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Finish the Story Narrative Writing Activities | Fun Test Prep | Print + Digital
Need fresh ways to engage your students in writing again? These narrative writing Finish the Story activities are not only fun for students, but also provide excellent narrative writing skills practice for your upper elementary students. Using these Finish the Story activities will help alleviate the struggle of writing for your reluctant writers because they will not feel the pressure of staring at a blank page and starting their own writing from scratch. These help build confidence and strong
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3rd - 6th
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PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Elements & Techniques FOR THE BIRDS
Pixar-like Short Film Workshop. Looking for a fun and effective way to teach literary elements such as theme, plot, dialogue, characters, inference, and irony? For The Birds is a tried and true favorite among students and teachers! Film Summary: The birds on a wire make fun of the bird with different feathers, until ironically, they fall off the wire and lose all of their own feathers. Your students will get a chuckle and learn a lesson about bullying. Includes Activities For: ✔ IRONY✔ Setting✔
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5th - 8th
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PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL
Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn
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5th - 8th
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Pixar -like Shorts: Films For Literary Elements & Techniques Inference Plot
Short film workshops are the most effective and engaging way for students to learn about literary elements. This workshop for DUSTIN focuses on: PERSONIFICATION, CHARACTER, INFERENCE, SETTING, AND FORESHADOWING. Students will absolutely LOVE it!Film Summary: In this film, an adorable dog is perplexed because he gets an unexpected roommate, a robot floor cleaner that sweeps up all of the table crumbs that he had hoped to eat. Dustin feels he is being replaced, until he realizes this robot makes a
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6th - 9th
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POETRY & FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE UNIT - Print + Digital Poetry Month COMPLETE Unit
★★★★★ This is by far one of mine and my students' favorite units of the year! This unit contains EVERYTHING you need to make a poetry unit successful and engage your students every step of the way.Make poetry fun, accessible, and exciting to your students this year!This product contains a mix of digital and printable resources. SEE PREVIEW FOR TONS OF DETAILS!The 135 Google Slides Teaching Guide is the central resource in this unit. It walks students through a multitude of figurative language an
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4th - 7th
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Partner Parody Project - "My Favorite Things" The Sound of Music, PDF & Google
This is a partner parody project with "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.It can be a great end of the year project for General Music, Choir, or Band students. It is also great for distance learning. It comes in a PDF version as well as Google Slides. #musiccrewdistanceUPPER #musiccrewsecondaryStudents learn definitions of terms like parody, rhythm, meter, rhyme, and syllable as they apply in a song. After brainstorming their favorite things, students will write their own stanzas as a
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4th - 8th
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Shorts Films Literary Devices THEME INFERENCE CONFLICT SETTING DIALOGUE Piper
Students ADORE this short film, PIPER, for learning the story elements: THEME, INFERENCE, DIALOGUE, CONFLICT, SETTING AND MORE. Students learn how these literary elements shape each other to create this amazing film.Film Summary: An adorable little Sandpiper is pushed by her mother to find food along with the rest of the flock. However, Piper gets swept up in a giant wave on her first try and is reluctant to try again; that is until she's learns how to brave the water from a little crab and lear
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Short Films For Literary Devices Elements Techniques
Christmas OR Winter Pixar-like Short Films Literary Devices THEME & NARRATIVE
HEY DEER! ANIMATED PIXAR SHORT FILM! Great for Christmas OR winter ELA. Short films are the perfect way to teach narrative writing and literary elements and devices. This workshop guides students through an analysis of 6 basic literary elements to prepare them for the culminating narrative writing task. Students watch the film directly from their slides and work through all of the guided activities.❤ Winter themed- but NO direct Christmas referencesSettingCharacters/CharacterizationPoint of View
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6th - 9th
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Writing Project - Choose Your Own Story Path | Distance Learning
Writing projects are a fun and engaging way to keep students interested in the writing project. This writing project template will guide students through crafting their own Choose Your Own Adventure inspired story! Middle school and upper elementary students will all be engaged in the writing process while using this writing graphic organizer to create a unique and original story.Printable and digital versions are included for distance learning or classroom use for this writing project!Having st
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4th - 7th
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Poetry Writing Unit Haiku, Acrostic, Limerick, Concrete, and More - Digital
Engage your students in poetry with this ready-to-use digital poetry writing unit. This resource will guide students through the writing process for 8 different types of poems. This digital resource is perfect for any poetry writing unit as it provides step-by-step instructions for each of the types of poems, Google slides, sample poetry responses, and good copy slide templates. This digital, Google-compatible poetry writing portfolio is a great way to ease your students into poetry writing usi
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5th - 8th
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Monster of 17 Murray Lane: A Narrative Writing Project for Google Classroom
This narrative writing project asks students to write about the first time they met the monster that lived in his/her bedroom at 17 Murray Lane (a fictitious address). Students go through the entire writing process, from gathering ideas and brainstorming, to writing the rough copy, and finally the publishing step. Best part? This entire project can happen in Google Slides and can be assigned inside of Google Classroom!The following is included in this fun project:The writing promptDirections on
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Digital Writing Bundle for Google Classroom - For Grades 3-5
End of the School Year Digital Reflection Board for High School or Middle School
Engaging and fun END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR Digital Activity - Students use their technology skills to create a digital reflection board. This perfect no prep lesson provides student choice and can be used for any subject area and for your students in high school, middle school, or upper elementary school. These slides work for in person or online learning! Video allows the activity to be done asynchronous! Use this the last day or school or end of the year lesson to practice technology skills, &am
