This 800+ page bundle containing resources for:
- Back to school
- Ice breaker activities
- Classroom management Questions, Checklist & 30+ page plan
- Holiday lessons for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Black History Month, Valentines Day, & Women’s History Month
- Growth mindset activities
- Debate
- Theme analysis worksheets, graphic organizers and activities
- Character analysis worksheets, graphic organizers and activities
- One Pager activities for books, plays, articles, research and more!
- Writing and Poetry activities
- Bonus file! (Literary Analysis Essay Linking Two or More Texts Using Theme)
Print and digital versions available!
- Google™ Slides
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BACK TO SCHOOL & ICE BREAKERS
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- The Ultimate Back to School Guide for Secondary Teachers
A comprehensive 50+ page back to school guide to have you over prepared for things like classroom management, classroom organization, back to school night, syllabus set-up, classroom set-up and more!
- Groovy Interviews
Students ”interview” their peers based on questions related to different categories. After each question, music is played to signal the next rotation so that students “interview” as many of their peers as possible. Completely editable to fit your own teaching style!
- Meet & Greet Paper Tent
Have you ever had your students create name tents during the beginning of the school year? Well imagine them doing the same thing except students can meet and greet with 4 of their peers and use a paper tent to write down the information they learn in their “interview”!
- About Me Acrostic Poem
This creative writing activity is a great first day of school ice breaker to help students introduce themselves and to get to know their classmates! You can also participate in this poetry activity! Great for a back to school poem or year round!
- About Me One-Pager
A great activity to help your students introduce themselves and get to know their classmates, and also helps you as a teacher learn about what your students value the most on the first day!
This about me one pager allows tasks students with picking a value that is most important to them and create a one pager based on it!
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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
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- The Core Classroom Management Plan for Secondary Teachers
- 40 Essential Questions to Help You Rock Your Classroom Management!
- Classroom Management Checklist
If you are struggling with your classroom management practices, creating a classroom management plan, or classroom procedures and routines, then this resource is made for YOU!
These comprehensive classroom management resources cover the following:
- Core Policies, Procedures & Systems
- Procedures for:
- Entering the room
- During the class
- Classroom stations
- End of class
- Classroom organization
- Teacher Must Haves
- Teacher Discounts
- Bonuses and more!
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GROWTH MINDSET
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- Growth Mindset Paper Tent
Have you ever had your students create name tents during the beginning of the school year? Well imagine them doing the same thing except they use the tent to visualize and map out their growth mindset goals!
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THEME
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- Theme Analysis Worksheets & Graphic Organizers
This resource contains a variety of theme worksheets and theme graphic organizers to help students practice finding theme in individual texts AND analyzing a shared theme between two different texts! There are 10 total sheets and 7 answer keys.
- Theme Analysis Brochure
In this engaging finding theme analysis activity students create a brochure showcasing their understanding of a major lesson/message they believe has developed throughout the text. Included in this resource are two brochure options: bi-fold brochure or a tri-fold brochure. Rubrics are also included!
- One Pager for Theme Analysis
Have students show their understanding and knowledge of theme with this creative and engaging one pager activity. One Pager rubric included! This ELA one pager activity can be used with analyzing a book, short story, poem, article, passage/excerpt or other text.
- Theme Analysis Paper Tent
This fun and engaging finding theme activity tasks students with identifying a theme and the characters and events that help develop the theme, as well as create a visual representation of the theme!
They do all of this in fun and creative way – a paper tent! Have you ever had your students create name tents during the beginning of the school year? Well imagine them doing the same thing except they use the tent to visualize their analysis of a theme in the text!
- Finding Theme Digital Flipbooks for Google Classroom™
Three engaging teaching theme activities to help your students in determining theme topics, theme statements, and also identifying a shared theme between two different texts! These are great main idea distance learning activities in the form of a digital Flipbook accessible on Google Classroom™ AND Microsoft PowerPoint!
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS
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- Characterization Worksheets & Graphic Organizers
This resource includes 11 direct and indirect characterization worksheets and characterization graphic organizers for any text! There are multiple handouts for individual work or group work! Answer key included!
- Character Development Worksheets
This resource includes 4 character analysis worksheets focusing on character development. Students are tasked with analyzing how a character develops from beginning – middle – end through plot and character interactions.
