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8th grade Earth Day creative writing internet activities
Human Impact on the Environment Webquest Activity | Earth Day Climate Change
Great Earth Day activity! This webquest makes learning about the human impact on the environment easy and engaging! Students will learn about: Primary human impacts on the environment and services provide by natureThe Anthropocene and how long impacts will lastBiodiversity lossPopulation growth over timeThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch Global deforestation Carbon footprintsStudents will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including videos and an interactive quiz, and
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6th - 12th
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MS-ESS3-4
, HS-ESS3-4
TERRY FOX 2 Reading Passages, 6 activities: Grades 7-8 PRINT and EASEL
This resource includes informational texts and lots of activities to help your students find out more about and celebrate the life of Terry Fox.This resource has been updated to include digital and print access using the new interactive digital layer tool. I have created my own version, available to buyers, but buyers can create their own version too, reflecting the needs of their studentsIncluded in this resource:2-one page reading texts of over 500 words detailing Terry’s life and his legacy.
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7th - 8th
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Earth Day Digital Escape Room: Informational, Fun, and Engaging Activities
This UPDATED Earth Day Digital Escape Room is a fun and engaging way to introduce students to Earth Day and learn about ways we can all help. Each topic covered has an informational paragraph, a video, a game to play to find the clue for the escape room, and a 'just for fun' game for early finishers. Can they crack the code? Try this FREE Honeybees Escape to check it out.The topics covered are:The history of Earth DayThe importance of plantsWater pollution and how we can helpEndangered animalsRe
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Earth Day BUNDLE-Digital Escape Room and Writing Prompts
PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Elements & Techniques FOR THE BIRDS
Pixar-like Short Film Workshop. Looking for a fun and effective way to teach literary elements such as theme, plot, dialogue, characters, inference, and irony? For The Birds is a tried and true favorite among students and teachers! Film Summary: The birds on a wire make fun of the bird with different feathers, until ironically, they fall off the wire and lose all of their own feathers. Your students will get a chuckle and learn a lesson about bullying. Includes Activities For: ✔ IRONY✔ Setting✔
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5th - 8th
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Song Titles | Main Idea and Symbolism | Language Arts Worksheets
Songs and song lyrics are so important to teens, and this is one of my students' favorite lessons all year. Teenagers - actual teenagers - have complimented me on this lesson plan. That was a wow-factor for me, because I really didn't expect quite that much love when I developed the lesson. Every time I teach it, I hear comments such as: "We should do this kind of thing more often," "Of all your classes, this one is my favorite so far," etc. Quite a few get so involved, they ask to work on it at
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8th - 11th
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PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL
Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn
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5th - 8th
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Digital End of the Year Activities for Middle School ELA Fun
This download contains more than 10 fun activities for the end of the school year in your ELA class. Located on Google Slides, it's perfect for distance learning! There is much to color and keep hands busy with 20+ pages of activities including puzzles, games, and coloring pages all related to English Language Arts.This product is located on Google Slides and is designed for distance learning! It includes the original PDF for printing as well. Some pages (crossword puzzle and coloring pages) are
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5th - 8th
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Pixar -like Shorts: Films For Literary Elements & Techniques Inference Plot
Short film workshops are the most effective and engaging way for students to learn about literary elements. This workshop for DUSTIN focuses on: PERSONIFICATION, CHARACTER, INFERENCE, SETTING, AND FORESHADOWING. Students will absolutely LOVE it!Film Summary: In this film, an adorable dog is perplexed because he gets an unexpected roommate, a robot floor cleaner that sweeps up all of the table crumbs that he had hoped to eat. Dustin feels he is being replaced, until he realizes this robot makes a
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6th - 9th
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Shorts Films Literary Devices THEME INFERENCE CONFLICT SETTING DIALOGUE Piper
Students ADORE this short film, PIPER, for learning the story elements: THEME, INFERENCE, DIALOGUE, CONFLICT, SETTING AND MORE. Students learn how these literary elements shape each other to create this amazing film.Film Summary: An adorable little Sandpiper is pushed by her mother to find food along with the rest of the flock. However, Piper gets swept up in a giant wave on her first try and is reluctant to try again; that is until she's learns how to brave the water from a little crab and lear
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Short Films For Literary Devices Elements Techniques
