Monthly Archives: September 2016


Parts of Speech Grammar Circles (Superhero Themed)

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Parts of Speech Grammar Circles (Superhero Themed)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Superhero themed Parts of speech Grammar Circle Unit

One of the biggest challenges I had in my English classes was how to fit grammar in with everything else I had to teach. I would give students grammar pages and then we would correct them together. It was tedious and it took forever! What’s more is that students were not learning the way I wanted them to. They wouldn’t apply what they had learned from the grammar pages and activities.

I found a solution!

Grammar Circles. Grammar Circles are very similar to literature circles in the sense that students are teaching one another grammar. It is a fun and functional way to teach and Learn grammar. Although, this may be done individually, it can also be completed as a group where students, through a specific process outlined in the package, teach one another grammar. They also correct the work together, so the teacher has very little to do other than to facilitate and supervise.

Once these circles have been implimented and students know who their group members are and what they are supposed to do, it is a great prep to leave a supply teacher.

The package includes:

1) A Student Packet – which contains the Literature Circle directions, the notes and activities, and a “Mark Calculation” page to keep track of their marks. (27 pages)

Activities included focus on:

-nouns
-adjectives
-verbs
-adverbs
-prepositions
-conjunctions
-putting in all together
-correct use of pronouns
-who and whom
-that and which
-who’s and whose
-that and who
-pronoun case
-pronoun agreement
-active and passive voice
-verb tenses (present, past, future)
-verb uses (consistency in verb tenses)

2) A teacher Guide with easy to follow instructions on how to organize the Grammar Circles.

3) The Answer Key – devised to allow students to correct their own work and learn from one another.

Also included are free Superhero Themed Parts of Speech Posters to decorate your class.

For those who are from Ontario, Canada – this unit adheres to the Grade 9 English Curriculum (academic). The unit can be taught in any grade to learn parts of speech.

(51 pages total for this unit)

You may also be interested in:

Sentences – Grammar Circles for easy and effective grammar

Super Hero Themed Parts of Speech Posters (FREE)

Total Pages
51
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON – “Family Tree faces templates”

by Reading with Mrs D

Pre-Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

family-tree-faces-templates

 

This freebie I created for my first grade classroom has students picking faces for each member of their family and colouring/coloring them to match their hair, skin and eye colours/colors.

Student then print the family member names UNDER the faces and the family surname on the trunk.

ENJOY!

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Poetry Lesson on Sonnets (Shakespeare and Browning)

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Poetry Lesson on Sonnets (Shakespeare and Browning)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Lesson on Sonnets

This mini bundle includes a sonnet from William Shakespeare (#130) and a sonnet from Elizabeth Browning (How do I Love Thee?). In this activity, students will compare the different tones and forms from both poems. One is beautiful and romanticizes love, and the other sees love realistically (and a little meanly if you ask me). Students will identify the different types of sonnets, the figurative language found within their lines, and will have the opportunity to write their own.

Students get to see another side of Shakespeare from his sonnet. Students always love his realistic, yet sarcastic portayal of love.

The mini bundle includes:
– a detailed lesson plan for the teacher
– student notes (the poems) and activity
– an annotated copy of the poems as well as a comprehensive answer key.

The entire unit contains 4 pages.

This lesson is part of a larger poetry bundle:
Click here to preview the Poetry Unit for Senior Students

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Total Pages
4
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 hour

FREE MATH LESSON – “Jack O Lantern Fraction Freebie”

by Activities by Jill

5th – 8th Grade

 

jack-o-lantern-fraction

 

Welcome autumn with this fall freebie!

Your students will add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions to figure out the Halloween joke.

“What do you use to fix a jack-o-lantern?”

You might like to pair this activity with one of the following:
Fraction Calculation Puzzle
Fraction Calculation Bundle (Individualized)
Fraction Operations MATHO
Fraction Task Cards
Festive Fractions QR Code Task Cards

CCSS 5.NF
CCSS 6.NS
CCSS 7.NS

Jack O Lantern Fraction Freebie by Activities by Jill is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

 

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Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

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Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

For ease of use, the Lesson plan bundle, the answer key, as well as the Student booklet are all modifiable in a Word document. Add to it, change it, and make it your own.

