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I have 20 years of experience teaching English in grades 6–12, including 7 years of gifted middle school ELA, AP Language, AP Literature, and Cambridge AICE English Language (AS Level). I created Brain Bar to publish the kind of classroom-ready resources I actually use with my own students; materials that are rigorous, well-designed, and built around real instructional goals.
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Preview of Narrative Point of View Practice | Grades 7–12 ELA Worksheet

Narrative Point of View Practice | Grades 7–12 ELA Worksheet

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A go-to practice worksheet for teaching all five narrative points of view — updated with a clean, classroom-ready design and a built-in quick-reference chart students can actually use. Students read 10 original passages and do two things for each: identify the point of view being used, and explain the specific textual clues that led them there. That second step is what makes this more than a basic labeling exercise — it builds the kind of evidence-based reasoning that transfers to essays, tests,
Preview of Narrative Point of View: Analyzing Author's Effect | Grades 7–12 ELA Worksheet

Narrative Point of View: Analyzing Author's Effect | Grades 7–12 ELA Worksheet

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Does your worksheet stop at identification? This one doesn't. This higher-order thinking worksheet challenges students to go beyond labeling the narrator — they analyze why the author made that choice and how it shapes the reader's experience. A perfect next step after basic POV practice, and ideal for 8th grade ELA, honors, and gifted classes. What's included:A quick-reference chart covering all 5 POV types (1st, 2nd, 3rd Objective, 3rd Limited, 3rd Omniscient) with common reader effects5 o
Preview of Story Elements — The Complete Unit | Grades 6–12 ELA

Story Elements — The Complete Unit | Grades 6–12 ELA

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Everything you need to teach, practice, and review all seven story elements — in one cohesive, classroom-ready package. This complete unit takes students through setting, characters, characterization, plot structure, literary conflict, resolution, point of view, and theme with a full lesson PowerPoint, a comprehensive practice worksheet, and an energy-packed review game. All files are designed to work together as a complete sequence or independently as stand-alone resources. What's included (6 f
Preview of Story Elements Worksheet | Grades 6–12 ELA

Story Elements Worksheet | Grades 6–12 ELA

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One worksheet. All seven story elements. This comprehensive, passage-based worksheet covers everything students need to identify and analyze the core elements of any narrative — with original passages and multiple activity types that go beyond simple labeling. What's covered: Setting · Characters & Characterization · Plot Structure · Literary Conflict · Resolution · Point of View · Theme What's inside:Setting — read a passage, identify where and when, then complete a graphic organizer with a one
Preview of Parts of Speech Practice

Parts of Speech Practice

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Have students practice working with various parts of speech using this worksheet. Parts of speech targeted include: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. There are 5 sections with 10 questions each for a total of 50 questions. The first one for each of the first four sections targeting a specific part of speech is already done as an example. Section 5 asks students to write original sentences using and then labeling the 4 parts of speech covered in the handout. Answer key included for easy gra
Preview of FSA Informative Writing Package

FSA Informative Writing Package

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This package is designed to help facilitate a lesson on text-based, Informative Writing for the FSA. It includes a PowerPoint to teach Informative Writing for the FSA, a printable explanation of Informative Writing for the FSA, a Trashketball review game on Informative Writing for the FSA, an answer key for the game and two student-friendly FSA rubrics (one more simplified than the other).
Preview of Student-Friendly Rubrics for FSA Informative Writing

Student-Friendly Rubrics for FSA Informative Writing

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This product includes two student-friendly rubrics that help students understand how they are graded on the Writing FSA for Informative Writing. One is more simplified than the other but both give a good idea of what students need to do in order to earn a passing score.
Preview of English Worksheets

English Worksheets

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This resource includes 5 days worth of no-prep worksheets designed to reinforce typical English language skills. Some answer keys are included but others are open to interpretation and answers will vary. These worksheets are great for emergency lessons or handouts to leave with a sub. Included in this set is: General English Review - a 4-page worksheet that reviews a variety of English skills like reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, writing, editing, and reading and analyzing poems. G
Preview of Roots and Affixes Package

Roots and Affixes Package

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Package includes a PPT introduction to roots and affixes, a handout for practicing roots and affixes covered in the PPT and an answer key for the handout. Covers a variety of the most common Latin and Greek roots and affixes.
Preview of Character Chart for And Then There Were None

Character Chart for And Then There Were None

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Helps students track the characters in the mystery novel, And Then There Were None, and helps them stay organized. Includes a space for each of the ten main characters and asks them to identify a description, reason for being on Soldier Island, evidence of suspicious past, and the order and manner of death for each.
Preview of Plot Structure Comic Strip

Plot Structure Comic Strip

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This activity asks students to create a comic strip that uses drawings to illustrate what happens at each stage of the plot development in a story. Can be used with any story.
Preview of Plot Structure Diagram

Plot Structure Diagram

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A diagram for students to map the plot structure of a story. May be used with any story.
Preview of Reading Log

Reading Log

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Designed with the novel, And Then There Were None, in mind but can be used with any novel.
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I have 20 years of experience teaching English in grades 6–12, including 7 years of gifted middle school ELA, AP Language, AP Literature, and Cambridge AICE English Language (AS Level). I created Brain Bar to publish the kind of classroom-ready resources I actually use with my own students; materials that are rigorous, well-designed, and built around real instructional goals.

Teaching style

I believe students learn best when they feel challenged and supported at the same time. My resources reflect that: they're structured enough to guide students through complex skills, but open enough to spark genuine thinking and discussion. Whether it's a passage-based worksheet, a lesson PowerPoint, or a review game, everything I create is designed to be both teacher-friendly and student-engaging.