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Have you read "A Quilt of a Country" by Anna Quindlen with your class and you're looking for a way to connect the text back to the students themselves? Use this extension mini project to help build classroom community. Great for a beginning of year activity to help the students get to know one another, or a mid year activity when everyone needs to come together again. No matter what the age of the student, creative and colorful extension activites are always welcomed. Students will design a q

This GoogleDoc is ready-to-use with students.There are 9 close reading activities on this one GoogleDoc, asking students to explore genre, literary elements, review characters, compare and contrast Sir Gawain and Beowulf, examine the symbolism of the 3 ax blows and the green sash, write an analytical paragraph about chivalry, and engage in a philosophical chairs discussion. Simply preview the activities, share the doc with your students, and use immediately. Works great in classrooms where par

Use this as a beginning activity for when the girls are arriving to the meeting. Good for Daisy and Brownie troops. You will need scissors, glue sticks, and construction paper.

Academically minded students in their junior and senior years of high school may want to think about applying for many of the small local and national scholarships that are available to students like themselves. But, these kids are already buried under mountains of homework, extracurricular activities and part-time jobs. This How-To sheet is designed to help students get started writing a personal statement that can be saved and then tweaked for each scholarship he or she may wish to apply for.

Thanksgiving time is the right time to do a mini-lesson on how to write an effective Thank-You Note. Students can write a message to a teacher or parent and then color in the turkey or pilgrim to go with it. Wonderful activity for the day before Thanksgiving Break. Students have fun, teachers appreciate the gesture of receiving a note, and students learn how to write a proper note. This one-page document can be printed then cut in half. There are two notes to a page.

Use this worksheet at a meeting or as a take-home activity to complete with the family. Simple but powerful. Girls will ask an adult the approximate cost of 6 typical items in a family budget, including the cost of a box of Girl Scout cookies. Print and use at your Daisy Girl Scout meeting today!

After Reading David Wisniewski’s book, students will create their own top secret “grown-up” rule and the truth behind it. Writing Traits Addressed: Ideas and Organization. This product is a one-page word document that can be edited to fit the needs of your class or printed and used as-is. It provides students and teacher alike with all the directions needed to create a fun and creative writing assignment as a companion to the book by David Wisniewski. Even if you want you just share the book as

After reading Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder, have students tap into their creative writing side by completing a brochure for a time travel agency, akin to the one in the story. Product includes printable student directions sheet and a rubric to share with them, or to keep for your grading ease. Ready to print and use today. Best for middle school or freshmen in high school age.

Florida Teachers! The new FSA will test students on their ability to listen to a short audio piece and answer questions based on their auditory comprehension. This resource includes 6 bell ringers, perfect for a lead-up review to the exam. Students will listen to a short news piece from NPR and then answer a few questions after listening. Everything is included on a PowerPoint, complete with answer key for easy use. If you’ll click on the hyperlinked title at the top of each slide (in slides

During a novel study of The Scarlet Letter, discussion usually gets heavy and charged. It helps students (and teachers) to take a break from the rigidity to have some fun with the topic. Not to mention, many high schoolers love twisted humor and sarcasm. Make it a Fun Friday activity and your students will be singing your praises, while still engaging with the subject matter. Included on this ready-to-use printout are two creative mini-projects that students can complete in one or two class per

This item is specifically designed for students enrolled in the Cambridge (AICE) English Language AS Level class, part of the Cambridge International Examinations program. It may also be suited for students in AP English Language who are familiar with elements of style and rhetoric. Genres highlighted: travel & humor writing Excerpt used from: A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson This excerpt is followed by some discussion questions which can be used either in a whole-class discussion or equally

This product has the Girl Scout promise and law printed on one page. The purchase includes 4 versions of the same page, each one with a different, super cute font. Print the one you like best. Adorable clip art is added for extra sparkle and zazz. :) Print one out and give it to each girl to help her memorize. Keep one in each girl's scouting folder. The possibilities are endless.

I created this one-pager for my girls to work on during the coronavirus stay-at-home order. All of the badge requirements are there with specific activities and links to tutorials online. Send this one-pager out to your troop and allow them to have fun completing the badge on their own at home during this time. Or, even after this time is over, this is a convenient way to make sure the girls know what to do.

Visually pleasing one-page document that includes a section of text and 9 questions which help the student to fully analyze the passage. Can be used as a stand-alone close reading practice, or as a companion to a novel study of The Scarlet Letter. Print and use today.

Are your students about to read "When Plague Strikes" in their literature books? Many middle school students have never heard of this event, but will be immediately pulled in once they see the gory details behind it all. Use this anticipation guide to give students the chance to set their minds in motion on the story and then later, after reading, they can use the same sheet to confirm their predictions with page numbers and text-based evidence. There are two anticipation guides on one page, so

Use higher order thinking skills to assess students' knowledge of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, at the completion of the reading by using an interactive Socratic Seminar format. This document contains everything you need--guidelines for the students on how to behave during a Socratic Seminar and a list of critical thinking/thematic questions that the students must prepare ahead of time before arriving on Socratic Seminar day. This is a much easier way for YOU the teacher to grade an asse

This multi-file unit includes a four-day lesson plan for a close reading unit on baseball themed materials. What a perfect way to kick-off the month of March (spring training) or the upcoming MLB season. The kit includes: 4-day lesson plan Baseball idioms worksheet Baseball essay prompt "Centerfield" lyrics analysis sheet Hall of Fame Debate text document Heroes PPT Pete Rose timeline document Baseball links document for a list of other resources to consult Students will work through multiple

This ZIP file includes 3 version of a Daisy Bingo Card. Documents are saved as PDF files. Can be printed in color or black and white. Instead of BINGO, girls call out DAISY when they get five in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Our troop used this during the Sister to Every Girl Scout (Vi Petal) meeting. It would also be a nice culminating activity to review all the different things the girls have learned in Daisy Scouts, before they move on to Brownies.

Help your students who are preparing for the ACT Reading portion of of the exam to have a better chance at success by reviewing these simple tips and information points about the exam. Students who are prepared and feel in control will perform better on the exam than those who go in cold. This one-page attractive, easy-to-read printable is geared for both the high achieving, college-bound student who wants to up his or her score, as well as the student who may need an ACT concordant score in or

This product is specifically designed for students enrolled in the AICE English Language AS Level class, part of the Cambridge International Examinations program. This prompt uses a brief excerpt from Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine from which questions relating to rhetoric and style are taken. The prompt is practice for the Paper 1 portion of the end-of-year exam. However, it doesn't have to be used solely as test-prep. It can be used early on in the year as a means of familiarizing students