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Common Core W.9-10.3 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
Grades:
8th - 12th
Jamaica Kincaid's ANNIE JOHN (+ the story "Girl") | 3 Weeks of EDITABLE Lessons!
NEW IN 2020: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-based! This 80-page EDITABLE unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. Invite your students to engage in student-driven discussions that promise to be profoundly stimulating! The discussion prompts, daily quizzes, short writing prompts, and final paper will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights! Hold your students
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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High School 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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9th - 12th, Staff
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Born A Crime: Close Reading and Writing Activities
Digital Learning Friendly ActivitiesEasily uploaded to online learning platforms. Word doc. for easy editing.Close reading and writing activities for Trevor Noah's Born a Crime. These activities provide the opportunity to take advantage of the popularity and appeal of Noah's story especially with the self-proclaimed "non-readers." The activities provide opportunities for students to read closely and analyze the moves of a writer to write their own narratives. Reproducibles Include:Chapter by Cha
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9th - 12th
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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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Narrative Writing Prompt Pack, Personal Narrative: Fear
This no prep narrative writing prompt pack would work well for an ELA classroom or even a drama classroom looking to write a personal narrative from a text-based stimuli. This personal narrative writing lesson would be perfect for Halloween!Included in this teaching pack:-- fully developed prompt on fear-- one complete essay with citations-- annotations for teaching -- a score with annotations-- one narrative text stimulus--common core standards for secondary ELA-- graphic organizer-- 100% edita
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Narrative Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer/Template
Do your writers need support developing a multi-paragraph essay? This highly scaffolded narrative writing template breaks down essay writing for your students into manageable pieces -giving first a prompt: "Write about an event or experience that changed your life", then directions for an introduction, setting the scene of your story, describing the event in detail, and concluding their writing. This one page, 2-sided writing template also has some self-reflection questions at the end. It is a
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2nd - 12th
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9th Grade English Full Year Curriculum Map
This yearlong Common-Core aligned curriculum map for 9th grade English was curated using the Understanding by Design curriculum planning model. It provides a road map for 6 comprehensive units that all contribute to the overarching theme of identity - a valuable exploration for students at the beginning of their high school experience. Please note that individual lesson material and unit content are not included in the map, but can be purchased at the links below. ➢ Unit 1: How Identity is Const
Grades:
8th - 10th
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How Do I Write a Vignette?
This is a great handout to help students write their own vignettes! I used this to scaffold student learning for a House on Mango Street final project! This resource explains vignettes, gives suggestions, and helps get students started! Great for middle or high schoolers!
Connects with the following resources:
1. House on Mango Street Final Vignette-Writing Project
2. House on Mango Street Themes Study Guide
3. Themes Brainstorming Worksheet
4. Revision Checklist
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
9th Grade English Final Exam 1st Semester
Exam focuses on elements of narrative and writing.
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9th
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Never Shall I Forget--Writing Activity for Night by Elie Wiesel
This writing assignment asks students to do two separate things: 1. analyze an author's style, and 2. mimic an author's style. The main focus is on the idea of repetition, which is clearly found in chapter 3 of the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Odyssey: Cyclops Letter Writing Assignment
For this composition grade, students take on the point of view of the character of Polyphemus in the story "The Cyclops." He calls on his father, Poseidon, to punish Odysseus for blinding him, but he himself also committed many atrocities. Students will justify his actions to his father in a creative letter. They write in first person and also use references from the story to back up their point of view (i.e. give an explanation for why the Cyclopses generally do not work together). I've inc
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9th - 12th
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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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Looking for Alaska by John Green Unit
Looking for Alaska is a phenomenal YA text for reluctant readers. The story can help bridge that gap between reading for school and reading for pleasure. This unit explores the thematic development of life and death, the meaning of life, and friendship, in addition to exploring the social-emotional needs of adolescents. This Unit Includes:An anticipation guide that is aimed at students asking themselves the deeper questions about who they are and what family and friends mean to them.The book is
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9th - 12th
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House on Mango Street Final Project (Writing Vignettes)
This is an excellent end-of-unit project for House on Mango Street. After reading vignettes, students will be challenged to write their own, based on the ideas and themes in the book!This resource explains the assignment, how-to, and gives specific guidelines and important points of vignette writing!It also includes two teacher examples!Connects to the following resources:1. What is a Vignette Presentation?2. How Do I Write a Vignette?3. House on Mango Street Themes Study Guide4. House on Mango
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Revision Checklist for Vignette Writing Project
This is a thorough revision checklist for an end of House on Mango Street vignette writing project. (See resource: House on Mango Street Final Vignette-Writing Project)
This resource challenges students to revise in areas of
- clear and coherent writing
- figurative language
- detail and description
- boring words
- conventions
Includes examples and areas for students to actively check off! Great for independent work or as a group! Really helps students to build editing skills!
