Yearly Archives: 2017


Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

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Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

 

Product Description

This Lord of the Flies Unit has everything required to teach this unit. All of the thinking and preparation has been done for you.

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 understand thematic development in the novel further.
• 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 seven chapters (2 different versions – both in a Word document for easy modifications. Answer keys provided for both evaluations.)

• Final evaluation includes two 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 cyber bullying 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 Winter Holiday Lessons By The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative – 2017

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We hope you enjoy these free holiday lessons by The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative! 

* FREE Christmas Tree Craftivity: Shapes and Colors in Speech Therapy 

* Free! Vocabulary: I have…/Who has…? Winter Sampler Game for Primary Students

* Counting Hot Chocolate Marshmallows Clip Cards (0-10)

* Christmas Acts of Kindness – for month of December

* Sight Word Winter BOARD Game 

* Game Boards FREEBIE! (Set 4) 

* Mooseltoe Graphic Organizer and Craft 

* FREE! Adding Doubles and Doubles Minus 1 Reindeer Theme Task Cards Black & White

* New Year: Memories, Goals & Dreams 

* Google Slides Interactive Addition Games – Get Your Skates On!

* FREE Winter Multiplication Activities NO PREP

* Penguin Nonfiction Unit (Booklet, Craft Pattern, Lapbook)

* Fact Family Gingerbread Houses

* Standard Mathematical Practices (SMP’s)

* Pattern Task Cards (Christmas theme) FREE

* Holiday Book Chat

* Informative/Explanatory Writing Basis Rubric CCSS Aligned for 6th-12th FREEBIE!

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Wishing you the best during the holiday season,

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Segment Addition and Angle Addition Postulate Foldable”

by Kacie Travis

8th – 10th Grade

 

 

This free product is a foldable for the Segment Addition Postulate and the Angle Addition Postulate. It includes an answer key and a picture of the completed foldable.

If you like this, you may also be interested in:

Selfieometry Project

or

Geometry Word Wall Bundle

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FREE Reasoning About Fractions Activity

Do your students need help understanding fractions? 
In the 1980s, A&W, an American restaurant chain, unveiled a new menu item– a third of a pound burger meant to rival McDonald’s popular Quarter Pounder. After creating an expensive marketing campaign and a fan-fare filled roll-out, the A&W third-pound burger failed. It was only after soliciting feedback from their focus groups that A&W executives began to understand why. The American public believed the third-pound burger to be smaller than McDonald’s quarter pound burger. Misunderstanding the four in one-fourth to be larger than the three in one-third caused Americans to believe that A&W was cheating them out of their money by charging a price for the burger that did not equal the value. 

This story speaks volumes about how fractions are perceived by students and adults alike. It’s important that our students learn to understand fractions in the same way that they understand numbers in other forms. 



This activity focuses on comparing fractions by reasoning about their sizes. Development of this skill begins with a conceptual model. When presented with a variety of visual fractions, students begin to understand that the more pieces the whole is partitioned into, the smaller the value of each piece. 
Click here or on the image above to grab a free copy of my “Reasoning About Fractions” activity. 
Want to know more? 
Head on over to The Routty Math Teacher website to read this week’s blog post about making sense of fractions. Find it here!
 
Enjoy!

How to write a paragraph

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How to write a paragraph

 

Product Description
The Paragraph package is an easy to use document that will help students learn how to write effectively using the proper form.
The document includes a detailed description of the different types of paragraphs as well as how to effectively write the paragraph (with sentence by sentence instructions).

It’s teaching made easy!

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

 

 


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Play-Dough Gift Tag”

by Keep Your Chin Up

1st – 5th Grade

 

 

I’m using this gift tag to give my students their winter break play-dough gift. Write your name on the tags, copy, cut, and just tape the play dough container to the paper, it’s too easy! 🙂

 

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Free Developing Themes in Literature

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Developing Themes in Literature

 

Product Description

This handout has been created to help both teachers and students learn how to develop themes in literature properly. This can be such an abstract concept for some students. Hopefully, this FREE handout will demystify theme development.

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 MATH LESSON – “Christmas Place Value 100s Chart Mystery Picture Activity Freebie”

by Kiddos and Crayons by Jordan Piacenti

1st – 2nd Grade

 

 

Practice place value with a fun Christmas themed puzzle. Students will practice place value by identifying numbers through base ten blocks, expanded form and tens and ones on their answer sheets. Then, they use their answers to color a 100s chart to reveal the mystery picture (santa).

