Resources

The Writing Revolution-style Single paragraph outline template for secondary students

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