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Creative writing Common Core RL.4.7 resources
Narrative Writing Unit | Story Elements | Fiction, Plot, Characters, Digital PDF
Teach your students to become GREAT AUTHORS in 2024 with this NARRATIVE & CREATIVE STORY WRITING UNIT; a COMPLETE SOLUTION to teaching STORY ELEMENTS that craft CREATIVE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, SUPERB SETTINGS, PERFECT PLOTS and AMAZING STORIES.INCLUDES 209 PAGES OF:⭐ Graphic Organizers⭐ Annotated Student Examples⭐ Independent and Group Writing Activities⭐ Lesson Plans and Ideas⭐ Narrative Prompts & Posters⭐ Assessment Tools, Anchor Charts, Checklists and Rubrics.⭐ Instructional Slides for
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3rd - 7th
How Santa Got His Job Reading and Writing Activities
Perfect picture book unit for your upper elementary classroom during the Christmas holiday season! Students will identify text evidence, analyze cause & effect, make connections, and practice creative narrative and persuasive writing. Included:Unit Plan with strategy, CCSS standards, I can statement, and activityDiscussion Task Cards ColorDiscussion Task Cards Black & White“What’s the Problem?” Cause & Effect“Making Connections” Text to World“Extend the Story” Santa Narrative Writing
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3rd - 5th
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Who can resist the haunting tale of the Headless Horseman? The Legend of Sleepy Hollow can captivate reluctant readers with it's mysterious appeal. Add this spooky tale to your classroom & engage your students in reading and writing this Halloween! A week's worth of Sleepy Hollow ELA lessons with editable teaching slides + PRINT.⭐️⭐️Watch this VIDEO preview to see what's included in the digital resources for Google.⭐️⭐️Here's what's included in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow DIGITAL & PR
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3rd - 6th
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Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Activities Reading and Writing Lessons
This unit for Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco is just what you need to inspire your students. It is comprehension focused for deeper meaning. Thank You Mr. Falker's rich vocabulary and meaningful themes are so important for students. This well reviewed bundle includes both a full color digital option using Google Slides TM for modeling and 1-1 devices and the PDF for small group. It is common core aligned too! HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS THANK YOU MR. FALKER UNIT:The Thank You Mr. Falker
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Patricia Polacco Author Study 13 Book Companions Chicken Sunday and More
Daily Picture Writing Prompts Bundle | Describing & Inferring Quick Write Tasks
Make 2024 your most ENGAGING and PRODUCTIVE year of writing with our massive BUNDLE of PHOTOS AND VISUAL Writing Activities. This YEAR LONG collection of DAILY QUICK-WRITES, TEMPLATES and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS across all text types helps students MAKE INFERENCES, DESCRIBE and connect with their SENSES and write with CREATIVITY and FLAIR.YOU ARE GETTING 715 PAGES OF:⭐A Full Year of Amazing Visual Writing Prompts that can be used daily for QUICKWRITE and EXTENDED WRITING ACTIVITIES.⭐Our DIGITAL an
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Mystery Genre Unit Bundle {Reading & Narrative Writing}
Students become reading and writing detectives with this interactive, engaging ELA unit focusing on mysteries. Students are encouraged to not only be detectives, but also to put on their thinking caps and create their own detectives, suspects, and mystery story to share with others. Starting out with a detective mission and ending with a creative writing project, students will finish this unit with a solid understanding of the structure of a mystery novel and the ability to create their own narr
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4th - 6th
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Brave Irene by William Steig Reading and Writing Bundle in Digital and PDF
Brave Irene is a sweet story of perseverance, courage, and determination to help others. In true William Steig style, the story has rich vocabulary and description making it a great mentor text for visualizing, author's craft, and especially for writing.HOW TO USE THIS BRAVE IRENE UNIT?The setting is in the winter, but the story can be used year round. Teachers may wish to use this as a mentor text for visualizing, author's craft, narrative elements or problem/solution. The unit integrates readi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Winter Book Unit Bundle
Love That Dog Novel Study and Poetry Unit
This literature resource for Love That Dog by Sharon Creech is a low prep novel study and includes both reading comprehension activities as well as creative poetry writing activities related to the figures of speech used in the story. The other great feature of this book is the famous poems that are integrated throughout the story. This is the perfect supplement to a poetry unit of study and really gets kids motivated to write poems and use figures of speech-- just like Jack (the main character
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Poetry and Figures of Speech Bundle
Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory Integrated Math and Literacy Packet
INTEGRATE MATH AND LITERACY!
