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8th grade Spring writing-essays activities
Poetry, One Pager Writing Activities, Poem in Your Pocket Pennant
April is National Poetry Month. English language arts students will love their poetry one pagers and Poem in Your Pocket pennant. How can I teach poetry? Poetry is a challenge for my students. English teachers prepare poetry lessons to get students enthusiastic about haiku, acrostic, I am poems, and "My Selfie Poems." This spring, get visual with the poetry one pagers and templates for your students to kick-start their creativity! Includes:One pagers- in color- gray scale- completed example
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: English Teacher Activities and Fun Bundle
End of the Year Activity: Memory Book Newspaper
End of the year "DOODLE NOTES style"- Memory Book Newspaper. This is a upbeat way to learn from your students at the end of the school year. Students complete a newspaper template highlighting their year in your class and leave with a keepsake that summarizes their experiences. Perfect for the upper grades during may and june!
This activity addresses:
Creative Writing
Creative Drawing
Self-reflection
Organizational skills
Friendships
There are 7 pages to choose from:
Pick and choose or use
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Entire Science Doodle Notes Collection
Tile Coaster Mother's Day Craft & Father's Day Gift, Card, Questionnaire, Tags
Are you looking for the perfect Mother's Day craft or Father's Day craft to make at school?! These hand-drawn Mother’s Day and Father’s Day DIY tile coasters, foldable cards, printable questionnaires, and gift tags are easy to create. Plus, they make a super cute Mother’s Day gift or Father’s Day gift that is kid-created! Your students' loved ones are sure to cherish this special keepsake forever!RESOURCES INCLUDED:4 tile templates (mom, mum, dad, any special person)10 foldable cards8 questionna
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PreK - 8th
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos - Rhetorical Appeals Analysis and Persuasive Language Unit
Make teaching ethos, pathos, and logos fun and engaging with this rhetorical appeals unit! This comprehensive rhetorical appeals unit includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about the different, effective persuasive and argumentative writing strategies, including ethos, pathos, and logos. ⭐️ 2023 UPDATE: Now includes PRINT AND DIGITAL! Teach your students about rhetorical appeals using the engaging and interactive multi-day instructional slide. Students follow
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7th - 12th
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Paraphrasing, Quoting, & Summarizing: Informative Writing Skills PRINT + DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing by focusing on three key skills: paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing. This unit teaches students how to improve their writing skills by focusing on learning how to paraphrase, quote, and summarize text in their own writing! By learning the crucial skill of paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing, students will improve their writing drastically!In this informational writing mini-unit, your students will learn the differences between paraphrasing, quoting
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7th - 10th
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April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form
This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!! It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly. Originally marked for 5th and up but many teaching as young as 3rd have said it worked great!
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3rd - 12th
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Writing a Research Paper Unit Project & Portfolio for Research Writing EDITABLE
This research writing unit and portfolio has everything you need to teach the research process in an organized and engaging way! Your students will strengthen their reading, writing, and researching skills throughout the research project.This comprehensive portfolio will help your students master the research writing process in 6 steps-- indicated by organized tabs (topic selection, research, annotated bibliography, research outline, the writing process, and reflection).The portfolio is made up
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8th - 12th
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End of the Year Activity | Spring Interactive Coloring Pages by Art with Jenny K
Art with Jenny K. is the originator of these innovative, engaging, add-a-pattern "interactive" coloring sheets. This set of “Pop Art-style” coloring sheets features a variety of Spring images that make a great accompaniment to your springtime celebrations. There are 4 interactive pages and 4 pattern-filled pages included in this Spring activity—appropriate for all ages. Writing prompts are also included!Students add bold patterns to different spring symbols and then color their designs to produc
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Pop Art Holiday Coloring Pages for Summer, End of the Year, Much More!
