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8th grade Common Core L.5.3 resources
Narrative Writing Unit - Personal Narrative- Google Classroom Distance Learning
In this detailed, CCSS-aligned, 10-day unit, students will learn about narrative writing and actively participate in the writing process. Students will write personal narratives about an interesting experience that taught them a lesson. In their personal narratives, students will include key elements of narrative writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions. Through the study of a mentor text, pre-writing activities, draft guidelines, revision mini-lesso
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5th - 8th
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The Giver Novel Study - Comprehension Questions - Activities - Final Projects
The Giver Novel Study Package contains a complete 115 page novel study on The Giver by Lois Lowry. Everything you need to teach a complete The Giver unit is included. Detailed Giver questions, answer keys, Giver activities, vocabulary words, character analysis, and engaging Giver final projects are all included in this Giver literature guide. A variety of graphic organizers and Giver worksheets are also included. All activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts, information shee
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5th - 8th
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UNDERSTANDING & WRITING PARAGRAPHS- Step-by Step: Topic Sentences/Sequence Ideas
WHAT IS A PARAGRAPH? | INDENTING | TOPIC SENTENCES | ORGANIZING TOPICS | GROUPING LIKE IDEAS | SEQUENCING OF IDEAS | WRITING IN LOGICAL ORDER | WRITING PARAGRAPHS | STEP-BY-STEP LESSONS | FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGESThese step-by-step lessons will result in a complete understanding of the makeup of paragraphs and their importance in the writing process. In addition, students will get TONS of guided paragraph writing practice. Key conc
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3rd - 8th
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Doodle Vocabulary - Elements of Fiction - 36 Fiction Vocabulary Words & Doodles
This Doodle Vocabulary resource will introduce your students to 36 words associated with fiction. Students will not only learn the new vocabulary words, they’ll also showcase their learning with doodles!You can use this resource in a variety of ways! You might:Create a single packet filled with the doodle vocabulary pages that students can reference all year long.Select specific pages that relate to particular pieces of literature that students are studying and highlight words.Teach all the wo
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Doodle and Do ELA Skills Bundle - 6 Units - Vocabulary, Writing, Reading
Writing Lessons - 10 Mini-Lessons, Writer's Workshop, Prompts (Paper & Digital)
What’s the best way to help your students to become stronger writers? With targeted writing instruction, of course! That’s where this set of 10 writing lessons comes in! These lessons can be easily incorporated into writing workshop, writing units, writing centers, or your everyday writing instruction. Each are designed to be quick and engaging. They can be taught in succession as a single writing unit or you can pick and choose lessons to teach at different points throughout the school yea
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Lessons and Units - Building a Writing Curriculum
End of Year ELA Review: Brain Games and Puzzles
A challenging, fun ELA review! Sure to keep students' minds engaged! Great classroom management extension activities for those who finish work early. This brain games and puzzles resource for Grades 4-8 includes 10 challenging brain games or puzzles to review English/language arts content. The games or puzzles facilitate critical thinking skills as well as reinforce all of the following skills: spelling, simile, metaphor, personification, theme, idioms, irony, mood, tone, novel, symbolism, v
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4th - 8th
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Tier 2 Vocabulary Intervention with Research, Visuals & Mnemonics
It can feel overwhelming to implement evidence-based vocabulary instruction while trying to engage your older students. These Tier 2 vocabulary activities incorporate research principles gathered from over 20 academic journal articles and textbooks to help your students understand and remember the vocabulary needed to succeed in the classroom. All 21 vocabulary units include real photographs, engaging mnemonics, relatable narratives, graphic organizers and no prep activities that are sure to eng
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4th - 10th