The activities in this pack can be used as an assessment as well as a celebration upon completing the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for 3rd and 4th grades. These exercises integrate common core math, reading, and writing standards.
Students put into practice area and perimeter skills as they design their very own chocolate factory using the provided graph paper.
Writing prompts are included to encourage students to use their “pure imagination” to descr
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3rd - 4th
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Jumanji by Chris VanAllsburg Reading and Writing Activities,
Jumanji by Chris VanAllsburg is an excellent choice as a writing mentor text, and this resources is now in GOOGLE SLIDES TM and PDF. It has a clever plot, great examples of voice and word choice, and fabulous illustrations. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE JUMANJI FOR LITERACY INSTRUCTION:This comprehension focused unit is intended to be used before, during, and after reading for deeper understanding. Students analyze the text through outlining the plot events, working with vocabulary, making inferences usi
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3rd - 5th
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In November by Cynthia Rylant Activities in Digital and PDF, descriptive writing
In November by Cynthia Rylant is a wonderful book to use during fall. This interactive unit, in PDF and Digital for Google Slides TM, will give you LOTS of options. The description used within In November is just wonderful for so many reading skills. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS IN NOVEMBER UNIT:These reading activities will get your students thinking about the meaning of fall and how our seasons change. The poetic language works well for visualizing and provides a writing model for word choice.
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2nd - 3rd
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Because of Winn-Dixie Novel Study
This fun Because of Winn-Dixie Novel Study includes no-prep vocabulary activities, character worksheets and comprehension chapter questions for easy assessment with answer key included. This 188 page novel study unit is the perfect accompaniment to the book 'Because of Winn-Dixie' by Kate DiCamillo.Download the preview to see all the activities included!This unit was created based on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. Chapters come with lesson plans based on higher level thinking. Each lesson comes with
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3rd - 5th
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Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant Activities in PDF and Digital Formats, Fall Literacy
Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant is one descriptive book that works beautifully as a mentor text for author's craft and especially with the Six Traits. Cynthia Rylant's poetic language and description of scarecrows and fall make this book perfect for character development, visualizing, and making inferences. It includes 23 pages PDF and 17 pages in full color digital using Google Slides TM.HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THIS UNIT FOR SCARECROW BY CYNTHIA RYLANT?Teachers can use these activities for mentor tex
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3rd - 4th
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The Third Little Pig I A Student Mock Trial Project
Teach your students about the American criminal justice system by holding your own mock trial project! With a printable story, definitions, courtroom roles and procedures, writing prompts, and trial information, your students will have everything they need to put the Third Little Pig on trial - all while thinking critically and creatively.This product now has a fully digital version that is compatible with Google Apps! You can see it here.This resource has been used by middle elementary through
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Stage Your Own Mock Trial Activity Bundle - Print
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Winter Activities Digital and PDF
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin is an excellent choice as a mentor text during the winter months. I love using this lapbook to research the life and achievements of Wilson Bentley. But you can do so much more with this book!HOW TO USE MY SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY RESOURCE?This resource is organized with guiding questions for students to use as they read. They record responses that are used later in the lapbook project. If a digital version is preferred, I have you covered! All of the parts
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Winter Book Unit Bundle
Tuck Everlasting Bundle-Close Rdg, Text-Dependent ?'s, Gr.Orgs for EVERY chapter
This bundle for “Tuck Everlasting” has everything that you need to teach this amazing novel!
When you purchase this bundle, you receive:
* A 7 page guide for using the resources in your classroom.
