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*This resources is also available as part of the Promote Your Classroom Library Activity Bundle* Use these graphic organizer sheets for First Chapter Friday read-alouds in your classroom. While you read the first chapter of a book or play the audiobook, students practice active listening skills by completing the tasks on these sheets. This resource is available in printable PDF and digital Google Slides versions and includes: - Teacher's Guide - Curated Book Suggestion List for High School

These “Best Year Ever” New Year’s Activity Slides are the perfect back to school activity after winter break. These activities help students to ease back into the school year by completing a variety of reading, writing, and creative activities that will help them to reflect and goal-set and help you to get to know your students better! These interactive slides include:New Year’s Resolution Writing PromptsNew Year’s Traditions Writing PromptThe Year of the Horse ReadingDigital Vision Board

This student handout and one-pager template will help your students learn about direct and indirect characterization. The handout includes a description of direct characterization with example, and a STEAL chart that outlines the different methods of indirect characterization (speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, looks). The chart also includes excerpts from novels to illustrate each method of indirect characterization with an explanation of how it reveals the character's personality

Helping our students process and reflect on world events and social justice can be difficult as an educator. Using music as an access point for discussion helps to create a safe, inclusive learning environment where students can share their thoughts and appreciate differing perspectives. These slides and digital or printable notebook are ideal for bell-ringer activities, diagnostic activities, projects and more! Here's what other educators are saying about this resource:"This is an excelle

This Book Talk Podcast is intended to be completed after students have finished choice reading novels, so perhaps at the end of an independent study, or book clubs. You could use these handouts if your class read a whole-class novel, just make sure that only students that have completed their podcasts do the peer-assessments so that they can’t listen to other’s podcasts and copy them. This project uses the Vocaroo.com and Canva.com sites so your students will need to have access to devices (l

When our students look through mirrors that offer experiences that are similar to their own, it can boost self-esteem and a sense of belonging. When we teach students to look through mirrors that have perspectives different than their own, it creates empathy and acceptance. Using music to create these "mirrors" provides a safe, inclusive learning environment where students can feel comfortable reflecting and sharing. These slides and printable or digital student notebook are ideal for bell-ri

*This resources is also available as part of the Promote Your Classroom Library Activity Bundle* This is a great first week of school activity where students create a book recommendation for their classmates by designing a book spine that looks like their recommended book. All of the book spines can be displayed together to look like a bookshelf and create a fun and functional peer-to peer book recommendation hub in your classroom! This resource includes: Teacher's GuideTwo student handout opti

This webquest can be used in any upper elementary or high school class that is discussing social media and its implications on society. This particular webquest explores how social media images can affect our self-esteem. There are four resources that have clickable links to explore - these include articles, a video, and and app. You may print off this resource for your students and they simply need to input the links, or you can add the file to a google classroom and students can click the l

These slides are perfect for all kinds of classroom activities to help build a strong classroom community. Just access this file when you include the slides in your lessons, or make a copy of a specific slide to add to your daily slides, seamlessly fitting into your tasks each day. This PowerPoint document has a link to the Google Slides version on page 2 of the PPT. Just click on the link to make a copy to your Google Drive.Here are some ideas for use:Icebreaker activity for the first day of sc

This Webquest asks the question: Is social media activism effective in creating real change, or is it merely "slacktivism"?Students work through tasks that require them to investigate examples of online activism on various social media platforms, as well as a case study of a specific hashtag associated with a social media activism campaign. Students will synthesize their understanding and present their findings to their classmates, including their conclusion regarding the effectiveness of soci

This set of 50 creative writing story starter prompts contain imaginative and compelling story starters that will inspire free-writing activities, collaborative writing, short story assignments, creative writing games such as story chains, and so much more! This purchase contains a PowerPoint file of the slides with a link to the Google Slides version on page three of the PowerPoint. The slides can be projected in the classroom or posted to Google Classroom or other online learning platfor

As part of the prewriting stage of the writing process for creative writing pieces, I provide my students with this character profile activity to help them generate and organize ideas for the characterization of their main character. I have found that students tend to become more invested in their characters after really “getting to know them” through the creation of this profile, and therefore take more pride in their writing. This resource includes a teacher's guide, student assignment handou

This bundle includes my song analysis resources Songs For Social Change, and Songs to Explore Identity, which both contain a PDF and digital student notebook and Google Slides with clickable links to all of the music videos for the songs. Resources: (Linked below - please check out the individual product listings for more information and previews) - Songs For Social Change- Songs to Explore Identity**************************************** Customer Tips:Be the first to know about my new discou

This resource includes 60 writing conference worksheets that will organize the process of conferencing with your students and create an easy routine that will allow students to reflect on their learning, plan for improvement, and show their growth. These conference sheets also provide invaluable data for student grades in the form of conversations about their learning. For a list of all of the writing genres included, please check out the preview :) Each of the worksheets includes: Success crit

Reading inventories provide a valuable insight into our students’ habits, interests and attitudes as readers. Gathering reading inventory data at the start of a year or semester will help to: plan engaging lessons that include students’ preferred reading genresInclude students’ preferred methods of readingPlan intervention and support for students’ specific reading needsGet a sense of how much your students are readingProvide you and your students with clear reading goals to work towardsThis re

This bundle includes three of my best-selling creative writing resources. These resources provide you with activities for each stage of the creative writing process to help your students draft meaningful and memorable creative pieces. These resources include a PowerPoint file, and a link in the PPT file to the Google Slides version where you can make a copy to save to your own Google Drive to edit. Note: when PPT is in slideshow mode, the Google link becomes clickable. Resources: (Linked below -

Writing short stories can be one of the most memorable activities in English class. To help students harness their creative energy, teaching them to follow the stages of the writing process is key. This resource includes 10 pages of activities that guide students through each stage of the writing process, from generating ideas to final conferencing. This resource includes:- Teacher's Guide - Handout with description of the learning goal, success criteria, and hand-in checklist - 5 prewriting a

The history of the Halftime Show is super iconic - from Michael Jackson’s revolutionary performance in 1993 that transformed the show into the spectacle you see today, to Beyonce’s historic all-female performance, and J-Lo and Shakira’s all Latinx performance, the Halftime Show has had its fair share of memorable moments over the years. Your students will love the project, Plan the Perfect Halftime Show for the Big Game. These interactive Google Slides are sure to be a hit! Included in this res

Shadowy figures, creaking doorways, and bumps in the night! Ghost stories have provided spine-tingling entertainment for centuries, but the best and most terrifying tales are those based on true events. In the last hundred years, many horror films have taken inspiration from real-life paranormal occurrences. This resource reveals the bone-chilling details in the history of five real-life haunted houses, and the famous films that shared their spooky stories on the big screen. Resource Includes: T

This winter themed literary analysis activity can be used to conduct a character analysis from any text – short story, class novel, independent novel, play, movie, etc. Students brainstorm significant items that relate to a specific character and choose an item to create a character snow globe that illustrates the significance of this item. There are a variety of snow globe templates to choose from, and students are encouraged to get creative! Add glitter or cotton balls, the sky’s the limit!