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Creative writing Common Core RL.8.4 pdfs
Hatchet Novel Study: Digital + Printable Book Unit: activities & quizzes
Are you tired of pulling resources from many sources? This comprehensive Hatchet Digital + Printable Novel Study includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts, skill practice, and language arts lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards (CCSS) for grades 5–7.Check out all three versions of the Hatchet Book Unit to determine which best fits your teaching needs and style.Version #1: Hatchet [Gary Paulsen] Google Digital + Boom Learning + Printable Book
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5th - 7th
Also included in: 6th Grade Novel Study Bundle
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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Fable Writing Unit: 10-Days of Writing Lessons - PDF and Google Slides Versions
In this 10-day unit students will study mentor texts to become experts on the characteristics of fables and children’s books. Then, they will write their own fable in the form of a children’s book. After reading and studying mentor texts, students will begin writing their fables. During the pre-writing phase students will select a moral, plan their fable, develop their characters, and establish the setting for their story. Students will develop their plot with plot development tools includin
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4th - 7th
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Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Poetry Terms Bookmarks - Figurative Language Devices
Poetry Terms Bookmarks: Remind students of the most common poetry terms with these handy bookmarks. Terms include: alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme, simile, and stanza. Includes a simple definition plus an example from a poem and/or a song to demonstrate the device.
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poets quoted include Theodore Roethke, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Amy Lowell. Musical artists include Bo
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Creative Writing Unit - Descriptive and Narrative Writing Lessons and Activities
This creative writing unit for high school includes 150 pages’ worth of narrative writing prompts, descriptive writing lessons, grammar worksheets for punctuating dialogue, and more! Suitable for online learning with digital activities for Google Classroom®.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Included with this Creative Writing Unit for High School:✏️ Descriptive Writing Informational Handouts✏️ Descriptive Writing Prompts with Pictures - Digital & Print✏️ Punctuating D
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8th - 12th
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ELA Morning Work Do Now ELA Bell Ringers LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY DIGITAL
SEPTEMBER BACK TO SCHOOL BELLRINGERS, LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY! Students review: Theme, plot, conflict, setting, foreshadowing, flashback, irony, symbolism, alliteration, point of view, simile, metaphor, imagery, genre, and more! Includes end-of-month test and literary element sketch activity. DAILY TASK: Students read a literary definition and use the letter hints to determine the word of the day. Then, students write an example of the literary word.INCLUDES20 Bell ringersPRINTABLE end of mont
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6th - 9th
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Best Short Stories for High School: 189 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lessons
Included are full sets of lesson plans for 16 fantastic stories for high school. Each story includes six different lesson plans.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off.Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Murder by John SteinbeckGuests of the Nation by Frank O’ConnorThe Little Room by Madeline Yale WynneAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceA Good Man is H
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8th - 12th
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Christmas Digital Breakout for Figurative Language
Have fun just before Christmas break in your ELA classroom with this no-prep digital Christmas activity. Your students will solve 3 engaging ELA Christmas activities about figurative language & write their own examples of figurative language too! ⭐Want more holiday digital breakouts? Check out the Holiday Digital Breakouts Bundle to save money and get more breakouts!⭐This Christmas activity can be used for online, virtual, or distance learning.This Christmas Figurative Language Digital Break
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Holiday ELA Activities Bundle
Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School: 70 Pages of Lesson Plans
In conjunction with our free PDF of the Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School (found on our website), we have created a complete set of lesson plans for all six stories.Lesson plans are for the following stories:A Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteA Klondike Christmas by Jack LondonThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Kit-Bag by Algernon BlackwoodThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonStories are not included in lesson plans but can b
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6th - 12th
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Percy Jackson's the Lightening Thief Journal: Writing Prompts and Vocabulary
This journal includes writing prompts for every chapter of Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightening Thief. They are creative and thought provoking writing prompts that relate to the plots and themes of each chapter in the novel. Included are narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive topics. Each journal page also includes vocabulary words from each chapter that students should challenge themselves to use.While reading the novel with my students, I use this journal after we have co
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4th - 9th
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Halloween Plot Diagram, Summary and Writing Activities
This resource contains seven fun, cooperative activities for “To Serve Man,” [an episode of The Twilight Zone] perfect for Halloween or anytime! ***Please be sure you have access to the episode prior to purchase. Notes on where you may find access are included at the end of the description. Activities provide practice with: comprehensionmaking inferencesusing evidence to support answersidentifying elements of plot (characters, setting, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)themepoint
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4th - 7th
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The Tail of Emily Windsnap Novel Study: Vocabulary & Comprehension Pack
The Tail of Emily Windsnap novel study is filled with vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions. These standard-based, no-prep activities, will keep your students engaged as you explore this imaginative novel. This Novel Study includes more than 35 pages of printable student activities that focus on vocabulary & comprehension, teacher resource pages with instructions, suggestions, and answer keys. What's Included?The book consists of 8 units, broken down into sections of 2 chapters.
