Devin Plaas

This is a common core aligned unit that uses fairy tales to explore multiple cultures. It includes daily plans, standards, objectives, and activities for 2 weeks worth of classes. It is designed for 9-10th grade but could easily be adapted for any age group. It is heavily writing focused. The font is avaliable on dafont.com If you have any questions or comments, please let me know! ***1/4/17 This product has been updated to include several more stories and details. Be sure to redownload!

This is a fun and easy activity to use after viewing the School House Rock video, "Mr. Morton." It includes the lyrics, and 5 questions as a quick comprehension check.

This is a creative writing activity for the novel Bridge to Terabitha. It is aligned with Common Core standards.

This is a creative writing unit that is based on Lewis Caroll's "Alice in Wonderland." It includes a pre-writing activity, pre-test, several writing activities, as well as a final text over the whole novel. It culminates in a final activity of having students create their own "Wonderland" in which they host their own "mad tea party." If you have any questions or feel like you are missing details, please let me know! ****Updated to correct overlap of activities! I'm so sorry for this!

This is a vocabulary notebook inspired by Robert Marzano's "6 Steps to Better Vocabulary Instruction." Students use this notebook to write their vocabulary words, create a definition for it, draw a picture or symbol that represents the word, and add notes to the word. The notes can be using the word in a sentence, writing synonyms, or anything that you find helps your students remember! My students LOVE being able to draw pictures while studying vocabulary and it really helps them remember th

This is a project designed for students' outside reading novel. There are 5 options for the project as well as a literature form to complete on the novel. Also included is a rubric for the project and the literature form.

This file has four quizzes for the book "Boy" by Roald Dahl. These quizzes include recall as well as predictions, personal connections, creation, and explanation.

This is a Tic-Tac-Toe final project for the book "Boy" by Roald Dahl. It includes 9 different project options for students to select from to demonstrate their understanding of the story, ranging from literary discussions, to travel brochures, to interviews with the author. The variety of options will allow all students to have success!

This problematic perspective activity was designed for a middle school Language Arts class reading On the Banks of Plum Creek, a Laura Ingalls Wilder novel about traveling to the West in a covered wagon. This activity would allow students to work together to gain perspective, ask questions, and think critically. This activity is aligned with Common Core state standards

This quiz was designed to be taken after the first 6 chapters. The questions are higher order level thinking questions that cover the first 6 chapters.

This is a missing assignment log for students to fill out when they do not have their homework. It requires them to tell you WHY they are missing the assignment.

This is a cute sheet to pass out at the start of the year. It encourages students to bring in materials to decorate an "Inspiration Board." This allows students to feel involved in the creation of the classroom environment!