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Creative writing Common Core RI.8.6 resources
Argument Writing, Narrative Writing, Informational Writing PRINT & DIGITAL
Argument, narrative, and informative essays are fun and easy to teach when you use strong mentor texts and a step-by-step process. These highly-rated writing units include everything you need, all in one place.Each writing resource is comprehensive and easy to use. The lessons at a glance pages are also included in an editable format for easy insertion into a digital plan-book.This is what awesome teachers like you have said about this resource: "Tons of resources that I go back to again and ag
Grades:
6th - 8th
Earth Day Activities Nonfiction Information Reading Test Prep
Ready-to-use and rigorous. Share Earth Day with your students by reading informational texts that explain the celebration. They'll practice finding the main idea, locating text evidence, author purpose & point of view. Round out the lesson by challenging students to create an upscale project -- perfect creative activity.This resource includes:informational text about the history of Earth Day and how it has changedcomprehension questionspractice identifying main ideas and types of supporting
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5th - 8th
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THE HOBBIT MEGA BUNDLE: Intro, Close reading, Review, Test, Essays, Book writing
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Introduction to Journalism for Google Apps
Introduction to Journalism for Google Apps. This ELA is suitable for Gr 7-10 and aligns with the standards in most educational jurisdictions. This Introduction to Journalism Teaching Packet is also available inPDF here.</a>Included in this resource Journalism/News unit for Google Slides:Introductory media activities that focus on critical thinking skills.Tasks focusing on analyzing news and news trends.Compare and contrast tasks that focus on past and present and various media sources. Ta
Grades:
7th - 10th
Identity Activities for Middle and High School Students
Looking to dig into identity with high interest texts to engage your middle and high school students? This unit designed to examine the effect of stereotypes on a person's identity. Activities include standards aligned questions, written short response, narrative writing, and a choice board with digital options are perfect for middle and high school students. Included texts are:America Ferrera’s TED Talk “My Identity is my Superpower”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk “Danger of a Single Story”
Grades:
6th - 12th
FAHRENHEIT 451 Novel Study CCSS Unit for 7th-10th Grades
This engaging, fun, and rigorous unit is designed to help low, medium, and high students in many Reading and writing standards in grades 7th-10th. This unit will also help you teach this challenging book in an easy way. This unit will help spark discussions and debates that will make it fun for the teacher and students. This unit will also supply you with many formative and summative assessments that your principals, your students, and your parents will love. Take a quick look at the preview pac
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7th - 10th
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THE HOBBIT - End-of-novel activities (TEST, ESSAYS, COLLABORATIVE BOOK WRITING)
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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6th - 8th
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Samurai Rising Novel Study **UPDATED
This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Samurai Rising by Pamela Turner. The pack has been designed in alignment with Common Core Reading Standards for Grades 6-8.About the Novel: A samurai fights for honor and survival in a real-life Game of Thrones.Stirring narrative nonfiction recounts the rise of Minamoto Yoshitsune from seemingly doomed infant to immortal warrior-hero (and one of the most famous samurai in Japanese history). Acclaimed author Pamel
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Heroes and Villains Unit BUNDLE
Springboard Unit 3: The Challenge to Make a Difference Interactive Notebook
This notebook is tied to CA Springboard curriculum for 8th grade students and can be used for any history or English class teaching about the Holocaust. Some slides are pulled directly from Springboard Online and edited to fit the slide style. Slides connected to Springboard curriculum will have a removable label for copyright purposes. Other slides are pulled from reputable education sources as supplemental, adjusted to fit the notebook and will also be labeled with their watermark. Any slides
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Grades:
8th - 12th
CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Holocaust Web quest Distance Learning
This online research assignment provides insight into the rise of the Nazi regime, use of propaganda, inferencing of pictures to gather information and create stories, and genocide background. This research assignment is a great lesson to help students who are about to read any Holocaust, or even any contemporary work relating to genocide. 7 ACTIVITIES OF RESEARCH & REFLECTION with SEVERAL CREATIVE ASSIGNMENTS & ANALYTICAL ASSIGNMENTS. The resources are all linked within the document
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7th - 9th
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Paired Texts Task Sequence on September 11, 2001