Christmas OR Winter Pixar-like Short Films Literary Devices THEME & NARRATIVE
HEY DEER! ANIMATED PIXAR SHORT FILM! Great for Christmas OR winter ELA. Short films are the perfect way to teach narrative writing and literary elements and devices. This workshop guides students through an analysis of 6 basic literary elements to prepare them for the culminating narrative writing task. Students watch the film directly from their slides and work through all of the guided activities.❤ Winter themed- but NO direct Christmas referencesSettingCharacters/CharacterizationPoint of View
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6th - 9th
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Earth Day, Virtual Field Trip, Environmental Protection
Thanks to today’s technology, anyone can take a virtual field trip whenever they want! The Earth Day, Environmental Protection virtual field trip is a true game-changer! Definitely check out the preview for this breathtaking and memorable distance learning experience! Your students will explore the Earth Day Network, a recycling plant, environmental protection, reuse of materials, and artificial reefs.**Answer key included. UPDATED for Earth Day 2022. If you bought this previously you might nee
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4th - 9th
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Partner Parody Project - "My Favorite Things" The Sound of Music, PDF & Google
This is a partner parody project with "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.It can be a great end of the year project for General Music, Choir, or Band students. It is also great for distance learning. It comes in a PDF version as well as Google Slides. #musiccrewdistanceUPPER #musiccrewsecondaryStudents learn definitions of terms like parody, rhythm, meter, rhyme, and syllable as they apply in a song. After brainstorming their favorite things, students will write their own stanzas as a
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4th - 8th
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Paragraph of the Week - Writing Bell Ringers for Middle High English - Digital
The Paragraph of the Week Writing Bell-Ringers Digital Program is the most engaging way to help your students become stronger writers. These 40 weeks of standards-based writing bell ringers will ignite creativity and foster growth in argumentative, narrative, expository, and descriptive writing. Each Monday, students will receive a thought-provoking prompt, inspiring them to craft a powerful paragraph in the style of one of the four writing types. Throughout the week, they will hone their writin
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7th - 10th
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6 Word Memoir Getting to Know You Activities High School & Middle School
This Six Word Memoir Project is a perfect back to school icebreaker for high school or middle school students. Build classroom community while teaching important ELA writing concepts like diction, syntax, and the writing process. This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES six Word Memoir writing activity is a fun and engaging getting to know you activity for high school or middle school students as well as an excellent way to introduce any identity unit or memoir unit. This activity is editable so yo
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7th - 12th
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UN Global Goals (SDGs) Virtual Classroom
What are the SDG goals? What are the 17 UN Global Goals? They are the same thing! SDG stands for Sustainable Development Goals and are an extremely important initiative agreed upon by the United Nations. They are 17 stepping stones for a future that is focused on sustainability for the sake of our planet, as well as better living opportunities for all. This Virtual Classroom can be used on multiple devices, either in school or through distance learning. Students click on the Global Goals and t
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6th - 8th
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MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-3
Aquaponics - Earth Science Worksheets and Activities BUNDLE (Google, PDF, Print)
Get this bundle with a variety of aquaponic lesson plans and science activities for middle and high school students. Ready for distance learning!❤️Follow My StoreThis set offers the teacher a variety of aquaponics worksheets to choose from, aquaponics benefits, is aquaponics profitable, aquaponics advantages, aquaponics disadvantages, aquaponics nitrogen cycle, is aquaponics safe, and many other topics!These activities can serve as an entire unit on aquaponics or be supplemental science workshee
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6th - 12th
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ELA Morning Work Do Now Bell Ringers QUICK WRITES BACK TO SCHOOL DIGITAL
AUGUST BACK TO SCHOOL, DO NOW, QUICK WRITE BELLRINGERS, WITH MIN-LESSONS FOR PARAGRAPH WRITING. Get your students' creative juices flowing at the start of every class, with fun, thought-provoking QUICK WRITES! DAILY TASK: Students read a short, thought-provoking prompt and do a 10 minute Quick WriteINCLUDES20 writing promptsMini-lessons for paragraph writingMini-lesson for Quick WritesEditable instructionsBuilt in digital timer (optional)Instructions for studentsCOMING SOON BELL RINGERS FOR EACH
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6th - 9th
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Figurative Language & Poetic Devices Quiz & Activity
A quiz (or can be used as a worksheet) over various figurative language terms and poetic devices. Quiz includes 20 matching and identification of devices in poems.
