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Arts & music Common Core CCRA.W.5 resources for Microsoft Word
Romeo and Juliet Persuasive Letter Planning Template
Students can use this easy to understand planning template to draft their claim, provide reasoning, and find strong evidence to support their stance on whether or not their school should implement Romeo and Juliet in the curriculum. I was wanting a new, fresh approach to a final writing assignment for the play. Instead of having my students write the same writing assignments, they are now given freedom to express their opinon about the play, but they are STILL required to use textual evidence in
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8th - 10th
Write a Play Review - Persuasive Writing with Sample
After a trip to the theatre, or watching a play on Youtube, students write a play review, following a straight-forward structure. Meets common core ELA objectives.Easy to follow directions, and sample review included.For grades 5 and up.
Narrative Comic Template & Example
For an introduction to narrative writing, students can write a short comic about 'A Day in the Life of ___'. This is a great way for them to think of breaking down narrative writing, and give them practice in a fun, visual format!
This resource is the template for the comic, as well as an example to share with the class!
- Directly connected to: Narrative Comic Lesson Plan.
and Comic Brainstorming Worksheet.
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6th - 12th
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California Ranchos and Pueblos Newspaper Project
Have you ever wondered what happened to the acres and acres of land that the Spanish left once the Californis Mission system closed? Immerse your 4th graders in this collaborative and highly detailed group project. Each group will chose a California rancho. A great website to use as a resource will be Social Studies Fact Cards. Students will be assigned or will each choose a different section of the newspaper that they will create. Groups will put together a time period news paper set in Califor
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4th
Introduction to Narrative Writing - Narrative Comic Lesson Plan
In introducing narrative writing to my students, I found that one of the easiest strategies is to break it down, step by step, with this Narrative Comic Activity!Students loved this! They were able to write about a day in their lives using pictures, captions, dialogue, and a short plot line to tell a short story through a comic!This is a complete lesson plan, including standards-aligned teaching strategies, activities, resources, and formative/summative assessments. An awesome resource, middle o
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6th - 12th
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Narrative Comic Brainstorming Worksheet & Example
This is a Brainstorming Worksheet to help students plan out a narrative comic! This perfectly coincides with the INTRODUCTION TO NARRATIVE WRITING: NARRATIVE COMIC ACTIVITY. This resource also includes a sample Brainstorming Worksheet to help students understand the breakdown.
The students will be writing about a day in their lives in a broken-down comic format to introduce them to narrative writing. They will create a story, characters, plot line, detail, and dialogue!
Super fun to introduc
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6th - 12th
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Summative Performance Assessment Task for A Streetcar Named Desire
A GRASPS summative assignment for A Streetcar Named Desire. Students are social workers investigating the Kowalski household. Based on their knowledge of the warning signs of an abusive personality from the outside sources consulted, they are to draft a report to their supervisor and the court using textual evidence by way of dialogue, action, incidence reporting, and testimony from other characters to argue their claim. This activity is based on real-world and is meaningful after a discussion
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9th - 12th
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"Masque of The Red Death" By: Edgar Allan Poe
For this bundle, there are three assignments associated with "Masque of The Red Death" By: Edgar Allan Poe. The first worksheet has 6 pre-reading questions for "Masque of the Red Death" which can spark A LOT of good discussion based off of student's opinions with today's society.The second worksheet has 14 words that can be found in the story, "Masque of The Red Death" (with the exception of allegory, which they are to find the definition only). Students are to look up the definition to these wo
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8th - 12th
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Musical Instrument Project
This project requires students to analyze 5 musical instruments through a multi-media project. The project is comprised of the following components: 1 page analytical writing task; visual aid; class presentation (scoring rubric for class presentation is available in my store: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Laura-Lopez-Creative-Corner). Students will love this fun way to deepen their knowledge of instruments in the 5 main instrument families.
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6th - 12th
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Harlem Renaissance Speakeasy & Unit
This has bonus material to the already existing unit and PowerPoint.
