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Middle school Black History Month 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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Book Jacket Book Report: Book Jacket template | Writing, Art & Reading combined!
Book Jacket Project: Students must include the following on their Book Jacket template for fiction books: Character Summary, Author Biography, Illustrations, Book Summary, and more. This book report can be used after completing any fiction novel study. I recommend showing students example book jackets from their favorite stories to get them motivated & their creative juices flowing.This book jacket book report is perfect for 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade & middle school. Book Jacket B
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2nd - 6th
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Stephen Curry | LeBron James | Reading Passages Black History Month| Basketball
Students practice reading the assignment for the day and then complete a quick close reading activity to help strengthen reading comprehension skills. This activity can be used for whole group, guided reading, close reading, homework, etc.....What's Inside? 2020 Updated1 Passage Stephen Curry (Includes Text Features) 1 Questionnaire1 Passage LeBron James (Includes Text Features) 1 Questionnaire1 Vocabulary Page (Blank)1 Context Clues Graphic Organizer1 Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram2 Writing
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2nd - 8th
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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My Life in Logos Paragraph Writing Assignment
Middle school teachers use this My Life in Logos Paragraph Writing Assignment, to unlock the creativity and self-expression of your students in a truly unique way.In this engaging activity, students will embark on a writing journey to describe logos that represent various aspects of their lives. From their closest friends and family to their favourite entertainment choices and foods, students will delve into the symbols that hold special meaning for them. Additionally, they'll uncover the logos
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 1
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
HUGE Rocks and Minerals Unit - 3 Types of Rocks - Rock Cycle - 5E Lesson Plans
This HUGE rocks and minerals unit begins by teaching students the difference between a rock and a mineral, and ends with teaching students the 3 types of rocks and the rock cycle. 5E lessons are included, along with a rocks and minerals review game, task cards, narrative writing activity, study guide, assessment, key, anchor charts/posters, and more! This resource will save you hours of work because everything is all planned out in my easy-to-follow, very detailed, lesson plans. Please click the
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3rd - 7th
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 Novel Study Test, Chapter Quizzes, Activities
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Novel Study unit for the book by Christopher Paul Curtis. Includes a pacing guide for The Watsons Go to Birmingham, comprehension question sets from each of the 15 chapters, activities, chapter quizzes, task cards, a review game and a final test. It is printable, but links are also provided for Google Classroom.Included with The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Novel Study: --Printable Copies of all activities--Pacing Guide--Question Sets from every chapter -
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3rd - 6th
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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
Rant Writing Unit
Rant Writing Unit: Rant writing is an engaging way to bring public speaking and persuasive writing into the classroom. Students rant and complain to each other daily, why not channel that creative energy into some high-quality writing? Rants are an engaging way to get students to write and share their thoughts and opinions in the classroom. This assignment can be used for argument writing or persuasive writing. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learnin
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Oral Presentations Bundle
Martin Luther King, Jr. Close Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is the third Monday of January, and this close reading activity would be a perfect way to learn all about his role in the civil rights movement. If you are looking for the online version, click {here}.I have used these close reading passages with my own fifth graders to promote more meaningful interactions with text. I purposefully wrote these texts to be high-interest and short so that the students would be motivated to read the text multiple times. The follow-up act
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5th - 6th
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Figurative Language and Poetic Devices Using Pop Lyrics Bundle
Do you like Taylor Swift? What about TikTok? Do your students need practice with similes, metaphors, personification, and more? Do they listen to pop music?The answers: Yes, yes, and yes. (I assume.)24 activities are included that practice identifying poetic devices and lines illustrating specific devices including:SimileMetaphorPersonificationAlliterationHyperboleIdiom
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4th - 7th
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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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Create a Restaurant Descriptive PBL Writing Project | Figurative Language
This assignment is perfect for Grade 4 - 8 students learning figurative language and descriptive writing. Students will experience real-world applications to their learning by designing a menu for a restaurant, describing menu items using figurative language and writing a descriptive paragraph about the restaurant (sensory details). This is a printable and digital, no-prep resource that provides students with mentor paragraphs for mini-lessons and organizers to help scaffold the learning for top
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4th - 8th
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Fake News: Media Literacy Writing Unit
This fun and engaging unit explores the current world of fake news. Through mini-lessons, students will learn strategies for identifying fake news and put them into practice through various activities. They will also apply their knowledge of non-fiction text features of an online news article to create their own fake news. This unit is sure to keep students hooked with the real-life connections and creative writing process. A differentiated version of the fake news article writing piece is inclu
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Language Writing Units Volume ONE
Bud, Not Buddy - Tests | Quizzes | Assessments
This is a 25 page test packet for Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis. This product will help you to assess your students on their vocabulary, comprehension, and analysis skills, as they study the novel.The assessments contain matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions. Answer keys are included, but the way that you score and weigh it is up to teacher discretion.This is a no-prep quiz packet, with all answer keys included.♥Two digital options included! Students can either type
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3rd - 6th
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Writing Dialogue Practice | Quotation Marks Worksheets and Activities
WRITING DIALOGUE in narrative writing is tricky! If your students struggle with dialogue writing and correct use of quotation marks in their narrative writing, my Writing Dialogue Practice is the perfect, no-prep solution. With quotation marks worksheets and activities, rules for writing dialogue, exit tickets, and an assessment, your students will be writing dialogue correctly in their narratives in no time. ❤️Why you will LOVE this resource!My Writing Dialogue Practice mini unit is no lift for
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6th - 8th
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Pet Memes Narrative Writing Assignment
Spark Creativity and Writing Skills with Pet Memes Narrative Writing Assignment!In this engaging assignment, students will unleash their creativity by crafting hilarious pet memes using 105 different pet memes templates. By adding witty captions to photos of adorable pets, they'll tap into their sense of humour while learning the art of concise storytelling. But the fun doesn't stop there! Students will then select their favourite pet photo and embark on a writing journey. With the "Day in the L
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6th - 8th
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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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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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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. POWER POINT and Activities
This * BEST SELLER * made it to the TPT Top 50 list in 2013, 2016 and 2017.UPDATED 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. - Included is a colorful Power Point and ELA activities in a ZIP file. BONUS -TWO mini booklets - differentiated for your learners - you pick which booklet best fits your student's needs. It is filled with facts and photos of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from the day he was born until the day he was assassinated. This unit includes a glossary, highlighted vocabulary words, a timeline
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2nd - 6th
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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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
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