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Creative writing Common Core CCRA.SL.1 resources
All About Me Craft Kid - Back to School Activities
This All About Me craftivity is so so CUTE! Kids and parents will love it. Great for All About Me Social Studies units, Back to School, or Open House.I like to use this craft at the beginning of the year. It's a fun way to get students excited about writing while allowing them to share about themselves and get to know each other.These are ADORABLE in the hallway during Open House.
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PreK - 3rd
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Skit Template | Skit and Reader's Theater Blank Script Template
Blank template for students to work in cooperative groups to create short skits. 2 Versions: 1 with border1 without borderCreated with UDL in mind.Scaffolded to help younger students.Set up for groups of 4 students or less.Easy to follow with directions to help guide students through the skit making process.NO PREP WORK NEEDED!
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Not Grade Specific
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Opinion Writing - Writing a Persuasive Business Letter (Google Classroom)
In this engaging 10-day Opinion Writing Unit students write a business letter about a school issue. Writing as a concerned student, students will write a letter to their principal (that they do not necessarily need to send to him/her) based on their opinions. The unit begins with building background on opinion writing. Then, students practice how to differentiate between fact and opinion before completing an opinion and support match-up. Next, students select a school issue to write about.
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5th - 8th
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Writing Prompts for Kindergarten and First Grade With Word Banks
Do you struggle with generating writing prompts for your students? Don't worry, I have the solution to what you need, Writing Prompts for Kindergarten and First Grade. This is a writing resource with writing prompts and a word bank. This no-prep resource contains 40 writing prompts. Each page has a word bank to help your kindergarten and first-grade students create their own stories. These engaging writing prompts are great to jump-start your students' writing imagination. Use during writing wo
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K - 1st
Podcast Study: Mars Patel Season 1
Need an engaging lesson to inspire your students to write descriptive narratives? This lesson takes your students into a deep analysis of a mysterious podcast show. Why is this great for narrative inspiration you might ask? Students are forced to use their imagination for the characters, setting, conflict and more. Included:** Digital student responses added**•MAKING PREDICTIONS PAGES•AUTHOR'S MOOD•CHARACTER TRAITS•NOTE TAKING PAGES•RESPONSE QUESTIONS•DIGITAL RESPONSE PAGE•THEMES PAGE•DÉCOR PAG
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Podcast Study: Mars Patel Bundle (Season 1, 2 & 3)
Gee, Thanks: A Hilarious Letter-Writing Workshop for Grades 4-6 (Low Prep!)
Your Great Aunt Gertrude: She loves you and means well, but boy, does she give strange gifts! In this one-of-a-kind writer's workshop, students have hilarious fun as they stretch their imaginations and strengthen their writing skills to write a thoughtful and detailed thank-you note to Great Aunt Gertrude, who always manages to give truly terrible gifts. Imagine students' surprise when they "open" a gift from Gertrude to find dried-anchovy earrings or sock suspenders! Maybe even a year-long su
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4th - 6th
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Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry
Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1
This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Podcast Creation Assignment
Use this Podcast Creation Assignment to introduce your students to the captivating world of podcasts with this comprehensive resource designed for middle school students. This engaging assignment contains three dynamic lessons, carefully crafted to inspire creativity and critical thinking. With this resource students will learn how to create their own podcast.What's Included:✅ Detailed Lesson Plans ✅ Graphic Organizers✅ Podcast Script Writing Example✅ Levels & Points Rubrics✅ Print & Dig
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 1
End of Year ELA Project - Activities and Research for Middle School
It's the end of the school year and everyone is running out of gas. You need something interactive and engaging to keep your middle schoolers busy learning during those last weeks of school. Use this fun research project to get the job done!Remember Flat Stanley? Most of my students did and so building on that idea, I gave them pine cones with googly eyes glued on them. They named their "pals" and then prepared to send them on a summer vacation!Objective: Students will form groups of 3, cho
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5th - 8th
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ESCAPE ROOM ELA BUNDLE Team Building, Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking
From Back to School to End of Year, this breakout bundle includes interactive and immersive adventures. Each challenge addresses ELA standards in a fun and engaging way. Your students won't even realize how much they are learning, which is the BEST way to learn, isn't it?!Individually, the total value of these best-selling resources will be over $82.90, so this resource results in HUGE savings!WHAT IS INCLUDED?The bundle includes an entire year's worth of individual activities. There are 12, so
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5th - 9th
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Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry Unit Plan - Poem Writing & Analysis Activities
This no-prep, engaging, 5-week CCSS-aligned slam poetry unit is packed with fun spoken word poetry activities and assignments - EVERYTHING you need for your next slam poem unit! Studying poem writing and writing slam poetry can be a fun, interactive, student-centered experience that engages every learner! These resources provide the complete slam poetry experience, from exploration to analysis, from writing to performance. Your students will understand and appreciate slam poetry, but they will a
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8th - 11th
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An Introduction to Dystopian Literature PPT Lesson, Activities, Dystopian Genre
Introduce your secondary ELA students to one of the most exciting and popular literary genres with this originally designed and detailed presentation that covers the origin of the term "dystopia," popular dystopian genre characteristics, and more. Dystopian literature provides students with accessible, yet powerful story lines and characters that they connect with and appreciate - and they will have plenty of opportunity to discuss throughout this engaging lesson!Materials Included:- A Fully Edi
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7th - 12th
How to Debate Teaching Resources and Activities
Google App version here.Although debates can be a very formal process, the classroom teacher can exercise some flexibility as to how the classroom debate will function. Rules regarding debates will differ depending upon the country. These instructions focus on learning how to debate at the classroom level. Topics, planners and graphic organizers to support classroom debates in large or small groups from beginning to end.Included are: Instructions for debates, graphic organizers, over 75 debate t
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4th - 9th
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Character/Point of View Activity for Any Text: Tweet Sheet
Character/Point of View Activity for Any Text: Tweet Sheet
Engage your students in a novel or literature circle with this activity focused on characterization and point of view. Students will create Twitter handles based on character analysis and write "tweets" based on events in the novel from the different characters' perspectives. This two part assignment includes a group and independent assignment. Use one, the other or both.