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel Study Unit: 172-Page Teaching Guide
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe novel study unit, with comprehensive standards-aligned activities, lessons, assessments, and teacher resources for teaching The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. This product is a printable PDF and will need modification for use in Google Classroom.This comprehensive teaching guide for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe includes: Texts and Pre-Reading Activities to engage students and to support and introduce themes and context before readi
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6th - 9th
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Review Game - Parts of Speech Activity
Review prepositions with this engaging activity! Throughout this PowerPoint presentation, teams of students review prepositional phrases, including prepositions and their objects; then they compete to shoot baskets into a trash can. (Updated version now has a link to a Google Slides Presentation.)In this game, there are four rounds. In each round, students identify prepositional phrases in the context of sentences; the sentences increase in difficulty and complexity with the addition of compoun
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Prepositional Phrases Activity Bundle
High Interest Nonfiction Passages with Optical Illusions
Are you looking for more interesting nonfiction texts to keep your students engaged? These no prep, leveled nonfiction passages make comprehension and vocabulary instruction exciting through the use of optical illusions!This highly engaging resource is differentiated and has been written at two different levels to accommodate a wide-age range. With impressive visuals, separate student and teacher copies and data collection forms, this resource is truly print and go!This top-rated packet includes
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: High Interest Nonfiction Passages BUNDLE
Parts of Speech Review Game - Nouns, Verbs, & Adjectives - Trashketball Activity
Engage your students with a game of Parts of Speech (Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives) Trashketball. In this game, there are three rounds. In the first round, students identify nouns in the context of each sentence; the sentences increase in difficulty and complexity with the inclusion of multiple nouns and abstract nouns. In the second round, students identify verbs and/or verb phrases, and in the last round they identify adjectives in the sentences. (Updated version now has a link to a Google
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4th - 8th
Writing Workshop Mini Lessons: Revision, Editing, Diagnostic Middle School ELA
Writing mini-lessons are the BEST way to teach revision and editing skills! Especially when they're used in conjunction with diagnostic tools for individual needs assessment.This is a tremendously helpful resource that I've wanted (and needed) for a long time. It starts out with a brief writing diagnostic that is easily evaluated using the class recording sheet to determine students' strengths and weaknesses. This data is then used to determine which mini lessons need to be taught. This unit inc
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5th - 8th
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Roles of the President | A Day in the Life of the Executive Branch | White House
What does the President of the United States do anyway? Throughout the day, the President wears many hats and is responsible for many different roles within the Executive Branch. This engaging mini-lesson is an excellent way for students to comprehend all roles played by the President. "Roles of the President" is an engaging resource for any unit that studies the President or the Executive Branch. The 7 roles studied include: Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Party Chief, Ec
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6th - 9th
Also included in: PRESIDENTS BUNDLE: Civics, Executive & Presidential Resources
Coordinating Conjunctions Unit for Middle School Speech and Language
Target syntax and complex sentence formulation with this comprehensive coordinating conjunctions unit! Teach your students to:recognize and understand the function of conjunctions within a sentencelearn rules for grammar and punctuation (commas!)utilize a strategy for identifying conjunctionspractice comprehension and expression of individual conjunctions at a variety of differentiated levelsuse real pictures to formulate complex sentencesThese task cards can be used for both assessment AND ther
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Speech and Language Therapy: ULTIMATE GROWING BUNDLE!