- Character Analysis Brochure
In this engaging character analysis activity students create a brochure showcasing their understanding of a major character they have analyzed for development, traits, interests and more! Included in this resource are two characterization project options: bi-fold brochure or a tri-fold brochure. Rubrics are also included!
- One Pager for Character AnalysiS
Have students show their understanding and knowledge of a character with this creative and engaging one pager activity. Two different activities and One Pager rubrics included! This ELA one pager activity can be used with analyzing characters from a book, short story, poem, etc.!
Character Analysis One Pager – Focuses on the personality of the character and analyzes how indirect and direct characterization is used to reveal details about the character.
Character Development One Pager – Focuses on how a character changes from beginning – middle – end and the events and other characters that caused the changes.
- Character Analysis Acrostic Poem
Great for any text, this character analysis acrostic poem activity will help your students showcase their analysis of important characters in a fun and engaging way! Students not only look at indirect and direct characterization to learn different aspect of the character, but also identify the characters hopes, dreams, motivations and more!
- Character Analysis Digital Flipbooks for Google Classroom™
Two engaging digital flipbook activities focusing on direct and indirect characterization as well as character development from beginning – middle – end. These are great distance learning character analysis activities in the form of a digital Flipbook accessible on Google Classroom™ AND Microsoft PowerPoint!
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HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES & LESSON PLANS
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HALLOWEEN
- Halloween Party Menu Using Imagery
A fun and engaging figurative language practice activity where students learn about imagery and the five senses by creating a Halloween themed party menu! There are figurative language worksheets included for students to:
– Learn how to define imagery and identify the five senses.
– Practice identifying examples of imagery by analyzing the menu of their favorite restaurant!
– Put a Halloween spin on the food descriptions they find in the menu of their favorite restaurant (For example, vanilla ice cream becomes vanilla mice cream!)
– Create their own halloween party food menu describing their favorite foods… with a scary twist!
- Fairy Tale to Scary Tale
his creative writing high school resource tasks students with putting a Halloween spin on a fairy tale by making it into a scary story!
Students will:
– Learn about common characteristics typically found in fairy tales focusing on setting, character types, plot and elements.
– Choose a fairy tale and analyze it by identifying examples of the common characteristics.
– Put a scary spin on the common characteristics they find and use that to transform the fairy tale into a scary tale! (i.e Their “scary tale” still has to have fairly tale characteristics, but with a Halloween twist!)
- Halloween Blackout Poem Using Fairy Tales
This creative holiday writing activity tasks students with creating a scary black out poem based on the common characteristics and theme of the fairy tale they analyze!
Students will:
– Learn about common characteristics typically found in fairy tales focusing on setting, character types, plot and elements.
– Choose a fairy tale and analyze it by identifying examples of the common characteristics.
– Use the analysis to help Identify the theme of the fairy tale.
Create a scary black out poem based on the theme of the fairy tale they analyzed!
THANKSGIVING
- Thanksgiving Menu Using Imagery
Students will learn about imagery and the five senses by analyzing the food descriptions from the menus of their favorite restaurant! They will then use this analysis to help them create their own Thanksgiving menu using imagery (descriptive language) to describe their favorite Thanksgiving foods!
- Thanksgiving One Pager
Fun and engaging holiday activity for students showcase what they are thankful for in a creative and imaginative way! Instead of showing their understanding through writing, a one pager gives students the opportunity to express themselves through images, personal statements, quotes, short passages and more!
Students will:
– Identify different things they are thankful for
– Identify examples of conflicts in the novel.
– Explain how the conflict is impacting the relationship between specific characters.
- Thanksgiving Paper Tent
This fun and engaging Thanksgiving activity gives students a chance to uniquely express what and who they are thankful for in their lives!
But what is paper tent?! Have you ever had your students create name tents during the beginning of the school year? Well imagine them doing the same thing except they use the tent to visualize their appreciation for things they appreciate the most in their lives!
CHRISTMAS
- Christmas Menu Using Imagery
Have your students practice imagery by creating their own Christmas menu using imagery to describe their favorite Christmas food, beverages and desserts!
Includes warm-up, rubric, info sheets on imagery, and three different menu templates!
