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High school Winter creative writing resources for SMART Notebook
Smartboard Attendance - Penguins
A fun winter way to take attendance each morning. The student just has to drag their penguin to the igloo. Any penguins that are still left are considered absent students. A great tool for classroom management. Just don't save it when they are done and you will be able to use it all winter long! Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for Notebook software. Have Fun!
Grades:
PreK - 12th
SmartBoard Attendance- Hot Chocolate
What a fun way to take attendance each morning!!! Who doesn't love hot chocolate? This attendance board for the SmartBoard allows your students to be self-sufficient in taking attendance. All they have to do is bring their marshmallows to the warm mug of cocoa. If you don't save it when they are done, you will be able to use it over and over again! This is a great tool for classroom management. Comes with instructions to change the marshmallows to your students. Be sure to check out all of
Grades:
PreK - 12th
The Cremation of Sam McGee SMARTBOARD Activities
SMARTBOARD Activities for The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service. Poetry analysis on the smart board and writing activities for the poem. This poem is set at Christmas time in the Arctic in the late 1800's. Includes links to background information on the Klondike Gold Rush, Vocabulary words and definitions, a Vocabulary Matching printable, a link to the full text of the poem, Figurative language examples and interactive quiz, Comprehension questions and answers, links to a reading of the p
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â The Cremation of Sam McGee Poetry BUNDLE
The Very Itchy Bear Guided Reading 4 Days - Four Blocks Literacy
This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book The Very Itchy Bear by Nick Bland.
This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day.
Included with each day's purpose is a link to the Six Hats Thinking Model.
This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, rel
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PreK - 10th
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6 Word Life Memoir SMARTboard Lesson (Editable!)
This activity encourages critical thinking and higher order questioning by having students write their own 6-word memoir. The lesson is a SMARTboard file, so you can edit it to fit your needs!
Started by Ernest Hemingway and popularized in the book "Not Quite What I Was Planning," students will write a story about their lives. The only catch - they can only use 6 words!
In my classroom, I had my students draw an illustration to accompany their six word memoir. We bound the memoirs in a boo
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Christmas Family Feud Smartboard Activity
20 Family Feud style questions centered around Christmas and the Holidays. Each slide has the question listed at the top with the answers in a table below. Each cell of the table has a screen shade on it until you are ready to reveal the answer. Can be played in teams of two or more.
*If you print a handout version ahead of time, you have your answer key :)
**Please make sure your computer allows you to access Smart Notebook technology before downloading.
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Story Characters - Using Body Biographies to Help With Character Analysis
This Smart Board Activity uses an INTERACTIVE character to go through the instructions!! Your students are sure to love participating with the character!!!
Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. A body biography is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a body biography, students practice character analysis, understanding liter
Grades:
3rd - 12th
SmartBoard Attendance- Catching Snowflakes
This is a fun way to take attendance through those winter months. The kids love using the smartboard and this is the perfect way to get everyone involved and to have attendance done! Just have them drag their snowflake to the girl catching flakes and attendance is done! Don't forget that you don't want to save it when it's done and you'll be able to use it over and over! Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for Notebook software. Enjoy!
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Connotation Denotation Lesson
Encourage your students to use better word choice in their writing as they discover how to correctly apply connotation to enhance the tone of their writing. Students will create connotation lines and apply selected words to their own piece of writing.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Smartboard Presentation Frankenstein Knowledge is Dangerous
This presentation can be used with Pearson's Knowledge is Dangerous Unit Plan and the Frankenstein Unit plan Slides present images of a political cartoon of Jenner's vaccine and pose the question What is acceptable science Students view a small clip from the Frankenstein movie 1931 and through compare/contrast or argumentative writing support their claims
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11th - 12th
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak-Lesson Plans and Activities
Here are a few lesson plans and activities to complete before, during, and after reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.It includes various types of activities for differentiated instruction: interactive games, a 'quilt' making activity for hands on learners, comprehension/opinion questions and a creative writing activity which includes a task sheet and sample text.
Grades:
9th - 12th
SMARTBOARD Christmas or Holiday Game Template
This is a Christmas game template made with Smart Notebook software. This game is completely written and ready to go with all links in place. Just simply type in questions and answers and you are done! Text boxes are already there with font in place. Just click and type. Gameboard takes you to QUESTION slide, which has a link to go to ANSWER slide, which takes you to POINTS slide that will take you back to the GAMEBOARD. The gameboard consists of all types of Christmas objects (gingerbread
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PreK - 12th
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Writing Narratives Package
This package breaks writing narratives into the critical elements in order to scaffold students to writing strong stories. It is broken down into: setting, problems, characters, plot, good beginnings and word choice.
