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Not grade specific Common Core W.8.3b resources
Creative Writing Designed To Turn Students On To Writing Grades 4 - 8
These lessons may be used for any and all students if they need to learn the joy of writing without the stress. All 32 of the student-directed CREATIVE WRITING LESSON PLANS that are offered as individual lessons on TpT, have been put into ONE BOOK, which GREATLY reduces a teacher grading workload because all of the lessons are student-written, edited, and graded. They really turn students on to writing because the lessons are stress-free. Once students see the scoring guide and know what the e
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(Don't) Judge a Book by Its Cover- 70 Book Covers to Spark Creative Writing
Start a new classroom tradition and flip the script on the saying, "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover." Unlock the creative potential of your students with this unique set of 70 Book Covers, designed exclusively for educators looking to inspire imagination and enhance creative writing skills. Perfect for use in warm-ups, wrap-ups, or as the centerpiece of a creative writing lesson, this resource is an essential addition to any teacher's toolkit. Product comes with suggested writing prompts, tailor
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Picture Prompts - Short Story - Fictional Writing
Do students need a creative spark for short story writing? Then, look no further!What's included:- 24 Picture Prompts- Student Guide and Planning Worksheet to Organize Ideas- Short Story Rubric- Teaching Guide and Common Core Standards
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Dystopian Narrative Short Story Assignment and Scaffolding
Give students the opportunity to write about their concerns about their world by writing a dystopian short story! Using this assignment, with built-in scaffolding, students will walk through prewriting to tell a dystopian narrative with intention.Woven into the assignment are opportunities for mini lessons or more in-depth studies on:characterization (especially protagonists and antagonists)establishing settingusing sensory detailsplotting out storiesnarrative techniques for beginning stories.Th
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Creative Science Fiction Writing
Teacher notes:Use this packet for ell/esol/mll/all.grades 6-10a creative writing activity -science fictionlistening activity (students listen to a story created bya classmatestudents create a podcast sheet to share what they listened to from their partner.student podcast template weekly note sheetnotes templatecoloring pagethank you for all you do!Mrs. Stewart
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NO prep Essay Assignment for an easy to administer assignment or exam!
NO prep Essay Assignment for ANY class Easy accommodations and modifications with sentence starters and fill in the blank options Two basic rubric options for quick grading Spanish version of sentence starters included!Ideal for an easy no prep exam for middle and high school elective classes!How I use this assignment in Drama: I use this assignment as an examIt give the students an opportunity to tell me what they know Students choose 3 topics and write 3 facts about each in an essay format Bec
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16 Writing Prompts Inspired by Taylor Swift's album 1989, bellringers, homework
Included: 16 writing prompts for your students, great for grades 7-12, inspired by Taylor's Swift's album 1989.Get your students' creative juices flowing. These prompts will get them thinking more than any other writing prompts you've worked with. They pose questions that invite you to think deeply about yourself.THE DESCRIPTION BELOW APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF TAYLOR SWIFT WRITING PROMPTS, WHICH CAN BE PURCHASED AS A SET OF 99:Pop Prompts For Swifties uses the songs of Taylor Swift as
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Writoria - Short Story and Writing Prompts: CCSS 6.3, 7.3, 8.3 and More
Short Story with 6 Writing Prompts4 prompts align to the CCSS W6.3/W7.3/W8.3, plus 2 prompts for any grade level. Also included, one blank Writing Prompt slide. This allows you to type in any writing prompt you want. Please note, that this product does NOT include a lesson plan; It includes the story text, the images and writing prompts only.Included are three files, one incudes the story typed out on 2 pages with 16-point font. The second file is a pdf version of the slide deck so you can show
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24 Writing Prompts Inspired by Taylor Swift's album Fearless, bellringers, HW
Included: 24 writing prompts for your students, great for grades 7-12, inspired by Taylor's Swift's album Fearless.Get your students' creative juices flowing. These prompts will get them thinking more than any other writing prompts you've worked with. They pose questions that invite you to think deeply about yourself.THE DESCRIPTION BELOW APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF TAYLOR SWIFT WRITING PROMPTS, WHICH CAN BE PURCHASED AS A SET OF 99:Pop Prompts For Swifties uses the songs of Taylor Swift
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The Brain Candy Study Guide for Teens, 2020
This is an amazing - and NEEDED - tool for teens, especially in these days of Distance Learning! Altogether, this Study Guide file will inclue EIGHT, double sided (11x17) panels of information essential to reading, writing, analyzing, and studying (panels A-H), plus three bonus files, not to mention differentiated materials, too!($39 VALUE IF PANELS AND BONUS FILES ARE PURCHASED SEPARATELY)! All files are contained in a "zip" folder. Download it and then simply open it.DISTANCE LEARNER UPDATE
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Writing Dialogue
Want to help your students bring their characters' voices to life? Preview how to write dialogue with this double-sided guide, which can be easily stored in your students' writing binder, folder, or notebook. What's Included:Front side of resource is the breakdown of how to use quotation marks and tag wordsBack side of resource provides alternatives to using the word "said" and other dull expression wordsSuggestions:Explicitly preview what dialogue is and why author's use it. Dialogue is a tool
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Revision Stations Worksheet
For this worksheet, you'll want to have stations set up around your classroom for students to work on. Something as simple as directions on a piece of paper at each station will work just fine. Then, have students use this worksheet to demonstrate their revision skills!
