-Dependent (Based) Questions are a great way to engage students in any text! This resource will help you understand the purpose of deeper questions and aid you in creating deeper questions!Text-Dependent Questions DO...- Engage students in CLOSE...

Are you looking for engaging, decoding multisyllabic words passages and activities for your students?  Rap songs are the solution!  Based on pop-culture and history rap songs, these activities will keep your students' attention using...

A close reading passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the famous civil rights activist, Ruby Bridges. The NO PREP informational...

A bundle of six close reading passages that timeline the American War of Independence. Each activity comes with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch.  The NO...

A close reading passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch that about the Boston Tea Party and the start of the American Revolutionary War...

A close reading passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the basketball superstar Michael Jordan. The NO PREP informational text...

This PowerPoint presentation is ideal for grade 8/9 students! It teaches kids what theme is and how to find themes in novels. As examples, the themes in Scott O'Dell's novel, 'Island of the Blue Dolphins' and Lois Lowry's 'The Giver' is examined...

This is a PowerPoint Presentation that I am using for my 7th Grade ELA class. It is an introduction to the Unit 4 vocabulary words used in the Sadlier-Oxford, Level B Vocabulary Book. For each word I have given the definition, and visual aids to help...

13 colorful Valentine's Day themed slides that introduce and help students to use and master figurative language. Includes:Directions with optional activitiesAlliterationHyperboleIdiomsImageryInternal...

A close reading passage with a teacher presentation, comprehension and grammar questions, a multiple choice quiz, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch about the boxing superstar Muhammed Ali.  The NO PREP informational text...