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Middle School Writing Course: FULL YEAR (Grades 6-9)

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Middle School Writing Course: FULL YEARWhy You’ll L-O-V-E this Resource♥ Students will strengthen their writing skills with high-interest, step-by-step writing and revising lessons which were designed to dramatically improve the writing

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Writing

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Literature Circles Without Tears

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LIT CIRCLES WITHOUT TEARS Illustrated Student Instruction Sheets, Participation Guides and Cube Templates will add excitement to content-area discussions, literature circles and learning stations. Students will instantly engage in lively

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading Strategies

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Revising and Editing: Peer Feedback Strategies that Change Writers - Distance

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This peer feedback resource will improve student writing proficiencies in record time. Most of the college students in my education classes have reported exceptional spikes in their students’ writing skills during their student teaching placements

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Writing

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WRITING CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

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CHARACTER SNAPSHOTS When writers want to give their readers a sneak peek into a character’s real or fictional world, they use snapshots. What are Snapshots? Snapshots are vivid descriptions used to help readers create pictures in their

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Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

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15 Second Speech: Strange But True Facts

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This is one of the most popular lessons I have done in my active engagement workshops. The video and follow-up 15 second speech exercise will help your students learn to be comfortable speaking in front of an audience - and it will teach them a

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy

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IDIOM WRITING CHALLENGE: THIS OR THAT?

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Check Out the Idiom Kit - On Sale Now! View the bundled kit here: Idiom Kit Bundle Idiom Writing Challenge What Do You Get? Idiom Slides to Use as a Whole-Class Writing Challenge or at Writing Centers – 13 exercises featuring 26

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IDIOM POSTERS

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Check Out the Complete Idiom Kit - On Sale Now! View the bundled kit here: IDIOM KIT BUNDLE IDIOM POSTERS What Do You Get? Idiom Posters - 26 commonly used idioms are illustrated and defined in this 8 1/2 x 11, full color, bulletin board

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Tic-Tac-Toe Quotation Quiz

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Use this Bloom's Taxonomy Quotation Quiz with any quotation or lifted text. Students complete any three connected Tic-Tac-Toe tasks to preview chapters or to check understanding.

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Balanced Literacy, Education, Writing

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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I am a professor at a state college in New Jersey. I'm the owner of ELA Seminars and love making educational products, creating custom seminars, and providing job-embedded professional development for English Language Arts teachers. I have taught at the upper-elementary, middle, secondary and college levels. From 2007-2011 I served as a Teaching Learning Facilitator/Literacy Coach.

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Governor's Teacher Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching

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Master's Degree + 30

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I enjoy motivating students and helping them conceptualize and apply sophisticated literacy skills. I especially like providing teachers with lessons that are easy to execute and engaging for multi-level learners. Secrets of Teaching, LLC ELA Seminars, LLC

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Drama, EFL - ESL - ELD, Education, Other (ELA), Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Library Skills, Writing, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Black History Month, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Close Reading, African History

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