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Whole Class, Semester/Year-Long Novel Writing! Made with Google!
When I taught 7th graders, I LOVED having students write a whole-class novel throughout the year/semester by picking up where their peers left off, building characters' story arches, creating rising action and falling action, and resolving conflict. Not only did this year/semester long activity help students to recognize basic plot elements, but it helped them better understand characterization, types of conflict, and literary elements. The best part? Students couldn't wait for their turn to wri
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Expanding Sentences
Slideshow-based lesson on adding details (how, when, where, why, and what kind) to sentences.
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Hook/Lead for Personal Narrative BUNDLE
This product has both the PowerPoint and document for a mini-lesson covered hooks/leads and using real examples from personal narratives to determine whether a lead is engaging, somewhere in between, or even boring. Teachers can use the presentation, along with the worksheet to keep students engaged. Students will also have a chance to change one hook (edit) to make it more engaging. It would be very easy for the teacher to take real hooks/leads written in the rough drafts of personal narrati
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How to Tag Dialogue: Explanation, Examples & Practice
"How To Tag Dialogue: Explanation, Examples & Guided Practice"Designed to be NON-GRADE SPECIFIC. Use the “How To Dialogue: Explanation, Examples & Practice” lesson slides to TEACH or REVIEW the technical aspects of using dialogue in writing. I teach middle school. Many of us can attest that there is something that magically causes middle schoolers to forget things they’ve learned in elementary school. Maybe you’ve seen this with high schoolers too. Of the many technical mistakes I see in
Planning and Writing for YouTube Success
Planning for YouTube success is an amazing way to get your kids started on their YouTube channel. In this guide, students will plan for YouTube success by understanding who they are, what their talents are, and what their YouTube channel should be about. To use, go through each part of the document in order because each part builds upon itself. There are no quizzes for this unit, it's about students truly understanding the depth and breadth of the content of planning for their YouTube business a
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“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston UDL THEME WORKSHEET
1. Students read the description of Major/Minor Themes and examples2. Students identify the Major theme of the story and explain where it is shown3. Students identify (2) Minor themes in the story and where they are illustrated in the story
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Cause and Effect Creative Writing With Similes and Synonyms
This hilarious writing resource infuses and reinforces the concepts of cause and effect, similes, synonyms, editing and using a thesaurus. The activities will inspire and assist your students to produce some exceptionally creative fictional pieces. The prompt consists of a chart containing the 12 months with a verb, adjective and animal for each month. Students must circle the verb next to their own birthday month, the adjective next to a family member’s month and the animal next to a 2nd family
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“Warriors Don't Cry” Melba Pattillo Beals THEME WORKSHEET
1. Students read the description of Major/Minor Themes and examples2. Students identify the Major theme of the story and explain where it is shown3. Students identify (2) Minor themes in the story and where they are illustrated in the story
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“A Good Kind of Trouble” Lisa Moore Ramée UDL THEME WORKSHEET
1. Students read the description of Major/Minor Themes and examples2. Students identify the Major theme of the story and explain where it is shown3. Students identify (2) Minor themes in the story and where they are illustrated in the story
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Also included in: “A Good Kind of Trouble” Lisa Moore Ramée UDL Bundle (24 Assignments)
Where I'm From Poem Writing Lesson
This stand alone lesson helps cross the bridge between students reading and analyzing poetry into writing poetry that connects to their story. Students read poems such as "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg, "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon, and "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo. They are then given guidance on how to write a poem about their story and where they "come from". Included in this packet is a grading rubric and ideas to get students started.
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“The Overcoat” Nikolai Gogol UDL THEME WORKSHEET
1. Students read the description of Major/Minor Themes and examples2. Students identify the Major theme of the story and explain where it is shown3. Students identify (2) Minor themes in the story and where they are illustrated in the story
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Also included in: “The Overcoat” Nikolai Gogol UDL Bundle (24 Assignments)
“Dreaming in Cuban” Cristina García UDL THEME WORKSHEET
1. Students read the description of Major/Minor Themes and examples2. Students identify the Major theme of the story and explain where it is shown3. Students identify (2) Minor themes in the story and where they are illustrated in the story
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