Lecture notes for English Class
6ELA First day letter/syllabus
just syllabus
7ELA First day letter/syllabus
just syllabus
WTEN for 6ELA and 7ELA
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6ELA schedule (current year)
last year's schedule for 6ELA
7ELA schedule (current year)
last year's schedule for 7ELA
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Room 6 how-to-use-the-classroom stations
coupons
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master copy of all Latin and Greek roots for 6th and 7th,
6ELA roots
mono/uno - choice
potens
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7ELA roots
mal
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StarRenaissance sign-in directions
On-demand directions for 6/7ELA narrative
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7ELA - trimester 1
7ELA goals and letter to Mrs. Woods template
7ELA Coca Cola Brotherly Love plot elements
7ELA link to Trimester 1 reading strategies
7ELA setting/scene: Tom's Diner and Charlie Chaplin
7ELA conflict sentence starters
7ELA self review on-demand realistic fiction narrative, transition words, essay template, and rubric
7ELA Socratic seminar how-to slideshow
7ELA mono/uno apple
7ELA link to all FICTION Post-it Note lectures for Reading Workshop 7ELA.
7ELA link for Figurative Language 7ELA
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7ELA The Giver pacing schedule
and pre-reading discussion slide
Socratic Seminar question ideas from ChatGPT
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7ELA WSAS educator's guide
7ELA WSAS slide presentation on how to read a graphic novel
7ELA WSAS prereading activity
7ELA WSAS diary project template, project instructions, audiobook
7ELA Heartbreak and Hope paragraph instructions, and graphic organizer
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6ELA - trimester 1
6ELA Viking Helmet art and writing task
6ELA 6ELA independent reading log.
6ELA reading strategies
6ELA personal narrative workshop slides,
essay template, and rubric , transition words
6ELA questions to ask yourself as you edit
6ELA figurative language lecture for Halloween WaR
6ELA link to Freak the Mighty audiobook 6ELA and Freak the Mighty Cloze activity 1-14 and 15-25
6ELA Literary paragraph , Character Analysis paragraph, and with scaffolding for Freak the Mighty 6ELA, plus two-chunk paragraph, FtM Character analysis Boxes& Bullets for writing notebook
color coded literary paragraph example/instructions handout for writing notebook
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6ELA How to write a compare and contrast literary essay
6ELA compare-and-contrast color-coded example and doc for writing with baked-in supports
6ELA half-sheet for claim/evidence to be stamped before writing essay occurs
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6ELA book club (Restart, Flipped, Cactus, Mason Buttle) bookmarks
and book tasting graphic organizer
6ELA book club diorama, plus sentence/paragraph starters
6ELA book club audiobooks
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6ELA mono/uno snowflake
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7ELA - trimester 2
7ELA link to Trimester 2 - Information / Nonfiction Unit 7ELA
7ELA WaR Heart: emotional timeline
7ELA information essay unit essay assignment,
mini lesson: how to write graphic organizer
mini lesson: HOOKS lesson
mini lesson: information text structure graphic
mini lesson: body paragraphs
mini lesson: how to write a conclusion
mini lesson: direct and paraphrased quotes
7ELA info sample bibliography plus student example
7ELA essay template
7ELA graphic organizer
7ELA info essay rubric
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HOW TO CITE SOURCES WITH GOOGLE
7ELA info/argument essay items, including citation pages/slidedeck
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6ELA - trimester 2
6ELA Dragonwings audiobook
6ELA Dragonwings reading strategies for HF Companion book historical companion book
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6ELA The Cay historical fiction companion book ,The Cay background knowledge instruction and template slidedeck for students
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The Cay WaR Heart: Love letter to/from Timothy/Philip
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6ELA Info unit TCRWP slideshow
mini lesson: direct and paraphrased quotes
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HOW TO CITE SOURCES WITH GOOGLE
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7ELA - trimester 3
7ELA shamrock with biography
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7ELA link to Trimester 3 -Argument Unit 7ELA
7ELA link to Trimester 3 -Persuasive Techniques 7ELA
HOW TO CITE SOURCES WITH GOOGLE
7ELA info/argument essay items, including citation pages/slidedeck
7ELA on-demand info instructions and TCRWP rubric
7ELA Boxes&Bullets_Argument Seeds for argument unit
Poster board project
7ELA poster board project for FOR/AGAINST argument essays
7ELA poster board graphic organizer for intro and essay #1
7ELA poster board graphic organizer for essay #2
7ELA two-chunk essay exemplar with broad introduction and NO side
7ELA how to add evidence,
adding evidence sentence starters,
7ELA How to use sidebars and pull quotes
7ELA Color-coding guide for two arguments essay
7ELA introduction for a two-arguments essay on poster board
7ELA rubric for poster board/ two-arguments essay
Fairchild's self-reflection sheet
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7ELA link to The Outsiders.
7ELA Outsiders opt-out form
7ELA Caged Bird - how-to-read-poetry + poem lesson
plus template for paragraph(s)
6ELA - trimester 3
6ELA biography project
6ELA shamrock for parts of speech
6ELA Titanic resources
6ELA Tuck Everlasting final assessment
6ELA Temple Grandin links
Temple Grandin movie opt-out form
6ELA Register presentation project
plus slide template
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EXTRAS
6ELA Trasketball
7ELA Trasketball
6ELA Vocab Slap Yo' Desk
7ELA Vocab Slap Yo' Desk
7ELA historical companion book
7ELA link to Poetry Unit.
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