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Preview of First Day of School - I Am Unique Fingerprint Writing Activity

First Day of School - I Am Unique Fingerprint Writing Activity

Created by
Try-Angle Math
Prepare yourself for back to school with these "all about me" fingerprints! Each student can showcase how unique and wonderful they are!Choose 1 of the 3 fingerprint templates. (loop, whorl, arch). Students write about themselves on the lines of the fingerprint.This is perfect for the first week of school. This can be used in English, Art, Science, or any other subject. Students can share their fingerprints to find out how awesome their peers are.Bonus: includes 8 writing prompts!UPDATE! Ther
Preview of Black History Month - African-American Scientists

Black History Month - African-American Scientists

This packet has 20 investigations of African-American scientists. Students search online for information about each scientist: when and where they were born, important events in their life, discoveries they are famous for, etc.:Neil deGrasse Tyson, George Washington Carver, Mae Jemison, Percy Lavon Julian, Ernest Everett Just, Marie Maynard Daly, Katherine Johnson, Edward Bouchet, Alice Ball, Roger Arliner Young, Lloyd Hall, J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., Ronald McNair, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew
Preview of Zootopia Movie Guide & Stereotypes Discussion

Zootopia Movie Guide & Stereotypes Discussion

Zootopia is not only a great movie, but also has important ideas about stereotyping and how we treat each other in a diverse society. Thus, it's a perfect film to show students as a springboard to deeper content and thinking. So, I created this product to use in the middle school classroom, based on the film. This product is broken up into three parts: Part 1-Movie guide: students answer questions as they watch the movie, about the plot of the film. Part 2-Critical thinking: Students answer que
Preview of First Day of School Back to School Ice Breaker Activity with Writing Prompt

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
Preview of Personal Narrative Writing Bundle - Secondary ESL ELL - Newcomer

Personal Narrative Writing Bundle - Secondary ESL ELL - Newcomer

Are you wanting an ENGAGING bundle that covers personal narrative writing for your secondary ELL students? This bundle has everything you need to help your secondary ELL Newcomer multilingual students read, write, speak, and listen within the personal narrative genre!Your Students Will:Learn new vocabularyApply knowledgeComplete researchPractice skills while completing the activitiesHave the opportunity to work on speaking and writing skillsWork on developing personal narrativesHave the opportun
Preview of Career Day Questions and Reflection

Career Day Questions and Reflection

Created by
Natalie Padula
This packet can be used when presenters come to your classroom for career day. It includes a page of questions that can be asked to your visitors, a note taking page for students to use during presenters, and several reflection questions for after presenters. Great for upper elementary and middle school students!
Preview of Black History Month~Slavery Quilt Codes Activity Book

Black History Month~Slavery Quilt Codes Activity Book

This product, The Secret of the Slavery Freedom Quilts, is a coloring and journal activity book. There are pages of quilt squares used on freedom quilts as part of the Underground Railroad. Students will be intrigued because the symbols on the quilts were secret codes; the "secrets" are revealed as the symbols are explained also. At the bottom of each page are blank handwriting lines that students can write what the symbols stand for, their personal thoughts or whatever you'd like them to ref
Preview of "Where I am From" poem template

"Where I am From" poem template

Created by
Meghan Peters
Students fill in the template to write a poem about themselves. This is often used to create a video/slideshow. Search "Where I am From poem" on youtube for examples.
Preview of Synthesis and Argument Writing: Is it ever okay to fail?

Synthesis and Argument Writing: Is it ever okay to fail?

Every English teacher needs new ways to teach argument, rhetoric, and analytical writing. The Inquiry-Based Synthesis Essay is here to save the day!This argument essay is designed to help you out in a quick fix OR to teach in-depth rhetorical analysis. The essay can be scaffolded up or down, from highly difficult and challenging to ELL and SpEd friendly. In a nutshell: The essay question asks students to develop an argument about the question: is it ever okay to fail? Their job is to read t
Preview of Soundtrack of My Life

Soundtrack of My Life

Soundtrack of My Life | Writing Project Imagine your life is a movie. What music would be heard while watching and what would be chosen for the final soundtrack? This four page project will allow help students share their most important memories related to music and is a great way to end music class for the year.Students will make their knowledge of music personal by identifying title, artist, genre and instruments and then describing the song and why they would include it in their Soundtrack
Preview of Native American Literature- Fun Trickster Tale Activity!

Native American Literature- Fun Trickster Tale Activity!

Created by
All Day ELA
This product is included in the Native American Literature Mini-Unit! Are some students in need of a visual graphic organizer when dealing with Native American trickster tales? Download the Trickster Tale Activity Pack as a starter to having your students create their own trickster tales! This can act as a guide in the construction of a trickster tale, and with an example provided this can be a great activity to have your students dig into their creative side and write their OWN trickster tale
Preview of Media Literacy Unit - Analyzing and Creating a Magazine, with Writing Lessons

Media Literacy Unit - Analyzing and Creating a Magazine, with Writing Lessons

Created by
The Novel Nerd
This three-week unit, geared toward junior high and high school students, focuses on the components of print media. Every day, students will have a different "daily media study," which could be recent magazine articles or advertisements, billboard advertisements, newspaper articles, or journals. Students analyze what they see and write down a response on their own blog pages. Students also have a magazine packet, which focuses on many magazine components as well as writing lessons. Throughout
Preview of First Day of School Ice Breaker for Creative Writing Classes Activity