Accompanying
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Song of Roland: Presentation of Select Portions of the Epic
This unit covers basic information about the early Middle Ages. Activities include research assignments and creative writing. Students present groups of Laisses as sportscasters calling a football game, a 60 Minutes newscast, a comic book, and a funeral eulogy. A student emcee provides pertinent details that tie the story together. This is a fun way to get students to think critically, be creative, and present their productions. My class of high-risk English II students loved this challenge. COM
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Diary of Anne Frank - Personal Narrative Diary Writing
Everyone has a story but each of our stories is different. Your story is important too.
14 diary writing topics to choose from that mirror those that Anne wrote about.
Connect to The Diary of Anne Frank through an on-going anchor activity that students can work on in a writing center, when they have finished other assignments, or for homework. Students will be asked to observe the people around them and their environment as Anne did. They should take the time to think about the topics and pl
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5th - 12th
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Tone and Mood using movie trailers! Plus an iMovie component
Each year, the use of videos in daily lessons is becoming more and more acceptable -- no essential. This mini-unit takes that into account by comparing two trailers. Students will first watch the official trailer to the 1961 animated Alice in Wonderland and discuss the tone and mood. Next, they will watch the more recent Tim Burton version. After this, students will compare the two. The unit plan then proceeds to Roald Dahl with use of the oompa loompa songs and a chapter from James and t
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7th - 10th
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Narrative Assignment--The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Photos
This is a great entrance or assessment activity to see how well students are utilizing standards in their narrative writing. I have a Google Doc assignment version and a handwritten assignment version attached. I also attached the rubric I would utilize to grade and give feedback to student work. This was a great activity to help students visualize narrative element standards in their writing along with the freedom to use their own creativity!
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9th - 12th
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Narrative Checklist - Peer Revision or Revise your own story!
Students are challenged to include all the essential elements to make their narratives spectacular! This narrative checklist can be used by students to check their own narrative or that of one of their classmates. On this two-page worksheet, students are asked to identify the point of view of the narrator, attention-grabber, dialogue, sentence variety, transitions, figures of speech, and the elements of plot (character, setting/mood, conflict, climax, resolution, and theme). At the end, stude
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6th - 10th
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Essay Planning Guide (Sports Caster Version)
This is an outline students can utilize step by step to organize the structure and/or order of their essay. It is also 'sports' themed--so for those students who are interested or 'click' with sports--this is an outline they can utilize!
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
High School Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales group writing assignment. Students enjoy being able to mimic Chaucer’s writing style while memorializing their classmates.
Includes Example: English Teacher Tales
After reading the prologue to Canterbury Tales, the students, in small groups, write their own prologue using the staff and students of the school. It is great fun!
Common Core Reading Literature compatible
All fully editable documents and question answer keys are included.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Product Bundle
Habits and Traits for a Successful Career Summative (with 2 formatives)
Do you want to help students envision success through healthy habits and a career option?This unit plan includes two formatives to help students understand their personalities through interest inventories and personality tests as well as career research. The two formatives help set the students up to write an original article about their future self and what successful traits led to a successful career. SummaryStudents will develop their position on what traits helped them be successful after sy
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9th - 12th
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