Monthly Archives: May 2019


Creating Characters in Creative Writing

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In creative writing, it is very important to create strong and dynamic characters. In addition, characters within a story need to have strong motivation, and their interactions with other characters need to add interest and appeal to the reader.
Included within this resource is a visual reminder to students in creative writing when it comes the time to incorporate characters in their work.

Also included is a worksheet that will guide students in creating a strong main character and a second worksheet for orchestrating dynamic and plot-driven secondary characters that will keep the reader interested until the end of the story.
Please see the preview for more details.

You may also be interested in the following products that are part of my Creative Writing Series: 
Introduction to Creative Writing PowerPoint
Exploring the Elements of Fiction in Creative Writing
Creative Writing Activity
Buidling Suspense in Creative Writing

It’s teaching made easy!

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


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “FREE Poetry Lesson, Father’s Day Card Materials for Older Students/Teens”

by Laura Randazzo

8th – 12th Grade

Remember the Father’s Day cards we made back in elementary school? Let’s revisit that tradition for our middle- and high-school students with these print-and-go materials that’ll make a bunch of dads (and father figures) feel appreciated on their special day.

Included:
• A student handout featuring eight slices of poetry about fathers/masculine power.
• Six coloring pages that fold in half to become cards (Print on white paper, colored paper, or cardstock – grab whatever’s available in the copier room and go!)

Suggested lesson procedure:
1. Begin by handing out the page that includes eight bits of poetry, giving students a few minutes to read them all.
2. Have students choose the poem that reminds them most of their father/closest paternal figure.
3. Give students a choice of card designs.
4. Inside the card, have them write a loving note to the recipient and include the lines of poetry in their best handwriting.
5. With any remaining time in class, have students color the front of the card with colored pencils or sharp-tipped markers. The coloring portion can be completed in class if time allows or sent home for students to complete on their own time. 

Tip: When printing the cards, choose “Print Full Size” on your printer settings. If you choose “Scale to Fit” (the default on many printers), your cards may have unevenly spaced borders.

Want more high-interest poetry lessons for teens? Check out my four-week Poetry Unit, a TpT sitewide best-seller.

Click here for the FREE Mother’s Day version of this activity.

Image credit: Peaksel, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Poetry Lesson on Sonnets (Shakespeare and Browning)

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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 portrayal 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 four pages.

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

You may also be interested in the following products: 
Poetry Through Song Unit
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 Senior Students (NO PREP)
Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students
Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation
Romeo and Juliet – A No Prep Unit

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages 4 pages

Answer Key Included

Teaching Duration 1 hour



FREE MATH LESSON – “Fraction, Decimal, Percent Number Line”

by Cognitive Cardio with Middle School Math Moments

4th – 6th Grade

The Fraction, Decimal, Percent Number Line is a handy resource for students to keep in a math notebook.

For a mini-version of the number line, check out the Fraction, Decimal, Percent Number Line Bookmarks

The number line can also be found in

Fraction, Decimals, and Percents: Common Core Resources and in Fold It Ups and Notes for Math Concepts

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You might also like:

6th Grade Math Resource Bundle – resources for the entire year.

Common Core Daily Math Warm Ups for Grade 6

Footloose Math! 6th Grade Bundle

Problem Solving Activity Book

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Free Outline Essay Writing Package

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The Outline package has been devised as a resource to help guide students develop their essay writing skills. Seeing as the outline is the skeleton of a student’s essay, this document has been devised to help students organize their ideas within the essay format. 

The document is created using a Word format for ease of use and modification. 

It’s teaching made easy!

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 Senior Students (NO PREP)
Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students
Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation
Romeo and Juliet – A No Prep Unit

Total Pages 11 pages

Answer Key N/A

Teaching Duration N/A


FREE MISC. LESSON – “FREE Father’s Day Craft”

by Mrs Thompson’s Treasures

Kindergarten – 4th Grade

Your little ones will love making this cute tie craft to give to the special men in their lives for Father’s Day. 

Includes versions for Dad, Grandpa, Uncle, and a blank version. 

Lauren Thompson @ Mrs. Thompson’s Treasures

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Building Suspense in Creative Writing

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In creative writing, the only thing that will keep the reader engaged in your story until the last page is by building effective suspense. This resource includes a visual chart of the different types of suspense to include in writing and includes relevant examples and tips to achieve it.

