Erinn Dimond

Simple worksheet to practice matching nouns & pronouns in a sentence to prevent ambiguous pronouns! This short activity would be perfect for a warm up and to help students get a short little practice in context clues & sentence construction! One page worksheet + answer key.

This bundle is set up for a three-day mini-unit on English stems - roots, suffixes, and prefixes. Included in the bundle is a set of slides which can be customized for your grade level and class, a scavenger hunt worksheet, and three (3) lists of twenty (20) grade-level common prefixes, suffixes, and Greek & Latin roots - all in one convenient Google Slides file! The unit plan consists of a day for defining the necessary terms, a day for creative or informational writing to practice using the

Printable anchor chart for your classroom! This is an 8.5x11 PDF that you can then print as large as you like! :) This anchor chart explains the difference between a text's tone and mood in a visually-appealing way that's easy for your students to understand and remember. Use during lessons and then leave up as long as your students require! Download once for forever printing rights! :)

Want to put on a play with your students but don't have the $700-1000+ budget to purchase the rights to a script?! Here's a script ready-made for you, based on Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland. I adapted the script myself, taken almost entirely from the novel which is in the public domain and therefore not copyrighted. I have added a few lines of dialogue for the sake of clarity, but otherwise the script remains true to the novel. I've shortened the play to six scenes, so it would be t

Slide deck with 27 slides! Slides review info of basic punctuation marks, with a vintage-y vibe. Title slide + 10 review/info slides, then 18 practice & answer-key slides. 9 practice slides and 9 answer key slides for your use, to make grading a breeze! Download comes as a PDF. Students can use various computer programs for the practice slides to fill in the blanks, or you can print out slides for students. OR, show the slides to the whole class and use your smartboard to fill in the blanks!

This set of print-outs is perfect for a classroom display. Engage your students while showing them the global possibilities of literature. Inspire them to travel the world through books! Combine the print-outs with a world map to create a dazzling display. Includes bold and colorful titles and graphics, as well as 24 books written by global authors or set in global locations. Can totally be customized as desired. The books listed are for middle grades.

FOUR PACK of vintage, groovy, 70s-style classroom posters / anchor charts all about... SWIRL! Yes, that ALL IMPORTANT, holy-grail standard for every single ELA lesson: Students should Speak, Write, Interrogate, Read, and Listen in every lesson, every day! If you're anything like me, you need a little reminder to integrate ALL of those components into all of your ELA lessons. Why not get yourself a little anchor chart/poster to remind yourself, and add a little groovy flower-power flair wh

PDF set of 72 flashcards! Each page of flashcards has three to a page, and the flashcards are color-coded by root, prefix, and suffix. This is a comprehensive list of word stems primarily for 5th - 6th grades, but you may find it useful for your 4th and/or 7th graders as well! Print and then laminate or glue together to make double sided flashcards, or just print and cut all the cards apart to create a matching game! Buy the bundle set of the flashcards + the slides set to SAVE!! :)

Fill-in-the-blank construction-themed worksheet for helping young writers learn about freestyle poetry and do a little self-reflection! Students are prompted to fill in the blank with something that applies to them. Or, as a fun activity, you can partner students and have them write the poems about each other! Students can be encouraged to try to rhyme if they'd like, or they can be reminded that in freestyle poetry rhymes are optional! File comes with two versions of the same worksheet: one ha

Two PDFs containing 1 set of 30 ready-to-go slides to teach word roots, PLUS 72 print-yourself flashcards of common middle grades/upper elementary roots, prefixes, and suffixes!! Save $4 versus buying each of these items separately!

PDF set of 13 slides for teaching suspense writing techniques with a spooky Halloween theme! Includes an example Edgar Allan Poe poem to guide your students through, and then a prompt for a writing activity so your independent practice time is built in!

JUMBO set of 30 slides in PDF format for you to present to your class! Slides include intro slide, two slides describing what a root word is and why they're important, 25 slides that each show a root word + its definition + five examples + picture, and a closing practice activity slide. Perfect for direct instruction or review, or even display one slide per day at the beginning or end of your lesson for your bell ringer or ticket out the door. Customize when and how you use these slides! These

PDF Digital Download that's 8.5x11in size but can easily be printed larger! Bright, eye-catching anchor chart / poster demonstrating the difference between connotation and denotation using comparison examples and fun images. Download once and then print & share forever!

Pack of TEN printable posters, each featuring a famous author with a photo and information about them! The star-studded roster includes: -Paul Laurence Dunbar -Emily Dickinson -William Shakespeare -William Faulkner -Virginia Woolf -Samuel Clemens -Maya Angelou -Jane Austen -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -Emily Bronte Purchase will come as a Google Slides set, which you can then print on 8.5x11 paper OR on as big a size as you want! Great for adding some culture and history to your ELA classroom! I a

PDF download for an anchor chart all about SETTING! Your students will be blown away at just how much goes into the setting of a story. Download and print this anchor chart / poster at whatever size you like, to help your students visualize all of the setting components!

Purchase includes one-page PDF of a poster that you can print and laminate for your classroom! Winter-themed poster with "Get Cozy with a Good Book" message and wintery, blue/pink/white/brown imagery. Perfect for a non-religious wintery literature-themed decoration!

Set of FIVE full-page worksheets, each covering a different tricky punctuation mark! Comma, semicolon, hyphen, parentheses, and colon. Each worksheet starts with four useage rules and then a sample paragraph with the punctuation mark missing in at least 4-5 places. Students must then fill in the punctuation mark in the right place! You can even print a class copy and laminate it so that students can write with a whiteboard marker for a sustainable, reusable classroom activity! Perfect for statio

Get PDFs of a 13-slide presentation about writing suspenseful stories, PLUS the PDF of a spooky season descriptive word poster perfect for helping your young writers brainstorm hauntingly spooky descriptions! SAVE $1 buying this bundle vs. buying the two materials separately!

PRODUCT 3/18 This MASSIVE bundle is so much fun for middle or high school students! I used it to reinforce the Schaffer paragraph as part of our argumentative writing unit. Students work in groups to gather clues, come up with a theory based on evidence, write up their theories in good Schaffer paragraphs, and present their theories of "who-dunnit" to the class. Everything is totally customizable - you can use a fictional character or a known figure in your school or community as the "victim" an

Download this fun spooky season poster today! Download comes with one page PDF of this bright, eye-catching poster. Use it as an anchor chart during writing times or hang it throughout the season to inspire your young writers. Print it at any size you like, or even print a copy for each desk or student! Buy the bundle with the Suspense Writing Slides to save!!! :)