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Make a copy, share with your students, and you will have all you need for this creative, powerful project that will allow students to digitally showcase goals (no words allowed). This packet comes with the presentation template for each student, a rubric, an evaluation form, and sign up sheet for presentation day! Don't forget to make a copy of the Google Form (student evaluation also included), as well as the Docs! Please encourage your support staff to model how vision boards are empowering fo

Begin with the Storytelling Project PowerPoint to help outline a storytelling unit for your class. This can be done as a mini-unit or project. On slide 6 of the PPT, open up the links for the following resources: 1. Storytelling Brainstorming Sheet 2. Storytelling Scoresheet for Students 3. Storytelling Rubric 4. Storytelling Narrative Guide Sheet (Clear directions, step by step) All links are Google Docs so you can easily make a copy, adapt, edit, and share with students.

Questions to be used for a back to school lesson on how to conduct a Socratic Seminar. Students read "Superman and Me," by Sherman Alexie and "Charles," by Shirley Jackson. I've included a question stems sheet based on the 9-10th standards for English as well. These question stems could be used in discussions, partner collaboration, Socratic Seminar, or turned into short constructed response tests.

Have you ever found yourself rushing to write a journal prompt at the last minute? I've used my 70 JOURNAL PROMPTS to help engage learners in a variety of ways, which include video journaling, quote responses, reflective pieces, and narrative writing. Real world application is also included! It is adaptable for any grade level! These can also be printed to be used as TASK CARDS!

After being required to use the MEAL plan when I was in my doctorate program, I modified the plan to fit my own teaching of writing for students. Students have had great success with this plan. It takes away the unknown for them and gives them a step-by-step way to write a research paper. It also shows them a connection to college! They love seeing college links and websites! I've added places where you could include local, state, or national college writing center links and images.

This short story project can be adapted for any grade level and allows students an opportunity to choose from a wide selection of short stories, work on multiple ELA standards, and creatively demonstrate their knowledge while allowing for student voice and choice.

Oftentimes it is difficult for students to move away from subjective writing to objective writing. They love to talk about their opinions, thoughts, and feelings - but that is not allowed in objective writing pieces. Follow along with this teaching presentation to guide you as you model for students how to write an objective summary. It includes a preassessment you can use for any article that matches your current teaching unit. I used a New York Times article on teenage empathy, but the assignm

When we go back to school, it is such a busy time for us all! I've created my template for my "Welcome Back to School" presentation to share with you! I've deleted all of the images that I use and have added placeholders for you to go in and add the images you need to tell your story! Includes two icebreaker activities, a dear teacher letter assignment, and a sample daily agenda.

This activity packet is all you need to help your students get started on a Project Based Learning Digital Escape Room. Our students participated in a digital escape room (that I purchased right here at Teachers Pay Teachers) and were so engaged, they asked to complete their own. Once the model was experienced, they were ready to read short stories and challenge their classmates with their very own escape rooms. This is a Word document so you will be able to edit as you see fit for your classroo

Following the research practices of Marzano and vocabulary development, I have created an easy to use, adaptable latin root word organizer for students and teams. After students write the definition and draw a picture representation (or if you digitize, add an image), they team up with a small group to create a list of commonly found words that use the roots. After they have created their list on notecards, they come together as a class and present whole-group until a consensus is made on the to

Questions to be used for the poetry lesson, Refugee Mother and Child, by Chinua Achebe. I've included a question stems sheet based on the 9-10th standards for English as well. 1. These question stems could be used in discussions, partner collaboration, Socratic Seminar, or turned into short constructed response tests.

Do your students often checkout when you put on a clip or video that supports your lesson? This graphic organizer will engage students with specific roles they chose to address the standards/objectives you are reinforcing. After students collect their textual evidence, they move on to their personal connections. Once students complete the evidence building, they share out as a classroom community, taking notes on each others' brilliant insights. After they go through these rounds, they create a

This product is a tried and true Socratic Seminar that can be used with many different texts (novels, informational text, articles, etc.). It can be adapted to use for small group discussions, partner discussions, etc. The second page of the text includes generic Socratic Seminar stems that can be used each week for Article of the Week, a discussion on any text or topic, and can be modified!

This six page project guide includes the following: Our Why (with standards alignment to 9th grade, but can be adapted) Brainstorming A Guide for Writing Development Sign Up Sheet Rough Draft Roundtable Protocol Directions

This Word document download includes a graphic organizer, with a step-by-step outline that will help support all students when introduced to writing a five paragraph essay.

Always wondered how you could keep your students stay engaged while a presentation is being held? I have created an Author's Purpose Score Sheet for Speeches, which allows students to keep track of the purpose, the tone/mood, and to vote on their favorite speeches. This is easy to use and is an adaptable template you can tailor to meet your class size. It will increase student engagement and improve active listening skills! This past year I added the top three speech category. I tally up the res

My students add this to their notebooks on the first day of school!

We use this to record our Newsela progress!

For safety and documentation, it is imperative that we keep a tally on when they leave our class with a pass. This easy to adapt sheet can help keep track of when students leave and then return.