In addition, also included in this resource are two suspense building activities and 4 pages of notes on how to effectively build suspense within any type of story.

Please see the preview for more details.

You may also be interested in the following products that are part of my Creative Writing Series:

Introduction to Creative Writing PowerPoint

Exploring the Elements of Fiction in Creative Writing

Creative Writing Activity

Creative Characters in Creative Writing

It’s teaching made easy!

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


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Father’s Day Activity FREE Make a Coupon Book Gift”

by HappyEdugator

Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

FREE! A good quick Father’s Day activity that is fun and easy: simply make a Father’s Day gift book. Just print out this Father’s Day coupon book! Students can color, cut out, decorate, and put together to make a fun gift for their fathers for a great Father’s Day celebration. Students will love choosing, coloring and making their coupon books for Dad, their grandfather, or another special person in their life. Black and white. Print and go.

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⭐ Father’s Day Cards Black and White for Coloring

© Deborah Hayes aka HappyEdugator. This resource is for classroom or homeschool use

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ELA Report Card Comments

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The end of a school year or semester is always a challenge for English Language Arts teachers. Between the marking, end of the year activities, and packing up your class for the following year, creating individual and meaningful comments on students’ report cards can be challenging.

I say, take back your weekends! I am sharing my mid and end of year report card ELA comments with you. There are over 70 comments for you to use and personalize your ELA report cards.

There are comments on:

-supporting an opinion

-argument development

-speeches

-theme development

-theme development while using historical context for analysis purposes

-supporting arguments in essay form

-Reading strategies

-reading comprehension

-Group work and literature circles

-novel study

There are also a slew of next step comments as well.

Each section is divided by levels 1,2, 3, and 4 where you can select the appropriate comment to accompany the mark the student received.

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 Senior Students (NO PREP)

Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation

Romeo and Juliet – A No Prep Unit

Total Pages 6 pages

Answer Key N/A

Teaching Duration N/A


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Multiplicando Por 0/1 – Spanish Multiplication Math Games/Lesson Plans”

by Fun To Teach

2nd – 6th Grade

Multiplicando Por 0/1 – Spanish Multiplication Math Games and Lesson Plans

Individual Spanish multiplication packages focus on MULTIPLICATION, one factor at a time. Teaching elementary students to multiply in Spanish is quick and effective when students practice their multiplication facts with these fun and engaging reproducible Spanish multiplication games, lesson plans and activities. These Spanish multiplication games are effective ways to reach and teach your English language learners and at risk students. Differentiate your elementary Spanish math instruction with this great 26-page Spanish multiplication game and activities.

Each Spanish multiplication game includes game boards, cards, practice sheets, a 5 minute-timed test and graph in Spanish for efficient assessment. Each Spanish multiplication game package has 5 different activities that students can play to practice and reinforce multiplication. Also included are 5 black lines, which can be used to differentiate your instruction, as seat work or sent home as homework. Flash cards also come in this packet. This game is available in English and Spanish to use with your ELD and ESL students. Use our bilingual multiplication math games to reach and teach all your students.

Math Games offer this multiplication practice through play!
Reproducible black lines included in this package:
-A variety of Spanish multiplication games
-Complete Spanish multiplication game boards and game cards
-Activity black line masters
-Assessment
-Activities to send home
-Easy to use teacher’s guides in English
-Easy game assembly

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Multiplication 5-Minute Timed Test Package Factors 0-12

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Hamlet Scene Summary Visual Notebook

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This resource has been created as a substitute for the traditional “questions and answers” method we are used to. As teachers, our goal is to make sure students understand the important elements from the play, but we also want to engage them in a “hands-on” fashion.

Studies demonstrate that Sketch noting and doodling help students retain information and understand concepts better than simply answering questions.

This resource allows students to complete notes during the reading process and use the images and heading provided to help them know what the focus should be on.

This is also an excellent study and review tool.

Included in this resources is:

-a note taking page for every scene in the play

-a note taking page for every soliloquy in the play

-a comprehensive answer key for all scenes and soliloquies

You may also be interested in the following products:

Poetry Through Song Unit

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 Senior Students (NO PREP)

Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation

Romeo and Juliet – A No Prep Unit

Thesis Writing Activity with PowerPoint Presentation

Teaching The Essay Package

Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages 48 pages
Answer Key Included
Teaching Duration N/A


FREE MATH LESSON – “Elementary Geometry: Lines and Multiplication Practice”

by The Teacher Treasury

3rd – 5th Grade

Mixed review of multiplication facts, lines and line segments.

