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Common Core W.8.3c resources for Microsoft Word
Creative Writing Bundle Creative Writing Activities Digital & Print Writing
This bundle contains FIFTEEN creative writing products plus extra activities. You can add these creative writing activities to your current plans or use them independently. These creative writing activities include instructions as well as sample answers. Over FOURTEEN downloads are in this creative writing bundle:1. A narrative writing presentation. Students will learn about the different techniques of narrative writing such as pacing, dialogue, description vivid language, and other tools.2. A
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8th - 12th
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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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
Gravity Unit - Build an egg parachute - Grade 8 Physical Science
This project is designed to illustrate the concept of gravity for physical science students. In small cooperative groups students will design and build a parachute that can safely delivery an egg dropped to the ground from a standard height. The parachutes are made out of simple materials that can be purchased at a grocery store and I generally drop the parachutes from the top of a ladder. This is a SUPER fun project that the kids love! This is the kind of project that appeals to every stude
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8th
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Trampoline Park Field Trip Lesson Plan 6th-8th [reading, writing, math &science]
Field trip time! This is a narrative writing lesson plan for a trip to a trampoline park. It includes standards, learning targets, essential questions, plans, and narrative writing paper. UPDATED! Now includes more standards, learning targets, essential questions, plans, planning sheet, and narrative writing paper.
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6th - 8th
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MS-PS3-5
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
"The Outsiders" Viewpoint Narrative
The Outsider's point of view narrative offers students to create a narrative that focuses on one particular character and his/her perspective of the events of the novel.Students will pick 1 character–that is not Ponyboy Curtis (since he is the narrator, and we already know everything from his point of view)–from the novel The Outsiders,to write a viewpoint narrative.
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7th - 9th
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200+ Chapter questions for To Kill a Mockingbird
200+ Chapter questions for every last chapter of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Most questions grouped into two chapter bundles. Assign two chapters for reading, assign the questions either for homework, classwork (great sub plan!) or for an academic discourse activity (fewer papers to grade!) With this purchase you get every single well thought-out question.
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7th - 12th
8th Grade Memory Book
This is a great project based writing assignment that your students work on during the entire school year. Students publish chapters of their memory book every 3 - 4 weeks using the writing process. At the end of the year they produce a 10 chapter Memory Book which shows the chapters of their lives from infancy, to the end of their middle school years. We culuminate this project with A Walk Down Memory Lane where students invite friends and relatives to a celebration in which they share the uniq
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6th - 8th
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Transitions For Use With Argumentative Writing
This is a list of transitions that can be used with argumentative writing, specifically for use with counterclaim and rebuttal components.
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6th - 12th
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Winter Narrative Writing with the movie A Christmas Story
This is a perfect way to review the elements of a story and teach students narrative writing all while watching one of the most famous holiday movies of all time: A Christmas Story.
Students write down actual examples (including specific lines from the narrator in the movie) that include funny characterization, vivid descriptions of setting and plot, a strong resolution, etc. It also asks them to analyze the theme, and answer other important questions about the movie in order to help them with
DIARY ENTRY FORMAT HANDOUT
A compact review of diary entry organized for quick referencing. This Includes:1. Vocabulary Overview2. Diary Checklist and Word-Bank3. Sample Diary Entry4. Diary Writing Features5. Diary Writing Format6. Assessment RubricsTeachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about the diary writing procedures, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills.◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
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6th - 8th
Also included in: WRITING SCAFFOLDING NOTES - BUNDLE
WRITING BUNDLE LESSON PLANS AND RESOURCES
A bundle of 20 writing resources for ESL students.This download includes:Imaginative WritingNarrative WritingBiography WritingArticle WritingReport WritingArgumentative WritingDescriptive WritingDiary WritingPersuasive WritingSummary WritingReview WritingParagraph WritingDialogue WritingCreating WritingAutobiography WritingFactual DescriptionPlay-Script WritingPoem WritingUsing Textual Prompts to WriteNon-chronological ReportHere are some possible uses for these in your classroom:To challenge ea
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6th - 10th
