Need a comprehensive English Language Arts Placement or Final Exam Test? Hold your students accountable with this 30-question Common Core-aligned assessment that addresses important ELA skills, such as grammar, vocabulary, reading fiction/nonfiction, and writing. In addition, students will write short essays and a five paragraph essay to assess writing aptitude. Product includes an easy-to-use grading scale and can be used for end-of-year common assessments throughout your team or department! About Assessments: Assessment is the engine that drives student learning! Frequent assessment and feedback are crucial for helping students learn. When assessment works best, it does the following: • Provides diagnostic feedback • Helps educators set standards • Evaluates progress • Relates to a student’s progress • Motivates performance • Helps teachers and students self-evaluate

Teaching cause and effect? Students will automatically become better readers and writers if they understand cause and effect text structure. This comprehensive, student-friendly 30-slide PowerPoint will do the trick! Presentation addresses signal words, examples, and cause and effect textual practice as a formative assessment to check for comprehension. This is a perfect resource to use throughout the year or before any standardized reading or writing exam.

Fact and opinion is a concept often addressed on standardized tests. Make sure your students are prepared with these (40) engaging Fact and Opinion Task Cards that can be analyzed in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. Answer key included. A fun, effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!

Teaching characterization? Amp up the fun and proficiency level in your classroom with these (32) Characterization Task Cards where traits are revealed through S.T.E.A.L. (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, and Looks). Answer key included. Task Cards are an effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Perfect for standardized test prep and super sub friendly. Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!

Teaching theme? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with (40) Fable Theme Task Cards. Student can read the fun, pithy fables and analyze the theme in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Answer key included. Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!

Teaching fact and opinion? Help your students reach proficiency with the interactive, instructional 21-slide PowerPoint: “Fact and Opinion.” Presentation addresses each concept along with important signal words to look for on standardized tests. Assess your students with a formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!

Teaching theme? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with Identifying Theme With Fables PowerPoint. This 32-slide product features characteristics of fables, theme, guided practice with ten of Aesop’s fables, and a “Your Turn” writing activity. Answers included for a formative/summative assessment and instructional progress monitoring.

Teaching how to write a summary? Ensure your students know the basics of this important literary skill with the 30-slide How to Write a Summary PowerPoint. Product includes what to include in an objective summary, what NOT to include, summary steps, sentence stems, summary verbs and transitions, summary examples, and several “Your Turn Summary Tasks,” for an easy check for understanding and guided practice.

Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Now when social justice education is most important, help your students look at current and historical events through the lens of our most courageous social justice heroes with the Social Justice Quotation PowerPoint. Product includes 92 additional slides of prominent quotations from diverse voices, including Alveda King, Che Guevara, Mahatma Gandhi, Spike Lee, and Nikki Giovanni that will create a safe classroom community and engage students in important conversations on tolerance, equality, diversity, and respect for all. Perfect for Distance Learning lessons.

Identifying theme of a text is a challenging concept for students. Ensure proficiency with this comprehensive, instructional 32-slide PowerPoint. Presentation addresses the definition of theme, common theme topics, examples from literature, a go-to graphic organizer, and fill-in-the-blank theme statement that can be used with any text. Easy for you - engaging for them!

Teaching Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”? This 31-slide PowerPoint is all you need to guarantee an engaging, rigorous Common Core-aligned unit. Slides include background information on O’Connor, Southern gothic conventions, symbols, irony, discussion questions, and an engaging writing activity. Perfect for American or AP Literature.

Teaching foreshadowing and flashback? Ensure that your students understand these two important narrative devices with a comprehensive 32-slide Foreshadowing and Flashback PowerPoint. Product includes definitions, examples using classic and contemporary literary passages, interactive answers, and an opportunity to write their own foreshadowing/flashback paragraphs as a formative/summative assessment.

Teaching the A-B-C’s of essay writing? This comprehensive, student-friendly 46-slide PowerPoint is all you need to yield the results you want. With a focus on the five paragraph essay, product addresses organizational patterns, transitional phrases, signal words, the hook, and proofreading checklist and tips. Includes an essay example, writing prompts, and a graphic organizer to use throughout the entire year. Your students will love this as much as you, as they take on the craft of writing like never before. Perfect for standardized writing prep and an effective foundation for high school, college, and beyond.

Teaching Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado?” Kick off this suspenseful classic with a comprehensive, student-friendly 36-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest. Slides include anticipatory questions, informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, pre-reading vocabulary, themes, character descriptions, and engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.

Teaching Characterization? Turn your students into literary scholars with this comprehensive 34-slide Characterization PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product addresses direct and indirect characterization and the character acronym S.T.E.A.L. (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, and Looks). Includes characterization comprehension questions for a quick assessment. Easy for you - engaging for them!

Teaching similes and metaphors? Amp up the proficiency in your classroom with this comprehensive, instructional 39-slide PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product addresses definitions, examples, and comprehension questions to assess understanding. Perfect for your figurative language or poetry unit. Easy for you - engaging for them!

Do you lead teachers or adult learners? All educators know the value of student engagement but often need a few best-practice go-to strategies. With the 10 Student Engagement Strategies PowerPoint, you can help any teacher reach optimal learning conditions in their instructional practice. 56-slide Product includes slides on “The Big Ten” that can be used in any content area, including tips and tricks and what it actually looks like in the classroom: Admit/Exit Tickets Annotating Text Gallery Walk Interactive Word Walls Jigsaw Praise, Question, Suggestion Quick Writes Read, Write, Pair, Share Save the Last Word for Me Socratic Seminar Perfect for instructional coaching, professional development, or New Teacher Induction programs.

English Learners love Halloween! Amp up the chills and thrills factor with the Halloween for English Leaners PowerPoint. 30-slide product includes culturally relevant facts on Halloween, Halloween words (with visuals), and Halloween writing and poem activity (with sentence stems). You and your EL students will love this as you bring on the spooky fun! This Common Core-aligned lesson is perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!

Kids love Halloween! Amp up the chills and thrills factor with the Halloween Haiku PowerPoint as students learn to brainstorm, write, and edit poetry. Product includes 30 slides on the background of haikus, fun Halloween facts, the haiku structure, Halloween haiku writing tips, examples, editing techniques, and tasks. You and your students will love this! This Common Core-aligned lesson is perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!