When I use this package I typically focus on one element each day in order to create an in depth understanding. I encourage students to write about what they know. I have them begin with a setting they know better than anyone and base their character off of someone they know reall
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3rd - 9th
What A Random Story! Smartboard Game
This smartboard file is a way to mix up, literally, how students tackle stories. The activity is incredibly diverse with the potential to be comedic, functional (works well with Words Their Way), or for enrichment. It all depends on how you want to use the game.
With two clicks you will unleash your students into a combination of randomness that will challenge them to think outside of the box to build a story that fits the model of the traditional story.
In this highly modifiable activity, s
Grades:
4th - 9th
"Winter Olympics Medal Count" SMART Board Activity
Bring the thrill of the Olympics to your classroom with the "Winter Olympics Medal Count" SMART Board Activity! Keep a running tab of the USA's medal count for the duration of the Winter Games!
Students help to keep track of gold, silver, and bronze medals earned by dragging the appropriate medals to the boxes. The number of medals is recorded and changed as needed. Each time a medal is earned, students click on the Sochi olive wreath to hear the crowd cheer!
Created by Deb Painter, 2014
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PreK - 12th
Pin the Nose Holiday Game
In this winter-themed holiday game, students can pin the nose on the snowman, reindeer, and penguin!
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PreK - 12th
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Plagiarism Week
I have created a SMARTboard lesson that introduces students to plagiarism. The lesson covers what plagiarism is, who can commit plagiarism, and even some of the consequences of it. It includes several famous examples of "borrowing work" and has many links to additonal information for discussion. It also include a short quiz.
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5th - 12th
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Creative Writing Journal Topics
These colorful and thought-provoking Creative Writing journal prompts encourage all levels of students to write in ways both playful and serious. Most of the slides feature humorous or inspiring visuals. In my classes I gave the kids ten minutes to write, and afterwards we spent a few minutes sharing our entries. Many ideas for larger writing projects (stories, plays, memoirs, etc.) evolved from some of these prompts. Or course, if students wanted to write on another topic or alter the one that
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Expository Essay
This smart lesson walks students through what an expository essay is and what makes a great paper! It is an interactive and very engaging lesson that is easy to follow. It is broken down into 4 categories: 1. Strong and personal connection to the prompt. 2. Organization: Introduction, 1st Reason, 2nd Reason, and Conclusion. 3. Accurate use of language and conventions. 4. Descriptive Language: Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Alliteration, $100 words/RIP words, Ba Da Bings, etc...
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Narrative Revision
This unit lesson will guide your students through the revision process. Move through the revision lessons as slowly or quickly as needed for your students. Provide writing breaks for your students to look back at their own writing and apply the following revision strategies: Show don't tell, alliteration, onomatopoeia, tone, overused words, figurative language, and dialogue. My students love how this lesson works and you can use the mini lessons with separate writing pieces.
Grades:
7th - 9th
AP Language Purposeful Memoir Smart Notebook
This Smart Notebook file contains examples, tips, and pre-writing activities to focus AP Language students on developing their voice in a purposeful memor. Goes along with my AP Language Memoir prompt and rubric.
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11th - 12th
Acrostic Poems
This is a Smart Notebook file about acrostic poetry. It forms the base of a lesson on acrostic poetry. It was originally designed for a special education classroom but can be adapted for nearly any age or ability level. This file includes links a worksheet to use at the end as well as interactive parts and videos.
Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Holiday/Winter themed smartboard attendance files!
This includes 4 SMART notebook files for taking attendance.
1. Put your snowflake back into the clouds.
2. Put your present under the tree.
3. Put your snowman in the igloo.
4. Open your present!
The first three are drag and drop, the fourth students just click on their present to open it! A fun way to take attendance in the morning!
Instructions are included. I got the border for my cover page from: http://www.teacherpayteachers.com/store/krista-wallden
Grades:
1st - 12th
Simple, Compound and Complex Sentence Writing
An engaging and stimulating notebook file teaching students about independent and dependent clauses through the analogy of a wizard and wizard's staff.
The file moves through simple, compound and complex sentences and how to appropriately join such sentences together my identify correct clauses.
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3rd - 9th, Higher Education, Staff
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