Grade 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 education
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8th
Narrative Paper Packet: Write a Suspenseful Story with Dialogue
As a culminating writing task after teaching a unit high in suspenseful fiction, have your students write a suspenseful story where the characters experience an unknown fear. Your unit may have included texts such as "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Lottery", Ten Days in a Mad House, Monster, or "The Monkey's Paw". This packet revisits some of the connecting themes between the unit's stories and then outlines a rough draft of the story by reminding students what elements go in which section of the st
Grades:
6th - 12th
CCSS 8th Grade ELA Curriculum Pacing Guide Year Long
8th grade, year long in 4 quarters, CCSS used in Ohio, all of ELA
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8th, Staff
WRITING A BIOGRAPHY: LESSON AND RESOURCES - 6 SESSIONS
A unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of writing a biography based on New Bloom's Taxonomy.After completing this unit students will be able to:SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: STRUCTURE & FEATURES - Identify the sentences that show the structure and features of a sample biography.SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: LANGUAGE & TECHNIQUES - Determine the author's use of narrative language and techniques in a sample biography.SESSION 3 - APPLYING: PLAN - Use either the graphi
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: WRITING BUNDLE LESSON PLANS AND RESOURCES
DIARY WRITING LESSON AND RESOURCES
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on diary writing.After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:Develop an understanding of diary entry.Acquire imaginative skills and techniques required for diary entry.Use sequences of sentences and paragraphs that are linked smoothly to demonstrate knowledge of diary entry.This Resource Includes:Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and OutcomesVocabulary Overview - Diary, Chronicler, JournalFlipped Lesson Part -
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: WRITING BUNDLE LESSON PLANS AND RESOURCES
Transition Words in The Pit and the Pendulum
Ten questions using text from The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe for students to practice identifying correct transition words. This activity will help students prepare for the SAT, ACT, CLT, and state standardized tests.
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8th - 12th
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Langston Hughes' Theme for English B - Analysis and Independent Writing!
This is a tool to analyze and understand Langston Hughes' classic poem Theme for English B while helping your students to make personal connections to poetry. This lesson is self contained and ready to go with no additional planning or materials needed, although it can easily be extended as a part of other work. I often use this poem at the start of the year and and the completed worksheet is their first assignment, then followed by instructions as to how to make their own poems based on Lang
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6th - 12th
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WRITING A BIOGRAPHY: SCAFFOLDING NOTES - 13 HANDOUTS
A unit set of scaffolding notes with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of writing a biography based on New Bloom's Taxonomy.After completing this unit students will be able to:SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: STRUCTURE & FEATURES - Identify the sentences that show the structure and features of a sample biography.SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: LANGUAGE & TECHNIQUES - Determine the author's use of narrative language and techniques in a sample biography.SESSION 3 - APPLYING: PLAN - Use eith
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6th - 8th
Also included in: WRITING SCAFFOLDING NOTES - BUNDLE
P.I.E.S. Paragraph Packet
I use the P.I.E.S. paragraph to help my students build their writing. Many of my students struggle with writing a solid paragraph. Through P.I.E.S., the students can create an effective paragraph. Each resource builds off the last. Depending on the writing task, the students begin with a brainstorm of some sort. This allows them to get their ideas on paper using a graphic organizer. Next, the students will begin utilizing an outline with sentence starters (perfect for ELL students). After, the s
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5th - 12th
Rewrite the Ending
This is a neat little graphic organizer that will help students rewrite endings to stories. So many assessments ask students to write "a different ending." This product will allow students to track the plot, so they can write a succinct ending. I have also included an example that can be shown to students using the classic, "Little Red Riding Hood."★Want free stuff? Say “Teach this teacher!” Click Here.★Don’t be a stranger!TeachThisTeacher BlogYoutubeFacebookPinterestTwitter
Grades:
4th - 8th
SUSPENSE STORY WRITING - 10 WORKSHEETS AND TASK CARDS
A set of 10 ready to use worksheets and task cards on suspense story writing.After working with these worksheets students will be able to:Acquire knowledge of the techniques that create sustaining suspense.Analyse plot diagram for a suspense story.Demonstrate command of the conventions of suspense in writing. This download includes worksheets on: Matching the lesson vocabulary with their meanings.Writing what most likely would happen next to given scenes. Using the graphic organizer to plan and
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: STORY WRITING TASK CARDS BUNDLE
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