Author’s Purpose is a reading and writing skill often found on standardized tests. Make sure your students are P-I-E certified with (40) engaging Author’s Purpose task cards that address persuasive, informative, and entertaining texts. An 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!

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!

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 author’s purpose? Make sure your students are P-I-E certified with this comprehensive, instructional 32-slide PowerPoint that addresses persuasive, informative, and entertaining texts. Product includes definition, purpose, signal words, and examples of each. Assess your students with a concluding formative/summative review that will let you know their comprehension level. Easy for you - engaging for them!

Teaching text features? Ensure your students know the basics of this important literary skill with the 32-slide Text Features PowerPoint. Product includes the purposes of text features, (16) text features with visual examples, the N.E.A.T. Strategy, and a Check For Understanding Quiz. You and your students will love this! Text Features Addressed in This Product: Table of Contents Index Headings/Subheadings Captions Bold Words/Italics Illustrations Photographs Glossary Labels Graphs/Table/Chart/Diagram Maps Sidebars Bullet Points Title Inset Footnote

Hygge is the Danish word meaning “Comfort or coziness that engenders well-being.” Teaching haikus? Now your students can beat the winter blues with fun and engaging Hygge Poetry Haikus! Ready-to-go 14-page packet includes clear directions, Hygge Haiku Word Bank, Imagery graphic organizer, Hygge Haiku writing page, and an easy-to-score grading rubric for you! You and your students will absolutely love this! Perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!

Do you coach, lead, or inspire teachers? Research shows that an understanding of Webb’s Depth of Knowledge is the foundation to optimal instruction. Now you can help teachers gain an understanding with the Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Overview PowerPoint. This 32-Slide read-to-go PD PowerPoint includes a comprehensive overview of the DOK Four Levels, Checks for Understanding, DOK Question/Task Stems, DOK Activities, and a Teacher Deliverable. You and your teachers will love this classroom-changing tool. Perfect for administration, department heads, and instructional coaches!

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!

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 argumentation and persuasive rhetoric? Make sure your student understand the basics of ethos, pathos, and logos with this comprehensive 60-slide PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product provides information on each mode of rhetoric with definition, examples, and the effect on audience along with a formative assessment and engaging student writing tasks.

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.

Teaching a play? Kick off an inspirational unit with this student-friendly, engaging 95-slide Elements of Drama PowerPoint. Product introduces students to drama with background information on the Greek theater, dramatic elements/terms, famous plays, and an opportunity to act out the most famous scene in all of theater - Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene, which can be a lesson in itself!

The Morning Meeting PowerPoint is the ultimate way to start each morning with an engaging topic that will ensure a positive classroom climate. With over 120 slides to choose from, you and your students will get to know each other while discussing real-world topics, themes, and subjects that will initiate social/emotional growth. You and your students will love this! This product is super sub friendly. Keep your classroom climate positive - even when you’re not there!

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.

Archetypes are everywhere in literature! Take your students to the next level with this comprehensive, engaging 88-slide PowerPoint on all the major archetypes, including character, symbol, and the heroic journey. Before you know it, your students will be analyzing literature like college professors! A perfect instructional tool for A.P./honors classes.

Teaching Sherlock Holmes’s The Hound of the Baskervilles? Kick off your unit with with a comprehensive, student-friendly 63-slide PowerPoint that is guaranteed to pique students’ interest in this classic detective novel. Common Core-aligned product includes facts on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the mystery genre, anticipation questions, vocabulary review, literary elements, discussion questions, and writing activities that enhance analysis of this thematically rich, spine-tingling text. Product presentation will last the entire unit.

Exit Tickets are a versatile, research-based best practice that allow students to “show what they know.” In addition, Exit Tickets are a great way to conclude class while leaving you with a piece of data that informs tomorrow’s instruction. Now you can have 100 Exit Ticket slides at your fingertips for easy lesson wrap-ups! Just grab any slide and add it to your PowerPoint or Google Classroom. Share with a colleague for ready-to-use/no-prep formative assessments. Perfect for teacher evaluations that can be used for any subject or class!