Everything you need to teach The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is found in this unit.

• Includes journal prompts to further students’ understanding and to further understand thematic development in the novel.
• PowerPoint presentation with historical context and background information
• (Optional) PowerPoint presentation about the origins of evil furthering understanding of Golding’s themes
• Guess Who? Game to help students trace character development in a fun and practical way
• Student work book with all of the photocopies, student activities, comprehension and thematic questions, etc… (Photocopy the booklet once and you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the unit.)
• Links to audiobooks for easy chapter reading.
• The Answer Key for all student work.
• Includes comprehensive chapter notes to help with reviewing chapters previously read and allowing students to take notes concerning important information.

All tests have two versions – which is nice when you teach more than one group at a time.

• Test on the first 7 chapters (2 different versions – both in a Word document for easy modifications. Answer keys provided for both evaluations.)

• Final evaluation includes 2 different options. Option 1: 2 different unit test versions (two different tests – answer keys for both are included), Option 2: an Essay with all materials included (evaluation grid, outline package, etc.…)

• 17 complete and detailed lesson plans to guide and orient your students. Journal prompts with ideas to further discussion, step by step instructions… This makes for super easy planning.
• A Jeopardy Game (on PowerPoint) to review the novel and to prepare for the final evaluation

The unit includes 103 pages and 76 slides.

Guide to lessons’ focus points:
Lesson 1: introduction of background and historical context
Lesson 2: Focus on leadership
Lesson 3: Introduction to the symbolism in the novel
Lesson 4: Characterization
Lesson 5: Writing exercise (paragraph and argument development)
Lesson 6: Reading period
Lesson 7: Civilization vs. Savagery (Includes cyberbullying and dangers of social media, etc.…) Practical applications from the novel.
Lesson 8: Review analysis skills
Lesson 9: Test on chapters 1-7 (Choice of multiple choice questions or development questions)
Lesson 10: Reading period
Lesson 11: Thematic Meaning activity
Lesson 12: Characterization (character development)
Lesson 13: Literary conflicts in the novel
Lesson 14: Symbolism
Themes: 15: Themes
Lesson 16: Novel review and Jeopardy game
Lesson 17: Evaluation (Choice of two unit tests or an essay)

You’ll never have to worry about what you will be teaching on any given day, and the unit is modifiable for your convenience.

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
103 pages and 76 slides
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 Month

FREE MISC. LESSON – “Listening Worksheet 1”

by MusicTeacherResources

1st – 3rd Grade

 

listening-worksheet

 

FREEBIE: Listening Worksheet 1

♫ A useful one page listening response resource for young students.

♫ Students are to select the word or words from the box, that best describe how listening to a piece of music made them feel.

♫ Students are to then write the word or words under the matching smiley face!

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Listening Journal Activities

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Free: The Juice Metaphor – helping students write better essays

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The Juice Metaphor - helping students write better essays

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The Juice Metaphor is a little visual that I use in my class to help students understand the parts of the essay. They often think that writing more will get them a better grade. Of course, this is not necessarily true.

This is a great visual in the classroom.

Total Pages
1
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Subject Noun Safari Mini-book”

by Colleen Zehr

Kindergarten – 4th Grade

 

subject-noun-safari-mini-book

 

This file is a safari mini-book of subject nouns. This can be used as an example for a center activity or a whole class activity example. You could have students create their own subject noun books based off of this example.

 

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Apprendre à lire: Je fais un oiseau – Learn to Read French: Je fais un oiseau

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Apprendre à lire: Je fais un oiseau - Learn to Read French

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Je fais un oiseau – from my Learn to Read series features 33 flashcards to help students learn French vocabulary. The cards teach students the different sounds as well as vocabulary with pictures to facilitate the reading process.

The following vocabulary words are included:

– Oiseau, je, fais, un, voici, aile, use of l’, œil, va, ici, le, bec, queue, la.

The cards use the words in various different contexts to reinforce learning and reading. In addition, half of the flashcards have the picture to introduce the words, and the other half only have the words to help students read more independently.

This package also contains 3 writing exercises where students can rewrite the words they saw on the flashcards. They must rewrite the sentences twice: once tracing the words, and the next, copying the sentences. Make sure to reinforce the use of the capital letter and period at the end of the sentence.

