Timeless Teaching Tools

Students will think about their future career goals and aspirations!Students will assess their strengths and reflect on their interests. Students will set short and long-term goals.Editable to meet the needs of your students!

Students will fill out guided notes on Rhetorical Devices: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Direct Address, Analogies, Repetition, and Logical Fallacies: Sweeping Generalizations and Loaded Language. Then, students can test their knowledge of these techniques by answering multiple-choice questions. Perfect for interactive notebooks! Editable to meet the needs of your students!

This worksheet allows students to reflect on what makes a good leader. They are asked to evaluate the most important traits of a good leader. They are also asked to think about their own leadership skills. Finally, they will have the opportunity to analyze quotes about leadership. Editable to meet the needs of your students!

Students will analyze the imagery used in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. This assignment walks students through the process of analyzing the poem for imagery. They will annotate, respond to short-answer questions, and write an extended response to a prompt focused on imagery. Editable to meet the needs of your students!

Students will fill in these guided notes to learn about the different narrative perspectives: First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient, and Third Person Objective. Then, students can test their knowledge with questions on point of view. Perfect for interactive notebooks!

This anticipation guide will get students thinking about the themes found in the novel, Murder on the Orient Express. Students are asked to explain why they agree or disagree with each statement. This is a great discussion starter! Students can also return to this worksheet after they've finished reading the novel to see if any of their opinions have changed! Editable to meet the needs of your students!

This project requires students to write a newspaper article about the murder of Ratchett/Cassetti in the novel, Murder on the Orient Express. Students are asked to demonstrate their knowledge of the novel through their newspaper article. This is great cumulative project that can be used in place of a traditional assessment. Students are then asked to reflect on their project in order to help them think deeply about their learning. Editable to meet the needs of your students!

This Google Form is a great reading comprehension assessment for the novel, Hoot! Students are asked to answer 35 multiple choice and true or false questions based on the book. This test is editable and self-grading.

This anticipation guide will get students thinking about the important lessons and themes in the novel, Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jaqueline Woodson. This will lead to some important discussions about the power of words, the choices people make, and the themes of injustice, change, and more! Editable to meet the needs of your students!

This vocabulary graphic organizer is perfect for an interactive notebook! Students can cut out the graphic organizer and glue it into their notebooks. It also allows them to write the vocab word, definition, a sentence, a synonym, and an antonym. This is a great way to help students understand new vocabulary words on a deeper level. Editable to meet the needs of your students!

This anticipation guide will get students thinking about the important lessons and themes in the novel, I am Malala. This will lead to some important discussions about the power of words, the ability to create change in the world, and the idea of history repeating itself. Editable to fit the needs of your students!

This Google Form allows you to get to know your students and take an inventory of their interests in science. Students will answers questions about their favorite activities, ways to learn, and areas of interest! Great for the first days of school! Editable to meet the needs of your students!

This test asks students to balance chemical equations and determine what type of chemical reaction is shown. Students will choose from the following chemical reactions: synthesisdecompositionsingle replacementdouble replacementcombustionThen, students must identify whether or not a chemical equation is balanced. They will list four indicators of a chemical reaction and answer 10 multiple choice questions about chemical reactions.

This project allows students to research nonviolent activists and relate their work to the themes in Jaqueline Woodson's novel, Brown Girl Dreaming. Students will pick three different nonviolent activists to research.  Then, they will find three quotes from Brown Girl Dreaming that relate to peace, nonviolence, changing the world, the power of words, or another similar topic. Finally, they will include a section about how they can create change in the world.  They will answer questions such

Students will create a PowerPoint presentation that provides four examples of figurative language in The Outsiders. This project includes specific instructions, page numbers with examples of figurative language, and a student work example. Students can work on this project on their own or with a small group! Editable to fit the needs of your students!

This worksheet allows students to analyze example passages for the following rhetorical devices: Rhetorical QuestionsRepetitionEthos, Pathos, and LogosStudents will apply their knowledge of rhetorical devices and dissect each passage. Answer key included! Editable to fit the needs of your students!

Students can practice analyzing a character and making inferences based on a text. This worksheet includes character descriptions and two short stories to help students analyze a character's traits and development. Editable to fit the needs of your students!

In their thesis statement, students will decide on three character traits to describe Marta from "The Scholarship Jacket." Then, students will find text evidence to demonstrate the three character traits in their thesis statement. Finally, students will explain how their text evidence proves that the three character traits they chose accurately describe Marta. This is a great tool to help students write a literary analysis! Editable to meet the needs of your students!

This story helps students use context clues to define words frequently found on standardized tests in middle grades/high school. Students are asked to define the following words: ArduousAmbiancePragmatistAbhorredAspersionsAmnestyDelineationEmblazonedStipulatedAfter they're done, they can check their work with the answer key. Then, they can complete some additional questions focused on using words correctly in a sentence. Students are asked to correctly use the following words: ContortionVascul

Students are asked to decide whether each short passage is an example of ethos, pathos, or logos. Definitions for each are included at the top of the worksheet. Answer key included! Editable to fit the needs of your students!