* At least one graphic organizer for EACH chapter! Each organizer was created based on COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS. These organizers were not just revamped and “labeled” as Common Core, but created specifically based on the Common Core Standards. Some chapters have more than one graphic organizer
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4th - 8th
Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco Activities and Lapbook in Digital and PDF
Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco is a great book to demonstrate the power of listening and friendship. This detailed unit will help your students get the most of the book WHILE learning key literacy skills for close reading. It includes a hands-on lapbook and digital version to make it easier for the teacher.HOW TO USE THE MR. LINCOLN'S WAY UNIT:The unit works well if you want to use the book as a mentor text for writing or for guided reading. Teachers may also want to use it in guided read
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Patricia Polacco Author Study 13 Book Companions Chicken Sunday and More
Gingerbread Man Reading Comprehension Activities Writing Fairy Tale
Gingerbread reading comprehension and writing made simple! This set includes three original gingerbread tales designed to help your students compare and contrast stories, make inferences, find the theme, understand character traits, and make story connections!Engage all students with this no Prep pack designed to help you get into the holiday season and spirit without bringing the holidays into your classroom!With everything you need for reading and writing lessons during December, you will enga
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3rd - 5th
Space Case - ALL 6 LESSON PRESENTATIONS & HANDOUTS
This are the 6 lesson PRESENTATION & HANDOUTS based on "Space Case" by Stuart Gibbs.The structure of the lessons are based on the principles of bloom's taxonomy and are fully aligned with KS2/KS3 and Common Core Standards.The 6 Lessons include:Cover questionsVocabulary Builder with all new words supplied from the context of the novelCharacter observations and interpretationsStyle of narrator and use of informal languageCharacter and setting explorationCreating portmanteausComprehension quest
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4th - 7th
Fiction Reading Comprehension Strategies Passages with Questions 2nd 3rd Bundle
Looking for a way to support deeper comprehension and understanding in reading? These fiction comprehension passages target a strategy through targeted questions. These include a digital poster at the front to teach to the strategy. This bundle covers 19 different strategies, and there are five passages per a strategy for a total of 95 different passages. Each passage has three questions to support the reading strategy. This resource includes both Google Slides and PowerPoint formats to support
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1st - 4th
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When Marian Sang Read Aloud Activities Book Companion for Black History Month
When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan shares how Marian Anderson made her mark in our history. Marian broke barriers and shared her "velvety voice" with the world at a time when prejudice was widespread. HOW IS THE WHEN MARIAN SANG BUNDLE ORGANIZED?This reading and writing bundle includes PDFand Google slides TM comprehension activities that you can use with the book for mentor text lessons, in small groups, or with partners. It has a lapbook project for post reading, and a writing prompt that pull
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4th - 6th
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Black History Month Book Companions Bundle Reading Activities Writing Prompts
#JanJump24 This Black History Month Book Companions Bundle has reading and writing activities for TEN TITLES (Includes ~500 pages in digital and pdf). It features popular diverse texts you can use any time of year, in conjunction with Black History Month, or with your content area studies.MORE ABOUT THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOK COMPANIONS:This bundle includes before, during, after activities as well as lapbooks and class book options focused on comprehension and writing. The themes in each of th
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3rd - 5th
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Strega Nona's Harvest by Tomie DePaola Literacy Activities in Digital and PDF
Strega Nona's Harvest by Tomie dePaola is about planting and harvesting a garden. Big Anthony is back to his antics as he plants his own garden using Strega Nona's magic spells. These resources in DIGITAL and PDF offer high engagement comprehension focused lessons your students will enjoy. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS BUNDLE FOR STREGA NONA'S HARVEST:The materials I've included are organized in a before, during, after format including vocabulary, comprehension skills, questioning task cards, and po
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Tomie dePaola Author Study with 12 titles in Digital and PDF
SHANTE KEYS AND THE NEW YEAR'S PEAS BOOK STUDY PRINTABLE SEESAW GOOGLE SLIDES
GREAT FOR PRINTING, SEESAW, OR GOOGLE SLIDE!THIS IS A PDF FILE AND COMES WITH A SEESAW AND GOOGLE SLIDE LINK.THESE ACTIVITIES WILL COVER MANY STANDARDS YOUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.THIS IS BASED OFF THE BOOK: SHANTE KEYS AND THE NEW YEAR'S PEAS BY GAIL PIERNAS-DAVENPORTSEE OTHER NEW YEAR'S PRODUCTS:NEW YEAR HATSNEW YEAR CRAFTNEW YEAR FUN SLIDESNEW YEAR LITERACY AND MATH PRINTABLESNEW YEAR PRINTABLE BUNDLENEW YEAR RESOLUTION BOOKNEW YEAR DIGITAL BUNDLENEW YEAR BULLETIN BOARDSNEW YEAR BULLETIN BOARD
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: 2024 NEW YEAR'S DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDES SEESAW PRINTABLE BUNDLE BOOK STUDY
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