Students are asked to solve problems similar to the following:

5 x ( ) = 15
6 x ( ) = 12
2 x ( ) = 2
4 x ( ) = 8
3 x ( ) = 30

The bottom portion of the worksheet includes 3 multiple choice questions asking students to identify the given lines and line segments.

This can either be used as a morning warm-up, math warm-up, homework, in-class practice or quiz. 

If you like this worksheet, I also recommend the following:

Elementary Geometry: Angles, Shapes and Parallel Lines I (FREE) 

Elementary Geometry: Angles, Shapes and Parallel Lines II (FREE)

Elementary Geometry: Identifying Right, Obtuse and Acute Angles (FREE)

Elementary Geometry: Drawing Lines, Line Segments and Rays (FREE)

Elementary Geomentry Review: Angles, Shapes and Perpendicular Lines (FREE)

Hope this helps =)

Elementary Geometry: Lines and Multiplication Practice by Felisa Williams is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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Teaching the Argument by Solving Mysteries

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Teaching the Argument by Solving Mysteries

This is a great introduction to any literature unit. It teaches students the proper approach to literary analysis, which can be used from grades 7 all the way to 12 in any levels of study. 

This mini unit contains 8 lessons that teach students the proper way to form an argument. Many times students will use the right information, but they don’t quite know what to do with it. Through a series of crime scenes, students learn how to collect information (data), collect evidence, and explain how this evidence supports a logical conclusion, all while having fun. This unit teaches students skills that are needed in all literature units. 
These lessons allow students to learn the importance of collecting data by taking careful notes, how to select only information that will help support a thesis (or a claim), and how to properly use the information by incorporating pertinent explanations to develop an irrefutable argument. 

This is a fun way of learning the necessary skills for argumentation.
The unit contains:

A Student Guide with 12 pages of activities and notes
A Teacher Guide with 8 comprehensive lesson plans and activities
An answer Key with 13 pages of answers and sample texts to help model proper format for students
A downloadable Prezi Presentation introducing the argument and how to develop it.
An end unit evaluation with answer key and evaluation grid 6 pages
Material is available as both PDF and in Word format for easy modifications

Pages total 58 pages

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
Poetry Through Song Unit
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 Senior Students (NO PREP)
Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students
Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
58 pages
Answer Key Included with rubric
Teaching Duration 1 Week



FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Advice Letter – End of the Year Feedback Activity”

by OCBeachTeacher

6th – 11th Grade

Use this free lesson to get useful feedback from your students! Have them write friendly letters giving the next year’s students advice on your class in the style of “Dear Abby.” 

With Inspired Writing, students use mentor texts as models for their own writing. This lesson provides students with inspiration from their reading of advice letters by “Dear Abby.” 

Best of all, this end of the year activity lets students share their thoughts on your class in a constructive, positive way. Use the accompanying prompt to guide students’ responses. This FREE product includes the following: explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core Standards, online links to “Dear Abby” columns and biographical information, prompt, stationary, student model, and a sample key. This has been newly updated for the end of the 2014-2015 school year.

If interested, here are other Inspired Writing Lessons:

Aphorisms
Dialogue Poems Inspired Writing!
Shape Poems Inspired Writing!
Memorial Design & Speech Writing
I’ve Been to the Promised Land

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Poetry Through Song – A No Prep Unit

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Teach the art of poetry through song lyrics

I love teaching poetry! I love it when my student like learning it too.

So many students dislike poetry that I wanted to create a unit just for them. This unit takes a different approach to teaching poetry all while allowing students to be critical of the songs they hear on the radio. This unit teaches the same skills as traditional poetry units do, but does it more lightly.

Take a look at what is included in this bundle:

An introductory video on how to approach poetry throughout the unit see video here Poetry Through Song Introduction Video

A Figurative Language Bingo Game to make learning and reviewing figurative language more fun.

The Teacher Guide includes 13 complete lessons focusing on and building on specific skills with each lesson

The Student Guide includes the following:

-notes on how to approach poetry

-notes on poetic devices and figurative language

– A copy of the following songs: Malibu, Roar, Scars to your Beautiful, Golden Leaves, Sound of Silence, There were Roses, The Cave, Something Just Like This, and Lost Boy. A wide variety of songs are included.

