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Balanced literacy Common Core W.8.3d resources
Memoir Vignettes: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What are memoir vignettes?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). Memoir Vignettes are short, poetic, partial memories with rich language and sharp images. Unlike traditional memoir or personal narrative writing, memoir vignettes don’t force students to make conclusions and tell a complete story from start to finish. They are little snips of time, which is less intimidating for many students who struggle to write about themsel
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Deleted Scene: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a deleted scene?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing. Students select a scene from a text that most likely happened, but the author didn’t write about or only mentioned briefly without many details. This could be in between the plot events that happened, a flashforward, a flashback, or even an extended ending. Students could even re-imagine a scene from a different character’s perspective other than the narrator’s. The scene students
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Narrative Nonfiction: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is narrative nonfiction?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing. Students select a news article about a specific event that they are interested in. The next step is they bring that news article to life through imagining the narrative details (description of characters, setting, dialogue, etc.). What is left is a narrative story that contains nonfiction details from the news article to accurately reflect the original news article. Along the way,
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Children's Book: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a children's book roll off?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). The idea behind the children's book writing unit is for students to study a popular children's book series. A few examples include Pete the Cat, Scaredy Squirrel, Little Blue Truck, The Day the Crayons Quit, If You Give series, The Food Group series, etc. After students study the series, they write a new children's book to add to the series. It's a fun
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Narrative Writing Anchor Chart Components | An Editable Resource
Hey teachers!Anchor charts are supposed to be made with students, but we also want them to be simple, clear, and concise! This product is a great addition to your classroom because it allows you to add details to your charts with your students. These simple Anchor Charts are made with components that are easy to print, cut, and glue! You can organize them however you'd like. Most of the components are also editable so you can adjust them to your student's responses and focus!The topics are basic
Grades:
4th - 7th
English Literacy Lessons Bundle
Unlock the Power of Literacy with Our Teacher’s Pay Teachers Bundle! Are you looking to enhance your students’ literacy skills in an easy and engaging way? This literacy bundle on Teacher’s Pay Teachers is designed to inspire, educate, and empower both you and your students. This English Literacy Bundle contains x8 rigorous 1 hour lessons for simple, differentiated and targeted Literacy work to meet the needs of all students in class. Every lesson has x3 levels of difficulty which students can s
Grades:
5th - 10th
SENSORY IMAGERY - AUDITORY, VISUAL, OLFACTORY, GUSTATORY, TACTILE: WORKSHEETS
These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Sensory Imagery – Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:Identify the correct definition of imagery types – visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile.Examine word-pictures use
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Also included in: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - BUNDLE
Scaffolded Writing for Struggling and Non- Writers Volume 1
THIS IS A GROWING PRODUCT... BUY NOW AND SAVE!!! AS I ADD TO THIS PRODUCT, THE PRICE WILL INCREASE. IT'S AT A BASE STARTING PRICE RIGHT NOW.In education, scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process.Instructional scaffolding is a process through which a teacher adds supports for students in order to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks. The te
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
SENSORY IMAGERY: SCAFFOLDING NOTES
This compact review of Sensory Imagery for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile Imagery. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement.After going through this information students will be able to:Identify the correct definition of imagery types – visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile.Examine word-pictures used
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Also included in: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - SCAFFOLDING NOTES - BUNDLE
Understanding Connotations And The Power of Words
Understanding connotations helps students understand the power of word choice. This tool is intended to teach the concept of word connotations and to provide students with meaningful practice in differentiating between words based on their connotative meanings.
This skill will improve comprehension and writing skills.
Included:
1. Study guide sheet/poster.
2. Activity in which students choose between two synonyms; students must explain why they chose each word.
4. Definitions of the selecte
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Scaffolded Writing for Performance Tasks for Struggling Writers & Readers Vol. 2
This was $5.00 for the first nine hours!!! Coming next is Volume 1--I know that's backwards!In education, scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process.Instructional scaffolding is a process through which a teacher adds supports for students in order to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks. The teacher does this by systematically building on st
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - FIGURES OF SPEECH - GOOGLE SLIDES - BUNDLE
This bundle of 10 products (Google Slides) is perfect for teaching Figures of Speech - Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Analogy, Personification, Sensory Imagery, Irony, Synecdoche, Metonymy, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, Oxymoron and Idioms. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are planned for student engagement.After completing these lessons, the students will be able to:Define various figures of speec
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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SENSORY IMAGERY - AUDITORY, VISUAL, OLFACTORY, GUSTATORY, TACTILE: BUNDLE
These bundled resources are perfect for teaching Sensory Imagery – Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile. These no prep activities would be great for English lessons or English centers. Your students will love these ELA Boom Cards, Google Slides, PPT, Unit Plan and Worksheets.After completing this unit students will be able to:Identify the correct definition of imagery types – visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile.Examine word-pictures used as imagery in a given text.Sh
Grades:
6th - 10th
Stories from Scratch - Storytelling with Vocabulary
Unlock your students creative potential and improve their word acquisition skills in one easy to use lesson. When I was a kid I remember hated memorizing vocabulary, but I loved to write. A teacher of mine discovered that passion and unlocked my love for language and storytelling. That spark led to this storytelling lesson. Because vocab should be more than just rote memorization....This curriculum tool is designed to elicit higher order thinking skills in your class and promote a deeper unders
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Vocab Mini Bundle
Literary Devices & Elements Guided Notes
This is guided notes page goes with a jumbo power point presentation loaded with media clips and engaging boredom busters while teaching the basic vocabulary and domain specific language required for the middle and high school language arts curriculum.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Blank Check, A Young Adult Novel - Study Guide
From the thrilling Young Adult Book, Blank Check.Educators designed the study guide for educators.What’s included in this Study Guide?All 50 state standards for English / Language Arts Grades 6-12 Over 30 Pre and Post Reading Activities 300 Vocabulary & Literary TermsDesigned for Distance Education & Traditional ClassroomThe Study Guide provides teachers with lessons that entail excitement and engagement.Activities include multiple websites that create critical thinking and student-cent
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Article Analysis Templates
This product contains 20 no prep article analysis printable worksheets and graphic organisers which can be used in conjunction with news/current events articles. They can be used either as part of a class project, independent research projects, or to aid in reading comprehension. Having previously undertaken award-winning research around home education and digital technologies (UK/USA), I now draw both from my undergraduate and master’s degrees to author books on education (UK/USA), create prod
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Not Grade Specific
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SENSORY IMAGERY - AUDITORY, VISUAL, OLFACTORY, GUSTATORY, TACTILE: UNIT PLAN
This Unit Plan is perfect for teaching Sensory Imagery – Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:Identify the correct definition of imagery types – visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile.Examine word-pictures used as imagery in
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Also included in: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - UNIT LESSON PLANS - BUNDLE
SENSORY IMAGERY - AUDITORY, VISUAL, OLFACTORY, GUSTATORY, TACTILE: 60 BOOM CARDS
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Sensory Imagery – Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:Identify the correct definition of imagery types – visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile.Examine word-pictures used as imag
Grades:
6th - 10th
Constructing Heroes
Learning Objective: to use descriptive writing skills to depict a hero. This lesson contains: starter task, an example, writing help and success criteria for assessment for learning.
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Grades:
6th - 10th
COMPLETE Reciprocal Reading Organizer with Cheat Sheet!
This is a Reciprocal Reading organizer that allows students virtually and in person to gain deeper understanding and perspective of the text they are reading. The top sheet includes a check-off list for teachers, second page is a cheat sheet that includes sentence starters for the students, a page for each role, and at the end, an assessment to gauge student understanding.
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Fictional Narrative (Inspired by The Monkeyś Paw) - Outline, Revision, + Rubric
After finishing a close reading of The Monkeyś Paw, this Fictional Narrative extension activity is a lot of fun for students. Ask students to come up with an idea for a story that is INSPIRED BY The Monkey’s Paw. Students should follow the formula set forth by the original:A visitor/stranger provides a magical object.A person is given three wishes.The first wish is made unintentionally, or is granted in a way the wisher did not expect.The second wish is a foolish or hasty response to the problem
Grades:
8th
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Also included in: RL8.9 + Compare/Contrast Unit - The Monkey's Paw and Aunty Misery
Constructing Villains
Learning Objective: to describe an evil character to place within a creepy setting. This pack includes an extract, a writing frame and a success criteria for assessment for learning.
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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