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11th - 12th
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Memory Makers (Power Point) {EDITABLE}
Looking for an in-class activity that your students can work on for a couple of times each week during a nine weeks term? Well, the "Memory Makers" Power Point is the perfect extended project. According to many of my past students, this has been one of their most enjoyable projects because it's about them. Duh!!!Just look at the format sheet (instructions) and you'll discover this project lets them creatively showcase their lives in Power Point form. Also included is an example created by on
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
K-1 Writer's Workshop, Unit 1: Foundations
(generated thumbnails are not aligned but document is)Students build a foundation for Writer’s Workshop by learning to draw and write simple sentences in this fun unit learning about their classmates through Star for the Day activities! ( This is a similar idea as Student of the week, but I have condensed it to one day in order to build foundations for this beginning unit for Writer’s Workshop.) Learning Targets covered in this Foundational unit ● Drawing people● Writing simple sentences using h
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K - 2nd
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Studio Habits of Mind Artist Statement
Using the Studio Habits of Mind, artists can reflect on their artwork at the completion of a project.
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Artist Statement and Process
Distance learning writing prompts
Here are 5 quick writing prompts and relevant links to accompany them. I used these as extra writing practice for my 9th and 10th grade students and for discussion prompts in virtual class sessions.
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7th - 10th
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How to write a mystery narrative
Enclosed is a scaffold, primarily used with remedial students, who struggle with the blank piece of loose leaf. It is open-ended and the possibilities are endless. I used it at the end of the year when my students were very stressed out from state exams and final exams.Image provided by iStockPhotos.com.
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4th - 6th
Mad Hot Ballroom Timed Write
Culminating activity for film study of Mad Hot Ballroom. I choose to do timed writes in class as it eases the amount of plagiarism/AI generated writing in my classrooms. This document includes two writing prompts (allows for student choice) and a graphic organizer for pre writing activity. Document can be edited to fit your needs.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Mad Hot Ballroom Film Study Bundle
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar debate packet & rubrics
This assessment bundle includes: preparatory assignment, debate topics & group configuration logistics, listener's note assignment to keep students accountable when it's not their turn to participate, and rubrics for all parts of the assessment.
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9th - 12th
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Song Writing Planner
Have students work through this pack of questions to plan and write their own song. This 8 page packet is made for a quick song writing unit. It can be completed in one to two lessons depending on how fast you work through the information and allow for whole group discussion. The packet includes a rubric and graphic organiser for the final product, as well as a step by step guide for generating ideas and identifying basic parts of a song. Teacher need only bring/ find a few of their favourite so
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6th
Three Little Pigs English Planning week 2
This is the second week of English Planning for a unit on the Three Little Pigs, the first week is also available. This week focuses on planning and writing a new version of the Three Little Pigs Story. This was used in Year 1 at the start of the year, so includes practical activities and drama as well as basic writing. Includes differentiated learning outcomes and activities.
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PreK - 3rd
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First Day of School all about me and self portrait
This is a simple template to give students on their first day of school in kindergarten/prep. Students can write or draw their favourite things and complete a self portrait. These look great to display around the room all year. Pair it with the last day of school template to show students, parents and carers how far they have come.
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K - 2nd
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Hamlet Act 4 Diary Entries
This product is broken into two parts:- Part 1 students will characterize the character they will be portraying in the diary. This is meant to give them insight into correctly writing from their perspective.* Note: I assigned my students a character.- Part 2 students will create diary entries. The student's character may not appear in every scene; however, they can discuss how this affects their character's plot, actions, thoughts, and feelings.This product contains a 16-point rubric which inclu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Pet Turtle Handbook Project
Students must research the ins and outs of caring for pet turtles and write their own handbook including key information and color pictures.
First Day of School Senior Reflection Writing: Dear Underclassmen
Rubric, Common Core Standards & Student Copy Attached!
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12th, Higher Education
Mythology Choice Board
This is a project activity choice board that was created for my 9th grade Literature and Composition class. It is broken down by Learning Styles. The activities were planned to fit into the Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating portions of Bloom's Taxonomy. It can be adapted for any grade level.
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10th
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