-Activities accompany every song (Theme and meaning, historical and literary allusions, the meaning of pronouns, Thematic connection exercises, video comparison activity, fun with allusions, fun with metaphors, fun with idioms, and much more.) See the preview for more details.

The Answer Key includes the answers to all questions and activities and comes with detailed annotations of each poem.

A Culminating Task with rubric included (in Word format for easy modifications)

140 pages included + 1 video

See the previews of some of the lessons included in the bundle:

You may also be interested in the following products:

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 Senior Students (NO PREP)

Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation

Romeo and Juliet – A No Prep Unit

Thesis Writing Activity with PowerPoint Presentation

Teaching The Essay Package

Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages 140 pages

Answer Key Included with rubric

Teaching Duration 2 Weeks



FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “End of Year Games and Reflection Activities”

by Carla McLeod

5th – 12th Grade

END OF THE YEAR ACTIVITIES FREEBIE!!!!

Ugh. What to do with those last few days of school when the material is covered, the tests are graded, and your students are jumping off the walls? This packet will help you end the year on the high note by providing fun, thought-provoking activities for your students to reflect upon their year, what they have learned in your class, and how they have grown as students and individuals. These have been created for high school language arts students, but can easily be used for students of all ages in a variety of subjects. Activities include teacher appreciation/apology letters, student-generated summer reading lists, personal theme song activities, end-of-year celebration ideas and more. 

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Keywords: End of the Year Activities, End of year activities, End-of-the-Year Activities, End of the Year Games, End of the Year Reflection

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FREE Frankenstein Debate

Product Description

The Frankenstein Debate Package includes topics for students, a Procedure Sheet to help teachers take notes during the debate, as well as an evaluation sheet.

This free activity is part of a larger unit:
Frankenstein Unit (No prep)

I hope you enjoy this document. 

If you enjoy it, please visit my store to see what else I have to offer and leave a comment.

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
4 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
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FREE MISC. LESSON – “Birthday Party ClipArt Set by PrepToon”

by PrepToon – Math Animations

Pre-Kindergarten – 12th Grade

Super excited to share this clipart set with you All. Hope it helps you in creating worksheets and other projects for your classroom.

PREVIEW and THUMBNAIL(low resolution) show collage of some of these images. Actual images are bigger than what you see in collage and all the images are 300 dpi. 

Birthday Party Set Includes:
KidsinBirthdayParty.png
PartyLayoutwithBirthdayCake.png
PartyLayoutwithMarshmallowTower.png
ThickCrustPizza.png
ThinCrustPizza.png
mom.png
KitchenLayout.png
BirthdayKid.png

Great for worksheets, activities, lessonplans.

HASSLE FREE TERMS OF USE:
You may use these designs anyway you like for personal,classroom , creative projects including worksheets, bulletin boards, activities, digital scrapbook layouts. 

If you wish to use it for commercial purpose – including business cards, banners , websites , products you will create using these cliparts etc. you MUST give credit to my store : http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Preptoon-Bring-Math-To-Life-Using-Visuals

This is intended for use by one teacher in one classroom. It is not to be redistributed to an entire school or district. It may not be redistributed or sold online or other. 
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DO NOT claim as your own work, altered or unaltered. Copyright of images remains with PrepToon ☺ 

DO NOT share, resell, or redistribute these designs AS IS (as a digital art file) in any way. This means you may not add these images to other clip art kits, digital collections, etc.
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The Elevator Short Story Mini Unit

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“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!

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Rubrics Self-Evaluation

Fish Bowl Evaluation Bundle

Opinion Piece Bundle

How to Write a Paragraph

ELA Literature Study Unit to Use with ANY Work of Literature

Total Pages 16 pages

Answer Key Included

Teaching Duration N/A


FREE MISC. LESSON – “End of Year Countdown Cards FREEBIE”

by The Teaching Texan

Pre-Kindergarten – 5th Grade

Increase engagement at the end of the year with these fun countdown cards! Each card has a “surprise” for that day that will get your students excited to come to school, even up to the last day! Place them in envelopes, balloons, or just show one each day as a countdown to the last day of school!

Many of the activities do not require you to buy any supplies. FREE is always a good price!

