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Common Core W.8.5 cultural activities
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
My Cultural Journey Narrative Writing Story and New Superhero Comic Book Project
Hello Again Teacher Peeps!!Thank you for your interest in the “My Cultural Journey” Project. This project will take your students through a journey of realization, acceptance, creativity, and empowerment. It’s unfortunate that many of our students are unaware of their own ethnicity and culture. Some are even ashamed of their own ethnicity and culture, just as I once was. However, through this 5-6 week journey, your students will learn a lot about themselves and their culture. What better way to
Grades:
5th - 9th
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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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
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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Personal Narrative Writing: A Treasured Family Folktale and Oral History
Make Personal Narrative writing assignments meaningful to students and their families. Use this interview form to capture or discover a memory or event to be saved for generations. Parents have written me letters of thanks for this assignment. Students have learned family stories that had never been shared with them before. Often students videotape these interviews to create a lasting oral history of a loved one. The final writing products have been amazing because students are highly invest
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5th - 8th
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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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: 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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TEXT SET: Animal Farm & I Am an American Day Address - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Novel- Animal FarmEssay Type: Argumentative = Equal Quotes and Explanations for BOTH sidesText Set: #19Prompt Type: TopicThematic Topic: Ignorance and EducationWriting Skill: Formal WritingStandard: CCSS.ELA.R.7 Medium and GenreScaffolding Level: IndependentCreator: Erica VilliloIncludes:1 Bonus File: Agenda with 41 LinksList of 7 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literature on Thematic Topic8 different
Grades:
9th - 10th
TEXT SET: Animal Farm & Four Freedoms - ELA 9 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Unit: Novel- Animal FarmEssay Type: Argumentative = Equal Quotes and Explanations for BOTH sidesText Set: #18Prompt Type: Standard = ELA Standard ReasonsThematic Topic: Conformity and Social PressureWriting Skill: Formal WritingStandard: CCSS.ELA.W.1 Argument AnalysisScaffolding Level: PartnerCreator: Erica VilliloIncludes:1 Bonus File: Agenda with 42 LinksList of 7 Recommended Exemplar Texts from CCSS, Springboard, CommonLit, and Holt’s Elements of Literatur
Grades:
9th - 10th
Unit: Letters for Mythology and Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 11Steps: 17Original Products: 8Links to Resources: 11Rubrics: 1Read a selection of choice from FOLDER: Textbook Letters (CCSS.ELA.R.10) With the MY ORIGINAL WKSH Text Parts- Form [CCSS.ELA.R.3]Write MY ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS: Write a Thank You Letter and Deliver It [CCSS.ELA.W.10]Read a selection of choice from FOLDER: CommonLit Letters (CCSS.ELA.R.10)With the MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Perspective (CCSS.ELA.R.6)Watch the music video LINK: Brad Paisl
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7th - 12th
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Hispanic Heritage Profiles: Worksheets & Display
Celebrate Hispanic heritage with these 30 printable profile worksheets of famous and influential Latinos. This makes a great research project for students to do independently or in pairs and can be completed as a class or homeroom activity. It is perfect for Hispanic Heritage Month, but can be a great learning opportunity at any time of year.Included in the download you will find:suggestions for how to use the profiles and instruct studentsa sample/exemplar completed profile30 blank profiles in
Grades:
7th - 10th
FUN BLACK HISTORY PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
Are you at a loss for what to have your students do for Black History Month? Take a gander at this EDITABLE PowerPoint. Activities that range from the typical research Black History Icons Presentations (for younger Grades) to more advanced analyses of intense topics and activities for older grades. You'll bond with your students, learn from and about your students, and have fun with them. Check em out!This UNIT includes:1. Song Analysis Activities2. Movie Madness [Analyses]3. Creative Writing Ac
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: FUN BLACK HISTORY PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES [BUNDLE]
FUN WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
Are you at a loss for what to have your students do for WOMEN'S History Month? Take a gander at this EDITABLE PowerPoint. Activities that range from the typical research WOMEN's History Icons Presentations (for younger Grades) to more advanced analyses of intense topics and activities for older grades. You'll bond with your students, learn from and about your students, and have fun with them. Check em out!This UNIT includes:1. Song Analysis Activities2. Movie Madness [Analyses]3. Creative Writin
Grades:
6th - 11th
Also included in: FUN WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES [BUNDLE]
Our Community Issues, Their Global Implications, and Our Proposed Solutions
This packet serves as an investigatory lesson of the question "is the pen mightier than the sword?" In other words, This lesson walks students through a three part assignment: identifying a concern in their immediate community, thinking about the global implications of their chosen issue, and ultimately proposing solutions. This packet walks your learners through a multiple draft process (including self, peer, and teacher editing) of writing a cohesive three part essay.
Note on Pre-Activit
Grades:
6th - 9th
Unit: Journals & Diaries/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 9Steps: 15Original Products: 7Links to Resources: 28Rubrics: 1Assign MY ORIGINAL Directions: Social Emotional Learning and A Journal/Diary (CCSS.ELA.W.10)Watch VIDEO: Black Death (CCSS.ELA.SL.2)Visit LINK: Plague | CDC (CCSS.ELA.SL.2)Read TEXT: Journal of a Plague Year (excerpt) (CCSS.ELA.R.1) Choose 1 additional excerpt from LINK: The Journal of the Plague Year (full) (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Watch VIDEO: Bucket List Trailer (CCSS.ELA.SL.2)Assign
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7th - 12th
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Unit: Manifestoes for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12 Creator: Erica Villilo Anchor Standards: 7 Steps: 8 Original Products: 5 Links to Resources: 7 Rubrics: 1Create Class Manifesto w/ “found” technique (pull words or phrases you like and add them to your own) and LINK: PDF of Graphic Manifestoes Examples (CCSS.ELA.SL.5)MY ORIGINAL SLIDES: Rhetorical Reading of Manifesto Essay of Choice with LINK: https://thisibelieve.org/themes/ [CCSS.ELA.R.6]WKSH: Evaluate a Speaker with a Photo, Video Manifesto LINK: Paul Farmer: I believe in
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7th - 12th
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Fine, You Tell Me Who I Am: Student Bundle Digital Version for Distance Learning
Why purchase this product?This product is great for distance learning! It is also excellent if you want to do a close reading of poetry that focuses on African American culture. After reading each poem, scholars will be able to notice, wonder, explore feelings, make connections, answer questions and/or complete a variety of learning activities in order to ultimately answer the essential question, "How does nature and nurture influence the development of identity?"What exactly is included in this
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6th - 8th
Unit: Elegies and Odes for Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 7Steps: 10Original Products: 8Links to Resources: 16Rubrics: 1Read Folder: Elegies to Read from Textbook (CCSS.ELA.R.1)Read Folder: Odes to Read from Textbook (CCSS.ELA.R.1) Compare and Contrast Elegies and Odes w/ MY ORIGINAL WKSH Venn Diagram [CCSS.ELA.W.9]Review MY ORIGINAL Notes: Character Archetypes (CCSS.ELA.R.3)Assign MY ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS: Journal What is your primary Character Archetype and why do you think so? How do your weakn
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7th - 12th
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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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