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Common Core CCRA.SL.5 independent work packets
Writing Prompts for Kindergarten and First Grade With Word Banks
Do you struggle with generating writing prompts for your students? Don't worry, I have the solution to what you need, Writing Prompts for Kindergarten and First Grade. This is a writing resource with writing prompts and a word bank. This no-prep resource contains 40 writing prompts. Each page has a word bank to help your kindergarten and first-grade students create their own stories. These engaging writing prompts are great to jump-start your students' writing imagination. Use during writing wo
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K - 1st
Their Eyes Were Watching God Unit Plan, Literature Guide, Lesson Plans
This low-prep, standards-based, complete unit plan is designed to take your students through Their Eyes Were Watching God in a way that the novel comes alive. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a beautifully written novel that gently yet powerfully portrays the story of women, race, love, and life. Hurston’s masterwork, Their Eyes Were Watching God, however, is more than simply the story of a woman finding herself and extending her horizons: Janie's journey is a picture of her growth and self-dis
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9th - 12th
Student Choice Biography Research Project — Secondary ELA — CCSS Rubric
Do you want to teach your students the format of a short biography? This no-prep biography research project guides students through the research and reporting on a significant figure of their choice! It will shepherd student learning from the selection and planning process to the creation of a polished essay using thoughtfully scaffolded and tested activities. Designed as a weeks-long research unit, this product includes (See PREVIEW):The Basics of MLA Style PowerPoint presentation to assist wit
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6th - 10th
Halloween Short Research Project: Myths, Ghosts, & Legends Media Presentation
With this standards-based short research task AND a digital media presentation project, your middle and high school students will be 100% engaged on Halloween. Student Experience: Students will be assigned a myth from their state or from a state in the US. They will research and create a media presentation to share their findings. This type of assignment is very flexible and is 100% editable. It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, conclude a unit on Dark Romantic or Gothic lit
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Choice Reading Unit — An Independent Novel Study Program — ELA — CCSS Rubrics
This complete independent reading program provides students a choice in the literature they read and the topics they choose for analyzing that literature. Choice reading can have a powerful impact on developing lifelong readers and L-EA's choice reading unit connects student choice with relevant English topics and concepts (and Common Core standards) ,while providing rigorous writing activities and a straightforward spot-check Google form and rubric. An entire year-long English curriculum could
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7th - 10th
Picture Sequencing First-Next-Last Task Box Filler for Autism Reading Strategy
A picture sequencing task box activity for sequencing events first, next, and last. This TASK BOX FILLER® supports Special Education, speech therapy, and beginning readers learning to sequence events or actions. With three pictures of objects or events showing a sequence of actions (first, next, last), students sequence and describe each picture using adjectives, verbs, and nouns, to develop speech and language skills. This TASK BOX FILLER® includes 100 task cards for TWO LEARNING LEVELS (50 col
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PreK - 2nd
Autism Visual Directions Picture Symbol Prompts for Independent Work Tasks
Are your students with autism working towards mastering IEP goals for completing independent work tasks without continuous prompting? If so, these 3-step and 4-step visual directions with pictures and symbols boards are the perfect solution! There are no words included, as these are truly visual directions intended to engage and encourage non-readers, or students who may not yet be ready to follow written directions.With a total of 368 visual direction cards, which include skin tones to represen
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PreK - 5th
Short Research Project: Symbols of the Season for Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa
This short research task for December allows your middle and high school students to investigate and share various symbols of the holiday season. This low prep assignment is very flexible: It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, or in a non English class looking to incorporate research in a fun way. Student Experience: Students will research an important symbol from the Christmas season, design a media presentation, and then present their findings to the class. With this stu
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Genius Hour: Inquiry Questions with Passion Projects | Distance Learning
Engage students in inquiry driven learning with Genius Hour! Genius Hour, or 20% Time, is a project based learning experience that allows students to develop research skills and creative thinking by exploring their own passions in the classroom. Genius Hour is a highly engaging PBL method because it combines student choice with authentic learning experiences. As students explore their passions in 20% time, they will learn new skills, seek advice from expert mentors in their field, and publish
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7th - 10th
High School Whole Year ELA Bundle - Take the year off! We'll lesson plan for you
Poetry, fiction, graphic novels, expository writing, research, activities, worksheets, assessments, posters, lessons--all printable and all time-saving. For any grade 9-10, native speaker or ESL, it's already differentiated with a tiered assessments: Pick and choose the difficulty as you go!It's all icluded in this bundle. Bundle includes every lesson you would need for an entire year-or-two's worth of English Language Arts lessons! (Includes, at no extra chage, ESL RPG: Monsters & Mazes, a
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9th - 12th
Middle & High School ESL Entire Year Bundle No Prep, Easy to Use, Ready To Go!
