Katie's Class Creations

Want to toss out the old multiple choice final exam and engage students with a creative assessment at the end of your novel study?! This product is for you! My one-pager instructions, rubric, and checklist is a one-stop shop! I've included a few pages with graphics for students who struggle to get started or need a visual.

This product has questions covering characterization, irony, literary devices, and point of view in the short story, "The Ingredients." This short story is available in the Black Enough anthology .

One-pagers are a fun, engaging way to assess students' comprehension and analysis of any piece of literature. This one-pager focuses on literary devices, characterization, and symbolism, and requires students to write a personal book review.

Do your students love to act? Mine do! This is a short script depicting the dialogue between Gatsby, Tom, Mr. Sloane, and "the Woman" in chapter 6. It's a fun way to break up reading the classic, The Great Gatsby.Have students break up into groups of 4 and choose a part!

Introduce this activity when your students have read through Act III Scene i of Shakespeare's Hamlet. This assignment will force students to recall major plot points while they get put themselves into the play and create a soliloquy to reflect on their thoughts thus far.

One-pager instructions and rubric for Jason Reynolds' short story "The Ingredients."

This creative activity is perfect for antsy students the day before Thanksgiving Break! They must think about family dynamics as they choose where each invitee will sit around the dinner table. They must also set a menu and make a grocery list.

Do your students' sentences have SAUCE? This handout fits perfectly in your students' composition books/interactive notebooks, and will *hopefully* help them remember the components of a simple sentence!

These kitchen posters are perfect for your Family and Consumer Science (FACS) classroom! "Spice up" your space with these trendy signs your students are sure to love! 11 signs included with watercolor borders. Same posters included with no border, so you can add your own if watercolor doesn't match your space! Be sure to check out my sewing posters, too!

Graphic organizers, close reading questions, and one-pager instructions/rubric for Jason Reynolds' short story "The Ingredients" from the anthology Black Enough.

This product can be used throughout the novel or at the end of your novel study as a final assessment. This one-pager requires character analysis and student reviews as well as creative aspects. Instructions, Student Checklist, and Teacher's Rubric included!

Digital and print-friendly graphic organizers for characterizing Jamal, Big Boy, Randy, and Flaco in Jason Reynolds' "The Ingredients."

Use this interactive TIC-TAC-TOE choice board to wrap up any novel study. This choice board links to several activities and requires students to analyze characters and get creative. Options include: One pager, cover art, playlist, movie trailer, character autopsy, social media, and more! This choice board and all of the linked handouts are editable for you and your students! If there is an activity you want every student to complete, move it to the center spot of the Tic-Tac-Toe board. If you'd

These sewing posters are perfect for your Family and Consumer Science (FACS) classroom! Make your space "SEW" cool with these trendy signs your students are sure to love! 16+ signs included with watercolor backgrounds. Same posters included with no background, so you can add your own if watercolor doesn't match your space! Be sure to check out my kitchen posters, too!

This growing bundle currently features a complete novel study companion, journal prompts, chapter activities, blackout poetry, and a one-pager for the novel, The Color of My Words. The complete companion is full of engaging skills-focused activities. It is print-only. Prompts, activities, and blackout poetry are PRINT AND DIGITAL FRIENDLY :) Purchase now and enjoy the upcoming updates for no additional cost!

This product explains the ba-da-bing strategy (from Gretchen Bernabei) and includes a graphic organizer for students' interactive notebooks, examples, and activities that put your students' skills to use. I give you two options for practicing ba-da-bings- print & digital. I've included several teacher examples and editable slides for teachers and students.

This is a complete novel study companion for The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph. There is a page devoted to each chapter and several activities for finishing up the novel. This product is very skills focused. Students are required to dig into character connections, characterization, text evidence, summarizing, text to text connections, text to media connections, and more! Plus there is room for students to doodle, make notes, and color.

Looking for a way to improve students' thesis statements and conclusions? Gretchen Bernabei's truism braid is the answer! This product includes both digital and printable graphic organizers for Gretchen Bernabei's truism braid. The truism braid method is perfect for expository, persuasive, and narrative writing.

Need a final activity for the Serial podcast? This lesson will get your students thinking critically, using persuasive techniques, recalling important aspects of the case, and physically MOVING! I love to have students complete the questionnaire and then debate! Digital and print versions included!

Blackout Poetry is such a fun, engaging way to have students diving into any piece of literature! Use this product after you've read Chapter 16. This product includes step-by-step instructions on how to create blackout poetry and 2 passages from Chapter 16 for students to choose from.