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Common Core W.8.2 resources for Microsoft Word
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - Assessment Questions
126 reading comprehension questions. The format is multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short essay questions organized by chapter. They can be used as a study guide, homework questions, quizzes, or tests. The chapter title and page numbers are listed before each section to make targeting sections that need review very easy. The document is fully editable, and an answer key is also included. Download the preview file for the first few chapters.You might also be interested in my Uglies Close R
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6th - 8th
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Avi's "Nothing But The Truth" - 34 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 34 rigorous unit learning tasks for Avi’s, "Nothing But The Truth." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents, charts a
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6th - 8th
Characterization & Character Development using Alice in Wonderland
Cartoons are the way to a child's heart whether that child be toddler, teen or old man! Drop your student into Wonderland beside Alice and meet with iconic Mad Hatter, The March Hare, the Doormouse as well as the red and white Queens. This week long unit combines literature with cartoon to delve deep into the realm of characterization. Students will come out with a strong sense of how an author shapes characters!Lewis Carroll's fantastical world of Wonderland holds some of the greatest character
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8th - 10th
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Grades 6-8 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers. After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special educati
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6th - 8th
How to Use Paragraph Transitions - Mini-Lesson & Handout
A mini-lesson and handout for students explaining how to use transitional phrases or words to connect ideas and paragraphs within an essay or other form of writing. Common Core aligned (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W)
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5th - 10th
Into the Woods (Musical) Critique Activity
This assignment was created to be used with the movie "Into the Woods" as a way to practice reviewing films; however, you can edit the document to be used with any musical film. The students take notes on their favorite character, actor or actress, musical number etc. and write a five paragraph movie review after the film! Please note: The store watermark IS NOT on the purchased product!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Expository/Informational Essay Scaffolding Template
I was inspired by a Kate Kinsella workshop that I attended and created this scaffolded essay template. I have used this template to assist students as they write expository essays. This template is entirely full of sentence frames, and both gifted, ELL, and SPED students enjoyed this activity. What's great about this template is the fact that you can edit it as needed. I highly recommend providing students with a writing checklist as they complete this assignment so that they can incorporate wri
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5th - 8th
Expository/Information Essay Scaffold w/ Citation Help
I was inspired by a Kate Kinsella workshop that I attended and created this scaffolded essay template. I wanted my sixth-grade and seventh-grade students to write a five-paragraph expository essay that included spaces for citing their research. This template is entirely full of sentence frames, and both gifted, ELL, and SPED students enjoyed this activity.What's great about this template is the fact that you can edit it as needed. I highly recommend providing students with a writing checklist as
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5th - 8th
Middle School Writing BUNDLE
***UPDATED TO INCLUDE GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS!!!*****CCSS ALIGNED**This is a great value bundle of these ten standalone products targeting Middle School Writing Skills.Each lesson focuses on a particular genre and highlights a particular textual feature.Every lesson contains:★ Model Text★ Structural Analysis ★ Transition Words or other useful textual feature focus★ Planning Handouts/ Graphic Organizers★ Writing Prompts★ Grading Rubrics★ Teacher's NotesGenres included:✓ Describing a Process (Procedura
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6th - 8th
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” – 15 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 15 rigorous unit learning tasks for Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart.” The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded extern
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6th - 10th
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Ellis Island Interactive Webquest Research Writing Project
This webquest takes students on an interactive tour of Ellis Island. The first 3 pages of the webquest includes guiding focus questions for students to answer as they tour all the rooms of the main building of Ellis Island. Students will view photographs, listen to oral histories, and analyze data. A reflective essay is also included at the conclusion of the essay which allows students to use integrate and cite evidence from the webquest.
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4th - 12th
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Mother and Daughter by Gary Soto
This unit is a complete analysis of Gary Soto's short story "Mother and Daughter". It contains the text of the story, vocabulary, characterization analysis, figurative language, point of view analysis, and theme analysis. It is Common Core aligned and contains a final assessment. Teacher answer keys are included.
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6th - 8th
Writing Journalism Self Editing Self Check Handout {Editable}
Journalism Writing Self-Editing/Self-Check Handout for Students - offered in Microsoft Word so you can customize it!
