The Scholars' Spellbook

This Power Words Wall is a helpful classroom resource that highlights important reading and writing vocabulary students commonly see in prompts and texts. The words include key story elements, academic vocabulary, and common prompt words that students need to understand when responding to reading and writing tasks. Directions Print out the document. Cut out each page. Arrange and display them on your wall in a way that works best for your classroom. Feel free to organize them creatively by gr

This ELA Reference Guide is a helpful resource students can keep in their folders all year long for daily classroom use. The guide includes support for TIDE paragraph writing, parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, figurative language, essay elements, writing transitions and phrases, parts of a story, and basic computer help. Each section provides clear explanations to help students remember key concepts and apply them in their work.

This Introduction to Night by Elie Weisel slideshow provides students with the background knowledge they need before beginning the memoir and in the first chapter. The resource includes a presentation, web quest, vocabulary activity, student unit packet, and a current-events connection article to help students understand the historical context and themes of the text.

Make test prep engaging and effective with this collection of ELA State Test Review Activities! Designed for the week leading up to state assessments, students practice important multiple-choice strategies through interactive activities, collaborative games, movement-based review, and test-style questions. These activities reinforce skills such as eliminating incorrect answers, identifying keywords, citing evidence, and choosing the best answer using reasoning and text support.What's Included:Mu

Help students develop the communication skills they need for meaningful classroom discussions with this engaging reading passage and activity set. Mastering the Art of Discussion teaches students the difference between debating and collaborating, the importance of active listening, and how body language can impact communication.This resource is perfect for preparing students for Socratic Seminars, literature circles, classroom discussions, collaborative learning activities, and speaking and list

This resource includes a Newspaper Front Page Template and a TIDE Paragraph Writing Guide to help students connect events from a text to real-world issues, themes, or historical ideas. Students create a newspaper-style front page that is designed to work with any novel or text. This activity helps students practice text evidence, real-world connections, and structured paragraph writing in an engaging way.

This TIDE Power Words Wall is a helpful classroom display designed to support students as they write strong, organized paragraphs. The word cards include useful sentence starters, transition words, and academic vocabulary that students can use when writing. One suggested setup (how I designed it in the included photo) is organizing the words into four color-coded columns that match the TIDE structure (Topic Sentence (green), Important Evidence (yellow), Detail (orange), Ending (red)) so stud

14 page assignment for a substitute day, early finishers, emergency lesson plans, or independent work time. This 7th Grade ELA Busy Work Packet provides students with meaningful reading and writing practice while requiring little to no teacher preparation.This packet includes a variety of standards-aligned ELA activities designed to reinforce important literacy skills such as reading comprehension, vocabulary development, figurative language, grammar, writing, critical thinking, and creativity.

Bring pop culture into ELA with this Met Gala-inspired visual analysis activity that helps students practice interpreting visuals, analyzing meaning, and identifying themes, just like they do when reading literature! Students practice two key ELA skills: Literal Interpretation (What You SEE)Students identify observable details and facts they can point to in the visual. Figurative Interpretation (What it MEANS)Students analyze deeper meaning, symbolism, themes, and messages communicated through

This Classroom Jar Reward System is a simple and engaging way to encourage positive behavior, participation, and effort in the classroom. Students earn items to add to the jar by demonstrating behaviors such as staying on task, participating, showing kindness, and working hard. As the jar fills, the class works together toward a shared reward or celebration. Once the goal is reached, the jar resets and students begin working toward the next class reward. Directions Print the resource pages. C

This Unit Introduction Presentation for The Things They Carried helps students build important background knowledge before beginning the novel. The presentation introduces students to Tim O’Brien and his experiences connected to the Vietnam War, providing historical and personal context that helps students better understand the stories in the book. Students also learn about O’Brien’s writing style, the themes explored in the novel, and what they can expect as they read which they then engage

For this assignment, students created one-pagers to show their final understanding of a key theme or literary element from Romeo and Juliet. Clear expectations and examples of work are provided, and I used this task to assess their comprehension of the unit in a creative way by illustrating a significant moment from Romeo and Juliet including a written analysis. An example template is provided for students, as well as the full informative presentation and student handout of instructions

The lesson begins with an introduction to juxtaposition, where students learn how contrasting ideas, images, or situations are used in the text. Students review examples from the chapters and discuss how these contrasts highlight the changes in Eliezer’s experiences and the growing tension in the story. Students then rotate through three analysis stations, each focusing on a different literary device found in the text. Activities are included for each station: Station 1 – Figurative Language:

This Final Project for Night by Night allows students to reflect on the memoir through both visual and written analysis. Students first participate in a gallery walk, (handout included) where they explore different ideas, themes, and perspectives from the text. During the walk, students take notes and reflect on the topics presented. After the gallery walk, students choose one idea or prompt to write about in a written reflection. Students then complete a visual component connected to the

This Final Project for The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien asks students to create blackout poetry using passages from the novel. Students select meaningful words and phrases from the provided text and black out the remaining words to form a poem that reflects important themes, emotions, or experiences from the story. The resource includes selected passages for poetry creation, clear instructions on slides and printable handout, and video and photo examples to help guide students through t

Students read and listen to the story, then learn about PTSD and how trauma and memory influence the way stories are told in the text. The lesson also introduces students to nonlinear story structure, helping them understand how O’Brien moves between past and present throughout the chapter. In a group analysis activity, students examine their copy of the story and label paragraphs as NOW (present), PAST, BOTH, or NEITHER to better understand how the narrative shifts through time. Students t

This Introduction to Shakespeare Presentation provides students with the background knowledge they need before beginning a Shakespeare unit. The presentation introduces students to William Shakespeare, the structure of his plays, and the basics of iambic pentameter. Students will also learn about important aspects of the Elizabethan Era, including marriage traditions, family expectations, social classes, and the societal hierarchy during Shakespeare’s time. The presentation also includes em

This 11 page no-prep resource includes reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking activities that can be used throughout the year. Perfect for substitute days, emergency lesson plans, early finishers, independent practice, review days, homework, or extra support, this packet provides meaningful work that helps students strengthen core ELA skills while working independently.What's Included:Reading comprehension activitiesVocabulary practiceFigurative language reviewGrammar and l

Designed to accompany the film adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun, this resource helps students stay engaged while watching and encourages them to think critically about the characters, conflicts, themes, and important events throughout the story. Students answer comprehension and analysis questions as they watch, helping them track key plot points and deepen their understanding of the Younger family's dreams, struggles, and decisions.What's Included:Guided viewing questionsCharacter analysis pro

This figurative language quiz checks students’ understanding of different types of figurative language. It includes matching and multiple-choice questions where students identify examples and match them to the correct type of figurative language.