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Middle school creative writing interactive notebook microsofts
Teaching Symbolism and Allegory - Introduction Activity & PowerPoint
Teaching symbolism can be tricky, but symbolism activities like this one HOOK your students and help them engage with any text. This is a sweet introduction to symbolism that your students will remember long after the candy is gone.⭐️ I use this with “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, but it is not text-specific. You can use it with any short story or novel or as a stand-alone lesson. Your resource for teaching symbolism includes:An anticipatory set using Tootsie Roll Pops (or Blow Po
Grades:
7th - 10th
Secret Path Guided Journal Activity
Over 20 slides of journal prompts that follow the songs within the movie, the Secret Path by Gord Downie. Each song is linked in the slideshow, accompanied by a journal reflection or an activity. The activities include: a narrative short story/ poem prompta lyrics analysisa image collage Image analysis The PDF version allows you to print off activities if wanted. Includes a link to the google slides interactive version.Any questions or concerns, please email me at mhopki@uwo.ca
Grades:
5th - 9th
Diction and Word Choice Lesson - Geraldo No Last Name - Sandra Cisneros
This lesson on Diction and word choice can be used as a traditional worksheet, digital worksheet, or with Interactive Notebooks (ISN). I use it in my Short Stories unit with "Geraldo No Last Name" by Sandra Cisneros, but this resource is editable for any text. (optimized for grades 7-10)What You Get: 1. Introductory PPT (editable)2. Two lesson plan ideas: analytical or creative writing options3. Interactive Notebook layouts and foldables4. Traditional worksheet version (editable .doc)5. Digital
Grades:
7th - 10th
ELA Bell Ringer Journal for the Entire School Year: Volume 3 PRESENTATION FORM
Use this paperless bell ringer presentation for the entire school year to strengthen your students' reading literature, informational text, writing, speaking & listening, and language skills! This journal includes 275 journal prompts for middle and high school students. This product provides teachers with an entire school year of journal prompts in an organized and focused way. Volume 3 is 100% Common Core aligned and focuses on all elements of the standards. The PRESENTATION is organize
Grades:
6th - 12th
Animal Research Report : Lap Book, PowerPoint, Notes Packet, & Research Paper
This Animal Research Pack includes everything you need to complete an engaging and in depth research report. Out with boring posters and in with a unique lap book and eye catching PowerPoint presentations.
Your students will remain focused and organized while using the detailed note taking packet.
There will be no more whining about writing a research paper when they see how easy it is to transfer their notes into paragraphs. And YOU will be able to cut your grading time in half due to the e
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Daily Lens: 101 Journal Prompts for High School Students
Students of all middle and high school levels will enjoy these 101 writing prompts to spark thinking and creativity. Using photos, colors, quotes, new words, and more, students will engage in a variety of writing forms. Writing includes: reflections, observations, poems, lists, reviews, announcements, colors, pictures, and more. I use these prompts to begin class, and then I encourage students to volunteer their ideas. For my AP students, these bell ringers are a terrific way to prompt abstract
Grades:
6th - 12th
"Show Don't Tell" Narrative Writing Unit
Have you ever struggled to teach your students how to "show not tell" when writing narratives? If so, this is the unit for you. In this comprehensive unit, students go over the reasons why we should "show not tell", why indirect characterization is so important when writing, and how to use creative language when writing by writing paragraphs about a panoramic scene and by writing paragraphs using sensory details, and color palettes featuring interesting and creative paint names to describe a ch
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Grades:
6th - 8th
EDITABLE Snow Day Choice Board for Language (Reading/Writing)
If your school district/school board has suddenly asked you to provide "digital" plans for students on Inclement Weather Days/Snow Days... I've got you covered! This Snow Day Choice Board is set up in a "Bingo" format and provides students with lots of activities that are offered as choices to enhance their reading and writing! Choices include writing prompts such as, poetry, paragraph writing, list making, "would you rather" questions, reading responses (visualizing, summarizing, author's purpo
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Retell and Recount Writing Beginners Unit | Lesson Plans | Graphic Organizers
☀️ This product is the beginner's unit on ☀️RECOUNT WRITING SKILLS☀️ preceding our • Radical Recount Writing Unit. This five-lesson unit is designed for junior or reluctant writers who are unfamiliar with the essential elements of recount writing and retelling events in a logical and structured manner.It is a proven winner in the classroom, demonstrating to students that anyone can write an engaging recount using some proven strategies and simple steps.It has been designed in a prescriptive man
Grades:
2nd - 6th, Adult Education
NARRATIVE Writing Digital ESSAY: 6-Day Assignment with Graphic Organizer
This DIGITAL 5-6-day Narrative Scene Essay assignment is a great way to achieve excellent results in your Narrative Writing Unit. This assignment focuses on a small scene and encourages students to zoom in on setting, a limited number of characters, and a lesson learned (theme). It also stresses the importance of including dialogue. (Dialogue hint sheet linked within assignment) It includes clear assignment instructions, two sample narrative essays, a graphic organizer with daily assignments , a
Grades:
6th - 12th
Novel Writing 101- Creative Writing Presentation and Interactive Flip Book
Are your students interested in how to write a novel? Use this lesson to give them an overview of the basics and create a memorable and interactive flip book to reference when they try to write their own novel!The presentation and flip book include links to various writing websites like Save the Cat, NaNoWriMo, Inkarnate map maker, prompt generators, and more. Students love creating something tangible and interactive to reference when they are writing. This purchase includes the PowerPoint Prese
Grades:
6th - 12th
My Memory Book - for Restart by Gordan Korman! Ready to assign & editable!
