Desert Teaching and Learning

This worksheet can be used with any book or movie. Students are asked to characterize the person by their appearance, thoughts, actions, what they say, and what others say about them. Also includes a body silhouette that you can have your students color to look like the character. For my Characterization PPT click here.For an additional characterization worksheet click here.

A cheat sheet with basic rules for punctuation marks. Geared for Secondary students. Students need to be taught punctuation rules first to be able to use this sheet. For my capitalization and punctuation practice worksheets click here.

All 4 of my Survival Scenario activities are included in this bundle for secondary students. Students are expected to work in groups to survive a challenging life or death scenario. Students are asked to work in groups to survive and make decisions collectively. After they create a plan, you give them an additional tricky situation that will throw a wrench into things. These activities can be used as a "getting to know you activity" or just for something fun throughout the year. Great for

Five worksheets for each area: apostrophes, capitalization, colon-semicolons, and commas. You can use these separately, or as a month long unit (to purchase separately please see my store). Each worksheet includes 15 high-interest sentences for secondary with an answer key included for each. 300 unique sentences total! Great resources for ELL/ESL and SPED students, or just students that need a quick refresher in these areas.

Students are expected to work in groups to survive a challenging life or death scenario. A rogue virus has turned a large population of people into zombies. They must work as a team (4 students) and make a plan for how they will survive. They must choose two boxes of supplies to help them. After they create a plan, you give them an additional tricky situation that will throw a wrench into things. They must now come up with a new plan. This activity is designed to get students working crea

This PowerPoint is for upper secondary students. It uses multiple examples from age-appropriate literature. There are slides that discuss how flashbacks/foreshadowing are used in literature and film. The PowerPoint also discusses rules and reasons each element is used. Also embedded, are two Disney clips that exemplify flashback and foreshadowing. Great for note-taking, review, or the teaching of a new concept to older students. If you are having trouble accessing the embedded videos here t

These lists contain 27 common prefixes and 48 suffixes. These lists are geared towards secondary students. Great for students refer to when learning new vocabulary. You can also delete, add, or modify these lists to suit your needs.

This PowerPoint contains 30 slides with examples and content geared towards secondary learners. This is great for Special Ed students, ESL/ELL students, or students who need a refresher on what a homophone, homograph, or homonym is. There are lots of examples included and would be a great PowerPoint to teach a quick minilesson while having students take notes.

Includes PowerPoints for narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive writing. Lots of examples. Great for note-taking, review, or practice of concepts. Goes through each type of writing step-by-step. Age-appropriate for secondary students who are learning this topic for the first time or need a review. To purchase separately, please see my store.

Students are expected to work in groups to survive a challenging life or death scenario. An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and no one will survive. You must relocate to a distant planet. Students must work as a team (4 students) and make a plan for how they will survive. They must choose a new planet and two boxes of supplies to help them. After they create a plan, you give them an additional tricky situation that will throw a wrench into things. They must now come up with a new plan.

This bundle includes all the PowerPoints needed to teach figurative language to secondary students. Each PowerPoint includes age-appropriate language for older students as well as multiple examples. You can use this to teach it as a new concept or to reteach/review. Each PowerPoint can stand on its own, or be used to teach as a part of a larger unit. Great for note-taking.

Use this in conjunction with the movie "Inside Out" to teacher characterization. In this graphic organizer, students are asked to take notes about each of the characters (Joy, Anger, Sadness, Fear, and Disgust) based on what the character's appearance, thoughts, actions, what they say, and what others say about them.

Students are expected to work in groups to survive a challenging life or death scenario. Their ship has just capsized and they are stuck on a deserted island. They must work as a team (4 students) and make a plan for how they will survive. They must choose two boxes of supplies to help them. After they create a plan, you give them an additional tricky situation that will throw a wrench into things. They must now come up with a new plan. This activity is designed to get students working cr

This test goes along with my punctuation and capitalization materials available through my store, but could be used independently. The test includes 30 questions broken down by section (capitalization, commas, apostrophes, colons, semicolons). The first 26 are multiple choice and the last 4 ask students to correct and re-write sentences. A key is included. Sentences are age-appropriate for secondary students. Students need to have a good grasp on punctuation skills to be able to complete th

This worksheet includes four pre-reading/anticipation questions and 10 short answer comprehension questions that go along with the radio play "The Hitchhiker" by Lucille Fletcher. For my PowerPoint that goes along with the play click here.

This PowerPoint can be used with both middle and upper grades to teach the Hero's Journey Archetype. The Hero's Journey is broken down into 12 steps with information about each step. There is an example on each slide based on the movie The Lion King (1994 original version). Embedded in this PPT is the original Lion King trailer to show students who may not have already seen it. This can be used to teach as an original concept or as a review. Good for note-taking. Can be taught in conjuncti

Word documents containing the set of printable standards for each high school science course (anatomy, biology, chemistry, geoscience, physics, marine science, and zoology). Each standard takes up a standard sheet of white paper, which makes them easy to post in a classroom.

This PowerPoint goes over background information about the life of Poe and reviews some of his most famous works. Each literary work discussed includes a brief summary and excerpt (The Raven, Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Fall of the House of Usher, Annabel Lee, The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum). This works as a good overview PowerPoint before you read any of Poe's works.

Students are expected to work in groups to survive a challenging life or death scenario. A plane crash lands in the middle of the desert. Students must work as a team (4 students) and make a plan for how they will survive. After they create a plan, you give them an additional tricky situation that will throw a wrench into things. They must now come up with a new plan. This activity is designed to get students working creatively together. Use this as a "getting to know you activity", or jus

This bundle includes 4 PowerPoints, 4 sets of worksheets (5 per set), a punctuation cheat sheet, and my punctuation-capitalization test. Topics included in this bundle are capitalization, apostrophes, commas, semicolons, and colons. Each PowerPoint correlates with the worksheets. The test uses sentences from the worksheets. All materials are higher-level and intended for secondary students. Good for review or additional practice. Can be broken up into week long mini-lessons or used as a un