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8th grade creative writing Common Core RL.9-10.3 resources
Six Word Memoir Unit l memoir project
Six word memoirs are a unique and impactful genre for students to explore. You can say a lot in one line, if you give that one line a lot of thought. This six word memoir pack gives you a chance to introduce and experiment with the genre as well as extend it into your novel study and research units. After all, if a person can write a six word memoir about their own life, they can also write one about the life of a character in a novel or a person they’ve researched. Inside this packet, you’ll fi
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7th - 10th
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Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry
Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1
This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded them for other teachers to use.This is the complete complete collection: the seven units comprised the entirety of my fifteen hour writing camp. This is a $25.50 dollar value.
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6th - 12th
Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Hero’s Journey Unit - Hero’s Journey Worksheets and Creative Writing Project
Your students will love this Hero’s Journey Unit! Includes Hero's Journey worksheets to explore Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and apply it to fan-favorite films PLUS assignment instructions, graphic organizers, and an editable rubric to develop students’ own Hero’s Journey outline Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! ⚡︎ Save 25% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎ Included with this Hero’s Journey Bundle:✏️ Hero’s Journey Informational Handout - Digital & Pri
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6th - 9th
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Epic Mega Pack - Heroic Journey, Epic Hero, & Elements of an Epic
This mega pack has everything you need to teach the Epic Hero, Elements of an Epic, and the Heroic Journey (Monomyth).Teacher Pack Includes:✎ PresentationContains 36 slides on the Heroic Journey, Epic Hero, and Elements of an Epic. Fresh with original and colorful visual examples. ✎ Guided NotesThree guided note worksheets for your students to fill in, including definitions and examples. Guided note worksheet on the Heroic JourneyGuided note worksheet on the Epic HeroGuided note worksheet on the
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8th - 12th
Student ♥ Engagement Bundle of Language Arts Lessons for Middle and High School
Rigorous, standards-based lessons your students will love! ❤ ❤️ Preview this Student Engagement Bundle for junior high and secondary English Language Arts.
So, one day I was thinking about my shop from my customers' perspective. It occurred to me that a buyer might want to know which products were some of STUDENTS' favorites. Frankly, one of my biggest goals in lesson planning is to incorporate student interest and enjoyment, so my lessons as a whole always have that in mind. But - if my s
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7th - 10th
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The Taming of the Shrew Choice Menu With 17 Engaging Activities!
This is another no-prep, ready to print learning mat for Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'!This works brilliantly as homework tasks given out at the beginning of a unit. I ask my students to complete one activity per week and require them to have gained 25 points by the end of the unit. There is also a variant of the sheet included that doesn't have points attached.This means that they have the freedom to self-manage; if they have a football match and a school concert this week then they o
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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HUGE Patron Saints of Nothing BUNDLE!
Hello! This massive bundle contains everything you need to successfully teach highly engaging lessons with the novel Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay!Within the first part of the bundle, you will find the following items:1) Anticipation Guide Pear Deck2) Pear Deck for pages 67-1003) Pear Deck for pages 118-1344) Pear Deck for pages 164-1805) Pear Deck for pages 202-2436) Vocabulary set of 10 words7) Analysis Writing Prompts (pages 0-98)8) Summative Analysis Writing Prompts (whole novel)An
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8th - 12th
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Best Short Stories for High School: 189 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lessons
Included are full sets of lesson plans for 16 fantastic stories for high school. Each story includes six different lesson plans.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off.Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Murder by John SteinbeckGuests of the Nation by Frank O’ConnorThe Little Room by Madeline Yale WynneAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceA Good Man is H
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8th - 12th
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Daily Writing Prompts
Are you teaching Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and looking for high-quality, engaging discussion or writing prompts to supplement your unit? Download my set of 30 Visual Writing Prompts for Long Way Down! This digital and printable set of 30 writing prompts allows for maximum teaching flexibility. Google Slides are included to project in your classroom or share with students digitally. You can also print out the PDF writing pages to give students a space to keep them together for daily use. Th
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Novel Study Unit Activities Bundle
Greek Myths Digital Unit | Google Drive | Write Your Own Myth, InstaGods, & More
This engaging Greek Myths Unit includes readings, videos, projects, and creative writing activities while also helping your students grow in their digital literacy skills! All activities are Google Drive compatible and can be uploaded directly to Google Drive. This bundle of resources includes 7 ACTIVITIES that will work as stand alone unit or great additions to any Greek Mythology content. My students loved these activities, and they created very interesting dialogue in the classroom! The discu
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7th - 12th
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Writer's Resources BUNDLE WITH EXTRAS: posters + handouts for a writer's corner
These handouts and posters combine to form my Writer’s Resources board. This 4’ x 4’ bulletin board is in the corner of my room, and kids are welcome to use any of the writing aids at any time – for any assignment. The materials range from a visual on how to format the heading on an MLA paper to a graphic organizer for argument writing.
