Useful Links 

ELA:

Book Recommendations:

• Book Suggestions for Middle Schoolers and Beyond 

A Parent's Guide to Google Classroom

Literary References and Writing Assistance:

• Banish Boring Words PDF

• Thinking Maps 

• Editing Checklist 

• Correction Symbols

• Text Structures PPT

• How to Write and Essay/Paper Outline

• TEPAC for Writing Summative Paragraphs

• TEPAC Rubric

• TEPAC Example

• TEPAC Example (Minimal Details)

• Introductory Paragraph

• Five-Paragraph Basic Structure

• Literary Terms

• Essay Types

• Marker Verbs for Analysis Essays

• Figurative Language Book Marks

• Analyzing Rhetoric

• Persuasion Overview

• Logical Fallacies

• Academic Summary Paragraph Stems and Argument Stems

• Argument Hyperdoc (from another teacher)

• Argument Template - please ignore the extra spacing between paragraphs

• Narrative Essay Template - please ignore the extra spacing between paragraphs

• Crisis/Solution Notes (6th Grade)

• Capturing for Understanding (Preparing for Synthesis) Chart

• Text Dependent Questions (for Non-Fiction Text)

Grammar and Writing:

• The Basics of Grammar

MLA Format and Citations:

• Block Quote Example (also, look up "MLA Block Quote" on Google):  Block Quote Example

• Knight Cite Citation Helper:   KnightCite Citation Site 

• Works Cited Help

• Even More Works Cited Help

• Works Cited Example

• Citations in a Google Doc 

• MLA Works Cited - Video 1 (citing a youtube video)

• MLA Works Cited - Video 2 (citing a website article)

• Embedding Quotes Source

Test Prep (also see Google Classroom sites as needed):

• SBAC Training and Practice Tests

Short Stories:

• Plot Diagram

• Plot Diagram #2 

• Short Story Elements

• Elements of a Short Story

• Story Pyramid