NEW YEARS
- New Years Resolution One Pager Using Growth Mindset Goals
Looking for a Growth Mindset New Year goal activity? A one pager allows to students to create a single page creative and imaginative response to a text, prompt, concept, etc. Have your students set growth mindset new years resolutions and showcase them via an engaging and creative one pager.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
- Black History Month Project
This fun and engaging Black History Month research project tasks students to work collaboratively to learn about historical events related to African-American History! This project is adaptable for students who would rather work independently or can be used for a collaborative project!
The following are the research topics included in this resource!
– Jim Crow Laws
– The Freedom Riders
– NAACP, SNCC, SCLC, CORE
– The March on Washington, 1963
– The Selma to Montgomery Marches
– Loving vs Virginia, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Education
- Black History Month Research Topics (Over 150 PLUS!)
Over 150+ Black History Month research topics focusing on articles, historical figures, movements, people and more! Suggested Black History Month activities included!
- Black History Month Tent
This fun and engaging Black History Month activity helps students showcase their knowledge about an important person, event, era or movement related to African-American History!
VALENTINES DAY
- Valentines Day Paper Tent
Awesome Valentines Day activity for students to create a beautiful and touching memento for a person they are most thankful for!
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
- Women History Month Digital & Print Fact Card
This fun and engaging print and digital Women’s History Month activity helps students showcase their knowledge about an important person, event, era or movement related to Women’s History! Students choose their own research topic and have the option of creating a paper tent (print version) or a fact “card” (digital version).
FOR ANY HOLIDAY
- Acrostic Poem Activity for any Holiday
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ONE PAGER ACTIVITIES
- For a Chapter Summary
This engaging chapter summary one pager for a novel activity helps students show their understanding and knowledge of chapters they read! This ELA one pager activity can be great way to gauge student understanding of main idea and key details, and can help in checking to see if students have been reading!
- For a Play
A fun and engaging one pager that will help your students show their understanding and knowledge of acts and scenes they read in a play! This summary activity can be great way to gauge student understanding of main idea and key details, and can help in checking to see if students have been reading!
- For an Article
Fun and engaging current events worksheet where students create a one pager to creatively and uniquely showcase their understanding and knowledge of an article or other text! This activity is great to help students in summarizing nonfiction text and helping to identify main ideas and details!
- For a Research Topic
Fun and engaging one pager activity where students showcase their knowledge and understanding of a research topic! This nonfiction activity can be used for ANY research topic (public figure, historical event, an awareness month, a historical time period etc.)!
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WRITING
- The S.A.U.C.Y Response Method
The SAUCY Response Method is a writing strategy for brief constructed responses to help students move from summary to analysis! Great for argumentative writing, essay writing, and writing through the year.
- Acrostic Poem for a Historical Figure
Have your students showcase their knowledge of a historical figure or any research topic through this poetry writing activity! Students use any research topic (person, place, thing or even biography research) and create and acrostic poem detailing the most important details they have learned.
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DEBATE
- 75 Fun & Engaging Debate Topics
These 75 classroom debate topics will have your students highly engaged and allow them to practice their argumentation skills!
Topics relate to the following categories:
1. Education
2. Entertainment
3. Technology
4. Politics & Government
5. Science
6. Society
7. Health
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LITERARY TERMS
- Imagery Practice Activity – Create Your Own Birthday Part Menu Using Imagery
Engage students in their imagery practice by having them look up the menu from their favorite restaurant! In this imagery worksheet, students will then use it as inspiration to create their own birthday party menu describing their favorite foods using imagery! Version for students to decorate and color in their menu included!
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BONUS FILE
LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY LINKING TWO OR MORE TEXTS USING THEME
Amazing literary analysis essay assignment where students choose two texts that share a similar theme and explain how both authors develop it! This is a great year round activity OR end of the year assignment / end of course essay assignment!
Challenge your students to think deeply and critically about the texts they have read in your class by having them identify and analyze how two different texts share a similar message/lesson! This is great to use as an end of the year “capstone” writing project.
Help your students deepen their knowledge about theme by having them analyze different techniques authors use to create and develop the messages/lessons in their stories. This is also great all year around if you want to have students compare other texts (books, poems, short stories, articles etc.) that they read in class.
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File Type: Zip – PDF & Google Slides
Editable: No
Content Pages: 821
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