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High school Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa creative writing assessments
Novel Study FINAL Projects | 20 Hands On Projects for ANY Novel + Rubrics
This resource comes with 20 different hands-on, engaging projects that can be completed with ANY novel or short story. These projects will encourage students to be creative and think outside the box, all while applying important ELA skills and standard practices! 45+ pages of creativity! ALL 20 projects come with an individualized rubric for easy grading and a brainstorming section for students to complete.Projects Include:Cartoon StripMovie PosterMobileNewspaperBoard GameCostume DesignShadowbo
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7th - 12th
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Memoir Writing: Using Mentor Texts for Student Voice and Assessment in ELA
Reading and writing memoir are powerful ways to have students experiment with narrative writing and have a chance to explore some groundbreaking nonfiction reading. Whether your students are in the midst of a literature circles unit or wrapping up a great novel, have you considered adding a memoir writing element to your curriculum?This mini unit is designed around a metaphor: the footprint. They’re what we leave behind us, no matter how muddy, messy, small, or imperfect, and that’s our legac
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8th - 11th
Creative Writing/ Narrative BUNDLE: Full YEAR of Prompts, Assignments, & More!
Need narrative writing assignments that are fun without being too juvenile? Want to help them improve drafts, increase peer feedback, and offer a TON of choice?
Use this bundle of assignments, prompts, and feedback/revision tools to help your students find their inner authors!
These tools have wide application for middle and high school students; made with teen interests and varied skill levels in mind, these will work well for any mixed-ability classroom that will need differentiation, confid
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7th - 12th
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A Christmas Carol Unit Plans Novel Study by Charles Dickens Activities & Tests
A Christmas Carol unit plans for the novel by Charles Dickens. Includes a pacing guide for the novel study, chapter questions with comprehension question sets from each of the 5 staves, A Christmas Carol activities, chapter quizzes from each stave, task cards with characters, a review game and a final test. This novel study is printable, but links are also provided for Google Classroom. Included in this A Christmas Carol Novel Study Unit: --Printable Copies of ALL Activities--Pacing Guide--Cha
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5th - 9th
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ELA Curriculum Bundle l End of the year English Project
This ginormous ELA bundle will solve a lot of your problems. You'll never have to stay up late trolling for lesson plan ideas again. You'll just dive into this folder, choose one of the dozens of activities and projects inside, and then hit the hay. Imagine the delicious smells of your own literary food truck festival. Imagine students fighting over your most popular reading library titles. Expect newly engaged writers when you roll out your first ever ELA maker space and guide your students in
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9th - 12th
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Memoir Unit: 2+ Weeks of Reading, Writing, & Discussion
Read and tell true stories through a memoir unit that keeps students engaged from the first web quest to each mentor text to the last interview!
All of the frontloading and reading activities build up to the grand finale: writing our own memoirs (and/or doing the interview project to write someone else’s memoir for them).
This unit uses a lot of choice to make room for student engagement (and differentiation); the unit can be easily adapted for middle OR high school, based on the texts you ch
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Nonfiction Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA
Haiku Poetry Lesson - How to Write a Haiku Assignment Haiku Templates and Rubric
Teach students the history of haiku and about writing haiku poetry with this haiku poem workshop! This lesson includes haiku templates and a haiku rubric for assessment. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Writing Haiku Poetry Workshop:✏️ Haiku Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Guided Note for Haiku Poetry Lesson - Digital & Print✏️ Haiku Writing Assignment Instructions - Digital & Print✏️ Differentiated Haiku T
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4th - 10th
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Novel Study Final Group Project (for ANY short story, book or play)
Are you looking for a new, fun, creative and engaging way to wrap up a novel study? This group project works in conjunction with ANY text. This novel study project is a great way to assess comprehension of a text, an easy way to incorporate technology into your curriculum, as well as the fact that this project gives students an opportunity to work in groups. I have personally used this project numerous times with my students, so the instructions, templates, rubric and other assessment pieces are
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7th - 12th
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Creative Writing Project: Rewrite a Fairy Tale | Editable, Printable, & Digital
Have students rewrite a fairy tale in this imaginative, fun, and scaffolded project for creative writing students! Teach point-of-view and other story elements without spending days helping students get over their writer's blocks with this Rewrite a Fairy Tale Project.For this fairy tale rewrite project, students will learn about point-of-view before applying a new one to a well-known children's story by rewriting a tale from the villain's perspective. Using the included slideshow, teachers will
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing: Complete 9-Week Class & Curriculum for High School
Fable, Fairy Tale, Myths, Legends Unit
This comprehensive unit is a fantastic resource to use with a variety of fables, fairy tales, myths, or legends of your choice. Students will discover how life lessons are learned from understanding fables and how fairy tales influence society. They will also be able to identify connections to cultures that legends originated from and realize how myths illustrate the belief systems and customs of the cultures that created them. Here is what is included:★Essential Questions★Vocabulary Word List★
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6th - 10th
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Short Story Writing Assignment & the Elements of Fiction
A strait forward and READY TO PRINT booklet on the six Elements of Fiction. If you're teaching short stories or novels, this is a perfect resource for your class or for students working independently. Works well for either analysis of texts or for students writing their own stories.Designed for diverse learning environments - students can complete it in a teacher-led class or use included scaffolding for independent learning at home.The package includes definitions, explanations, and examples of
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Christmas Punnett Square Worksheet - Reindeer Genetics
Did you know that a red nose is a recessive gene in magical reindeer? Do your kids need some genetics practice with Punnett Squares , genotypes , and phenotypes? This adorable holiday themed, DIFFERENTIATED genetics worksheet is a great reinforcement activity. Students will differentiate between homozygous and heterozygous genes, decipher genotypes and phenotypes, and use Punnett Squares to help Santa determine the probabilities of his reindeer offspring.Included in your purchase is a PDF file t
