DAngelo Resources

Support your English Language Learners with these ESL ELL Peer Interview activities! These speaking and writing graphic organizers help students conduct interviews, identify personality traits, and write a complete character sketch paragraph. Boost Oral Language & Writing Skills with Peer Interviews! Are you looking for an engaging way to get your ESL, ELL, and Newcomer students talking and writing? This no-prep resource provides a structured framework for students to practice interviews, des

Start the year with purpose! This Letter to Your Future Self is the ultimate Back to School activity for Middle and High School ELA. It serves two vital functions: it’s an engaging, low-stakes icebreaker for students and a crucial diagnostic writing assessment for teachers. By capturing a snapshot of student writing on day one, you establish baseline data that allows you to measure growth and progress throughout the semester or year. What’s Included in This Secondary ELA Resource:Student A

Help your students move from "telling" to "showing" with this comprehensive Intro to Descriptive Writing lesson. This resource is designed to teach students how to harness the power of sensory details to create vivid imagery and engage their readers. Whether you are starting a narrative writing unit, a poetry study, or a creative writing elective, this scaffolded lesson provides the foundational skills students need to transform their prose. What’s Included in This Creative Writing Resourc

Engage your middle school students in creative writing with this comprehensive Choice Poetry Project! Perfect for Grades 6-9, this student-driven poetry unit allows learners to choose from 6 different style options to express themselves, apply figurative language, and showcase their unique identities. Complete with step-by-step templates, a peer assessment checklist, and a time-saving single-point rubric, this low-prep resource makes teaching and grading poetry easy. What's Included in This R

Transform Your Creative Writing Unit with a Bedtime Story Podcast Project!Are you looking for a way to teach narrative writing and sensory imagery that actually engages your middle or high school students? This comprehensive Creative Writing Unit challenges students to write and record their own "sleepy" podcast episodes—where the focus shifts from high-stakes conflict to high-level descriptive language.Inspired by the hit podcast Nothing Much Happens: Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups, this pr

This project can be used as a culminating activity for any novel study or literature circle. This activity will challenge students to: Make inferences about character traits and support their ideas with evidence and explanations from the storyMake a text connection (either to self, text, or world) for their chosen characterThis package includes the following: Trait Tracker chart that students can use to track key personality traits for a range of characters while readingCharacter Profile Poster

This Choice Character Analysis Project can be adapted for any short story, novel, or film. This assessment helps you differentiate products of learning by providing your students with options to respond critically and creatively to text by completing one of the following: A diaryA comic stripAn illustrated symbol & explanationThe file includes: Overview of the AssignmentSingle Point RubricIndividual Planning Organizers tailored to each of the 3 options

Build classroom community from day one with these fun, hands-on STEM team-building challenges! These tried-and-tested cooperative learning activities help students develop communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and critical thinking skills while working together in small groups. Perfect for back-to-school, first week activities, advisory, homeroom, STEM class, or classroom community building! Included Activities:⭐ Don’t Rock the Boat Challenge ⭐ Don’t Book the Bridge Challenge ⭐ Marshmal