Yearly Archives: 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 LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Santa’s Syllable Scoot”

by The Chocolate Teacher

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

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Let’s get moving! This is a fun and active scoot game to get your students up and moving. There are 24 cards with a Christmas related picture and word on each. The students will “scoot” around the room recording the amount of syllables in each word.
What’s included:
24 cards with pictures and words
Scoot recording sheetThanks so much for taking the time to look at my product!
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ShortVowelScoot.

Adjectives.

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Kindness & Christmas – Spread Christmas Spirit Wherever You Go

By Sparking Children’s Thinkibility

Grade: Kindergarten – Grade 5

Everyone can make a difference. Everyone can be kind. And everyone can have creative ideas about acts of kindness during the Festive Season!

There are many wonderful and creative lists where you can select acts of kindness that your students can carry out during December. If you are looking for ways to spark some thinking and give the creative muscles a workout, it may be a good idea to simply forget the lists, and instead, think dive into kindness and ways to spread it a bit deeper.

I love using questions to inspire thinking. And this method is increasingly becoming more popular.

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What is kindness? Where in the body do you feel kindness? And how can you describe it?

Creating your own words is a great activity and the words can be used to write wonderful personal poems. The poems can be spread around in the neighborhood to spread some kindness. Or. . .

This package contains:

1. Question cards and Kindness vouchers

2.Things I Love about Christmas

3. Things other people and animal love about Christmas

4.Things some people may lack during Christmas

5, Things some animals may lack during Christmas

6. What is kindness? Make a list of Acts of Kindness

7.Make a list of Kindness Words and Create your own Kindness Words.

8. Where in your body do you feel kindness?

9. How can you Spread Christmas Kindness wherever you go?

10 How can you randomly spread Christmas kindness?

11. Can you write Heart-Shaped Poems?

12. Design a machine that spreads kindness.

13. What if a Christmas kindness machine breaks? How could you repair it?

14. How can you do kind things every day?

15, How can you Dream Big about the Festive Season?

16. How can you spread your Big Dreams about the Festive Season?

17. Design a Big Christmas Kindness Machine

18. Acrostic Poem

19. What if. . . make kindness snow

20. What if. . .

21. Design a flying machine that can spread Christmas Spirit.

22. How would you design a Spread Christmas Kindness and Love board game?

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Free Poster: Developing Themes in Literature

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Poster: Developing Themes in Literature

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This is a nice visual to help students remember the process of developing themes.
Total Pages
18
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Christmas Carols! (Fun Packet for All Including Spanish ELLs)”

by J MASON EMERSON

6th – 12th Grade

 

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CHRISTMAS CAROLS! (FUN PACKET FOR ALL INCLUDING SPANISH ELL’S) presents selections from Christmas carols in English as well as gives the Literal (word-for-word) Spanish, which makes it easier for students of Spanish-language backgrounds to understand the English words in the carols better and thus be able to more easily and quickly learn them and get an accompanying boon for their vocabulary and grammar. Some German carols have also been added, with the Literal English given for them.

Contents: Angels We Have Heard On High, Deck The Halls, The First Noel, Go Tell It On The Mountain, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Joy To The World, O Christmas Tree, Silent Night, The Twelve Days Of Christmas, Upon The House Top, We Wish You A Merry Christmas; then come:

Christmas Hymn Links Worldwide!;
List Of Popular 1900s-2000’s Christmas Songs.
So, the price and time for this resource are right, and you will love seeing your students glad to stay busy as bees enjoying this learning pack a lot, so consider getting it now.
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REASONS TO CONSIDER PURCHASING FROM THIS STORE: 1. Tons of resources, 2. so much reusable over the years ahead, 3. buying it is more convenient than trying to make it yourself, 4. students enjoy the fun components so that they stay more on task learning more and better, 5. most word searches have a format helping teach information with the words, 6. most resources have reading components tied into with other components making them more handy and helpful, 7. They have an attractive, professional appearance, 8. Many resources have some Spanish to help ESL/ELL students to not be totally left out; 9. the prices are right; and, 10: you’ll love it that your students stay busy learning like happy bees at the honey hive of knowledge, your classroom, even as they have in mine since these have been teacher and students-tested.