First Day of School Ice Breaker for Creative Writing Classes Activity

Have your Creative Writing students do this fun Back to School Ice Breaker activity on the first day of school, and you’ll hook them for the whole year! Using terms that teens can relate to, this visually appealing “selfie” allows students to share some info about themselves in a way that they’ll truly enjoy. It also provides you a succinct snapshot of your new students without sentencing yourself to hours of reading lengthy answers to standard inventory questions (that can be overwhelming for s
Preview of Integrated Arts Writing Prompts: Symbolism / Jean Michel Basquiat distance learn

Integrated Arts Writing Prompts: Symbolism / Jean Michel Basquiat distance learn

Integrating the arts into Language Arts is such a powerful way to engage visual learners and pique interest in your students. This bundle includes 6 of Jean Michele Basquiat's paintings with corresponding prompts centered around symbolism. Why does he include words in many of his paintings? What would you title his most famous work, Untitled? Some of his life story is provided to give context. My students have gone bananas for Jean Michele and will write away about anything involving his "edgy"
Preview of HOLOCAUST SHORT STORY (A LETTER FROM AUSCHWITZ)

HOLOCAUST SHORT STORY (A LETTER FROM AUSCHWITZ)

Created by
Sherrie Orestis
“A Letter From Auschwitz” is written from the perspective of a young teenage girl named Renata. She is an inmate of the most nefarious of all Nazi death camps, Auschwitz. Renata has written a letter, the content of which reveals what has happened to her and her family. The letter is her cry for help, as well as a warning to the rest of the world about what is happening to Europe’s Jews. NOTE I have included two copies of "A Letter From Auschwitz". One copy is written in a plain font and
Preview of Respect Presentation

Respect Presentation

Created by
Bree Lowry
This presentation teaches students about the need for respect toward others and requires them to spend some time thinking and writing about what respect means and whether they consider themselves respectful. To be honest, I did this lesson with my 9th graders after they were extremely disrespectful to my substitute! Therefore, if you want to use it only for character education (and not discipline), you may want to lessen the amount students have to write at the end!
Preview of Career Day Worksheet

Career Day Worksheet

Students can interact with their presenters during Career Day. There are three different options for students to summarize their Career Day experiences. Make multiple copies to make a Career Day packet so students can remember all presenters.****Please let me know if you have any comments how to make this product better.****Feedback is always welcome! Thank you! :)
Preview of Teaching with TedTalks: The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Teaching with TedTalks: The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Teaching with TedTalks: The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Introduction: Bringing media into the classroom can be very meaningful if it is used with a specific goal, focus, and context. The extensive library of TED Talks is a rich treasure of personalities, ideas, and inspirational stories that relate to many of the valuable life lessons that we work so hard to incorporate into the classroom. One of the many reasons TED Talks can be so powerful in the classroom is because
Preview of Creating a puppet character and writing a puppet play

Creating a puppet character and writing a puppet play

Created by
The Drama Llama
I do a really fun puppetry unit with my middle school theatre classes and they look forward to it all year. We build a puppet from scratch and then write and perform a puppet play. In this packet are sample journal prompts and a 4 page document that I use with my students to analyze their puppet characters and to help them write their puppet play. The puppet building methods are from a workshop that the Jim Henson institute taught and I am not at liberty to share the methods. However, there
Preview of Narrative Writing: Native American Trickster Tales

Narrative Writing: Native American Trickster Tales

Created by
Kids N D Know
The Trickster is a character found in the narratives of many Native Peoples in North America. Teaching students how to write Native American Trickster Tales can be a great way to get them excited about the past, as well as gain a further understanding of America's earliest storytellers! This resource can complement Units on Native Americans and is designed to make Social Studies fun! After the lessons students can write tales on their own or with the graphic organizers. These things are included
Preview of Celebrate our Diversity, The Color of Us

Celebrate our Diversity, The Color of Us

Greetings! This project that celebrates diversity and empowers students to embrace their unique skin colors. This initiative encourages students to engage in conversations about the beauty of their skin and discover objects that resonate with their individuality. It's a fun and meaningful journey that fosters empathy and strength. If you resonate with the vision of promoting self-appreciation and unity, please join me on this inspiring venture. Follow me for more Diverse Work ✨ #CelebrateDiversi
Preview of Write an Original Creation Myth

Write an Original Creation Myth

Created by
claire brundage
Great exercise for the beginning of school, especially for Lang Arts or US History! Have your students create their own origin myth-- include a modern slant to catch their interest! Includes an example: How Rabbit Brought Fire to People.(Creek)
Preview of Purim - Reader's Theater - Writing Prompts - Craft

Purim - Reader's Theater - Writing Prompts - Craft

Need something fun to do? How about a historical & cultural Readers Theater? Just Print and Go! Everything you need to have your own Reader's Theater presentation for the historical Medio—Persian event that Jews today celebrate as Purim! You will find a kid friendly, color coded reading script, writing prompts, audience props, a craftivity, an introduction to Purim, and puppet pictures. This is a two page readers theater geared towards children in 2nd Grade -High School. The
Preview of End of Year Internet Research Projects (Grades 5-8)

End of Year Internet Research Projects (Grades 5-8)

This packet has 101 different internet research projects for middle school students. Students search for interesting facts about Canada, Ireland, Egypt, Madagascar, North Korea, Greece, Panama, Kenya, China, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Russia. Students locate postage stamps from foreign countries and illustrate them. Students explore the wild animals and people of Hawaii, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Texas, California and New York. Students find and describe coins from foreign countrie
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Journaling

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Writing Prompts

Provide engaging prompts that encourage imaginative storytelling. For instance, you could ask students to write about a world without the internet, or ask them to describe something only using one of their five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste).

Peer Editing

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Poetry Writing

Explore different forms of poetry, such as haikus, sonnets, and free verse. Encourage students to experiment with imagery, rhythm, and metaphor.

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