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
33 flashcards, 3 writing exercises
Answer Key
Does Not Apply
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Witch I Can Draw I Can Write Halloween Fun Pack”

by KinderKay

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

witch-i-can-draw-i-can-write

 

Children follow the step by step directions for drawing a witch.
When they are finished, they write about their picture.
Word wall word cards are included to aid in spelling.
2 styles of writing paper are included.

This can be put in a literacy center or used as an enrichment activity for those students who finish their work early and need something fun and educational to do!
It also can be used as a directed drawing lesson in a large or small group setting.
A cover page is included if you would like to bind the pages together and use as a class book.

This witch is a sample of the characters that are included in my FALL FUN packet. If your students enjoy creating this witch, check out the packet for more fall fun drawing and writing!

 

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Free Creating a board Game assessment tool

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Creating a board Game assessment tool

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This rubric was created to help students understand exactly what is expected of them for this evaluation. It is also an excellent tool to assess students’ progress and final product.

This self assessment rubric is part of bundle as well.

Self-evaluation grids are a great way to guide students in their evaluations. Students will know exactly what is expected of them and will be made responsible for their own success. This package can also easily be changed to be used as peer-evaluations.

It’s teaching made easy!


FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Fall/Autumn Nature Walk FREEBIE”

by Green Grubs

1st – 3rd Grade

 

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Grab your magnifying glasses and head outside on a leaf crunching autumn nature walk!

This is a fun outside activity allowing your children to experience the simple pleasures of fresh air in their lungs and dirt under their finger nails! The download includes a mini lesson plan and a worksheet based on the 5 senses to follow up their outdoor experience.

Did you know this product is now also available in beautiful FREE seasonal variations in black and white and color? The little graphics have been changed to provide more accurate illustrations of what you might find as the seasons change. You can find these FREE variations here!

Winter Nature Walk FREEBIE.
Spring Nature Walk FREEBIE.
Summer Nature Walk FREEBIE.
Nature Walk Activity FREEBIE! {Original}.

Looking for other autumn/fall resources? You might want to have a peek at these:

Fall/Autumn Nature Booklet {A booklet of activities celebrating autumn}.
Pumpkin Party! {Fun and facts booklet about pumpkins}.
Tree Hugging {Activities celebrating trees & leaves through the seasons!}.

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GIVEAWAY – Ten Dollar Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Happy Fall, Happy Late Saturday Morning, Happy Johnny Appleseed Day!  I’m all kinds of “HAPPY” today and I’m having a giveaway.  One lucky person will receive a ten dollar Teachers Pay Teachers gift card.  It’s good toward educational resources, clip art, and anything else on the Teachers Pay Teachers website.  Best of all, TPT gift cards NEVER expire!

The giveaway is open worldwide and I will send the winner an email with the code for the gift card.  When you go through “check out” at Teachers Pay Teachers, there’s an option that says, Redeem a Gift Card”.  Enter the code and hit “APPLY”.  There’s one thing you’ll need to do to enter the giveaway on the Rafflecopter.  Increase your odds of winning by doing the second task as well.  Click on the image shown below to go to my blog and enter the contest.  Hurry!  The give away ends on October 1st, 2016.

ten-dollar-teachers-pay-teachers-gift-cardThat’s all for now!

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Learning to read sounds in French

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Learning to read sounds in French

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Les sons – from my Learn to Read series features 96 flashcards to help students learn French. The cards teach students the different sounds as well as vocabulary with pictures to facilitate the reading process.

The following sounds are highlighted:

– ch – ou – ui – en, em – an – au
– eau – in – om – ein – oi – on
– eu – gu – gn – ai – ei – er
– qu – ille – ail – eille – euille –
– ien – illon

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Trick or Cheesy Halloween Math Stations”

by D Conway

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

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Grab a few boxes of Kraft’s “Trick or Cheesy” Halloween Mac and Cheese and you’ll have three instant games to use in your Math Stations. Skills include graphing, making tally marks and using tens frames. Happy Halloween!

 

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Rhythm in Poetry

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Rhythm in Poetry

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Teach students the importance of rhythm in poetry.

