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Common Core W.8.10 resources for Gifted and Talented
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Christmas Writing Activities Middle School Prompts Persuasive Letter to Santa
Are your students on Santa's naughty list? This writing activity will keep your students engaged during the pre-holiday excitement as they write a persuasive friendly letter to Santa convincing him that they really don't belong on the naughty list! Creative and fun!What teachers are saying about this resource:"THE BEST UNIT I HAVE PURCHASED! So comprehensive, works students through editing, examples and just sets them up for a perfect end product if they try their best the whole way through th
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox: Printables for Nearly Every Standard
The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and listening, writing, and language standards. It also has two pages of writing prompts and warm-ups. The Standards Guide at the end details the CCSS that correspond to each printable.
Three grade level
Grades:
6th - 8th
Ancient Egypt Project Based Learning with Easel Activity Digital and Printable
This Ancient Egypt project allows students to choose from a list of 21 different choices to research! Includes teacher directions, student directions, Egypt Project Requirements (one hundred point checklist), project idea list, project choice sheet (students choose their top four choices), topic assignment sheet (teacher assigns project to student from their choices), bibliography example sheet, and a peer review sheet for the research paper and for an oral presentation. Students can research to
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4th - 7th
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April Digital and Print Writing Journal Bell Ringers Warm Ups Activities
Print and Digital options! Keep your students writing every day! Quirky holidays, historical events, inspirational quotes, and mini research -- a different prompt for each day gives students lots of choices!Did you know that April is National Grilled Cheese Month? That's one of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, famous birthdays, and thoughtful quotes. This resource includes:Both digital and print versions3
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
BRAIN TEASERS: Logic Puzzles, Brain Breaks, & Riddles - Volume 3
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 - (Worksheets or Google Slideshow)3 worksheets of 10 Brain Teasers each - (to use as handouts or assign in Google Classroom)1 stunning slideshow of 30 Brain
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Not Grade Specific
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March Daily Writing Journal Prompts Bell Ringer and Warm Up Activities
No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 March prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Print and Digital Versions!Did you know that March 13 is National Open an Umbrella Indoors day and March 22 is National Goof Off Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, histor
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
January Daily Writing Journal Warm Up Bell Ringers Print and Digital
No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 January prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Print or digital -- You'll get both!Did you know that January 7 is National Bobblehead Day and January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, histor
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
May Digital Writing Journal Prompts Warm Ups Bell Ringers
Print & Digital Versions! Keep your students writing every day! No matter what your classroom set up is. Fun and wacky daily prompts with open-ended creative prompts that encourage creative and critical thinking.Did you know that May 7 is World Laughter Day or that May 13 is Frog Jumping Day? Those are a few of the thirty-one prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, famous birthdays, and thoughtful quotes. This is what you
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
February Digital Writing Journal Warm Up Bell Ringer Activities
Keep your students writing -- no matter what your year looks like! Digital and print journal prompts. 29 February-focused writing prompts based on quirky holidays, important days in history, and funny/inspirational quotes.Print or digital -- You'll get both!Did you know that February holidays include National Cherry Pie Day? That's just of the 29 prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, and thoughtful quotes. Topics that students lo
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
October Daily Writing Warm Up Bell Ringer Journal Prompt Print or Digital
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 October prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that October 4 is National Cinnamon Bun Day and that October 14 is National Chocolate Covered Insect Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
January Writing Prompts Bell Ringer and Creative Writing Warm Ups
Need to spark creativity? Writing prompts getting dull? Then you'll love these ten creative writing prompts. They include standards-based writing tasks such as using compound sentences, applying vocabulary works in context, and creating persuasive writing. Fun and engaging.These ten different writing prompts that are quirky -- perfect for encouraging creative thinking and writing. This is what you'll get:ten writing prompts -- each with three unique vocabulary words (editable)editable digit
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5th - 8th
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Persuasive and Expository Collaborative Activity Writing Product Reviews
Do you read the reviews before you buy a product? Almost all of us do, and your students will become pros at this aspect of writing that blends expository and persuasive writing. This is such a fun activity for teaching writing.There are two activities included. First, students will share three of their favorite products. Using a graphic organizer, they'll plan what they want to say about it. Then, in groups of three, they'll share their favorite products. They'll try to persuade the group membe
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5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Persuasive, Narrative and Descriptive Writing Lessons & Activities BUNDLE
Writing Dialogue Practice
Are you looking for a fun way to teach your kids how to write dialogue? Teach your students how to write great dialogue with the standards-based Powerpoint lesson from Catch My Products. This lesson will engage and challenge kids through an organized lesson. #MillieProducts Click HERE to save 30% with the bundle.Inside this easy to use resource you'll find:Rules for writing dialogue Examples and practice sentences to punctuate Examples of dialogue from novels and Questions about passages Picture
