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Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}
Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
Christmas Debates for Middle School ELA - Public Speaking Activity
If Christmas is a crazy time of the school year for your students, make that Christmas frenzy work for you with these fun holiday debate topics for middle school!Because public speaking already carries a great deal of stress for many students, these debates feature both light-hearted and thoughtful holiday debate topics to engage your students and foster a festive atmosphere. These assignment sheets and rubrics keep middle-school kids laughing, thinking, and learning the art of public debate.Th
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Public Speaking Bundle
Christmas Writing (Compare and Contrast)
Christmas Writing! Compare and contrast Santa's Reindeer and wild Caribou. The product contains a Christmas reading passage about Santa’s Reindeer and a reading passage about wild caribou. It also contains two different graphic compare and contrast organizers, two sample templates for writing a comparative essay, reindeer themed paper, student checklist to use during peer editing and a grading rubric for you to use. I have also included a list of children’s books about caribou and books that fe
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2nd - 6th
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Christmas Poetry Unit
Let the Poet Tree be your guide as your students become poets right before your eyes! This unit is our go-to for the month of December and one of the highlights of our year. Return to this one year after year. Includes:* 12 different poetry forms (one for each of the 12 days of Christmas)* Letters from the Poet Tree* Poetry templates with sample poems* Two poetry rubrics and more!Learn for the Long HaulCheck out more time-saving resources by Learn for the Long Haul:Music of DolphinsNameplates By
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Trees For Sale!- Holiday Opinion Writing
This is a fun, holiday writing activity that is festive, but still teaches Common Core Standards. I have loved doing this with my students at Christmastime!First, each student decorates a tree, using the printable trees and stickers, glitter, markers, pipe cleaners etc. Then, they write a persuasive opinion piece trying to convince others to “buy” their tree! This allows for a lot of creativity and development of opinion writing skills. Everything you need is in this packet (minus the glitter an
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1st - 3rd
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Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for December and January
Welcome to Writing Right Through December and January! This series will help you and your students practice various writing skills and genres in a fun and engaging way. Each month, you will find a new set of writing activities that are aligned with the seasons and holidays.➤Do you struggle each week, trying to plan for writing instruction? ➤Do you need some easy and effective writing activities for young learners?➤Do you want writing activities that don't require hours of preparation or grading,
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for the Year Bundle
Common Core Connotation Writing Gingerbread House For Sale Ads
Common Core Learning! Common Core Connotation!
Teach your students the power of words choice with this fun freebie!
Get your students to love the thesaurus! Have your students carefully chose their words writing two different for gingerbread house for sale ads.
Students are challenged to write the ads focusing on the intended audience- Gingerbread Digest (someone looking to purchase a gingerbread house to live in it) Readers Digest (to the average person)
CCSS Aligned for grades 4 - 8
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3rd - 12th
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Create a Holiday Children's Book! — Seasonal ELA or Art — Writing — CCSS
You've found the perfect Christmas or winter holiday project! This no-prep art and writing project provides your students with everything they need to create their own holiday narrative storybook! The two-week unit starts with an introductory presentation, continues with straightforward and fun planning activities, and culminates with the creation of an original holiday children's book! Best of all, this project can also serve as a holiday present for your students to give to their family and f
Grades:
6th - 10th
Winter Animal Research Activities for Agriculture & Science
This research fun bundle leans into the excitement of the holiday season with four Animal activities. Included is a Pet-Safe Holiday Food Research activity with Poster and Presentation options, True False or Opinion Partner Activity, Ugly Winter Animal Sweater and a Compare and Contrast Santa Writing Prompt that asks students to help Santa out by compiling a list of goodies he should bring to Children who also ask for a kitten or a puppy for Christmas.Bonus: Christmas Word find for early finishe
Grades:
6th - 12th
It's Christmas, Charlie Brown! Reader's Theatre Script -Rubric & Questions
Included in the It's Christmas, Charlie Brown! Reader's Theatre Unit:17 page script3 major characters + the narrator6 supporting characters45 metacognitive questionsStudent Reader's Theatre Evaluations based on 4 levels and 5 criteria.Student Success CriteriaStudent Friendly GoalsReader's Theatre ChecklistIt's Christmas, Charlie Brown! Synopsis:Snoopy’s dog-house blinks on and off with electric lights.Sally thinks only about the presents she will get.Lucy likes aluminum trees.Is this Christmas?
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
Gingerbread Cookie Survival Kit: Reading and Writing Activities for the Holidays
This Gingerbread Boy Holiday unit has Lesson Plans and Activities that put a new twist on your Christmas Holiday Reading and Writing Plans.
The unit centers around Reading inferences, sequence, compare/contrast and alliteration activities. Students can complete lessons and activities from 3 popular Gingerbread stories: The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Baby, and the The Gingerbread Girl.
After reading and completing activities, writing lessons include creating a Gingerbread Cookie Surv
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2nd - 7th
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Persuasive Letter to Santa — Seasonal ELA — Logos, Pathos, Ethos — CCSS Rubric
Have your students write a letter to Santa Claus, a parent, or whomever they hope will bring the goods this holiday season in the service of learning about the modes of persuasion (logos, pathos, and ethos). This short lesson on argument is a perfect activity for the pre-break craziness!Your purchase includes:A 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that defines the concept of persuasion and the three main modes of argumentative rhetoric (logos, pathos, and ethos), provides examples, and introduces th
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Media Literacy Learning Lessons Bundle — High School ELA
A Christmas Carol Reader's Theatre Script -Charles Dickens Original -John Leech
Ebenezer ScroogeSpirit…Tell me if Tiny Tim will live. The Ghost of Christmas PresentI see a vacant seat in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die. Ebenezer ScroogeNo, no. Oh, no, kind Spirit! Say he will be spared. The Ghost of Christmas PresentIf these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race will find him here. What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Elf Mischief Narrative Writing Unit
This unit includes a 7+ Day lesson Plan, 6 graphic organizers, an editing check list, rubric and fun paper (both intermediate and primary paper).
