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High school creative writing thematic unit plans under $5
Fantasy Writing Unit- Short Story Creative writing
A full, comprehensive writing unit for grades 4+ where students will create their own short story. The unit is organized in a step by step, easy to follow manner which allows teachers a simple way to get started. The unit can be combined with other subjects for a cross-curricular approach (such as art, science and social studies). Students complete steps along the way to create the pillars of their story. Once completed they compile all the sections together to craft the best story they have eve
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4th - 10th
Halloween Activities for Secondary ELA
Halloween often looks different in secondary schools, usually because of the pressure we feel to cover the curriculum. But, doing so does not mean we can’t have any fun around the holiday. The following activities are designed to focus on not only spooky topics, but also the skills we want our students to practice in secondary ELA. There is quite a variety, so you can pick and choose which activities best fit with what you are doing in October.In this package you will find:-A short research a
Grades:
7th - 12th
Short Story Unit Planning - Inclusive Recommendations for Teaching Short Stories
Ready to make your Short Story unit more inclusive? Here are texts and ideas you can use! Increase the representation in your unit with these short stories, songs, and TV episodes. In addition to selections from popular literature textbooks, this list includes stories available online, recommendations from YA short stories anthologies, and more. Teaching Short Stories - made easy!✅ Summaries ✅ Discussion Prompts✅ Alignment for Teaching Tolerance’s Social Justice standards❤️ Ready to change thing
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School ELA Activities Bundle - Icebreakers - New Semester
Types of crime
Mini ESL unit about types of crimes and criminals. Students will engage in a number of vocabulary related activities as well as in reading short passages. They will learn 18 different types of crimes and criminals through words and definitions matching and a challenging crossword. They will also speak and write about crime. ◄► TYPES OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS ( SKILLS: SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING) ◄► ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~►LEARNING OUTCOMES◄GENERAL: Students will
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8th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird Unit - 30+ Inclusive Text Pairings and Activities
Ready to make your TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD unit more inclusive? This resource is part of a series to help teachers find supplements and updates for core texts in order to add more inclusivity to their curriculum. If you're teaching TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, this resource will save you tons of time! Key Elements:✅ TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD themes✅ Essential questions for the novel✅ Literary elements in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD We share easy changes, like paired texts (videos, poems, articles, etc.) you can i
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7th - 10th
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Halloween Scary Story Writing Lesson Plan: Movie of Death
This complete Halloween writing lesson plan uses the genre-based approach to writing to teach students how to write a scary story. The genre-approach starts with having students look at examples of the target writing genre (in this case, scary stories). They then analyze the key elements that make that writing what it is. This makes it easy for them to use those elements in their own stories.In this Halloween Scary Story Lesson Plan, students read several scary stories, including "Movie of Death
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The House on Mango Street - Creative Writing Book Project
This is a great "Back to School" introductory creative writing project intended to help you, as the teacher, get to know your students, and introduce them to the elements of plot in literature and instill a passion for creative writing in them!
Students enjoy reading selected stories from Sandra Cisneros's novel, The House on Mango Street, and creating their very own book called, "The House on (Student's Street)", which includes stories and poetry about their lives and neighborhoods.
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6th - 10th
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Romeo & Juliet Unit Supplements & Updates - Inclusive Text Pairing Suggestions
Ready to make your ROMEO & JULIET unit more inclusive? This resource is part of a series to help teachers find supplements and updates for core texts in order to add more inclusivity to their curriculum. If you're teaching ROMEO AND JULIET, this resource will save you tons of time!Key Elements:✅ ROMEO & JULIET themes✅ Essential questions for the play✅ Literary elements in ROMEO & JULIET For each text, we share easy changes, like paired texts (videos, poems, articles, etc.) you can in
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8th - 11th
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How to write a Fairy Tale or Fable
This is a step by step process for writing a fairy tale or fable. This 21 page packet contains two stories for the students to read, vocabulary terms to improve their understanding of story elements, a step by step worksheet (with a few examples) to aide in the process of writing a fairy tale or fable, and requirements for the actual written piece. This is a fun way to get students writing. They will have an eye opening experience when they see the characteristics of a fairy tale or fable and ho
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6th - 12th
The Outsiders Unit Supplements & Updates - Inclusive Text Pairing Suggestions
Ready to make your OUTSIDERS unit more inclusive? This resource is part of a series to help teachers find supplements and updates for core texts in order to add more inclusivity to their curriculum. If you're teaching THE OUTSIDERS, this resource will save you tons of time! Key Elements:✅ THE OUTSIDERS themes✅ Essential questions for the novel✅ Literary elements in THE OUTSIDERS For each text, we share easy changes, like paired texts (videos, poems, articles, etc.) you can incorporate on a budge
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7th - 9th
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Memoir: Sensory Details, Show Dont Tell MINI Unit All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students write vividly with the Memoir: Sensory Details, Show Dont Tell MINI Unit All-in-One DEAL! Offered for less than what it would cost to purchase each document separately. Includes the following: Sensory Details Team Activity, Sensory Details Chart, Show Dont Tell Guided Notes, Show Dont Tell Examples and Practice, More Show Dont Tell Practice, and Show Dont Tell Team Activity. This mini unit is included in the Memoir Curriculum MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
Grades:
6th - 12th
AP Spanish – La Ciudadanía Global (Práctica Integral).
