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Creative writing literature circle microsofts
Complete Memoir/ Nonfiction Unit
Recently Updated in February 2023-- New & Improved! Now includes Day-by-Day Instructions for this 3-week unit-- No prep needed!This Memoir Unit is always a huge hit in my high school English classes! Many of my students consistently say it is their favorite unit in the class This bundle includes 3 different PowerPoint presentations focusing on memoir writing. The first one I use is the "Show, Don't Tell" presentation where students are introduced to the idea of writing in a more descriptive
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
When Stars Are Scattered: A Literature Study Unit BUNDLE
About this Unit & NovelThis is a Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the graphic novel, When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson. The lessons and activities here span the curriculum, from vocabulary and argument building to literary analysis and creative writing. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language appears in parentheses (delete or modify as needed). The unit is editable so you can pick and choose which elements and prompts
Grades:
4th - 8th
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BUNDLE A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel & Film Study Unit (editable)
About this Unit & NovelThis is a Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the graphic novel, A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel, adapted from Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 Newberry-winner by Hope Larson. The lessons and activities here span the curriculum, from vocabulary building and literary analysis, to creative writing and argument building to side trips into some of the STEM concepts that surface in the novel. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language app
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Independent Reading Creative Analysis Check In
Give students 21 unique ways to show what they are thinking about while they are reading ANY novel. From what a character would leave on a voicemail to what questions they want to ask the author, this download will get students thinking creatively and critically about what they are reading.The assignment is currently formatted so students choose from a list of 4-6 activities per week over a 4 week period, but could easily be modified to fit your pacing.This EDITABLE Google Doc will let you chang
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â Creative Assessments-Book Clubs-Close Reading-Literary Analysis
Making Predictions: Using Clues: 10 Worksheets/Lessons
There are ten lessons/worksheets in this packet.
What you get in this packet:
1. The Case of the Stolen Pizza: Make predictions based on the clues in the story and write an ending to the story.
2. The Case of the Missing Dog: Make predictions based on the clues in the story and write an ending to the story.
3. The Case of the Lost Treasure: Make predictions based on the clues in the story and write an ending to the story.
4. The Case of the Missing Honey: Make predictions based on th
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Limetown Podcast- Episode Questions, Projects/Essays, and Project Based Learning
This is a 6-8 week deep dive into the Limetown podcast.- You can choose to shorten this by removing the weekly projects OR final project and/or essayEach week, you will listen to one episode and complete the corresponding work:Â The work for each episode will include the following:2 pre reading questions ( Â /6) - 3pts ea.4 multiple choice questions ( Â /4) (rubric included on final page)3 short answer questions (Â Â /9) - 3 pts ea.1 project (Â Â /16)= 35 points totalProjects are divided into 5 c
Grades:
9th - 12th
Poetry Point of View Guide Lesson Plan-Shel Silverstein & Kenn Nesbitt
This lesson plan includes detailed instruction for the teacher on how to use the poetry point of view guide in the classroom.
The poetry point of view guide explores the children poets: Shel Silverstein & Kenn Nesbitt.
It focuses on looking closely at Shel Silverstein's Messy Room & Rain, and Kenn Nesbitt's My Smartphone Isn't Smart & I Tried to Do My Homework.
The poetry point of view guide takes students away from traditional comprehension questions and allows them to put the
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Magic Tree House Revolutionary War on Wednesday Unit (Book # 22)
This download has everything you need to use The Magic Tree House Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osbourne as one of your book choices for a book group. This is a great book to use in your book groups, because it teaches students about the Revolutionary War. This unit plan includes before, during, and after reading activities. The before reading activities include using predicting strategies. The during reading activities include comprehension questions for each chapter, and a journa
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
The Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer Guide
2 sheets list the steps of the hero's journey in a graphic organizer and provide a blank template for students to fill in for example stories that follow the hero's journey. This can be used as a planning tool for developing their own hero's journey stories or to analyze how other stories fit the hero's journey.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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McGraw Hill "Wonders" Writing Pack 3rd Grade (Units 1-6)
This is a complete writing station pack for "Wonders" for third grade. It includes 36 prompts, one for each week of the series. Each week's prompt corresponds with the topic, skills, essential question, or writing skill for that particular week. Prompts can be edited as necessary. This is great for centers or whole group writing.
