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Writing Poetry Unit: Fun Poetry Activities - Paint Chip, Blackout, + 12 more!

By Building Book Love

Teaching poetry doesn't have to be intimidating. In fact, it can (and should be!) really fun! With this writing poetry unit, you'll have 14 fun and creative poetry activities that you can use as stand-alone prompts or pair with ANY text.Oftentimes,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Microsoft OneDrive

CCSS:

RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4

$16.00

$7.99

305

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Ugly Christmas Character Sweater: Fun Holiday Writing, ELA Activity, Craft Board

By Building Book Love

Are you ready to bring some educational holiday cheer into your classroom? Unwrap your students' creativity and inferencing skills with this festive and educational Christmas writing activity! Create an Ugly (or cute) Character Sweater:Your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.5.1, RL.6.1, RL.7.1, RL.8.1, RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1

$3.00

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Middle School Fast Feedback: Essay Writing, Grammar Comment Bank, Bulletin Board

By Building Book Love

Whether your goal is give students more ownership over their learning, strengthen student writing, work on grammar skills, create a purposeful bulletin board, or lessen your ELA workload, this resource will help you give better feedback in half the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2

$30.00

$15.99

131

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Coloring Podcast Pages: Podcast Worksheets, Activities, Notes for ANY Episodes!

By Building Book Love

Sometimes lesson planning can be as easy as hitting play-- especially when you have print and go podcast pages! These podcast worksheets can be used with ANY podcast and will keep your students focused and engaged while listening.Using podcasts in

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scaffolded Notes

$4.99

416

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Tiny House Design for ANY Character: Reading project for inferences, symbolism

By Building Book Love

Tap into the popularity of the growing Tiny House Movement by assigning a literary analysis that students will LOVE. This is a hands-on assignment that brings STEM into the English classroom! This Tiny House lesson can be used with ANY character,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Adult Education, Homeschool

Types:

Projects, Google Apps

$3.00

411

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Watercolor World Classroom Decor Bundle: World Literature, Geography, History

By Building Book Love

This watercolor world classroom decor set will help you create a welcoming, inspiring classroom! The watercolor world posters, banners, wall murals, and more will provide everything you need to decorate your classroom with a world theme!You will

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$25.00

$11.99

265

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Fall Halloween Writing: Pumpkin Characterization, Symbolism, Craft for ANY text!

By Building Book Love

This Halloween writing prompt or fall evidence-based writing assignment will have your students thinking critically about a character or author from ANY piece of literature! Students use this fall writing prompt to express character traits and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Halloween

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

W.7.1, W.7.1a, W.7.1b, W.7.1c, W.7.1e

$3.00

242

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Podcast Worksheets: Print & Digital Resources for ANY Pod: Mars Patel, Limetown

By Building Book Love

These podcast worksheets can be used with ANY podcast such as the Six Minutes Podcast, Limetown, Mars Patel, informational podcasts and so many more! Use fun podcasts to practice ELA skills, check for understanding, and reach listening goals!There

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Google Apps

$4.99

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Winter Poetry: Fun Christmas Activities, Holiday Writing Prompts, Library Craft

By Building Book Love

This winter poetry pack is full of creative and fun poetry activities for your winter writing lesson plans! You can use these poetry activities for single lesson plans or pair them with common holiday texts such as A Christmas Carol, Little Match

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Library Skills, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.8.2, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.10

$4.99

Digital Download ZIP (6.60 MB)

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Nature-Themed Literary Device Posters, Transcendentalism, Nature Decor

By Building Book Love

These nature-themed literary device posters are a perfect way to add the beauty of nature into your classroom! This pack includes 13 posters with literary device examples that can be used as instructional examples, posters, or bulletin board decor.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$4.99

424

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Nature-Themed Classroom Decor Set Bundle : Calm Nature Classroom : Posters

By Building Book Love

This classroom decor bundle will help you decorate a calm, nature-themed space for students to learn and grow. You will get everything you need to decorate your classroom with a nature theme at a big discount! You will get: ⭐ Nature Themed Classroom

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

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

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$19.99

$10.99

152

Bundle

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Literary Yoga: ELA Activities, Review, Brain Breaks, + Movement in the Classroom

By Building Book Love

This lesson matches yoga poses to literary elements so that you can add movement and promote critical thinking in your English class. Research shows that sitting for long periods of time is horrible for both our brains and bodies. While we know that

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$3.00

587

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Root Word Sneak: A Super Fun Word Game to Review Greek and Latin Root Words!

