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This slide deck includes twenty basic literary terms, defined on each slide. Designed for collaborative groups to find evidence from ANY novel or story, students will be able to see ideas of other students and learn from them. When students see ideas and examples from common text, it helps to enhance the understanding and discussion on what literary terms actually mean in application. The same slide deck could work for individual literature circle groups of four or less students instead of an e

This quick and simple activity helps me get to know students, creates a way to randomly call on students and sort them into small groups in unique ways. This is a digital index card with a twist. I tried it during the start of the year for distance learning and my students enjoyed it! I created this because often students have their screens off for distance learning and I was worried I would call on the same students repeatedly or find it difficult to get to know students. So, this is my solut

Designed for motivated students in both distance learning and classroom learning modes, this slide deck can work with any novel or extended reading selection. Students work collaboratively on one slide deck. Each group of students has one of four clearly defined roles: discussion director, character development leader, literary devices leader, and close read leader. After completion of the assigned slide, students move through and use the other slides to have a discussion, adding notes as the

Useful to parents and teachers who are suddenly learning from home, the distance primary resource journal is a useful tool to allow students to record their own history of this unprecedented pandemic in our world. The assignment is very open-ended and allows students and teachers to adjust in a variety of ways. I hope you find it useful in educating the kids we all miss so much!

With hopes of returning to discuss the books, this is an interactive reading log on Google Drive that students record the book and author, number of pages, a one-two sentence summary, and one-two sentences about who would enjoy the book. Please use or modify it as needed. Stay safe out there!