Prepping your students for the big standardized test? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with (40) engaging Standardized Test Task Cards that challenge and teach simultaneously. Task cards are an effective instructional tool for test prep and a great alternative to boring worksheets! Task cards address a variety of literary skills, including vocabulary, context clues, main idea, analogies, response to literature, author’s purpose, writing, and research. 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 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 “Rikki Nikki Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling? Enhance your instruction of this classic tale in courage with this engaging 34-slide Rikki Tikka Tavi PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product includes facts on Kipling, anticipation questions, vocabulary review, literary elements, character descriptions, discussion questions, and a class debate on the mongoose versus the cobra.

Students love learning about philias and philes! Now you can leverage their interest with the Philias and Philes PowerPoint Lesson (Common Core-aligned). Product includes 36-slide PowerPoint on the etymology of philes, common (and not-so-common) Greek/Latin philias and philes, a fun Check for Understanding quiz (answer key included), and an opportunity to create their own phile word. You and your students will love this lesson. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or an upcoming evaluation!

Quick Writes are a powerful instructional tool that can be used any time during instruction. Leverage this amazing best practice with the Poetry Quick Write PowerPoint. This 87-slide product includes poignant poems written by Langston Hughes to Emily Dickinson - along with Quick Write Student Directions and Quick Write Turn and Talk Protocols. Each Poetry Quick Write can be employed as a writing activity, a Brain Break, or an amazing lesson launch. You and your students will love this! Seven Benefits of Quick Writes: Quick Writes build student confidence. Quick Writes increase engagement and decreases lesson anxiety. Quick Writes Improve student stamina and fluency in writing. Quick Writes strengthen relationships in class community. Quick Writes develop writer’s voice. Quick Writes foster a habit of writing: engages critical thinking, promotes reflection, amplifies creativity. Quick Writes synthesize content.

Teaching text features? Amp up the fun and proficiency level in your classroom with a comprehensive set of Text Features Task Cards. These (32) Common Core-aligned task cards challenge your students to identify and understand the purpose behind text features with real life scenarios. Task Cards can be analyzed in pairs, groups, literacy centers, or whole class instruction. Answer key included. A fun, effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Perfect for ELA test prep. Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!

Teaching puns? Hold your students accountable with the Pun ELA Test. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in identifying puns, an important ELA figurative language skill. Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there! 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 Tip: Save trees and time! Make one class set of the tests and have students use a multiple choice answer sheet that can be scanned. Happy Assessing!

Teaching The Twilight Zone play, “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?” Introduce this gripping play of suspense and conformity with an engaging, student-friendly 36-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on The Twilight Zone, pre-reading vocabulary, teleplay terms, anticipation questions, themes, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions that will take you through the entire unit.

Teaching “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros? This 47-slide Common Core-aligned PowerPoint includes everything you need: short story text, facts on Sandra Cisneros, character descriptions, literary elements, and discussion questions that enhance analysis of this thematically rich text. Super sub friendly - Keep them learning even when you’re not there!

Combine word work into word fun with the Boggle PowerPoint! Students will be fully engaged with this interactive, fun instructional game that makes you “the cool teacher” while increasing critical thinking skills. Perfect for a bell ringer, brain break, or building community activity. 38-slide product includes rules/directions, easy to score point scale, and ELA/school themes for an extra culturally relevant challenge.

Combine word work into word fun with the ELA Word Game PowerPoint - that includes Boggle, Rebus Puzzles, and Scattergories! Students will be fully engaged with this interactive, fun product that makes you “the cool teacher” while increasing critical thinking and word proficiency. Perfect for a bell ringer, brain break, or building community activity. 65-slide product includes rules/directions for each game and easy to score point scale. Your students will love this!

Students love learning about fears and phobias! Now you can leverage their interest with the Fears and Phobias PowerPoint Lesson (Common Core-aligned). Product includes 36-slide PowerPoint on the etymology of phobias, common (and not-so-common) Greek/Latin phobias, a fun Check for Understanding quiz (answer key included), and an opportunity to create their own phobia word. You and your students will love this lesson. Perfect for Halloween or an upcoming evaluation!

Teaching textual evidence using the A.C.E. strategy? Kick off your this research-based, best practice strategy with the 34-slide PowerPoint lesson. Product includes an easy-to-understand breakdown of A.C.E. (Answer, Cite, Explain), why it is important to include textual evidence when writing, and useful passage examples with answers. Perfect for reinforcing this important tool in any subject!

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.

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!