This set includes 14 different activities and blank cards to create your own countdown days! This updated set is ink friendly and designed to be printed on fun-colored paper.

The 14 activities included are:

Bubble Gum Day
Shaving Cream Day
Extra Recess Day
Ink Pens Day
Movie & Popcorn Day
Sidewalk Chalk Day
Stinky Feet Day
We are so BRIGHT we have to wear shades
Marker Day
Bubble Day
Kickball Day
Dance Party
Lunch in the Classroom

See how I used this End of Year Countdown in my classroom on my blog The Teaching Texan.

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Much Ado About Nothing Unit

The unit is appropriate for grades 9 through 12.

Take a look at the unit preview for more visual details. The unit includes:

A total of 100 pages in PDF and 12 PowerPoint slides are included in this unit.

Act and Scene Guide (Includes the characters found in the scene and the approximate reading time.)

Teacher Guide (lesson plans) – 16 easy to follow lessons, learning objectives, reading schedule, with included reading prompts, journal entries, and exit tickets (or closing activities.)

Students Activities include:

❒ Pre-Reading Activity

❒ Act 1 Comprehension questions

❒ Act 2 Comprehension questions

❒ Act 3 Comprehension questions

❒ Acts 4-5 Comprehension questions

❒ Who’s who in Act 1

❒ Literary Devices (Act 1)

❒ Characterization Activity

❒ Subplot Activity

❒ The Plan (conflict)

❒ Dogberry’s Malapropisms

❒ Much Ado About Noting (theme work)

❒ Activity on Symbolism

❒ Activity on Theme

Comprehensive Answer Key for ALL activities.

Evaluations include:

❒ Quiz on Acts 1 and 2 (With answer key and rubric)

❒ Beatrice vs. Benedick (oral presentation skits)- rubric is included

❒ Fake News – newspaper article (writing activity) – with rubric

❒ unit test – with answer key and rubric

❒ Song analysis Activity for theme review (optional evaluation or activity) – with rubric

Optional bonus activities are also included

❒ A love letter activity (Optional evaluation – rubric included)

❒ A Dear Abby activity

❒ Behind the Mask – an anti-bullying campaign (can be used as an evaluation – rubric included)

❒ Additional journal topics

To further student learning, a Guess Who? For Much Ado game is included. This is a fun way to learn about the characters in the play. And, as the play progresses, students’ questioning must change to keep track of character growth. (30 slides)

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Romeo and Juliet – No Prep Unit

Death of a Salesman – No Prep Unit

Frankenstein No Prep Unit

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages 98 Pages and 30 Slides

Answer Key Included with rubric

Teaching Duration 1 month


FREE MISC. LESSON – “Popcorn and Movie Day! Theme Days for End of School!”

by Kindergarten Squared

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Our end of the year GIFT to you! Please leave us feedback, and let us know what you think of the pack! We hope you have a super summer! 

A great end of the year pack to help your kids have a fantastic time with popcorn and a movie day while also working on previously taught math, science, and writing standards. All you need is students or teachers to bring in 4 varieties of popcorn!

Be sure and check out our other END of SCHOOL Theme Days Packs!

Ice Cream Sundae FUN-Days!
Game Day FUN-Days!
Bubble Day FUN-Days!
Beach Day FUN-Days!This pack includes:
5 Senses Popcorn 
Data Collection
Word Building
Narrative Writing
Poetry
“My Favorite Part” Art
Popcorn Subtraction
Popcorn Decoding Game

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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 workbook 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 to the 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 of 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!

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Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

Poetry Unit: The Art of Interpretation

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



May Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s May and June is just around the bend. You’re probably counting the days till summer vacation. Be sure to stop by and see what these teachers are doing in their classrooms and gather some great tips and ideas. This is the last link-up for this school year. We’ll see you in August.

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 Rejoice, The Last Day of School has Arrived

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

When that last day comes around, we’re elated, and yes, a little wistful, and the kids feel the same way….buuuut they’re also quite excited and hyper, it’s the end of the year after all. We know we have to come up with some groovy ideas to give them a great send off, all while maintaining our sanity. This post has just what the doctor ordered to help make this final day memorable for everyone, including you.

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Slide into Summer

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning 

Create a Super Summer Kit to ease your students into summer and get them ready for the next school year!

