Whimsy and Rigor

It's a Food Truck Festival...and a Delicious Literary Analysis! Obviously food trucks hold delicious morsels. And now, literary food trucks hold magical powers to inspire your students to dive deeply into a novel or short story in a new and inspiring way. This resource includes a lesson plan on how to roll out the unit, planning pages to guide the literary analysis essay, an example literary analysis essay, and student examples of completed literary food trucks. For the original inspiratio

This virtual flashcard deck helps students associate images with their vocabulary words, further enhancing comprehension. Once purchased, you may edit and share the slide deck with students so they can create their own set of virtual flashcards. This download consists of: 80 slides (and growing!) 40 slides with room for an image, 40 slides with room for an image, vocabulary word, and definitionComplete animations to create virtual flashcards in "Present Mode"Instructions on what to put on each

This is designed to accompany my New Year's Resolutions Stations as a way to help students stay focused and accountable as they rotate through the 4 stations. Included in this download is a handout for students to record their resolutions (both personal and academic), space to record their paint chip metaphor, and 3 different templates to use for their One Word resolution.

This handout is designed to help you quickly, efficiently, and effectively remove a student from the environment, reflect on their actions, and develop a plan for a more successful interaction. The one page Solve It included here is a behavior management tool that gives the student power to reflect and correct their future actions. In all the years I have used this, seldom has a student had to complete more than one Solve It because it helps problem-solve the root of the behavior and empowers

Crowd sourcing at its finest! Have students mingle around the classroom, giving and receiving examples of how to SHOW an emotion or action instead of simply TELLING. This is a fantastic activity to get kids up and moving and to help them create a rich bank of descriptions they can employ in their own writing.

Having students read their writing aloud to an audience of their peers is so important! This handout directs the audience to: listen carefullyshare one part they really liked ask 1 question they had while listeningsketch a picture the writing helped them imagineThe author receives the feedback almost immediately and is validated in their work and has direction as they continue writing or begin revising.