Jen Hastings

This bundle of resources will help you teach all phases of the research process, from understanding the different types of sources to correctly citing research using MLA format. Everything reflects the most recent MLA guidelines (MLA 8 and 9 follow the same formatting rules.) Research projects are often the most challenging part of the curriculum for both students and teachers. Perhaps now more than ever, students need to be able to find and evaluate sources—and that's only the beginning of wha

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is a BUNDLE: a complete, year-long mindfulness curriculum for high school students. The curriculum features short, simple lessons and practices that regular classroom teachers can teach once a week or every day. The

This resource teaches MLA 9 in-text citations through the lens of a few simple guiding principles. The first part of the resource is the YouTube video. This 7-page PDF corresponds precisely to the video and is intended for students to take notes on while they watch the video. They will then have this guide to refer back to when they are working on their research. Everything reflects the most recent MLA guidelines (MLA 8 and 9 follow the same formatting rules.) The great thing about the video and

This resource was designed to introduce students to the essential skill of synthesis: what it means and how to do it. This resource is perfect for introducing synthesis in AP Language as well as for longer research projects that will require students to synthesize. This product includes the following resources: Link to an instructional YouTube video (15 minutes).A 3-page PDF guided notes template that corresponds to the video.A (mostly) editable Google slideshow that corresponds to the vide

This resource was designed to help students learn the essential skills of summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting directly when working on any research project. The instructional materials emphasize avoiding plagiarism and having a compelling reason for choosing direct quotations. This product includes the following resources: Link to an instructional YouTube video (10 minutes).A 5-page PDF guided notes template that corresponds to the video.A (mostly) editable Google slideshow that correspo

This product was designed to help students learn the skills essential to any research assignment: evaluating the credibility of sources, identifying the elements of a source that are needed to create an MLA citation, annotating sources for the most useful information, organizing that information into subtopics, and creating a works cited page. Everything reflects the most recent MLA guidelines (MLA 8 and 9 follow the same formatting rules.) This product contains six components: A hyperlin

Do your students rely on the same vague words again and again—words like shows, uses, or important? Do they struggle to explain how language works or to express their own ideas with clarity and voice? The Personal Diction-ary transforms vocabulary instruction into a yearlong writing companion. Part reference, part journal, this editable digital notebook helps students develop precision, depth, and confidence as writers and thinkers. Students use it to study diction, tone, and emotion, analyze la

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is a MINI BUNDLE. It contains FOUR months of the most essential mindfulness lessons. This mini bundle is perfect for those who want to start teaching mindfulness but are not ready to commit to a full-year curriculum.

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is the fourth month of a complete, year-long mindfulness curriculum for high school students. It features short, simple lessons and practices that regular classroom teachers can teach once a week or every day. The

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is the first month of a complete, year-long mindfulness curriculum for high school students. It features short, simple lessons and practices that regular classroom teachers can teach once a week or every day. The “M

The most basic skill students need when doing any research assignment is to understand the different types of sources: what they are, when to use them, how to use them, why to use them. If they don't have this skill, they are much more likely to just go onto Google and use whatever they find first without thinking more deeply about where the information comes from or what sources might be most useful to them. Media literacy is arguably the most important skill our students need these days. Knowi

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is the seventh month of a complete, year-long mindfulness curriculum for high school students. It features short, simple lessons and practices that regular classroom teachers can teach once a week or every day. The

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is the second month of a complete, year-long mindfulness curriculum for high school students. It features short, simple lessons and practices that regular classroom teachers can teach once a week or every day. The

This resource is a robust digital lesson package that introduces students to the elements of cause and effect arguments, one of the five main types of arguments. This resource is a Google drive folder that includes the following: Link to an instructional YouTube video (feel free to preview; the video is free on YouTube.)Editable Google slideshow with 13 slides that corresponds to the YouTube video.Editorial mentor text from The New York Times student editorial contest with five guided reading

This bundle contains the resources for a full-length argument writing unit focused around the five types of arguments. In addition to the free introductory lessons, The Building Blocks of Argument and Types of Arguments, the bundle includes in-depth lessons on the five main types of arguments: Factual, Definition, Cause and Effect, Evaluation, and Proposal. EACH of these types of arguments resources is a Google drive folder that includes the following: Link to an instructional YouTube videoEdit

The beginning of the school year is hard for many reasons, but especially because we don’t know our students yet. This can be particularly hard for secondary teachers because we have so many students. With this bundle of student inventories, you can get to know your students more quickly and deeply in each of the following areas: personality, participation, reading, and writing. WHO IS IT FOR? These inventories are for all secondary teachers who want to get to know their students quickly and ea

Quickly and easily start or enrich your independent reading program with this resource to help students identify book genres and discover books they are excited to read. If you want to start an independent reading program in your secondary ELA classes, you are probably overwhelmed by where to begin. If you already have an independent reading program, then you know how challenging it can be to help students find books they will love: there are so many possibilities out there, and teachers

The beginning of the school year is hard for many reasons, but especially because we don’t know our students. This can be particularly hard for secondary teachers because we have so many students. With this personal information student inventory, you can get to know your students on a personal level more quickly and deeply. WHO IS IT FOR?This student inventory is for all secondary teachers and their students. Wifi access and Google accounts are ideal, although the Google Doc can be printed and

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is the fifth month of a complete, year-long mindfulness curriculum for high school students. It features short, simple lessons and practices that regular classroom teachers can teach once a week or every day. The “

Do your students ever feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed? Do your students have trouble focusing? Are they distracted by their phones? Their social lives? Their workload? If you teach teenagers, then your answer to all of these questions is most likely, “Yes!”   This resource is the third month of a complete, year-long mindfulness curriculum for high school students. It features short, simple lessons and practices that regular classroom teachers can teach once a week or every day. The “