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Welcome! I create writing resources and lesson plans that help middle school students build a strong writing foundation. I have over 14 years of experience as a middle school special education and English Language Arts teacher. I am also a writing tutor and a homeschool mom.
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Preview of Mid-Year Reset: Reflections For Resetting Expectations In Any Classroom

Mid-Year Reset: Reflections For Resetting Expectations In Any Classroom

Does your classroom need a reset? It is never too late to reset classroom expectations and build the supportive classroom community you desire. This resource contains six engaging reflection activities to help you reestablish a positive and productive classroom culture. These activities can be used after winter break, or anytime your classroom needs a reset. Topics CoveredAcademic and Behavioral Goal SettingRespect For Peers and ClassroomTeamworkBuilding Positive HabitsAnd More!Absolutely no-pr
Preview of Sentence Writing BUNDLE: Text-Based Sentence Writing Activities

Sentence Writing BUNDLE: Text-Based Sentence Writing Activities

This no-prep resource is a fun way to build your students' writing skills through explicit writing instruction. Use this resource to teach your students how to build a variety of strong, text-based sentences as they write about Narnia and Charlotte's Web. This bundle contains slideshows, worksheets, and no-prep lessons that provide explicit writing instruction using strategies inspired by The Writing Revolution. This sentence writing bundle includes two complete sentence writing units that tea
Preview of Narrative Writing BUNDLE: No-Prep Creative Writing Activities For Middle School

Narrative Writing BUNDLE: No-Prep Creative Writing Activities For Middle School

This narrative writing bundle contains a wealth of creative writing activities to help your students develop key writing skills needed to write short stories, novellas, and even novels! Whether you are planning a creative writing unit, running a narrative writing workshop, facilitating a writing club, or preparing a homeschool writing project, these engaging, no-prep activities will help your students to fall in love with creative writing. The narrative writing bundle includes eight resources
Preview of Narrative Writing Planner: Graphic Organizer For Short Stories, Novels, Novellas

Narrative Writing Planner: Graphic Organizer For Short Stories, Novels, Novellas

This no-prep creative writing resource is the ultimate narrative writing planning guide! It provides graphic organizers for any narrative creative writing assignment. Whether you need a graphic organizer or planner for a short story, novella, or novel, this resource contains multiple organizers to meet your writing needs. Use it again and again for any narrative writing assignment! IncludedA Teaching Guide With Clear InstructionsClear Student Notes On Organizing Short Stories, Novels, And Novell
Preview of Novel Study Unit - Complete Unit For Any Book, Middle School And High School!

Novel Study Unit - Complete Unit For Any Book, Middle School And High School!

This no-prep novel study unit contains everything you need to teach ANY book. The unit includes activities to use before reading the novel, while reading, and after finishing the novel. Worksheets and activities cover a wide range of literary elements. These high quality activities are absolutely no-prep and work for any book and any genre. You can use them again and again! What's IncludedA teacher's guide with a description of each activityAnticipation GuidesCharacter Trait ActivitiesDynamic Ch
Preview of BINGO Writing Prompts For An Entire Year: Journal Prompts For Middle School

BINGO Writing Prompts For An Entire Year: Journal Prompts For Middle School

This no-prep printable contains 200 engaging writing prompts for the entire school year! These prompts cover a variety of writing genres including: poetry, narrative writing, opinion writing, descriptive writing, informative writing, scripts, and more! These Bingo sheets can be used for: HomeworkStudents Who Finish Work EarlyWarm Up or Bell Ringer ActivitiesExtra CreditWeekly Writing AssignmentsAnd More!INCLUDED10 Bingo Sheets With Engaging Writing Prompts For The Entire School Year (September -
Preview of Writing Sub Plan: Text-Based Argument Writing And Narrative Writing Sub Plan #2