Hi! This editable PowerPoint was created to practice talking about Global Citizenship. Students will improve their basic skills (listening, speaking, reading & writing) in different topics, in this case about Global Citizenship. They will learn about the vocabulary associated with this topic, and how to give opinions based on their experiences and research. It has thirty-one pages in one document. The student document includes instructions, links to videos and websites, activities, and pict
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: AP Spanish Growing Bundle
AP Spanish-Las Redes Sociales- (S, R & W Skills)
Hi, Teachers! Thanks for reading my description. These Spanish worksheets were made for my AP students to improve their basic AP skills in AP main topics, especially Speaking and reading about Social media. It has twenty student pages in one document.  The student document includes instructions, links to articles, activities, and pictures. ▶️How to Use It: Students will follow the directions and perform the tasks in each section. The worksheets work great for extra homework practice, e
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: AP Spanish Growing Bundle
AP Spanish-Temas para el Ensayo Argumentativo (Audición, Lectura y Escritura).
Hi, Teachers! Thanks for reading my description. These Spanish worksheets were made for my AP students to improve their basic AP Spanish skills. This is a special request from my students as they want to practice generating ideas for their essays. It has twenty student pages in one document. The student document includes instructions, links to audio, activities, and pictures. I hope you like it and find it useful. ▶️ How to Use It: Students will follow the directions and perform the tasks in ea
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: AP Spanish Growing Bundle
Identity Activities for Middle and High School Students
Looking to dig into identity with high interest texts to engage your middle and high school students? This unit designed to examine the effect of stereotypes on a person's identity. Activities include standards aligned questions, written short response, narrative writing, and a choice board with digital options are perfect for middle and high school students. Included texts are:America Ferrera’s TED Talk “My Identity is my Superpower”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk “Danger of a Single Story”
Grades:
6th - 12th
Memoir: Two Examples MINI Unit All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students see what an effective and ineffective memoir looks like with the Memoir: Effective and Ineffective Examples MINI Unit All-in-One DEAL! Offered for less than what it would cost to purchase each document separately. Includes the following: My Memoir and Brownie the Horse. This mini unit is included in the Memoir Curriculum MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
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6th - 12th
Fairy Tale Paper Template Half Sheets
FAIRY TALE or FRACTURED FAIRY TALE castle themed pages for students to use to make a book. This product includes HALF sized pages of castles with writing lines and spaces for adding student drawings or photos. The title page includes the classic "Once Upon a Time..." while the other pages are adaptable for your own title, writing, or illustrations. (SEE THE PREVIEW!) The last page includes an outline for your students to create a puppet of the characters. Children will love how professional the
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K - 12th
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CHRISTMAS WRITING PROMPTS | Winter Bulletin Board Narrative Informative Opinion
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 25-page Christmas and Winter Holidays Writing Prompts! It includes everything you need to celebrate Christmas and Winter holidays with your students! Students will read about American Christmas traditions, and write responses to what they’ve read, Revising and editing checklists and 13 holiday-themed writing papers are also included. All CCSS writing standards are addressed. The following resources a
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3rd - 12th
The Great Gatsby Unit - Inclusive Fiction and Nonfiction Text Pairings
Ready to make your GREAT GATSBY unit more inclusive? This resource is part of a series to help teachers find supplements and updates for core texts in order to add more inclusivity to their curriculum. If you're teaching THE GREAT GATSBY, this resource will save you tons of time!Key Elements:✅ THE GREAT GATSBY themes✅ Essential questions for the novel✅ Literary elements in THE GREAT GATSBY For each text, we share easy changes, like paired texts (videos, poems, articles, etc.) you can incorporate
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9th - 12th
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Shakespeare Unit Planning - Inclusive Text Pairings and Supplements for ANY play
Ready to make your Shakespeare unit more inclusive? Here are some text pairing ideas that you can use with any play! These fiction and nonfiction pairings are one way we can make our curricula more representative of the students we serve. Teaching Shakespeare CAN be relevant.✅ 30+ text pairings with annotated teaching ideas✅ Suggestions to replace Shakespeare plays, if you so choose✅ 15+ hours of research DONE FOR YOUThis resource is part of a series to help teachers find supplements and updates
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9th - 12th
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Chinese story literacy math foreign language learning unit
"Grandfather Tang's Story" by Ann Tompert is a fun tale about two "fox faeries" told in Tangram shapes. With this companion unit to the book, Students will learn:*math, geometry*Story writing*Chinese culture*Chinese characters and words for animals*Friendship*LogicThis 19 page unit has:* How to make a Tangram puzzle instructions.* Tangrams of all the Animals in the story with Chinese character and pin yin pronunciation* “My Tangram Story” printable activity* Math/ riddle worksheet.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Poetry Project - Express yourself!
In this poetry project, students will analyze, write, and respond to poetry, study and identify literary devices within poetry, and complete an author study of a famous poet. All assignments will be published in a complete project folder. Included here are 3 worksheets:
-the detailed directions guiding students through the project and its components,
-the response to poetry template, which includes citations and responses, and
-the comic strip (a visual form of responding to poetry).
The
Grades:
6th - 12th
Bob Dylan: Music as Poetry with "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
This is a wonderful way to introduce the blurred lines between genres, as well as a great way to engage in the learning process—for all students of all ages love music. They may be reluctant poets, but once the connection is made that some songs are indeed poetry (or, heaven forbid—the acronym R.A.P. stands for Rhythmic American Poetry!), the sky is the limit for a renewed appreciation for poetry. This can be a nice addition to any poetry unit, or, it stands alone as an extension activity, a c
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6th - 12th
Dystopian Society Project
Unleashing Creativity: In this project, students become architects of their own dystopian societies, exploring the boundaries of imagination and critical thinking. A journey through the dark corners of world-building awaits! ✨ After studying dystopian fiction, students will demonstrate higher-order understanding of the genre by creating their own dystopian society. This project is great for individual students, or they may work collaboratively in groups. This worksheet-based project includes the
Grades:
6th - 9th
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