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Writing Poetry Unit: Fun Poetry Activities - Paint Chip, Blackout, + 12 more!

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Teaching poetry doesn't have to be intimidating. In fact, it can (and should be!) really fun! With this writing poetry unit, you'll have 14 fun and creative poetry activities that you can use as stand-alone prompts or pair with ANY text.Oftentimes,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Google Apps, Microsoft OneDrive

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4

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ELA First Day BUNDLE: Everything for back to school: Syllabus + Stations + Fun

By Building Book Love

Have the best first day EVER in ELA with this bundle of first day stations, slides, and syllabus templates! Whether you like customizing in Canva, PPT, or Google Slides, these templates will make prepping for your first day total breeze. Not only

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, For Parents

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Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan: Fun Worksheets, Question Examples, Discussion Tips

By Building Book Love

Get students talking with this Socratic Seminar Talking Toolkit! When done right, Socratic Seminars can be the best low prep, high impact activity you will ever do. They can cut down on your grading without sacrificing rigor. They can build

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.SL.4, CCRA.SL.6

$4.99

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Movie Guide Worksheets for ANY Movie: ELA Book vs Movie Activities + Film Study

By Building Book Love

Stop feeling guilty about movie days. When paired with creative movie guides, films make excellent teaching tools and help you take a stress-free sub day or get some much-needed grading time. With these editable Movie Guide Templates, you can hit

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Movie Guides

$3.99

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Essay Writing Revision Stations: Peer Editing Checklist, Essay Feedback Centers

By Building Book Love

When used strategically, essay revision stations can greatly decrease your workload while improving student writing. Personally, I would NEVER grade another essay unless it been ran through these essay revision steps. These essay revision stations

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.10, CCRA.L.1

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Positive Postcards: 50 Positive Notes Home to Parents, Communication Log, Brag

By Building Book Love

Help build relationships and open communication by sending a positive note home to parents!One of the BEST classroom routines I ever started was getting in the habit of sending a positive note home every Friday. I appreciate how it trained me to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Back to School

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers, For Parents

$3.00

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Podcast Worksheets: Print & Digital Resources for ANY Pod: Mars Patel, Limetown

By Building Book Love

These podcast worksheets can be used with ANY podcast such as the Six Minutes Podcast, Limetown, Mars Patel, informational podcasts and so many more! Use fun podcasts to practice ELA skills, check for understanding, and reach listening goals!There

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Google Apps

$4.99

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High School ELA Bellringers: Mentors, Grammar, First Chapter Friday, Test Prep

By Building Book Love

These book bellringers provide a way for you to combine your passion of instilling a love of reading with your obligation of preparing students for standardized testing. Think of it as First Chapter Friday meets mentor texts, grammar practice, and

Subjects:

Grammar, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$36.00

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Get to Know You High School and Middle School: Student Visual Resume

By Building Book Love

When getting to know students online, it's important to put faces with names and to build relationships through technology. These student visual resumes will help you do just that! Students will get to tap into their creativity and reveal their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

$3.00

163

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Novel in Verse Vault : Digital reading worksheets for novel in verse lit circles

By Building Book Love

Are you teaching a novel in verse such as The Crossover, Long Way Down, The Poet X, or a hundred other options to engage students in poetry and prose? Then this novels in verse vault has you covered!This reading worksheet vault has 15 completely

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Poetry

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Literature Circles, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.5

$5.00

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ELA Introduction Stations for ANY Book : Pre-reading activities for novel study

By Building Book Love

Make the switch from boring slides to engaging stations with these time-saving templates! Sparking curiosity before beginning a novel study is KEY, and these pre-reading stations are just what you need pique their interest.Perhaps you’ve always

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities

$3.99

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ELA templates for Jamboard : for Jamboard™ discussions, reading responses, hooks

By Building Book Love

This pack includes 50+ Jamboard templates and Jamboard ideas for the secondary ELA classroom! From Jamboard games to reading responses, discussions, and abstract thinking, these Jamboard templates will engage your students foster collaboration in a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$5.00

134

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Act It Out: An engaging reading activity for ANY text, drama, or story

By Building Book Love

This engaging reading activity will help you bring ANY text to life by allowing students write and perform a mini-play based on a scene from a book, story, or drama. Students will first comprehend the text on their own and then will show you their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.SL.5, CCRA.SL.6

$3.00

124

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Middle School ELA Bellringers: Mentor, Grammar, First Chapter Friday, Test Prep

By Building Book Love

Subjects:

Grammar, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

7^th, 8^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$36.00

$15.99

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Secondary Teacher Templates : High school meet the teacher, High School Syllabus

By Building Book Love

First impressions matter. Quickly enhance yours with these secondary meet the teacher templates and secondary syllabus templates. Designed in a simple yet sophisticated style, these meet the teacher templates are perfect for high school and middle

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies - History

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Handouts, Printables, For Parents

$3.00

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Podcast Unit Choice Boards: Informational Text Activities, Fun Library Lessons

By Building Book Love

Use these podcast choice boards to host your own exciting podcast picnic! Students LOVE listening to podcasts and a podcast sampling is a perfect way to introduce them to new and exciting episodes!You will get:⭐1 editable podcast sampling brochure⭐6

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Library Skills

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Homework, Google Apps

$4.99

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Creative Book Report : Friendship bracelets for ANY character! Inference + More!

By Building Book Love

Promote reading, writing, and creative thinking by tapping into the popularity of friendship bracelets! Using symbolism, color connotation, and word choice, students design bracelets or other wrist accessories for a character from a book.You will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.W.2

$3.00

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Literary Charts: Engaging ELA Analysis Activities and ELA Test Prep for ANY TEXT

By Building Book Love

Take close reading to the next level with these literary chart templates! If you and your students are bored with the same old reading strategies then these ELA activities will have your students analyzing ANY text in a whole new way!Building off of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.11-12.3, RI.11-12.6, CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.L.5

$3.00

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Virtual Classroom Templates for Distance or Live Daily Agenda

By Building Book Love

Your Virtual Classroom Template can be both pretty and practical! By dragging and dropping standards into your digital daily agenda, you will not only save time, but plan effectively for distance and/or live learning! These virtual classroom

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies - History

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Google Apps

$3.00

133

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Social Media Stories Character Profile and Elements of Literature Activity

By Building Book Love

This is a fun activity that can be used with ANY text! Students create social media profiles for characters based on direct and indirect evidence from the text. Students will also use inference skills to determine which "sign" belongs on their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Microsoft OneDrive

$1.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

After a decade of teaching high school English in East Tennessee, I now work to help other ELA teachers create meaningful, engaging, and joyful learning experiences.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Here you will find creative ELA activities to up your classroom engagement and simple solutions to ease your teacher workload.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Author of Keeping the Wonder: An Educator's Guide to Magical, Engaging, and Joyful Learning

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I majored in English and have a Masters in English Education from East Tennessee State University; I graduated with honors in both of my degrees.

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Science, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, World History, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Drama, ELA Test Prep, Geography, For All Subjects, Literature, Family Consumer Sciences, Library Skills, Criminal Justice - Law, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, Products For TpT Sellers, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading