Queen HGK

This PowerPoint, created by an AP Seminar teacher and national scorer, breaks down the 2 tasks on the AP Seminar End of Course Exam to help students more successfully answer the prompts.

Included is a colorful and engaging 61-slide PowerPoint with 30 different brainteasers and riddles that require students to read carefully and think outside the box. Each riddle takes up 2 slides. The first slide for each riddle shows the riddle and directions for students. The second slide for each riddle posts the riddle and the answer.

Power Point with basic writing strategies - intended to target score boosting skills for students struggling to meet benchmark standards through the FSA (Florida) Writing Test, but the score boosters are easily adaptable to any formal writing situation.

Easy-to-read and follow descriptions of the Kagan strategies that I use most often in the classroom. There are 28 different strategies included.

In Florida, our writing benchmark test is a 120-minute long synthesis essay task. Students have to read provided texts and write a formal essay to answer the expository or argumentative topic. This resource is a step-by-step plan for students to successfully complete the task. The included materials here are a Power Point that explains the steps and a student handout note sheet. * If you like this, checkout the Kahoot I made with writing questions! GO to www.kahoot.com and log in or create a

Students tend to be very motivated by social media and music, so I created a thematic workshop comparing a strong FSA Writing essay to a song remix. This workshop includes a PowerPoint and a student note sheet. * If you like this, checkout the Kahoot I made with writing questions! Go to www.kahoot.com and log in or create a free account. Search QueenHGK to find the Writing Remix Kahoot.

Unit for the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. Includes preview activities, act by act reading activities, quizzes, formal and creative writing assignments.

Throughout my career, my 9th and 10th-grade ELA students have struggled with coming up with strong supports for argument essays. After a great deal of frustration, I created Freeze Tag Debate, an informal debate structure that encourages the class as a whole to come up with pros and cons to support topics. The version included in this product has 7 different student-friendly topics to debate. This strategy includes accountability for each student to be involved in the debate while preventing

Student Self-Assessment Tools BundleHolley Kimble - Teachers Pay Teachers - QueenHGKOne of the most necessary tools for student skill growth is a combination of reflection and formative assessments. One helpful strategy that I have implemented is mid-lesson student reflection using color-coded categories to demonstrate skill acquisition. Included: Color coded 11x17 poster that explains the four levels of skill development · RED for Novice · YELLOW for Apprentice · BLUE for Practitioner · GREEN

Unit includes act by act close reading activities, assessments by act and final assessments, creative and formal writing activities and popular song connections to use throughout the play. Also included are analysis activities for scenes from film interpretations of Hamlet.

This is a strategy that I have used successfully in my high school classroom for several years, but it is easily adaptable for any grade level. By giving students a voice in the "rules" creation, they have more ownership in appropriate behaviors. This file is a 4 slide PPT with directions for coaching students through the process of creating classroom norms.

Here are the details to implement a writing portfolio management system in your high school ELA department. Directions, log sheets, and reflection activities are included.

This is a discussion strategy to bond teams or make new groups more comfortable with each other. *Download my FREE student-friendly Kagan strategies PPT in the store*

Free Kagan-style desk labels