Salinas Sketches Slides

A highly visual, 2-page student worksheet designed to accompany the Circle Slides lesson. Features a step-ordering activity, speech bubble templates for student-written dialogues, a board-game style social path activity, and a self-reflection scorecard.

An expanded, highly visual slide deck for teaching students how to join a peer conversation. Features step-by-step guidance, three school-based practice scenarios, a Game Show challenge, and classroom discussion prompts with text size optimized for visibility.

A student-friendly 1-page writing rubric simplified into a 3-level checklist (Yes, Almost, Not Yet). Features visually clear standards-based criteria, visual icons, checkbox prompts for self-assessment, name/date lines, and sections for student goals and teacher feedback.

A comprehensive 14-page Tier 2 student-facing workbook for Day 2 Workplace Time Tactics. It integrates the advanced warm-up, 4-page guided notes, 2-page task duration estimator, 2-page punctuality scenario and consequence board, 4-page Time Thieves worksheet, and 1-page exit ticket into a single, cohesive print-ready packet styled with the teal and indigo theme.

A comprehensive 9-page Tier 1 student-facing workbook for Day 2 Workplace Time Tactics. It combines the visual warm-up, 4-page guided notes, 2-page task estimator, and 2-page punctuality scenario and consequence board into a single, cohesive print-ready packet styled with the teal and indigo theme.

An interactive, highly visual student matching worksheet where students draw lines to connect official community helpers with the specific verbal request or emergency script they would say to them.

A comprehensive, step-by-step teacher facilitation guide featuring lesson plans, instructional pacing, script-practice structures, differentiation tips, and safety insights for teaching the Outermost Circle.

A set of 4 printable, easy-to-cut role-play scenario cards color-coded by helper category with simple social situations, targeted helpers, and bold practice scripts.

A structured, highly visual student worksheet featuring simple 3-4 word speech-practice check-offs and interactive fill-in-the-blank script templates with large handwriting lines.

A visual slide presentation designed for students with developmental disabilities to learn about the four main categories of community helpers, understand the concept of the outermost circle, and learn simple scripts to request help.

A comprehensive teacher guide and answer key for the Literary Devices Theme Packet. Includes daily learning objectives, exemplary student responses, guidance on common student misconceptions, and high-impact discussion prompts.

An expanded 5-day printable student packet designed to build mastery in identifying themes and analyzing how authors use explicit literary devices. Features significantly longer, more descriptive stories for Days 2 to 5 to provide deeper narrative context for student analysis.

A second 5-day printable student packet designed to build theme-analysis mastery. This set focuses on five active figurative and literary devices: Metaphor, Imagery, Personification, Satire, and Allusion. Each day has a short, engaging story with student writing lines.

A 5-day printable student packet designed to build mastery in identifying themes and analyzing how authors use explicit literary devices—such as character foils, irony, symbolism, and juxtaposition—to develop those themes. Each day features an altered, engaging story and analysis questions.

A Grade 11-12 philosophical/literary reading comprehension worksheet titled 'The Tyranny of Noise' examining solitude and modern sensory overload. Features 3 multiple-choice and 2 short-answer questions in a cohesive, dual-column single-page layout.

A Grade 11-12 historical/rhetorical reading comprehension worksheet titled 'The Silent Springboard' analyzing environmental rhetoric. Features 3 multiple-choice and 2 short-answer questions in a cohesive, dual-column single-page layout.

A Grade 9-10 literary reading comprehension worksheet titled 'The Clockwork Heart' themed around a steampunk clockmaker's workshop. Features 3 multiple-choice and 2 short-answer questions in a cohesive, dual-column single-page layout.

A Grade 9-10 informational reading comprehension worksheet titled 'Deep Ocean Whispers' themed around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Features 3 multiple-choice and 2 short-answer questions in a highly readable, dual-column single-page layout.

A 2-page companion teacher's answer key and detailed grading rubric for the American Horizons Summative Assessment. It provides exact multiple-choice keys, context-based vocab answers, and model student open-ended paragraphs linking the readings to Things Fall Apart or Turtles All the Way Down. This version aligns the grading rubric with the 4-point Common Core mastery grading scale.

A 2-page, comprehensive, print-ready summative assessment designed for the ELA 11 summer reading program. It includes context-based vocabulary matching, multiple-choice questions analyzing core literary devices and historical movements, and a comparative synthesis writing prompt linking the summer readings to their prior novels (Things Fall Apart or Turtles All the Way Down). This version incorporates a 4-point Common Core mastery grading matrix (CCSS R.1, R.2, R.9) instead of traditional percentage points.

A 3-page teacher-facing answer key and instructional guide providing exemplary student answers, highlighted solutions, and comprehensive rhetorical analysis explanations for the Opinion Duel unit.

A 3-page student-facing reading and analysis worksheet containing two contrasting persuasive passages on AI writing assistants, multiple-choice rhetorical analysis questions, a side-by-side comparison matrix, and a structured synthesis prompt.