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High interest introduction to poetry Show students how rap and poetry go hand in hand Includes a worksheet with the ten rap verses and table for students to fill in with their guess: Did Shakespeare or a hip hop artist say it? After students complete their guesses, you can go through the presentation with them - deconstructing all ten verses one at a time Includes artists Eminem, Tupac, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and more

This is a great list of commonly used prepositions for students to use as reference. Comes in two sizes! Perfect to either make copies and have students keep their list accessible to them when studying prepositions and phrases OR try laminating them and putting them on a binder clip! A classroom set of this Handy Dandy List of Prepositions will HELP you and your students! :) Bonus Buy: Comes with Classroom Labels of Groups 1-6

Students are able to take what they've learned about Greek Mythology and create their own god or goddess! Page 1: Brainstorm details about their Mythological character Page 2: Get creative and draw character Page 3: Narrative plot diagram to plan the character's story Page 4: Rubric for easy grading

45 Task Cards - Students are given sentences and asked to identify one of the following types of phrases: prepositional, adjective, adverb, appositive Make copies for all students or laminate a class set and hole punch them to fit on a binder ring!

Handy cheat sheet for identifying adjective and adverb phrases. These work great for student copies or print them out on colored paper and laminate them! Students will love having easy access to this step-by-step card that will help them practice identifying Adjective and Adverb Phrases.

Students are given multiple prompts to work through as they convert the prompt into a question. From there, they will develop a thesis and then a topic sentence for three body paragraphs. Suggestion: Do the first 1-2 examples with class (pg 1). Allow them to do examples 3-4 with a partner (pg 2) and then the examples 5-6 on the last page independently (pg 3). Perfect for when you may be out for multiple days or assigning over a longer period of time for homework.

Bundle of writing prompts put together in the form of a journal Perfect for class openers / daily warm ups Page 1: Cover - Students are in charge of dating their first entry, last entry, and due date - Big Q: What can cause a sudden change in someone else's life? / Essential Q: How do writers use language and organization to convey information through the use of relevant content? Page 2: Journaling expectations and rubric Pages 3 - 11: Daily journal prompt with plenty of room for students to wr

Students can ultimately use books, lyrics, and suggested websites to complete their poetry scavenger hunt. www.poetryfoundation.org www.shadowpoetry.com www.poemhunter.com www.poets.org Perfect for when you have a sub over multiple days or as a week long homework assignment.

You can either give students their own copy and have them cut up the 30 task cards to quiz themselves and classmates OR you can laminate and cut a class set! Task cards #1 - #10: Identify the preposition in the sentence Task cards #11 - #20: Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence Task cards #21 - #30: Identify the object of preposition in the sentence

Students love comparing and contrasting two music artists for their informational! High interest! You can use any artists you want but some of the ones I provided for students included: Beyonce, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Tupac, Michael Jackson, and Elvis Presley. The first page allows them an organized process for taking their notes from sources into two columns: similarities and differences. The second page is an aid to help them organize these findings in an outline. This includes an

This is a great list of commonly used prepositions for students to use as reference. Perfect to either make copies and have students keep their list accessible to them when studying prepositions and phrases OR try laminating them and putting them on a binder clip! A classroom set of this Handy Dandy List of Prepositions will HELP you and your students! :)

"Stinky Feet" Point Value Cards Cut these up and you're ready to use these for students to play any type of game in the classroom. Point Values include: -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5