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Created by⭐⭐This is small sample of some of the great graphic organiser which are just a small part of the larger collection of printable resources in my 'Ultimate Relief teaching Survival Kit' ⭐⭐✅Print them off to use to plan, summarise, brainstorm or use on the IWB with the smart ink tools to help work...
1st - 5th English Language Arts, Science
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Created byGain control of classroom Behavior with these great games and discussion starters. Getting to know a class can be done easily with a few handy ice breaker games and team building activities you can do with your students throughout the day.Use them as discussion starters, or as a rapid writing activi
Kindergarten - 6th English Language Arts
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Created byThese 50 printable and digital customizable editable one-pager templates allow kids to think critically and creatively in order to show what they know in ANY subject. Perfect for AVID schools.
3rd - 6th Close Reading, For All Subjects
Google Drive
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Created byA post says the school is switching to snack-bar lunches next month. Four hundred students share it before the bell. Nobody signed it, no district is named, and there is no date it takes effect - and that is the whole lesson.Fake News Detectives is a 20-question media literacy team game for grades 6
6th - 8th Informational Text, Civics, For All Subjects
Also included in: Digital Citizenship Activities Bundle | Cyber Safety & AI Literacy Gr 5-8
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Created byPrepare for the SBAC CAASPP test with 10 Finish the Story brochures that allow students to write both the introduction and conclusion to finish a story. Differentiating is easy with these printable or editable digital stories. Start by analyzing the existing story text for setting, character point o
3rd - 6th Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Writing
Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep
Google Drive
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Created byMake teaching complex sentences comma rules engaging and hands-on with this interactive hands-on grammar activity! This activity helps students master subordinating conjunctions, sentence structure, and punctuation in complex sentences in a way that actually sticks.
3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing
Also included in: Comma Rules Hands-On Grammar Practice Activities for Grades 3-8: Activity Bundle
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Created byDigital escape rooms are a fun way for students to practice their reading and critical thinking skills. In this digital escape room, "Sammy Cat" students learn what Sammy Cat likes to do during his day. Students must solve seven puzzles about Sammy Cat's adventures around his home. This product is a
3rd - 4th English Language Arts, Reading
Also included in: Digital Escape Rooms GROWING BUNDLE!
$4.00
Created byNeed meaningful comma rules practice that goes beyond editing isolated sentences? These engaging editing passages help students review and apply tricky comma rules in context.In this low-prep grammar resource, students edit 10 short, unpunctuated and uncapitalized passages.
5th - 8th ELA Test Prep, Grammar, Writing
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Created by400 LEARNING GAMES IN ONE FILE. OPEN, ADD PLAYERS, PLAY!Koco Kyo Play brings 400 colorful learning games for kids into a single digital file that opens in any modern web browser. Questions are read aloud, each round is 10 questions, and kids earn stars, coins and stickers as they learn. No account,
Kindergarten - 5th Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Reading
$12.00
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Created byGive students a reason to think about survival, leadership, rules, fear, and group dynamics before they ever meet the boys on the island.STRANDED! is a two-day pre-reading simulation for Lord of the Flies that asks students to build an island society, make difficult choices, and respond when their p
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$7.50
Created byBefore students begin A Doll's House, give them a chance to wrestle with some of the ethical questions they will encounter in the play - without telling them how those questions connect to Nora.Students respond to eight short scenarios involving secrecy, forgery, debt, loyalty, control, marriage, re
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Antigone and Creon, give them a chance to decide what they think about family loyalty, public order, conscience, community, and personal safety.Students work through eight modern ethical scenarios, make a choice before discussion, record what mattered most, and return to those s
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$5.99
Created byBefore students meet Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, East Egg, or West Egg, give them a social system to navigate.In Who Gets In?, students take on one of six fictional social profiles. Each profile begins with a different mix of money, family name, connections, education, and reputation. Students may improve o
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
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Created byBefore students meet Caesar, Brutus, or Cassius, place them inside a republic trying to decide how much power one successful leader should be allowed to hold.In WHO SHOULD HOLD POWER?, students take on one of six civic positions in the fictional Republic of Valeria. A respected general, Cassian Varo
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byStudents can summarize what happens on the island. This companion asks them to do something more useful: track what happens to the boys' shared society as it weakens, fractures, and finally collapses.In CIVILIZATION UNDER PRESSURE, students return to the same five indicators at six points in Lord of
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
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Created byBefore students meet Lear, Cordelia, Goneril, and Regan, give them the problem first.WHO GETS THE KINGDOM? places students on the Royal Council of a fictional kingdom whose aging ruler wants to give away the work of governing while keeping the title, honor, household, influence, and treatment that c
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
Also included in: Literature Pre-Reading Simulations Bundle | Critical Thinking Activities
$6.99
Created byTeaching the college essay can be frustrating. Students often think they need a dramatic story, choose a prompt before they have anything meaningful to say, or end up writing the same version of “this experience taught me to never give up.”This unit takes a different approach.The College Essay: Find
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
$14.99
Created byPut students inside the problem before they meet it in the text.This six-resource bundle gives secondary ELA students a reason to think, argue, make decisions, and live with the consequences before plot knowledge tells them whom to support.Each activity is built around a different literary problem.
