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 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

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

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