By Building Book Love

Greek and Latin Root Word Sneak: A Super Fun Root Word Review Game Have you seen Jimmy Fallon play Word Sneak on The Tonight Show? If not, look it up and laugh at how hilarious such a simple word game can be! This game taps into the fun of Word

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Science

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Games

$3.00

109

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Spring Writing : Spring Craft or Easter Activity for ANY text! Bulletin Board

By Building Book Love

This spring writing activity will add a creative Easter prompt to your ELA class while incorporating reading skills like characterization, inferencing, and symbolism! This spring resource is designed to pair with ANY text so you don't have to worry

Subjects:

Literature, Writing, Easter

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.11-12.1, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.4

$3.00

101

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Letters to Books: A meaningful way to reflect on themes for ANY book

By Building Book Love

This end-of-reading activity gives students a chance to reflect on how a book or story affected their lives in a meaningful way. Students choose from 10 different letter templates to help form positive reflections on themes, morals, and messages of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Microsoft OneDrive

$3.00

171

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ELA Holiday Activities: Fun Christmas Writing Prompts, Winter Poetry Craft Board

By Building Book Love

Get ready to sleigh in ELA this holiday season with a big bundle of festive activities at an even bigger discount! These creative ELA holiday activities are the perfect way to infuse the spirit of the season into your classroom while keeping the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Library Skills, Poetry

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$11.98

$8.39

Bundle

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History of Halloween Masks Close Reading or Informational Text Pairing

By Building Book Love

This informational text close reading and craftivity makes a perfect stand-alone assignment or an interesting informational text pairing for The Masque of the Red Death or the Romeo and Juliet masquerade scene. Students will read the informational

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Microsoft OneDrive

$3.00

Digital Download ZIP (5.00 MB)

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Accountable Talk Stems, Posters, Task Cards, and Games : Emotion Theme

By Building Book Love

Have fun with Socratic seminars and discussions with these accountable talk stems, posters, task cards, and games! There are so different many ways to use this resource and it's now updated to be digitally or in person. The accountable talk task

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

$3.00

429

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New Year Growth Mindset Activity, Posters, and Tasks

By Building Book Love

Start promoting growth mindset this new year with this growth mindset activity, posters, and conversation tasks! Your students will love creatively thinking about how they can turn their brain from a fixed black and white to a colorful growth

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, The New Year

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Google Apps

$4.00

134

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Literary Playlist: A Fun Writing Activity to use with ANY Piece of Literature

By Building Book Love

This is a fun way to get students thinking critically about an author or character! This lesson is Common Core based and requires using evidence in writing. You can use this MULTIPLE times a year since it is adaptable for any piece of literature.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

$1.00

296

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

After a decade of teaching high school English in East Tennessee, I now work to help other ELA teachers create meaningful, engaging, and joyful learning experiences.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Here you will find creative ELA activities to up your classroom engagement and simple solutions to ease your teacher workload.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Author of Keeping the Wonder: An Educator's Guide to Magical, Engaging, and Joyful Learning

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I majored in English and have a Masters in English Education from East Tennessee State University; I graduated with honors in both of my degrees.

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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, Creative Writing, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Science, Earth Sciences, Social Studies, World History, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Drama, ELA Test Prep, Geography, For All Subjects, Literature, Family Consumer Sciences, Library Skills, Criminal Justice - Law, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, Products For TpT Sellers, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading