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Middle school creative writing simulations for Microsoft OneDrive
Writing Graphic Organizers | Print & Digital Worksheets Google Slides Activities
These writing organizers are just what you need to help students organize their writing. This resource includes ​​16 ready-to-use Writing Organizers in both printable and digital formats. These pages are great for prewriting activities, and for students to organize their thoughts and ideas before they begin writing. These pages were designed with upper elementary students in mind, but would also work well for primary or secondary students. Writing Organizers Included:Informative WritingOpinion
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Digital Resource Bundle | Distance Learning Toolkit | Use with Google Slides
Dog Sled Race Project Based Learning
This engaging project allows students to use a variety of math and language skills in a relevant simulation. They will plan, prepare, and race in a Dog Sled Race. Here's a list of the different activities included in this project:Activity 1: Your Team: Students create their dog team. They draw pictures of each of their 6 dogs and name them. They also develop a team logo.Activity 2: Sled Dog Care: Students read a passage describing the needs of their sled dogs. They follow up by answering
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Bundle
Memoir Writing Personal Narrative Writing Workshop Mini Lessons Print Digital
Print and Digital Formats! No planning needed! These 20 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching memoir writing a snap! In six weeks, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a thoughtful personal narrative. Because the lessons are already finished, you'll have time to work with them every step of the way! Here's teachers are saying about my mini lessons:"I love how this resource breaks down each step of the process for students to make it more manag
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6th - 9th
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Vocabulary Activities 30 Fun Creative Word Study Tasks
With 30 print & digital activities, this workbook makes teaching vocabulary fun, easy, and ready to go! Editable word lists, checklists, and lots of creative ways for your students to engage with learning new vocabulary! Choices galore!Use with your words or the editable vocabulary "menu" provided.Assign one, some, or all activities -- so flexible! Use for self-paced activities, book clubs, independent reading, or whole class word studies. This resource includes:"vocabulary collectors"vo
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4th - 8th
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The Mystery Case- Guide
Description: Step into the thrilling world of crime-solving with "Murder Mystery: The Case of Principal Tiger". This engaging and immersive classroom activity challenges students to become detectives as they unravel the mysterious murder of Tiger Pride High School's beloved Principal Tiger.In this comprehensive murder mystery game, students will work together to examine evidence, question suspects, and ultimately identify the culprit responsible for Principal Tiger's untimely demise. Set against
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5th - 12th
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How a Bill Becomes a Law Classroom Simulation 1 Week Activity Government Lesson
Need a fun way for your students to remember the process by which a Bill becomes Law? In this week-long interactive simulation your students will experience first hand the steps involved to pass a new law! What's included:- demographics for 4 states- 3 propositions- letters from constituents- vocabulary puzzle- vocabulary quiz- flow chart- creative writing assignment- suggested links- tons of student-led discussionsOverview of the SimulationMy students were so excited to vote on the propositi
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4th - 8th
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Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
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5th - 8th
Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
From opinion writing to research -- this bundle contains eight digital writing notebook activities that will keep your students engaged in meaningful writing all year long!This big ol’ bundle includes these eight digital “notebooks”:⚬ The Writing Process: Idea Boards⚬ Personal Narrative: Write your Autobiography⚬ Write an Opinion: Book Report & Review⚬ Expository Writing Notebook⚬ Persuasive Writing: Create a Public Service Announcement⚬ Research Writing Journal⚬ Creative Writing: Write
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5th - 8th
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Martin Luther King Jr Virtual Field Trip -Distance Learning- Meet Martin
Martin Luther King Day needs a wonderful celebration! There is no better way to really get to know Martin Luther King, Jr. than a No Wheels Field Trip when remote learning or in person learning field trips aren't possible! Open your students' eyes and thoughts to the life of Dr. King! Get to know who he was and what he stood for. Feel inspired after learning about his life!This field trip includes sooo much inspiration and thought provoking moments to teach children more about the character of
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Virtual Field Trip Bundle #2-Distance Learning-Google
Creative Writing Short Story Activities Workbook Print and Digital
No planning needed! Digital and print versions make this perfect for digital, in person, or blended learning. Your students will have everything they need to write their own short stories. Ready to use today. This resource guides them step-by-step. What teachers are saying:"I used this with my Honors 12 English class after our semester of reading short stories. The kids really used this resource - it gave them confidence and an actual place to plan their work. I will use it again.""This was
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7th - 10th
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Poetry Writing Activities Unit for 30 Days of Poetry
Share 30 different forms of poems with your students -- and challenge them to write poems in these different forms. A mentor text and directions are included for each type of poem -- making this a self-paced warm up, bell ringer, or creative writing challenge.You can use this flexible resource any time of year. Students can choose what poems to write or you can decide.This print and digital resource includes:These 30 different poetic forms with mentor poem and “recipe” for writing:Poetry in s
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6th - 8th
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Going to the Championship Football Game Project Based Learning
Engage your students in a relevant project with this Championship Game Project. (Please note, Super Bowl is trademarked and not authorized for use in commercial products therefore I am using the words Championship Game instead.) ****Now updated for the 2024 Championship Game in Las Vegas****Students will spend several days going through the planning of a trip to this year's championship game in Las Vegas, Nevada. Students will use a variety of math skills for budgeting and problem solving, as
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Bundle
Rock Cycle Dice Simulation with Writing Connection
Looking for a way to integrate writing into your science curriculum? This dice simulation is a great way to to reinforce the science concept of the rock cycle while connecting it to writing. By performing the writing connection, students will cement their knowledge by writing creatively from the point of view of a piece of sediment going through the rock cycle. This simulation is a set of posters that you hang around the room and place a die by. Students are assigned a poster to start with and b
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in:Â Science Dice Simulation with Writing Connection Bundle - Cycle Activities
How to Write a Mystery Writing PowerPoint
Mystery Writing PowerPoint. How to write a mystery story. Do your students like detective stories? Have students write a mystery story using the strategies presented in this presentation with animated graphics. This tutorial explains how to write a good beginning, middle, and end, and use clues and a red herring to engage the reader. Start a class detective agency, where students can become detectives and solve the mysteries. Includes a brainstorming sheet and graphic organizers to get started.