THE SPANISH used in some resources in my store is more the informal Latino Spanish actually used by most students from Latin America than the formal Castillian of Spain; so there are some differences in grammar, spelling and or vocabulary even as there are with American and British English.

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Paragraph Writing Activity in conjunction with Frankenstein

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Paragraph Writing Activity in conjunction with Frankenstein

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Paragraph Writing Activity in conjunction with Frankenstein

Very often, students have difficulty with the analysis process involved in literature. Where they not only have to analyse, but now have to apply their newfound skills to a well-developed paragraph, some students become overwhelmed with the process.

This particular activity will focus on both the analysis and writing a paragraph using the PEEL method.

Paragraph writing and analysis are two essential components in essay writing. To facilitate this process, I have created a lesson where students can become more comfortable with the revision process through modelling the proper steps from beginning to end. The lesson includes a modelling of the writing process from understanding the topic to the final draft. See preview for details

This lesson can only be used after students have read chapter 19 from the novel Frankenstein.

5 pages total


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Snowflake Words”

by Teresa Williams

Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

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Students generate new words using the letters from the word snowflakes. A fun activity that promotes learning in the areas of spelling, reading, and phonics. Targeted for students in kindergarten, first, second, and third grade. Teachers could make several copies and laminate to use in literacy stations or make copies for the classroom so students can work together.

 

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FREE Thesis Writing Activity

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FREE Thesis Writing Activity

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Thesis writing is often an abstract concept for students and it is one of the most important things to know when writing an essay.

This FREE activity will help students to correct problematic thesis statements, while learning how to compose their own.

There are lessons for two periods prepared for you :

1) Attempting to write a thesis statement based on the following topic: Do we have the right to play God when it comes to human life?

2) Group activity where students must identify the weaknesses in 5 thesis statements and rewrite them to make them better.

Included:

– A comprehensive lesson plan (two days)
– The Student Activity Sheet
– Comprehensive Answer Sheet

5 pages total

You may also be interested in the following resources:

Step-by-Step Thesis Writing Poster

Thesis Writing Activity with PowerPoint Presentation

Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes

Teaching The Essay Package


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Add, Add as Fast as You Can: Doubles Facts with the Gingerbread Man! FREEBIE”

by Apple A Day

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

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Add, Add as Fast as You Can: Learning Doubles Facts with the Gingerbread Man!
FREEBIE STORY
An Original Story Created By: Hope StuartOverview:
This book was inspired by Apple A Day’s behavior management system for December: Run as Fast as You Can to Catch Our Good Choices! This super cute book uses gingerbread characters to assist students in learning and remembering the doubles facts up to 20 while applying these facts within their daily math problems. Set to rhyme, this book is sure to be a favorite among your little ones!

Purpose:
To increase each student’s knowledge and understanding of the doubles facts up to 20. This book will aid in the learning, memorizing and application of these facts to an array of mathematical settings.

Packet Components:
 Overview, Purpose and Lesson Suggestions-page 2
 “Add, Add as Fast as You Can: Learning Doubles Facts with the Gingerbread Man!” Book-pages 4-15

The Items Listed Below Are Included Within the Book Packet (available on TPT), not this Freebie Edition

 Gingerbread Man Cookie Counters Templates-pages 16-18
 Gingerbread Man Story Templates for Student Created Story-pages 19-21
 Certificate and Bulletin Board Sign for Students-pages 22-23
 A Letter to Families Explaining the Gingerbread Book and Doubles Facts Rationale-page 24
 Apple A Day Contact and Copyright Page-page 25

Check out the behavior management system that compliments this book: Run as Fast as You Can to Catch Our Good Behavior!

