ELA/Writing

This activity is designed to challenge your students’ preconceived notions about their cellphone and music use in the classroom and during studying. Cellphones can be a great tool for the classroom. They can also be a horrible distraction from...

Novel Study, Guided Reading Books, Graphic OrganizersThis listing is for a guided reading, comprehension packet, an essay topic, and a graphic organizer essay planning sheet. It goes with the book "Sarny: A Life Remembered" (the sequel to "Nightjohn") by...

A presentation that can be used to apply close reading to any text (I used it with articles from Scope and short stories.) It explains each close reading strategy (Connections, Writer's Style, and Analysis) and color codes each strategy. Have students...

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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...

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...

The Travels of Ibn Battuta Primary Source Reading + QuestionsThis is an excellent resource to include with your unit on West Africa or Mali! In this reading, students will read two excerpts from Ibn Battuta's travels. The first excerpt is from the The...

A close reading activity with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about the tennis superstar, Serena Williams. The NO PREP informational text activity is perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth...

Biography Reading Comprehension Assignment worksheet based on US standardized testsThis Assignment contains an Article, Significant impact , Chronological Events, Supporting the Claim, Text Evidence, Readers Understanding, Main Purpose questions and...

20 black and white MLK and related images accompanied by critical thinking journaling or writing prompts. These can be used as debate topics, dialogue starters, story starters, and warm-ups. Can be used as as complete MLK unit (Extra Resources-see below)...

Picture This: Students,K-12, building their vocabulary,improving comprehension, and developing strategies to improve their reading, writing, speaking and language skills.Adding photos and images to your lessons will do all this!A wonderful resource...