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Hexagonal thinking is a creative way to get students making connections with one pagers. BUT, it's a lot of work for you, as the teacher, to create and cut out dozens of hexagons for your students to connect, arrange, and discuss. Why not get the students brainstorming and designing their own hexagons with hexagonal one-pagers? In this activity, groups of students use critical thinking, close reading, and design skills to create hexagonal one-pagers for characters, style elements, connections t

Student Blogging: Imagine students writing because they want to. Writing about what they are truly inspired by. When you teach students how to blog and give them the chance to write what they love, they take a giant step towards becoming writers. Whether your students choose to write about video games, gymnastics, hip hop, or peanut butter cookie recipes, it doesn't matter. They'll be gaining real world media skills and improving their writing and they'll be ENJOYING it. With these clear and b

Say goodbye to late-night lesson planning and hello to a library of engaging, creative, and classroom-tested resources. The English Teacher’s Life Preserver is your all-in-one ELA curriculum bundle, designed to save time, spark creativity, and make teaching more sustainable—without sacrificing rigor or engagement. This massive ELA curriculum bundle includes dozens of ready-to-use activities, projects, and lesson plans that cover everything from the first day of school to the final exam. Wheth

Help your students build stronger word knowledge with these Vocabulary One Pager Templates—ideal for high school and middle school vocabulary activities. Whether you're teaching Greek and Latin roots, prepping for a vocabulary review, or replacing a traditional vocabulary notebook, these creative templates promote deeper thinking through sketching and visual learning. Students use the templates to represent each vocabulary word with a combination of definitions, visuals, and context. This

Looking for a Halloween-themed creative writing activity that keeps students engaged while reinforcing descriptive writing skills? This Halloween creative writing activity blends sensory details practice with a funny, Mad Libs-style story prompt that gets students laughing while thinking critically about word choice. Students work with a partner to complete a haunted house story by inserting their own sensory-based words—focusing on nouns, adjectives, and vivid details. It’s a lighthearted wa

Bring deeper thinking and collaboration into your ELA classroom with these blank hexagonal thinking templates, designed for high-engagement analysis, discussion, and synthesis. Ideal for middle and high school, these printable and digital templates guide students through organizing and connecting key concepts across any novel or text. Students work in groups to brainstorm and design hexagons across six critical categories—Characters, Themes, Style Elements, Symbols, Connections to Other Works,

Start your year with confidence using this Back-to-School ELA Curriculum Bundle, filled with editable first-day-of-school activities and teacher tools designed to build community, introduce key routines, and support a smooth launch into the school year. This bundle includes creative icebreakers, flexible writing assignments, classroom setup materials, and planning resources—all curated to help you connect with students while keeping your prep time manageable. Whether you're meeting your studen

Make MLA citations clear and engaging with this comprehensive MLA format citation activities resource. Ideal for middle and high school English classes, these materials offer visual support and hands-on practice to help students master citation with confidence. Whether you're introducing basic source formats or guiding students through more complex references like podcasts and translated interviews, this resource simplifies the process and supports independent learning. What’s Included: 8 Clas

Embedding and Integrating Quotes in Writing: Quotation Burgers Graphic Organizer is a targeted resource designed to help middle and high school students master one of the trickiest writing skills— embedding quotations effectively in literary analysis and argumentative writing. By using the memorable “quotation burger” metaphor, students learn to introduce, integrate, and analyze textual evidence in a structured, meaningful way. Whether you're teaching literary essays, research papers, or cross-

Genius Hour is a powerful way to bring project-based learning (PBL) into your ELA classroom, giving students the opportunity to explore their passions, build research and writing skills, and share their learning in creative, authentic ways. This complete Genius Hour unit includes editable templates, structured planning materials, and student-facing hyperdocs to guide learners through every step of their independent project journey. Whether you're using it as a quarter-long PBL unit, a recurri

Plagiarism and citation format are tricky topics to teach. There are so many little details and they take a lot of practice for students. No doubt you've corrected 3,467 citations in papers. This lesson will allow you to review citation format for popular sources like books, poems, plays, online articles, podcasts, and films with a colorful and clear slideshow as students take notes on the guiding sketchnotes handout. Then they can immediately practice what they've learned - notes in hand - by

These creative unit activities for Orwell's 1984 will get your students to sit up and pay attention. This novel is just as relevant, engaging, and mind-stirring today as it was when Orwell wrote it. Keep your students engaged through the second half of George Orwell’s 1984 with this creative collection of text-specific activities. These projects are designed to complement and deepen understanding of the novel’s key moments, themes, and messages,especially as the plot intensifies. Each activit

Simplify your planning with The Ed Deck, a flexible set of ELA lesson plan inspiration cards designed to spark creativity and save time. Whether you're planning a discussion, designing a new project, or looking for engaging daily activities, this editable deck gives you quick access to effective strategies that work across grade levels and units. Each card offers a clear, classroom-ready idea, color-coded by type (discussion strategies, projects, reading responses, and more). The editable for

Argument writing practice can get old fast when the format is always the same. But repetition helps so much in getting students to understand how to write literary analysis. So what to do?You want your students to know how to make points, give evidence, and analyze that evidence, but you're sick of the groans when you roll out your newest essay assignment. Students focus on issues like word count and number of quotations instead of becoming better writers, and they barely engage with the feedb

Ted Talks are an amazing resource for the classroom, but it can be tricky to keep students focused throughout a talk. Having a creative one-pager activity to complete as they watch can help so much. This guided Ted Talk one-pager asks students to pull key information as they listen, curating, responding, and highlighting meaning as they absorb the Ted Talk. Happy Teachers are Saying:"Quick and easy. Great for "Lame Duck" days!" "I do TED Fridays and this will make engagement skyrocket!" "I lov

Hexagonal thinking is a creative tool that will help you ignite critical thinking during discussion - online or off. This digital hexagonal thinking toolkit will help you prepare easily for either format. Hexagonal thinking will get your kids thinking about the connections between big ideas across your unit. It's an easy way to make interdisciplinary connections as well as connect your materials to the world today - always helpful for keeping kids interested! With this Google slides toolkit, y

The Outsiders is an incredible book for engaging students. And this complete novel study will make it easy. This complete curriculum for The Outsiders will keep your stress low and your students happily and creatively engaged. You'll be spoiled for choice as you approach each day of your unit, mixing and matching the discussion questions, interdisciplinary activities and creative assessments you like the best. What's Inside: ✓ Chapter Guides ✓ Creative Assessments ✓ 18 Creative Activities

Looking for a fresh, creative way to explore characterization with your students? This Characterization One-Pager Worksheet invites students to dig deep into character analysis while expressing their understanding through an engaging, visual format. It’s more than just a graphic organizer—it’s a complete, guided activity that supports meaningful literary analysis and creative thinking. This one-pager is a great alternative to traditional character trait charts and written summaries. Student

This flexible hexagonal thinking template is the perfect way to deepen literary analysis and promote critical thinking in your middle or high school ELA classroom. Designed to work with any novel or book, this editable activity invites students to make meaningful connections between characters, themes, symbols, literary elements, and more. Whether you're looking to encourage thoughtful book discussion, introduce visible thinking routines, or add a new tool to your novel study activities, this

Try this poetry one-pager activity as a creative final assessment or simply a fun daily activity for any poetry unit. Take a break from grading papers and let your students stretch their capabilities in an engaging new way. One-pagers poetry graphic organizer is a great way to inspire critical thinking and provide a new way to process reading for your students. But sometimes students who aren't comfortable with art get stuck and feel overwhelmed by the blank page. That's why for this activity