This lesson includes Emily Dickenson’s “If I Could Not Stop for Death” as well as Pearl Jam’s “Last Kiss” lyrics to discover (hands on) the importance of rhythm in poetry. Often, Language Arts teachers are weaker in this area because it is a little more technical than merely looking at the language.

The lesson includes:
– a detailed lesson plan for the teacher
– student notes (the poems) and activities
– an annotated copy of the poems as well as a comprehensive answer key

The entire unit contains 6 pages and it will most likely take two periods to complete.

This lesson is part of a larger unit:
Click here for a preview of the Poetry Unit for senior Students unit

Total Pages
6
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 Days

FREE MATH LESSON – “Fall Shape FREEBIE!”

by A Neighborhood Kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten -Kindergarten

 

fall-shape-freebie

 

Cute vocabulary cards to help teach shapes during the Fall! Perfect for Halloween! If you like these, be sure to check out the full set of Fall shape centers and activities in my tpt shop!

 

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Sentences – Grammar Circles for easy and effective grammar

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Sentences – Grammar Circles for easy and effective grammar

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Teach grammar in a creative and meaningful way. No more boring grammar. grammar

Simplify your life and make grammar fun and effective.

One of the biggest challenges I had in my English classes was how to fit in grammar with everything else I had to teach. I would give students grammar pages and then we would correct them together. It was tedious and it took forever! What’s more is that students were not learning the way I wanted them to. They wouldn’t apply what they had learned from the grammar pages and activities.

I found a solution!

Grammar Circles. Grammar Circles are very similar to literature circles in the sense that students are teaching one another grammar. It is a fun and functional way to teach and learn grammar. Although, this may be done individually, it can also be completed as a group where students, through a specific process outlined in the package, teach one another grammar. They also correct the work together, so the teacher has very little to do.

The package includes:

1) A Student Packet – which contains the Literature Circle directions, the notes, directions, and activities, and a “Mark Calculation” page to keep track of their marks. (16 pages)
Activities included focus on:
-the logistics of the sentence (the basic parts)
-the prepositional phrase
-the adjective phrase
-the adverb phrase
-the verbal phrase
-the appositive phrase
-the independent and subordinate clauses
-subjects and predicates
-fragments
-run-on sentences
-types of sentences

2) A teacher Guide with easy to follow instructions on how to organize the Grammar Circles.

3) The Answer Key – devised to allow students to correct their own work and learn from one another.

For those who are from Ontario, Canada – this unit adheres to the Grade 9 English Curriculum (academic). The unit can be taught in any grade to about sentences.

(27 pages total for this unit)

You may also be interested in:
Parts of Speech Grammar Circles (Superhero Themed)

Super Hero Themed Parts of Speech Posters (FREE)

Total Pages
27
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON – “AINU (FREE, Language Series)”

by J MASON EMERSON

5th – 12th Grade

 

ainu

 

This is a free item so far, so just click and get it. Ainu is a language mostly spoken in northern Japan. Some word searches have been included. More free language items will be added later so be looking for them and tell other friends. Feel free to suggest what the eventual price should be.

 

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Opinion Piece Bundle

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Opinion Piece Bundle

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

How to write an effective Opinion Piece Bundle includes:

-notes for students (What is an opinion piece? How do we write an opinion piece?…)
-work process sheets to help students organize their ideas
-an example of an effective opinion piece (an effective tool for teaching)
-a student self-evaluation and teacher evaluation

Total Pages
6
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON – “Ancient Maya Beauty Secrets”

by Skool Aid Products

6th – 9th Grade

 

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The ancient Maya were a complex and intriguing civilization. Even their beauty treatments set them apart from other civilizations. What did the ancient Maya consider beautiful and desirable, was it the same or similar to beauty standards in modern America? This presentation is geared towards getting students discussing and comparing the similarities and differences between us and the ancient Maya.

