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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

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Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

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College Admissions Essay/Personal Statement: Writing Unit (2022-23 Edition)

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NOW WITH GOOGLE: Up-to-date for 2022-23 Common App & Coalition App. The Common App prompts did not change this year.The Coalition App prompts DID change, and the lesson has been updated.College application essays are very different from other

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Writing-Essays

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

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Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

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Short Story Unit: 3+ Weeks of Literary Devices & Classic Stories (with Google)

By Secondary Sara

Need an engaging, student-driven way to teach short stories and/or literary terms? Use this unit as a high-accountability way to scaffold students into tougher literature!In this unit, small groups of students are assigned to one short story (so you

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.7.10, RL.8.10, RL.9-10.10

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Essay Writing Mega Bundle: ALL of my Current and Future Essay Lessons!

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My students spend a lot of time mastering the foundations of essay writing so they are well-prepared for upper grade levels, standardized tests, and college. Download ALL of my best essay-writing lessons and save yourself TONS of time with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

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$49.99

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Grammar Projects Bundle: Creative Activities for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Teaching grammar doesn’t have to be painful lecture from a textbook or worksheet. Engage students with projects, activities, and mini-units, selling them on why grammar matters, debating its use, teaching each OTHER lessons, and making the editing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Assessment

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The Gift of the Magi: Reading, Discussion, & Literary Analysis

By Secondary Sara

Need a seasonal literature activity with a text that’s complex enough? Do you want to teach a short story, collaboration, essay writing, and/or literary terms?This collaborative unit teaches the short story “The Gift of the Magi” in a way that

Subjects:

Literature, Short Stories, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Rubrics

$8.50

227

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Analysis Booklets & Writing Mini-Unit: Use with ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Do your students struggle to choose, lead into, cite, and analyze evidence? Need them to give more detail in their answers or explain data, direct quotes, and facts in writing? Use this booklet and quiz set to give them a crash course on analysis

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays, Test Preparation

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

W.7.8, W.7.9, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.9-10.8, W.9-10.9, W.11-12.8, W.11-12.9

$7.99

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Essay Editing Checklist & Task Cards (UPDATED)

By Secondary Sara

Few students take the time (or know how) to truly revise their essays. Editing checklists are helpful for some students, but are overwhelming for others. Break down the work and model the process with this interactive editing checklist and card

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Task Cards

CCSS:

W.6.5, W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5

$4.99

259

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ACT Essay Writing: 4+ Days of Test Prep (2021-22 Edition with Google)

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Need to prep your juniors and seniors for the ACT? Looking for something a little more engaging (or less expensive) than photocopying from a test prep book or buying a costly prep class?This bundle of lesson & practice materials is ready to

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Writing-Essays

Grades:

11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps

$9.99

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Thesis Statements are like Menus (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Thesis statements are like menus: a promise of what is to come. Hook and satisfy your diners/readers with this lesson!Use this easy simile to teach your students why essays need thesis statements, how

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1a, W.7.1a, W.8.1a, W.9-10.1a

$2.50

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Nonfiction Reading & Argumentative Essay: "Why Grammar?" 1-Week Unit

By Secondary Sara

NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS: If you’re tired of trying to sell the importance of grammar to your students, then maybe it’s time to let them discover for themselves why we still have to learn it! This mini-unit focuses on evaluating the arguments in

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing-Essays, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$7.00

244

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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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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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Poetry Activity Bundle: Reading & Writing Poems in Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Want to ease your students into harder poetry, prove why we need to care about it, or add more variety to your existing curriculum?Use this rigorous bundle of activities to remind the “big kids” that poetry is still fun!These products will help you

Subjects:

Writing-Essays, Poetry, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Lesson

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$34.99

104

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MLA Essay Lesson (DISTANCE LEARNING): Formatting is Like Setting a Table!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Just as the pieces of a place setting go in particular spots on the table, the elements of an essay's document need to be formatted just so!Use this easy simile to teach your students why essays need

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

$2.50

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Diagnostic Essay: Before & After Writing Assessments for ANY Unit

By Secondary Sara

If you need to show growth in student writing, celebrate learning over time, or build students’ confidence as writers, use this diagnostic essay (AND the comparison essay LATER) to get a benchmark and then make growth visible!Use this set of TWO

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Assessment

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Introductions are like Free Samples (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Introduction paragraphs are like free samples of food – it’s your one chance to grab a customer (reader) and convince them to “buy in” and keep reading. This lesson teaches students that it’s

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1a, W.6.2a, W.7.1a, W.7.2a, W.8.1a, W.8.2a, W.9-10.1a, W.9-10.2a

$2.50

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Transitions are like Waiters (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Transitional words, phrases, or sentences are like great waiters: they improve the timing and flow of the entire meal (essay) to control your satisfaction. Use this easy simile to teach your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1c, W.6.2c, W.7.1c, W.7.2c, W.8.1c, W.8.2c, W.9-10.1c, W.9-10.2c

$2.50

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Back to School Writing for Teens: 1+ Month of Prompts {August & September}

By Secondary Sara

Need a writing activity for older students that is unique, easy to differentiate, and accomplishes SEVERAL genres of writing? This highly flexible, choice-oriented menu project gives students 40 prompts across 8 high-interest topics: Summer, Goals

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities

$1.99

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Editing Checklist FLIPBOOK for ANY Writing Assignment

By Secondary Sara

Do your student writers desperately need an editing checklist to help proofread and/or revise their rough drafts? Gift them with a “once-and-for-all” flipbook that is a reference tool for ANY essay, narrative, or writing assignment!This dense

Subjects:

Grammar, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5, W.11-12.5

$8.50

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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