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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.

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 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.

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

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

Reflecting on one's own progress in writing must be done consciously and deliberately. This printable, double-sided "Defense of Writing" will guide students at the end of each quarter or semester to critically think about their own progress in writing. It is an especially powerful tool for those students enrolled in AP, IB or Cambridge English Language/Rhetoric classes. It is also a powerful tool in Creative Writing and really any class where writing is central. Ask students to fill out this s

This one-page printable document can be immediately handed out to students for an in-class or out-of-class assignment after reading Daphne DuMaurier's The Birds. Students are given 9 choices for mini extensions/writings that will ask them to think about the story in a different way, in a creative way. Students are asked to pick 5 of the 9 items on the paper. Students love choice! Appropriate for high school students. Especially suited for AP, IB, AICE level curriculum.

Here's a one-page handy printable you can give your students to keep in their interactive notebooks or binders. The document describes each step of SOAPStone and adds in hELP to remind students to never forget to consider ethos, pathos and logos when analyzing text and rhetoric. Do yourself a favor and give these to the students at the beginning of the year. You'll be glad you did. Best suited for classes in rhetoric and language analysis -- IB, AP, Cambridge, college level.

End your study of the novel (or play), Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, with this interactive interdisciplinary group project. Students will work in groups to produce a newspaper from Willy Wonka's town while also conducting mini research on cocoa production across the globe, effectively combining writing, creativity, social studies, global awareness and economics. It would be best to have access to a computer lab for the duration of this project in order to enhance the research phase of the

Using an article from NPR.org about a trend to publically shame companies who have engaged in "bad" behavior, students will consider the advantages and disadvantages of public shaming while also linking their thoughts to their study of The Scarlet Letter. This two-page document includes the article about public shaming as well as a discussion starter question and directions for how to conduct a Philosophical Chairs debate in the classroom. This can be used as a companion to a novel study, or a

This one-page document is perfect for your AICE English Language AS Level class (Cambridge International Exams - CIE). This should be used after students have read at least through chapter 13 of The Scarlet Letter AND have an understanding of rhetorical analysis and elements of style. The prompt is formatted to mimic the set-up of the Paper 1 prompts for the English Language AS Level exam. It is a nice way to combine some American Literature while still keeping with the requirements of the Ca