Yearly Archives: 2016


Free Literature Circle After Reading Reflection

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Literature Circle After Reading Reflection

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This document will help the teacher assess the quality of the novels that were chosen for the literature circles.

It’s teaching made easy!

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

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Sentence Match {Food Freebie}”

by Christina Mauro

Pre-Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

sentence-match

 

Here are 4 print and go sentence matches for your students!

The students will read the sentences and match them to the correct pictures.

Thanks,
Christina Mauro

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WHAT I LEARNED AT OPEN HOUSE

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FREE TIP: PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Britney was a quiet, cooperative student, but she never kept her focus for more than a minute or two. When I met her mother at Open House, I mentioned this fact, hoping that her other would help with Britney’s problem. Instead, her other looked around my well-decorated classroom and sighed…

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Free Literature Circle Pre Reading Questionnaire

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Literature Circle Pre Reading Questionnaire

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This document has been created as a preamble to the literature circle. In order to ensure success of literature circles, the teacher must first choose novels that will interest students and challenge them academically. This document has been created to do just that.

I hope it helps.

If you enjoy this document please leave a comment at my store.

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
2
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MISC. LESSON – “Reindeer Holiday Activities FREEBIE!”

by Curriculum Castle

Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

 

reindeer-holiday-activities

 

Your students will love making “Reindeer Food” and “Reindeer Sandwiches” to celebrate this Christmas season! Great for teaching measuring skills and following directions. We also included a “Parts of a Reindeer” cut & paste labeling activity for your kiddos. Hope they enjoy this Holiday tradition!

Seasons Greetings,
Curriculum Castle

 

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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 LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Snowman Synonyms {Freebie}”

by Sailing into Second

1st – 4th Grade

 

snowman-synonyms

 

This winter themed activity is aligned with the Common Core standards. This literacy center is ready to be used as soon as you print, laminate, and cut everything out! It includes instructions, activity cards, and a response/recording sheet.

Thank you and please leave me some feedback! 🙂

 

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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

I hope you enjoy your purchase!

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Total Pages
4
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 hour

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Facebook Character Profile Activity”

by The Creative Classroom

5th – 12th Grade

 

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This zip file includes the Facebook Character Profile in three formats: Powerpoint, Keynote, and PDF. Students are able to create a Facebook page for characters they have read about in short stories, poetry, or novels.

 

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Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

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Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

2 weeks of thinking done for you. This unit is appropriate for grades 9 & 10

Looking for a meaningful and effective way to teach poetry? This unit is a fun way to learn and experiment with figurative language. It uses a mixture of contemporary songs and traditional poetry to teach students about themes and to help them learn the various forms of poetry. The creative, hands on activities also focus on the importance of having a voice and using it properly.

The unit covers subjects such as: bullying, courage, standing up for yourself and for others, standing up for one’s convictions and discovering what is important to students.

This unit uses poetry to help students have a better understanding of themselves and to stand up for things they believe in.

The files are in PDF format and are zipped for convenience.

-1 set of « I HAVE, Who has? » cards to help students remember figurative language in a fun way. (1 set of instructions for the game)

-A comprehensive teacher guide with 11 complete and detailed lessons (no prep required) – (8 pages) – EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU

-A student package that contains ALL notes, poems, and handouts students will need for the unit (18 pages)

-An end unit evaluation (with detailed evaluation rubrics and step by step instructions for students – one for the written component and one for the oral component). The end unit evaluation is in Word format along with the evaluation rubric for easy modifications. The final unit evaluation is a written poem and poetry reading, where students’ voices can be heard.

-A detailed Answer Key with notes, annotated poems, and answers to questions and activities. (8 pages)

Poems studied include:
– Song lyrics – Jessie J’s “Domino” (Goal : review figurative language and analyze messages found in popular media.)
– Jonathan Reed’s “The Lost Generation”
– Selena Matis’ “Ability”
– Robert Frost’s “The Road not Taken”
– Robert Hayden’s “ Those Winter Sundays”
– Song lyrics “True Colors”
– Emily Dickenson’s “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”
– Rudyard Kipling’s “If”
– Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman”
– There are also video links added to the unit to enhance learning in the classroom

You may also be interested in these poetry units as well:
Poetry Unit (for senior students)
Poetry Unit : The Art of Interpretation No Prep

Total Pages
40
Answer Key
Included with Rubric
Teaching Duration
2 Weeks

 


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Positive Thought Posters”

by It’s a Teacher Thing

Kindergarten – 12th Grade

 

positive-thought-posters

 

Free! The Positive Thought Posters were created with the idea of spreading just that: POSITIVE THOUGHTS. I wanted something in my classroom that kids could read when their eyes are wandering. I also have them on the door, so when students leave the posters are the last thing they see. Recently, I’ve put them up all over our campus for the entire middle school population to enjoy.
I hope you find them inspiring.
ENJOY! You might also enjoy a few of my other products:
Combined Text Evidence Proof Frame Bundle
Reading Response Fans with Categorized Prompts
Literature Circles Unit for Book Clubs
Bundled Seasonal Figurative Language Task Cards

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The Three Paragraph Essay

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The Three Paragraph Essay

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This is a great way to teach students how to properly structure their essay.

