About the store
Hi! I'm Jackie, from ROOM 213. My resources are designed to keep secondary English students engaged in meaningful and rigorous work. Each one is organized, easy to use, and created to take students through a process-based approach that often includes collaboration and movement.
I believe in showing students how to learn, rather than just what to learn, so I focus on creating engaging material that fosters critical thinking and love of reading & writing. Most importantly, I'm a learner too. I spend a lot of time trying to understand how students learn best, and am constantly revamping my lessons to meet their needs.
I taught high school English for thirty years, and loved every one of them. My resources reflect what I learned about keeping students actively engaged and feeling like they know how to be successful. I always taught a broad range of students, from those in the non-academic stream to those in the International Baccalaureate program, so I'm aware of what it takes to keep all students engaged.
Now, I'm teaching and coaching pre-service teachers at our local university. I love being in classrooms with them as I help them on their teaching journey.
Any questions? You can always reach me at room213custom@gmail.com.
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Introduction to Shakespeare Learning Stations
Do you need to do an introduction to Shakespeare? Looking for a fun and interesting way to do it? Get your students engaged, learning, and moving as they discover information about Shakespeare and his world. There are also two stations that give students tips and experience with reading Shakespeare's language. After this introduction to Shakespeare, they will be ready to dive in! In this resource you will find station titles, task cards, and task sheets, as well as editable cards so you can add
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature
Back to School Stations First Day of School Activity - Middle & High School ELA
Back to school stations for middle and high school ELA are an engaging first day of school activity that gets students moving, thinking, and collaborating while you introduce classroom expectations, syllabus information, and community norms.Make the first day of school engaging, structured, and low-prep with these back to school stations for middle and high school ELA. This first day activity helps students get moving, talking, and thinking while you establish classroom routines, expectations, a
6th - 12th
English Language Arts
Also included in: Learning Stations Mega Bundle
Grammar Stations for Review and Practice
Grammar doesn't have to be boring...it can be fun! Get your students engaged, learning, and moving as they review common grammar errors at stations or centers. This bundle includes stations that focus on common grammatical problems: pronoun errors, fragments, fused sentences, punctuation, modifier errors, faulty parallel structure, passive voice, and commonly confused words. Be sure to get the conference guides in the BONUS file! ( Save 25%: This product is available in my Learning Stations M
K - 12th
English Language Arts, Grammar
Halloween Narrative Writing & Learning Stations
HALLOWEEN WRITING ACTIVITIES: Halloween is the perfect opportunity to engage your students in a creative writing assignment. This resource takes students through a process-based approach that has them experiment with various elements of fiction. They will be building so many narrative writing skills and have a great deal of fun while they do! Be sure to check out the preview for a detailed overview. This resource includes:✅ Learning stations for experimenting with point of view, setting, atmosp
6th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts
CCSS
CCRA.W.3
, CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
+3
Research Skills Stations (MLA) paraphrase, embed & cite quotes, works cited
Research skills: paraphrasing, using quotations, in-text citations and works cited. These are all skills that students struggle to master and these research skills stations will allow them to practice and learn. (UPDATED February 2024). NOTE: This product is designed to be used for practice of research skills, or as a review or reinforcement of the them. If you are looking for lessons that introduce these skills, you should check out my Embedding Quotations and Learning to Paraphrase produ
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Writing
Essay Revision Stations for Essay Writing
Essay Revision Stations: Help students focus on the writing process! The revision process is a key component of good writing, but many students like to rush through it. These essay revision stations will help your students slow down and focus on the all-important process of revising any time they write an essay. A digital version of these essay revision stations is included as well as the printed one!The essay revision stations are designed to take your students through the process of revising
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
CCSS
CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
Also included in: Learning Stations Mega Bundle
Learning Stations Mega Bundle
Learning stations for secondary English classes: Save over 30% when you purchase this bundle of my best-selling learning stations. To date there are 30 stations in the bundle, ones that you can use to focus your students on learning skills for reading, writing, and speaking. In all of them students will be encouraged to focus, work independently, and think critically. Best of all, they get a chance to get up and move to learn. NOTE: this bundle is only for my stations that are not specific to a
6th - 12th
Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Writing
Narrative Writing Learning Stations
NARRATIVE WRITING STATIONS: This bundle of writing stations is designed to take your students through a process-based approach to creating a piece of narrative writing. You can use all of them for an exploration of narration that takes you a week or more OR you can pick and choose to use them one at a time. In this resource you will find a variety of options:PHOTO PROMPT LEARNING STATIONS These can be used to help students find inspiration for telling a narrative. They can be used for writing pr
6th - 12th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
Theme Activities - Learning Stations for discovering theme of any text
Teaching theme can be difficult because it's something students struggle to understand. These learning stations can change that as they are designed to teach students a process of understanding theme that they can apply to any text they read. In the texts students read, there is rarely a clearly stated "moral at the end of the story." Instead, there are steps that must be followed so they can discover the author's message or theme. These learning stations take students through these steps, and
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
+2
Also included in: Theme lessons, graphic organizers, activities, and anchor chart
Literary Analysis -lessons & activities for analyzing & writing about literature
Students find literary analysis difficult, there's no question about that. This bundle of classroom-tested analysis lessons and activities will remove the mystery as they learn a process-based approach to analyzing literature. Then, they will learn to write a literary essay. You will teach literary analysis in a way your students understand, one that produces excellent results. Check the preview for details about the seven resources in this literary analysis bundle!First, you will teach students
8th - 11th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
+6
"The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace" Lessons & Activities