Writing Sub Plan: Text-Based Argument Writing And Narrative Writing Sub Plan #2

This middle school English sub plan contains up to three days of text-based writing activities. This resource is perfect for emergencies. The length of the plan is easily adjustable! Give the students the entire packet for a longer 3-day sub plan, or remove some of the activities for a 1-day sub plan. This writing sub plan has everything you need to keep your learners active and engaged during a 1-3 day absence. There is absolutely no prep needed. Simply print and go! IncludedAn engaging origina
Preview of Writing Sub Plan: Text-Based Analysis Writing And Narrative Writing Sub Plan #1

Writing Sub Plan: Text-Based Analysis Writing And Narrative Writing Sub Plan #1

This middle school English sub plan contains up to three days of text-based writing activities. This resource is perfect for emergencies. Give the students the entire packet for a longer 3-day sub plan, or remove some of the activities for a 1-day sub plan. This writing sub plan has everything you need to keep your learners active and engaged during a 1-3 day absence. There is absolutely no prep needed. Simply print and go! IncludedAn engaging original story written by meMultiple-choice questi
Preview of Write Through Charlotte's Web: Text-Based Sentence Writing Unit

Write Through Charlotte's Web: Text-Based Sentence Writing Unit

This no-prep resource is a fun way to build your students' sentence writing skills through explicit writing instruction. Enhance your study of Charlotte's Web by using this resource to teach your students how to build a variety of strong, text-based sentences based on the novel. This resource contains a slideshow with eight no-prep lessons that provide explicit writing instruction using strategies inspired by The Writing Revolution. This resource also includes worksheets that allow the studen
Preview of Argument Writing Unit - No Prep Argument and Persuasive Essay Writing

Argument Writing Unit - No Prep Argument and Persuasive Essay Writing

This no-prep argument and persuasive writing resource contains everything you need to teach students how to write a five-paragraph argument essay. The lessons walk the students through the process, one paragraph at a time. By the end of the unit, your students will have written and revised a five-paragraph argument essay with an introduction paragraph, two argument paragraphs, a counterargument paragraph, and a conclusion paragraph. This unit is broken up into four lessons. Each lesson includes
Preview of Write Through Narnia: Text-Based Sentence Writing Unit

Write Through Narnia: Text-Based Sentence Writing Unit

This no-prep resource is a fun way to build your students' writing skills through explicit writing instruction. Enhance your study of The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe by using this resource to teach your students how to build strong, text-based sentences as they write about Narnia. This resource contains a slideshow with eight no-prep lessons that provide explicit writing instruction using strategies inspired by The Writing Revolution. This resource also includes worksheets that allow the
Preview of Word Choice: Creative Narrative Writing Activity and Worksheets

Word Choice: Creative Narrative Writing Activity and Worksheets

This no-prep narrative writing resource is the perfect way to teach your students how to use intentional word choice and strong verbs to improve their creative writing. Use these activities to help your students eliminate boring verbs and non-descriptive words from their writing. These word choice activities will help your students write narrative pieces with strong verbs that bring their stories to life. IncludedA teaching guide with clear instructionsTwo worksheets to help your students brains
Preview of Show, Don't Tell Feelings And Emotions: Narrative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

Show, Don't Tell Feelings And Emotions: Narrative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

This creative writing resource has everything you need to teach your students how to show feelings and emotions in their narrative writing. Are your students telling what their characters are feeling instead of showing? This resource explains how to show character emotions in narrative writing, and provides your students with a lot of opportunities for practice! IncludedTeacher Guide With Clear InstructionsNo-Prep Notes On Showing vs. TellingSix No-Prep Worksheets With Practice ActivitiesExample
Preview of Thesis Statement Worksheets: Middle School Thesis Writing Notes and Worksheets