NOT INCLUDED in the bundle are the posters labelled “25 Starts”. These are sentence starters for different types of quote integration, and I modified them from
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5th - 12th
Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School: 70 Pages of Lesson Plans
In conjunction with our free PDF of the Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School (found on our website), we have created a complete set of lesson plans for all six stories.Lesson plans are for the following stories:A Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteA Klondike Christmas by Jack LondonThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Kit-Bag by Algernon BlackwoodThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonStories are not included in lesson plans but can b
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6th - 12th
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Characterization and Character Analysis | Middle School Creative Writing
Middle school writing has never been so much fun! A full week's (plus, actually) of engaging teaching materials! This middle school language arts resource is also included in a popular bundle - check it out! Student ♥ Engagement Bundle of Language Arts Lessons for Middle and High SchoolCharacter analysis essay with rubric included. High interest characterization activities which include scoring guides for monologue, sketch, and character analysis plus a character questionnaire to help create det
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6th - 9th
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“Earth on Turtle’s Back” & “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” Creation Origin Myths
It’s back to school, and you’ve decided to begin the year with Native American Literature because they offer great opportunities to enhance your classroom management strategies and they add cultural diversity to your curriculum. But you don’t have good resources, and you don’t have time to make them. Worse, you know you need a major grade within a month, but you don’t have time to make an assessment. Worst of all, you know you could enhance your classroom management simply by offering a project
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie" Reading Comprehension Packet
"Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie" is SUCH a fun novel study to begin, or end a student's freshmen year of high school! This download is a comprehensive reading comprehension and reflection ready-to-print packet for students. The novel itself is an easier read, but the language is rich with poetic devices and characterization which is what this packet focuses on. There are questions provided for each chapter, as well as poetic device charts and journal prompts for many. The writing prompts include a
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8th - 10th
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Movie Guides Literary Elements | plot | theme| inference | characters | dialogue
Want to teach literary elements using ANY MOVIE or PIXAR SHORT FILM to bring real world learning into your classroom? This digital GOOGLE SLIDES AND PRINTABLE bundle includes workshops for the 8 major literary devices and is easy to use and versatile! ❤ SAVE 30% ON THIS BUNDLE!!NOTE: This digital & printable bundle is perfect for teaching hybrid classes and for teachers with students who need or prefer paper or technology. ❤The Google Slides workshops are specifically designed on Slides for
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5th - 9th
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5 Creative Reading Check Quizzes - Any Novel
Wish your students could show you they've read the text without answering tedious plot questions? Tired of checking online summaries to come up with questions that will fool students who turned to the internet to read for them? In this packet you’ll find five fun reading check quizzes. These quizzes, useful for any novel, ask students to demonstrate their understanding of the text through critical thinking and creative writing instead of through fact memorization. Each quiz can be graded quickly
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: ELA Curriculum Bundle: The English Teacher's Life Preserver
Character Development Graphic Organizer and Writing Activity Digital | Print
Looking to introduce characterization, character traits, and character development with a fun and engaging activity? Use this creative and collaborative writing activity to introduce students to the techniques authors use to develop their characters!What's the Activity? Students start the activity with a fun and collaborative writing activity in which they develop a character and write a postcard from that character's perspective. In the postcard, students use direct and indirect characterizatio
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6th - 12th
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Short Film Winter Christmas Literary Elements and Devices Workshops
Pixar Short Films are a PERFECT way to teach narrative writing! Since there are no words, students must create the narration themselves. This digital interactive guides them to identify all of the elements of narration in the film. SETTING, CHARACTERIZATION, CONFLICT, THEME, POINT OF VIEW & PERSPECTIVE, and all of the PLOT elements are covered! This bundle includes digital workshops for the SHORT FILMS:A Christmas StarHey Deer!Other Christmas and winter-themed resources you might like:Christ
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5th - 8th
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Creative Writing Prompts Story Starters Activity - Daily Writing Journal Prompts
These FREE creative writing prompts are perfect for daily journal writing prompts or to inspire students in their narrative writing! Overcome writer’s block and cultivate students’ ideas with these story starters. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Story Starters Activity:✏️ 30+ Creative Writing Prompts - Digital & PrintActivity inspired by celebrated author Ray Bradbury✏️ Teacher Instructions for using this resource How to use th
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6th - 10th
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Movie Guides Literary Elements | plot | theme| inference | characters | dialogue
Want to teach literary elements using ANY MOVIE or PIXAR SHORT FILM to bring real world learning into your classroom? This bundle includes workshops for the 8 major literary devices and is easy to use and versatile! Focus on one literary element, or make a packet of the entire bundle to do a comprehensive movie study. LITERARY ELEMENTS:PLOTSETTINGTHEMECHARACTER TYPESCHARACTER TRAITSINFERENCEPLOT/OBJECTIVE SUMMARYDIALOGUE❤ Culminating Activities: Students will assume various movie roles such as,
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5th - 9th
27 Journal Prompts for Choice Reading or Independent Reading (Print and Digital)
Independent reading or choice reading programs are a great way to engage students in reading and literature. There are thousands of ways to incorporate choice reading, including literature circles and book clubs, silent sustained reading time or DEAR time. Regardless of how you incorporate independent reading in your classroom, writing about reading is a good way to check for comprehension, encourage analytical thinking, prepare for discussion, focus on skills, and build the habit of writing.Wit
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8th - 12th
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