This 15 slide PowerPoint presentation has presenter’s notes included on 9 slides. Students compare and contrast Mayan beauty standards with their own and discuss the question “if pain and beauty really do go together.” Discussions and writing opportunities are built into the presentation. This entire presentation is a subsection of an in depth 230 slide thematic PowerPoint Unit presentation on Mesoamerican Civilization Thematic Unit PowerPoint Presentation with 157 slides of presenter’s notes. It covers the Olmec, Maya and the Aztec civilizations and is available for purchase on this site.
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Product format:
PowerPoint Show made in 8.1
Features include: slide sorter, laser pointer, digital pen, high lighter, and presenter’s notes. This makes it possible to add or highlight notes directly onto the slides. It is possible to check out these features on the preview, by right clicking on the screen. A tool box will appear so that you can experiment with the various tools.


Topics:

15 slides
9 presenter’s notes
1 writing opportunity
1 type of graphic organizers
-Venn diagram
2 class discussions
Common Core Standards: RI 7.1, RH 6-8.4, RH 6-8.7, SL 7.1, SL 7.2, WHST 6-8.1, WHST 6-8.10

Duration:
1 class period

Other Meso-American civilization presentations available from Skool Aid Products:
Olmec Civilization PowerPoint Show

Mayan History PowerPoint Presentation

The Aztec Civilization PowerPoint Show

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Comment Bank

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Comment Bank

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Do you run out of meaningful criticism for your students’ high school papers and work?

I created this comment bank because I had the same problem. After a little while, you don’t know what to write on a student’s test.

The Comment Bank has been constructed to save the Language Arts teacher time when offering constructive and helpful comments on students’ evaluations. Marking papers in any Language Arts class is always a lengthy process. Increasingly, teachers are being asked to write more detailed comments to highlight students’ strengths and weaknesses, and sometimes we run out of ideas. Being the vigilant teachers we are, and wanting to help our students achieve their potential is and will always be one of our priorities. To this end, when marking students’ papers, writing down everything we want to say to them about their papers would be a very lengthy process. I have decided to share my personal comment bank with you.

The bank comments on the following areas:

-Structure
-Communication
-The next step
-Mechanics
-Style
-Persuasion
-Analysis

The package contains 7 pages of comments, which are divided by levels of accomplishment A, B, C and D. (levels 100 to 50)

Included in this package are over 120 comments for students. You can get inspiration from these pages to handwrite your comments, or you can do what I do and copy/paste your comments into a word document, print, and staple the comment to the students’ evaluations. This is a real time saver. Parents, students, and school administration LOVE this method of feedback. And, this way, it takes much less time to be much more efficient. I hope you enjoy it!

Total Pages
7
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MISC. LESSON – “FREE Halloween No Prep Variety Activities Pack, Alphabets, Math, Games”

by AcademicClassroom

Pre-Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

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This FREE Workbook is awesome for engaging children in fun learning activities. EACH PAGE IS DESIGNED WITH A HALLOWEEN THEME. Your student will have a great time completing each worksheet!

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These Halloween Worksheets include…

✔ Word (Hero) Finder Page 1 (30) words K-3

✔ Word (Hero) Finder Page 2 (20) words K-3

✔ Word (Hero) Finder Answer Sheet

✔ Counting Worksheet Page 1 K-1

✔ Counting Worksheet Page 2 K-1

✔ Coloring Worksheet Page 1 P-K

✔ Coloring Worksheet Page 2 P-K

✔ Game Worksheet Tic-Tac-Toe K-3

✔ Game Worksheet Dots K-3

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Frankenstein Unit (No prep)

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Frankenstein Unit (No prep)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

FRANKENSTEIN UNIT – Complete with no prep for you.

* NEW – THE TEACHER GUIDE AS WELL AS THE STUDENT GUIDE ARE NOW ADAPTABLE IN WORD FORMAT TO SUIT INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

This unit has been created with the teacher in mind. The material is geared toward senior students with a focus on the construction of arguments. It also teaches the importance of historical context as well as literary allusions in the development of themes.

The thinking has all been done for you. The lesson plans are detailed and comprehensive. The student guide is visually appealing and facilitates the teacher’s job. In addition, the answer key is comprehensive and detailed. All the teacher needs to do is to purchase this unit and photocopy it.

Take a look at the preview for more information.

The unit includes:

1) The Teacher Package (17 pages)

-contains 21 detailed lessons (60-90 minute lessons)
-leading discussion questions and skill building activities (with detailed instructions for the teacher)
-important chapter notes on analysis
-the teacher package helps the teacher stay on task and stay organized because the planning has been done for you.

