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Argument

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WOW Board: Classroom Motivator – Create-abilities

Classroom Management

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Check out these four mini-lessons for teaching suspense writing / suspense techniques! #suspensewriting #suspenselessons #teachingsuspense

Chilling stories and writing to BOO in the Halloween spirit. These high interest activities develop reading and writing skills in the secondary classroom while promoting student engagement.

Teaching Suspense

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Mrs Rios Teaches: Effective Vocabulary Strategies and Activities

Teaching Vocabulary

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Teaching Biographies in a primary classroom (with 2 fun freebies)- lesson and activities ideas for biographies)

Teaching Biography

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First Day of School: Do NOT read the syllabus out loud! I've been there, done that, and it doesn't work! In this post you'll discover six fun back-to-school activities to try instead, so you can confidently engage your students instead of suffering as their eyes glaze over. #backtoschool #firstdayofschool

My English Curriculum: The First 6 Weeks of High School and Middle School English. #middleschoolELA #highschoolEnglish #secondaryELA #backtoschool

Back to School

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Parent Communication

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Learn all about how you can use Interactive Student Notebooks to facilitate close reading!

HoJos Teaching Adventures: Evaluation Time?! No Sweat! Just Strut Your Stuff!

Close Reading

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This is a short story unit works well with grades 9-12. Stories included in this unit are: “Thank You M’am" “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” “The Story of an Hour” “The Necklace”

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit (includes editable files you can customize to suit your needs)

Teaching Short Stories

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Teaching "A Long Walk to Water"

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Teaching critical thinking using fairytales. Add some depth and complexity to your instruction and student learning. Everything you need to introduce and teach the 11 "Thinking Tools" of critical thinking to your students. $

Fun, printable lists of suggestions that may be picked out of a hat, inspiring students to create their own mixed-up fairy tales!

Fairy Tale and Fable Themes - could be used in reading journal and for writing a fairy tale of their own.

Teaching Fairy Tales

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Why You Need to Be Using Centers in Your Middle School Classroom | Teacher Blogger

Middle School Literacy Centers | Scholastic

Learning Centers

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Opinion Writing for Thanksgiving! Two complete lessons, each with carefully chosen facts included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to support their opinion to two engaging focus questions: "Should turkey be Thanksgiving's main dish?" and "What is the most important part of Thanksgiving?" Complete with lesson plans, printables, and extension activities. Gr 3-5 ($)

Thankful for Kindness Thanksgiving Writing Activity| Help students appreciate all acts of kindness - both big and small. Students identify times when others have shown them kindness, how it made them feel, and then give thanks by writing thank you notes. Perfect for building classroom community and for Thanksgiving gifts. | everythingjustso.org

Thanksgiving Parts of Speech Trashketball Game

November Lessons

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Grading student writing - commenting on student writing?! Here is what to say and how to prepare students for receiving feedback.

20 different feedback strategies for English Teachers to work smarter, not harder, providing meaningful feedback to student writers easily and efficiently while promoting student ownership of the writing and revision process.

Make your students responsible for the feedback you give them.

Student Conferences & Feedback

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A great idea to incorporate more non-fiction reading in the classroom.

Upper Elementary Snapshots: 3 - Respond to Text Printables FREE!

Teaching Nonfiction

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We're using Interactive Notebooks in my 9th grade English class this year. I'm so excited to share these ideas and student samples with you! Check out this blog post and get inspired to start using ISNs in your ELA class, too!

Weekly Grammar and Language Activities: Common and Proper Nouns

Interactive Notebooks

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NO PREP FINISH THE PICTURE/ FINISH THE DRAWING... by TEACH-O-LOGY RESOURCES | Teachers Pay Teachers

Beginning of the Year Team Building - Your upper elementary 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classroom students are going to love the first day and week of school with this great resource. You get 35+ pages of great materials. (Year 3, 4, 5, 6, third, fourth, fifth, sixth graders)

Early Finisher Work

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Teaching Affirmations

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Math Instructional Coach

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Teacher Organisation

School Guidance Counselor

English Classroom Decor

English Teacher Resources

Valentines Day Activities

High School English

Valentine's Day Activities to Use in Secondary ELA

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with engaging and educational ELA activities that foster creativity and connection! This collection features writing prompts, literature discussions, and fun vocabulary exercises centered around love and friendship, perfect for sparking enthusiasm in the classroom. Encourage your students to express their feelings through thoughtful writing and collaborative projects. Click to explore these ELA activities for your Valentine’s Day lessons! #TeachingELA #ValentinesDay

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Creative Sub Plan Ideas for ELA in December | Spark Creativity

igsawing together your books, parties, assemblies, and exams this month sometimes leaves an awkward day or two!⁣ That's where we come in. ⁣I've teamed up with a fun team of curriculum designers this month to share 10 lessons you can use anytime - as stand alone days in those awkward weeks, or as sub plans when you need something fast.⁣ Get our best ideas by reading this post. | creative ELA sub plans | December lessons in ELA | #creativeela #highschoolela

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Stem And Leaf Plot Activities

Reviewing Expectations After Winter Break

Teaching Plot Middle School

Literary Elements Middle School

8th Grade Reading

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Middle School Reading

Winter ELA Question Loop & Trail for Active Learning - Theme, Plot, & More!

Winter ELA Question Loop & Trail for Active Learning - Theme, Plot, & more!

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Welcome White Board Classroom

School Counselor White Board Ideas

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High School White Board Organization

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New Year Classroom Activities

Bell Ringers For High School

Bell Ringers For High School English

Fun Bell Ringers For Middle School

Middle School English Bell Ringers

New Year Classroom

New Year’s Resolution Classroom

Literature Lessons

5 Ways to Engage Your Students in the New Year - The Daring English Teacher

Here are five ways you can engage students in the New Year. #secondaryELA #middleschoolEnglish

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Facs Classroom

Late Work

Middle School Classroom Management

Teaching High School English

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Late Work Policy Options for Secondary Classrooms - Reading and Writing Haven

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Independent Reading Accountability

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Independent Reading Reflections| 5 Versions!

Encourage student accountability and goal-setting during independent reading time! Help students learn how to self-reflect on their independent reading habits. Students will become experts at finding their areas of strength as well as areas for growth. Five different versions are included: 3 print versions- great for student notebooks or data binders!2 digital versions (Google Forms)

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Reading Response Anchor Chart

Reading Response Sentence Starters

Stem Cards

Reading Response Choice Board

Nonfiction Response Sheet

Reading Small Groups

Informational Text Comprehension Strategies

Sentence Stems

5th Grade Writing

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Sticky Note Reading Response Stem Cards

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5 New Years Activities for Celebrating with Your Students

Returning to school after winter break can be tough! To ease the transition back to school, I like to spend some time refocusing and reflecting. The New Year is the perfect time to practice metacognition and goal setting before diving into content. To help make the New Year a little easier, I've put together this list of 5 easy-to-use, no-prep activities. Each one is designed to provide time for reflection, renewal, and refocusing in the New Year!

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Engaging English Language Arts lesson plans for the week after Winter Break. All your planning done for you - just print, photocopy and teach from 2 Peas and a Dog! #winterbreak #lessonplans #englishlanguagearts

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My Top 3 After Winter Break Activities

Dreading the return from winter break? Learn more about the best after winter break activities for middle school. These New Year's reading comprehension activities are the perfect way to come back from Christmas break in your middle school ELA clssroom. Your 5th grade, 6th grade, & 7th grade students will love this engaging reading comprehension practice with making inferences, context clues, and much more!