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Middle school 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
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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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
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
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
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
The Lord of the Rings Movie Companion Project
You love the magical ambiance and journey where hobbits take you through the battle of good vs. evil for the win as saviors of Middle Earth. For presentation use, with essential questions and projects too. Is there a right way to watch a movie? Should it be in chronological order or in order of movie release? Perfect for Middle through high school options, and for GT, advanced, or gifted students too.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Fever 1793 Book Trailer Project
This mini project will have the students reflecting on the novel Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. In groups, they will create a Book Trailer to advertise the novel and provide highlights of the book. This is a creative writing/fine arts (drama) cooperative learning project and should take about 4 days to complete. Included in this project are directions, worksheets,rubrics, and a mini powerpoint presentation with project directions. You are able to alter the presentation to suit your needs.
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4th - 7th
Using Genre to develop a Story Structure.
This lesson allows students to think about generic conventions and how they might use them in developing individual stories. It shows how working within a genre can give them the scaffolding to explore individual ideas. It uses reading, discussion, guided story topics and reflection.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Poetry Quick Write PowerPoint
Quick Writes are a powerful instructional tool that can be used any time during instruction. Leverage this amazing best practice with the Poetry Quick Write PowerPoint. This 87-slide product includes poignant poems written by Langston Hughes to Emily Dickinson - along with Quick Write Student Directions and Quick Write Turn and Talk Protocols. Each Poetry Quick Write can be employed as a writing activity, a Brain Break, or an amazing lesson launch. You and your students will love this! Seve
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Quick Write PowerPoint Jumbo Bundle
Ghost Boys: A Literature Study Unit (Editable BUNDLE)
About this Unit & NovelA 108-page, editable, Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the novel, Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Lessons and activities here span the curriculum, from an exploration of Black history to vocabulary building, literary analysis, creative writing and argument building. Everything you need for a deep dive into this powerful meditation on police violence and race from an award-winning author, conveniently packed into a single, editable Google doc.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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25 PLUS Writing Prompts for Any Novel
25+ Writing Prompts for Any Novel!
The writing prompt choices contained in this document not only allow students to use their high-order thinking skills to analyze the literature they read, the choices also help students have FUN while learning!
The writing prompts can be used for various purposes: journal entries, writing exercises (such as “set” beginners, free-writing activities, bell-ringer entires, etc.), reviews for previous reading assignments (including instructions for illustration
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Rhetoric Practice Bell Ringers (Ethos/Logos/Pathos)
These single-slide bell ringers give students an engaging opportunity for them to practice using rhetorical appeals by randomizing scenarios (1st slide) or randomizing rhetorical approach to the same situation (2nd slide). After writing their short pieces, students should share with their nearby classmates and in a whole-class environment. Creates an opportunity for discussing the role and efficiency of persuasion in a variety of real-life scenarios. It includes 2 student slides. (Original form
Grades:
6th - 12th
Classroom Journals/Chats
This is such a fun way to connect with your kids and kids their minds turning! 25 days of Journals/Conversation Starters. Examples: Wi-Fi Wednesday Tubular Tuesday Fri-YAY Friday It's a way to create a fun atmosphere with your students!
Grades:
4th - 8th
Wordless Book Narrative Writing
The following activity will need to be paired with a few wordless books. Students will use the wordless book to create a narrative story, making sure to use all of the qualities of a narrative story required by the directions. Some great suggestions for wordless books are, "Chalk", "Mr.Wuffles", "Flashlight", and "Journey".
Grades:
4th - 8th
TPT: Fantasy Unit(Learning Targets, lecture notes, quiz, and 2 writing projects)
Unit includes:Writer's workshop project: Personal dragons as metaphor Writer's workshop project: Narrative fantasy planning sheetFantasy and Characterization notesQuiz for "The Smallest Dragon boy"Unit learning targets printable for studentsAll documents are Goggle Classroom/print ready. This is a complete Fantasy Genre Unit for Language arts. I used this with the Holt Elements of Literature 7th Grade text, but this could be adapted for other texts, ages, or stories. I supplement things that are
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6th - 10th
Bud, Not Buddy: A Literature Study Unit (editable)
This is a 126-page Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the 2000 Newberry award-winning novel, Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. Set at the height of the Great Depression, the novel tells the story of ten year-old Bud Caldwell’s flight from a violent foster home and journey across the state of Michigan in search of a jazz musician he believes is his father. Along the way, he crosses paths with Dust Bowl migrants, hobos and union activists—who, like Bud, find creative w
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Never Bored with Our Own Board Games--End of Year Project / Literature Circles
For an end of the year project in my English 10 course and my AP Literature courses, students select a novel for Literature Circles and create a board game based on that novel. This packet includes a grading sheet.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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On The Come Up -- Journal Prompts (full novel)
This download includes 29 original, text-based journal prompts for Angie Thomas' novel, On The Come Up. Each prompt includes a quote from the assigned reading (I currently have it broken down into 21 days of assigned reading, but you can modify that if you wish) and asks students relevant questions regarding their own life experiences.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Lewis Carroll -- Jabberwocky -- Nonsense words, Sound Devices, Biography
Jabberwocky is a poem that many children love due to the sing song cadence of it. However, when it comes down to understanding what is being said, they are at a loss. This unit introduces Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky in three contexts. First as a standalone poem in it's entirety. Next, in the context of Stanza of Anglo Saxon Poetry in which Carroll defines the nonsense words. And lastly as Humpty Dumpty defines it in Through the Looking Glass. The goal here is to show introduce students to an aut
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Grades:
8th - 9th
Narratives: 5 senses remediation activity
One of the standards for writing narratives is using descriptive vocabulary and using the 5 senses to create imagery. This handout organizes 5 centers that I did in my classroom to cover the sensory standard for narratives. My students absolutely loved it! You can select you objects for each center based on what the students are going to write about for their narratives. For example, my students wrote narratives that were set during the fall time, so the stations have fall candle waxes for smell
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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