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I created this reader's theater for my Newcomer English students to accompany our unit on emotions. There are 8 speaking parts. The lines have small pictures next to them so students have a visual aid.

This packet includes a lesson plan and all of the materials your students will need for a Project-Based Learning project about American Romanticism. In the project, students research different American Romantic writers, including all of the Fireside Poets. They then plan a dinner party for these individuals, incorporating their background information and famous literary works. For other Romanticism resources, visit my TPT store. Whitman "I Sit and Look Out" Emily Dickinson WebQuestA Romant

Use this cloze reading activity to help your students prepare for the ACT Work Keys Business Writing Test. This is a note written from the leaders of a marketing company thanking their employees for a successful year. Students will read the letter and fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank. Includes an answer key.

Use this close reading activity to help your students prepare for the ACT Work Keys Business Writing Test. This is a note written from principals to teachers concerning professional attire. Students will read the letter and fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank. Includes an answer key.

Use this extended anticipatory guide to pique students' interests prior to reading Tara Westover's Educated. This anticipatory guide includes sentence stems for a dyad share about each statement. After reading, the students will return to the anticipatory guide and reflect on whether or not their opinion on the statements has changed. This activity is thought-provoking and encourages student interaction and participation. The sentence stems are a great support to English Learners who may be in

Use this close reading activity to help your students prepare for the ACT Work Keys Business Writing Test. This is a note written from principals to teachers concerning requesting days off and Covid-19 mitigation strategies. Students will read the letter and fill in the blanks using the words from the word bank. Includes an answer key.

This is a 16-part readers' theater script about the Inuit Native American tribe. My second grade class turned our classroom into an Inuit village and performed this readers' theater for parents and other classes in our school. It touches on the different roles that the Inuits had to fill.

I used this readers' theater with my high school Newcomer students to practice talking about their families. Within the script, there are some blanks that the person talking needs to fill in to make the information accurate.

This WebQuest is perfect for students to independently build their background knowledge about one of America's most famous poets!

This activity was designed for my English 11 class. The activity was created for students to reflect on the sorrows in the world before, during, and after reading Walt Whitman's poem, "I Sit and Look Out." First, students reflect on what brings them sorrow. Next, students consider what brings Walt Whitman sorrow. Finally, the students compare and contrast the sorrows that Walt Whitman discusses with the sorrows that they listed previously. The activity can segue into a discussion about the

This is a very basic graphic organizer and pre-writing page for my 9th grade English Learners below ACCESS level 2.0. The packet includes an assignment description, a graphic organizer, and a fill-in pre-writing sheet. The pre-writing sheet covers three paragraphs: introduction and thesis, one body paragraph, and a conclusion.

This book was designed for my Newcomer students to illustrate and write about their family members by filling in sentence frames.

If your English Learners are like mine, it's difficult for them to figure out how to form a cohesive paragraph. I find that my students often have big jumps of logic in their writing. On this practice page, the students are given three topic sentences in a chart, along with a list of twelve sentences. The students must cut and paste the sentences into the correct category by using the topic sentence as a guide. The students can then see how the topic sentence informs the reader of what that pa

Students will practice measuring to the nearest inch by measuring various classroom objects and an object of their choosing.

Students will sort keywords used in word problems and determine if the word is dealing with addition or subtraction.

This document includes the directions for a three paragraph character analysis essay. It also includes a pre-writing/ graphic organizer page for students to use to help them format their papers.