Magical Learning Materials

This is a word document that can be opened up and used to assist students who need extra support with writing their research paper and review of literature for Science Fair Projects. Students need only to follow along the template to insert their information. This word document can be easily formatted to fit the expectations of the teacher. This also includes a graphic organizer to write the review of literature

Students will take a small but powerful excerpt from a text and analyze it through annotation and discussion to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read a text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and take part in a student led and teacher facilitated dialogue involving text dependent questions. A close read will benefit any classroom and lends itself to the Common Core s

The students take a small but powerful excerpt from "Walk Two Moons" and analyze it through annotation and discussion to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read the text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and take part in a student led and teacher facilitated dialogue involving text dependent questions. A close read will benefit any classroom and lends itself to the Co

This is a template that I have the students use to find facts that they will put into a research paper. The students have found it very helpful when writing their research paper and in the creation of their bibliographies.

This has been a very helpful organizer that I use every year with my students for any research paper that we write (Including Science Fair Reviews of Literature) in class and outside of class.

At our school, it is imperative that we consistently monitor our students' progress on the MAP test. I've created a tracking sheet to help teachers better access student scores and performances.

The students take a small but powerful excerpt from "The Hunger Games" and analyze it through annotation and discussion to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read the text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and take part in a student led and teacher facilitated dialogue involving text dependent questions. A close read will benefit any classroom and lends itself to the

The students take a small but powerful excerpt from "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" and analyze it through annotation and discussion to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read the text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and take part in a student led and teacher facilitated dialogue involving text dependent questions. A close read will benefit any classroom and lends it

This is a 3 page document that teaches students how to peer edit body paragraphs with a fine tooth comb. This has been a very effective tool that I have used in the classroom when teaching students how to write an effective body paragraph.

Project Engage-Learn-Grow The students take a small but powerful excerpt from "Jacob Have I Loved" and analyze it through annotation and discussion in order to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read the text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and take part in a student led and teacher facilitated dialogue involving text dependent questions. A close read will benefit an

This worksheet covers the two most important aspects of the opinion Statement: Stating the opinion, and providing three reasons for the opinion. The second page is a review of the structure of a persuasive introduction.

This is a graphic organizer that is used to find and analyze characters in texts for indirect characterization. This serves as a guide to show students how to find quotes that indicate character traits through the STEAL method and analyze the quote for an inferred character trait. This is an ideal worksheet for assisting students in building literary analysis essay.

The students will read John Adams' "Letter on Thomas Jefferson", and analyze it through annotation and discussion in order to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read the text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and take part in a student led and teacher facilitated dialogue involving text dependent questions. A close read will benefit any classroom and lends itself to the

These Level 2, 3, and 4 DOK character question stems to assist teachers in forming questions regarding characterization.

This worksheet assist students in developing their closing sentences in narrative writing. I have found it to be very helpful, especially after students have mastered the structure of a narrative paragraph.

Students will take a small but powerful excerpt from "Oranges" and analyze it through annotation and discussion to gain a deeper understanding. Students will read the text multiple times, making annotations to interact with the text through questioning and forming ideas. They will then discuss their annotations and findings and take part in a student led and teacher facilitated dialogue involving text dependent questions. A close read will benefit any classroom and lends itself to the Common Cor

These chapter questions are for the book, Burials, By Anne Schraff. They include questions at various levels and include answer stems for to differentiate for every student. There are two pages of questions for every chapter.

This is a persuasive essay assignment with a student friendly rubric. This assignment lends itself to research on the topic if desired.

This is a personal narrative assignment and grading rubric that is easily accessible to students. It focuses on the major components of narrate writing as well as the structure.

These are individual or discussion questions for the book, Oliver, published by High Noon Books. The Worksheets offer question stems to help students form their answers.