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 Mining for Gold Gets Even Better

 By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools


Gold fever! It’s what drew thousands of men to California in 1849 and it still sparks student excitement and dreams of wealth today! Challenge your students to improve

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 Wrapping Up the School Year

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom


How do you wrap up your school year? I know it’s easy to coast to the end but I see it as a time to go out strong! Leave your kids with amazing memories and fun stuff. Since testing is over, it’s a good time to branch out and do some really fun activities.

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 America the Beautiful

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

For your patriotic enjoyment, watch this one minute slideshow.

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 Activities for the End of the Year

By Charlene Tess of Charlene Tess 

 Here are 2 HOTS Activity for the End of the Year.

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  The “Lure” of Fish – The Benefits of Keeping an Aquarium in Your Classroom

By Vicky Rauch of Scipi Products 

 When I taught third grade in an inner city school, I knew the children needed something to love, but being a city girl, my love of animals was deficient. That is when my husband helped me to set up an aquarium. I purchased a water heater, a bubblier, chemicals, plants, fish food, and of course the fish! Little did I know what effect this would have on my students.

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 Review Activities

By Erik Arndt of Insights to English

Here are some activities that you can use with your class to review vocabulary and grammar. There are quite a few to choose from, and each is customizable; use whatever is best for your class!

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 7 Tips to Help Students Edit Their Essays

By Sally Hansen of Purposeful Plans

With technology today, it’s hard not to edit during the revision phase. But it’s important to keep the creativity flowing during the revision phase and wait to makes edits during the editing phase. Read more for some useful tips to help your students stay focused during the editing phase.

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 Preparing for Book Clubs: Tips for Success

By Marcy Howe of It’s a Teacher Thing

If you are considering using book clubs in your classroom, I’ve shared essential tips to help your book clubs be a success. You don’t want to miss these pointers for engaging all students and for reducing teacher workload.

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 Citizen Scientists ready For Summer

By Margo Gentile of Margo Gentile 

 Summer is the perfect time for kids to be outside and appreciate their natural surroundings. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could learn about nature and science as “casual learners? They can! I’d like to share some terrific citizen scientist programs that kids could participate in without even leaving their back yard.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Cyberbully Movie Graphic Organizer, Sub Plan, Any Subject, End of Year”

by Julie Faulkner

7th – 12th Grade

Cyberbully Movie Graphic Organizer, Sub Plan, End of Year, Bullying Month

This movie viewing pack is hinged with a graphic organizer that highlights 6 CCSS skills to cover during the viewing of the movie, ABC Family’s Cyberbully. It covers plot, cause/effect, setting, characterization, and character motivation. The questions range up the Bloom’s levels. To supplement this set of questions and to dig more deeply with your film experience, a paired info text lesson and a writing prompt is also included are also provided. Plus you’ll get a bright, positive classroom poster as a bonus!

Several links to the full movie are provided for FREE, and the DVD can be purchased online as well!

**Now with my exclusive print and go Super Simple Step by Step Sub Plan Form!!**

Classroom success stories from teachers who have tried this resource:
♥ “Great activity; I paired it with your argumentative cyberbullying writing prompt. Both are excellent.”
♥ “This was perfect for my middle schoolers! The movie was very engaging, and the organizer helped them process and keep track of everything that was happening.”
♥ “This is a great follow up to the video Cyberbully. Definitely for my higher level students, I teach junior high. Great for a sub plan!”
♥ “The movie kept my 8th graders attention the entire time…this was a perfect resource to hold them accountable for what they saw.”
♥ “I show this video every semester to my computer students, and I must say, this graphic organizer is much more interesting than the question handout I have been using. Thank You.”

If you are considering expanding your conversation of cyberbullying, or if you teach English and are looking for an interesting writing prompt, take a look at my cyberbullying argumentative writing prompt pack. Click Here

Looking for more interesting and engaging movie guides to make showing film in class more rigorous? Check out the following titles:
The Great Gatsby
The Giver
Ransom of Red Chief
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Speak
The Hunger Games
Frankenstein
Beowulf

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Original Cover Photography by Julie Faulkner Photography

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Reading Tutor Packets

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Tutor-Packet-Decoding-Lessons-for-Level-1-4567233

Perfect for summer tutoring! Effective! Easy to Use! No Prep! This Bargain Bundle, designed by a 30-year reading specialist, will help you improve the word recognition skills of beginning or struggling readers. Includes tests, worksheets, games, and instructions for use, as well as information about readability levels, comprehension, independent reading, lesson design and more! Levels 1, 2, or 3.