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Terms covered are:
alliteration
assonance
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
rhyme
eye rhyme
internal rhyme
paradox
carpe diem poetry
true rhyme
near/half rhyme
Activity is an optional internet scavenger hunt of poems and song lyrics
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7th - 12th
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Digital Poetry Unit for Middle School | Google Classroom
This digital poetry unit for middle school is an easy way to introduce students to the basics of poetry in a distance learning online format. Students learn the elements of poetry and discover six different types of poems. This resource will turn your students into poets with simple poetry forms like Haiku, Tanka, Quatrain, and more! Product includes:35 instructional/activity Google SlidesElements of Poetry definitions and examplesFigurative Language Digital SortElements of Poetry Google Forms q
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Digital ELA 12 Resource BUNDLE | Google Classroom
ELA Morning Work Do Now ELA Bell Ringers LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY DIGITAL
SEPTEMBER BACK TO SCHOOL BELLRINGERS, LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY! Students review: Theme, plot, conflict, setting, foreshadowing, flashback, irony, symbolism, alliteration, point of view, simile, metaphor, imagery, genre, and more! Includes end-of-month test and literary element sketch activity. DAILY TASK: Students read a literary definition and use the letter hints to determine the word of the day. Then, students write an example of the literary word.INCLUDES20 Bell ringersPRINTABLE end of mont
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6th - 9th
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Poetry Writing Unit Haiku, Acrostic, Limerick, Concrete, and More - Digital
Engage your students in poetry with this ready-to-use digital poetry writing unit. This resource will guide students through the writing process for 8 different types of poems. This digital resource is perfect for any poetry writing unit as it provides step-by-step instructions for each of the types of poems, Google slides, sample poetry responses, and good copy slide templates. This digital, Google-compatible poetry writing portfolio is a great way to ease your students into poetry writing usi
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5th - 8th
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Short Films Literary Elements Devices & Techniques Inference Character Theme
Guaranteed fun and laughter with this animated short film workshop that teaches character motivation, inferencing, providing evidence, and summary writing. Students are guided through the interactive Google Slides as they learn the importance of creating characters with motivation and how other character's motivations can cause conflicts. This workshop is simple and would work great for struggling students, ESL learners, or for a light lesson in general ed. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young girl
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5th - 8th
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Digital Writing Prompts for Middle School
These digital writing choice boards are a great way to encourage middle school students to write about what interests them! Just post the writing choice board on Google Classroom™ & students can choose which prompt to respond to!This product includes:4 digital writing choice boards to share on Google Classroom™45 writing prompts for students to choose from.1 editable choice board to create your own prompts!Check out this FREE digital journal for students to write their responses!You might al
Grades:
5th - 8th
Biodiversity Digital Activity | Google Slides
In this digital activity, students will apply skills and concepts relating to the importance of, and current threats to, biodiversity. They will review key vocabulary, analyze diagrams, read articles about real examples of biodiversity threats, and critically think through making predictions and designing solutions to problems. Students will also compare species evenness to species richness, and calculate a simple biodiversity index. This lesson can be assigned and completed through Google Class
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
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