Argumentative Writing - A Complete Argument Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of argumentative writing with this argument writing teaching unit! I created this argumentative essay writing teaching unit with secondary ELA students in mind, and it includes step-by-step and engaging writing instructional materials. This argument essay writing unit includes everything you need for a complete argumentative writing instructional unit, including the print & digital materials. This essay writing instructional unit includes an editable instruc
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7th - 10th
Thesis Statement and Essay Introduction - Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of writing an introductory paragraph and thesis statement with this print and digital essay writing unit focusing on the introduction. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills and write a well-developed and complete thesis statement and introduction paragraph for their multi-paragraph essay.This essay writing teaching resource includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable presentation for direct instruction, pr
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6th - 10th
Research Paper Writing Unit - Lessons, PowerPoint, Handouts, Research Bundle
This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes five resources to help make teaching resource paper writing a breeze. This research writing unit includes lessons on paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing, 9th edition MLA format and citations, research paper writing, and academic vocabulary. This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes everything you will need to help your students master research writing.The main research paper writing unit includes:An engaging and editable, 72-slide PowerPoint
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7th - 10th
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Spring Math Coordinate Graphing Pictures - Ordered Pairs Mystery Pictures
Practice plotting ordered pairs with these fun spring / summer theme coordinate graphing mystery pictures! This activity is easy to differentiate by choosing either the first quadrant (positive whole numbers) or the four quadrant (positive and negative whole numbers) worksheet. All points are represented by whole numbers, there are no fractions or decimals. This activity is perfect for math centers, early finishers or homework. This bundle includes 4 mystery pictures: flower, bee, ladybug and b
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5th - 8th
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Explanatory and Informational Writing Unit for Secondary ELA
Engage your students in an informational and expository essay unit that will help them learn how to write academically! This explanatory, expository, and informational writing unit includes everything you need to teach informational and explanatory writing to your middle and high school students. Plus, all of the digital and print materials are included!There is an editable PowerPoint presentation and supplementary teaching materials that contain assignments, activities, and an essay. This writi
Grades:
6th - 9th
Narrative Writing Teaching Unit for secondary ELA (presentation, essay & more)
Engage your students in an exciting and comprehensive narrative writing unit with this resource! This standards-based narrative writing unit includes materials for both a personal narrative and a fictional narrative and includes everything you need to teach narrative writing to your middle and high school students, including both the print and digital files!Walk your students step-by-step through the writing process with the materials in this unit. From brainstorming and organizing to peer editi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Narrative Writing and Short Story Unit Bundle
Argumentative Writing Unit - Grades 7-10 - Teaching Argument Essay Writing
Argument Writing Unit: This unit is common core aligned and includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about argumentative writing including persuasive strategies, ethos, pathos, and logos, and more.This unit focuses on building better arguments and stronger writers by understanding and analyzing arguments in informational text, as well as studying key academic vocabulary.This resource includes:- A detailed, standards-based unit outline- Four editable PowerPoint p
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7th - 12th
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Short Story Unit - Intro to Literature for ANY Fiction - PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students all about short stories and literary elements with a short story unit that works with any piece of fiction. This short story teaching lesson introduces students to short stories, fiction, and literary devices. It includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about short stories, and you can use these organizers over and over again. This short story unit includes both the print and digital files! Teaching short stories is a breeze with this unit. B
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Narrative Writing and Short Story Unit Bundle
Spring Activities Coordinate Graphing Mystery Pictures | Early Finishers
This document includes three different levels of differentiation. Please download the preview to see more of what's included in this document.Included are Four Spring-Themed Coordinate Graphing Mystery Pictures:Each picture has three different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom·One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers and decimals·One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numb
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4th - 9th
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Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments
Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments: This essay bundle contains all the documents you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging PowerPoint presentations, fun activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.What Teachers Are Saying About This Essay Writing Unit: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great package. As a new teacher so
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7th - 12th
The Outsiders Novel Study and Activity Unit - Comprehension, Quizzes, More
Engage your students in this five-week teaching unit for The Outsiders. This teaching unit for S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders contains engaging activities that will help your students understand and analyze the text. This unit plan will help challenge all learners in your classroom with built-in differentiation and scaffolding. As you read The Outsiders, students will use the comprehension and analysis bookmarks to better understand the story. The foldable bookmarks also align with The Outsid
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7th - 10th
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Cinco de Mayo Activities Bulletin Board Coloring Pages Craft Art Project Reading
Cinco de Mayo Portrait Art Coloring PagesIntroduce students to Cinco de Mayo activities with Portrait Art Coloring Pages! This resource is ideal for bulletin boards, art projects, and educational coloring. Designed for Upper Elementary and Middle School students. Inside this resource, you'll find:Self-Directed Student Guide: Step-by-step instructions on how to draw a portrait.9 Influential Mexican Heroes: Features portraits and biographies to explore and choose from.Four Creative Templates: Hel
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3rd - 8th
Avoiding Plagiarism Unit: Engaging Plagiarism Lessons - Academic Integrity
Plagiarism...what a "downer" topic! For years, I dreaded teaching it because students thought I was the Wicked Witch who was out to get them for every missing quotation mark in their essays (or at least that's how I felt as I taught them about the rules of citing sources). In an effort to make writing in general more fun and accessible to students, I came up with fun, engaging, non-intimidating ways to approach plagiarism lessons. Teachers can convey the importance of plagiarism without putting
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7th - 10th
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End of Year Activity Game Would You Rather Summer Activity
End the School Year on a Fun Note with This Exciting Activity! An end-of-the-year This or That icebreaker activity is just what you need to ease the nerves and bring some joy to your students. Whether they're introverts or extroverts, the entire class is going to love it – and trust me, you'll love it too! (In fact, I've even had teachers use this as a staff icebreaker during professional development sessions!)In this engaging activity, students will navigate through a series of slides, making c
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3rd - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: End of Year ELA Project Activities & End of Year Reflection BUNDLE
Argumentative Writing, Narrative Writing, & Informational Writing BUNDLE (Print)
Narrative, Argumentative, and Informational Writing will be so much easier to teach with these step-by-step units that lead your students seamlessly through the process! Grab this bundle at a nice discount and have all three standards-based writing units. You’ll love the scaffolded activities that make the tasks manageable and help students produce strong writing pieces! Original mentor texts that closely model structure and writing requirements are included for all units. Ready to print and te
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5th - 8th
Writing Spotlight Mini-Unit - Mastering Quote Analysis
Empower your middle school and high school ELA students to elevate their essay writing skills with this Writing Spotlight Mini-Unit. Designed to target the art of writing about quotes, this resource equips students with the tools and knowledge they need to craft insightful and engaging commentary. Say goodbye to repetitive phrases like "This quote shows..." and "This shows..."—this unit is here to transform your students into more confident writers.What's Inside:Editable PowerPoint Presentation:
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7th - 11th
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