Apple A Day has super book packets and behavior management systems to organize your teaching troubles away!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “How to Make the S Sound Spaghetti Clues!”

by Kathy Babineau

Speech Language Pathologist

 

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How to Make the S Sound Spaghetti Clues!

The S sound is such a tricky one for so many of our early elementary students to pronounce!

In this freebie, I’ve included a quick description of a mini lesson for teaching the S sound in the classroom, a poster, and a worksheet.  There are so many touch cues and verbal cues for this tricky sound, but this is one that has worked for me!

Enjoy!

Kathy Babineau MS, CCC-SLP

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November Turkey Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s November and time for our Thanksgiving version of Teacher Talk. Getting ready for Turkey Day, we have some great ideas for you. So hurry on over to see what these creative educators are doing this month.

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Thanksgiving Recipe Swap 

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Don’t you just love the aroma of turkey roasting in the oven? Sometimes I think that it smells better than it tastes. My mouth waters just thinking about it. Since Thanksgiving is the time for savory, mouth watering delights, how about having your class participate in a favorite recipe swap. This will get them ready for the holiday and have some fun while doing it.

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The Post Election Classroom

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

A strategy to use for healing post election anxiety that your students may be experiencing.

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Make Math FUN this Thanksgiving!

By Sara Snyder of Snyder’s Classroom

Engage your students with these Thanksgiving Math riddles worksheets! I began creating math riddles to make math more fun in my own classroom. I love hearing my students giggle as they solve the riddle at the end of the worksheet. Students solve problems, each problem has a letter assigned to it and the letters help to solve the riddle. It is a great way to combine fun and learning! Make math FUN!

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Getting Started with Google Classroom

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom

Here is a primer for getting started with Google Classroom!

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Thanksgiving STEM Challenge: Turkey Transporter

By Kerry Tracy of Kerry Tracy

Highly engaging STEM challenge to keep your kids focused before the holiday. Includes modifications for grades 2 – 8.

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Teach your student how to have a productive discussion

By Marcy Howe of It’s a Teacher Thing

Teach your student how to have a productive discussion.

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Understanding and Supporting Pencil Grasp Development: 3 – 6 years.

By Thia Triggs of Print Path

As a school based Occupational Therapist the most frequent issue teachers ask me about is pencil grasp. Today I will explore: What grasps look like in the major three categories. Why some grasps are more advantageous than others. What ages typically-developing children are using these three types of grasp.

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Passion and Purpose: Bravery in a Broken World

By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

With this week’s news being the icing on the cake, it’s imperative that we remember our passion and purpose in the classroom. This is the story of how one educator does just that, along with some resources, paid and free for doing so.

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Historical Context of Lord of the Flies

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Historical Context of Lord of the Flies

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This PowerPoint presentation is a great way to introduce Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

This PowerPoint is devised to contextualize Golding’s novel in order to help students better understand and appreciate the novel.

There are 14 slides in total.

Included in this activity is:

– Introduction about the author
– A short film clip about the war and the fear it evoked
– Information about the story
– Information about Golding’s message
– Information about themes
– Information about the significance of the title
– Group discussion questions to serve as a pre reading guide
– Important elements in the novel

There are no spoilers for students in this presentation. The information prepares them for what they will read in order to better appreciate it and to develop themes later on.

This activity is also part of a larger Lord of the Flies unit:
Click here to preview the Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

It’s teaching made easy!


FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Natural Disaster QR Vocabulary Sort”

by Texas Science Gal

5th – 8th Grade

 

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In this download there are 5 different natural disaster vocabulary words and QR codes. This download focuses on the natural disasters that have strong impacts on the ecosystems including tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

To use this, simply print these out for a group of 2-4 and have students sort out all of the cards. Once students have sorted the codes, you can give them the guided questions to help with comprehension. This helps assess what they have learned and put it into writing. There is also an answer key provided. I find that it makes a great way to integrate technology, get students hands on, and to reinforce the content knowledge.