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6th - 11th
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Digital Poetry Unit for Middle School | Google Classroom
This digital poetry unit for middle school is an easy way to introduce students to the basics of poetry in a distance learning online format. Students learn the elements of poetry and discover six different types of poems. This resource will turn your students into poets with simple poetry forms like Haiku, Tanka, Quatrain, and more! Product includes:35 instructional/activity Google SlidesElements of Poetry definitions and examplesFigurative Language Digital SortElements of Poetry Google Forms q
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Digital ELA 12 Resource BUNDLE | Google Classroom
Teacher Summer Writing Activity - Print and Digital Versions
What does a teacher do in the summer? Student's have their own ideas and this writing activity will invite them to brainstorm all of the antics they think you will get into this summer! This resource has a print and a digital version to fit all of your needs. My students are obsessed with asking me what I will do during summer vacation. This resource enables them to combine that curiosity with their creative writing skills to try to predict what I may do during the summer break. What's Included:
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: End of Year Writing Activities Bundle
Greek Myths Digital Unit | Google Drive | Write Your Own Myth, InstaGods, & More
This engaging Greek Myths Unit includes readings, videos, projects, and creative writing activities while also helping your students grow in their digital literacy skills! All activities are Google Drive compatible and can be uploaded directly to Google Drive. This bundle of resources includes 7 ACTIVITIES that will work as stand alone unit or great additions to any Greek Mythology content. My students loved these activities, and they created very interesting dialogue in the classroom! The discu
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7th - 12th
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Narrative Writing Activities Finish the Story | Holiday Bundle
These narrative writing finish the story activities are perfect for getting your students excited about the holidays while practicing their narrative writing skills. They include both print and digital options, perfect for in-class or distance learning.This bundle is also included in the ELA Activities Holiday MEGA Growing Bundle. Click here to save up to 30%!Students read the beginning of the stories that related to various holidays, then use their narrative writing skills to finish writing th
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3rd - 6th
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Digital Descriptive Writing Activities for Distance Learning
Help your students improve their writing skills with paperless and strategic writing exercises to help bolster their writing abilities. Focusing specifically on writing descriptively with strong verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, this digital unit will help you improve your students' writing.This digital interactive ePlan includes teacher instructions (GoogleDrive and Microsoft OneDrive) and a link to 27 slides of descriptive writing activities. There are five different activities in this digital,
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: SMARTePlans 2016 Growing Bundle Membership for Google Drive
Historical Fiction Project - Creative Writing + Historical Research!
This is a six-part creative writing project in which students research a time period in history and then set a short story there! Product includes an explanation, grading rubric, and step-by-step project creation.
Grades:
7th - 10th
New Years DIGITAL Escape Room - Figurative Language Metaphor Simile Alliteration
Coming back from winter break can have students rowdy and make it hard to engage them in anything academic. This READY TO GO Common Core aligned Escape Room will have students completing standards-aligned tasks and eager to collaborate. All you have to do is literally share the link with students, and they are all set!This product includes:5 Tasks (with Answer Keys)Task 1: Figurative Language SortTask 2: Figurative Language FireworksTask 3: Riddle Me This – Decoding ActivityTask 4: Rocket Launch
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4th - 7th
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Digital Journal Prompts, Work on Writing, Creative Writing {Google Slides}
125 Journal PromptsNo papers, journals, or printing required!Usage Ideas:Writing CentersUse as a station during guided readingDaily 5 writing centerWriting Warm upQuick WriteFriday- Journal Days (or any day of week)Use when students are finished with their work earlyuse as morning work use after lunch/recess for a smooth transition into next lessonhomework (1-2 prompts a week)Journal Prompts include:Narrative WritingReflective/Personal WritingOpinion WritingDescriptive Writing Fictional/Creative
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3rd - 6th
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Quick Writes Writing Journal Prompts & Digital Journal for Middle or High School
QUICK WRITES: ENGAGING TO PRACTICE WRITING FLUENCY for high school or middle school students! 40 Writing Journal Prompts in google slides to practice writing fluency, for independent work or warm ups (bell work). Fun topics can hook struggling readers, struggling writers or at risk students. There are enough for one prompt per week for the ENTIRE school year! NO PREP NEEDED! Great for distance learning. There are a few introductory slides for students to explain the importance of quick writes an
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5th - 9th
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Secondary SEL Activity (Get-to-know-you | Brain Break)
This social emotional learning infused activity can be done at any point in the school year, and is a great way for students to take a break from regular content, express themselves, share information about themselves with you, and get a mini-SEL lesson on empathy. It's great for middle and high school students!The Google Drive folder includes: - A Google Slides deck with several activities - design your own Crocs, this or that, design your own Nikes - 2 Google Docs with articles on empathy -
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Secondary SEL Bundle | Brain Breaks or Morning Meeting
Digital Writing Prompts (Daily Writing Journal, 70 Prompts)
This is a digital no-prep product! Assign the writing prompts to students on a daily basis for your writing activity or a morning warm-up. This product allows students to use descriptive language, expressive writing, punctuation, imaginative writing, concrete examples, opinion writing, critical thinking skills and overall improve writing skills. There are 70 slides currently, this is a growing bundle and more slides will be added.How to Use this Product:This product can be posted on your google
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2nd - 6th
Mentor Sentences BUNDLE - Voice, Sentence Complexity, Vivid Imagery, Dialogue
Take mentor sentences to the next level by having them write as if THEY are the author. They study mentor passages from well-known novels to see how professional authors vary their sentence length and use compound & complex sentences, inject voice, and use vivid imagery.Perfect for grades 5, 6, and 7! I like to present these in a whole group and have students write in their notebook as I present them on the screen. Then, I assign slides individually, so they work on the lesson again. Repetit
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5th - 7th
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