InterrobangTeaching

This is an activity I used to reinforce fraction operations in my 6th grade math class. The students created a class recipe book by each bringing in three of their favorite recipes. They had to include a list of ingredients, as well as instructions for doubling, tripling, or halving the recipe. They had a lot of fun designing their book covers and pages, adding in cooking tips and kitchen advice, and assembling the class book. They each received a copy to take home- and many of them brought

Poor punctuation is one of the first indicators of weak writing ability. This lesson plan strives to celebrate National Punctuation Day (September 24th) by reviewing the purpose and use of various forms of punctuation. It involves a punctuation scavenger hunt that gives students a review of the different marks, introduces students to lesser known punctuation marks (such as the interrobang), incorporates the use of youtube, and lets students exercise their own creativity by inventing their own

This is a great "facebook" review activity template for any book or story called "tracebook", since the students are "tracing" the events of the plot and information about the characters. The page contains places for doing each of the following: -drawing pictures of the main character, climactic event, and setting -reviewing the events of plot (introduction through resolution) -identifying theme and drawing a connection to other stories read with the same theme -giving the "likes" and "dislike

This is a book report I do with my 6th or 7th graders. They choose a book that has won an award- any book of their choice, with my approval. Then they write an award acceptance speech- including details about the plot, characters, and theme of the book, as well as a recommendation of why other kids should read it. The students usually get very into the speech- adding dramatics, music, and sometimes even creating a fake version of the award and having a friend present it to them. Not only do

This is a collection of writing exercises designed for my middle school students, especially for those students who do not enjoy writing. Each of these exercises are fresh and creative, designed to be used either as lesson starters or as writing practice for a number of learning objectives. Each exercise showcases a different element of English or Literature, such as mood, perspective, character, descriptive writing, writing with transition words/phrases, etc.