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Worksheets to go along with eight Youtube videos from the American Theatre Wing that allow students to explore careers in theatre that aren't acting. Links to every video in the play list that corresponds with the worksheet. Keys included! Can be assigned for independent work or watched as a whole class.

This slideshow begins a discussion on whose perspectives we are getting in our ELA textbooks. I created it for a personal narrative unit. It starts with demographic information of the world population, then I assign students sections from various ELA texts/curriculum that we use in grades 9-12. They are asked to consider the author's continent of origin, religion, pronouns, and wealth/class status. They can look through the books to find the information. Then, we combine all of what they find on

This was used with "All Together Now" by Barbara Jordan, but can be adapted very easily for any persuasive letter to a government official. This worksheet includes instructions, examples, steps for finding contact information and addressing a letter, and a graphic organizer.

This document has a printable booklet that contains 42 creative writing prompts for throughout the year. They are set up with Focus Correction Areas (FCAs) for length, relevance, and a blank FCA for you to assign a certain skill, grammar focus, etc. This can be used as often as you'd like to introduce, practice, or review a skill or just as a general bell ringer to get students writing. They can have choice between all prompts, or you can assign certain ones. The possibilities are endless :)

This slideshow includes examples for seven types of poems with assignment information and other resources for students to ultimately submit a portfolio of written poems.

This packet contains multiple examples of texts with questions about short story elements, characterization, structure, POV, etc. The packet ends with a TDA practice based on the final short story.

TDA information that begins with prompts, then textual evidence, and moves to writer longer and more in-depth responses. Uses RACES strategy.

This project instructs students in writing a research essay on a mythological character, including an outline, rubric, additional "Character Interview" exercise, and peer review worksheet.

This chart encourages students to connect a real-life example of mob mentality with the teleplay "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." An article on the Rosewood Incident to use is included.

Narrative writing to be done after reading "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

"Elaboration Is Adding Branches" encourages students to vary their sentence structure and include more details in their writing. It can also make for a nice poster for the classroom walls :)

This document contains five assignment worksheets that each require eight skills to be completed on IXL. Students track their own progress through the skills and have the option of working hard enough to earn bonus. This is best assigned over the course of a few weeks and students can work on it on Fridays, sub days, when they finish early, etc.

This packet introduces the idea of literature circles and provides the roles worksheet to prepare for each discussion.

This slideshow contains 22 prompts to respond to reading on aesthetically pleasing slides. Useful for independent reading days to check comprehension!

This can be used as an introduction to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe to annotate the first few paragraphs, focusing on mood and unreliable narrator.

This worksheet introduces a few rules of using quotation marks in writing and provides practice questions.

Handout on how to properly embed quotes, structurally and grammatically.

This is a great way to start the school year with a project that introduces you to who your students are, and doubles as a decoration for your classroom :)

This document contains two graphic organizers/outlines for writing a compare and contrast essay, one for the Block Method and one for the Point-by-Point method.

This is a group project for Public Service Announcements and the rubric for grading.