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8th grade Common Core W.6.4 task cards
Narrative Writing - Personal Narrative Unit Grades 5 - 8
Narrative Writing – This “print and teach” standards-aligned Personal Narrative Unit contains engaging mini-lessons and activities that will lead your students through the process of writing a strong narrative piece. A mentor text is included along with revising techniques that help students improve their writing! More from teachers who have used this resource:- "This was SUPER easy to use and it got even my most discouraged writers writing! Thank you!"- "The content has awesome, just-right l
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5th - 8th
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Thesis Statement Practice Task Cards
Do your students struggle with identifying and writing thesis statements? These 32 ink-saving, black and white task cards give students a fun way to practice this difficult skill. Students will craft a thesis statement on a given topic, select the best thesis from two multiple choice options, differentiate between attention grabbers and thesis statements, and identify effective and ineffective thesis statements. Rigor is enhanced by students being asked to explain each answer. Student answer she
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6th - 9th
Halloween Writing Prompts: Creative Narrative Writing Spooky Story Starters
Set a spooky mood in your middle or high school ELA classroom this October with these chilling Halloween story starter writing prompts. Get your students writing for enjoyment while also revising and editing their work to meet the rigor of the Common Core Narrative Writing Standards.This resource features 24 engaging story starters, also known as narrative leads, that you can use in a variety of ways. Don't feel like grading writing? Have students use these as impromptu speech topics. Students c
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6th - 9th
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All Summer in A Day Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
The "All Summer In A Day" short story unit BUNDLE is filled with reading comprehension activities to teach main idea, summary, theme, characterization, and more. This 8 day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian tale. Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requires students to write a
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6th - 9th
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Winter Writing, Poetry, & Grammar Bundle
Winter Writing and Grammar Package - Includes four of my winter-themed writing and grammar activities. Please note that there is NO reference to Christmas in ANY of the included activities.Package Includes:Interview With a Snowman- A fun and engaging creative writing exercise where students "interview" a winter character of their choice and report on their character's secret life. All templates, organizers, and rubrics are included.Winter Parts of Speech Review- Students practice identifying th
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6th - 8th
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Harrison Bergeron Short Story Unit - Argumentative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
This 8 day short story unit for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep argumentative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions. This bundle includes a scaffolded reading unit and 36 CCSS-Aligned task cards to accompany thi
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6th - 9th
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The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton - Short Story Unit - Task Cards
This 8 day short story unit for "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep narrative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as an adapted play, differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions.Students will LOVE that they are in control of deciding the resolution to thi
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5th - 8th
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Citing Text Evidence ACE Strategy Task Cards
Citing Text Evidence ACE Strategy Task Cards
Students will learn to utilize the "ACE" strategy when answering written response questions about a text:
A: Answer the question
C: Cite evidence
E: Explain
This activity gives students the opportunity to example written responses, where the author uses the "ACE" strategy to answer a question about a text. Students will answer questions to demonstrate their understanding of the components of a written response. This is GREAT practice to prep
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5th - 8th
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Ray Bradbury Short Story - All Summer In A Day - The Veldt - A Sound of Thunder
The Ray Bradbury Short Story Bundle contains multiple short story units for "All Summer in a Day", "A Sound of Thunder", and "The Veldt": two close reading units that include differentiated materials, narrative writing task, and argumentative writing task as well as 36 creative and higher order thinking task cards for each story.Are you looking for a short story that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity? How about a short story set in another world that discusses rele
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6th - 9th
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The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit - Task Cards - Argumentative Writing
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity? How about a short story set in a futuristic dystopian society where technology can replace even the most basic of human activities and has one of the most jaw-dropping endings in literature? Look no further than “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, a middle school reading comprehension activity. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activitie
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6th - 9th
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit - Task Cards
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and engage them in critical thinking skills? How about a short story that is filled with suspense and will keep them on the edge of their seats? Look no further than “Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activities to accompany this thought-provoking short story. Students will LOVE that they are engaged in an on-goin
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6th - 9th
African American Biography Task Cards - Black History Month Activities, Poster
80 notable African Americans who were pioneers in their fields are profiled in these Black History mini biographies. This African American history task card resource helps your students develop their writing, speaking and listening skills. Included are 16 ways to use these Black American biographies. You can use this resource during Black History Month or anytime you're teaching Black History or American History classes. Please open the Preview to see a list of all the famous Black Americans
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5th - 8th
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Writing - Photo Prompt Task Cards
Photo writing prompts provide a unique and different way to spark your students' imaginations and creativity! These 48 photo prompts provide opportunities for students to write from different perspectives and different points of view, they provide setting inspiration, help them generate characters and more!
Use at writing centers, stations, as task cards, for paragraph practice, narrative writing ideas, creative writing and short story inspiration.