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*Group activity
*Independent assignment
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7th - 12th
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Analyzing Fahrenheit 451 Through Music Unit - 20+ Songs, Analysis Activities
What better way to connect students with literature than through the music they love? In this novel study for Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, students will be able to analyze each part of the novel by listening to, annotating, explaining, and presenting different songs that closely correlate with the novel on many levels. Beat the boredom of study guides and chapter quizzes, and instead engage your students through music to help them analyze—and appreciate—this classic Bradbury work.This engagin
Grades:
8th - 11th
Slam Poetry Unit Activities BUNDLE for Middle School and High School English
This engaging Slam Poetry MEGA Bundle (with a slam poetry unit plan) gives you everything you need for teaching slam poetry in your middle school or high school English classroom. Students will grow as writers and thinkers as they appreciate, analyze, write, and perform their own slam poetry. Save prep time with digital and print, student-centered activities, assignments, graphic organizers, and choice boards. This MEGA-Bundle Includes the best-selling Slam Poetry Unit Plan Bundle as well as my
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7th - 10th
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Universal Memoir Unit - Memoir Analysis Activities, Writing Projects, Any Memoir
Looking for a diverse set of materials to accompany your high school memoir unit? These bundled memoir analysis materials offer a comprehensive and engaging experience for students reading any memoir. Not only will students be properly introduced to memoir as a genre, but they will have ample opportunities to analyze their memoir's context, characters, embedded messages, and lasting legacy. At the end, they will be able to brainstorm and develop their own memoir short story.Materials Included: I
Grades:
9th - 12th
Interview Questions | History Interview Project | Interview an Older Generation
History Interview Project: Interview an Older Generation, Family Member or other Adult Friend: Students love to practice their interview skills by interviewing previous generations to find out what life was like before they were born. I use this interview project to talk about how history is passed down from generation to generation. This could be a perfect Grandparents Day project as well! Grandparents Day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day. Students choose which 8 questions they
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3rd - 8th
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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
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4th - 8th
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Superhero Creative Writing Activity | Design your own superhero!
Great activity for the end of the year or before a break!This mini-unit allows students to build their own superhero and incorporate it into other students' stories. The summative assessment is an origin story that is modeled after comic book heroes from popular movies today. The lesson includes: Build Your Own Superhero WorksheetSuperhero Origins handoutSuperhero Origin worksheet to pair with a popular superhero movieLesson materials for a collaborative group writing activityA rubric to use for
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10th - 12th
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Personal Narrative Essay Writing Unit For High School Students
Use this personal narrative essay writing unit to teach your students how to craft powerful narratives through this step-by-step method that uses research-based techniques to lead students toward great writing!What The Personal Narrative Essay Unit IncludesSIX resources for narrative writing- includes lessons on observing elements of narratives, brainstorming, sensory details, structuring a narrative essay, characterization, plus the bundle includes narrative prompts and editable rubricList of T
Grades:
9th - 11th
Titanic Disaster Close Reading & Informational Writing Bundle | 5th & 6th Grade
An informational writing unit and close reading activities about the Titanic disaster of 1912. The bundle has four separate lessons and is perfect for students in fifth grade and sixth grade.Included in the Informational Writing Unit:Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphsWriting templates for four draft paragraphsA prompt sheet for students to write their introductionA template for students to write up their neat informational textA crossword puzzle and wordsear
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5th - 6th
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HMH Into Reading Writing Workshop Slides Second Grade Module 7 Lessons 1 - 15
Are you looking for supplemental Writer's Workshop slides to help you teach writing with the all new Into Reading program from HMH? This download includes over 80 slides for the Module 7 writing workshop unit Grade 2 (How I Became a Pirate). (Module 7 Lessons 1 - 15)Included in these slides are:- imaginative text- narrative- brainstorming- making predictions- characters- traits- beginning, middle, end- homophones- idioms- webs- vocabulary- capitalization - ending punctuation- dialogue- quotation
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2nd
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Elements of Gothic Literature Bundle
The Elements of Gothic Literature Bundle has everything you need to help your students dive deep into Gothic short stories! This bundle is meant to be paired with any Gothic short story you choose! In this bundle you will find...1 Fear Survey: (4 pages) Students will take an extensive survey to figure out which innate fear is the strongest in them! Once students have completed the fear survey, they will read about their fear and then answer reflective questions. This survey is a great tool to he
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9th - 12th
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