POWER Prep

Need a short story that can be read in one period? Looking for an appropriate story to share with your kids for Halloween? Look no further...... A favorite for my 6th graders, this lesson is perfect for Halloween. While you read the scary story "Family Dinner," play scary music to set the mood. The story is sure to engage students. There are questions that follow, that most students will be eager to do after reading the story. This is probably one of my favorite lessons to do with my kids.

Scary Halloween Story for (2 days or double block) There are guided notes for 2 days, as well as pre reading, post reading, during reading activities, and an anticipatory guide. The story is The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe day 1 = point of view day 2 = theme and answer the focus question

Scary Halloween lesson for "The Jigsaw Puzzle" by J.B. Stamper. There is a do now, guided notes, guided practice, a demonstration of learning, stop and jot questions (to lead to theme), pre-reading, and then independent practice with the story where students find the theme and two pieces of evidence to support their theme. The lesson is a little long (~60 minutes), but a lot can be cut out. The longest part will be reading the story. I am planning on doing this lesson on Friday with my kids

Use this OREO to help your students understand persuasive writing. FREEBIE, please rate and check out my other resources for persuasive writing.

Worksheet goes over finding theme in poetry. The packet features guided notes, and guided activities with several poems. Students will practice finding the theme with multiple poems! Answer key is not provided.

Here is a freebie of one of my favorite worksheets I made when I taught 6th grade reading so that you can see some of my work! Teach students all about poetic structure with this packet, where the teacher models a skills and then students practice it! Great for general poetry practice, and poetry units. I no longer have the answers to the guided notes, which is why I am providing this resource for free.

USE THIS AFTER INTRODUCING THE MICHAEL DUNN COURT CASE. if you REALLY need a resource to introduce the Michael Dunn court case (which my students loved, I will upload by request.) Perfect for 7th grade STAAR writing Shows students how to turn a Thesis statement into two strong topic sentences. I used this the second times my students did this assignment. The powerpoint uses different animations to walk students through the steps (highly suggested to buy along with the worksheet) Comes w

Using the Brown V. Board article, teach students how to respond to articles using sentence stems (perfect for LEP and SPED students, as well as struggling readers). This lesson offers scaffolding for struggling students, but can easily be adapted to increase rigor. The worksheet also utilizes AVID strategies (3-2-1 Nonfiction) Request the ppt in the comments section!

I strongly recommend you buy the powerpoint if you buy the worksheet! Teach students the following persuasive techniques: Bandwagon Emotional Testimonial Faulty Reasoning repetition (tested on STAAR) My students learned each technique with a video, they absolutely LOVED this lesson and could apply each technique after their guided notes to a court case we read before on the Michael Dunn trial. This lesson would be great on a day #2 of a persuasive unit, after introducing persuasive writing.

A quick horror story lesson for one day (can be made shorter or longer) This lesson includes two short stories, pre-reading activity, and multiple choice questions for state testing practice (STAAR-Texas). Standard this covers: F19D making inferences with text evidence

Step by Step guide to writing persuasive introductions! Perfect addition to a persuasive writing unit. Contains: Focus questions, key ideas, reflection, and guided notes.

Worksheet and companion powerpoint poetrytopic: gun violence and deathcomes with DOL on separate poemfirst poem can be found by googling PDF Lost Count: A Love Story (if you want students to read along with the video)Ppt comes with videos, and instructions for students

Two articles on sleep paralysis with multiple choice questions for each. Texas 6-8 STAAR aligned questions for F19E (summarizing) independent practiceexpositoryguided practice

BUNDLE!!! (4 lessons in 1 purchase!) Worksheet #1 Step by step guide to brainstorming. EXTREMELY helpful for students taking STAAR writing. This worksheet and the powerpoint that goes with it break down brainstoring for students into understandable chunks. My students loved doing this brainstorming worksheet. Worksheet #2 reading lesson that pairs with the prewriting lesson Worksheet #3 Language arts lesson turning thesis statements into strong topic sentences. EXTREMELY useful for tes

The best worksheet to teach your kids hyperboles! All you have to do is change the teacher name to your name! My students loved this worksheet and so will yours.

Definitions of common text features for expository texts for students to keep!

A nice little reading log you can use to track your students' independent reading. My classroom theme was " Adventure Time" when this was used