Practical Pedagogs

Creative, engaging poster project to compare and contrast the novel and movie versions of The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963! Perfect for a final project after your novel study. With this resource, your students will create a poster comparing and contrasting characters, plot events, and setting in the novel and the movie. You can incorporate technology by having your students create a poster in Google Slides, PowerPoint, or another program. Students can work independently, in partners, or in sm

Introduce, scaffold, and extend the R.A.C.E. writing strategy in grades K-4. Tiered graphic organizers allow for easy differentiation. Each step in this progressive system adds a level of complexity - and students master each element of constructed responses before moving to the next step. With this resource, your primary students will build a strong foundation for using the R.A.C.E. writing strategy as they progress through school. Students will learn to restate questions, provide strong answer

Creative, engaging, ready-to-use poster project to compare and contrast the novel and movie versions of Wonder! Perfect for a final project after your novel study. With this resource, your students will create a poster comparing and contrasting characters, plot events, and setting in the novel and the movie. You can incorporate technology by having your students create a poster in Google Slides, PowerPoint, or another program. Students can work independently, in partners, or in small groups on

Introduce, scaffold, and extend the R.A.C.E. writing strategy in grades 4-8. With this resource, your students will learn to write strong constructed responses through clear explicit expectations. Tiered graphic organizers allow for easy differentiation. Each step in this progressive system adds a level of complexity - and students master each element of constructed responses before moving to the next step. Your students will clearly and concisely restate questions, answer inferential questions,

An engaging, ready-to-use creative writing companion to the book or movie versions of A Christmas Carol. Students will use creative writing skills to write a letter, addressing key plot events, character analysis, and themes. This product incorporates student choice through three different letter types and allows you and your students to have fun with a great story, while staying true to key reading and writing standards. Included in this product: Detailed student directionsDescription of requi

Engage your students and help them fall in love with this classic mystery with these two engaging and ready-to-use resources! This bundle includes our Comprehension Guide and Character Analysis Project for a complete novel study of The Westing Game. The Comprehension Guide provides scaffolding to support your students and increase their comprehension of The Westing Game. Students will track key plot events, make and evaluate predictions, monitor important characters and their quirks and mo

Ready-to-use, rigorous narrative unit centered around a dynamic duo and a current event! Engage your students in the writing process as they work on writing skills and use creative thinking skills. Students will prepare and write a complete narrative, including creating a dynamic duo and selecting a current event as the background of their story. This unit meets all narrative writing standards for grades 5-8. This unit works perfectly as a companion writing assignment to any novel that centers a

This comprehensive product provides scaffolding to support your students and increase their comprehension of The Westing Game. Students will track key plot events, make and evaluate predictions, monitor important characters and their quirks and motivations, and become a resident expert on a focus character. Through engaging in this work, your students will fall in love with this classic mystery. Included in this product: Teacher DirectionsSunset Towers Visual - Students will visualize the setti