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Here is a great product for teachers who wish to try debating in their classes. Steps and general guidelines are given for middle school debates. However, the product could be adapted for the younger grades. Students will not only research their topic, but practice presenting formal claims. Students will test their ability to listen to the opposition and craft counterclaims. Includes 20 pages of useful information for the novice or for those who are familar with debating. Details for each deba

This resource contains 10 unique ways to engage young learners as they read the play version of "The Phantom Tollbooth." This bundle offers more than a 50% savings for most of my Phantom Tollbooth resources. It includes: Figurative Language Chart, Vocabulary Words & Meanings, Character Names Comprehension Questions Phantom Tollbooth, More Snip-its Visual Map for The Adventures of the Phantom Tollbooth Open ended Questions for the Phantom Tollbooth [video version] How to Craft a Character Sketch

Here's a great way to celebrate The Phantom Tollbooth! Have your class work on a fun hands on project by making their own board game to go with the story. Have your students pick and choose from the many boards given, or you select and handout. This product includes: Detailed note for the teacher Game Work Schedule Brainstorming sheet Who is doing what? List of characters and places Blank deck of cards for obstacles and safety-zone [with and without labels] Criteria sheet for scoring the game

Before you purchase this product PLEASE read the description! Please note "Copyrighted PASSAGES are NOT included here." They will be sent to you upon your request. Please send me your email. Here's a great resource for PARCC testing needs, or simply for student reading practice and assessments. These templates have been sold separately until now. This bundle includes the previous I, II, & III templates, and now, the newly added IV and V exercises too. Resource may be used in multiple ways.

This rsource contains an interactive chart of over 20 expressions, puns, etc. for students to record the page number, literal and intended meanings for Act I and II. There is a list of specific vocabulary words and definitions for both acts, and a list of character names printed on large cards. Use the names to help students record the actions, physical traits, character traits on the reverse side of the cards. Anyone of these worksheets can be used for independent or group work. Also, prior to

This landscaped product includes 10 different Literary Analysis Prompts. These can be used with any work of literature. However, you can custom make these prompts to fit with stories your students are familiar with, or use generically by inviting students to choose their own stories. Either way these prompts will stretch your students’ thinking, writing, and analytical skills. Prompts can be used for homework, general practice, or reading and writing assessments Product includes: Detailed note t

As students read, one way to keep everyone going is to provide them with: a reading schedule and a map to track Milo's Adventures. On this text box map, students fill in the main event and supporting details; then they are invited to draw around the outside of the text box to capture an idea of their choice. A symbol for an object, person, place, or idea they felt was significant from a given event. Please note a few more pages have been added to the original set. Enjoy! Visit The Phantom Toll

This resource provides TIPS for students for three writing situations. Use this as a powerpoint or as handouts with students and discuss. There is no answer key as the exercises are intended for students to write essays. A suggestion is to have students work on one of each, choose the best and use it as a sample. There is a slide that includes a few titles [4 titles] from "Prose Constructed Response for Narrative Writing Tasks" and a paired poem for that title. And though this resource is useful

Here's a very basic and easy to use activity for students learning or reviewing ideas about myths or legends. Share the general background about both these genres. Then have students read a myth and a legend, and complete the handouts. Within a single page students will easily identify the important ideas. Ideal for foreign language teachers too! NOW includes an additional page filled with "myth type words" and "legend type words" to help students craft their own myths and legends, and "My Favor

Here's a collection of well known titles of short stories and novels [Zlateh the Goat, The Circuit,The Truth About Dragons, Sound of Summer Running, The Phantom Tollbooth, and Tuck Everlasting,The Cay,The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate,The Midwife’s Apprentice,The View From Saturday] to use as students continue to practice "prose constructed writing responses for narrative writing tasks." You will find a prompt for each short story and novel worded in the language used by PARCC. The suggested passa

PLEASE NOTE: What is shown in the thumbnail is what you are purchasing! Before you purchase this product, please read the description given. This product is a ""beginning"" for teachers to integrate into their own daily instruction and assessments. Therefore a degree of ""prep"" work is required. Questions are designed for one's own use. Each question has a blank for the teacher to place a paragraph number, or title or vocabulary word, etc. As you read or do a close read of a particular piece,

Here's over 50 journal entries for students' nonfiction reading. Provide students with ample nonfiction articles to read. Students then select a prompt and record a full page response. This resourse will work for any nonfiction text. Laminate [optional], run off mutilple copies on stock paper, and cut. These prompts may be cut individually or cut out in strips and handed out to students. In addition, students can either keep the collection at their seats or draw one from a container of journal

A resource to help sort [in writing to text, two distinct forms] the two PARCC task models: Type 1 Narrative Story for Fiction Text and Type 2 Narrative Description for Nonfiction Text. Students will clearly understand there is a difference in tasks since one is based on an existing story and another is coming from nonfiction text. Teachers can use this resource to provide an overview or to have students use as a reference as they begin to write for two different tasks. Resource comes with slide

Follow these slides and show students how to craft an explanatory piece. Whether it is a situational or a quote they are writing, these slides will easily direct students in the "how's" of crafting a successful piece. Show each slide prior to writing. Once they have mastered the steps, provide students with a new prompt and see how they do. One last way to use this powerpoint, is to have students complete the samples. Then check out the original pieces and see how close they came. Product conta

Here is an excellent "color coded" product to help and teach the "How's " of writing a strong Narrative/Speculative piece for all learners. It will especially support the struggling writer by visually showing aspects of strong writing, and the advanced writer who should utilize effective compositional risks. For example: what a lead looks like, background narration, descriptive words, transitions, plot development, use of dialogue, and strong stylized writing. Use this product in multiple ways

Here is a 13 step product to guide students as they work through a script writing activity. A suggestion is to place students in groups of 4 unless, they are currently in these small groups. Hand out the product to each group and discuss the steps. Allow students to work through the steps on their own. You may want to set up time frames so that students are monitored within a 40 minute session. Check their status after 14 minutes to ensure time is spent effectively. Or use as you wish! Enjoy! V

There are over 25 passage related prompts to help your students practice a skill: character trait, mood, setting, problem, theme, and details. Students carefully read a passage from a novel and complete the task of finding a quote. Once students have identified a line from the passage they continue to explain WHY the particular line or quote satisfies the prompt. This must be completed in at least 4 or more sentences. To support student learning and close gaps, students require practice and lots

"Inside Out" a wonderful short story by author of "The Circuit" Francisco Jimenez. If your students have read "The Circuit," this companion short story is a MUST read! Students will have a much closer view into the life of a migrant child who attends school. The author provides a touching tribute to his early life. Children are challenged to read on multiple levels, while considering higher thinking topics. 28 questions and writing opportunities characterize this resource. It may be used indep

Here is a generic collection of worksheets to add to your unit on Media Literacy so students can gain a deeper understanding of the phenomena of "Fake News" and its related components. Whether you decide to use them all, or select which activity to complete, students will bring their own background knowledge to this topic. There are over 25 pages in this resource. One suggestion is to have students trade articles they write and highlight areas deemed questionable. Encourage group discussions on

Here's a very basic and easy to use activity for students learning or reviewing ideas about science fiction or fantasy stories. Share the general background about both these genres. Then have students read a sci-fi and a fantasy, and complete the handouts. Within a single page students will easily identify the important ideas. Ideal for foreign language teachers too! NOW includes an additional page filled with "sci-fi type words" and "fantasy type words" to help students craft their own stories,