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There is a certain freedom in writing. This truth seems to be no better evident than in the example of Anne Frank who kept a diary while hidden in an attic in Amsterdam during World War II evading Nazi soldiers. It also seems to be illustrated in the story of "Freedom Writers". A true story of a young teacher, Erin Gruwell, who was given the assignment to teach a group of anxious white, black, Latino and Asian students in Long Beach, California. When she gave these students journals to write abo

File includes a smart board presentation to go along with the short story "La LLorona, The Weeping Woman" by Joe Hayes. File does not include the story.

Includes poems for analysis of rhyme scheme and parts of speech. Includes smartboard presentation and handouts.

This file includes three texts, "Soccer, the Simple Sport", "Alphabet City Ballet", and "Two Musicians". The texts focus on specific vocabulary. It includes mini-lessons, do nows, and DOLs for comparative/ superlative adjectives. It also includes writing prompts for comparison and contrast topics.

Writing prompts/discussion regarding gender and title IX Vocabulary, countable/uncountable nouns, text about Mo'ne Davis Assessment in response to the text Sports vocabulary, writing prompts, comparative adjectives, argument regarding athletes' salaries

Octopuses are elusive and majestic creatures. They are definitely a student favorite. *Includes Interactive Smartboard informational text with facts about octopuses. *Includes length, weight, speed, habitat, physical characteristics and other cool facts regarding octopuses. *Includes printable PDF storybook allowing students to cutout and color in, in order to interact with the reading. *Includes a powerpoint version of the storybook as well. Enjoy!

Uses riddles and headbanz to teach inferences, a great and fun way to introduce your students to the concept of inferences.

Are you trying to introduce your students to American civics? This Pledge of Allegiance/ American Symbols unit includes vocabulary, matching, pre and post assessments, projects and pictures of American symbols. God Bless America!

History of Chocolate presentation Includes myths, writing activity, vocabulary and two paired texts

Includes interactive smartboard where students use magnifying glass to guess the farm animal. Students then are directed to act like the animal and may press the image to hear the sound of the animal. Also includes cut-out vocabulary cards and a printable pdf version of the smartboard.

Includes quantifiers for uncountable and countable nouns (such as a carton of eggs, a pound of meat, a bag of flour etc.) Includes a game where students may use dry erase boards to identify the phrase (quantifier and noun) in the picture. Uses the games of shoots and ladders. Additionally, includes a pizza ingredient activity where students properly implement pizza ingredients within sentence frames.

Includes short story "The Monkeys Paw" with smart board presentation, activities (including character analysis, identification of details to support theme, background, anticipation guide, writing prompts with sentence frames, etc.)

Smart notebook presentation handout including matching and a writing prompt: Write about a superstition that you or someone else has and what that belief behind the superstition is. • Some common superstitions are . . . • One superstition that (I have /someone I know has) is . . . • The belief behind this superstition is . . . if you _________ you will ______.

Includes prefixes and suffixes game and activities. Uses specific vocabulary, but it can be edited to accommodate any vocabulary you wish to use. Also included are root words and a 2014 year in review prefix/suffix activity.

Practice using prefixes and suffixes

Include smart board mini lessons on spelling rules, pronunciation rules, regular and irregular past tense verbs. Also includes handouts and assessments in regards to past tense tense verbs. Additionally, writing topics and assignments are included within the product.

Includes smartboard presentations in regards to animal habitats, adaptations, food chains and animal emotions. It also includes a text about animal emotions/sense of humor and an assessment. Intended for ESL, but it could be used for Science classes at the lower grade levels.

This product includes a text of "Zlata's Diary", a smartboard presentation including mini-lessons, vocabulary, writing prompts, etc. It also includes a thesis essay writing graphic organizer and a jeopardy game, of course, in reference to the concepts/information learned in the unit (reading comprehension, vocabulary, infinitive verbs, cardinal points, etc.).

This is a unit centered around an essential period of world history known as The Renaissance. It includes key vocabulary which is woven throughout different texts in order to provide students with increased exposure. It includes meaningful lessons and activities to engage students in the learning process. This unit is designed for English Language Learners but may be used in other contexts. It is aligned with WIDA standards and especially focuses on the Language for Social Studies. I hope that y

smartboard magic tunnel homophone activity homophone cut-out activity homophone cut-out pictures, cut-out words and definition page are all to be used together. Students analyze the definitions and match the words to the pictures. Also includes a homophone assessment