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7th grade english language arts thematic unit plan microsofts
Types of Characters and Characterization Powerpoint
This is a fun, engaging lesson for teaching CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION that your students will be sure to enjoy!
Activity contains:
* EDITABLE 20-slide powerpoint
* 9 entertaining video examples (**PLEASE NOTE: Many of these videos come from youtube, please ensure that you district has access prior to purchasing. If you notice that a link no longer works, please let me know and I will update it with a new link.)
* 11 Illustrated definitions that can be printed for adorable word wall po
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Aca-Scuse Me? Teaching Theme vs. Main Idea With Music and Lyrics
This assignment is PITCH PERFECT for teaching theme to students grades 4 through 8!***UPDATED 9/8/18 TO INCLUDE:***PRE/POST TEST ANSWER KEYSCONCEPT HANDOUT FOR STUDENTSANSWER SHEETS FOR EACH OF THE 5 SONGSIf you are like me back during my first year of teaching 5th, I struggled to teach main idea and theme. This assignment makes the task more fun. Resource is designed to help your students analyze 5 popular songs for themes. Included in this 21 page bundle:-5 hugely popular song lyric pages for
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4th - 8th
Seedfolks Novel Unit (30 pages) - Chapter Notes, Essays, Quiz, Themes
This is a creative unit/student project (30 pages attached) to teach with the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, which emphasizes character analysis and response to literature. (See the preview for the overview of the student project.) It includes chapter-by-chapter notes (or you may buy just these notes separately on my profile), a One-Pager activity, a character report card, a Response to Seedfolks Quiz, Reflection questions, a student Seedfolks story (students write their own chapter), a c
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4th - 9th
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Human Impact on the Environment -25 lessons including poetry, spelling and more!
This 5 week unit is designed to help teach students about the many impacts humans have had on our environment. It incorporates:* History -skills and knowledge* Geography - understanding of nature and the world around us* Science - understanding the environment and how we impact on it* English - reading, writing, comprehension, viewing and respondingThe unit of work includes a plan for 5 lessons per week, roughly 60mins per lesson. It includes activities on:* Air pollution* Water pollution* Land
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1st - 12th, Staff
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
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Also included in:Â BUNDLE 2x 5week units - Human Impact + Reducing our Impact on the Earth
Script Writing Unit Plan
This is a detailed unit plan for a Language Arts 7-9 class or a Drama class. This unit focuses on script writing, scaffolding skills from Radio Plays to Reader's Theatre to adapting children's stories into original scripts. This is a great way to expose students to a variety of texts.This product includes: - Detailed lesson plans are included for 12 lessons- Teacher notes- Warm up game options- Comprehension reading with questions and answer key- Rubric, checklists, and peer assessments
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7th - 9th
Lucy Calkins Readers Workshop-Literary Essay Graphic Organizer Theme & Character
This graphic organizer can be used for a literary argumentative writing unit. The graphic organizer shows students how to plan and organize an argumentative essay with a thesis statement, reasons, evidence and analysis to support the claim.
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4th - 9th
Poetry Elements 77-Slides PowerPoint - Reading - Poems - ELA - Writing - Example
This PowerPoint has 77 slides of information and examples. The presentation describes the following and provides examples: poetry, rhythm, rhyming patterns, alliteration, repetition, onomatopoeia, imagery, similes, metaphors, personification, stanzas and lines. The presentation also describes and shows examples of several types of poetry including: couplets, tercets, quatrains, cinquains, diamantes, haikus, senryus, concretes, free verse, acrostics, limericks and nonsense poems. The presentation
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3rd - 7th
The Elevator: A Lesson in Suspense
Tweens and teens love chills and thrills! Kick off a unit - or an exhilarating lesson - of intense suspense with this all-inclusive 38-slide PowerPoint "The Elevator." Presentation includes the text, anticipatory questions, probable passage, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions where students can write their own conclusion. *This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you're not there!Teaching more suspense or gothic literature? Check out my other
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Substitute Literary Lesson Bundle
SCIENCE FICTION: History, Literature, and Creative Writing
Thanks for checking out my best selling literature unit!!!!!
Science Fiction is one of my favorite units to teach. It gives each of us a chance to ask, "What if?" This 99-page unit covers information about the history of science fiction as a genre, vocabulary to discuss science fiction, 10 science fiction stories w/resources, how to develop and write a science fiction story, and an extensive list of websites that could be helpful for more resources. The stories covered in the unit are:
"Ra
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6th - 12th
The Game of Life! A Career Exploration Unit
Students love planning for their future. This unit helps student learn more about the careers they choose. The final assessment piece for this project is a Job Fair, hosted by the students themselves! This unit includes 6 writing assignments, including narrative, expository and opinion writing and a collaborative group project. Rubrics for each assignment and project are included. The assignments and projects are aligned to 6th grade CCSS, but the unit is easily adaptable for many grades.
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4th - 7th
Memoir: Memoir Curriculum MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students learn how to write an outstanding memoir with the Memoir Curriculum MEGA Unit: All-in-One DEAL!
Students select a memory to retell in writing, and this unit will help them to re-create the event in such a way that the reader experiences the emotion of the moment. Perfect for the beginning of the year but also a great unit to do any time.
