Caffeinate and Educate

A simple tool that reminds students the steps of close reading, how and what to annotate, and a few thinking codes to mark up the text they are reading/analyzing. Print and laminate to use. May also be printed on Astrobrights for an extra color pop, so the kids won't lose them, or to color code for reading groups. Please let me know if you have any questions!

This product contains an activity in which students select an example of figurative language from the text Eleven, by Sandra Cisneros, to analyze and illustrate. May be used as a formative assessment. Thank you for downloading and/or purchasing my work. I hope you find it useful and please do not hesitate to contact me for questions!

This product includes lyrics to the song by Schoolhouse Rock, "No More Kings," as well as a Depth and Complexity Frame with 4 prompts for students to respond to. I usually like to show the video a few times, without, then with the lyrics. We close read the lyrics to look for the main ideas, details, etc. Lastly, students independently fill out the prompts. Enjoy!

Product includes a graphic organizer to take notes on the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts. Additionally, an organizer using Depth and Complexity icons to analyze the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre. Enjoy! Thanks to AG Fonts and TheTexasTeacherista.

A simple outline for students to fill out to guide their main ideas and details for a five-paragraph expository/informative essay. Outline includes spaces for a thesis statement, topic sentences, a hook, and a concluding sentence. Offers guidelines and tips. Thank you for downloading and/or purchasing my work. I hope you find it useful and please do not hesitate to contact me for questions!

This product contains 6 different options for a culminating project after reading the short story Eleven, by Sandra Cisneros. Criteria checklists for each option is included, as well as a grading sheet for student presentations. Thank you for downloading and/or purchasing my work. I hope you find it useful and please do not hesitate to contact me for questions!

May be used after studying Nathan Hale and his role in the Revolution. It utilizes the Depth and Complexity icons of Details, Ethics, Questions, and Big Idea. *Thank you for downloading and/or purchasing my work. I hope you find it useful and please do not hesitate to contact me for questions.

Includes 2 lessons to be learned from finally rescuing Princesses Rhyme and Reason in Chapter 18 of The Phantom Tollbooth, with prompting questions for student analysis!