2) The Student Package (11 pages)

-pre-reading activity
-study guide questions
-a fact sheet regarding the Prometheus myth
-an activity on the use of nature in romantic literature
-an activity based on the symbols in the novel
-several activities that teach argument development
-an activity on theme development

3) A comprehensive answer key (25 pages)

-detailed answers for ALL student activities and work
-an annotate copy of the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and activity answer key.

4) Also included:

-a PowerPoint introducing the novel’s historical context and the author
-class posters with key elements in the novel
-a copy of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

5) Various evaluations are also included: ALL EVALUATIONS ARE IN WORD DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO MODIFY FOR CLASSROOM NEEDS.
– Test on letters 1-4 and chapters 1-10 (choice between multiple choice OR development questions)
-Test on chapters 11-18 (choice between multiple choice OR development questions)
-Unit evaluation (Choice between and essay (serveral different versions), a debate, a unit test – all work process is included)
ANSWER KEYS AND EVALUATION GRIDS ARE INCLUDED FOR ALL EVALUATIONS.

*As a bonus, I have included two automatic comment generators for Word documents (with drop down boxes.)

You may also enjoy these free activities (also included in this bundle):
Frankenstein Activity
FREE Frankenstein Debate

Total Pages
64
Answer Key
Included with Rubric
Teaching Duration
1 Month

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “The Growth of a Writing Project – Writing Process”

by Erin Morrison

1st – 4th Grade

 

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Your students will finally understand the process of writing a story when you compare it to the growth of a flower! This bulletin board set is everything you need to introduce the writing process to your students.

 

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Poetry and Imagery – Langston Hughes

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Poetry and Imagery - Langston Hughes

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This is a lesson on poetry and imagery

This mini bundle includes the poems of Langston Hughes and has a focus on the importance of imagery. More specifically, the lesson is based on two poems: A Dream Deferred and Mother to Son.

This lesson is part of a larger poetry bundle:
Click here to preview the Poetry Unit for Senior Students

This lesson will take two full periods.

The mini bundle includes:

– a detailed lesson plan for the teacher
– student notes (the poems) and activity
– an annotated copy of the poems as well as a comprehensive answer key.
-an activity on PowerPoint to teach students about imagery

The entire unit contains 6 pages+ 19 PowerPoint slides

Total Pages
8
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 hours

FREE MATH LESSON – “Free Preview ~ Monster Multiplication {3 Bingo Dabber Print and Play Games}”

by Carrie Lutz

2nd – 4th Grade

 

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Monster Multiplication will motivate your students to practice their facts. My students love using bingo dabbers. The will play math games during indoor recess if there are bingo dabbers involved! 🙂
This is an easy fact fluency station. Just print, add bingo dabbers, a sharpened pencil and a paperclip and you’re ready to go!
I hope your students enjoy this the way mine do!

Get the entire product here.
Monster Multiplication ~ 25 Print and Play Bingo Dabber Multiplication Games

 

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Hamlet Unit (No prep – Complete Unit)

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Hamlet Unit (No prep - Complete Unit)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

One entire month of planning done for you – I dare you to enjoy Shakespeare.

I love teaching Shakespeare’s plays and I want you to love it too. I’ve been teaching and improving this unit for over 10 years. I have literally done all the thinking for you.

This unit has everything a teacher needs to teach Hamlet. I’m aware that not everyone is comfortable with Shakespeare. Because of this, I have created this unit from my years of experience teaching the play so all of the thinking has been done for you. Just photocopy and teach. Seriously it’s that easy.
There’s no longer a need for hours of research and piecing together bits of information and activities found to teach the play.
This is a whole, complete unit, from scene summaries, important notes and annotations notes to help students understand what they are reading. I have also included an introduction to the play, a student guide, a teacher guide, quizzes, a creative assignment, and tests (all with answers and evaluation grids), and a comprehensive answer key. Everything has its place and teaches a specific skill.

The unit is appropriate for students in grades 10, 11 and 12.

