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Middle school writing-essays thematic unit plans under $5
PARCC Test Prep Literary Analysis Task Mermaids
This is a simulation of the Literary Analysis Section of the PARCC Test. Included are two passages, with a total of 7 (14 total) A/B type questions requiring evidence to support your answer.
2 Writing Prompts similar to practice test published by PARCC is included along with Rubrics for grades 4-6, published and available online from PARCC.
Writing Prompt 1- Address a common theme
Writing Prompt 2- Address/retell from different point of view
This is designed to be used to show students th
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3rd - 7th
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Chocolate Tank: A Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Activity
Do you love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Do you want something SO fun that your kids will be talking about it all year? Need a parent involvement activity? Then I think you will enjoy Chocolate Tank.No, your kids are not dunking you in a tank of chocolate. Although that does sound fun!! Chocolate Tank is an idea that is based on the TV show Shark Tank. Your kids are going to create their own one-of-a-kind, brand new, never before seen candy. The crazier the better! Their job is to convince
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2nd - 6th
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World War I Weapons & Trench Warfare Battles – WWI American History Lesson
Our World War I Weapons lesson uses nonfiction informational text PLUS engaging hands-on activities and writing assignments to teach about weapons (machine guns, tanks, and poisonous gases) used during World War I:World War I Weapons nonfiction informational text – no additional textbook neededQuestions to assess Informational Text ComprehensionJournal Entries utilizing Close Reading to summarize World War I battlesCircle Chart to Illustrate Weapons used during World War IWorld War I Weapons Ess
Grades:
4th - 8th
State Report - A Research Project for Any US State
Your students will love creating these beautiful State Reports! Everything you need to get your students researching, writing, and coloring their state report! Completely independent, students receive templates, website suggestions, and graphic organizers. All you do is print and go! Makes a gorgeous hand-drawn and written state report project your students will be proud of!This project includes:Cover page for every stateState Maps for every stateTable of ContentsState SealState FlagFun Fact
Grades:
4th - 6th
Haute Cuisine (Saveurs du Palais) Movie Guide: Preview, Questions, Follow-ups
Teachers, the more I see this film, the more I really, really like it and find it extremely undervalued. With the total absence of any objectionable content whatsoever you should not hesitate at all in showing this to your classes. You could even stream it for free as I did on Vudu. Just download this packet and you will have all you need for a very rich and nourishing (pun intended) unit on la cuisine française. Students will immediately identify with the awkward situation in which Hortense fi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Super D'Accord French and Movie Bundle Unbelievable Deal, short time
Mona Lisa Smile - Film Study w/ Answer Key
I taught this as a precursor to The Help by Kathryn Stockett, but this assignment can be taught with any novel associated with women's gender roles and expectations in the 1940's - 1950's - early 1960's.
The goal of this assignment is for students to understand the social expectations of women during the 40's, 50's and early 60's.
My students were also facing the difficult task of answering Common Core/ELA-style writing questions, while struggling with reading below grade-level. This assignm
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8th - 12th
Autobiography / Biography Genre Study Book Report and Speech
Ideal for students in 6th through 8th grades, Autobiography / Biography Genre Study Book Report and Speech offers a comprehensive 32-page toolkit for educators. This educational resource equips teachers with all the necessary materials to facilitate an engaging autobiography and/or biography genre study unit that is filled with opportunities for your students to analyze, critically think, write, present orally, and self-reflect. The culmination of this unit involves students writing a book repor
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6th - 8th
Also included in: A Bundle of Eleven Book Projects
Descriptive Writing Unit: Setting
This unit includes writing both a descriptive paragraph and a descriptive essay about a place. The packet includes all you need to help you teach the descriptive writing process by focusing on setting:
- Descriptive Place Paragraph Example
-Pre-writing Graphic Organizers for Paragraph and for Essay
-Descriptive Place Essay Example
-Revising and Editing Instructions
-Peer Review Form for Paragraph
-3 Page Peer Review Form for Essay
-Writing Paper for First Drafts and Final Drafts
Thank you so
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4th - 6th
Graphic Novel Writing Project - Example, Graphic Organizer and Template
Writing a graphic novel is a fun and interesting project for your students. This provides them with the opportunity to write about a story idea that interests them, but in graphic novel form. When they are done they can share it with their peers! This product includes information to share with your students about what a graphic novel is, why do we write a graphic novel, rules to follow when writing a graphic novel, the parts of a graphic novel that are necessary to include along with examples. T
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2nd - 10th, Staff
Nonfiction Essay- "What's My Name?"
This is a writing assignment that links very well with "Names/Nombres: by Julia Alvarez. Students brainstorm the meaning of their name, as well as the story behind it. Using guided questions to construct the essay format, students will easily transition from brainstorming/research to drafting and writing. This unit also contains a peer editing checklist, rubric, and essay example.
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5th - 8th
Writing Assignments over Racism and Stereotypes (Personal Narratives)
Two different writing assignments where students choose a prompt and write about their own personal experiences with racism or stereotypes and reflect upon those experiences. I included a guide for students to use to help them organize their thoughts. I use this when reading themed passages and novels having to do with racism and stereotypes. It is in word document, so feel free to change the prompts and guided sentence stems as you see fit:)Thank you.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Complete Unit Harrison Bergeron - Persuasive Writing
This is a complete UDL unit for the short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut with the focus on developing persuasive writing skills. It can be used as a stand alone unit, part of a larger Dystopian Unit, or as an anchor piece.The unit includes:Assessments (Pre and Post)Scaffolding for Emerging and Advanced LearnersStandardsDiscussion QuestionsArgument TemplateSuggested Supplemental ResourcesIt is targeted toward 7th-12th grade levels.
