EdShots

PDF version of a PowerPoint about the poetic form of sonnets and villanelles aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. ELA Benchmark ELA.7.R.1.4

This presentation is a mini-lesson on figurative language in Maya Angelou's poem, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me". This lesson is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. benchmark ELA.6.R.3.1: Explain how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning in text(s). There is also an accompanying Nearpod Activity. You can email me at diameshia.hill@gmail.com for that link.

This graphic organizer serves as a support for students during reading to determine the main idea and supporting details from either the diary or the play. The graphic organizers have tiered levels of support with the one completely filled out being an exemplar.

This graphic organizer is tiered for different levels of support and addresses Florida benchmark ELA.8.R.1.1.

This graphic organizer is tiered for different levels of support in helping students to map out the plot structure for The Diary of Anne Frank, both the diary and play versions.

achievement level descriptors (ALD's) for ELA.8.R.1.1 and ELA.8.R.3.1 - explains what students should be able to do at each achievement level

Anchor chart or handout with terms, definitions and steps for analyzing the central idea or theme of a textCan be used with fiction and non-fiction testCCSS and Florida BEST Standards

note-taking guide for Poetic Forms of Sonnets and Villanelles PowerPoint

These are anchor charts for the 6th grade Mathematics Florida B.E.S.T. Standards MA.6.AR.3.3MA.6.AR.3.4

This graphic organizer asks students to read The Iroquois Constitution and examine it for explicit and implicit political assumptions and beliefs. It also asks to students to briefly analyze the symbolism in the document.

This is an informational sheet, anchor chart, graphic organizer, writing prompt, and rubric all-in-one. This instructional resource is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. Benchmark ELA.8.R.1.2 - Analyze two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.

This is a graphic organizer to use during reading of the novel, The Red Umbrella, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez. The organizer includes questions aligned to the Florida B.E.S.T. benchmarks.

This is a quick introduction of six literary periods (Classical, Colonial, Romantic, Realist, Modernist, and Contemporary) in American literature, designed for middle school English language arts teachers, particularly 6th grade. There is an accompanying graphic organizer as a separate file.

10 Leadership Principles that guide student leadership and culture in Florida's first and only civics academy. Student culture is what we SEE, not what we dream of or wish for. Have a vision for your school? Get student culture right and that vision can become a sustaining reality! Stay tuned for student accompanying student workbooks!

This is a performance task with a scoring rubric for a podcast, PowerPoint or poster project after reading the novel, The Red Umbrella.

Learning arc (lesson plan with suggested student tasks, activities, assessments and equivalent experience aligned with Florida Benchmarks ELA.7.R.2.2 and ELA 7.R.2.3

This graphic organizer was made for a mini-lesson (available as a bundle) from two Native American myths: "The Earth on Turtle's Back""When Grizzlies Walked Upright"The graphic organizer is to facilitate thinking about the patterns, symbols, and character types present in the myths and common themes and archetypes. The mini-lesson is part of a larger examination of cultural characteristics of Native American peoples.

aligned to ELA B.E.S.T. benchmark ELA.6.R.2.3 * accompanied with graphic organizer for Analyzing Authors' Purpose and Perspective

Learning Arc construction framework to ensure alignment between Florida's new B.E.S.T. Standards, students tasks and activities, formative and summative assessments, and equivalent experiences to what students will see on Florida's new F.A.S.T. ELA Progress Monitoring assessment

Learning Arc for Author's Purpose and Perspective: ELA.6.R.2.3