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This bundle includes a student-facing handout to use alongside their reading of Kurt Vonnegut's short story, "Harrison Bergeron." The questions focus on identifying and analyzing characteristics of a dystopian society. This does not include an answer key, as questions encourage students to thinking outside of the box and promote class discussion. The second handout is intended for use during and after the class viewing of the short film, 2081. Again, students will focus on identifying and ana

Use this handout as a guide for students as they read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. These questions encourages students to read the text through a dystopian lens, focusing on a variety of dystopian genre elements. There is no answer key provided, as most of the questions can be answered with multiple examples from the text. The questions serve as a great discussion starter in the classroom.

This resource sheet and practice activity are designed to help students move beyond simply “dropping in” evidence and instead introduce sources in a way that builds ethos and strengthens their argument. By comparing weak and strong examples, students see how naming the author or organization, along with briefly establishing credibility, makes their writing more persuasive and trustworthy. The “Try It Yourself” section gives students structured practice using real, researchable sources, allowing

Use this printable after reading the short story, "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut and alongside a class viewing of the short film version, 2081. Students should be assigned groups, each focusing on a different dystopian characteristic as they take notes throughout the film. After the film viewing, this handout guides groups in making a one-slide presentation, closely comparing the illustration of their assigned dystopian characteristic in both the film and the written story. Purchase the

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 handout is ready to print or display for student to use while writing constructed responses. Organized by text type (non-fiction, fiction, and poetry) it provides a list of sentence starters to support students in introducing and explaining evidence in their responses. This is best fit for middle and high school students as they begin to move away from the cookie-cutter sentence frames learned in earlier grades and begin to use a more sophisticate style in their written responses.

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 the novel We Beat the Street by The Three Doctors and Sharon Draper. The PDF includes: A student-friendly 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 Printable bookmarks featuring vocabulary words for each section I like to have each group keep their materials organized in a shared binder, so they can easily refer b

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 form helps students reflect on their performance across different grading categories. I created it after repeatedly encountering frustration around students questioning why a high test score didn’t significantly raise their overall grade, when they often overlooked missing or incomplete assignments in the homework or classwork category. Students complete this independently using our online gradebook, recording the weights of each grading category, and analyzing their performance in each on

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 worksheet is designed to complement a slide deck (included in the bundle) and helps teach students the key skills of writing in a formal style. The activity is inquiry-based: students first brainstorm, individually or in groups, what formal writing does and does not look like. Next, they review sample sentences from a student essay comparing two familiar texts ( The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Tortoise and the Hare). The sentences feature common style errors such as vague wording, informal

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.

This worksheet is designed to be used with any novel-to-film pairing. Students work in groups, with each group assigned one narrative element—characters, setting, conflict, point of view, or plot events—to track throughout the film. As they watch, students collect evidence and make connections to the original text. After the viewing, they compare the two mediums and develop an argument about which version more effectively incorporates their assigned element. This activity fosters critical thinki

This worksheet is designed to accompany a classroom viewing of Stargirl. Students work in groups, with each group assigned a specific narrative element (characters, setting, conflict, POV, or plot events) to track throughout the film. As they watch, students collect evidence and make connections to the novel. After the viewing, students compare the two mediums and develop an argument about which version more effectively incorporates their assigned narrative element. This activity encourages cri

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.”

Print this document double-sided and fold each page in half to create an interactive Black History Month Trivia bulletin board. Students can approach the board and quiz themselves on BHM questions, flipping the page up to reveal the answer. There are 20 questions relating to famous Black Americans, historical speeches, Black literature, and more. A free bulletin title and instruction printable is also available on my storefront!

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