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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

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Other (Specialty), Writing-Essays

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11^th, 12^th

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

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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

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School Counseling, Study Skills, For All Subjects

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities, Posters

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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

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Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays, Test Preparation

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

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Activities, Assessment, Interactive Notebooks

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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

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Random Acts of Kindness Project for Secondary ELA

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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

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English Language Arts, Writing, Classroom Community

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

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Teacher Tools Bundle (Any Subject) - Grading, Surveys, Game Boards, & More

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Get my best-selling teacher favorites all in one download with a bundle that can help you organize your life and get to know your students like never before! If you'd like to reclaim your workload, give your syllabus a new look, or help students set

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Formal Writing Lesson: Removing Personal Pronouns from Sentences

By Secondary Sara

Do your students struggle with taking pronouns out of their writing, removing bias, or writing in formal or informative genres?Use this classroom-tested handout to introduce this skill to students and break down their options to write more

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Writing, Test Preparation

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

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W.7.1d, W.7.2e, W.8.1d, W.8.2e, W.9-10.1d, W.9-10.2e

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Grammar Bell-Ringers #2: Common Errors, Homophones, and More

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Want to incorporate TEST PREP grammar in small doses? Get ready to activate your students’ brains and learn grammar rules through inductive reasoning!This set of lessons can be used daily or weekly for any ELA class that needs help with common

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Grammar, Spelling, Test Preparation

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Exit Tickets: Paper Slips & Display Questions (Any Subject)

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Not enough time in the lesson for a full bell-ringer? Need a QUICK review question? Forgot to make an exit ticket? Use this PPT of formative prompts (and corresponding printables) to begin or end your lesson! Choose from the collection of 40

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Critical Thinking, Study Skills, For All Subjects

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

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PowerPoint Presentations, Assessment

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FREE Daily Student Mini-Survey: How are you today?

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Ever just want to take the "temperature" of the room? Use this little half-sheet to check on each individual student and see how they're doing. It's an easy way for students to privately tell you what's on their minds (including what could be

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FREE Gifts for Students: Life Pass Cards for Teens

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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

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

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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.

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

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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