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Boom Cards CVCe Kindergarten 1st Grade | Long Vowels Silent E FREE”

by Teacher Tam

Kindergarten – 1st Grade

Your littles will enjoy practicing SILENT E WORDS on the beach! This deck comes complete with ocean scenes AND SOUNDS! It includes 25 cards and has 2 types of practice: find the correct word and finish spelling the word. Students can also click on the sound icons to hear the directions AND words. Enjoy!

This set covers the following silent e, long vowel words: cake, game, rake, gate, cape, bake, shake, dime, dive, dine, lime, hive, five, note, cone, robe, bone, hose, rode, dude, tube, cube, huge, tune, and dune. 

This deck of BOOM CARDS covers the following CCSS for kindergarten and first grade language arts: RF.K.3.A, RF.K.3.B, RF.K.3.D, RF.1.2.A, and RF.1.3.C.

The link to your FREE Boom Cards is on page 4 of the download!

*****READ MORE ABOUT BOOM CARDS: Boom Cards are self-grading, DIGITAL resources. They live in the cloud. They can’t be printed. They play on most modern browsers, Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. You open a Boom Learning account to play them (to protect the children). Create Fast Play pins to assign your Boom Cards to students.

Boom Learning also has premium accounts. Premium accounts offer advanced assignment tools, individual and whole class performance tracking, and more. If you are a new Boom Learning customer, when you redeem your Boom Cards purchase you get 90-day free trial of a premium account. When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins. 

***Did you know??? You can use Boom Cards in Google Classroom™! Just CLICK HERE to find out how!

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Counting Mats {#TeacherMom}”

by Denise Hill

Pre-Kindergarten – Kindergarten

Use any toy or manipulative to practice counting with kiddos!

Includes 1/2 sheet mats for numbers 1-6 and full sheet mats for 7-10.

This set was specifically designed for my Tot School with #TeacherMom Series. Check it out on my blog!

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Thesis Writing Activity

Product Description

We all know that the thesis statement is the most important part of the essay. This is also the part of the essay with which students have the most difficulty.

When you are able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a work, you are able to write better yourself.

Topic: Is knowledge good or destructive? The subject is interesting, and can be used along with many different types of literature, or on its own.

In this bundle, I’ve included an interactive PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

-The definition of a thesis statement

-How to write a thesis statement (and the steps to take leading up to the thesis)

-5 examples of thesis statements, where students must identify both the weaknesses and the strengths

-10 slides explaining the strengths in the examples and the weaknesses in the examples

-1 example of a well-written thesis statement, and an explanation about why it’s good.

To accompany the PowerPoint presentation, I’ve included a student activity sheet with a list of all of the examples written in the PPT. (PDF format)

Also included is a lesson plan with details regarding the PowerPoint and activity sheet.

As a bonus, I’ve also included 2 posters listing the 7 essential steps to writing a great thesis. I’ve included an image format and a PDF format for easy printing.

-the first poster measures 70 cm (27.6 inches)

-the second poster, which students can actually read from far away, measures 97 cm (38.2 inches)

You may also be interested in these products as well:

– Grammar Cheat Sheet

– Rubrics: Self-Evaluation Sheets and Teacher Assessment Rubrics

– Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
22 slides, 1 page, 1 poster
Answer Key Included
Teaching Duration N/A


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Reading Passages for Fluency and Comprehension – Digraphs – FREE PREVIEW!”

by Ainsley Karl

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

A freebie of my digraph reading passages⤵
Digraph Passages / Stories to Build Fluency and Comprehension
The digraph version of my silly word family stories! 
Digraph Reading Passages are perfect for practicing comprehension, fluency and phonics all at once. Each of the included pages focuses on one specific digraph. The silly stories will keep students engaged and the format will help them complete the activities independently for homework or during your reading block. 

BUY ALL OF MY READING PASSAGES IN A BUNDLE AND SAVE!

These no-prep passages are the perfect addition to any reading program. This phonics skill practice can be used to address comprehension, fluency, cold reads and even assessments.

What’s Included? (In The Main File) 
ch *included in this freebie
dge
kn
mb
gn
ng
ph
sh
th
tch
wh
wr

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