The Three Paragraph Essay is a resource that is best used for novice essay writers. It is a great way to introduce the expository essay. The 2 page pdf document includes simple step-by-step instructions to teach students how to write an effective three paragraph essay.

I recommend using this document with students who are in grades 7-9. It is an effective and simple way of learning how to write a proper introduction, a one paragraph development, and a conclusion that serves a purpose.

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Total Pages
2
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
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FREE MISC. LESSON – “A Note From Your Teacher *FREEBIE*”

by Meg’s Crayons

Pre-Kindergarten – 12th Grade

 

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This freebie is to help those teachers that have used ripped corners from notebooks, sticky notes that don’t stick and coffee stained paper to write a last minute note to send home. These cute-i-fied notes offer the opportunity for you to send home a last minute note that has some pizazz for FREE! Want to add your signature or email?! GO FOR IT! This product is editable and was created to make your life easier.

What are you waiting for?!? Grab it now!

**You can add your own text boxes once the product is open in Powerpoint**

If you have any questions or difficulties, please email me at [email protected]. Thanks!

 

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Tone in poetry – Robert Frost

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Tone in poetry - Robert Frost

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Lesson on tone in poetry

This mini bundle includes Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and has a focus on the importance of tone.

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 5 pages.

This lesson is part of a more comprehensive bundle:
Click here to check out my Poetry Unit for Senior Students

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Total Pages
5
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 hour

FREE MATH LESSON – “Turkey Color By Numbers – Numerical Expressions (5.OA.1) FREEBIE”

by Quinnessential Lessons

4th – 6th Grade

 

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This printable Holiday Turkey is perfect for the last few days before Thanksgiving. The color by numbers activity is aligned with the Common Core Standards (5.OA.1).

Students solve each of the numerical expressions using order of operations. Then using the color code on the page, students color each sections of the turkey.

I have added a page for students to show their work and an answer key

Graphics by http://www.mycutegraphics.com/

Any questions? Do not hesitate to ask.

Kim

 

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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!

Total Pages
3
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MATH LESSON – “I Have/Who Has Game: 2-D Shapes”

by Natasha L’s Corner

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

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Enjoy this free game in your smaller group of students. I’ve deliberately kept it simple to conserve ink.

Shapes include circle, oval, triangle, trapezoid, square, rectangle, rhombus, pentagon, hexagon, and octagon. This set includes a “cover” card and a teacher reference card.

Please, do let me know how you like this. A Spanish version, also free, is forthcoming. Depending on the response, I’ll be adding to my selection of I Have/Who Has games.

 

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Freebie – Winter Classroom Banner

By Sparking Children’s Thinkibility

Grades PreK – 3rd Grade

Make a Winter Banner and tell classmates about interesting ideas and observations.

The printable pages of this packet will help your students contribute to a winter display banner filled with ideas and facts.

Print the pennants that spell out “winter”‘ and display on a string in your classroom. Each student can then add to the banner by adding interesting ideas and observations. They can also draw ideas for winter activities.

There is also a backline’ version that students can decorate before creating your winter classroom banner!

Link to Freebie Winter Classroom Banner

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Teaching the Essay Package

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Teaching the Essay Package

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

TEACHING THE ESSAY – AN EASY TO USE GUIDE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

The Teaching the Essay package has been devised as a resource to help guide students develop their essay writing skills. This comprehensive package includes details on how to structure an essay as well as how to develop arguments. This visually attractive handout contains practical examples and guides students with revision questions to keep them on track.

The package focuses on: (Package contains 13 pages)

– Format (Introduction – thesis, development, conclusion)
– Developing arguments
– Tips for writing
– Practical examples
– Quote insertion and selection
– Comprehensive transitions list
– How to analyse
– Paragraphing and how to format arguments within the paragraphs
– Style and flow (transitions)
– Revision questions
– Practical essay analogy
– Strategies in writing

I have been using and revising this document for over 10 years and it has proved to be a most useful tool for teaching the essay.
It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
13
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MISC. LESSON – “Free Animales Unit Spanish”

by SpanishPlans

5th – 11th Grade

 

animales-unit-spanish

 

Unit for teaching Animales
26 Vocabulary Words Listed
1 page Animal Project
3 pages of pictures/clipart
1 Page of 17 Questions
1 Multiple Choice QuizKids love learning about Animals. Always a favorite unit for students!

FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!

 

 

 

 

 

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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)

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
27
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “The Hobbit Crossword Chapters 1-3”

by Science Etc

5th – 8th Grade

 

the-hobbit-crossword

 

This is a crossword for the book The Hobbit for chapters 1-3. The clues are a review of events and characters from these chapters. Some of the words used are: Baggins, Gandalf, Rivendell, and trolls. This puzzle comes with 3 pages: the first one has a landscape picture as the background, the second page is a plain crossword without a picture, and the third is an answer key. Very professional looking! Crosswords created at www.puzzle-maker.com for use commercially. Thanks!
Science Etc.
Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

 

 

 

 

 

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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 LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Daily 5 Check In Smartboard Freebie – Turkey Theme”

by Smart Kinder Kids

Pre-Kindergarten – 4th Grade

 

daily-5-check-in-smartboard-freebie-turkey-theme

 

This colorful Fall inspired Daily 5 Check In SmartBoard is sure to get your kids excited about Daily 5 learning and learning to make choices!

