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Do your students struggle with HOW to study? Use this tip sheet as a tool to teach them what specific study methods they can use! Have your students try each of these study methods or a combination of all of them to maximize their understanding in any class!

Let's face it, creating a Works Cited in MLA format can be quite complicated and overwhelming, especially from an online source. This tip sheet helps students to understand what information they need to find on a website and include in their Works Cited, plus a checklist so they can make sure that their Works Cited page is formatted appropriately. I even have my students turn in their completed checklist with their papers/projects!

Are your students struggling as to where to begin analyzing primary sources and documents? These 7 questions are inspired by Sam Wineburg's 'Reading Like a Historian' book to help get students in the habit of asking these essential questions when analyzing a text.

A great way to introduce students to citing a claim with evidence from a text while teaching the content! Included are different leveled readings, so that you can differentiate according to ability. This way everyone reads the same text, but does something different with it, allowing them to develop their skills while ensuring they understand the content. In addition to citing evidence from a text, students will work on using MLA in-text citations. I have found this to be a great scaffol

Do you want to push your students into writing more sophisticated claim statements, but they need a little extra guidance to get there? Are they constantly second guessing if their claim statement is good enough? This tip sheet for students was designed because I was tired of getting boring claim statements in my students' writing and then because they were constantly asking me to check their claims (not that I mind giving feedback!). I use it throughout my entire course now to teach students

Do your ever read your student's essays and think "Good example!" only to be disappointed that their explanation of it is lacking? Do your students often skip any form of analysis in their argumentative writing? This tip sheet for students was designed because I was tired of getting writing the same feedback to my students in their argumentative essays ("EXPLAIN this!" or "Good point, but WHY?" or "What's the connection there?"). Good analysis is hard to do in writing, even for adults, and I f