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24 cards as writing prompts
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6th - 9th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Process & Task Cards
Your students will be Argumentative Essay Writing EXPERTS with this step-by-step resource that walks students through the entire writing process .This Common Core-aligned resource includes everything you need to ensure your students know how to create a well-developed, 5 paragraph, argumentative essay.What’s included in the zip file:✅Proficient student sample essay in order to show students what the final product should look like.✅Breakdown of each paragraph (intro, 3 body paragraphs- discussing
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6th - 8th
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ELA Test Prep, Breaking Apart the Writing Prompt Lesson, Writing Prompts
Are you looking for English Language Arts state test prep? This series of writing prompts will help students better understand what exactly the state test is asking them to do in response to the questions on the writing test! There is a 17-slide lesson where you will teach students to read a writing prompt, identify the action words, identify the details about the action words, and summarize the prompt in one sentence. I included practice pages where students highlight the action words, underlin
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6th - 8th
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Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories - Short Stories Units - Reading Task Cards
Are you looking for short story units that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity? Look no further than the "Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Bundle". This short story bundle includes 8 resources that can be used to teach 4 of Poe's classic short stories: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and "The Black Cat". This download include directions and a link to Dropbox that will allow you to download all 8 resources to your persona
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6th - 9th
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Novel Task Cards - Novel Activities - Novel Projects for Middle School ELA
Are your students tired of those boring worksheet questions and activities that are usually completed when reading a novel? This novel task card resource can be used with any unit and is easy to implement for in-person and distance learning instruction. These PRINT and DIGITAL task Cards are just the solution to break up the monotony of normal class assignments and captivate students’ attention. This CCSS-aligned product contains thirty-six rigorous and engaging tasks that require students to n
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6th - 8th
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Fiction & Non-Fiction ELA Lessons - Middle School ELA Short Stories Activities
Are you looking for a wide variety of American and World Literature Short Story resources that contain engaging, rigorous, and differentiated materials? The Growing Short Story Bundle contains 29 individual resources from my store and future short story resources will be added to this bundle! When you purchase this growing bundle, you get over 1,000 pages of instructional material and all future short story units that are added to this bundle at no additional cost to you!Due to the large nature
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6th - 9th
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The Cask of Amontillado Short Story Unit - Reading Comprehension Task Cards
"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe short story unit is filled with short story reading comprehension activities to teach the main idea, summary, theme, the three types of irony, and more. This 8-day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school and high school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Poe's classic macabre tale. You will be provided with all the resources you need to assess student understanding and help them develop their creativity an
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6th - 9th
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Harrison Bergeron - Short Story Unit - Task Cards - Narrative Writing Task
This 8 day short story unit for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep narrative writing task that will engage your middle school and high school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as differentiated activities, 36 PRINT AND DIGITAL task cards, and chunked text and guided reading questions. After students complete the close reading unit w
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6th - 9th
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Charles by Shirley Jackson - Digital Short Story Task Cards - Middle School ELA
Are your middle school or high school students tired of those boring short story worksheets and reading comprehension activities that are usually completed when reading "Charles" by Shirley Jackson? I have the perfect solution to fix this problem...TASK CARDS! These DIGITAL task cards are designed to break up the monotony of normal short story unit assignments and captivate students’ attention. This short story reading comprehension activity contains 36 rigorous and engaging CCSS aligned tasks t
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6th - 9th
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*Bundle* Halloween Critical Thinking!
Tired of dead eyes from your students around the holidays?Keep your students actively engaged, writing, and PRODUCTIVELY TALKING with real-life legal cases!This thinkLaw Task Card Activity uses FIVE real-life legal cases:-A woman sues Johnson and Johnson after her husband's home-made sheep costume catches fire.-A man sues Warner Brothers for stealing his ideas for a haunted movie. The studio says the movie is based on a true story so they don't need his permission. He says there's no such thing
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6th - 8th
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Shakespeare Background Research: RAFT Cards & Top 10; Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts, posters and task cards. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the same.Shakespeare research can be fun! In this activity, students enjoy researching the time period and background of Shakespeare as they assume various roles and tasks outlined by the RAFT cards. RAFT (Role, Aud
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6th - 10th
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NonFiction Texts & Reading Comprehension Bundle - Argumentative Writing Tasks
Are you looking for a variety of middle school ELA nonfiction resources that contain engaging, rigorous, and differentiated materials? This non-fiction reading comprehension bundle contains 29 individual units and lessons, including close reading units, argumentative writing units, seasonal ELA bell ringers, and task cards.Each nonfiction lesson will engage students in critical thinking skills and collaboration around real world topics that are relevant to students' lives. Teachers will LOVE tha
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6th - 9th
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