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High school Black History Month creative writing handouts
Personal Narrative Essay, Autobiographical Incident Writing, Step-By-Step, CCSS
Help your high school and advanced middle school students get creative with this eight-day Personal Narrative essay writing mini-unit. Featuring models of one professional and three exemplar student-written personal narrative essays, this bundle of step-by-step materials will inspire even reluctant students to put pen to paper. Activities/handouts featuring modern design elements and dynamic lecture materials will guide your students to craft their own meaningful autobiographical incident essays
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8th - 11th
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End of Year Writing Activities Letter to Future Self Prospective Student Teacher
Are you looking for an end of year writing activity? Do you want your students to be reflective of their year or semester? Students will be writing letters to themselves, letter to the teacher, letter to future students, and letter to their friend. There is a list of questions they can answer as well as a writing template for them to write in. This is a print and go resource, but are you looking for a digital version? Open it up in Easel and assign to Google Classroom or wherever your students a
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Digital End of Year Fun Activities Writing Activities BUNDLE SEL
Shakespearean Slam, Insults & Flattery Contests, for ANY Shakespeare Play, CCSS
Bring vitality and hilarity to your study of any of Shakespeare’s plays with these two 20-minute contests. In one version, students use William Shakespeare’s language to hurl insults, poetry-slam style. In the other version, students try to flatter and impress using unique combinations of Shakespeare’s honeyed words.This 3-page PDF file includes one page of detailed instructions/suggestions on how to run a smooth, fun-filled contest and two pages of reproducible students handouts – one for insul
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7th - 10th
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Literary Elements BUNDLE (To use with ANY novel or to teach narrative writing)
Resources for teaching literary elements (narration, plot, setting, characterisation etc.) Powerpoint presentations, detailed lesson plans, informational hand outs, worksheets, posters and more!
Currently studying a novel in class? Looking for resources to help your students analyze literary elements more effectively? Or, are you teaching writing? Looking for resources to help students develop plot, characters and setting more authentically?Either way, these resources will assist you!
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7th - 10th
Write Your Own Short Story Project - A Middle School Short Story Unit
Write Your Own Short Story Project is perfect for the end of a short story unit or as an introduction to creative writing! Your students will love this interactive, hands-on writing unit. Students will create their own character profiles, point of view, type of conflict, and much more as they apply various elements of literature into their very own stories!TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rosa W. says, "Loved this resource! Breaks down the steps of writing a short story while teaching the compo
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5th - 9th
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Creative / Narrative Writing Unit
Creative writing doesn't come easily to many students; so to effectively teach it, we often need to GUIDE students through the process. In this comprehensive narrative writing pack you will get step-by-step lesson plans, engaging worksheets, helpful handouts and more. ** NOTE: You can now buy this as part of my BUNDLED WRITING PACK and save 20%**OVERVIEW:The main goal for this unit is for students to recognize, understand, and be able to use key elements which make narrative writing creative
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7th - 10th
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Creative Writing Poetry - 50 Formulas to Help Students Write Poems
Creative Writing Poetry 911: First Aid for Writing Poetry * Now over 50 Formulas for Helping Students Write Original PoemsThis IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This student aid and handouts bundle features OVER 50 formulas for writing poetry. If you have students who struggle with creativity (excellent for L.D. students, as well as dominant left-brained thinkers), these formulas are excellent. Even the most uncreative student will be able to write poetry.
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7th - 12th
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Plessy v Ferguson and Jim Crow Laws Gallery Activity in Civil Rights Movement
Plessy v Ferguson, Jim Crow Laws, Beginning of Civil Rights Movement, & how "Separate Was Inherently Unequal" student gallery and reading assignment.This eye-opening resource is included in the Civil Rights Movement Unit Bundle!In this activity, students learn about the controversial 1896 case of Homer Plessy, his role in Plessy v. Ferguson, the creation of Jim Crow Laws across the south, and the eventual 1954 ruling in Brown v. the Board of Education. Then, students complete a digital galle
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6th - 10th
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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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Paragraph Structure - WRITING OREO / TEEL / PEEL
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE — OREO / TEEL / PEEL!... because there is such a range in preference, this resource includes a breakdown of the acronyms: PEEL, TEEL and OREO. These acronyms support students in writing effective paragraphs to ensure they are making a solid point, providing examples and reasons, whilst explaining their thinking and summarising their argument. TEEL: topic, example, explain, linkTEEL: topic, explain, example, linkPEEL: point, example, explain, linkPEEL: point, explain, example,
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Persuasive Writing: Bundle
Descriptive Writing - Graphic Organizers, Examples, Rubric and More!
Looking for something to lead your students through writing a DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH or essay? This resource includes a detailed assignment sheet, brainstorming sheet, peer editing / self-evaluation sheet, Helpful Hints handout, detailed grading rubric and more! It also includes two example descriptive paragraphs / mentor texts for students to see the difference between a poorly written and a well-written paragraph. An easy-to-use package for students to create a well-written descriptive parag
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Poem of the Week Collection: a YEAR of Multimedia Poetry!
