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Common Core W.8.10 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
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
End of Year Scrapbook Project on Culture and Identity | Essay Writing
This fun and hands-on essay writing scrapbook project for middle school and high school English and writing classes includes 24 essay topics on culture and identity, a sample student essay, essay analysis, graphic organizers, essay writing outline templates, three self-review activities, a peer review activity, scrapbook design templates, and two bonus activities. This project works on personal essays with or without research. It includes topical essays, compare/contrast essays, sequential ess
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7th - 10th
Emergency Lesson/Sub Plans - The Evil Eye Close Read and Superstition Research
These handouts will take students through a Close Read of an informational article about the Evil Eye and provide an extension research activity for further learning about superstitions from around the world. This 2-3 day lesson is what I keep tucked aside in an Emergency Lesson Plan folder, but I have also used it with younger students, reluctant readers, and Fundamentals classes. I would suggest to begin the lesson by asking students about superstitions they are already familiar with. Lead the
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
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
Grades:
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
Grades:
4th - 8th
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
Springboard Unit 3: The Challenge to Make a Difference Interactive Notebook
This notebook is tied to CA Springboard curriculum for 8th grade students and can be used for any history or English class teaching about the Holocaust. Some slides are pulled directly from Springboard Online and edited to fit the slide style. Slides connected to Springboard curriculum will have a removable label for copyright purposes. Other slides are pulled from reputable education sources as supplemental, adjusted to fit the notebook and will also be labeled with their watermark. Any slides
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8th - 12th
Unit: Legends & Tall Tales/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 15Steps: 16Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2Brainstorm about heroes with MY ORIGINAL HONORS WKSH: Heroes (CCSS.ELA.W.9)Research with LINK R4S: Module 2- Finding Information about a hero (CCSS.ELA.W.7)Read LINK: Tale of Sir Launcelot.pdf (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Practice standardized testing vocabulary with MY ORIGINAL WKSH Vocabulary Usage: Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake (CCSS.ELA.L.4-6)Read LINK: The Sword in the Stone.pdf (CCSS.
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7th - 12th
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#2 - Aventure de simulation hors du monde - Grade 6e, 7e, 8e année
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School - 3 Unit Program*** Donnez à vos élèves les moyens de devenir des visionnaires ! Highlight this school year by taking your students to exoplanet Kepler452b! Kepler's STARS is a compelling, timely, detailed three-unit simulation adventure with real life application. It is designed to initiate conversations on relevant global topics such as national identity, the plight of displaced persons, and climate change. Kepler's Stars fuses intrigue, drama and
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-3
#2 - Out-Of-This-World Simulation Adventure - Grade 6, 7, 8
Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School - 3 Unit Program*** Empower your students to become visionaries! Highlight this school year by taking your students to exoplanet Kepler452b! Kepler's STARS is a compelling, timely, detailed three-unit simulation adventure with real life application. It is designed to initiate conversations on relevant global topics such as national identity, the plight of displaced persons, and climate change. Kepler's Stars fuses intrigue, drama and discovery to unde
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-4
CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Five Minute Writing Prompts: December
With these writing prompts for every weekday in December, you can easily start or continue routines in which you begin every day with free writing to improve and reinforce lessons on sentence structure, grammar, and willingness to get ideas down on paper. Some prompts are about world holidays, SEL, and processes while others are fun, imaginative, and silly. These writing prompts come with a five minute timer on every slide for simple transitions. I know most schools in my area get off for Christ
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6th - 9th
Unit: Animal Farm by Orwell - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Unit: Novel- Animal FarmClass: ELA 9-10Bundles: 6Essay Type: 4 Argumentative and 1 Informative/ExplanatoryText Sets: 5Prompt Type: 2 Topic and 3 Standard5 Thematic TopicsReading Skills: 5Links to Resources: 45Keys: 46Assessments: 18Writing Skill: Formal WritingScaffolding Levels: 5Activities: 99Creator: Erica Villilo26 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on 18 different CCSS Anchor Standards 5 Writing Prompts: 2 Topic and 3 Stan
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9th - 10th
Unit: Fables for Mythology and Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 8Steps: 10Original Products: 7Links to Resources: 15Rubrics: 1Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Theme (CCSS.ELA.R.2)with textbook fable of choice (CCSS.ELA.R.10)STORY: “Right Mind and Wrong Mind” Page 172 STORY: “Princess and Tin Box” Page 332Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Narrative Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.3)With Folder: Fables- Not by Aesop (CCSS.ELA.R.1)Complete MY ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS: Literary Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.2) With LINK: List of Aesop's
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7th - 12th
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DIGITAL Harlem Renaissance Art Critique Mini-Research Project
This product can be used in English Language Arts, Social Studies, or an Art class! I made this product for my English Language Arts students to learn about the Harlem Renaissance. This short research project requires strong critical thinking and writing skills. Students get to choose from 6 Harlem Renaissance art pieces, research this piece and its author, and analyze the piece using the Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Decide method. You can assess students on their comprehension of informational
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6th - 10th
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
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
Grades:
4th - 7th
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
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, MS-ETS1-2
, 5-ESS3-1
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Unit: Ballads for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 6Steps: 7Original Products: 5Links to Resources: 4Rubrics: 1Read LINK Text: The Ballad of Mulan (CCSS.ELA.R.1)With MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Discover Ballad Elements [CCSS.ELA.W.9]Read LINK Textbook Ballads (CCSS.ELA.SL.2) With MY ORIGINAL Literary Speed Dating with Ballads, have students line up in 2 lines (like speed dating) with one side having 1 ballad each and 1 side having any number of the ballad elements based on size. Have students discu
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7th - 12th
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Unit: Introduction to Novel- Animal Farm- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
PROFILE:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Novel- Animal Farm- IntroductionCreator: Erica VilliloINCLUDES:1 Agenda1 Quizlet3 Google Slides3 Website Links10 CCSS Anchor Standards23 Steps17 MY ORIGINALS15 Keys11 Assessments
Grades:
9th - 10th
Unit: Historical Fiction/Mythology & Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA 7-12|EDITABLE
Unit: Historical FictionClass: Creative WritingGrade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 5Steps: 11Original Products: 10Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2With MY ORIGINAL WKSH: KWL+ Chart (CCSS.ELA.W.9) Read Story: American History (CCSS.ELA.R.10)With MY ORIGINAL WKSH: My SMELLER (CCSS.ELA.W.9) Read STORY: Beware of the Dog (CCSS.ELA.R.10)With MY ORIGINAL WKSH: My SOAPSTone (CCSS.ELA.W.9) Read STORY: Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy? (CCSS.ELA.R.10)LINK: R4S: Module 1- Asking Go
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7th - 12th
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