9th - 12th Literature, Reading, Drama
A Doll's House Pre-Reading Activity | Ethics & Moral Dilemmas | Ibsen
Antigone Pre-Reading Activity | Law, Loyalty & Conscience | Ethics Scenarios
JULIUS CAESAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | LEADERSHIP, POWER & AMBITION SIMULATION
KING LEAR PRE-READING ACTIVITY | POWER, SUCCESSION & LOYALTY SIMULATION
STRANDED! A Survival Simulation for Lord of the Flies | Pre-Reading Activity
THE GREAT GATSBY PRE-READING ACTIVITY | SOCIAL CLASS, WEALTH & STATUS SIMULATION
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Created byTeach William Golding's Lord of the Flies with a complete, coherent novel unit that supports students from pre-reading through final assessment. Rather than relying on disconnected worksheets, this resource keeps one central line of thinking in view: what civilization restrains - and what happens wh
9th - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, Reading
$24.99
Created byTen voices have arrived. None will tell your students its name.Literary Séance is a one-period Halloween ELA mystery that asks students to identify classic literary characters from a sequence of staged “manifestations” — then write one final message in character and challenge classmates to identify
9th - 12th Creative Writing, Literature
Also included in: Halloween ELA Activities Bundle | 4 Gothic Games, Mysteries & Simulations
$5.99
Created byWant Halloween lessons that feel seasonal without turning the week into filler? This bundle gives you four complete, one-period ELA experiences for grades 9–12. Each resource uses a different setup - an auction, a Gothic survival game, an emergency broadcast mystery, and a literary-character inferen
9th - 12th Literature, Writing
Literary Séance | Halloween ELA Activity | Character Inference & Writing Game
The Last Broadcast | Halloween ELA Activity | Inference & Suspense Simulation
Would You Survive Gothic Literature? | Halloween ELA Activity | Gothic Game
Cursed Object Auction | Halloween ELA Activity | Gothic Creative Thinking Game
$23.96
$17.99
Created by"The Wild Robot" Primary Source ExperienceTransform Literature Study with Document-Based Analysis applied to Fiction!Unlock the Power of Perspective with This Complete Teaching KitImmerse your students in Roz's world through an innovative collection of "primary sources" that bring Peter Brown's belo
3rd - 12th Literature, Novel Studies, U.S. History
Also included in: The Wild Robot Explored: Complete Middle School Collection
$15.00
Created byThis is not a worksheet packet. It is a complete summative assessment tool designed to help students think deeply about what The Chocolate Touch means, not just what happens in it.What makes this guide different:Higher-order thinking at every level: analysis, application, and thematic understanding
Kindergarten - 8th Novel Studies
$4.00
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Created byAre you looking for a fun and educational way to challenge your students? These Nature Analogies task cards are designed specifically for Grade 1 to Grade 3 and are perfect for developing essential skills in logical thinking, problem-solving, comparing and contrasting, and creative thinking.Key Featu
1st - 3rd English Language Arts
$3.00