Do you have time to edit students' rough drafts? Isn't reading & grading final drafts time consuming enough? Do math teachers pre-grade homework & tests, turn them back to the student so the student can make corrections, then read & grade them all over again? Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it!?
That's why I'm a firm believer in self-checking and self-editing, as well
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
PARCC Literary Analysis Task Assessment
This PARCC-like Assessment contains two literary passages (1 poem) with Part A/Part B formatted questions. The questions are multiple choice. Also included are TWO, yes that's right, TWO writing prompts that follow the reading comprehension questions. This is an excellent resource for instructional and assessment purposes.
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3rd - 8th
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Musical Artist Research Project
This project requires students to analyze 1 musical artist through a multi-media project. The project is comprised of the following components: 1 page analytical writing task; visual aid; class presentation (scoring rubric for class presentation is available in my store: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Laura-Lopez-Creative-Corner).
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7th - 12th
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Writing Lesson Plan: A How-to Paper Rubric included
This is a plan about learning how to write for a specific purpose. Instead of reading first and writing afterwards, the students are using their own prior knowledge as the resource. This creative expression allows students to share what they have learned from adults in their own home, from cooking, to repairing, to folding complicated laundry items. It is extremely person and telling. It's a wonderful way for them to share their cultures on any given day. The Steck-Vaughn resource book, WRITE TO
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3rd - 8th
Writing Lesson on Descriptive Writing rubric and graphic included
This writing lesson contains all necessary resources. The students' prior knowledge, the rubric, directions and plan will allow the teacher to conduct the lesson without having to read a text beforehand. Although the graphic illustrator would be ideal as a hand out, loose leaf could suffice. With the resources provided, the scaffold can be used for a multitude of grade levels. It is an ideal lesson for a substitute teacher to use or for a class that had to stay inside due to unpleasant weather.
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3rd - 8th
Lois Lowry's "The Giver" Common Core Learning Tasks - 32 Rigorous Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 32 rigorous unit learning tasks for Lois Lowry’s "The Giver." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents and information
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6th - 8th
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Grammar Tip of the Day (#1-15)
Grammar Tip of the Day is here to save the day and start class off on a strong foot! Each box contains the necessary information to provide your students with a quick grammar lesson at the start of the day. This information has been formatted to emphasize the key points of each grammar lesson while being easy to copy and paste into a myriad of other presentation forms. References from well regarded sources across the web are also included for each source.My favorite way to implement these gramma
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8th - 12th
My AutoBiography Final Project Differentiated
This writing project is for the end of the semester for 7th-8th Grade students, could be used as a follow up or companion while reading autobiography pieces. This was a long project, you can take it all or do part of it, you can adjust it and use pages that fit your students. I also included a differentiated version of the original project. I did this while my 8th grade and 7th grade students were reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
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7th - 8th
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My AutoBiography Project
This writing project is for the end of the semester for 7th-8th Grade students, could be used as a follow up or companion while reading autobiography pieces. This was a long project, you can take it all or do part of it, you can adjust it and use pages that fit your students. I did this while my 8th grade and 7th grade students were reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
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7th - 8th
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Jerry Spinelli's "Maniac Magee" Common Core Learning Tasks - 28 Rigorous Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 28 rigorous unit learning tasks for Jerry Spinelli’s, "Maniac Magee." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The unit activities also include video excerpts that are thematical
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5th - 8th
How to Write an Extended Response & Paragraph: ELA Test Prep, Writing Skills
Students will be able to identify the different parts of an extended ASC response and will compare it to an ASC paragraph. Students will then identify the difference themselves. The comparison will be geared towards ensuring students know the difference and how much more information goes in to writing an extended response compared to an ASC paragraph. Students will eventually apply what they've learned about the structure of an extended ASC response and will create their own based on a question
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6th - 12th
Holocaust Informational Article--Assesment
Students will demonstrate their understanding and knowledge of the Holocaust–produced in article form. They are given requirements on sections from the Holocaust (articles retrieved from CommonLit.org). A proficiency scale isattached for standards-based. Students are asked to create an informational article about the Holocaust after learning and reading multiple articles and resources about it. This is to show their demonstration of their knowledge of the historical event.
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8th - 12th
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