Each worksheet shows a two digit number in either expanded form, word form (i.e. 6 tens and 5 ones) or as picture of tens and ones blocks. After students solve the problem and write the correct number on their worksheet, they find the number on a blank 100s chart and color it a specified color. When they are done they will have revealed a fun mystery picture.

This activity works great as a math center or a fast finisher. It can also be used as a whole group listening activity by having the teacher call out the number of tens and ones for each problem.

Check Out My Other Place Value Mystery Pictures

Spring and Summer Themed Place Value Mystery Pictures

Winter Themed Place Value Mystery Pictures

Back to School Themed Mystery Pictures

Fall and Thanksgiving Themed Mystery Pictures

Halloween Themed Mystery Pictures

Christmas Math Place Value Mystery Pictures

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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 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

 

 


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Freebie – Centres: Ordering a Combo in Quebec”

by TeachingFSL

6th – 10th Grade

 

 

**A couple of typos have been corrected. Consider re-downloading if you noticed them!**

In this free sample, you’ll receive 4 centre activities to use to teach students about ordering a combo in a fast food restaurant in Quebec, with an emphasis on simulated authentic oral communication but touching on reading and minimal writing as well.

This is one part of the soon-to-be-released Quebec Trip Pre-Teaching Kit: Food Package, which is a great way for FSL teachers to prepare their students to actually use the French language while participating in the cultural travel opportunity that is offered by so many schools.

Now includes the audio component in both wav and MP3 formats. (The PDF and the audio are in a zipped file you just double click to uncompress)

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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 an excellent way to start! This 2 and a half week unit includes a student guide, 12 detailed lesson plans, two multimedia presentations (no internet connection required), a complete 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 analyze poetry
• How to appreciate poetry (even when you don’t understand it)
• Includes some Canadian poetry

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, Margaret Atwood, and Walt Whitman. The Unit includes 21 different poems.

The unit has been conceived to last 15 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) (28 pages)

3 – The answer key includes annotated poems and answers to all student activities, as well as an example of paragraph developing a theme in poetry (saving you time).

4 – Included is a test with multiple choice questions as well as one 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 68 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.

It’s teaching made easy!

You may also be interested in the following products: 

Thesis Writing Activity with PowerPoint Presentation

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)

Frankenstein (No prep – Complete Unit)

Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation

Romeo and Juliet – A No Prep Unit

Total Pages
68 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
3 Weeks

 


FREE MATH LESSON – “FREE! Literacy & Math Christmas Activities: Counting; Numbers; Number Words; KDG”

by Amanda Butt

Pre-Kindergarten – 1st Grade

 

 

Literacy and Math Christmas Holiday Activities Kindergarten; First Grade; Special Education; Autism; Homeschool

In this packet, you will receive: 
★ An interactive Counting Book – Counting Christmas Tree Ornaments 1-10
★ Matching numbers to number words 1-10

This packet is great for individuals or small groups. It’s great for 1:1 work and centers. Velcro is highly recommended!

If you ♥ like ♥ this product, you may be interested in:

Christmas Matching – Shapes – Numbers- Rhyming Pictures

More Christmas and Winter Holiday Products in My Store

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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 and Poetry

 

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 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE MISC. LESSON – “Community Building Question of the Day Christmas Edition {FREEBIE}”

by Cait’s Cool School

3rd – 6th Grade

 

 

This week long set includes 5 questions that will help to build a strong community in your classroom. Questions are a combination of thought-provoking, motivational, seasonally relevant, and sometimes a little silly. They are perfect for morning meetings or morning work!

I use these questions daily and my students look forward to finding out the question each day and answering them! Start building your community the first week of school!

Each day of the week is themed- see the preview and thumbnails for the different options. This set includes a color version of each poster.

Need them for the whole year? Check out this bundle:
Question of the Day Year Long Bundle

Or just grab more questions for December with this Community Building QOTD December Edition.

Want more engaging Christmas activities? Try these:
Elves on Strike Narrative Writing Unit
12 Days of Christmas Poetry Mini Lesson Booklet
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Cause & Effect Writing Project

Engaging Products You Might Also Like:
Question of the Day November
Question of the Day January Edition
Question of the Day February Edition

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November Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern






It’s November Teacher Talk Time…..Can you believe that Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. Time sure flies.  We have so many great tips and ideas for you from awesome educators. Be sure to take a look at what everyone has to say.

