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Public Speaking Activity: "15 Minutes of Fame" Real World Speeches (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

I'm going to go out on a limb with a big statement: this project was the most fun my class had all year. (This isn't always true with public speaking!)Almost everyone has to give a speech in his or her lifetime. In this fun project, students prepare

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

$6.00

799

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Short Research Projects 10-Project ELA Bundle: Volume I (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Looking for Common Core “short research projects” that won’t feel like work? Do you want research to spark student curiosity? Need to involve inquiry without students realizing it?This bundle includes TEN different projects that can be completed in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

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The Bucket List: “Short Research Project” with Real-World Goal-Setting

By Secondary Sara

Bucket Lists don’t have to be morbid; they can inspire us, give us hope, and force us to change or try new things. Setting goals is a valuable skill made even more priceless when we learn HOW to achieve them!Hook students into doing research in

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.6.7, W.7.7, W.8.7, W.9-10.7

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538

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Game Board Templates: Turn Any Unit into a Game! (Google & PowerPoint)

By Secondary Sara

Get ready to give your next unit or learning cycle a makeover! Use this FULLY editable set of 5+ templates to convert your teaching and assessment into a path of action steps that will engage your learners from start to finish. Take your current

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games, Google Apps

$7.99

402

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Speech Unit: Mock TED Talks {3+ Weeks: Writing, Speaking, & Nonfiction}

By Secondary Sara

Want a new, authentic, 21st-century spin on a formal speech unit? Help students analyze, write, and present their own mock TED-style talks in your own classroom conference!* This print-and-go unit fully scaffolds students through a process of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

SL.8.4, SL.9-10.4, SL.11-12.4

$19.99

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A Christmas Carol: Unit Bundle with Random Acts of Kindness

By Secondary Sara

Want to scaffold readers into more difficult literature in a safe way? Ready to celebrate the holidays in English class while still rigorously accomplishing standards in all domains?This unit is a perfect way for advanced middle school or early high

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

$28.44

$19.99

183

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Movie vs. Book Compare and Contrast: 15 Activities for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Do you need to accomplish RL.7, or just WANT to incorporate more films into English class? This bundle of 15 graphic organizers and projects brings rigor to movie viewing to justify it in your ELA curriculum! Use these in ANY literature unit to

Subjects:

Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.6.7, RL.7.7, RL.8.7, RL.9-10.7, RL.11-12.7

$7.99

263

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Goal-Setting Unit & Posters: Curing “Procrastinitis” and Student Diseases

By Secondary Sara

Ready to diagnose, treat, and cure the academic and behavioral “diseases” your students show at school? Use this set of activities to complete individualized, practical goal-setting in disguise! Instead of getting frustrated with student excuses

Subjects:

School Counseling, Study Skills, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Posters

$7.99

252

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Greek & Latin Roots Activities – 10 Lessons to APPLY Affixes (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Learning piles of roots and their definitions is a great accomplishment, but have you ever wanted more than just rote memorization and listing words? The CCSS standards regarding Greek and Latin affixes ask us to “USE common, grade- appropriate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

L.6.4b, L.7.4b, L.8.4b

$8.50

213

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Newspaper Journalism Unit: Informative Writing and PBL Project

By Secondary Sara

Teach informative writing in an exciting, collaborative way with this project-based learning unit to read, write, and create a class newspaper.In this EDITABLE unit, students receive direct instruction lessons before proceeding to write their own

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2

$9.99

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Narrative Writing Game for Teens: “Two Truths and a Lie”

By Secondary Sara

Ready to hook students into narrative writing and authentic peer feedback like never before? Play the game “two truths and a lie” with a narrative, storytelling twist!Instead of merely SPEAKING their truths and lies, students write 3 narrative

Subjects:

Creative Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

W.8.3, W.9-10.3, W.11-12.3

$2.99

200

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Literary Analysis Essay: Build a "Case File" of Text Evidence for ANY Novel!

By Secondary Sara

NOW INCLUDES GOOGLE: Are you looking for a new, engaging way to teach literary analysis? Call the claim/thesis a "conspiracy theory", and tell students that they have to "prove" it!Ideal for students who are new or intermediate with lit analysis,

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Rubrics

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, RL.9-10.1

$4.99

263

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Random Acts of Kindness Project for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Help students learn by doing with an experience-based project that will create many lasting memories.This Random Acts of Kindness project is meant to be used EITHER by itself or with ANY novel unit, especially with literature that has a kindness or

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Classroom Community

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities

$4.99

229

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Quote Analysis & Poster Project: Showing Meaning in Literature

By Secondary Sara

Want to spice up your quote analysis instruction, or simply get your students to appreciate beautiful moments in literature? Use this short two-part assignment to help students to analyze famous, memorable, or just plain pretty quotes from a short

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

RL.6.5, RL.7.4, RL.8.3, RL.9-10.4

$1.99

252

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Short Research Projects 10-Project ELA Bundle: Volume II (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.6.7, W.7.7, W.8.7, W.9-10.7

$14.99

$12.50

216

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Digital Poetry Slam: Listening & Performing Poems in ELA (with GOOGLE)

By Secondary Sara

Writing and sharing poetry can be intimidating – take the fear out of the presentation. Turn your classroom into a multimedia, high-energy performance space with a DIGITAL poetry slam!The digital poetry slam is a great jumping-off point if you're

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Google Apps

$4.00

222

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Grammar Video Project: Students Teach Their Peers!

By Secondary Sara

We learn by DOING and by TEACHING others. Transform your grammar instruction by putting STUDENTS in the role of teacher!In this project, student groups collaborate to design and record their own SHORT videos (1-5 minutes) teaching one focused

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, ELA Test Prep

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Google Apps

$3.99

298

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Poetry Parody Bundle (American Literature): Read & Imitate 5 Classic Poems!

By Secondary Sara

Students learn from the greats by reading mentor text poems and writing their own parodies using templates!Hook students into poetry by making it seem as easy as fill-in-the-blank! Great for any American Literature class OR anyone feeling patriotic,

Subjects:

Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.7.10, W.8.10, W.9-10.10, W.11-12.10

$12.50

$7.99

148

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The Little Mermaid: Compare/Contrast Movie & Reading Unit (Middle School)

By Secondary Sara

Need a quick, engaging way to fulfill the standard of watching a text’s film version? Struggling to find a movie version to which parents won’t object? The original story by Hans Christian Andersen is a complex text that is NOT just for elementary

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$7.99

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WORD CRIMES: Poster Project and Lesson for the Music Video!

By Secondary Sara

Ready to stop some word crimes? Watch or listen to Weird Al Yankovic’s song and use this lesson as a follow-up!This 9-page, fully EDITABLE download includes the following:• In the introductory lesson, students watch the video and record their

Subjects:

Grammar

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$3.99

$2.99

234

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

6 years of teaching 7th & 8th grade ELA, and 8 years of high school tutoring experience. I'm also a National Writing Project consultant and writing team coach. I'm constantly involved with both the middle and high school "worlds", and I love all of these grade levels and their quirks!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I teach with a lot of technology and student-centered projects! I flip my ELA curriculum when I can, and create units in which students drive their own learning. Student motivation is very important to me, and we spend time in class talking about why the lesson matters to their futures.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Writing Project Teacher Consultant; Conference presenter; Kappa Phi Kappa Award 2010

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor's degree with honors in English Pre-Education, with minors in Professional Writing and Music. Master's degree in Integrated English Language Arts 7-12. Both degrees are from THE Ohio State University!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Check out my blog at secondarysara.com! You can also interact with me on Facebook and Pinterest.

GRADES

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, World Languages, Latin, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Classroom Community