Writing Basics:

•  What to do before writing a thesis statement
• Thesis Statement Practice
• Literature Circles
  
• 10 Writing Hooks 
• Transitions

Theme/Literary Analysis:

•  Theme Analysis Graphic Organizer
• Draft Review Worksheet
• Evidence Worksheet

Figurative Language:

• Figurative language organizer
• Figurative language PPT

Non-fiction charts & worksheets:

•  Non-fiction reading strategies

•  Note-taking chart
  
  

Narrative Unit: 

• Autobiographical Incident
• Autobiographical Incident Graphic Organizer
• Autobiographical Brainstorming Sheet
• Autobiographical Incident Samples (model)
• Autobiographical Essay Writing Assignment
• Autobiographical Rubric 
• Writing an Autobiographical Narrative PPT

Research Unit:

•  Organizer Form

Descriptive Writing Unit: 

•  Descriptive Essay Peer Review

The Giver:

• Symbol Worksheet
  
• Vocabulary Guide
• TG Character Analysis

Number the Stars:

•  NTS Chapter Questions
• NTS Chapter Worksheet

• Webquest Project
• All About Denmark
• Rescue of Denmark Article
• Denmark Forced by History Article
• King Christian X of Denmark
• Star of David Article
• Countries of Europe
• Map of Europe (Blank)
• Map of Europe (Labeled)

The Color of My Words:

•  Map of the Dominican Republic

•  Sousa; Dominican Republic 
•  Beaches in the Dominican Republic
• Music in the Dominican Republic
• Mango Madness
• Latin American Herald Tribune Article
• Spanish/English Activity Worksheet

Out of the Dust: 

•  Dust Bowl PPT
• Surviving the Dust Bowl Questions
• Preview Questions for the Dust Bowl
• The Dialectic Journal
• The Dialectic Journal Template
• Visions in the Dust (click Guided Reading Journal link)
• Figurative Language (hyperbole/personification/onomatopoeia)
• Own the Word

Crispin: 

•  Crispin: The Cross of Lead Medieval Terms
• Crispin Vocabulary Guide
• Crispin Worksheets