Resources
Classroom templates, lesson plans, and practical materials recovered from the archive.
The Writing Revolution-style Single paragraph outline template for secondary
A more advanced single paragraph outline to use when implementing The Writing Revolution in secondary classrooms
CCSS RL.6.1: How to teach it + Lesson and activities
Free digital worksheet/"escape room" activity for CCSS RL.6.1, covering evidence types and claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) structure
CCSS RL.6.2: How to teach it + Lesson and activities
Free digital worksheet/"escape room" activity for CCSS RL.6.2
CCSS RL.6.3: How to teach it + Lesson and activities
Free digital worksheet/"escape room" activity for CCSS RL.6.3
Free online writing course for middle school students
7 free PDF+video lessons to help young writers write better about whatever matters most to them
Student engagement checklist
A poster for teachers to see the big ideas of student engagement according to Shernoff
Student engagement question list
30+ questions to help you think about any class' learning environment
Free weighted grade book for Google Sheets
A simple Google Sheets grade book template that supports weights
Lesson plan for introducing the zettelkasten to secondary ELA students
How I introduce the zettelkasten to my students