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Free Common Core W.6.3b resources for Microsoft Word
Using Disney Movies to Create Quotation Marks for Dialogue
This activity allows students to look at a picture from a scene in a Disney movie to create a conversation about. They can follow the scene as they remember it, or get creative with what they chose for the characters to say. The students have a blast creating their own mini stories, and get good practice the rules of quotation marks.
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4th - 7th
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6th Grade Fictional Story Writing - "Write the End" to a Zombie Trilogy
After reading a 3 part story (post-apocalyptic, zombies) from ReadWorks.org together (The Run, Refueling, Searching for Survivors), students wrote the fourth and final part of the story for their end of 6 weeks final project.
Their writing needed to include a variety of elements to be successful:
-Vocabulary from the series so far
-Dialogue (to review our learning of Dramatic Elements)
-Lyrics from a song or lines from a poem incorporated into the story in some meaningful way (to review our lea
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5th - 6th
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Myths and Legends Unit Plan
Myths and Legends - incredibly detailed scheme of work on reading skills and writing skills that includes activities and resources for over 18 lessons! Includes differentiated activities to three levels (core, support and more able), homework activities and more. What’s more, it’s completely FREE to download! Topics covered include language, structure, analytical paragraphs, characters, tone, types of character and more.To work in conjunction with our Myths and Legends pack
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Myths and Legends Grade 6, 7, 8 Complete Unit
Freebie - My Creative Writing Notebook
This freebie is a sample of potential creative writing notebooks which includes a Table of Contents, as well as individual pages for each prompt. Purchase the full version for $1.99 to get 19 more prompts and corresponding pages.
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4th - 8th
Irrelevant Details and Unity
Students are asked to identify the main idea of each paragraph and then find the irrelevant detail that takes away from the paragraph's unity.
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6th - 8th
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ELEducation 6th Grade Narrative Writing Rubric
This is the ELEducation's Narrative Writing Rubric in an editable format with a student name section!
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6th
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Also included in:Â EL Writing Rubrics Editable Grades 6-8
Original Commercial Brainstorm - Middle School
Full Activity Worksheet for Commercial Writing - middle school appropriate!The Mad Libs activity is an activity to warm students up, then group students in groups of 3-5. Students work collaboratively to formulate their creative ideas. I always note for students that the limits of physics do not apply - think of any (school-appropriate) problem and a product to solve it, then show it in action!
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6th - 9th
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Narrative Essay Graphic Organizer
My students often struggle with organizing the content of their essays. Narrative essay writing is a standard in elementary school and I want to set them up with a clear, concrete example of how to organize their ideas before they begin writing.
This organizer is editable and keeps them on track. It's a great brainstorming sheet and students can even help peer edit or review.
Before students get started writing, I often have them come to me for a quick check of the components. If they're stru
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3rd - 6th
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Create your own Zodiac Sign and Myth
Students can create an original constellation using google images and then create an original character to go along with their constellation. Once students have created their constellation and character, they will come up with their own myth to go along with their creation.
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4th - 6th
NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3
Summary-Responses with Podcasts | Google Classroom Distance Learning
These No-Prep handouts are the perfect activity to accompany any podcast. They provide enough scaffolding to allow your students to write a comprehensive summary-response in the classroom or at home. These handouts are perfect for distance learning and can be used to spark conversations online.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dialogue Character Sheet
Dialogue Character Graphic Organizer Worksheet
Use this character sheet to develop a character for a dialogue activity. I had my students use this for a dialogue skit. I first assigned partners various roles and scenarios. Each student then had to develop their character. They did so by completing this graphic organizer. It made it very easy to act out their dialogue piece because they had the opportunity to develop their character.
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3rd - 8th
Rumpelstiltskin Narrative Writing
In this assignment, students are asked to rewrite the classic fairy-tale "Rumpelstiltskin" from the main character's perspective. Students are challenged to evaluate the character's motivations and decisions and explain them using narrative techniques. Rubric is based on CCSS Standards and CAASPP.
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5th - 8th
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Descriptive Writing Worksheet/Test
This is a descriptive writing worksheet for struggling student. It has all the helping words and sentences they need to kick off a good descriptive or narrative story.
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3rd - 8th
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Writing Portfolio Project
This is a culminating writing activity for pretty much all forms of writing that will spark their creativeness. Poetry, genre writing, narrative, argumentative, descriptive, etc, all with examples, definitions, and everything you need to help students complete this activity. This comes complete with a rubric to grade it.
Children's Book Project
This project is intended for 5th grade- 8th grade students. It can be adjusted potentially for younger children or older children with more challenging thematic requirements or easier vocabulary as needed.
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5th - 8th
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Exploring East Asia Through The Written Word (Common Core Writing Lessons)
This package teaches the three different types of writing; narrative, informational and argumentative, addressing the common core standards using East Asian content. Students will write folktales modeled on Korean stories, learn how to write autobiographically after reading accounts of authors' experiences in Communist China, and will learn to argue effectively about whether or not Japanese robots could one day replace teachers in schools!
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3rd - 12th
Personal Narrative: Summer Writing-Prewrite
This document can be used for a Personal Narrative Writing Unit to help students organize the events and details of their summer experience.
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5th - 9th
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Revising for Description in Narratives
This is step-by-step handout to use as they revise for description in their narratives.
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6th - 8th
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