Thesis Statement Worksheets: Middle School Thesis Writing Notes and Worksheets

This no-prep thesis writing resource has all you need to teach your students how to write strong thesis statements. Students will learn a formula to help them gain confidence with writing thesis statements. This resource also includes multiple worksheets to help students practice their thesis writing skills. IncludedNotes for studentsScaffolded worksheets with clear instructions 11 Pages of notes and worksheetsThis thesis writing resource is perfect for introducing thesis statements to your st
Preview of Writing Dialogues: Creative Narrative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

Writing Dialogues: Creative Narrative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

This no-prep narrative writing resource is the perfect way to teach your students how to write meaningful dialogue. Whether your students are writing short stories, creating a novel, or working on a creative writing unit, this lesson will help to improve their narrative writing skills by teaching them how to use dialogue tags and action beats to write believable dialogue. The activity can be completed in one lesson, and it can be used again and again to reinforce narrative writing skills! Includ
Preview of Capturing A Moment: Scene Development Narrative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

Capturing A Moment: Scene Development Narrative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

This no-prep narrative writing resource is the perfect way to teach your students how to use action, thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and descriptive details to create and develop a narrative scene. Whether your students are writing short stories, creating a novel, or working on a creative writing unit, this lesson will help to improve their narrative writing skills by teaching them how to capture a moment and create a movie in their reader's minds. The activity can be completed in one lesson, and
Preview of Descriptive Settings: Narrative Creative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

Descriptive Settings: Narrative Creative Writing Lesson and Worksheets

This no-prep narrative writing activity is the perfect way to teach your students how to use figurative language and sensory details to write descriptive settings. Whether your students are writing short stories, creating a novel, or working on a creative writing unit, this lesson will help to improve their descriptive writing. The activity can be completed in one lesson, and it can be used again and again to reinforce descriptive writing skills! IncludedA detailed teaching guide with multiple w
Preview of Narrative Writing Peer Revision Activity and Scoring Rubric for ANY Narrative

Narrative Writing Peer Revision Activity and Scoring Rubric for ANY Narrative

This no-prep narrative writing peer revision activity provides checklists and feedback forms that can be used to help students revise any narrative. This resource is perfect for creative writing units, and is a great way to revise short stories, novellas, and even novels. A narrative writing rubric is also included that teachers can use to grade any narrative. IncludedTeacher's Guide With Clear InstructionsThree Peer Revision Checklists Peer Revision Feedback FormNarrative Writing RubricTopics C
Preview of Creative Writing Games: Fun Narrative Writing Activities

Creative Writing Games: Fun Narrative Writing Activities

This no-prep narrative writing resource provides you with two fun classroom games that will help to reinforce creative writing skills. Partner Plot asks students to work in pairs or small groups to develop their own plots. Written Charades has students working in teams to create descriptions that include sensory details and figurative language. IncludedDetailed Teacher InstructionsMaterials For Both GamesStudent Handouts With InstructionsColor, and Black and White WorksheetsYou can grab this res
Preview of Peer Revision Checklist: Analysis Essay

Peer Revision Checklist: Analysis Essay

Are you looking for a no prep way to make peer revision more meaningful for your learners? This free 10-page handout guides students through the peer revision process. It contains a checklist to guide them as they read through each paragraph of their analysis essay. It also includes a feedback form that teaches them how to provide their classmates with constructive feedback. This checklist is perfect for peer revision in the classroom. It can also be used by a single student in a homeschool set
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About the store

Experience

Welcome! I create writing resources and lesson plans that help middle school students build a strong writing foundation. I have over 14 years of experience as a middle school special education and English Language Arts teacher. I am also a writing tutor and a homeschool mom.

Teaching style

My lessons are structured. They provide students with clear writing instruction, while leaving plenty of room for student choice and creativity.

My own education history

Quinnipiac University: MA Education BA English, Summa Cum Laude Licenses: English Language Arts Special Education

Additional biographical information

Writing is my passion! Over the years, I have worked as a writing coach, freelance book editor, writing workshop facilitator, writing tutor, blogger, and novelist. My goal is to create resources that help middle school students develop their own passion for writing.