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Writing Lessons PowerPoint and Worksheets Bundle
Teaching Depth and Complexity with A Bad Case of Stripes (distance learning)
Teaching, reviewing, and engaging with Depth and Complexity Icons is fun when using the picture book, "A Bad Case of Stripes". Your students will practice using all 11 depth and complexity icons (big ideas, details, patterns, multiple perspectives, rules, across the disciplines, trends, ethics, unanswered questions, over time, and language of the discipline) as they analyze text, and dive deep into complex discussion with this lesson! In the book, "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon, your s
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons with Picture Books GROWING BUNDLE
November Daily Journal Print or Digital Google Drive OneDrive
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 30 November prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day and that November 20 is National Absurdity Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia,
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
August Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Writing Monthly Journal Print and Digital
Print & Digital! No matter what the year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 August prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that August 21 is National Spumoni Day? That's one of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, research prompts, and thoughtful quotes
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
BRAIN TEASERS: Logic Puzzles, Brain Breaks, & Riddles - Volume 4
Everyone loves logic puzzles, riddles, and critical thinking. As featured in the TpT newsletter, expand your students' brain power with this fourth volume of Brain Teasers! These are perfect for that first or last few minutes of class.What's Included in Volume 4:Now in Google Drive format!30 different Brain Teasers in 2 great formats - (Worksheets or Google Slideshow)3 worksheets of 10 Brain Teasers each - (to use as handouts or assign in Google Classroom)1 stunning slideshow of 30 Brain Teaser
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Not Grade Specific
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Writing Satire
Are you looking for a way to challenge your students through higher level thinking in writing that can be screen shared for distance learning? One of the most difficult forms of writing is satire. Here is a PowerPoint which defines satire, gives an example of a short satirical story, uses the gradual release process to guide students to writing their own stories, and provides topic ideas to get students started on their own writing challenge.Click here to save 25% off the price of individual res
Grades:
7th - 11th
Paired Texts Edgar Allan Poe — The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black Cat TDA Essay
Reading Paired Texts: Text-Dependent Analysis and Response To Literature Essay for The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe.If you are looking for a pair of awesome texts with similar themes, topics, and literary elements, this product features a compare and contrast chart for the two gothic tales by Edgar Allan Poe "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat."Both feature unreliable narrators who commit heinous crimes. Both narrators claim not to be mad, but are they telling the tr
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Black Cat, The Tell-Tale Heart with TDA
100 Prompts: Let Your Imagination Wander
Hello Fellow Teacher,Thank you for considering this 12-page PDF designed to spark students' creativity. Each prompt includs a setting and primary conflict. Students can pick and choose the prompts they want to develop.Are you also looking for a poetry unit? If so, check out this 4-week unit: 4-Week Unit: Introduction to Poetry with Examples, Lesson Plans, and RubricsHow to get TPT credit to use on your future purchases:Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase, you'll see a Provide Feed
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE for Creative Writing Activities
Writing Fluency: 90 15 Minute Quickwrites, 40 Writing Topics, Test Prep,Sub
Writing fluency! The Fifteen Minute Quickwrite Unit arms teachers with a writing tool that will increase how much students can write during a timed writing assessment. It also gives students a lifetime skill of improved writing fluency that will help them meet future writing goals. 40 Writing Topics can be used in shared classroom timed writing notebooks to improve fluency and allow students to have fun writing.Product includes:90 Quickwrites (4 pages) in PDF format. Printable.40 Writing Topi
Grades:
6th - 12th
8th Grade Writing Curriculum
This Bundle includes the 4 types of writing encountered in the standard 8th grade year. Narrative, Expository, Argumentative, and Research based writing. With any type of writing it is important to ensure that the writing process is followed. Along with ensuring that the writing process is taught, these workshops include the following for each type of writing. Resources you will need to complete each daily challenge. topicsdaily tasksworksheetsvideoschecklists to make sure you are on trackvoca
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8th
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America the Beautiful Patriotic Song Persuasive Writing Activity
Would you like to teach the patriotic song "American the Beautiful" in a way that will enrich its meaning to your students for the rest of their lives? Would you like to meet persuasive writing standards at the same time? You can do that with this resource! Your students participate in two activities that examine the origins of the song and asks them to consider if it should replace "The Star-Spangled Banner" as our national anthem. They'll end their exploration with a persuasive writing activit
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Constitution Week Unit US Government Activities 4th Grade - 8th Grade
Ready to Print! Community Service Project Bundle for ELA! CCGPS Aligned!
This detailed project is intended for gifted middle school students, preferably 8th graders or higher, who are given the task of selecting a field of their own interest and going and completing volunteer hours. Students will identify an issue in their chosen field, will create a possible solution, research those solutions, and will submit a research paper in argumentative or expository style. Students also create a hands-on demonstration/presentation to share their ideas with classmates. All
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