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Unlock Academic Success with our Secondary ELA Vocabulary Bundle

Carina Assayed September 19, 2023

Unlock your students’ academic success with our comprehensive Secondary ELA Vocabulary Bundle. It will save you time planning and support your students in succeeding! Want your students to quickly define literary devices? Want your students to identify figurative language AND provide efficient examples? Want your students to use drama vocab to discuss scripts and plays? These objectives and more are all met in this comprehensive ELA vocabulary bundle! Click the image to visit the resource and add it to your cart 😉 What is INCLUDED in your Secondary ELA Vocabulary Bundle? ⭐ 7 lists of terms and definitions  ⭐ Interactive Notebook foldables ⭐ A BINGO! review game for each topic (two sets of 34 cards each) ⭐ 7 print-and-go quizzes with matching, examples, and a short response ⭐ Editable quizzes (.doc) ⭐ Digital versions of quizzes and BINGO games

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Teaching Internal and External Conflict Using These 5 Captivating Short Stories

Carina Assayed September 5, 2023

Teaching internal and external conflict? Captivate your students with 5 short stories to deepen their understanding! With an already fascinating line-up of tips, texts, and tricks for teaching ELA concepts using short stories, I wanted to add 5 more that offer internal and external conflict examples. Teaching Internal and External Conflict with Short Stories All of these short stories are collected from CommonLit, which is free to sign-up for. The titles are hyperlinked to take you directly to the short stories, but some of them may require sign-in. “Lather & Nothing Else” by Hernando Téllez One-sentence summary from CommonLit:✨ “This short story takes place in Colombia, where a civil war is taking place between ordinary citizens and the military that controls the country.” Using to Teach Conflict:✨ The barber faces an INTERNAL conflict while shaving

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3 Fun and Educational Middle School Bell Work Activities

Carina Assayed August 15, 2023

Looking for engaging middle school bell work activities for your ELA students? Check out these three fun and educational ideas to start your class off on the right foot! Before we jump into the 3 middle school bell work activities, I want to take a moment to answer some popular bell work questions! What are bell ringers for middle school? Middle school bell work activities are typically short writing or collaborative activities used at the start of a class period. Using them consistently at the start of your class yields a ton of benefits:✨ You have a few minutes to take attendance or respond to a quick email✨ Students develop a sense of routine & expectations✨ Students practice sustained & frequent writing (tons of benefits within itself!)✨ Great tool for start-of-class management✨ Prevents the anxiety-inducing

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"Students loved this! It was very engaging and a fun introduction to Shakespeare for my ninth grade students. I also loved how detailed the instructions were. There are three options of how to present this lesson.”
Kelli A.
Kelli A.Introduction to Shakespeare Escape Room
“These [reading response cards] are a MUST HAVE! I usually hang these around the room and have students answer a certain amount of each question type. I love that they need to think outside the box and they love that they are completing 'typical ELA' work.”
Eileen L.
Eileen L. Reading Response Task Cards
“I can’t say enough about these bell ringers! My kids love them and beg to do them on Fridays for a brain break, and it’s always so much fun to see them work together to solve each one. Thanks for an amazing product!”
Natasha B.
Natasha B.Collaborative Trivia Bell Ringer Bundle
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