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4 Ways to Balance Reading & Writing Instruction

By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

 

Is your language arts instruction balanced? What’s good for reader’s workshop is good for writer’s workshop. This post outlines 4 ways to find that balance.
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Raise Your Hand
By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

 

Inspired by the Girls Scout’s new badge encouraging girls to speak up in class, this post offers some ways to encourage reluctant participants to raide their hand and speak up in your classroom.
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Great Gifts for Children

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

We all want to give our children their most desired gifts. Here are some inexpensive but worthwhile gifts that promote happy memories and rich relationships throughout their lives.

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Whoa, The Behaviors!
By Sally Hansen of Purposeful Plans

 

The students have become secure with you as their teacher. You’re starting to see that they are comfortable with each other as well. This combination is something you want; however, it can bring out behaviors in students that are distracting to all that you have worked for!
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3 Ways to Use Comic Strips as Writing Scaffolds

2livNlearn of 2livNlearn

 

Comic strips can be used a scaffold to make writing more accessible to learners, reduce intimidation, motivate students to share their thinking, and make writing fun!

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Thanksgiving Traditions and Fun Classroom Resources
By Greg Litton of  Learning Harbor Resources for Teachers

 

Do you enjoy special Thanksgiving Traditions? Here you will find some fun facts and two great resources.
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Bartering for Resources
By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

 

Teaching students about the relationship of region to natural resource, and the importance of bartering amongst Native American tribes. This is a simple and effective lesson! FREEBIE
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8 Essential Handwiting Readiness Skills
By Thia Triggs of Print Path

 

This 4-minute video demonstrates what skills are needed for young children before they are ready to learn to print.
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Be sure to stop by all of the posts in our link up for Turkey Month



Symbolism Activity for The Lord of the Flies

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Symbolism Activity for The Lord of the Flies

 

Product Description

Symbolism in Lord of the Flies

This activity is devised to help students uncover the novel’s symbolism and discover their larger thematic meaning.
Included is:

– Student activity sheets (3 pages)
– Teacher’s answer sheets (5 pages)

See preview for more details.

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!

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

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “We’re All Wonders Resource Packet”

by Pitner’s Potpourri

1st – 3rd Grade

 

 

This FREE resource packet includes three activities and introductory vocabulary for the book, We’re All Wonders, by R. J. Palacio.

 

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The Elevator Short Story Mini Unit

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The Elevator Short Story Mini Unit

 

Product Description

“The Elevator” Short Story Mini-Unit is a one-stop-shop for teaching the short story. Other than photocopies, all of the work has been done for you.

This mini-unit is suitable for grades 7 through 10 and includes: 
-a copy of the short story
-questions for comprehension
-a plot chart organizer
-activity to help students discover the author’s purpose for writing
-an instructional sheet on how to develop themes (with a practical example)
-an instructional sheet on how to develop a theme in paragraph form
-a graphic organizer to help students organize their paragraphs
-an example of a completed graphic organizer to plan the paragraph
-an example of a paragraph for “The Elevator.”
-a comprehensive answer key for all handouts
-a three-day lesson plan to accompany the story

It’s teaching made easy!


FREE MATH LESSON – “FREE Reindeer Fact Families”

by Down Under Teacher

1st – 2nd Grade

 

 

I hope you enjoy this free math center. It comes with 24 cards and a recording sheet.

Please consider leaving feedback if you dowload this product.

For more ideas and freebies, you can check out my blog: Down Under Teacher

Freebie offered under Scrappin Doodles licence #TPT36729.

 

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FREE Math Station Planning Guide

 

Looking for a quick tool to help manage your math station prep work? 
Using math stations in the classroom is an excellent way to engage students and review skills at the same time. In fact, once organized, math stations can become a classroom routine that organizes and manages itself.

 

This station planning guide can be used to determine which stations will be used, what task to include for each, and what materials are needed. This tool can be kept with your lesson plans for the week so that you have it as a reference during weekly planning.
 
Click here or on the image above to grab a free copy of my “Math Station Planning Guide.”

Want to know more? Grab a free copy of my “Getting Started with Math Stations” eBook here and check out my YouTube video series entitled “Ready, Set, Rotate!” here.

 
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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

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Total Pages
5 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Christmas Mouse or Christmas Mice? An Irregular Plurals Game”

by Curriculum Craze

1st – 3rd Grade

 

 

Christmas Mouse or Christmas Mice? is an irregular plurals game that will help students become familiar with common irregular plurals.

Contents:
game board
6 game pawns
30 word cards
spinner
directions
answer key

Copyright © 2012 Amy Grout
All rights reserved by author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Not for public display.

 

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Free Lesson: Introduction to poetry

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Introduction to poetry - Free lesson

 

Product Description

Use this free lesson to introduce poetry to your English students from grades 9 to 12. This is the first lesson from my Intermediate Poetry unit, which uses art to help students how to understand and analyze poetry.

