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Satire: Writing a Satirical Argument Like Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Following examination of the persuasive satire Jonathan Swift perfected in "A Modest Proposal," your students will create their own satirical arguments to address controversial issues of today, whether at the local or global level. This complete unit contains nine pages of materials for the instruction of persuasive satire, including a 2-page overview of the assignment itself, including the writing prompt, steps for organization of ideas, tips regarding tone and style, discussion of possible top
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10th - 12th
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Editable Titanic Passenger Tickets!
These editable tickets will allow your students to explore what it was like on the titanic in first, second, and third class. This ticket allows you or your students to write in their name, their class, who they are accompanied by, their reason for traveling and any additional comments for their trip. It is perfect for literature and creating fictional characters to write about their journey or your students can research actual passengers from the Titanic and do a mini biography on the real pass
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3rd - 5th
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Teen Issues: Multigenre Research Project
This unit is designed to appeal to adolescents' inquiry into the social issues amongst them. Students select a relevant teen issue and create a five-piece research-based multigenre project. I include a structures unit plan with objectives; project requirements, ideas, and rubrics; handouts to guide them through the process of Internet-based research; and a post-assignment self-assessment for students to complete at the end of the unit. This was one of the most successful units at my diverse,
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8th - 12th
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Voice Writing Activity for Diary of a Worm
*This writing activity is based on the book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (series)
*Students practice using "voice" and rough draft a report of an animal telling about himself
*Students use a variety of resources (internet, nonfiction text materials and/or encyclopedias) to research an animal and then use the 6 +1 trait of voice to tell his/her story based on the book
*After writing a diary using the rough draft form, students create a final copy (hand-written or typed) and illustrate a c
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3rd - 6th
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Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric - 4th Grade
This rubric was created to assess student informational compare/contrast essays on 2 plants or 2 animals that they researched for their ecosystem. Could be easily adapted for any compare/contrast essay.
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3rd - 5th
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Create an Insect Project
*Students will create a 3-D insect model using a variety of materials to create a unique and newly discovered bug!
*This is a great activity for a culmination to an unit on insects
*Students must use their knowledge of the basic body parts of an insect to create a unique bug--head, thorax, abdomen, wings, and six legs
*A sample project is featured and a sample report
*Report rubric and grading rubric are included
Have fun creating your unusual and unique bugs!
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1st - 3rd
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Figurative Language Exercises
This upload has a series of activities which support information on similes, metaphors, extended metaphors, symbolism and motifs. It also looks at allusion in order to show that writing is about compression and comparison of meaning. In order to write better descriptions it includes activities on word choice, sentence length and organisation. Activities include working in pairs and groups and making vocabulary charts on different subjects. Writing tasks to consolidate each subject are also in
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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North Korea & South Korea Postcards
Help students learn about East Asia countries North Korea and South Korea through this fun activity! They will research information about the 2 countries to help them gain an understanding of the culture. They will create a postcard like they are in North Korea and South Korea highlighting the differences in the 2 countries.
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6th - 12th
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Creating a World for your Story
This upload has advice, assessments, questionnaires and journals that consolidate advice on genre and setting, on how the microcosm can reflect the macrocosm, the way our consciousness is shaped by the world around us, the use of motifs in describing setting, the embeddedness of a character in their world, the use of sensory perception and the way to categorise details.
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Not Grade Specific
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Harry Kane Fact Sheet & Non-Chronological Report Writing (Structured)
Perfect for any teacher who is trying to inspire their pupils to write a non-chronological report on the life of a significant person. Harry Kane has been a role model for thousands and achieved at the highest level of professional football. Two A4 pages of facts about Harry Kane provide a fairly detailed snapshot of his family members, his sporting achievements, interests and some random facts too.There is a basic and an advanced planning structure sheet for children to use to support writing a
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4th - 8th
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History Grab Writing Project
Perfect for any time-specific period history unit or for a gifted student/group who requires a challenging project revolving around history.This project includes a run down of what a "History Grab" is, an organizational worksheet and an example of how to make your historical figure shine. A wonderful way to practice detailed and descriptive writing. Would be a great way to facilitate one grade motivating another to read about historical characters!