Grades:
1st - 5th
Pet-Safe Holiday Food Project 2 options for Agriculture Vet Tech and Science
This holiday focused project asks students to choose a common pet and research the impact of holiday foods on that animal. Then, they must suggest a healthy alternative. Included: Poster Option, Presentation Option, Rubrics, Self-Reflection Sheets, Presentation/Poster audience Note matrix, and a Request Letter for presenting in other classes.1. Poster Project: that can be put up in the hall when they are finished. I didn’t specify the type of animal or foods. That way you can assign them acco
Grades:
7th - 11th
Also included in: Winter Animal Research Activities for Agriculture & Science
Multi-cultural Holiday Research Project
This is perfect for the holiday season. Students are given the opportunity to explore a holiday within another culture. I have provided: the project assignment (with detailed explanation) and a comprehensive scoring rubric. The projects fulfills Depth of Knowledge 3. I have included an annotation component as well as a digital aspect.
Check out my other holiday themed lessons:
A Christmas Carol Constructed Responses
A Christmas Carol Literacy Stations
A Christmas Carol 3-D Scene Analysis
Christm
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Holiday Lesson Plan Bundle of Lessons Distance Learning
Christmas Writing: Dear Santa... A Holiday Persuasive Letter Writing Activity
This Christmas Writing (persuasive) Activity requires students to persuade someone to get them the one gift they just have to have this year by writing a letter to their shopper of choice. Make persuasive writing a fun activity for the holidays. Students will come up with two convincing reasons and support them with details for why they should have this gift.
Included in this set are:
- Student assignment and planning page
- Student rubric that focuses on components of a letter, persuasiv
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Christmas Activity Bundle: Games, Writing and Sticker Charts
Descriptive Writing Elf Exchange Assignment | CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY ACTIVITY
Descriptive Elf Writing Assignment This product is a great activity for the holiday season! It allows the students to be creative in drawing what they think an elf uniform should look like. They will also create a descriptive paragraph of what their uniform looks like. They have to use adjectives and Holiday words in their story. Once they are finished they will share with a partner and the partner has to guess what the elves looks like by drawing it out. This package includes:* 11 page booklet
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Different Types of HOLIDAY Writing BUNDLE
Elf in the City Reader's Theatre Script -Rubric & Questions
Included in the Elf in the City Reader's Theatre Unit:52 page script divided among 10 chaptersChapter One: A Surprise For Dad6 pages featuring 4 characters + the narratorChapter Two: A New Friend9 pages featuring 9 characters + the narratorChapter Three: Enter Santa Land4 pages featuring 4 characters + the narratorChapter Four: Syrup and Spaghetti7 pages featuring 4 characters + the narratorChapter Five: Breakfast Surprise5 pages featuring 3 characters + the narratorChapter Six: Snowball Showdow
Grades:
5th - 7th
Computer Lab Christmas Drawing Project
Students create a Christmas or holiday themed picture using shapes and drawing tools in Microsoft Word. The final drawings can be printed as Christmas cards, or used as art for additional activities. This packet contains directions for the assignment, a handout for students, two grading rubrics, and examples of drawings that students have completed in my class. The rubrics are identical except one requires students to email their work to their instructor. My students love working on this assi
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Not Grade Specific
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Markheim Reader's Theatre Script -Robert Louis Stevenson -Questions -Rubric
MarkheimYou know me? The visitor smiled. VisitorYou have long been a favourite of mine, and I have long observed and often sought to help you. MarkheimWhat are you? The devil? VisitorWhat I may be, cannot affect the service I propose to render you. MarkheimIt can, it does! Be helped by you? No, never; not by you! You do not know me yet; thank God, you do not know me! VisitorI know you… Replied the visitant, with a sort of kind severity or rather firmness. Visitor…I know you to the soul.Included
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Letter To Santa Character Analysis Activity
Are you looking for a creative Christmas activity to get your students to use textual evidence when analyzing a character? Are you looking for a unique but rigorous Christmas Activity?You should consider incorporating the Letter to Santa assignment into your class, as it offers a multifaceted approach to literary analysis and creative expression. This assignment not only aligns with Common Core State Standards but also fosters critical skills integral to students' holistic development.Reasons to
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8th - 11th
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Unspoken Reader's Theatre Script -Spooky Christmas Mystery -Sentimental
Anna PercineThere were only three days to Christmas. Usually I dread it, but this year, for the first time since I could remember, I hoped there would be no haunting. We had left the ghost behind when we moved from our old house a month ago. Now, at last, we were free of that specter… Or so I thought.Included in the Unspoken Reader's Theatre Unit:36 page script divided among 3 chapters5 characters (2 major characters) + the narratorChapter 1:6 pages with 4 characters + the narratorChapter 2:14 p
Grades:
5th - 10th
Christmas Writing BUNDLE | Differentiated Writing Prompts | Blank Writing Pages
Are you looking for a way to inspire your elementary students to write creatively this December? Do you want to celebrate the festive spirit of Christmas while teaching them the writing process? This resource is a collection of fun and engaging writing prompts for your elementary students to complete at their own pace. Each prompt is related to Christmas and encourages students to use their creativity and imagination. They can write friendly letters to Santa or to someone special, write out how
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PreK - 5th
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