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Common Core W.6.10 cultural activities
First Day of School Back to School Ice Breaker Activity with Writing Prompt
Here it is: the PERFECT Ice Breaker to start the school year. Don't know what to do to get to know your students? Print out this fun Back to School All About Me Ice Breaker Activity for the first day or week of school, or share the Google Slides™️ with your students. Ideal for use in Every type of classroom and grades 6 - 12. Comes with complete instructions for students AND complete, easy-to-follow "How to Post to Google Classroom" instructions for you. Using terms that teens can relate to, thi
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Ice Breaker Bundle English and Spanish | Back to School | New Year
AROUND THE WORLD THEME MEGA BUNDLE Multiculture Camp Earth Day End of the Year
***BUNDLE & SAVE 25%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this low-prep, 152-page/slide Around the World End of the Year Theme Day Activities MEGA BUNDLE! It includes everything you need to have a thematic day to celebrate diversity, culture, and the world and have a Middle-Grades (4-8) Fun Day in ELA with your students! What is Around the World Day? Enjoy the day (or week!) while still learning with this fun, themed resource! Students will l
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3rd - 12th
Asian American & Pacific Islander Month Bell Ringers - 30 AAPI Month BellRingers
This month-long bellringers resource is the PERFECT AAPI Heritage Month activity to introduce your middle school and high school students to a diverse group of Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals. Each bell ringer is designed to introduce students to an influential individual and contains a text-dependent question for students to answer. Question types include analysis, making connections, making inferences, comparisons, and more.This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Mont
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5th - 9th
Haiku - Teaching the Traditional Form - Resources and Worksheets
Teach the traditional form of haiku to your students!
Students will learn about the history of haiku, the rules of haiku, kigo, and some of the most famous haiku poets, as well as their work.
Students will do a rigorous study of one or more haiku poems and reflect on the contrasting images and ideas within the poem.
Students will use resources to compose their own haiku poems.
Includes the following:
• Notes for teachers
• What is a haiku?
• Famous haiku poems (15 in all)
• Spring kigo
• Sum
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4th - 8th
COUNTRY WRITING BUNDLE Around the World Narrative Informative Opinion Prompts
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 15-page Countries Around the World Writing Bundle Prompts & Papers! Students will watch videos (links provided) and/or research a country of their choice to answer one (or more!) of the writing prompts. SIX prompts (2 narrative, 2 informative, and 2 opinion), video links, suggested research websites, list of countries, revising and editing checklists, and 5 world-themed writing papers are include
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4th - 12th
5 Coat of Arms Writing Activities / Google Slides
During my Medieval Romance unit, I often ask students to make their own coat of arms or to make a coat of arms for one of the characters, maybe King Arthur or Lancelot. Over the years, it’s become one of my favorite writing activities—that’s why I wanted to share it with you. This is also one of my favorite resources for back to school. Using this resource, I can get to know students, get an idea of where they are as writers, give them a low-stress way to introduce themselves (and I can introduc
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6th - 12th
Viking and Early European Colonies in North America BUNDLE
It can be hard to teach about the Viking Age and early European colonies in North America because there are so many people and places that students learn about. It’s even more difficult for English Language Learners and other students whose reading skills make it hard for them to access grade-level texts. The materials in this bundle can help! They contain writing, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and research activities that help you teach these topics.Bundle at a Glance:★ What will students l
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5th - 8th
Holiday Essay Organizer | Informative Writing | Holidays Around the World
Looking to bring some holiday cheer to your writing unit? Try this informative essay on a holiday! This can be used for Christmas, Halloween, Hanukah, New Year's Eve, any holiday! I think it's especially fun during the winter holiday season.Students will choose a holiday to research and use the notes organizer which is pre-labeled (History, Traditions, Compare/contrast to another country) to keep them organized through the whole process. There are also guided questions to help focus their resear
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4th - 8th
Hispanic Heritage Month Mini Biographies and Research Project
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated on September 15th-October 15th. With this product, your students can read a mini biography on 26 Hispanic Individuals who have made a positive and inspirational impact. This product includes a colored mini biography, a research guide, and two differentiated writing sheets with clipart of the individual they're researching. You are provided with two versions to either differentiate by grade, age, ability, interest, meeting IEP or 504 goals, etc. As a Specia
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K - 8th
Valentine's Day Nonfiction Article with Writing Prompt and Digital Resources
Delve into the history of Valentine's Day around the world with our comprehension pack, perfect for grades 4-6. "Valentine's Day Around the World" takes students on an exciting journey through time and cultures, blending history, geography, and celebrations from various countries.What's included:Full-length articleGlobal CelebrationsTier 2 vocabularyMultiple choice questionsWriting promptVersatile materialsThere is a color version you can use as printable worksheets (yay for no prep!) and a bl
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Valentine's Day No Prep Activity Bundle with Digital Resources
Apology Assignment
Empathy and sincerely asking for forgiveness are important lessons that middle or high school teachers don't always have time to explicitly teach. This assignment is great for reinforcing these principles in addition to having the student practice their writing skills.