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7th - 10th
The Dust Bowl and Weed Patch Camp Research Project
This is a set of resources for a research project on the Dust Bowl and Weedpatch Camp. History research posters (with California map), research prompts and blank report pages are included. There is also a book report poster and blank book report pages for The Grapes of Wrath.
The research posters can be pasted to file folders to create a money and space saving project!
If you are interested in more products like this one, check out my California Misson Research Projects.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
OREO Activities-Upper Elementary Close Read/Descriptive Writing
A fun unit using close reading,textual analysis, short answer, descriptive writing, and your 5 senses to find out everything you ever wanted to know about America’s #1 cookie. 14 pages
• Still Delicious at 102 informative article
• Nutritional text info
• Prove it from nutritional text activity
• Read closely/answer completely activity
• Sensory descriptions activity
• Essay planner
• Page for descriptive essay
• Descriptive writing grading rubric
• Oreo packaging timeline activity
• Naming the
Grades:
4th - 7th
The Great Gatsby Unit Plan
I've included here a unit plan for F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The ultimate goal of this unit is to teach students to work through literary analysis. The summative assessment is a literary analysis essay that covers the following skills: Objective SummaryThemeSymbolismCharacter analysisThe unit plan includes all of the standards touched on during the unit, an 18 day schedule, a rubric, links to extra resources that I used when teaching this, and links to other resources that might be
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: The Great Gatsby Introduction Complete Lesson
"La Vie en Rose" Movie Packet: Anticipation Guide, Plot and Essay Questions
My fellow French teachers, if it fits within your curriculum and you have the ability to do so, go ahead and show this stunning bio-pic of French cultural icon Edith Piaf! This film was highly decorated by the academies and delivers on its promise of quality despite its rather long run-time.If your students (read parents, grrrr!) are especially sensitive, just fast-forward from the 7:20 mark to 7:35 and you'll avoid the very brief bit of nudity and objectionable content and all will be good.This
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
New Year Resolutions 2021 Upper Elementary Reading/Essay Writing
A fun way to allow students to write about themselves in a meaningful way. Print and Go Mini Unit! Great for a Sub Day. 11 page mini unit includes:• 2 New Year’s Reading Passages• Jot It Down! Planning Page• First Draft Outline/Partner Edit Checklist• Essay Writing Page (My students usually type it.)• Grading Rubric• Sketch It Out! Illustration template
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4th - 8th
Writing Literary Analysis — ELA — Step-by-Step Directions, Outlining Activity
How do you write literary analysis? Moreover, how do you teach literary analysis writing? This guide explains literary analysis essay writing with simple, step-by-step directions and a straightforward drafting activity, covering important topics like literary analysis thesis statements, claims and warrants, introductions, body paragraph formatting, quote embedding, analysis recommendations, and conclusion.Included in your purchase is:4 pages of step-by-step literary analysis writing guidelines (
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8th - 12th
Your Own Modest Proposal: Satire Writing Assignment
This assignment includes detailed instructions, a rubric, and a prewriting document to help your students brainstorm a satire of their own choosing. This is best paired with Swift's A Modest Proposal, as it's structured around his text. This is a great exercise in persuasive writing and incorporates specific ways for them to utilize ethos, pathos, and logos in their modern argument. This assignment has seen years of success in my classroom!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: A Modest Proposal Bundle: A Recipe For A Successful Unit
Close Reading - TS Elliot & Shel Silverstein - Thematic Poetry unit
Because our role as teachers is to show students how to acquire information instead of simply giving it to them,each of three poems has a list of steps across the top of the page telling them to do things as simple as numbering lines or as complex as identifying tone and mood. I've also added a link to "Mr. Mistoffolees" from Cats. Younger students enjoy comparing the two!
And to wrap it all up is a short writing exercise to compare and contrast two of the poems!
This unit was created to intro
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Juvenile Crime & Punishment Argument Essay Packet
Need an exciting new argument topic to get kids interested in writing an essay? This is IT!
Students will be eager to read, research, and formulate their own arguments on the topic of juvenile crime and punishment. Trust me. They dig it!
I've also included suggestions on how to start an argument unit, with a couple of bonus documents, and a link to my What is Argument presentation in Google Drive. Just make a copy and GO.
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*Link to What is Argument Presentation (linked HERE, too)
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8th - 12th
Writer's Workshop Narrative Craft Teaching Slides
This unit of daily teaching slides will help guide a teacher's mini lessons about the narrative craft of writing.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Martin Luther King Jr. - Character trait writing assignment
Assignment: After reading various articles about Martin Luther King Jr. that the teacher assigns, students will choose three different character traits that they think best describe Martin Luther King Jr. After choosing those character traits, students will need to use text evidence to support their character trait choice, then explain in their own words why. Included:Character Trait List Student OutlineWriting SamplesSentence Starter Examples for paragraphsStandards Based Writing Rubric
Grades:
4th - 8th
ELA Thematic Assignment: Resilience Reading Response
This lesson can be paired with another activity that promotes personal reflection or utilized as a standalone lesson. By following each learning phase (activating, acquiring, applying), students will level up their ability to write a persuasive essay. This thematic unit can be used as an introduction to various other texts (poems, visuals, videos, speeches, short stories, and novels) and be taught over several weeks.Upon the completion of the lesson, students will have completed the necessary qu
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5th - 12th
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