Read & Write with Mrs. Register

This student template is meant to be an alternative to the traditional 5-paragraph essay, while still covering the same content and skills required of informational or argumentative writing.  Select a topic for your students to research or focus on or allow them to choose their own topic. Provide them with time to develop interview questions about their topic and to interview others using their questions. They can transcribe recordings of real interviews or could even make up interviews as they

If you are reading The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, these reading comprehension questions can be a useful tool to keep students on track and to assess their comprehension of the text. Organized by the sections in the book ("warm-up", "first quarter", "second quarter", "third quarter", "fourth quarter", and "overtime"), this chart includes reading questions that require deep analytical thinking skills that accompany the poems in the novel that they are listed next to. Space for students to wri

This book brochure is created so that when it is printed it folds up just like a real brochure. Be sure to print with the setting "on short edge" for the desired look. This brochure template includes sections for students to write a book summary, a character analysis, analyze a meaningful quote, make personal connections to the story, and rate and review the book. It's the perfect activity for the end of any novel!

Encouraging your students to use their knowledge of stems/roots and context clues? This resource includes a short reading passage using 11 vocabulary words based on the stems: PseudoMultiMicroBeneExProtoAntiMagniAfter the reading passage, a chart is included for students to fill out using the vocabulary words in the passage. They must identify the stem in the term and then use context clues to write their own definition of the term on the chart.

To engage your students with reading informational texts each week, this "article of the week" activity template can be assigned alongside ANY article of your choosing. The template includes 3 parts (can be printed front and back on one page from 2 Google slides) with specific instructions: "Reading & Annotating the Article", "Writing About Reading", and "Thinking Beyond the Article". Each section allows students to interact with the article in a different way while also connecting it to their

This 3 slide Google Slides presentation includes a graphic organizer activity for students to select a "word of the year" and to reflect upon it and two slides with examples and instructions. This activity is an awesome first week of school activity for any grade level or content area and can create a great classroom display once completed!