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This resource includes a student-facing instruction sheet and a sample poster for an activity designed to help learners review different types of figurative language. The activity works well for afternoons following state testing, as it is interactive while reinforcing key terms. Students should be assigned to groups/pairs and given a specific type of figurative language to master. Each group creates a poster to teach peers about the assigned concept. Afterward, students create worksheets for pe

This poetry guide includes a definition, step-by-step instructions, and an example for both found and blackout poems. Provide these guides as students explore these two forms of poetry using any text you're reading in class!

This ready-to-print dialogue worksheet will teach students how to correctly punctuate and capitalize dialogue. Designed for student use, this resource provides examples of correctly punctuated dialogue and clear demonstrations of how to use standard editing marks directly on the text. Students will practice identifying and correcting errors in dialogue formatting, such as misplaced punctuation marks, missing commas, and incorrect capitalization. An answer key is included for easy grading or sel

I use this reading activity during Jewish Heritage Month, but it works well any time of year. It includes pre-, during-, and post-reading activities that accompany a class read-aloud of The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. In the prereading stage, students research and sketch key terms related to Jewish traditions that appear in the story. During reading, comprehension questions guide them through the text. As a culminating activity, students design their own ‘keeping quilts’ that highlight t

Use this checklist as students decode the NJSLA released rubrics and sample prompts for all three writing tasks: Informative/Explanatory, Narrative, and Argumentative. This can be used throughout the year, or as a review of key terms and elements used in each type of writing.

These cards can be printed and cut-out to use as manipulatives. I've used these at the middle school level to introduce students to morphology at a basic level, and we use these as building blocks to decode more complex, scientific words. I typically start the activity with a small group, providing each student with a whiteboard and challenging students to compete to create as many words as possible with only these cards. I give them a few minutes, and then we review their findings, focusing on

This strategy can be used with peer-editing for mechanics/conventions. Students simply highlight errors in their peer's essay in order to point out mistakes; however, the peer will have to look closely at each highlight to determine the error they made and make the proper changes. It's a great way to make sure students understand the mistakes they make in their writing, rather than just "fixing" them based on what a partner wrote in red pen. Please feel free to make changes to this document to b