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Remember the figure from Greek mythology, Sisyphus, whose punishment it was to push a bolder up a hill for all of eternity? If you are like me, spending hours making comments on student compositions just to see the same mistakes continue to occur time after time in the same student's writing may make you relate to the poor, cursed mythological figure a bit too much for comfort. I would not dare to be presumptuous enough to say that this free product will 100% fix our little problem, because it a

Are you ready to host a book speed date of your own? If you have been in the classroom long, you know that one of the major roadblocks to a smooth student independent reading program is that students often do not take the time to explore the books that are right in front of them, leading to indecision and lack of interest in reading. Hosting a book tasting can help solve that problem. Included in this resource: - Book Speed Date Trifold Menu - Table Numbers - Student Instruction Presentation *

This is a descriptive writing activity I use with Legos. The kids tend to really respond to it... the building part, not the response sheet. :) This activity uses Lego building pieces to improve descriptive writing skills. It can also serve as an ice breaker. ***Updated 1/15/2016*** New teaching variations included!

This is a reading organizer that I use with my American Literature course. This helps the students keep track of what we have read for each unit. There are boxes for the title of the work and page number, author, form of literature, and literary terms we have studied with that work and a definition of the term.