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Free plot diagram graphic organizers for storytellers, students, and authors. A plot diagram graphic organizer shows the overarching structure of a plot.

A poster created for our English language arts and social studies departments (humanities) to use in their classroom, as well as in the library.

Literary analysis is a particularly important skill in middle school and high school English Language Arts. In fact, all of our lessons in ELA center around analyzing literature-- from fiction to poetry to nonfiction. We use literary analysis as the vehicle for teaching reading, writing, speaking,

A seriously long list of would you rather questions!

Infographic illustrating the 6 types of Socratic Question to stimulate critical thinking

Contemporary Digital Tribes

Exit tickets lots of ideas here

Eight ways to differentiate worksheets in your classroom. The last one has been a life saver, and is very empowering for the students!

The visual is also available for free download in PDF format from this link.

Are you struggling to meet the needs of all your learners? Learn how to differentiate for EVERY student without spending hours prepping!

CRITICAL THINKING 'HATS' | overview on 9 basic intellectual thinking standards: clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, fairness and significance. | by Richard Paul & Linda Elder: ‘Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life‘

ULTIMATE CRITICAL THINKING CHEAT SHEET Published 01/19/2017 Infographic by Global Digital Citizen

Online grammar editing tool Grammar Check has released the new infographic that lists writing English language writing mistakes. The list includes 20 mistakes most people make. Some of these mistak…

There are so many opportunities to assess learning. When do you assess learning? How do you assess learning. Here are a few of my favorites. Here are more places to find out about assessments. http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/IASA/newsletters/assess/pt3.html http://tep.uoregon.edu/pdf/assessment/Ways_to_Assess_Student_Learning_During_Class.pdf https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/teaching/evaluating-students/assessing-student-learning...

(FREE) One of the best ways for students to edit, is with their peers. Often when editors get a chance to look at another person's writing, they can pick up on quite of few of the mistakes that the original author never would have noticed. This peer editing sheet was created in order to give students a structured and organized way to critically analyze their classroom peers writing efforts.