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This paper-based escape room engages students in practicing key grammar and mechanics skills, including compound and complex sentences, capitalization and punctuation rules, spelling, and parts of speech. It includes teacher instructions, an engaging scenario to introduce the activity, and five printable escape room challenges with corresponding answer keys. As students solve each set of questions to generate a code, they’ll bring it to the teacher for approval before moving on to unlock the nex

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

This printable can be used as students read a new poem for the first time. Answering the basic questions of Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How, the worksheet guides students through a basic analysis of any poem.

These student-friendly materials are designed to accompany any novel. The PDF includes: An overview of Literature Circles A template for students to create group guidelines A role assignment sheet for each reading section Color-coded individual role sheets I like to have each group keep their materials organized in a shared binder, so they can easily refer back to previous sections during discussions. Simply place students into reading groups, hand out these Lit Circle resources, and they’ll b

This goal tracker allows students to track their writing goals throughout the school year, categorized into the three types of writing in the CCSS (Narrative, Argumentative, Informative/Explanatory). Each time students write, they will look at their previous writing task and document glows and grows in their writing. Based on those glows and grows, students will write a specific, achievable writing goal for their next writing task.

This PDF printable is designed for the first days of school to help teachers learn more about their students, their general interests as well as their preferences specific to reading and writing. Most questions are quick check-box responses, while a few open-ended prompts give students the opportunity to share additional information that may be helpful for teachers as the year begins.

The first sentence of a narrative is key to hooking the reader and to helping a writer gain momentum in the drafting process. This worksheet is designed for middle and high school students to use before beginning a first draft. I’ve found that when students complete this organizer first, they face less writer’s block, and I rarely hear the dreaded, “I don’t know where to start.”

Use this rubric to assess students with any classroom mock trial. The rubric is out of 40 points and assess student preparation, participation, jury notes, and exit ticket reflections.

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