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Help your students craft strong, compelling arguments with this ready-to-use Persuasive Speech/Essay Outline! Whether they're preparing a class speech or writing a persuasive essay, this printable guide walks them step-by-step through the process with a focus on ethos, pathos, and logos. What’s Included: Student-friendly planning sheet for organizing persuasive writingSpace to gather and cite evidence using credible sources (.org, .gov, .edu, Newsela, etc.)Prompts for building ethos (credibili

This digital download is perfect if you want something fun and festive when tracking student birthdays. I recommend printing this poster at Walgreens, CVS, Office Max, etc.

This engaging and powerful resource helps students personally connect with Night by Elie Wiesel through thoughtful journal prompts, symbolic visuals, and emotional reflection. Perfect for middle and high school students, this reflective journal supports close reading, critical thinking, and empathy while guiding students through each chapter of the memoir. What’s Included: Reflective journal prompts for each chapter (minimum 8–10 sentence responses)Companion reflection for the documentary One

Help students build stronger discussion and writing skills with this engaging academic vocabulary poster/ printable resource! Respond with Confidence explains key higher-order thinking terms students frequently encounter in English Language Arts and Social Studies classrooms, including identify, evaluate, reflect, compare, contrast, summarize, infer, analyze, justify, and synthesize.Each term includes: A clear student-friendly definition A simple “how-to” explanation An example question to

Add this cute pink and Purple Hearts themed Punctuation Marks Poster/Handout to your classroom! This poster includes the punctuation mark, its definition, and an example of how to use the punctuation mark. It can easily be uploaded and printed at a local printer OR can be printed out as a handout for students!

I created this poster/handout for my classroom to help my students follow basic MLA format rules. I have this poster printed (at my local Walgreens/CVS) and laminated on my board for our writing units. I also print this pdf as a handout for the students to have their own copy! I also LOVE the colors and wanted the poster to brighten up a dark classroom.

I created this test to be used in my classroom as an assessment for Part 2 of Angie Thomas's novel, On The Come Up. In my classroom I have students at all levels, so I created 3 versions of this assessment WITH an answer key for each! 1. Level 1 - approaching grade level - with 3 m/c choice options and word bank for characters/quotes. 2. Level 2 - at grade level - with 4 m/c choice options and word bank for characters/quote, short answer questions, and two extended response questions. 3. Level

I created this test to be used in my classroom as an assessment for Part 1 of Angie Thomas's novel, On The Come Up. In my classroom I have students at all levels, so I created 3 versions of this assessment WITH an answer key for each! 1. Level 1 - approaching grade level - with 3 m/c choice options and word bank for characters/quotes 2. Level 2 - at grade level - with 4 m/c choice options and word bank for characters/quotes and short answer about conflicts and wrongdoings. 3. Level 3 - above gr

Help your students feel confident and prepared during classroom discussions with these easy-to-use Socratic Seminar Discussion Starters! This printable resource gives students meaningful sentence stems to support respectful conversation, critical thinking, active listening, and academic discussion. Perfect for middle school or high school ELA, theology, history, literature circles, AVID, or seminar-style discussions, these prompts encourage all learners to participate with confidence. This res

I was looking for a way to teach my freshmen theme and I thought, why not use fables and Disney movies that they all know! This activity requires students to identify the main idea that the author is trying to convey (or moral of the fable) AKA the theme of each story. The answer key is included!!

I keep this poster at the front of my classroom, so that my students are reminded of other ways to respond to the question if they don't know the answer.

Yearbook Weekly Work Log I created this weekly work log for my yearbook students, so that they can be in charge of their work and progress on their page assignments. I keep the work logs in a tray and the students pull them each day and fill in the chart for the day. I check their progress on the work log and on the program. I love how I can see what they need and their goals that they set for themselves each day.

Great Organizational Tool to use in yearbook class.

I used this activity with my students after reading part 1 of the novel, On The Come Up. It fit perfectly with the time of year and was a great Valentine's Day activity. Students created Valentine's Day cards to one character in the perspective of another character. It was a great way for my students to practice creative writing and demonstrate their knowledge of the text/characters. The graphic organizer is included to help the students brainstorm characters who have a "crush" on others and ge

I print out this poster and laminate it. Then, as we are in our textbooks or novels, I use a dry erase marker to write what page we are on. I hang this on the board in the front of my room. My visual learners absolutely love this.