 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Natural-Disaster-QR-Vocabulary-Sort-1738274

 

 

 

 

 

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HOLIDAY TRADITIONS GRAMMAR

Timely! Fun! Informative!

Do your students wonder why we have candy canes, gingerbread cookies, pine wreaths, and Santa Claus during the holiday season? The Set– HOLIDAY TRADITIONS: ENGLISH GRAMMAR STORIES –is a great way to practice grammar skills while learning the origins of these holiday customs and many others.

Grades 3-8

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ENGLISH-GRAMMAR-STORIES-HOLIDAY-TRADITIONS-1588369

Each 20-30 sentence story focuses on the most common errors in homonyms, subject-verb agreement, apostrophe, capitalization, punctuation, irregular verbs and plurals. An Answer Key with explanations of corrections is included.


Analyze This! A Step-by-Step Guide to Analysis

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Analyze This! A Step-by-Step Guide to Analysis

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Analyze This! is a step-by-step guide to analyzing literature
I created this bundle to help my students understand analysis and how to apply their newfound skills to write an effective essay.
The bundle includes:
– A page with suggestions on how to use the bundle
– Two pages explaining the difference between analysis and literary analysis
– One page on how to create an effective outline (what content should be included)
– An exercise using the “Ant and the Grasshopper” fable to help students analyze elements of plot, characterization, symbolism, theme, and setting.
– An answer sheet with detailed information
– Instructions on how to use the above information to focus a topic and write a thesis statement
– An outline activity – students need to complete an outline using a given thesis statement
– An answer key (with a possible outline) to help student compare their outline with this one.

The bundle includes 13 pages and two to three days worth of lessons.
This is a practical and simple way to guide students through the analytical process.

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
13
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
3 Days

FREE MATH LESSON – “Snowy Bear Math Centers {FREEBIE}”

by iHeart Teaching

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

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This FREEBIE includes two winter fun math centers that are aligned with the common core. They help your students recognize numbers 0-20 and build number sense. This product is aligned with Kindergarten standard K.CC.A.3: Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

For more math centers: Winter Math Centers

For literacy and math: Winter Literacy and Math Centers

~iHeart Teaching

 

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Evaluating a Fishbowl Activity in a Literature Circle

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Evaluating a Fishbowl Activity in a Literature Circle

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The Fishbowl activity is mostly useful during literature circles or in a novel study. Quite literally, the group in the center is being watched by the rest of the class, while they are discussing elements of fiction. This activity is a very important tool in order to teach students how group discussions should run, what is to be said, and how it is to be said. Many times the leader of the discussion doesn’t know how to prompt members to elaborate upon their contributions. This will certainly help.

In addition, it is often difficult for a teacher to evaluate these discussions, which is the reason I have created this package. It is easy to use and you can merely check boxes to quickly assess each member of the groups.

This package contains:
• An explanation of The Fishbowl Activity
• How to run a Fishbowl Activity (within the realm of a literature circle)
• Why such an activity is important
• Evaluation sheets one can use to easily evaluate the discussions and roles of students

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
8
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MATH LESSON – “Pattern Blocks FREEBIE”

by A Thinker’s Toolbox

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

pattern-blocks

 

This is a pattern puzzle that can be used for students in K-5. Included are two versions. The PreK-K Version has the outline of each pattern block used in the puzzle. The Gr1-2 Version only has the outline of the puzzle, which allows students to explore other shapes to complete the puzzle. Pattern block pieces and answer key is also included!

Click Here For My Pattern Blocks Dental Health Puzzles
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Pattern Blocks FREEBIE by A Thinker’s Toolbox is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

 

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Rubrics: Self Evaluation and teacher assessment rubrics

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Rubrics: Self Evaluation and teacher assessment rubrics

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

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.