Be ready for anything next year with this massive ESL bundle of 136 materials! All of these materials are specifically designed for middle and high school ESL/EL/ELL/ELD/ML-multilingual students who are are low-intermediate to bridging proficiencies. These resources are flexibe and can be used as stand alone lessons, units, curriculum compliments, emergency sub plans, extended leave plans for inexperienced teachers, stations, enrichment--there is so much here and a multitude of ways you can impl
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
CINCO DE MAYO Activities Craft Reading Comprehension Passage Activity Recipe
This Cinco de Mayo Unit focuses on how people in Mexico and the U.S. celebrate this important Mexican holiday. It includes tons of resources for you to pick and choose from or do an in-depth study on this holiday.This printable book and activities are a fun and engaging way to celebrate this holiday and learn about the Mexican culture and traditions. Your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students will love all of the printable activities and really enjoy the learning experience!This resource is great
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2nd - 5th
Macbeth- Supported Alternative Assignments by Act - Focused Reading
I love Macbeth, and I love teaching it. Yet, I recognize students need more support with Shakespeare as well as a fresh approach. Over many years, I developed these materials to support student learning while teaching Macbeth. You will not find arduous and dry tests or line-by-line scene questions. This material strategically zooms into particularly vital moments of the Scottish Play and then zooms out to focus on the skills & important concepts rather than prioritizing plot recall. I do hig
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Women's History Month Short Story Unit for High School ELA
Whether you're looking for feminist stories, classics or modern short stories, comparative literature or stories by female authors, it's all here in this amazing collection. This is my favorite short story collection for engaging high school students.Questions for (and links to):"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid“Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros "Beau Willie Brown" Excerpted from: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf, by Ntozake Shange“The Yellow Wallpaper” by
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9th - 12th
Plan a Music Festival - Middle & High School Project Based Learning Unit PBL
This project is perfect for summer school, home school, genius hour, enrichment, gifted, or independent work time!Students will use their imaginations to plan a film festival. They will book artists within a budget, make a layout and a schedule, make an advertisement, and present their entire plan to their client.Materials Needed: This packet, a device with internet to watch the included videos and to complete research. Timeline: This is an extensive project that will take approximately 5-6 week
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5th - 9th
Essay Writing How To: Introduction/Hook/Thesis statement/Conclusion/5 paragraph
Teach your students how to write an essay!: outlines; introductions, hook, thesis; body paragraphs & transitional phrases; conclusions and concluding statements; and revision from rough to final draft. A whole unit on essays and expository writing using a 5-paragraph essay format:*Lesson in Powerpoint and PDF format* Student Activity Workbook* Teacher lesson plans and objectives covered, alternate examples, assessments, and scriptsUnit covers:* Structure of a five-paragraph essay* Different
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Highschool ELA Bundle: Writing, Research, and Argumentation
Independent Reading & Writing Prompts + Book Talk Presentation- Promotes Reading
I have used this Independent Novel Study unit with a variety of narratives: podcasts, essays, short stories, graphic novels, plays, movies, or TV shows. It is important because it embeds proven reading strategies in the prompts and support materials, and it also allows students to practice different forms of writing. This book club unit yields many opportunities for marks: writing, reading, speaking, and media.This unit includes:1) Detailed teacher notes.2) "What I want to Read Next" chart. Stud
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7th - 12th
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Once Upon a Crime - ELA Debate Argument Unit
My students had so much fun doing this, they didn't want it to end! Four Disney villains are being brought to court with charges and your students will either prosecute or defend them in "court":Ursula - The Little Mermaid: Fraud & Exploitation Scar - The Lion King: Manslaughter & Environmental CrimesGaston - Beauty & The Beast: Attempted Murder & Inciting a RiotLady Tremaine - Cinderella: Emotional Abuse/Neglect & ExploitationAssign your students to be prosecutors and defend
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Argument Unit Bundle
Officer Buckle and Gloria - Read Aloud Center Activities and Sub Plans
Do you use “Officer Buckle and Gloria” as a read aloud with your upper elementary students? Do you need easy to implement, low to no prep activities to help reinforce all reading standards for third, fourth, or fifth grade? Look no further! This mini unit contains 13 review activities plus five days of print and go sub plans so it’s easy to use for both you and your sub when you need to be out.⭐️ This resource is included in my Read Aloud Activity BUNDLE. Purchasing the bundle saves you 20% or m
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3rd - 5th
Code Breakers SS, Math, Reading, Writing PBL/ Distance Learning
This cross-curricular project invites students to notice, create and decipher codes (math), learn about Native American Code Talkers (reading & SS), and present their findings (writing). Included are both paper and digital formats, as well as teacher models and extension activities. It is engaging for students and low-prep for the teacher!This product includes 3 versions of the document for flexible online or offline use! There is a PDF with teacher suggestions, there is a PDF with a printab
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3rd - 5th
Design Your Dream Home - Middle & High School Project Based Learning Unit PBL
In this project, students will use their imaginations and online tools to design their dream home. They will research lot price, learn about square feet, decide on their preferred house size and features, then draw or make a slideshow of what their dream home would look like. They will present their final product with concise details and reasoning for their choices.In-depth Description:In this Design Your Dream Home project, students will have the opportunity to unleash their creativity and deve
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6th - 9th
Run a Bake Sale - Middle & High School Project Based Learning Unit PBL
In this project, students will use their creativity and problem-solving skills to design a bake sale from scratch. They will learn how to determine the materials needed, calculate the costs and profits, create an advertisement, and write a persuasive essay to attract volunteers.In-depth Description:In this Run a Bake Sale project, students will have the opportunity to unleash their creativity and develop critical thinking and teamwork skills. This project-based learning activity is designed for
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5th - 9th
Make a Movie - Middle & High Project Based Learning Unit PBL
This project is perfect for summer school, home school, genius hour, enrichment, gifted, or independent work time!Students will use their creativity to write a movie. They will create and cast the characters, write and summarize the plot, craft a story board, and make a preview that they will present.Materials Needed: This packet, a device with internet to watch the included videos and to complete research. Timeline: This is an extensive project that will take approximately 5-6 weeks. Final Pres
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5th - 9th
Hamlet - Supported Alternative Assignments & Learning by Act
I have taught Hamlet to strong and struggling students and one thing they share is that they hate the act questions / test repeat structure. So, for both groups, I developed materials that worked in my classes. I wanted to meaningfully support all of my students' learning while teaching Hamlet so I have imbedded reading strategies and high level thinking throughout.I have included tips and tricks that I have learned to make Hamlet a bit easier and more enjoyable such as what parts I skip and wh
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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