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Punnett Squares Worksheet Bundle
Bell Ringer Journal - Daily Writing Prompts (FULL YEAR: 275 Total Prompts)
Start your class off with some engaging, creative and thought-provoking bell ringer writing prompts! These FULL YEAR writing prompts are a great way to establish a journal or writing routine in your classroom. Each page includes a section for teacher evaluation/comments, and each day of the week has a different topic/theme. It is expected that the quality of writing for the different levels will vary, but the prompts are comprehensible for all of the outlined grades.Students will hone their crea
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5th - 10th
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Free Verse Poetry Lesson - Poetry Writing Workshop with Pages for Blackout Poems
Explore free verse poetry with this poetry writing workshop! Students will read modern free verse poems with the option to write blackout poetry, a collage poem, or an illustrative poem. Includes an editable poetry rubric, assignment instructions, and digital worksheets for distance learning!Included with this Free Verse Poetry Writing Workshop:✏️ Free Verse Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Free Verse Poetry Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Writi
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6th - 11th
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A Christmas Carol: Stave Quizzes with Text-Dependent Questions
Whether you are reading the novella, only watching the movie, OR just want a seasonal check of reading comprehension, these quizzes for advanced middle school or high school help students step into reading Dickens!Each quiz has a text excerpt from the stave that comes from a key thematic moment and follows with 10 questions – multiple choice and short answer – that challenge students to deal with vocabulary, theme, prediction, historical context, and literal comprehension. Quizzes are easy gradi
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol: Unit Bundle with Random Acts of Kindness
Figurative Language Practice and Assessment, Worksheets and Quizzes
In this assessment pack of editable assessments for figurative language you will be able to "test the waters," and see how your students are comprehending figurative language. You are getting three different ways for students to practice and demonstrate their knowledge of figurative language. The terms included are idiom, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and pun. Some of the questions ask about mood, allusion, theme, and rhyme. The tests are designed to build on each other, but th
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6th - 11th
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Also included in: Teaching Poetry BUNDLE, Analysis and Assessment, Printable and Digital
Gothic Literature: Elements and Motifs, EDITABLE VERSION
Thank you for visiting the PerfettoWritingRoom©! Gothic Literature: Elements and Motifs, EDITABLE VERSION is a thorough PowerPoint Presentation of 38 slides including a very handy Pre-test (pre-activity) which helps you assess how much students already know about the Gothic genre beforehand, plus a Post-test with Key. *This is the EDITABLE VERSION of the Same Product offered by PerfettoWritingRoom©. If you feel you need to augment the presentation, tweak the pre- or post-test to better suit YOU
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7th - 11th, Higher Education
The Landlady One-Pager Project
This is a one-pager for the short story, "The Landlady," by Roald Dahl. Students have a lot of fun creating the rooms and I have received some outstanding work using this as an assessment instead of giving them a standard multiple choice/essay test. It is something different that they will enjoy. Students still have to cite evidence using the text, but they also get to be imaginative and create visuals.
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7th - 12th
Hero’s Journey Unit - Hero’s Journey Worksheets and Creative Writing Project
Your students will love this Hero’s Journey Unit! Includes Hero's Journey worksheets to explore Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and apply it to fan-favorite films PLUS assignment instructions, graphic organizers, and an editable rubric to develop students’ own Hero’s Journey outline Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! ⚡︎ Save 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎ Included with this Hero’s Journey Bundle:✏️ Hero’s Journey Informational Handout - Digital & Pri
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6th - 9th
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Christmas Accounting Class Simulation/Activity for Santa's Financial Statements
This NO PREP, all digital Accounting Mini Simulation for the End of a Fiscal Period is a GREAT way to get students ENGAGED during the holiday season or right before the Christmas break! (Confession...I actually do not do this activity until January because we are never far enough along in the textbook in December).Students complete a Financial Worksheet, Income Statement, & Balance Sheet for a SANTA’S CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP start-up!NO PREP! COULD BE USED AS AN ASSESSMENT OR FINAL!Danitra is
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9th - 12th
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Halloween Writing Assignment - Zombie Survival Manual Halloween Writing Activity
Halloween Writing Assignment - Zombie Survival Manual Halloween Writing Activity: This Halloween writing assignment has students take on the role of a leading expert on zombies. With a zombie virus on the rise, they have been tasked with creating a zombie survival guide for the people of Earth. Students must complete a written plan for the manual, which will include 5 different sections: abilities and behavioral patterns of zombies, weapons and fighting techniques, safe places & zombie proof
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Halloween Reading and Writing Activities and Assignments Creative Bundle
Authentic Writing Project: Creating Teen Magazines (Standards-Aligned)
Your students will love creating teen magazines with this authentic writing project that directly aligns with ELA standards! In groups, students engage in Research, Persuasive, and Informative writing as they write, edit, assemble, and publish their own teen magazines. Working in groups of 4, 5, or 6, each student contributes 4 articles and 1 full-page advertisement as follows: -- one Research-based Feature Article-- one Persuasive Article-- two Choice Articles from a list of 14 "Open Topics" (s
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6th - 9th
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Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief Novel Study -Stations Digital Activity
This unit contains nine different learning stations for you to use.Set up thought-provoking tasks at stations for your students to cycle through. They enjoy the movement as they learn more about the novel and explore it more deeply activities with simply a “rotate” from the teacher every 9-10 minutes.This is a great way to culminate a study of your novel unit. It can also be used as a group of Common Formative Assessments. Students are organized into multiple "learning stations". I’ve used learn
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6th - 9th
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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
Grades:
7th - 12th
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