Historically speaking, poems started out as stories intended to be read aloud. Share poems the way they were MEANT to be read - with audio and video readings – while still achieving rigorous reading and creative writing!This Poem of the Week Collection can be used in multiple ways, whether you want... • more consistent poetry stretched throughout the year,• to scaffold students up to more difficult poems, • to compress these poems into a shorter unit in April, or • to make poetry come alive alon
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Activity Bundle: Reading & Writing Poems in Secondary ELA
Malcolm X, the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party, and the Watts Riot
This is a four lesson unit by Reading Through History.The first lesson documents the life, achievements, and controversies surrounding the civil rights leader Malcolm X. The second lesson covers the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party during the civil rights era. The lesson includes the reasons for the founding of the organization, the roles it played in the major cities, the controversies surrounding the group, and the leadership roles of Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, and Eldridge Cleaver.
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8th - 11th
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Punctuating Dialogue - Embedding Quotations Grammar Worksheets - Quotation Marks
Teach students about punctuating dialogue using these grammar worksheets, games, and activities! Students will learn about embedding quotations and the proper use of quotation marks with this modern and engaging lesson. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!Included with these Punctuating Dialogue Grammar Worksheets:✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® & Google Slides®✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Informational Handout✏️ Punctuating Dialogue Practice Ac
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6th - 10th
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Question and Picture Strips
These questions and pictures were taken from Chris Van Allsburg’s Mysteries of Harris Burdick website. I have put them together and formatted them so they could be cut into strips for each student. I use these question strips after we have read through the book as a whole class. Students choose one of the stories and are given the question strip as a way to inspire ideas. It also allows them to have an image to refer back to. Updated: I have added the two missing pictures and included the bonus
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3rd - 12th
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Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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Dystopian Literature Unit - Civilization Creation - Create your own Dystopia
Dystopian Literature Unit - Create Your Own Dystopian Society! This Dystopia activity package is the perfect supplement to a Dystopian Literature Unit! Students research the meaning of the word Dystopia, and create Dystopian societies of their own. This Dystopia introduction ask students to practice their critical thinking and creative writing skills as they create a detailed project that describes all of the different aspects of their Dystopian societies.⭐This is an excellent final project or e
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6th - 9th
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The Word Wheel Bundle! (Emotions, Adjectives, Verbs, Said is Dead)
Instantly raise the level of any student writing with this simple tool! Push students on using more descriptive language in their writing. Tired of lugging out dusty thesauruses? This handy word wheel fits directly into notebooks for quick access anytime, anywhere. Great for personal narratives, fiction writing, or any other major essay writing unit. Students will love this scaffold for all those times they are left scratching their heads for just the right word.Includes:- Said is Dead Word Whee
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2nd - 10th
Personal Narrative Writing Unit | College Application Essay | Prompts, Rubric
Looking for a comprehensive narrative writing unit that will take your students from inspiration to finished product? You want your students to become better writers, but it’s not easy to give them the instruction that will actually improve their skills. Simply explaining what good writing is or giving students worksheets to fill out about characteristics of writing won’t get them anywhere. In fact, it will only teach them that they are “bad at” writing and that there is no point in trying to i
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9th - 12th
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Elementos del cuento y escritura narrativa - Spanish Narrative Story Writing
Si enseñar el proceso de escritura narrativa es abrumador, ¡eso ya terminó! Al finalizar esta unidad, los estudiantes habrán redactado un cuento con los elementos esenciales de un buen texto narrativo. Comenzarán por la caracterización del personaje, la estructura, y el diálogo, y luego escribirán su borrador, editarán su texto y escribirán su copia final.Te podría interesar: Esta unidad de escritura narrativa integrada con un cuento corto modelo y una guía detallada para dirigir tu taller de es
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7th - 10th
Point of View Activity - Writing Assignment and Reference Sheet
POINT OF VIEW WRITING ACTIVITY -Looking for a fun way to review and practice writing with different points of view? Students are given a notes/reference sheet on the four points of view for review and reference. Use the notes page to review point of view and look for examples in stories you have read in class. Students are then asked to complete a writing assignment based on an article (provided) they read. After reading the article students must complete two paragraphs from two different per
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Short Story Bundle - Activities for ANY Short Story
Urban Legends
You can find two activities in this download :
1. There are seven urban legends – you can give them to the students in the form of a handout or they can be cut out in the form of the cards. The legends are, however, not finished. Now, you can ask the students to finish the legends using their own imagination and creativity (the first half of the worksheet is called Create your own ending). The second half of this worksheet contains the “real” endings of the given legends. Students need to match
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Till Movie Guide Questions (2022 movie)
This is a 35 question movie guide to the 2022 movie, Till. This movie is very powerful and well done. It does not show the actual murder of Emmett Till, but it does show events leading up to the murder and what Mamie endured and fought for afterwards. These questions go in order of the movie and are created to keep the students engaged throughout the film. Movie and/movie link is not included. This comes in pdf and google doc version. Answer key is included.I have an Emmett Till Webquest and
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9th - 12th
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Indirect and Direct Characterization: “Show, Don’t Tell” Writing Lesson
Need a quick lesson to review or introduce characterization? Want students to show instead of tell in writing? Grab this activity to define direct vs. indirect characterization and get writing immediately!In this lesson, students will:• Learn what the two types are and their purposes• Learn 5 strategies to convert direct sentences to indirect• Practice in whole-class, small group, and individual sentences, including choosing their own direct sentences to revise• Answer a review/exit ticket quest
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7th - 10th
Also included in: A Christmas Carol: Unit Bundle with Random Acts of Kindness
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