In the novel Restart, Chase wakes up with amnesia! Ask your students to make a text-to-self connection and put themselves in Chase's shoes to think about what they would want to know about themselves if they woke up with no memories.As a bonus, they also feature the "of course" trend from TikTok as a theme!These slides include:InstructionsA letter to myselfBasic about me infoSchool infoStudent favoritesGoalsFamilyFriendsiPhone template
Grades:
4th - 12th
Back to School: Intro to Writing Journals with Heart Maps and I
As soon as my budding authors get back to school, I like to help them get organized and ready to write. One of the things I like to talk to them about is the fact that all authors get writer's block now and then.
I introduce them to Heart Maps and I. Everything you'll need to share these two strategies is included in the Zip file. You'll receive a detailed Power Point presentation, two heart map templates, and a Pirate themed writing journal label template.
I've found that my students go back
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Harry Potter FULL unit - Online and In Person friendly
This unit is made to be used either online, in person, digitally, or physically. It includes multiple project options with examples and rubrics. Chapter questions for the book and an answer key for each of them. It can be edited to use 6-12, inclusion - AIG. There are over 50 slides included. The download you get when you purchase this is a guide with a link at the bottom to the full folder.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Growth Mindset Journal Prompts- Bell Ringers
Elevate your classroom's daily routine with our comprehensive collection of Journal Writing Prompts, designed specifically for teachers to use as engaging bell work activities. These Google Slides offer an innovative approach to kickstart each class session, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and self-expression among your students. Whether you're an elementary school teacher or a high school educator, our Journal Writing Prompts provide an effortless way to begin lessons with enthusiasm a
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Story Elements Creative Writing Unit | Theme, Plot & Genre in Narrative Writing
This resource exposes students to various plot types, reading, analyzing and exploring essential story elements so they can write them confidently and understand.Throughout this five-lesson unit, students will explore the following... The fundamentals of all narrative types.The rags-to-riches storyOvercoming a monster storyThe QuestThe rebirth storyThis COMPLETELY EDITABLE unit includes assessment tools, writing samples, group, and individual tasks, tutorial videos, graphic organizers and essen
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Grades:
5th - 8th
MANORS TO TOWNS (GROWTH OF MEDIEVAL TOWNS & CITIES) LESSON AND ACTIVITY!
Looking for an interesting way to teach your students about the transition of medieval manors into towns and cities? This lesson includes interesting notes and graphics, with a corresponding slideshow. Follow up the lesson with a fun story-writing activity where students create a medieval character who leaves the manor for the first time to go to a real medieval town or city! Included in this bundle: Notes, PowerPoint, Rubric, Writing Activity Directions and a few great examples. ENJOY!!
Grades:
5th - 11th
ENGLISH CURRICULUM PART 2
This (131 pages) English curriculum bundle is designed specifically to focus on getting your students on task, and immediately productive at the start of each and every class period. This bundle offers TEN full weeks of various bell ringer/bell work activities that help to improve ISTEP and ECA testing scores. Students will review previous grade-level content, while working towards mastering current grade-level content. To that end, students pursue a concentrated study of the writing process,
Grades:
5th - 12th
Editable: Classroom Scrapbook for the Entire Year
Everything you need to put together a scrapbook for your students!!!! If you haven't done scrapbooks in the past because they are too much work, this takes the work out of it!!!! There are parts where you can edit to make it just your own. This set includes:
Editable cover page: Add your students’ pictures to the cover, as well as grade
First Days papers- letter to self, handwriting (writing name, writing alphabet, goals page, measure my foot, measure my hand, how tall am I, my favorites)
What
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Grades:
K - 6th
Writing Strong Claims
In this power point lesson, students are guided through the process of how to formulate a strong argument or "claim." Students are shown how to take a topic or picture add a strong verb and then add a strong well thought portrayal of evidence from which expanded essays can be developed.
THis lesson lends itself to all of your differentiated learners, as it builds in independent, and group work. From the activities students are also given an opportunity to reflect on their metacognition, and ho
Grades:
6th - 8th
Writer's Notebook Prompts (Holiday)
Want something creative? My version of writer's notebook prompts can bring creativity to the classroom. Students can be creative while using show vs. tell to create their stories. They are given a prompt and have to switch with another to have them finish their story, and vice versa.Here are 5 Holidays!
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Flash Draft Writing (Interactive)
Help your students become better writers with this simple flash draft lesson!A flash draft is a work of writing that is done quickly without editing. It is a rough outline to get your student's brains moving and ideas flowing.Included:Definition and Video explaining the flash draft process.1 slide for idea generation 2 slides for flash drafting1 slide for self reviewing 1 slide for peer reviewingAn intentions slide (to help students better understand their purpose as writers)
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
My Digital Portfolio helps students keep work in one place
My digital portfolio will show the development of each students' work overtime. Portfolios give teachers valuable data about student improvement and success in skill improvement. As each student reflects on their work, their annotations display how they are learning.Bring your classroom into the 21st century with this simple drag-and-drop interface that is great for any age. Jumpstart your creativity! Edit my digital portfolio today!Are you looking for ways to enhance your students' learning? In
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Summer Planner Digital Interactive Notebook Templates EDITABLE
Digital Summer Planner. Here is the perfect Editable Slides Template for you to use in your summer brake! Keep yourself organized, and help your students get organized for a fun summer vacation!This notebook is designed so you can use in all summer long!Tabs are already linked, but you can edit the tabs are relink as you see fit. This File comes 37 editable pages, but you can add as many more as you may need. Monthly Planner pageWeekly Planner PageDaily Planner PagesActivity PageSummer Book List
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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