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Looking for a way to "spice up" your grammar activities? These "Sentence Variety" task cards combine two components with sentence variety - critical thinking and group work! This activity expects students to find the 3 other students who have the same original sentence as they have,then in groups they are to determine which of the 4 sentences is the BEST correction of the original. Finally, they are to determine what is WRONG with the other 3 sentences. (fragments, run ons, comma splices/

Need a few *new* fun ways to check for understanding in your classes? Need a quick PowerPoint presentation to get clarification about formative assessment? Then this Professional Development presentation is for you! This presentation contains 29 slides which cover: -The Purpose of Formative Assessment -Fun/Easy Materials for Formative Assessments -Examples of Quick! Formative Assessments -Finding your own resources for Formative Assessments -Creating your own QUICK! Formative Assess

Here's a NEW way to engage your students in identifying and analyzing figurative language to determine author's purpose. This activity combines the critical thinking of figurative language analysis and the fun of modern social media (Instagram) and drawing. It contains 10 different examples of figurative language for students to analyze and draw. Directions for activity: In the Instagram frame below… 1) Identify the type of figurative language provided at the top of the frame. (Simile, me

Tired of the same old "skill and drill" grammar practice? Need a grammar activity that can be used a variety of ways? (Pairs, groups, or individually) Well, today is your lucky day! These "Sentence Variety Matching" cards allow your students to match types of sentences and sentence errors with those sentence constructions. Sentence types include: simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence. Errors include: fragment, comma splice, and run on sentences, This activity has thr

If you need a quick one-pager to teach or review writing concessions and refutations for your argumentative essays, this is the document for you! It is fully editable with the front page being a full example and the second page being a template for students to practice.

Looking for a professional development to help your teachers create a positive classroom culture through clear expectations, procedures, and relationship building? Have a new teacher (or two) who need help thinking through their procedures? If so, this is the professional development for you! No fear, this is NOT a death-by-powerpoint PD--it has multiple opportunities for paired and group discussion and even movement! This 27 slide presentation helps teachers to understand the concept of

Tired of the same old "skill and drill" grammar practice? Need a grammar activity that can be used a variety of ways? (Pairs, groups, or individually) Well, today is your lucky day! This Sentence Variety Snapchat Activity allows your students to create and analyze their own sentences based on engaging photos. Sentence types include: simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence. Analysis includes: subjects, verbs, complete thoughts, and independent / dependent clauses. This a

"Growth is a mindset. Reflection is the catalyst for growth." This three page document is designed to help teachers reflect on their: planning, delivery, collection, grading, feedback, parent/staff support, and remediation/reassessment practices in an effort to increase student success. This template includes 50+ interventions/practices which can be implemented to lead to student success. Teachers can use this FULLY EDITABLE document/template to self assess and grow in their craft. Adminis

Struggling with wordy thesis/claim/position statements from your students? Looking for a NEW way to motivate students to practice thesis writing? This activity provides writing prompts on a fun and familiar Twitter template for students to write their position statement as a tweet! This activity will help drive home the "short and sweet" concept of writing an effective thesis/claim/position statement. This activity includes 5 persuasive prompts and one BLANK template for the teacher to pro

Looking for an engaging activity to help students practice their reading skills or a high quality "back up" lesson to keep for a substitute day? Need some new materials for intervention which aren't from a released test? Want a template and activities to use with reading already in your curriculum? Look no further! This engaging short story ("New School") with reading activities is about a high school senior starting at a new school. There is even a twist at the end. My high school stude

Testing Organizer for School Leaders: Do you struggle with remembering all the little details that go in to effectively planning and administering state and national assessments? #NoJudgement I understand; there are so many moving parts to keep straight. Lunches? Bell Schedule? Blocking off the building? All of that and more is referenced here. Let this 5 page organizer help you remember.

This editable resource contains the lyrics to the song, "Self Inflicted" by Katy Perry which includes multiple types of figurative language including: simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole. This would be an excellent guided or independent practice after having taught these figurative language concepts.

This context clues chart can be used to help students identify and decode new vocabulary words in texts. Teachers can pre-select words OR students can identify new words as they read. Students will use textual evidence to determine the meaning of words, then look up the words to check their accuracy, and finally will track their success. This is perfect for immediate feedback and is used with reading, which is essential for deep understanding and retention. Use with any content where y

Students are to find and analyze figurative language in the novel, Perfect Chemistry. This activity covers the first three chapters of the novel. Page numbers are provided to aid in finding the terms. Then, students must analyze the purpose of the figurative language. Terms include: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, and Personification.