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Note-Taking Skills Lessons & Templates: Teach with ANY Unit! (with GOOGLE)

By Secondary Sara

Do your students struggle with taking notes in class, especially from a lecture? Are they unsure what to write down, or how to organize their ideas?Use this lesson to empower students with a critical skill that can change their academic lives! And

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Lectures, Activities, Google Apps

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Intro to Public Speaking Mini-Unit: Learning from Experts & Videos (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Instead of lecturing about public speaking fundamentals, let students hear it from neutral experts and become persuaded about the topic’s importance! These videos are a great way to kick off a speech unit OR just prep students for a specific

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Google Apps

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Five Paragraph Essays Lesson Bundle (DISTANCE LEARNING): Unit for ANY Prompt!

By Secondary Sara

Now with Google Slides versions of lessons for distance learning! Students need to learn the rules in order to break them. Teach students about five paragraph essay structure with this bundle of lessons, ready to use before or during ANY essay

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

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$24.99

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Socratic Seminar Task Cards: Discussion Sentence Starters

By Secondary Sara

Though most students LOVE to talk, sometimes students need guidance to learn how to appropriately contribute to a larger conversation.Enter these 48 task cards of sentence starters! Based on the expectations of Common Core standards in SL.1 for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

SL.7.1, SL.8.1, SL.9-10.1, SL.11-12.1

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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

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Reading Bookmarks: DURING Reading Tools for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Want to scaffold students into doing more critical thinking DURING reading? Want them to take notes without ruining the joy of the book? Want to annotate, but can’t mark in a class set of novels? Or, just as importantly: do your students have

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Printables

$2.99

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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

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Time Management Unit: Goal-Setting and Proactive Planning Skills at School

By Secondary Sara

Do your students need serious help learning how to avoid procrastination, break down long assignments, study IN ADVANCE for a test, or start an essay BEFORE the night it’s due?Use this time management skills unit to help teens and tweens to build

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities

$4.99

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Speaking Lesson on Posture & Movement: “The Seven Sins of Speaking”

By Secondary Sara

Use this lesson as a way to break down what a good public speaker looks like and prevent common mistakes in your students’ speeches! This activity can be flexibly used before any speech assignment of your choosing and is appropriate for a variety of

Subjects:

Other (ELA)

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Lesson

$3.00

156

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Formal Writing Word Choices Lesson for ELA: Write "Like a Boss"

By Secondary Sara

Do your writers still sound like students instead of professionals? Do they need help avoiding conversational word choices and tone?Use this lesson to teach students how to write “in a formal style” to meet CCSS for informative AND argumentative

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson

$3.99

181

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Timed Essay Writing Unit: Use with Any Topic or Prompt!

By Secondary Sara

Do your students need help writing an essay in 45 minutes or less? (Need test prep help, or want to prepare them for future grade levels and tasks?)Use this lesson and writing practice set to break down the process of a timed essay and build

Subjects:

English Language Arts, ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment

$7.99

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Academic Skills Choice Project: Becoming Better Students

By Secondary Sara

Do your students need help learning how to become independent, successful students? Can’t keep a binder organized or study well for tests? Do they struggle with study skills, time management, or other elements of school?Use this short research

Subjects:

Other (ELA), Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Research, Projects, Activities

$2.99

$1.99

153

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Individualized Grammar Project: Learn and Proofread Any Topic

By Secondary Sara

Do your students need help to proofread and edit their work? Do they need help learning grammar rules and/or applying them in writing to make visibly different drafts over time?Use this multi-step project to engage all students at their levels and

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

CCSS:

W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5

$1.99

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FREE Goal-Setting BINGO for Students: Resolutions Activity for Teens

By Secondary Sara

Want resolutions that feel doable, or goal-setting that isn’t just another SMART graphic organizer? Try this cross between BINGO and a checklist to make student growth a very rewarding game! Students use a mix of choice and preset goals in the game

Subjects:

The New Year

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities

FREE

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FREE End of Semester Review Activity (Any Subject)

By Secondary Sara

Need a quick way to see what stuck, review highlights of a class, or identify the most important learning? Use this creative reflection activity to help students process the facts and skills that matter most. Part 1 of this activity is a Top 10

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, End of Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

FREE

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FREE Gifts for Students: Life Pass Cards for Teens

By Secondary Sara

This holiday season (or whenever you want in the year), give students what they really want – some mercy when “life” happens! These cards might be the easiest holiday gift ever (or back-to-school, new quarter/semester, etc.) Use EITHER the

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Back to School, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

FREE

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FREE: The 24-Hour No Screen Challenge (No Cell Phone Challenge)

By Secondary Sara

Help students unplug from technology with a 24-hour challenge in which students give up their phones and computers and experience life without screens!This 3-page download includes:Editable student handout: directions and self-assessment questionsAn

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Homework

FREE

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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