William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying - essay test or examination for the novel. Questions are based on Faulkner's life, style, including characterization and organization, themes, symbolisms and ironies. You can choose to have students answer all of the questions or let them select. This can be used as a take-home open book examination. Grading form and answer key included. You can use this for backwards design, and use the answer key to drive your class discussions. - HappyEdugator

Halloween Quiz. This simple and fun quiz about Halloween will test your students knowledge of some basic Halloween vocabulary and traditions. Students can fill in the blanks from the word bank. Pair and share, write a story with the words from the word bank, and color the Jack O Lantern afterwards. You can also cut out the word bank if you wish, and make a game for kids to "win" it! Included are word bank cards, a monster for early finishers to color, a key and a reward cut out for completing it correctly! - HappyEdugator

Drama Playbill Project. A printable activity -This assignment gives instructions to students on how to write a playbill (an advertisement for a play) that includes the following: an illustrated cover with information about the performance and a picture illustrating the play's content,a summary of the play written to promote the play, an illustration of the setting, an explanation of the the theme, and a description of the main character. A rubric for evaluation is included. - HappyEdugator

Reading a Magazine Terms and Worksheet. Magazine terms (parts of a magazine, and hands - on practice sheet) 2 page printable handout with a hands-on practice activity for reading nonfiction magazine articles. You will need to have magazines available or take students to the media center to read magazine articles. The first page is a list of journalism terms used in the magazine industry, which you can discuss and studentts can use as a reference sheet. The second page has students fill out questions about these terms using a magazine article they have read and can refer to.

Smartboard Language Fun With Alliteration and Rhyme. Alliteration game will help students practice beginning sounds. Spin the spinner to choose a letter, think of three words that begin with the same letter, and then write a sentence. Rhyme Time will generate random words and students must try to think of a rhyming word for each one and write it on the board. Room on the board for students to write words, which they love to do! Can be an engaging jump start for some poetry, too! Supports common core reading and writing standards K - 2. - HappyEdugator

I'm Done! What Will I Do Now? Editable Slide Set. PowerPoint slide poster set which can be printed or projected on your Smartboard. Five different background styles: Solid Blue, Chevron, Rainbow, Blue Sky, and White. Editable, so you can type what you want in the callouts. - HappyEdugator

Tabloid Myth Writing Assignment with Rubric. Studying mythology? Fun activity. Students will write a total of three illustrated and imaginative tabloid stories with mythological characters. The stories will have to have varied sentences and specific descriptive words. Final product will be evaluated according to the rubric included. Students will learn about tabloids and how they sensationalize stories to get attention. Assignment handout with student role and rubric included.

Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems - For Thanksgiving, Ten Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems. Students can use these festive templates to write an acrostic poem using the letters in several words that are related to Thanksgiving. Lower grades can write one word answers, upper level students can write phrases or sentences. Adjustable for your grade level. Great for differentiation. Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!

Main Idea in Writing PowerPoint - How can a piece of writing be strong in ideas? Ideas are the big juicy burger that is the meat of the paper. Short presentation and to the point presentation or mini-lesson that explains how students can score better on a standardized writing test with a paper that is strong in ideas, with several strategies on how to make ideas clearer and stronger. - HappyEdugator

Back to School - Welcome to Reading Class PowerPoint. Just add your information and use to welcome students to your reading class at Open House or on the first day of school. - HappyEdugator

Five Paragraph Essay PowerPoint - How to write a five paragraph essay. Information for students on the structure of a five paragraph essay. including introductory paragraph, 3 detail paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.

ersuasive Prompts Handout. Use this as a handout to give students many different choices for writing an argument or opinion piece, or use the prompts separately for different writing assignments. There is a total of 18 persuasive writing prompts that will surely get them writing! - HappyEdugator Supports Common Core ELA Writing Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1a Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1b Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1c Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1d Establish and maintain a formal style. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1e Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1a Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1b Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1c Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1d Establish and maintain a formal style. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.1e Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1a Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1b Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1c Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1d Establish and maintain a formal style. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.8.1e Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

Mythology Museum Project. Make a mythology museum exhibit. A fun group project for students to use creativity and knowledge of mythology. 10 activities required, with a signature line for each part a student participated in. Includes a detailed rubric. - HappyEdugator

Introduce the book Tuck Everlasting with this PowerPoint. Students will learn about the prologue, complete an anticipation guide, and prepare to make connections as they read the book. - HappyEdugator

This cause and effect chart goes along with the short story of The Legend of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccíhuatl. Students have to fill in the blanks of either the cause or the effect of the event listed on the chart. - HappyEdugator

Idioms Matching with Color Coding. Print and go. Printable activity - students match idioms to their meanings by coloring the matching boxes the same color with either colored pencils or crayons. A fun activity that helps students develop their understanding of idioms as figurative language. You get four different worksheets and answer keys. Common Core Standard L4.5: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs Common Core Standard L 5.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. Common Core Standards L 5.5 Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs. - HappyEdugator

Teaching expository writing? Everything you need to assign a successful how-to project and oral presentation. Includes: Parent informed consent letter with three possible topics requiring parental approval, Student Handout with list of topics they may choose, Rubric for teacher evaluation of project, Oral presentation rubric, and peer evaluation rubric. Students can complete this project at any time of the school year, but it is a good beginning of the year or end of the year activity. - HappyEdugator

Use this sheet on Veterans Day to reinforce your lessons on fact and opinion. Students have to read the eight sentences and then decide if they are facts or opinions. - HappyEdugator

Reading Response Activity - What's Your Two Cents Worth? Helps students with close reading and writing a response to literature. An active reading activity you can do with a a picture book, short story or even a poem. After reading a story, students have to give their two cents about different parts of a story. Print out sheets for each student. You may choose to print out on card stock and laminate for durability. You may do the same with the sheet of pennies, or you may choose to use real pennies for the activity or have students draw pennines in the boxes. Give each student a copy of the What's Your Two Cents Worth? Explain that you are going to read a story, and during the story you will pause five times for them to reflect and think about how that part just read affected them personally. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss is perfect for this activity. This book has multiple levels of interpretation which help students analyze and react to the themes in the book. At each stopping point, students can decide if the story is causing them to think (head), touching their emotions (heart), or making them want to laugh (funny bone). Students can then give their two cents worth by placing zero, one, or two pennies in the boxes across from the number of each stopping point. They may split up the pennies into different columns if more than one body part is affected. They do not have to use all their pennies, or none if the story is not having an impact on them individually at that point. Stop at five predetermined points while reading the book or story aloud so that students can give their two cents' worth each time. Use the after reading questions as a guide for students to write a literature response. Step by step instructions for the teacher for whole class and group instruction. Includes Reading Response Sheet, Sheet of pennies, After-reading questions, and teacher directions, along with activating strategy, summarizing, and extension. - HappyEdugator

Red Scarf Girl Vocabulary Sheets. 4 weeks of vocabulary based on the novel Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang. The lists can be projected on your white board, and students can fill in the words on their matching study guides. - HappyEdugator