To successfully assign this task the teacher needs to write the student's name and the date at the top of the letter then a brief description of what the student did wrong. (Examples: disrespected a substitute teacher, stole sup
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6th - 9th
New Year's Eve Writing Activities
Unlock Your Creativity with the "New Year's Writing Activity!" Embark on a journey of Haiku's and post cards from your future self with our engaging and festive writing activity designed to kick off the new year in style! This unique worksheet is carefully crafted to turn reflection and goal-setting into an exciting and enjoyable experience.1. New Year's REEL Dive into the past year with a Highlight Reel, where you'll capture and celebrate three unforgettable moments. Share the lessons learne
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4th - 8th
Travel Brochure Project - Middle School ESL
For this project, students will choose a country and learn about it through independent research. They will produce a "travel brochure" by creating a google slides presentation. Included is an organizer students can use to organize information about their country, google slides templates (one with sentence frames for lower EL's, and one without). There is also a rubric included for this project and an exemplar of what a completed project should look like.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire & Turkey - Writing Prompts from Photographs
These 25 writing prompts can be used when teaching about the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires in a world history class or about the Near or Middle East in a world geography class or for doing quick writes or longer writing tasks in an English class. All the writing prompts are based on photographs that I took in Turkey and you can see a list of all the individual photographs in the Preview. The photo writing prompts are available in print and digital versions.What educators who have used this res
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6th - 8th
Dia de los Muertos Google Slides
Teach your class all about Dia de los Muertos using this Google slides mini-lesson, Google slides student report, and printable activities!Teaching about Día de los Muertos will introduce a new holiday to your students or allow those who celebrate Día de los Muertos to feel included and recognized. Learning about new cultures teaches diversity and tolerance by learning about other cultures, traditions, and religionsThese google slides are customizable and editable for each student! This paperles
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3rd - 10th
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US Holidays American Holidays Posters - Writing, Grammar, Speaking Activities
These 18 posters about American holidays explain the history and traditions of all the Federal and some other popular U.S. holidays. Posters explain the origins of the holidays and how they are celebrated. They are a great way to teach English Language Learners and other students about American culture. Writing, grammar, and discussion tasks plus a lesson plan for using the posters to extend students’ learning are also included in this 125+ page resource.Updated May 21, 2023: More than 10 page
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4th - 7th
25 U.S. Civics Bellringer Writing Prompts & Essential Questions | Google Slides
vThis collection of 25 open-ended critical writing prompts is the perfect way to get students thinking, writing, and discussing essential civics topics and themes. These prompts are ready-to-use as bellringers, extra time writing prompts, or other civics supplements! Students begin by reflecting on Essential Course Questions, (Slides 1-3), and then answer various critical thinking questions about civic issues like voting, the U.S. Constitution, the three branches of government, important legisla
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7th - 12th
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Washington DC Field Trip Journal Notebook Differentiated
This Washington D.C. Notebook is perfect for children and students of all ages who would like to document, scrapbook, draw, write and create memories of their field trip or vacation. Writing is perfect for synthesizing the learning which takes place through field trips and hands on learning experiences. By having peers edit each other's entries you can integrate language arts, grammar and mechanics. Writing based on educational museums and experiences with and without prompted essay topics furth
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K - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, MS-ETS1-2
, 5-ESS3-1
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Black History Month Writing Prompts
Black History Month Writing Prompts: Expository (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Grade). Black History Month writing prompts to practice independent writing skills. Assess class readiness with three, simple prompts.Civil RightsResponse #1 - Leadership Response #2 - DeterminationResponse #3 - Peaceful ProtestNeed a big bundle? American History Bundle (200 worksheets).-----------------------------------------------------------------------And from the larger ensemble...EDITING & WRITING SKILLSEditing Dail
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Reading Assessment
October, November, and December Holiday Posters for 5 American Holidays
These 5 posters about American holidays explain the history and traditions of Columbus Day, Halloween, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Posters give information the history of the holidays and how they are celebrated. They are a great way to teach English Language Learners and other students about American culture. Writing, grammar, and discussion tasks plus a lesson plan for using the posters to supplement student learning are included in this resource, too.Updated May 21, 2023: Chri
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Viking and Early European Colonies in North America BUNDLE
African Studies - Photographic Writing Prompts Based on Sierra Leone Artifacts
If you teach about Africa in a world geography class, read African literature in a Language Arts class, or need an activity for Black History Month, these writing prompts are for you! This resource contains 2 types of writing tasks with different levels of difficulty so they can be used by English Language Learners as well as native English-speaking students. All the writing prompts are based on photographs of 12 artifacts that I bought when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Af
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5th - 8th
African Studies - Digital Writing Prompts about Sierra Leone Artifacts
If you teach about Africa in a world geography class, read African literature in a Language Arts class, or need an activity for Black History Month, these writing prompts are for you! This resource contains 2 types of writing tasks with different levels of difficulty so they can be used by English Language Learners as well as native English-speaking students.✓ Please note:* If you prefer the Print version of this product, you can find it HERE.* To see examples of the writing prompts for Writing
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5th - 8th
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June, July and September Holiday Posters for 5 American Holidays
These 5 posters about American holidays explain the history and traditions of Flag Day, Father’s Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day and Labor Day. Posters give information the history of the holidays and how they are celebrated. They are a great way to teach English Language Learners and other students about American culture. Writing, grammar, and discussion tasks plus a lesson plan for using the posters to supplement student learning are included in this resource, too.Updated May 21, 2023: Les
Grades:
4th - 7th
Collaborative Story Writing: Great lesson for any grade!
I love to use this lesson when discussing narrative, plot, or as a fun holiday activity before break! Students will be creating collaborative stories where they will write a piece of the plot and then share will the following student to add until all parts of the story are complete. This a fun way to get students working together and creatively!
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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