Teaching foreshadowing and flashback? Hold your students accountable with the Foreshadowing and Flashback ELA Test that includes close reading of classic and contemporary literary passages. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in identifying foreshadowing and flashback, an important ELA literary 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.

Teaching Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with the “The Lottery” Final Exam Test (Full Text included). Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the thematic message of mob mentality and conformity, which can be included or not based on the level of your students. Common Core aligned. Answer key included. Perfect for an end-of-semester final exam!

Teaching rhetorical devices, such as ethos, pathos, and logos? Hold your students accountable with the Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Rhetorical Appeals Test. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in identifying rhetorical devices, an important ELA argumentative literary 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 persuasion and modes of rhetoric? Make sure your students understand the basics of ethos, pathos, and logos with these (40) engaging task cards. Common Core-aligned product includes (20) Q/A task cards with examples of each mode of rhetoric and (20) writing tasks where students will need to determine the best argumentation strategy. 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 those pesky punctuation marks? Amp up the proficiency level with the Punctuation Mark PowerPoint. This comprehensive 58-slide product covers all (14) punctuation marks, provides examples, and has multiple checks for understanding, including a formative assessment quiz for a complete lesson! Punctuation Mark PowerPoint includes: Period Question mark Exclamation point Comma Colon Semicolon Dash Brackets Braces Parentheses Apostrophe Quotation marks Ellipsis Hyphen

Teaching those pesky punctuation marks? Amp up the proficiency level with the (14) Punctuation Marks Task Cards. This (32) Task Cards product covers all (14) punctuation marks, including the often forgotten hyphens, dashes, slashes, ellipses, and parentheses! Answer key included. This Common Core-aligned product is perfect for standardized test prep and super sub friendly. Task Cards are 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! Punctuation Mark Task Cards include: Period Question mark Exclamation point Comma Colon Semicolon Dash Brackets Braces Parentheses Apostrophe Quotation marks Ellipsis Hyphen

Teaching those pesky punctuation marks? Hold your students accountable with the Punctuation Mark Assessment Test that addresses all (14) punctuation marks, including the often forgotten hyphens, dashes, slashes, ellipses, and parentheses! This Common Core-aligned (30)-question assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA 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! Answer key included. Punctuation Mark Assessment Test addresses the following punctuation marks: Period Question mark Exclamation point Comma Colon Semicolon Dash Brackets Braces Parentheses Apostrophe Quotation marks Ellipsis Hyphen

Teaching puns? Ensure your students know how to identify puns with these (40) engaging Fun With Puns Task Cards. This Common Core-aligned product is perfect for standardized test prep and super sub friendly. Task Cards are 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 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!

Quick Writes are a powerful instructional tool that can be used any time during instruction. Leverage this amazing best practice with the Literature Quick Write PowerPoint. This 87-slide product includes poignant literary quotations written by Charles Dickens to Maya Angelou along with Quick Write Student Directions and Quick Write Turn and Talk Protocols. Each 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.

Research shows that looking at student work builds capacity among teams in increasing student proficiency. The 24-slide Looking at Student Work (LASW) Meeting PowerPoint is all you need to facilitate a productive and engaging meeting that will impress both your administrators and colleagues and keep your team on task. Product includes agenda, norms, roles, goals, LASW terms, 55-minute LASW Protocol, and reflection piece. Just fill in with your own particulars and you’ll be showcasing your leadership skills in no time!

Holding a department meeting but not sure where to start? The 24-slide Department Meeting PowerPoint is all you need to facilitate a productive and engaging meeting that will impress both your administrators and colleagues. Product includes agenda, norms, roles, goals, ice-breaker, best practice/article study, students of concern and commendation, student work task analysis, PD opportunities, and teacher spotlight. Just fill in with your own particulars and you’ll be showcasing your leadership skills in no time!