TpT Resources

Surprise your students this Valentine's Day with some English teacher humor! These free Valentines are for secondary English students. They come in color and grayscale for easy copying. Bring some holiday fun to ELA! #valentinesdayinela #englishteachervalentines #valentinesforsecondaryela #valentinesforenglishclass

Bring poetry to life with a Valentine's Day candy students all know: conversation hearts! Big kids deserve some fun on Valentine's day too, and this poetry activity is sure to please. There are two poem options for this activity, one all about love and another for the students not really feelin' it. Both are fun and engaging. This activity comes in a printable PDF and a digital Google Slides™ version. #valentinesdayinela #valentinesdayinenglishclass #valentinesdayforsecondarystudents

Elementary students shouldn’t be the only ones having fun on Valentine’s Day. You can have your big kids celebrate too, and you don’t have to ditch your ELA curriculum to do it. Check out these Valentine’s Day plans your English classes will love. #valentinesdaylessonplans #valentinesdaypoetry #valentinesdayinsecondaryela #valentinesdayactivitesforenglishclass

Independent reading is often related to student success. Students who read have larger vocabularies and perform better on tests. We all know independent reading is important, but how do we get our students to read? Here are five ways to encourage independent reading in secondary ELA. #writeandread #independentreading #independentreadinginsecondaryela

This Back to School Bundle for the secondary classroom will have you set for the first week (or two!) of school. The bundle contains seven meaningful print and go activities, a 22 slide PowerPoint of the game Four Corners, and three additional easy, no prep games to help build community and begin discussing communication and collaboration. Click to check it out! #writeandread #backtoschool #backtoschoolactivities #firstdaysofschool #backtoschoolbundle

This carousel discussion is designed as a pre-reading activity for the novel Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. The carousel discussion introduces students to themes and ideas that students will discover in the novel. This fun activity gets students out of their seats and interacting with peers. It is a great activity to set the tone and model how to discuss controversial topics. #writeandread #longwaydown #jasonreynolds #novelstudy #longwaydownjasonreynolds

Are you looking for a fun activity for the first day of school? This Four Corners game is a fun, engaging activity that gets students out of their seats and helps you get to know them. The PowerPoint contains 22 slides with questions relevant to teens. Students will have fun getting up out of their seats learning about one another, and there's no prep for you! #backtoschoolgame #backtoschool #fourcorners #firstdayofschool

Do you need a fun, interactive game to start the year? This interactive take on This or That is a crowd pleaser! Students answer this or that questions in Google Slides by coloring patterns that go with their answers on the provided answer page. Students get to visually see what they have in common with their classmates for this fun ice breaker game. #writeandread #thisorthatgame#backtoschoolicebreaker #backtoschoolgame #interactivethisorthat

Do you need an engaging activity for the first day of school? This back to school four corners game is an activity your secondary students will love. Get students up out of their seats, and help everyone get to know each other. This game is a great way to start building a strong classroom community. #writeandread #backtoschoolactivities #backtoschoolforhighschool #backtoschoolformiddleschool #backtoschoolforsecondary #fourcornersgame #fourcorners #backtoschoolfourcorners

Are you looking for a fun activity for the first day of school? This Four Corners game is a fun, engaging activity that gets students out of their seats and helps you get to know them. The PowerPoint and Google Slides contain 22 slides with questions relevant to teens. Students will have fun getting up out of their seats learning about one another, and there's no prep for you! #writeandread #backtoschoolgame #backtoschoolactivity #backtoschool

This Irony Matching Game is a Google Slides resource that is a fun way to study dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony. In this interactive game, students drag the different types of irony to match them with statements where they are used. It works well in the classroom or virtually. It's easy to use, and there is no prep for you. Just assign and go. #writeandread #ironygame #digitallearning #dramaticirony #verbalirony #situationalirony

This student workbook for Nic Stone's novel Dear Martin is engaging and fun. The workbook contains a page for every chapter with a mix of comprehension questions, background research, textual evidence practice, and connections to students' lives. This modern, eye catching workbook can be bound or used as individual worksheets. Answer keys are included. There is no prep, and it's easy to use. Just print and go. #dearmartin #nicstone #novelunit #studentworkbook #novelstudy #dearmartinlessons

Do you need an engaging daily bell ringer for your high school students that they can do independently? This high school bell ringer journal is a full year of prompts that students will enjoy. These creative questions help students get daily practice writing in complete sentences, using correct grammar, and supporting their answers all without the worry of getting an answer wrong. #writeandread #bellringerjournal #highschoolbellringers #englishbellringers #fullyearbellringers

Do you need an easy way to hold students accountable for their reading? Reading response choice boards for fiction are a great solution. These choice boards cover plot, characters, conflict, setting, and other elements of fiction. There are seven different reading response choice boards, each with 16 questions. Use them for reading accountability, writing practice, and elements of fiction review. There is no prep for you. Just print and go! #writeandread #readingresponse...

If you need an engaging story unit for "The Gift of the Magi" that gets students thinking deeply, this is it! This short story unit includes the full text with guided reading questions, character analysis, SIFT chart, theme worksheet, writing prompts, and quiz. This unit has everything you need to teach "The Gift of the Magi." Everything is ready to print and go or assign online. #writeandread #thegiftofthemagi #giftofthemagi #shortstoryunit