Identify Literary Analysis Essay Goals-Choose Goals, Steps, & Reflect
An editable lesson that helps middle school students set personalized goals for literary analysis essay writing, plan steps to achieve them, and reflect on their progress.
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An editable lesson that helps middle school students set personalized goals for literary analysis essay writing, plan steps to achieve them, and reflect on their progress.
Middle school ELA mini-unit (Part 5 of a larger 'Creating Independent Readers' series) teaching students to identify reading strategies, annotate/'talk to the text', and write thoughtful reading responses.
A Christian biblical-studies unit for high school students that uses a detective/investigation framework to teach political/leadership analysis and biblical discernment, examining the reigns of Kings Ahab, Joram, and Jehu as a lens for evaluating modern governance and leadership.
A media-literacy and civics research lesson in which students compare the two major U.S. presidential candidates' campaign websites (and a nonpartisan comparison site and a third-party candidate's site) to analyze platforms, messaging, and coalitions.
Teaches the Five Themes of Geography (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region) through text passages, guided questions, a crossword, personal-connection homework, a study guide, and a summative test, aligned to California grade 5-6 history-social science standards and CCSS ELA/reading standards.
A President's Day bundle teaching students about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln through notes, timelines, essay writing, task cards, and Washington's 110 Rules of Civility, building toward narrative/expository/opinion writing.
A project-based debate activity teaching Hammurabi's Code of Law and ancient history, using argumentative writing and public speaking to connect ancient law to modern-day legal/ethical debates.
Provide a multi-activity bundle of first-days-of-school getting-to-know-you and classroom-organization resources for grades 5-7.
Teach the four major writing genres (Narrative, Persuasive, Descriptive, Expository) to upper elementary/middle school and special education students through winter-themed writing tasks, posters, and task cards, including the full writing process from pre-writing through final draft.
A close-reading exemplar and multi-day lesson package built around a short historical-fiction excerpt, 'A Wrong' (adapted from 'A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great'), aligned to Common Core standards for grades 6-8.
Goodbye, Vietnam + Inside Out Mentor Text Study This study revolves around the mastery of writing techniques with a particular focus on imagery development strategies. The study includes: Sentence sharpening skills.
'Hey Brother' Song/Lyrical Analysis Language Arts Lesson This educational material designed for grade 6-8 educators aims to use song lyrics as an innovative medium for language arts education.
A comprehensive novel study unit for teaching S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders across 12 chapter-based lessons, combining comprehension, vocabulary, writing, and assessment.
A movie study for Disney's Moana 2 that builds reading comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking, discussion, and SEL skills (leadership, teamwork, courage, community) through before/during/after-viewing activities.
A movie-study resource for the 2024 film adaptation of 'Out of My Mind' (based on Sharon M. Draper's novel), teaching empathy, inclusion, disability awareness, and communication through 30 activities.
Teach middle/high school students about influential African Americans (Part 1 of a 3-part interactive reading-comprehension slide deck series) using biographical informational text.
100 Math Workouts: And Practical Teaching Tips An indispensable resource for teachers concentrating on middle school mathematics. This tool matures students' thinking skills while keeping the learning atmosphere lively and engaging, thus…
Middle School students often struggle with understanding how to read a table and a line graph, especially in history and social studies worksheets .
You will love this comprehensive year-long spelling curriculum for your seventh graders! These spelling lists are organized and determined by spelling rule and pattern. Read below to find out which patterns and rules are covered.
Guide middle-school students through a multi-week novel study of 'A Whole New World' (a Twisted Tales retelling of Aladdin by Liz Braswell), building vocabulary, comprehension, and critical-thinking skills.
A free Week 1 preview/sample of a larger novel study unit for the Disney 'Twisted Tale' book 'A Whole New World', building vocabulary and reading comprehension for the opening chapters.
Interactive digital micro-learning deck teaching Abraham Lincoln's life and legacy through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities, at a stated reading level of 7.7.
This 26-page resource, Academic Progress and Citizenship for Middle School Students: Goals and Reflections is an excellent Back-to-School activity to guide students to set goals for their academic progress and citizenship.
Acceleration - Google Slides and PowerPoint Lesson A comprehensive and thoughtfully designed teaching resource for educators who aim to master the topic of Acceleration.