"The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace" are two short stories with a lot in common, and a lot of differences as well. This short story unit is designed to help students uncover those as they come up with an overall theme that covers them both. Students will need to do close reading, critical thinking, collaboration, speaking, listening, and writing. It's a great unit to work on many language arts skills -- and to teach your students valuable lessons about love and sacrifice as well. In this p
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories
Oedipus Rex: Introduction Stations
There is lots of background information that kids need before they study Oedipus Rex. You could give them a handout, but it's not the most engaging method, nor is it the best strategy if you want your kids to retain the information. Stations get them moving around as they discover the background info for Oedipus, and the activities at each one have them actively taking notes, rather than passively receiving them. In this product you will find stations with information for:• The background stor
8th - 11th
English Language Arts, Literature
Informational Text Stations for Analyzing Any Nonfiction Text
Go beyond questions and worksheets; use these informational text stations to guide your students to be independent, critical thinkers as they study nonfiction. The stations are designed to be used with any informational text and can be differentiated to suit the needs of your students. Be sure to check the preview for detailed information about the resource.You will provide your students with a nonfiction text to read and then use the stations as a way for them to recognize and analyze the au
8th - 12th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading
Also included in: Learning Stations Mega Bundle
Back to School Activities Bundle | First Week of School for Middle & High School
Kick off the first week of school with engaging, student-centered activities that go beyond the typical "read the syllabus" routine. This Back-to-School Bundle is designed specifically for middle and high school ELA teachers who want to build classroom community and set the tone for a successful semester during the first days of back-to-school. The bundle has detailed lesson plans that explain how and when to use the resources in a cohesive way - be sure to download the bonus file to access th
8th - 12th
English Language Arts
Active Learning Exercises for Reading & Writing
Get your students engaged in active learning with these exercises - all you need is some paper, sticky notes, markers and/or colored pencils. Then, you can choose from one of over THIRTY activities that will get your students thinking critically as they collaborate with their classmates. Just download, choose an active learning activity, and get your students engaged in the learning process (they can be used with any text). In this file, you will find step-by-step instructions for you and your
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Writing
Learning Stations for Any Text
Help students analyze any text they read: Go beyond chapter questions and worksheets and use these stations to guide your students to be independent, critical thinkers as they study a text. These stations are designed to be used with any novel and can be differentiated to suit the needs of your students. You will divide your novel into sections, then use the stations after students have completed each section. Students will move in small groups through the stations; it won't matter which order
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
, CCRA.R.2
, CCRA.R.3
+3
Also included in: Learning Stations Mega Bundle
Writing Lessons & Activities | intros, conclusions, focus, organization, ideas
Tired of poorly organized and weakly supported writing? This writing lesson bundle includes detailed lessons and activities that teach students how to write introductions & conclusions, how to focus and organize, and how to develop & support their ideas. Each writing lesson provides them with strategies and examples with a step-by-step approach that will get your students engaged as they learn how to improve their skills for various forms of writing (narrative, expository, opinion). Be sur
8th - 10th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays
CCSS
W.9-10.5
, CCRA.W.4
, CCRA.W.5
+1
Poetry Learning Stations
Analyzing poetry can be an intimidating task for students, often because they get overwhelmed by all of the poetic devices they need to interpret. They don't always realize that it's a process that requires several steps and lots of thought, rather than an instant understanding. UPDATE MARCH 2021: There is now an option to do these all online. You get both the classroom and online version with this purchase. These learning stations are designed to take students through the process that is neces
9th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry
Romeo and Juliet Learning Stations
ROMEO & JUIET STATIONS: These stations or centers focus on character and theme development in Romeo and Juliet and help your students become more independent in their analysis and critical thinking. Use these ROMEO & JUIET STATIONS after each act. They provide an opportunity for your students to take notes on important developments in character and theme. Then, when you have finished the play, there are stations that allow them to take a final look at character and theme. By the end of your s
7th - 12th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Punctuation Learning Stations
PUNCTUATION LEARNING STATIONS: Use these punctuation learning stations to teach, reinforce or review the usage rules for: apostrophes, commas, semi-colons, colons, exclamation and quotation marks, forward slashes, ellipses, round and square brackets, hyphens and dashes, and the asterisk. (This is available in my Grammar Stations Bundle.) The punctuation stations are such that you can use all of them, or just the ones that you are working on. Each station comes with a set of instructions on the
6th - 12th
English Language Arts, Grammar
Also included in: Grammar Stations for Review and Practice
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About the store
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Hi! I'm Jackie, from ROOM 213. My resources are designed to keep secondary English students engaged in meaningful and rigorous work. Each one is organized, easy to use, and created to take students through a process-based approach that often includes collaboration and movement.
I believe in showing students how to learn, rather than just what to learn, so I focus on creating engaging material that fosters critical thinking and love of reading & writing. Most importantly, I'm a learner too. I spend a lot of time trying to understand how students learn best, and am constantly revamping my lessons to meet their needs.
I taught high school English for thirty years, and loved every one of them. My resources reflect what I learned about keeping students actively engaged and feeling like they know how to be successful. I always taught a broad range of students, from those in the non-academic stream to those in the International Baccalaureate program, so I'm aware of what it takes to keep all students engaged.
Now, I'm teaching and coaching pre-service teachers at our local university. I love being in classrooms with them as I help them on their teaching journey.
Any questions? You can always reach me at room213custom@gmail.com.
My own education history
I have a BA in English, a B.Ed with a secondary focus, and an M. Ed in Curriculum Studies. I also have Level 3 training in IB English.
Additional biographical information
For tips and ideas, as well as information on sales and contests, you can follow me at learninginroom213.com
And, you can reach out any time with questions at room213custom@gmail.com.
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