The document includes:
-a comprehensive lesson plan
-student notes
-an answer key

Total Pages
10 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
N/A

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Verb Tenses Armband Freebie”

by Lindy du Plessis

Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

 

 

With the touch of a button (and a bit of imagination), your students can transport themselves to the future, past or present and practice using the correct verb tenses.

I hope you and your students enjoy this fun activity.

Created by Lindy du Plessis

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to view more Verb Tenses Activities.

 

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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!

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Total Pages
13 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
3 days

FREE MATH LESSON – “FREEBIE Kindergarten Oklahoma Academic Standards Math Alignment”

by Smith Curriculum and Consulting

Kindergarten

 

 

Are you an Oklahoma teacher looking for a perfect activity to supplement your curriculum and all you keep finding is activities aligned to the Common Core? Well now with this detailed document you will be able to match CCSS to the OAS that you are teaching and reviewing in your classroom.

I can’t tell you how many emails I receive on the daily asking if I have done an alignment for Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to the new Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS). Well, I am happy to tell you that they are now ready for you to use!

Included in this downloaded:

►Five pages aligning the Kindergarten Oklahoma Academic Standards to the Common Core State Standards

Please note that some standards are in other grade levels and some will not be covered in CCSS as they are OAS only. Enjoy the alignment document and happy teaching!

Looking for Other Grade Alignments?

Common Core to OAS Alignments

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DISCLAIMER: With the purchase of this file you understand that this file is not editable in any way. You will not be able to manipulate the lessons and/or activities inside to change numbers and/or words.

 

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Rain, Rain, Go Away Short Story Mini Unit

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Rain, Rain, Go Away Short Story Mini Unit

 

Product Description

The Rain Rain Go Away Mini Unit includes all materials to teach this short story. Students also get the opportunity to be creative and collaborate with others in the creative process. This unit is always a hit in my class.

The resource includes: 
-An anticipation guide
-A copy of the short story
-Questions for comprehension
-Plot graph activity
-Information sheet on characterization and an accompanying activity
-A personal word wall to improve students’ vocabulary and understanding
-A comprehensive answer key for all activities

Also included are two evaluations with evaluation grids:
-An individual evaluation where the student must write an alternate ending to the story
-A group evaluation where students must work collaboratively to produce an alternate ending

24 pages total

It’s teaching made easy!

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Total Pages
24 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
1 Week

FREE MISC. LESSON – “Labels for Tracking Student Progress during Math Workshop (or Any Time!)”

by Chalkboard Creations

1st – 6th Grade

 

 

These labels are for streamlining your notes as you observe students during math workshop (or any time). During the class, you can jot down the student’s name, and then use the checklist to help save time in writing down a note. At the end of the day (or week) you can transfer the sticker to an index card for each student (as shown in the picture), a student folder, or s student binder. The labels come in 3 different forms (as shown in the preview).
*Note: These labels work with Avery 5260 labels.

Check out this blog post for more information:
7 Habits of Highly Effective Math Workshops (Week 4- Know Your Students) 
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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.

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.

I’ve done all of the thinking for you. The lesson plans are detailed and comprehensive. The student guide is visually appealing and facilitates the teacher’s job. Also, the answer key is complete 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 (18 pages) 
-contains 23 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 (16 pages) 

-pre-reading activity
-study guide questions
-a fact sheet regarding the Prometheus myth
-Activity on the use of nature in romantic literature
-an activity based on the symbols in the novel
-several activities that teach argument development
-Activity on theme development
-an activity on characterization to bring about themes (*NEW) 

3) A comprehensive answer key (30 pages) 

-detailed answers for ALL student activities and work
-an annotated 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 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 an essay (several 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.)

Also, I’ve used the 1831 edition of the novel to create this unit.

Documents are downloaded as PDF files (except for evaluations)

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Death of a Salesman (No prep required)

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
70 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
1 month

FREE MATH LESSON – “Practicing Place Value – FREEBIE”

by Sparkle in Second

2nd – 3rd Grade

 

 

This Place Value Packet contains many hands-on & engaging games and activities! These games/activities can be used as station activities or as partner activities. All are printer friendly! Just Print and GO! These are perfect for centers!
Activities included:
*Place Value Pick-Up Card Game
*Place Value Match-Up Card Game
*Place Value Cut and Color Craftivities
*Place Value Foldables
*Place Value Draw it Game

Activities include hundreds & thousands.

Thanks!

Jamie Paino
Sparkle in Second

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