Political Parties | Campaign Simulation Running for President
This presidential election simulation is an excellent way for students to comprehend all aspects of political parties and the campaigns needed to elect a presidential candidate - "Let's Get The Party Started!" The teacher will divide class into groups of 4 to 5 students per group. Each group will develop their own political party and choose a presidential candidate to represent their party. Using the included criteria, allow students a few class periods, or portions of class periods, to create
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5th - 12th
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America The Story of Us Worksheets, Questions, Viewing Guide | All 12 Episodes
America The Story of Us, by the History Channel, is one of the best video series to show for any American or US History class. Teachers love the quality content, and students enjoy the engaging visuals! Certainly considered a classic by now, this series has 12 episodes ranging from the early setters of Jamestown, all the way through September 11th and the new millennium. This bundle contains questions for all 12 episodes of the series. By purchasing the bundle you save a whopping 50%! That's o
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5th - 12th
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Middle School English ELA Fun Halloween Activity like "Mad Libs™!" Grammar Game
Middle School English ELA Fun Halloween Activity similar to "Mad Libs™!" | Parts of Speech Grammar GameBring your ELA boys and ghouls some Halloween grammar fun with this engaging Halloween Activity Game similar to Mad Libs™! (Note: This activity is a part of my HALLOWEEN FIVE ACTIVITIES BUNDLE --Click here to check out a preview). Your middle school ELA students will have so much Halloween fun, that they won't even realize they are practicing parts of speech! This activity is similar to Mad Lib
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School English ELA Fun Halloween Activities & Games | BUNDLE of 4
BRAIN TEASERS: Riddles, Logic Puzzles & Brain Breaks - Volume 2
Everyone loves logic puzzles, riddles, and critical thinking. As featured in the TpT newsletter, expand your students' brain power with this set of Brain Teasers to use as brain breaks for your classroom! These are perfect for distance learning as well!What's Included:Now in Google Drive format!30 different Brain Teasers in 2 great formats - (As worksheet handouts or Google Slideshow Visuals)3 worksheets of 10 Brain Teasers each - (to use as handouts or assign in Google Classroom)1 stunning sli
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5th - 12th
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Types of Sentences - Sentence Structure - Simple, Compound, Complex Review Game
This trashketball game reviews the four sentence structures: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. Beginning slides review clauses, coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and relative pronouns before trashketball play. During the game, teams of students compete to shoot baskets into a trash can, which makes learning grammar fun! (Updated version now has a link to a Google Slides Presentation.)Research shows that students often learn best when they can move, and this ac
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5th - 8th
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ESL Listening Progress Check & Practice Sets for TELPAS! (Yellow Set)
***Updated with a Google Slides version AND an extra bonus PowerPoint version!***Do you want to help your ESL students (“EBs” as we call them in Texas ;) with the Listening portion of an English Proficiency test? In Texas, the TELPAS test is our ESL progress measure. The Listening and Speaking test is on the computer for grades 2-12. To help our students get more comfortable and familiar with the Listening portion of this important state assessment, I created some fun practice sets and activitie
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2nd - 12th
Jamestown Activity: Webquest, History Reading, Video, Virtual Archaeological Dig
From adventure, to mystery, to the "starving time," students will enjoy learning even more about historic Jamestown through these 4 content-rich resources. Established in 1607, Jamestown was the first successful English settlement in the Americas, and is considered to be the beginnings of United States History. This mini unit will provide a variety of diverse learning resources to go along with your current unit on Jamestown history. Answer keys are included for all resources. Enjoy, and let
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Star Spangled Banner Activity: National Anthem Reading & War of 1812 summary
It's the National Anthem! Whether it's social studies, english, or music class, this mini-unit is perfect for any study on the Star Spangled Banner (or the War of 1812). This bundle includes a fun, introductory whole-group PowerPoint-style quiz, a historical reading with comprehension questions, and a creative re-writing of the National Anthem. Everything you need is included! It's even in PDF and Google drive formats! Learn more specifics in the details below:☞ This resource is also a part of
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Creative Writing Activities and Lessons: 10 Writing Lessons
Creative Writing Activities: 10 Lesson BUNDLE!This bundle is filled with 10 creative writing lessons that provide lively and interesting ways for students to write in your classroom. Each lesson encourages students to play with language and subjects to produce completely unique and original writing. Hands-down, these lessons are the BEST way to help students discover the joy in writing!Each creative writing lesson is designed to:• Encourage creativity and new thinking• Help students discover
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Lessons and Units - Building a Writing Curriculum
Apostrophes, Possessives and Contractions - Trashketball Game - Grammar Activity
Review apostrophes for contractions and possessive nouns in this engaging review game! Students compete to shoot baskets into your classroom trash can. In the first round of this grammar game, students write the contractions. In round two, they identify the correct form of the possessive or contraction. In rounds three and four, students add apostrophes where they are needed in the sentences. If you choose, you may edit the game questions to meet the needs of your class. All that you need to p
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Grammar Bundle - Grammar Practice Activities - 36 Trashketball Games
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