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6th - 12th
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Research Project w/ Menu Options (Sight/Vision/Blindness)
This assignment is connected to Florida's 10th Grade Savvas English textbook, specifically Unit 5: Blindness and Sight. It offers independent, paired, and group work on the topics of vision and what it means to see.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Multimodal Essay Writing Prompt-Students Include Video and Images in Essay
This is a multimodal essay that I use with my English II students. Multimodal just means that this assignment requires students to compose using language AND several nontraditional modes of communication as well, such as movie clips, audio, and images.
→ The assignment specifies that students have to create or modify these elements, and they must embed and contextualize them in their writing. Do note that I have included links to online resources in the prompt that students can use to accompli
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Geography Choice Board
Student Choice! Your students choose which assignments they want to do on the choice board to reach a certain requirement.content lasts a full weekrecap/review of learning throughout the yearfun way to improve student motivationrequires higher level thinking skillsresearchposterscreative writing, interviewing, song writing, research, poetry, posters, mapping, graphing, and many more activities included!several projects/activities students will enjoy working on!
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5th - 12th
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Biography Outline and Template
For Social Studies, my students write a biography about a notable person in Portland, Oregon. I created a biography outline for when students spend time on the computers researching their person. In addition to the outline, I created a template for students to write a multi paragraph biography paper.
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3rd - 5th
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Egyptian Pharoah Resume
Students use this format to create a resume for an Egyptian Pharaoh. They receive the name of a pharaoh to research (provided) and use the Internet to find necessary information.
Pharaoh Resume by Melissa Mosquera is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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5th - 8th
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Research PowerPoint Rubric
Research PowerPoints! Instead of having students create the traditional research paper. Students create a powerpoint with all the elements needed for the paper. The powerpoint allows students to meet the standards while creating the paper in a non traditional medium.
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4th - 12th
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Structure - Subverting a Generic Code
This series of activites uses a flipped classroom, where students read, highlight and create a series of dotpoints to understand the subversion of generic codes. They then research an example of a tv series that subverts a generic code and in pairs give a three minute lesson to the class on why their tv series is part of a genre but chooses to subvert it. They are given guiding questions to respond to. The last activity is them choosing a scene from a text in a genre they know well and using i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Analyzing Poetry (recognizing devices, finding meaning)
This a 4-page document with clear explanations of devices typically used in poetry (Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Imagery, Literal/Figurative Language-Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, etc.) All of the short, comprehensible explanations have examples as well. There is a also a section on types of poems (Ballad, Elegy, Ode, etc.) and parts of a poem. This first section is followed by a succinct how-to guide on analyzing a poem, including a list of questions to pose as you read through a poem
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5th - 12th
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Inspiration - Reading, Writing and Jotting down Ideas.
These activities and lessons help students to see the important place reading and researching has in helping develop imaginative ideas for creative writing projects. The work involves mixing and matching the names of important authors with the first or last sentences of important works showing that the writer's style is contingent on context and immediate audience; there is also work on creating a premise for a story based on or in opposition to a premise of a work they have read or watched. R
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Creative Writing Workshops - Inspiration
Action Research Paper on Assessments
This research was done a few years back in time when I noticed a big gap between the formative and summative assessments of my students' writing. In this research, you will find all experience, evidence and references that I used to consolidate the paper. It would be targeted to new educators, or teachers, or educational policy makers. Enjoy it and feel free to use any part of the paper for your benefit.
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Not Grade Specific
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Tragic Flaw Writing Assignment
My 9th grade Pre-AP English students LOVE this essay prompt on Tragic Heroes and tragic flaws! (Or, they at least become much more invensted in this writing assignment than most throughout the year.) After using my "Tragic Heroes P.P. Presentation" while they take notes on tragic heroes, I assign this essay to my students. Typically, we have just enough time in class for them to create a short rough draft of their essay, and then they go home and research/write the actual essay and bring it back
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7th - 12th
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Persuasive Argument Presentation: Futuristic Technology Pros & Cons
Starting a dystopian/utopian unit? Or looking for an engaging lesson to get students using their persuasive skills?This lesson is focused around students predicting the benefits and drawbacks to futuristic technology (think flying cars, video recording contact lenses, etc.).The LessonIn small groups, students will collectively determine a piece of technology to sell to the class.They must present on the advantages and disadvantages of the new technologyThey will present their findings by choosin
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5th - 12th
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Career Exploration Research Project
This research project includes an overview of what the students will complete, a full list of career options, details to include in each paragraph, and a rubric for the entire project. This project is to encourage the students to start researching what they may want to do when they grow up and what path they need to take to reach their goal.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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