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4th - 7th
Halloween Writing Activity - Creative Mystery Story - DIGITAL
Halloween Mystery Digital Writing Activity - An eye-catching and easy to use assignment for students to create an engaging Halloween Mystery Story using a digital platform. This Digital Resource is designed to work with Google Classroom™ MS Teams™ (and other digital platforms) has been created so that students can type directly into the graphic organizers and pages!Includes a unique "Dial-A-Mystery" activity to help students who have "writer's block". Students can work together or individually
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â Halloween Activities - Digital Writing and Grammar Bundle
Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Print and Digital Journals will keep your students writing all year! Every prompt is different! Funny holidays, historical events, quotes, and research activities -- so many options for students to write and think critically!Print and digital versions mean you'll have the flexibility you need! You'll receive ten months: August - May Plus a bonus Gratitude Journal that can be used any time!What teachers are saying about these digital journals:"This was a great way to get my students to write
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5th - 8th
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Strong Verbs PowerPoint - Sentence and Paragraph Writing Practice
Strong Verb Sentences and Paragraphs PowerPoint. Teach students to use strong verbs in their writing and avoid "dead" verbs. Sentence and paragraph practice for writing improvement, based on common core. Students can practice using a variety of vivid verbs to bring their sentences and paragraphs to life. This works as a great mini lesson. Some teachers like to have mock funerals for the "dead" verbs to put them to rest forevermore. Includes a printable sheet for students to write a strong verb p
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Parts of Speech BUNDLE
Crime Scene
This crime scene activity involves a crime, suspects, evidence and an evidence collection packet for students. Students have an opportunity to exercise those important CCLS skills of evaluating evidence with this engaging lesson. Included in this 44 page packet is everything you need to get started. Includes: The scenario, the suspects and suspect biographies, the evidence collected at the scene, transcripts for suspect statements (you can podcast them if you wish) as well as all of the evid
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4th - 7th
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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,
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â SMARTePlans 2016 Growing Bundle Membership for Google Drive
Narrative Writing - Digital Version - Organizers, Examples, & Rubrics
Digital Narrative Writing -Teach students the process of Personal Narrative Writing using Google or MS OneDrive!. These organizers and worksheets are designed to lead students through the writing process from planning to their final draft. Through the use of examples and extensive peer and self-editing, students are able to produce a well-written narrative paragraph. Can also be used as a starting point for a longer essay.Can easily be printed, saved, shared, and more! Great for a 1:1 classro
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7th - 9th, Adult Education
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Story Starters Warm Up Creative Narrative Writing Prompts
No more boring topics or students asking what they should write about! Here are 22 fun and engaging ways for students to get started. Perfect for your blended, in-person, or distance teaching environment. What you'll get:22 different open-ended, creative (and fun!) writing promptsprint version that you can duplicate and share with your students or use in centers, warm ups, and moredigital version that you can share through your distance learning classroom (Google Classroom) Share one or all t
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4th - 8th
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Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 Literary Analysis Creative Writing Poetry Activities
Digital and Print Versions. Get your students thinking critically and writing creatively with this analysis resource of Shakespeare's Sonnet. Your students will read, analyze, and then write their own sonnets!Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 sounds like it was written by a teen -- full of angst and sorrow! That's why this sonnet is a great way to introduce a bit of Shakespeare to your students! Who cannot relate to feeling completely sorry for yourself...until you recall the joy of a wonderful love.R
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Sonnet Bundle: Teaching Shakespeare
Advertising Techniques - Create An Ad - DIGITAL Media Literacy Activity
Looking for a fun digital project where students create their own advertisements? Using the techniques used in advertising, students must create an ad and then justify their work by writing a paragraph explaining their choices. Students create their ad using a digital platform and you can give them the option of a print ad, tv ad, or radio ad. This activity is excellent for a media awareness activity, media literacy unit, or a study on persuasive writing!Includes the following Google Slides™le
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7th - 9th
Also included in:Â MEDIA LITERACY ACTIVITIES - Advertising & Social Media DIGITAL Bundle
Writing Good Beginnings: Narrative Writing Hooks to Engage the Reader PowerPoint
Writing narrative hooks that engage the reader is a great writing skill. PowerPoint lesson focuses on writing hooks using three strategies to lead into a story and hook the reader, with student and professional examples. Three different writing strategies to engage the reader, grab their attention, and create great beginnings for a narrative account or expository essay, and will help students overcome writer's block, especially when preparing for state writing tests. Includes a slide with severa
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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