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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

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

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.

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 this cute one page sheet to help your students build a culture of teamwork in the classroom. This resource can be used for Kagan structures that encourage team building. The idea is to ask all the students at a table team to fill out the entire list with names of candies. The first team with a completed list wins. Remind students to be quiet as they work so no one nearby steals any ideas! Maybe the winning team gets some candy...?? Have fun with it!

This is a one-page printable article that can be used anytime, but is especially good around Halloween time as the topic is -- why we like to be scared. Students can mark the text using whatever markers the teacher has taught, and then they are asked at the end to respond in writing. The document is a Word file, so if you prefer to edit the final writing assignment, it's completely possible to do so before using with students. Great article to begin a discussion about why people in our culture

Have a little Valentine's Day fun with your students while incorporating writing for an audience, perhaps even an authentic audience. This ready-to-use handout has three sample advice columns on one side--perfect for framing a discussion on format and diction and tone expected in an advice column. Note, the topics of the columns are most appropriate for a high school audience, but mature 8th graders would probably be able to handle them. The opposite side is an advice column template. Have stude

This two-page document allows students to work in pairs or independently to use the TPCASTT poetry explication structure to analyze Langston Hughes' short poem, Silence. A great activity for a day when a sub is needed, or when doing conferences with individual students --allowing students to do meaningful analysis work on their own.

This is a perfect pre- and post- vocabulary assessment. Document uses a summary of the novel while leaving blank 20 vocabulary words that come up in the reading of the novel. A word bank is included at the top. This document is ready-to-print and distribute to students.

This one-page printable is designed specifically with Cambridge AS Level English Language in mind. The form asks students to outline their 3 best story ideas that can be used on the Paper 2A: Imaginative writing section of the exam. Students will plan for characters, tone, setting, conflict, and choose a GOLDEN LINE that they absolutely have to include no matter what. I find that having three ideas ready helps the students feel more confident as they approach the exam.

This one-page sheet works well as a starter activity for your Daisy Girl Scout meeting. The sheet will activate prior knowledge in the girls and ask them to start thinking how they can make the world a better place. I like to have these on the tables as the girls arrive, so they are busy while we wait for everyone to get there. There are a few coloring items on the page too.

This one-page printable is a week-long Happiness Journal to use with your Daisy Girl Scout Troop. Completing this journal will satisfy the requirement for the World Thinking Day patch for 2016.

This one-page easy printable will satisfy the requirement to earn the World Thinking Day 2016 patch.

This is a basic, one-page printable that includes three fun, holiday related activities: Design your own ugly holiday sweater, Holiday Sudoku, Holiday Tunes Word Search. Perfect for the last day of school before winter/Christmas break, or to use as a fill-in after a semester exam for the early finishers. Print and use today!

A simple one-page SMART goal worksheet that can be used for students at the start of a new quarter, semester, trimester, etc. Perfect for teachers, instructional coaches, or school counselors.