JEOPARDY – literary-terms -2010 (in PPT)
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Invisible Man – Final Motif Project- Sample Slides in .pdf
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Invisible Man – Essay Prompt on Motifs
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Summer Reading Oral Report
Book Report: Oral Presentation Chart A chart to take notes on oral presentations [download_box]Click here to view/download full document summer-reading-oral-report-chart[1] [/download_box]
Book Report Options
Book Report - Compare/Contrast It is helpful to offer students options for responding to self-selected books. I usually choose options that give students an opportunity to use skills we're learning during the same marking period the book report is due. Usually quarter one lessons in middle school English classes includes review and expansion…
Writing a Narrative Poem
Poetry - Writing Narratives Narrative poems can be about one's personal experiences or observations and can also be about something one has read. This assignment is one I designed to have students practice writing poetry as they reported on a self-selected book they read during the third quarter one school…
Collage on Common Book or Story – OVERVIEW
Reading Assessment Here's a collage assignment based The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez that you can easily adapt for the book(s) you assign and/or teach. -A collage brings it all back together. Collage Assignment Collage on Common Book or Story - See Chapter 1 in my book Teaching English Language Arts:…
General Grading Guidelines
General Grading Guidelines Reduce the challenges to grades by establishing and sharing with students the general criteria you'll be using when you evaluate and assign grades to their work. This teaching strategy has worked well for me with the middle, high school and college level students. When students know ahead…