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Grades:
3rd
Lamb to the Slaughter Ela Unit, Slides, Seminar, Choice Board, Activities
End the year strong with our fully-fledged, week-long ELA unit on "Lamb to the Slaughter," crafted for middle school teachers. This resource is an exceptional choice for end-of-year activities, substitute teacher plans, or as a focused mini-unit, suitable for grades 6-8 but easily adjustable for broader use.What’s Included in This Comprehensive Unit:Text and Film Study: Access the engaging CommonLit text and use our detailed guides to compare it with its film adaptation, enhancing comprehension
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Roald Dahl Author Study Women Who Kill Middle School Short Story 3 Week Unit
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Literature Unit
This download has everything you need for a unit on Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. It includes comprehension questions for each chapter with an answer key, vocabulary worksheets, journal topics, before reading questions, and projects to do after reading. It also includes a wrap-up quiz with an answer key. This is a short, fun book so it is perfect to do at the beginning of the school year to teach students your expectations for reading and to get into your routine.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Graphic organiser for writing monologues
This simple graphic organiser helps the students to start thinking of ideas which will help them to develop their monologues.
In History, monologues can be used to explore the impact of a particular event on a certain individual.In studying literature, this can help students to explore a character's personality in depth.
The graphic organiser is just a starting point for students to organise their ideas.After writing their monologues, the students can perform them in class.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Characterisation - Different types of Protagonist
This upload looks at the construction of the protagonist using profiles such as 'the 'hero's journey', the Aristotelean protagonist with a fatal flaw, the mediator and the protagonist, the anti- hero, the master/slave dichotomy, and it looks at power relations more generally in creating the protagonist and their situation. The upload pinpoints characteristics and qualities that make a protagonist identifiable. The upload includes questions that elicit responses on the type of protagonist, their
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Readers' Workshop Rotation PowerPoint - CHALKBOARD
Guided Groups & Rotations Made Easy!
This PowerPoint Presentation is set up so you can have it automatically play while you are meeting with groups. It will keep time for you and notify you when it is time to switch to your next rotation/group. This is appropriate for all age groups and could be used with reading or writing activities.
Benefits of using this tool:
• Students know the task for each rotation, helping them to be self-directed, allowing teacher to work with groups.
• Timer for
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Watermelon to Seed: Narrative Writing Presentation
21 slide presentation for use in classroom to help students learn to narrow wide, watermelon topics to more focussed, seed stories. Includes visuals to accompany each concept, exemplars, and practice slides.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Fiction Reading Response Choice Board
YoCandyCat has created this awesome reading response choice board for fiction stories. Students love to be empowered with a choice as to which activity to complete.
Common Core Standards emphasis writing in all subject areas and this sheet supports those standards. Each activity involves a creative and fun response to whatever story they are reading and can continue until they finish their chapter book.
This choice board can be used as a reading center, literacy circle or book club!
Enjoy
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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World Creation
The aim of these uploads is to show the importance of setting as it relates to the theme of a story. I have included group assessment sheets where students are able to use the sheets to discuss and edit their work together using a series of prompts that include, pathetic fallacy, dichotomies, the significance of particular settings such as the forest, and creating a purpose that is evident in the setting. There are a range of tasks that require the development of vocabulary and an emphasis on
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Not Grade Specific
Creative Writing Speech Bubbles Worksheet
This *editable* worksheet contains four boxes with a character and speech bubbles each expressing a different expression! Great creative writing activity focusing on the different features authors use to make their books more exciting to read. Suitable for Grades 1 - 3.
Grades:
K - 4th
The Odyssey Longing Letter Creative Writing
This ready to go creative writing assignment is perfect for breaking up traditional instruction when teaching The Odyssey. It presents Penelope's longing for Odysseus and instructs students to use Homeric language to create a similar type of letter.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
65 Book Report Ideas
Included is a list of 65 different book report ideas I have compiled from several different sources. The choices include ideas which should draw the interest of different types of learners. I require my students to turn in one book report per month by the last day of the month. They must choose one of these ideas and can not repeat an idea over the course of the year. I also posted this list to my website for parents to access.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Creative Writing Workshops - Transitions
This upload involves a series of lessons on transitions in narrative. It looks at flashbacks and how to prepare for and come out of a flashback. It also looks at movements forward in time and space as well as looking at changes in point of view. After brief instructions and examples a series of tasks are outlined which should consolidate the students understanding of techniques to create transitions in a narrative.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Question Sheet- Owl at Home + Create a Monster Writing Activity
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel (370 Lexile) is a chapter by chapter comprehensive question sheet to use in guided reading group, independent reading or read aloud comprehension check. Can be used with kindergarten, first, second or third grade. Facilitates prediction, vocabulary development, and reading & writing connection. Prepares students for short answer and extended response on diagnostic and achievement tests. Also included: Create a Monster writing activity with a graphic organizer and
Grades:
K - 3rd
Time and the Structure of Fiction
Under the heading 'Time and Structure,' I look at key areas of storytelling such as, repetition, pace, waiting, time pressure and processes of association. Each topic is explained with examples given of fiction that relies on specific techniques. There is also analysis of techniques that can be used to create this type of structure, or there are ideas on why these structural techniques are incorporated. Each section includes a story topic that should consolidate the techniques, or concepts dis
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
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