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6th - 8th
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URBAN LEGENDS TASK CARDS
EXAMINE MOTIF, MORAL, AND SYMBOLISM WITH SOME SERIOUS CREEPY FACTOR. The 6 unique urban legend stories and task cards are designed for classroom use to develop students understanding of figurative language. Use the task cards in group rotations or as a whole class activity. This resource was developed for secondary classrooms and avoids the gimmicky urban legends made for younger audiences.This resource also includes 8 writing prompts for students to create their own urban legends and an exte
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: SCARY STORIES | HALLOWEEN BUNDLE
Sonnets: Critique & Create, Lesson & Handouts; Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the same.Sonnets Lesson Plan: Students can stomp it, shout it, and get the beat while grappling with the challenge of iambic pentameter in Sonnets: Critique & Create. This set of lessons, guides, and handouts provides detailed instruct
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7th - 12th
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Divergent Poetry: Creative Writing & Close Reading Activities
Divergent Poetry: Creative Writing and Close Reading Activities - Common Core State Standards Aligned
Incorporate poetry into your novel unit! I've included 35 pages of engaging activities that will inspire and spark creative thought and critical thinking. Students will not only write poetry, they will practice close reading, annotating, research, vocabulary, and more.
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Writing poems: haiku, acrostic, free verse, found, black-out (redacted), I Am, Character Bio, diamante, fiv
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Divergent Novel Unit Bundle Common Core Aligned {Editable}
Figurative Language Menu Activity End of the School Year Project
Great for cumulative review of figurative language or an end of the year project!In this exciting project based learning activity, students will unleash their creativity as they become chefs and menu designers. Whether they choose a themed restaurant or go with their own imaginative concept, students will have the opportunity to showcase their understanding and application of figurative language. With planning pages, menu templates, and review sheets provided, this project offers a comprehensive
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4th - 8th
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Figurative Language Posters - 20 posters
Figurative language posters for your classroom! These 8 1/2 x 11 figurative language posters will help students learn metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, allusion, metonymy, onomatopoeia, alliteration, oxymoron and euphemism with distinctive illustrations and humorous examples. There is a set of 10 posters that are labeled with the figurative language and 10 of the identical illustrations without labels. You can use the unlabeled posters for a quiz or review.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Figurative Language Resources Bundle
Figurative Language Cooperative Matching Game
Figurative Language can be fun! This cooperative game helps you review 10 types of figurative language. This packet has 50 sentence strips for students to match with a figurative language category. Working together as a group, this is a fun, engaging game, where everyone is a winner. This is an extremely effective way to learn figurative language. Also included is a 3-page handout with definitions and examples of metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, hyperbole, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, eup
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Resources Bundle
In Flanders Fields Poetry Activities Remembrance Day
Not only will your students love analyzing this beautiful, moving poem, they'll also write their own rondeau following the step-by-step recipe. Your students will practice poetry analysis skills and then apply them to their own writing. So cool to read their poems! This is what you'll get:print & digital versions + TpT Easel self-grading assessment and activityauthor research promptsbuild background research activityreading and responding to the poemline-by-line paraphrasing practicestanza
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5th - 8th
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Football Figurative Language Sorting Game
This fun and engaging football figurative language game helps students identify the different types of figurative language while talking about a topic that already has their attention--football!When students come to me in middle school, I expect them to have a basic understanding of the different types of figurative language, but I am often surprised at how much they have forgotten since their elementary teachers covered the subject with them, years before. I have found that a few fun, engaging
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Fun Descriptive Writing Activities for Middle School
Traditional Literature Folktale Writing (Common Core Aligned)
Understanding the FIVE types of Folktales can be extremely confusing for students! This resource gives students the opportunity to CREATE their own type of folktale! Creation is Depth of Knowledge Level 4 and the highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy. This resource guides students on how to write their chosen folktale STEP-BY-STEP.
Step-by-Step Instructions for how to write all of the FIVE FOLKTALES:
FABLE
FAIRY TALE
LEGEND
MYTH
TALL TALE
Also included in this resource is a template for students t
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3rd - 8th
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ELA Morning Work Do Now Bell Ringers February Black History Month Valentine's ..
HELP STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR WRITING SKILLS WITH FEBRUARY GRAMMAR BELLRINGERS: Black History Month, Valentine's Day, Salem Witch Trials, Snowball Fights, Lunar New Year, and MORE! INCLUDES MINI-LESSONS, WEEKLY QUIZZES, AND AN END-OF-MONTH TEST.❤❤❤FEBRUARY GRAMMAR FOCUS❤❤❤RUN-ON SENTENCES & COMMA SPLICES(Each month includes a variety of grammar errors with intense emphasis on one skill.)Students regularly create run-on sentences in their own writing. By having them repetitiously identify and c
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6th - 9th
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Book Report Ride
Book Reports can be kind of a drag. So, let’s make it into a ride. Using Minecraft or any other form of visual presentation – stop-motion, animation, live action video or graphic stills – take us on a roller coaster-like journey through three seminal scenes in your book. You pick the scenes, write the narration for this journey (only one voice), and bring us to a place where we won’t be able to resist reading the book ourselves.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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