Heather Fleming

Includes three products:Product 1: Google Slides to display and guide students through a summative Socratic Seminar that focuses on the Essential Question of the Grade 6 Wit & Wisdom Module 3 over the novel "Blood on the River" and informational text "Written in Bone".Product 2: Handout to be used after reading the historical novel "Blood on the River" before a brief Socratic Seminar.Product 3: Handout to be used to help support students' reading of informational text "Written in Bone." Focuses

Designed for targeted writing practice to focus on writing a solid introduction with a hook and clear thesis statement, a detailed ToSEEC body paragraph, and a clear & concise conclusion. Great for grades 5-8.

Jigsaw activity designed to supplement Wit & Wisdom Grade 6 text "Written in Bone". Pages 1-4 are a student handout that students can use as they read and find evidence in their assigned chapter. Pages 5-7 are teacher materials for instruction and group assignments. Page 8 can be used for students to track discussion during the Socratic Seminar or to use after as a reflection activity.

Designed to help students create a clear claim and organize their evidence prior to a Socratic Seminar over the novel "Blood on the River" as part of the Grade 6 Wit & Wisdom curriculum. Pages 1-2 are meant for the whole class, but pages 3-4 are designed to provide sentence stems for English Language Learners or other struggling readers.

To be used in upper elementary or middle grades as a weekly guide to focus their independent reading. This works well for literature circles and includes a way for them to prepare for weekly Socratic Seminars or discussions.

Targeted practice for writing a clear and concise thesis statement for argumentative essays. It focuses on using the standard thesis equation "CLAIM or STANCE + x, y, z REASONING" but includes a COUNTERARGUMENT. It then provides practice with identifying this structure before practicing with one's own writing. Great for grades 5-8.

Targeted practice for writing a clear and concise thesis statement for expository or informative essays. It focuses on using the standard thesis equation "CLAIM or STANCE + x, y, z REASONING" and then provides practice with identifying this structure before practicing with one's own writing. Great for grades 5-8.

Designed to help students visualize and discuss as they read the first chapters of the historical novel "Blood on the River." Great for grades 5-8 but designed to supplement Wit&Wisdom Grade 6 Module 3 Lesson 2.

Designed to supplement the end-of-module assessment for Grade 6 Wit & Wisdom Module 3 on the hero's journey. Provides clear expectations and a guide to help students choose and practice their scene presentation.

Designed as a group anticipatory activity for the historical novel "Blood on the River." Great for grades 5-8, but designed to go with Wit&Wisdom Grade 6 Module 3 text.

Designed for targeted writing practice to focus on writing a solid conclusion using the Restate-Review-Reflect method. Great for grades 5-8

Designed for targeted writing practice to focus on writing a detailed body paragraph that follows the ToSEEC structure used with Wit & Wisdom. Great for grades 5-8

Designed for targeted writing practice to focus on writing a solid introduction with a hook and clear thesis statement. Great for grades 5-8

Focuses on helping students see how they can create a thesis statement and outline their main body paragraphs prior to writing. Great for targeted practice prior to writing assessments for grades 5-8.

Includes targeted practice for writing a clear and concise thesis statement for expository or argumentative essays. Great for grades 5-8.

This graphic organizer shows students the difference between truly summarizing something and simply retelling the entire thing. Each part of the worksheet walks students through the elements that a good summary has for both a narrative text and expository text. This has been used very successfully within a unit over the Brothers Grimm. The expository text was a short biography of their lives, and the narrative text used was one of several short stories retold by the Brothers Grimm.

Graphic organizer to help students chart any story following the hero's journey.

This is a comparison chart I created to use with two articles that we teach in class (both pertain to the issue of whether or not professional athletes' are paid fairly). Any two articles pertaining to the same issue could be used though. It was designed to follow the author's argument in both articles so students must identify the claim, counterargument, and propaganda techniques used in both. The bottom can be left off or altered, but it was put there as a part of our engagement and wra

This was designed to be used with a play version of "A Christmas Carol" in our textbook but could easily be used for any version. It could also be adapted for other texts as well. It helps students look at major/minor characters, static/dynamic characters, review other plot elements and how they affect one another (setting, climax) etc, and to analyze the theme of the story. My kids had a great time with this when we did our unit on reading and watching multiple versions of the classic.

This is a graphic organizer that I created based off of the methods of characterization. The stair step design was built the way it was to show the importance of these methods (ex: physical traits are at the bottom because they contribute the least to showing us what the character's truly like - what they think, say, and do shows us the most about what they're like). Students are then instructed to find three words to describe the character. As an extension of this, you may have them apply th