Hernandez Teaching Workshop

Use this graphic organizer for your students when they are reading any fiction novel. It has them fill in literary devices that they notice their authors making and track if they find the strategy to be effective. It is a great launching point for a short story unit. It can also be used as an assessment tool during a Novel Study.

This is my favorite test prep activity and has never failed me. Students take on the role of lawyers and in groups, receive confidential folders with "clients" who are either guilty or not guilty of bad writing. In each folder, students will receive a photo of their client, a sample Research Simulation Task (but this can be used with ANY writing) and a rubric to score. Students will go through the steps of identifying if their essay is written well or not using PARCC released samples. The attach

Help your students be successful with their DBQ and Mini Q writing tasks. Use this template to help them brainstorm their thesis and reasons as well as extract text evidence necessary. The document is geared towards a three body paragraph essay, can easily add a box for more paragraphs.

Tired of your students not underlining and capitalizing titles of common texts? Give them this quiz! It's a great pre-assessment to see what they know OR a post assessment to ensure they understand the rules. Look for my PUNCTUATING AND INDICATING TITLES note sheet at my TpT store!

Using a method called Writer's TAG, this note sheet explains to students the purpose of a peer conference and a how-to.

The following organizer can be used for ANY assignment requiring students to make a claim, identify the main idea from 1 or more articles, and extract text evidence.

A great tool for getting students started on the writing process for a short story or any creative writing unit. It uses the 4-square method to have students brainstorm the basics of their story.

Attached is a great resource for you to use for students when having them write ANY type of essay. This is a HOW-TO for the basic essay structure.

Assessment used for reading strategy: Making Predictions