Included within this document are over 20 different self-evaluation grids.

These self-evaluation grids are also very helpful to teachers:
 Helps the teacher justify the final mark;
Helps the teacher create meaningful evaluation grids;
 Helps to identify students’ weaknesses and strengths;
 Helps parents and students better understand the task required;
 Helps teachers create rubrics for the final evaluation.

This package was created in a Word document in order to be easily modified and changed according to the individual teacher’s needs.

This self-evaluation package contains self-evaluation grids for:
 Newspaper article
 Short story writing (intermediate and senior)
 Essay writing (various different types)
 Essay evaluation rubrics (for teacher –with and without sources)
 Independent study unit
 Research paper
 Skits
 Board game
 Group work
 Opinion piece
 Editorial
 Friendly letter
 Debate
 Movie review
 Journals
 Scrapbook
 Seminar
 Speech
 Riddle writing

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
27
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MISC. LESSON – “Inspirational Posters for the Classroom!”

by Fox Creations

Kindergarten – 5th Grade

 

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Let the motivating begin! Here are a few posters that provide inspiration as well as thinking! Hang them around your room to keep the spirits high and ready to learn.
I would love to hear your feedback. Also, don’t forget to follow me to find out about future freebies, store sales, and new products.

Thank you for stopping by and as always Happy Teaching!

Mindbuilder Creations.

 

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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 LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Gift of the Magi – Close Reading Analysis”

by Homegrown Teacher

8th – 10th Grade

 

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This free product is a close reading analysis of O. Henry’s short story, “Gift of the Magi.” There is a teacher’s instruction page, which details how I have used this document in my own classroom, specifically targeting the importance of the gradual release process and teaching students how to annotate a piece of text. A full sample annotation packet is also included.

This text lends itself to teaching students the importance of annotation targeting vocabulary, textual evidence for setting and characterization as well as allusions.

Enjoy this timeless story as your students get practice using the close reading strategy!

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You may also be interested in:
Romeo and Juliet: Interpreting and Paraphrasing the Prologue
Romeo and Juliet Test – Final Exam
Soundtrack Citing Evidence Writing Project
Narrative Writing Project

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Free Teaching Theme Development

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Developing Themes

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This handout has been created to help both teachers and students learn how to develop themes in literature properly.

This handout includes step by step instructions on how to develop a theme in paragraph form.

I hope you enjoy it! It’s teaching made easy!


FREE SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON – “Family Holiday Traditions”

by Caitlin Howald

1st – 4th Grade

 

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I sent this form home with students to complete with their families. We used this to discuss all families are different and have different traditions. I had students share their traditions with the class. They were very excited to do so!

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I Have, Who has? Game for Teaching Figurative Language and Poetry

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I Have, Who has? Game for Teaching Figurative Language an

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The goal of this game is to help students memorize and understand FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE through the use of games. Playing rather than memorizing is a fun activity that will engage students in a classroom.

Included in this purchase is the MASTER SHEET, which contains the answers, attractive STUDENT CARDS, which you can print and cut out in colour (on card stock and laminate for sustainable use), and A SET OF RULES explaining how the game works.

This package contains 23 cards and 12 extra blank cards in case you have a bigger class.

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
11
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MATH LESSON – “Shrek Word Problems”

by Lee Ann Hall

2nd – 3rd Grade

 

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During my fairy tale unit, I wanted to keep everything centered around fairy tales or fractured fairy tales. This is a math worksheet that uses characters from Shrek in the word problems. Both addition and subtraction.

 

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Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes

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Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Please note that this document does not work with a Mac computer.

Automated Comment Generator for THE ESSAY

This document has been created to help teachers evaluate students’ essays quickly and efficiently while including as many detailed comments as possible. It is created in a Microsoft Word document so that you can easily modify it to suit your particular classroom needs. (You also have the option to copy and paste the entire page, or certain elements.) The document is completely modifiable, even the comments. The “grunt work” has been done for you.