A two-page outline of all the documents is included. Also includes title-divider sheets to keep things organized in a binder or file fo
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6th - 12th
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - 3 Day Unit Group Activities
The Lottery is a great short story that is filled with examples of various literary elements and devices. I always feel like the students get a lot from this text as much as they enjoy reading it. The activities are designed for group work and it's helpful if you've already reviewed elements such as setting, plot, characterization, symbolism and foreshadowing with your class before you have them work on this because it's designed to be student-centered. I "chunked" the text into three sections i
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7th - 12th
225 Daily Quick-Write Journal Prompts for Middle School Distance Learning
These time-tested writing prompts are sure to get your middle school students writing! Each day, select a journal prompt that goes with your current area of study. There are 25 categories and 225 prompts from which to choose, truly providing enough variety to frame the writing prompts to your students. Students use prompts containing inspiring quotes, relevant statistics, poetry, well-known dates, and many other attention-getting materials. This provides opportunity to write about personal in
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6th - 8th
Interstellar: A Literacy and Science Unit
This is a 10-day Literacy and Science unit based on the movie "Interstellar." The unit deals with the concepts of space exploration, our solar system, gravity, wormholes and black holes, aging in space, protecting our planet and environment, and the potential of other habitable planets. As far as activities and assignments go, the unit includes creative writing assignments, persuasive writing assignments, predictions and critical thinking (during the movie), an exo-planet research project, and a
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Thematic Film Unit Bundle! 6 units in total!
Fractured Fairy Tales Unit- 40 lessons reading writing film making-US Spelling
Fairy Tales are short stories that can be used with children of all ages. Most children will have some background knowledge of at least a few fairy tales which makes this genre of writing accessible to all.This unit of work is aimed at Grade 5-7 but can be easily adapted lower or higher - in fact, I have included vocabulary lists from Grade 4 upwards!This unit includes:* Unit planner (8wks or 40lessons)* An Immersion /Introductory Lesson* Detailed lesson plans (with specific skill focuses listed
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PreK - 10th, Staff
Resiliency Lesson & Writing Prompt #1: The Race
This is an engaging lesson for teaching RESILIENCY! Students watch a video featuring a runner who falls down in the middle of a race.
The lesson includes two pages of open ended discussion questions. The first page asks students to respond prior to watching the video. The second worksheet is their reaction after the clip along with a writing prompt.
Both worksheets ask students to reflect on the choices we make when facing challenges, along with there consequences.
This would make a fabu
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
3rd Grade Louisiana History Explorers Unit 3 Topics 1 2 | Social Studies
Introduce students to Louisiana's early years. Discover what contributed to Louisiana's unique features. This PowerPoint also covers the changes that occurred during and how those changes shaped the unique development of Louisiana. Versions: PowerPoint, Google Slides, Printable PDFsNO PREP NEEDED! Louisiana Scope and Sequence is translated into a memorable experience that is source-based and includes several activities, a slide show companion study guide, and an assessment aligned to the st
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3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â 3rd Grade Louisiana History Unit 3 Topics 1 2 3 Social Studies
Lucy Calkins, Writing Realistic Fiction, Grade 7
Powerpoint presentation for the Lucy Calkins unit of study, Writing Realistic Fiction, Grade 7, Symbolism, Syntax, and Truth. This is a step by step guide covering Bends I, II, and III including all 17 sessions. Fully editable. This is the step by step guide for teaching students to write a narrative essay utilizing the Lucy Calkins method.
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7th
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street PowerPoint
Teaching The Twilight Zone play, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street? Introduce this gripping play of suspense and conformity with an engaging, student-friendly 36-slide PowerPoint. Presentation includes facts on The Twilight Zone, pre-reading vocabulary, teleplay terms, anticipation questions, themes, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions that will take you through the entire unit.Click HERE for more amazing The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street products!Need more terrific teacher
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Bundle
The Rabbits - Visual Literacy Unit - Shared Reading - John Marsden/Shaun Tan
This is a unit of work I created on the text "The Rabbits" by John Marsden, illustrated by Shaun Tan. It was designed to be taught for a week, during shared reading lessons. It contains learning intentions and success criteria, as well as a comprehensive background (informative) to the text. Discussion prompts are provided for students, designed to be shared during lessons, as well as teacher notes at the end of the unit. There are also many follow-up suggestions given for consolidation activiti
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3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â Shaun Tan MEGA Shared Reading Bundle - Visual Literacy - Units of Work S3
Anzac Day Unit - 10 WWI History Lessons
Anzac Day is a public holiday in Australia where we commemorate those that fought for us at war, primarily in WWI. This unit includes 10 lessons and is primarily ICT based, where students will develop their research, summarising and writing skills as they learn about some of the key events and conditions of being involved in WWI.This unit includes:*Unit planner (2wks or 10 lessons)*An Immersion or Introductory Lesson*Mapping Task*Timeline Task*Exploring Soldiers’ Profiles*WWI Book Profile page t
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6th - 10th
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Name Recognition with Puzzle Names. Editable. Spelling and Vocabulary Words too!
You will receive an editable resource for name puzzles. Type your student's name in the text field! Insert pictures and voila, you will have a class set in minutes! This resource is designed to save you time. You'll instantly have a customized activity for every student in your classroom meeting literacy needs while your students learn through fun, hands-on experiences! You may use stock photographs or clipart to make spelling and vocabulary puzzles for extra practice!YOU WILL RECEIVE~~~~~~~~~~~
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PreK - 12th
Daniel's Story: Pictures of the Holocaust
Use this Powerpoint to accompany Daniel's Story by Carol Matas. I usually do this story as a read aloud during our studies of the Holocaust and the students enjoy viewing the images I've collected that illustrate various aspects of the novel. The novel is broken into parts and so is the slideshow, so you and your class and follow along. Photos collected include the Hilter Youth, appropriate images from concentration camps (no nudity or extreme violence), passports, badges, and transports to hel
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5th - 12th
Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
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3rd - 8th
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