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Back to School Student Survey - Free Survey for Middle and High School Students

By The Daring English Teacher

Get to know your new students with this engaging, informative, and FUN student survey. Perfect for the first day of school or the first week of school, this student survey will help you get a better understanding of who your new students are.The

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Handouts

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FREE Five Paragraph Essay Outline

By The Daring English Teacher

Help your students write better essays with this structured essay outline resource. This FREE teaching resource includes two different five paragraph essay outlines. One outline requires students to include two examples per body paragraph, and the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Outlines

CCSS:

W.6.1, W.6.2, W.7.1, W.7.2, W.8.1, W.8.2, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.1, W.11-12.2

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Essay Writing: Free Comprehensive Essay Checklist

By The Daring English Teacher

This one-page essay writing checklist will help your students write better essays today! This checklist is broken down by paragraph and includes essential elements for writing stronger essays.This checklist is a preview of my comprehensive writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Lesson

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Secondary English Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide

By The Daring English Teacher

This is the typical schedule that I follow when teaching secondary ELA. This pacing guide includes all of the major writing and reading CCSS strands. This pacing guide is offered as a printable secured PDF file as well as a link to a Google Doc. You

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English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Teacher Manuals, Printables, Google Apps

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FREE! Analyzing Theme: a common core essay for ANY novel

By The Daring English Teacher

This essay is aligned with the common core standards and works as a final essay for any novel or fictional text. This essay asks students to analyze how the theme of the story emerges, how it is refined, and how it is fully developed by the end of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Assessment, Lesson

FREE

165

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Free Vocabulary Cube Activity

By The Daring English Teacher

This vocabulary cube activity is a great way to introduce new words, ideas, and even a new unit of study to students. Students will thoroughly analyze a specified word six different ways. While I created this activity for my English classroom, this

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Activities

FREE

126

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Growth Mindset Pennant Banner

By The Daring English Teacher

Growth Mindset Pennant Banner: Help your students create and establish a growth mindset with this Growth Mindset Pennant Banner!Cultivating a growth mindset in your classroom will help your students realize their self efficacy and true potential.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

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September 11 Close Read and Rhetorical Analysis Free Activity

By The Daring English Teacher

Discuss the events of 9/11 and rhetorical analysis with your students with this September 11 Rhetorical Analysis Free Activity. This resource includes: A teacher introduction page & suggested lesson plan George W. Bush's 9/11 Address to the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (3.28 MB)

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Rhetorical Analysis SOAPStone Organizer and Rhetorical Device Chart Freebie

By The Daring English Teacher

Help your students rhetorically analyze any text with this SOAPStone organizer and rhetorical device student handout! This organizer helps ease students into rhetorical analysis, and once students understand how to complete the chart, it works great

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RI.7.1, RI.7.4, RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.4, RI.11-12.1, RI.11-12.2, RI.11-12.4

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FREE Bell-Ringer and Do Now Recording Sheet

By The Daring English Teacher

If you are looking for a way to organize student bell-ringer responses, look no further! I use this bell ringer and do now student recording sheet in my classroom every single day. I start out my class with a bell-ringer activity, and students

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For All Subject Areas

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.10 MB)

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Classroom Supplies Wish List: Editable Supply List for Secondary ELA Teachers

By The Daring English Teacher

Classroom-wide school supply lists are common in the elementary grades, but often times forgotten about at the middle school and high school level. Here is a free, editable classroom supplies wish list that is specifically for secondary teachers. I

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English Language Arts, For All Subjects

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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For Parents

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Digital Download PPTX (0.06 MB)

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Lord of the Flies Novel Introduction Activity

By The Daring English Teacher

Introduce William Golding's novel The Lord of the Flies to your students with this free engaging activity!In this activity, your students will work together to elect a leader, create a list of priorities, and make a prediction about what will happen

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (3.85 MB)

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Rhetorical Triangle Graphic Organizer

By The Daring English Teacher

Rhetorical Analysis Graphic OrganizerEngage your students in rhetorical analysis with this free rhetorical triangle graphic organizer. This handout works with any text for rhetorical analysis.Teaching Resources for Rhetorical AnalysisRhetorical

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.19 MB)

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Descriptive Writing FREEBIE: Grades 6-10

By The Daring English Teacher

This descriptive writing activity is a sample of my Descriptive Writing Mini-Unit. There are two descriptive writing activities included in this download that are designed to help students write with stronger verbs and adjectives. Find the Full

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.51 MB)

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FREE Blank Verse Project

By The Daring English Teacher

This FREE blank verse project is a great addition to any poetry or Shakespeare unit. For this project, students will create their own poster with a colorful image and original blank verse poem. Want to teach blank verse? Blank Verse and Iambic

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Outlines

FREE

Digital Download PDF (3.00 MB)

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Synthesis Writing Student Reference Sheet Free Download

By The Daring English Teacher

Synthesis Writing Informative Page – this FREE download is your essential resource for mastering the art of synthesis writing! Designed with students in mind, this comprehensive guide is your key to unlocking the power of synthesis and understanding

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

W.8.1, W.8.2, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.1, W.11-12.2

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The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary List and Crossword Puzzle

By The Daring English Teacher

This download consists of an 18-word vocabulary list that includes definitions for O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi." The second page of the download is a fun and challenging crossword puzzle for students to use to help them study and learn their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Short Stories

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.06 MB)

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Classroom Community Bell Ringers: FREE SAMPLER

By The Daring English Teacher

This free sampler of my Classroom Community Bell Ringers includes five bell ringers that are designed to help secondary students embrace love, acceptance, tolerance, diversity, and kindness. Each bell ringer includes a community-inspired quote and a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Classroom Community

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Lesson

FREE

Digital Download PDF (4.24 MB)

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Free Collaborative Analysis Poster Project Rubrics

By The Daring English Teacher

Help your students with literary analysis, rhetorical analysis, and poetry analysis with these collaborative poster project rubrics. This free resource includes three different rubrics that are ideal for collaborative analysis poster projects.

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.82 MB)

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End of Year Reward Coloring Bookmarks for Secondary Students

By The Daring English Teacher

Your students worked hard all year long, so reward them with these end of the year gift bookmarks! These coloring bookmarks include three different mandala designs five different reward/gift options. Simply print the bookmarks on bright white card

Subjects:

For All Subjects, End of Year

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.08 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I teach high school English. I have experience with many different levels of students, from special education and ESL to honors and gifted.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I like to think of teaching high school English as one daring and amazing adventure. Just like how everyday is different, every student is different as well. I like to engage and motivate my students through my excitement and passion for the English language arts.

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters in Education

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, U.S. History, World History, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, ELA Test Prep, Other (ELA), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Products For TpT Sellers, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Close Reading, Classroom Community