Resources for Students
- The writing process can be tedious and challenging at times. However, it is essential to make it second nature so that you are college and career ready. Follow this link for an in-depth explanation of the 5-step writing process.
- Trying to remember the different literary devices can be confusing times. Check out this video where you connect the literary device to examples in pop culture.
- The dreaded thesis statement! It seems that this is something that trips up all students. If you click here, here, or here you will find something that can help you create the perfect thesis statements.
- I know that grammar and punctuation can be tricky sometimes. Click here to brush up on your commas and coordinating conjunctions!
Resources for Parents
- In today's day in age your child is bound to turn an assignment in online. Be sure that he or she is not plagiarizing by using this chart as a resource.
- Follow this link to learn about digital literacy and how to make sure that your child is interacting safely with online resources.
- Reading is an important skill for all students, better readers are better writers. In knowing that reading is not everyone's favorite activity, here are some visual texts so that students can practice reading without it feeling like reading!
Resources for Teachers
- Not sure what to do in literature circles? Here are free, downloadable lit circle task cards that are tried and true!
- Click this link to find a creative way to get to know your students in the first week of school.
- Follow Shakespeare Lyrics for quick and constant ways to connect that "old english" to modern day.
- Creating classroom procedures is hard. Follow this link to find out more on how you can create meaningful classroom procedures for the older students.
- Feel free to pop your head in to any of the above tabs on my teaching website for more ideas on things such as classroom management, integrated thematic units, and social justice & equity.