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Writing an Informative essay - The Great Gatsby and the roaring 20's.

By The secret lives of teachers

This no-prep needed unit is designed to help students write an informative essay. The packet will guide them through a step-by-step process:o Selecting a topic from the list providedo Brainstorming and information-gathering pageo Rough copy writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

English (UK), Independent Work Packet

$8.00

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Argumentative Literary Analysis Essay /The Ocean at the End of the Lane

By The secret lives of teachers

This unit is designed to help students write an argumentative literary analysis essay, based on Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane.Included in the packet:Background information to argumentative writingThe key elements of writing a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, English (UK)

$8.00

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Creating a nonfiction Book Report

By The secret lives of teachers

About this resource:This unit is designed to introduce and analyze aspects of nonfiction writing. Students learn about nonfiction genre types, text features and other elements. Students then choose a book to analyze, create a poster and prepare a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Other (ELA)

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Posters, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

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Creating a timeline: Inside Out and Back Again

By The secret lives of teachers

This print-and-go unit can be used as a summary or as a final test of Thanhha Lai's Inside Out and Back Again.Students create a timeline of events, and explain their choices. Sample answers and grading rubric are included.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Close Reading

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Literature Circles

$3.00

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Replacing overused words - collecting character traits

By The secret lives of teachers

This print-and-go activity will help your students: Practice dictionary and thesaurus useRecap synonyms Discuss character traitsFind literary and film examplesSupport ideas with evidence Present ideas to the class

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Other (ELA)

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Centers

$3.00

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Writing a Short Story

By The secret lives of teachers

This no-prep, comprehensive unit is designed to introduce and analyze all elements of short stories, such as genre, theme, point of view, plot charts and elements, literary devices and conflict types. Explanations and examples are provided for

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Independent Work Packet

$10.00

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Creating TV News - Media Literacy Project

By The secret lives of teachers

The aim of this unit is to help students understand and analyze how TV news work, and create their own TV news report segment.This comprehensive packet willIntroduce vocabulary associated with producing television newsAnalyze samples of actual news

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Informational Text

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Handouts

$10.00

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Writing a literary analysis essay

By The secret lives of teachers

This no prep, print and go comprehensive packet was designed to help students understand, analyze and write literary analysis essays. The packet can be used in class or as a handout for independent work. This resource contains explanations as well

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, English (UK), Independent Work Packet

$5.00

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Writing a persuasive essay for V for Vendetta

By The secret lives of teachers

This unit is designed to help students write a persuasive essay discussing the merits of Allan Moore’s V for Vendetta. The packet contains:thesis, body paragraph and conclusion examples, detailed writing steps including step-by-step rough draft

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, English (UK), Independent Work Packet

$3.00

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Writing an argumentative literary analysis essay on Macbeth

By The secret lives of teachers

This unit is designed to help students write an argumentative literary analysis essay, discussing and analyzing themes in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The packet contains thesis and introductory paragraph examples, topic ideas, detailed writing steps

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Worksheets, English (UK), Independent Work Packet

$3.00

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Argumetative Essay Packet

By The secret lives of teachers

This unit is designed to introduce ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING to your students and help them create one of their own. Inside you will find: Two articles to introduce, identify and analyze argumentative writing features and structure A step-by-step

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

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Character traits - writing activity - based on Gregor the Overlander

By The secret lives of teachers

This unit is designed to help students create constructed paragraphs. The unit engages writing skills while encouraging higher level thinking skills. It can be used independently to foster descriptive writing skills or as a test after finishing

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, English (UK)

$3.00

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Character traits - writing activity - based on Charlotte's Web

By The secret lives of teachers

About this resource:This unit is designed to help students create constructed paragraphs. The unit engages writing skills, while encouraging higher level thinking skills. It can be used independently to foster descriptive writing skills or as a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, English (UK)

$3.00

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Procedural Writing Packet

By The secret lives of teachers

Teaching procedural writing and creating a fun procedural writing project will be easy if you use this step-by-step, no-prep packet.Students read about the types, features and key elements of procedural writing, then use the worksheet to create a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Independent Work Packet

$5.00

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Animal collectives - worksheet and memory game

By The secret lives of teachers

With this no-prep, print -and-go activity your students get to learn or revise the collective nouns used to denote different groups of animals, as well as the related words in animal families.Included in this packet you will find:Worksheet Teacher

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Other (ELA)

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

$3.00

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Informative Essay Writing - To Kill A Mockingbird literary analysis essay p

By The secret lives of teachers

This no-prep, comprehensive writing packet will guide your students through the writing steps of creating a literary analysis essay discussing Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.Requirements, writing steps, three theme options, sample paragraphs,

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Handouts, English (UK), Independent Work Packet

$3.00

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Door decoration - inspirational message

By The secret lives of teachers

An easy, no-prep back-to-school activity that fosters communication about why we do things in the English classroom and how we do them. It also provides a good list of vocabulary words to keep in sight.Print out the following pages and cut them into

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Other (ELA), Back to School

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Projects, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.00

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The Ickabog character mapping activity

By The secret lives of teachers

A no-prep, print-and-go character mapping activity.3 pages of work that will allow you to summarize the plot line, discuss character names and actions.Can be used as a recap/refresh activity or as a summary, even as a quick quiz.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Literature

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Literature Circles, Independent Work Packet

$2.00

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Joke of the week - back-to-school activity to last you the whole year!

By The secret lives of teachers

This easy, no-prep, just print-and-go joke of the week writing work activity contains 40 tried and tested jokes that will last you the whole year as a once-a week writing activity. Read the question and have your students guess the answer to the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, English (UK)

$5.00

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Famous First Lines - A Back-to-School activity

By The secret lives of teachers

This resource contains 33 famous first lines from some of my favorite shared reading books suitable for grades 3-8. Cast or print the odd pages with the first lines and have your students guess the book. Answers (authors, titles, book cover

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Posters

$5.00

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