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Everything you need to start a 3-week drama unit tomorrow!12 Angry Men is a short but powerful play that will hook your students' attention and keep them engaged throughout the unit. Students will build background knowledge about the legal system, study character development and theme, and make real-world connections to text. This fun, fresh product comes with an in-depth teacher's guide and suggested timeline for each day's activities making your lesson plans a breeze! What is included in this

Why should elementary school students have all the Halloween fun? If you love Halloween as much as your students do, than this product will help bring the spirit of the season to your middle school or high school classroom! Based on the internet phenomenon asking people to write the most terrifying story they can in just two sentences, this resource gives you everything you need to bring the excitement and challenge to your classroom. This fun, fresh product comes with an in-depth teacher's guid

A fun project to help your students gain familiarity with the number of interesting creatures and monsters that populate the world of Greek Mythology. In this project, students choose 8 different "monsters" from Greek Mythology (i.e. Pegasus, Medusa, sirens, mermaids, hydras, etc.). They create a "dictionary" of their chosen creatures, listing their descriptions and a few interesting facts about each creature. They must also create 2 monsters of their own. The download includes: - In-depth T

A comprehensive 100-point final test to be used after completing a literature unit on Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men." This assessment includes sections on conflict, characterization, plot, vocabulary, quotations, and includes an essay where students choose what they would like to write about from a list of three essay choices. An answer key is provided. A great test to let you know if your students have really mastered all that you have been teaching them throughout the unit. This activity is

A colorful version of the worksheet you may have seen before for you to challenge and entertain an entire new group of students. Give your students' brains a holiday workout as they try to determine which classic Christmas carol is being depicted in each picture. An answer key is included. This activity is available for download individually or as part of an incredible package of unique and fun holiday and winter themed activities. Please search for “Winter Holidays Activity Pack: 20+ Fun Wa

This is a complete unit for George Orwell's "Animal Farm," that I used with an 8th Grade classroom containing both Regular Education and Learning Support students. The activities are easily adaptable to students in all reading levels. The unit contains vocabulary activities for each chapter, study questions for each chapter, and a variety of different projects and activities that develop students higher-level thinking skills as they extend and refine their knowledge about the novel. Other act

A complete, interesting, easy-to-use literature unit to use with Scott Westerfeld's very popular novel, "Uglies," the first novel in a trilogy. This literature unit contains: - anticipation activities - study questions for every chapter (with answer key) - vocabulary activities - activities on characterization, mood, theme, conflict, setting, plot, summarization, and figurative language - three quizzes (with answer keys) - final test (with answer key) Over 20 activities in all! This unit is

A fantastic, inquiry-based experiment that has your students using crayons to create their very own metamorphic rock. Perfect for units on rocks and minerals, metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rocks, geology, and other earth science topics. What is included in this resource: ---------------------------- • comprehensive teacher's guide • printable student lab sheets (perfect for keeping students on-task and as an easy assessment tool) • Ticket-Out-The-Door summarizing tool • detailed stud

Fun, fast activities that can be used in every classroom! This personality test is a fun, silly activity perfect for a beginning of the year ice-breaker or when you end up with 5-10 minutes at the end of a lesson and need an activity to take up some time. What is included in this resource: ---------------------------- • comprehensive teacher's guide • printable student worksheets What teachers are saying about this resource ---------------------------- • This is such a fun thing to do with k

An excellent, comprehensive, final assessment to be used at the culmination of a literature unit and/or novel study of Scott Westerfeld's novel, "Uglies." This 100-point exam includes sections on characterization, plot, setting, cause-and-effect, theme, and more. It is broken into interesting sections to hold student attention and contains SECRET BONUS POINTS written into the directions to motivate students to read directions carefully. An answer key is included. A thorough yet interesting

An exceptionally easy-to-use but HIGHLY EFFECTIVE positive behavior plan to support your classroom management plan and reinforce positive classroom citizenship! This plan helps teachers keep their students focused on good behavior rather than disruptive behavior without a lot of time, money, effort, or trouble. No more constantly refilling prize bins, having to keep track of overly-complicated plans that eventually fizzle out because you can't keep up with them, or plans that cause more harm t

This funny and inspirational set of postcards is a perfect non-candy and meaningful gift for your secondary students. Write a brief but heartfelt note to your students wishing them good luck in the future and thanking them for a great school year and they will remember you fondly forever! What is Included ---------------------------- - 18 unique ready-to-print postcards - a helpful list of suggestions for how to use the postcards in a variety of different ways! Looking for even more instantly

A wonderful activity that allows your students to reflect on their school year while still learning/reviewing about graphs at the same time. Students will brainstorm their most memorable moments throughout the school year and use them to complete and illustrated graph. A reflection guide helps close the activity by asking students to think about their best and worst moments of the year, as well as what they would like their next school year to be like. This complete project includes the f

A creative assessment to use at the culmination of your "Animal Farm" literature unit. This test is not just basic multiple choice questions but includes sections which will allow the students to demonstrate their understanding of historical relevance, comparing and contrasting important story elements, etc. An answer key is included with this test. Allowing students to take this assessment using their novel or with a partner or group are also ways to differentiate instruction. This assessme

A fun, easy experiment that will have your kids talking and thinking about how the information they use every day (television, cell phones, etc.) are transmitted. This activity will ask students to graph an image "translated" to them by another student in order to understand how satellites send images to Earth. An excellent activity when discussing satellites, maps, how we communicate from one country to another, etc. What is included in this resource: ---------------------------- • compr

A very fun and engaging activity to help your students really grasp the concept of Earth rotating as it orbits around the Sun. Students will walk away from this lesson understanding not only that the Earth rotates and revolves, but also while these actions cause problems for us as we try to plan shuttle launches, satellite launches, and more. A fun experiment that will have your students excited and eager to discuss terms that are often difficult for students to grasp. What is included in thi

A fun experiment that will have your students thinking and working through the steps of the scientific method to determine what factors affect the human heartbeat. Inquiry-based learning at its best! What is included in this resource: ---------------------------- • comprehensive teacher's guide • printable student lab sheets (perfect for keeping students on-task and as an easy assessment tool) • step-by-step student instruction sheet • Ticket-Out-The-Door summarizing tool What teachers are s

Looking for an easy poetry project for your secondary students that you know they'll enjoy? This resource ties in with the popular poet, George Ella Lyon's well-known poem "Where I'm From" and asks students to consider what little, everyday things make them who they are. Included in this resource: - teacher pacing guide - links to the "I Am From" project to add context to the poem - linke to examples of other "Where I'm From" poems - graphic organizers and brainstorming worksheets - decorated

A fantastic project to use while teaching or reviewing the phases of the moon and the different types of eclipses! The project asks students to create an informational booklet where they must correctly draw and label each of the different phases and eclipses. What is included in this resource: ---------------------------- • comprehensive teacher's guide • detailed student instructions • student project booklet pages • comprehensive rubric What teachers are saying about this resource --------

This unit includes a 47-page "Island of the Blue Dolphins" packet. This packet has 36 separate reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing activities that correspond to each chapter of the novel. With this packet and copies of the novel, your entire unit would be planned and ready to go! Purchasing this entire unit rather than each activity individually saves you almost $50. I have also included each activity separately in case you do not want to create packets for your students, but just