The unit includes :

– An attractive, interactive, multimedia PowerPoint presentation introducing the play (17 slides)

-A Student Study Guide (with activities, act and scene questions…) and various activities (14 pages)

-A Teacher Guide (with detailed, comprehensive lessons, unit plan, and additional notes to guide students.) -9 pages and 16 complete lessons. The teacher Guide also includes links to the audiobook (the exact time to cue the audio) AND it includes a list of speaking roles if reading out loud in class)to help with time management and organisation.

-18 pages of comprehensive scene summaries and important notes for each scene (annotations for each scene) ***THIS IS A TEACHER FAVORITE!

A creative Hamlet Guess Who? Game to help students understand the characters. (What’s fun about this game is that it can be played from the beginning of the play right to the end, and students’ answers will change depending on the act they are reading.) LOTS OF FUN!

-A comprehensive answer key for all questions and activities. (24 pages)

-Comprehension quiz on Acts 1 and 2 in Word format for easy modifications (with evaluation grid) and answer key.

-Mid-play evaluation – The Parody – creative writing and analysis (in Word format for easy modifications – with evaluation grid)

-Summary guide (highlighting the significant events from each scene with important analytical information) – Throughout my years of teaching this play, I have amounted excellent notes and annotations, listing the most significant actions throughout each scene. I have retyped these annotations to help you teach the play so your students will understand it (and so will you). (18 pages)

-The culminating evaluation includes three different versions of the final unit test with evaluation grid and answer key (in Word for easy modifications)

Includes a total of 109 pages.

Total Pages
109
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MATH LESSON – “Tangram Puzzles: Trick-or-Treat Monsta-Grams”

by Little Smarticle Particles

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

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Fun Halloween monster tangram puzzles in two different sizes. Great for big hands and little!

 

 

 

 

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Poetry Unit (for senior students)

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Poetry Unit (for senior students)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Poetry Unit for Senior Students(Bundled)

Many teachers hate teaching poetry because they don’t know where to begin. This unit will make you and your students love poetry. This complete, no prep unit is a great way to start! This 2 and a half week unit includes a student guide, 12 detailed lesson plans, 2 multimedia presentations (no internet connection required), a detailed answer key with annotated poems, and an end of the unit evaluation with answer key.

Just print it and teach it.

This HUGE bundle includes individual lessons devised to teach students the importance of:

• Figurative language (its uses and effects)
• How to read poetry
• How to understand and apply symbolism and imagery
• The importance of rhythm
• The importance of tone and attitude in a poem
• Types of poetry
• How to analyse poetry
• How to appreciate poetry (even when you don’t understand it)

This unit’s focus is the analysis of poetry and teaches students how to make inferences, which is a skill they must learn for their other subjects as well.

Poems include authors such as: Emily Dickenson, Dorothy Parker, Maya Angelou, Thomas Gray, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Alfred Noyes, T.S. Eliot, Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Frost, Pearl Jam, Langston Hughes, and Walt Whitman. The Unit includes 21 different poems.

The unit has been conceived to last 12 days – with 65 minute periods (although they are easy to modify).

The unit includes:

1 – The teacher guide (Contains 12 comprehensive lesson plans to teach the poems included in the unit. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU. )

2 – The student package (Contains students’ notes , poems, and questions) (26 pages)

3 – The answer key includes annotated poems and answers to all student activities (saving you time).

4 – Included is a test with multiple choice questions as well as a development question. All answers are included. (Word format for easy changes)

5 – 2 PowerPoint presentations – one multimedia presentation to introduce the unit (17 slides) and the second to reinforce the use of imagery and symbolism (19 slides) – NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED

A total of 63 pages + 36 slides are included in this package.

This unit is complete, and does all of the thinking for you. All you need to do is to print out and photocopy the student package and you’re set.

If individual lessons are what you are looking for, try these, which are part of this unit:

Poetry and Imagery – Langston Hughes

Tone in poetry – Robert Frost

Rhythm in Poetry

Poetry Lesson on Sonnets (Shakespeare and Browning)

Free Poetry Lesson: Analysing Poetry (NO PREP)

Lesson on Allegory and Symbolism Analysis in Poetry is ready to teach (NO PREP).

Total Pages
65
Answer Key
Included with Rubric
Teaching Duration
3 Weeks