This quickens the evaluation process and will help the teacher to write down information more quickly. This particular document has been embedded with drop down boxes with comments on: persuasion, information presented, analysis, style, structure, communication, sources and format.

Take a look at the preview for a better idea of what this product can do for you.

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Speech Evaluation with drop down boxes
FREEGroup Work Comment Sheet with Drop Down Boxes

Total Pages
1
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Free Holiday Thank You Notes”

by Fourth Grade Frenzy

Kindergarten – 5th Grade

 

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Grab these FREE printable holiday thank you notes to save you a bit of time!

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Poetry Unit : The Art of Interpretation No Prep

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Poetry Unit : The Art of Interpretation No Prep

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Poetry: The Art of Interpretation – is designed to teach students how to interpret, appreciate, and analyse poetry.

There are 9 complete lessons (estimated to last approximately 60 minutes), therefore 2 weeks of lessons.

This complete, no prep unit is a great way to start! This unit includes a student guide, 9 detailed lesson plans, 2 multimedia presentations (no internet connection required), a detailed answer key with annotated poems and answers, and an end of the unit evaluation with rubric, and answer key.

Just print it and teach it.

Poetry is a very subjective form of art. Some poems you love and others, you hate. What we need to realize is that this is the beauty of poetry. Poetry is not a mystery to be solved. Rather, it is the masterful manipulation of language that has the power to transform the ordinary and to immerse its reader into the world created by the author.

This unit incorporates art to help students understand and appreciate the beauty within words. In addition, students will learn how to analyse themes in poetry though paintings and art work.

This HUGE bundle includes:

Each lesson focuses on a different skill set including:
– Knowledge and manipulation of figurative and poetic language
– How to read and understand (appreciate) poetry
– How to analyse poetry
– How to annotate poetry
– How to paraphrase effectively
– How to use symbols
– How to effectively develop themes from poetry
– Creative writing
– Creative activities to learn how to analyse

The unit includes a student packet (20 pages), a teacher packet (with 9 complete lessons), and a comprehensive answer key with annotations to poem (with 17 pages). See preview for more details.

Poets studied include: (8 poems total)
– Billy Collins – “Introduction to Poetry”
– Anne Marriott – “As You Come in”
– Phyllis Gotlieb – “First Person Demonstrative”
– Edgar Allan Poe – The Raven
– Robert Frost – “Nothing Gold can Stay”
– John Crowe Ransom -“Janet Waking”
– Woodruff – “I am a Poem that Tells a Lie”
– Tennyson – “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

The unit also includes:

1 – The teacher guide (Contains 9 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) (20 pages)

3 – The answer key includes annotated poems and answers to all student activities (saving you time – 18 pages).

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

6 – Images to project or print

7- An end of the unit creative evaluation, which includes clear and concise directions and rubric. (In a Word document for easy modifications)

– An interactive multimedia Jeopardy game to review figurative language and poetic devices (PowerPoint – no internet required)

– A multimedia PowerPoint on how to read and interpret poetry

– A PowerPoint presentation on how to interpret symbols and imagery in literature (19 slides)

– A final culminating evaluation with evaluation rubric (left in Word format for easily made modifications)

The unit has been created in such a way as to simplify the teacher’s life. Photocopy the 3 packages included and don’t worry about it for the rest of the unit. You literally can begin teaching it without any other preparation.

A total of 43 pages + 64 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.

Other poetry units you may enjoy:
Poetry Unit (for senior students)
Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
43 pages and 64 slides
Answer Key
Included with Rubric
Teaching Duration
2 Weeks

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “{Freebie!} Winter Handwriting and Sight Words Practice”

by My Happy Place

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

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Winter Handwriting: Sight Words and Sentences

This freebie is great for morning work or other independent practice times. This set includes pages for students to practice reading and printing sight words and simple sentences. Handwriting boxes help encourage correct line placement and spacing.

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