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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

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English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

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

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CCSS:

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

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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

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

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Winter Poetry: Fun Christmas Activities, Holiday Writing Prompts, Library Craft

By Building Book Love

This winter poetry pack is full of creative and fun poetry activities for your winter writing lesson plans! You can use these poetry activities for single lesson plans or pair them with common holiday texts such as A Christmas Carol, Little Match

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English Language Arts, Library Skills, Writing

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

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Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.8.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10

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The Pit and the Pendulum Activities + Informational Text

By Building Book Love

Though Edgar Allan Poe is always a student favorite,“The Pit and the Pendulum” proves to be one of Poe’s most challenging short stories. I designed this lesson with engaging activities that not only help students to better understand the content,

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English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

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Literary Playlist: A Fun Writing Activity to use with ANY Piece of Literature

By Building Book Love

This is a fun way to get students thinking critically about an author or character! This lesson is Common Core based and requires using evidence in writing. You can use this MULTIPLE times a year since it is adaptable for any piece of literature.

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

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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

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English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

Grades:

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

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Worksheets, Handouts, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.W.2

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The World on the Turtles Back Creation Story : Creation stories around the world

By Building Book Love

The World on the Turtle's Back is a beautiful and rich Iroquois creation story. When paired with other creation stories from around the world, this story helps students analyze similarities and differences among diverse cultures and the creation

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

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CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2

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Romantic or Realist: Literary Personality Quiz for Romanticism Lesson Plans

By Building Book Love

When introducing the Romantic Time Period, this quick personality quiz will help students figure out where they fit in your unit of study and will help hook them from the start! By filling out this student-centered personality quiz, students will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool

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Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.L.6

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Poetry Text Set : Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan + Informational Text

By Building Book Love

This is a high-interest "Kubla Khan" comparison activity to an 80's rock song. This activity not only helps students interpret Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan," but also has a wonderful little segue into an informational text article with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.W.10

$3.00

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Winter Test Prep : A winter writing prompt about climate change + test prep

By Building Book Love

This winter test prep and winter writing prompt will not only help to prepare your students for their standardized tests, but will also provide a real-world topic to discuss this winter season. In this original article, I link snow globes to climate

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

CCSS:

RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2, RI.11-12.4, RI.11-12.6

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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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