There are five slides to use for check in. You can use just one or use the different colored ones for different days or rotations.

Teachers can track their students’ whereabouts in the room and ensure that all stations are being used and that students don’t go
Files can be saved by day, for the week or over the course of the year by using the “Save As” button and saving them by their date. You can also clone the page and add to different color backgrounds for different days of the week or different rotations.

Instructions are given in this file on how to input student names into the boxes. Once you have done this one time, you will have the names to copy and paste throughout the year for all sorts of Smartboards including attendance, lunch count, class graphs, etc. There is also a link to my blog to learn how to do screen shots if you want to learn how to ensure names don’t accidentally come ungrouped.

I do custom orders so if you have a special theme or would like me to enter the names for you please email me at [email protected]

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***IMPORTANT NOTE*** Please remember that if you are having technical difficulty grouping, ungrouping, cloning, doing screen shots etc as you start to personalize your files that these are issues you campus technician can help you with or you can email me to help you, however, these are not grounds for leaving a poor feedback. Learning to use Smart Notebook software can be difficult and frustrating at first until you get the hang of it, so please seek out help if you feel something is not working correctly as there is often an easy fix. Thanks!

Please also note – this is a Notebook file for use with Smartboards. I believe there are ways to convert these files to other formats however I do not know how to do this and therefore you would need to ask your campus technician if you are using a different type of board to see if it is compatible.

Leigh Majer

 

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English Grammar Cheat Sheet

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English Grammar Cheat Sheet

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This “Cheat Sheet” was designed to help students while writing in English. This at a glance 2 page sheet is colorful and has an easy to find layout to help students remember certain important things while they write.

I allow my students to use this in class when writing a test. This is not a grammar lesson, but it will remind students about the grammar they’ve learned in the past.

Some of the reminders included:

– parts of speech
– transitional words
– quotation marks (how and when to use them)
– basic sentence structure
– spelling tips (plurals of nouns and IE rule)
– puncutaion rules (apostrophe, colon, semicolon

The other side of the page has comma rules:
– with coordinate conjunctions
-with introductory elements
– with other elements (dates, parenthetical expression, nouns in a direct address)
– with adjectives
-with apositives

It also contains tips on things to avoid, such as writing a paragraph shorter than 4 sentences. And, it contains a list of things to do, such as make sure that your paragraphs contain at least 2 pieces of evidence.

It’s teaching made easy!

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2
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Adjective Graphic Organizer (FREE)”

by Jessica Osborne

2nd – 7th Grade

 

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Adjectives! These wheels are used to help students practice creating interesting adjectives to describe nouns. The first page has the nouns listed for the students to describe as well as an example of what choosing an “interesting” adjective looks like. For example, “giant” instead of “big,” and “emerald” instead of “green”. The second page allows their imagination to lead them to choosing their own nouns to describe.

A group discussion after completing the first page would allow students to compare answers and share reasons for their adjective choices before going on to the second page on their own. This often leads to the students striving for even better, higher quality adjective choices on the second page.

Move on toward using adjectives in their writing with Adjectives Exploration!

You may also be interested in:
Character Analysis Graphic Organizer: SLATE Chart (for any book)
Prediction Graphic Organizers for any text
Graphic Organizer: Note Taking for any novel (EEQ-Event/Emotion/Quote)
Adjectives Games
Adjectives Exploration: Drawing & Labeling, Writing, Identifying

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Complete No Prep 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.

Check out my other NO PREP poetry units:

Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation

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

FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “FREEBIE: Preparing a Soluble Salt INB”

by The Lab

6th – 12th Grade

 

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Interactive Notebook activity to summarize the steps in preparing a soluble salt.

This activity works well as a review before or after a lab.

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Preparing Salts (Zinc sulpahte lab)

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Paragraph Writing Activity in conjunction with Frankenstein

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Paragraph Writing Activity in conjunction with Frankenstein

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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

You may also be interested in the following products:

Frankenstein (No prep – Complete Unit)

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Teaching The Essay Package

Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes

Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

Hamlet Unit (No prep – Complete Unit)

Death of a Salesman (No prep required)

Poetry Unit for Senior Students (NO PREP)

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Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “FREE Thankful Writing Craftivity”

by Laura Candler

3rd – 7th Grade

 

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Thankful Writing is a lesson plan and a set of printables for teaching students to write a simple expository paper about the things they are thankful for. You’ll find directions for introducing this easy expository format, leading a brainstorming session, and working with students as they complete Thanksgiving essays. The best part is that they can glue their essays into a folder, decorate them, and share them with their families on Thanksgiving Day!

This lesson is newly revised, but it’s still the same basic lesson. If you’ve used it before and like the updates, please leave feedback. Thanks!

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