Expect Unexpected Engagement When you try Hexagonal Thinking in ELA
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Hexagonal Thinking Toolkit
Ready for an engaging online discussion tool? This kit does 90% of the work for you in getting set up for hexagonal thinking on Google slides. Just type in your terms and get your students started!
Syllabus Templates
Figuring out how to smash a lot of important info into one little page that students will actually pay attention to is one thing you DO NOT have to deal with as the term begins. Get these great editable templates and tweak the text under the headings however you wish, add a photo of yourself, and print!
Blackout Poetry Guide
When it comes to teaching poetry, buy-in is huge. If you can get your students to feel just a little more comfortable with the concept of poetry, it helps a lot when you tackle the canon. Blackout poetry makes a fantastic writing workshop for poetry-shy students. And for poetry lovers, weellll! They’ll love it!
One-Pager Templates
Are you looking for a creative activity that you can do with any novel? My most popular free curriculum packet is a set of one-pager templates that will guide your students in creating a sketchnotes version of the most important elements of any novel.
Gratitude Poetry Tiles
Want to help your students see writing poetry is easy? Share these fun digital poetry tiles with them and watch them drag and drop their way to beautiful gratitude poems.
Peer Editing Kit
Peer editing without really clear instructions can easily become a waste of time. These guided workshops will help your student writers help each other, improving their skills and saving you grading time.
Imagine yourself on your way to class. You walk by one of your students laying in a sunny patch of hallway, reading The Hate U Give. You walk by another with earbuds in, and notice he’s listening to The Poet X on audio. As you enter your classroom, you see two students over by your bookshelf, arguing about whether Jason Reynolds or Orson Scott Card is more fun to read. You think happily of a letter you just got from a parent yesterday, telling you you’re the first teacher to get her son to read a book in five years.
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