If we expect students to improve their abilities to read challenging texts, then they must have ample opportunities to engage with them in meaningful, authentic ways. As teachers of literacy, we need to carefully and thoughtfully plan activities to maximize student learning and transfer learning to other disciplines. Paired Texts Task Sequences create instructional conditions to move students to read at advanced levels by scaffolding texts, while focusing on processes of learning, not products
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6th - 8th
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Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
INFORMATION TEXT: LESSON AND RESOURCES - BUNDLE
This bundle of 6 products (Lesson Plans) is perfect for teaching Information Texts - Description, Sequence, Problem-Solution, Compare-Contrast and Cause-Effect. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-planned exercises that are standardised for student engagement.This bundle includes Lesson Plans on:Sequence - 19 PagesDescription - 19 PagesCause-Effect - 18 PagesProblem-Solution - 26 PagesCompare-Contrast - 17 PagesInformation Text - 23 Pages◈◈
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6th - 8th
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ChatGPT Writes a Recipie Reading Activity
ChatGPT is exploding across the internet as an amazing AI tool for writing anything you want!In this reading activity, you'll compare and contrast ChatGPT and the authors attempts at cooking and script writing. Along the way you'll answer questions about AI, ethics, copyright and the limitations of this AI. You'll also practice compare & contrast reading skills as you look at the differences between AI and human written context. As a fun activity you can make this in class (Be aware of dieta
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: ChatGPT Teachers Bundle
Multiple Points of View Stories
I put my students in groups of three and assign each group member a different point of view (1st, 2nd, or 3rd). I distribute one picture for the group in which they will then each creatively compose a story or text example that is written in their assigned point of view. My students have always really enjoyed this activity in the classroom and it really drives home the different points of view in written text. Included in this resource, you will get 10 pictures x3 for each of the points of view
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5th - 8th
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Guided Reading, A- Z: Mind, Heart & Soul for Students with Learning Challenges
This non-fiction Guided Reading educational resource pack includes:Informational Text: “Inner and Outer Faces”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Students with Learning Disabilities require the use of handouts and visual aids,
Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: K-2: Bundle, Students with Learning Challenges
Guided Reading, A- Z Mind, Heart and Soul, Students w/ Traumatic Brain Injuries
Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for wav or m4a files is required to listen to audio links. This educational resource pack includes: visual, tactile
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Grade K- 2, Bundle for Students w/ Traumatic Brain Injuries
Inquiry Lesson Plan Using Idioms Group Activity
This inquiry lesson allows the students to engage in a inquiry process and explore a high interest topic for teens about sports injuries. The challenge section of this lesson require the students to apply understanding of figurative messages such as idioms in their final presentation.
Grades:
7th - 11th
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(Writing) How to Draft a Letter Anchor Chart
(Writing) How to Draft a Letter Anchor ChartPDF DownloadThis "(Writing) How to Draft a Letter Anchor Chart" provides a breakdown and visual aid to introduce, model, and reference during skill-based instruction of the target skill (writing a letter with a heading, body message, and closing). This visual aid reflects a systematic approach to tackling letter writing.
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4th - 7th
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Guided Reading A-Z: "Mind, Heart and Soul" for Physical Challenges
This non-fiction Guided Reading educational resource pack includes:Informational Text: “Heart, Mind and Soul”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for
Grades:
K - 8th
Guided Reading A-Z: "Mind, Heart & Soul" for M H/ Medical Conditions
Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for wav or m4a files is required to listen to audio links. This educational resource pack includes: visual, tactile
Grades:
K - 6th
10 Creative Writing Worksheets - Printable & Editable (for Remote Learning!)
10 Creative Writing Worksheetsby Storyhaven by Laura GoldstoneTwo 10-page PDFs totaling 20 pages:10 lined for printing and filling out10 digitally editable - great for remote learning!Description:The benefits of creative writing are endless - those who engage in creative writing exercises enjoy increased confidence, a greater ability to tap into the imagination, greater familiarity with writing mechanics, increased empathy, improved communication skills, a widened vocabulary, enhanced persuasion
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Guided Reading, A - Z "Mind, Heart and Soul" for Hard of Hearing
This non-fiction Guided Reading educational resource pack includes:Informational Text: “Heart, Mind and Soul”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for
Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: K- 2 Grade Bundle for Students Hard of Hearing
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