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8th grade Common Core W.6.2a resources $5-10
RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets : 10 RACE Writing Prompts Text Evidence
This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy for text evidence. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. This Download Contains:PRINTStudent resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionssuggested a
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6th - 8th
Topic Sentence and Body Paragraph Writing - Essay Writing - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master writing a topic sentence and body paragraph with this essay writing unit. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills to write a well-developed and complete topic sentence and body paragraph.This essay writing unit includes information about how to organize the body paragraph, provide supporting evidence, explain the evidence, and transition to the next paragraph. It includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable PowerPoin
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6th - 10th
Text Structures Nonfiction Reading & Writing Bundle
Text Structure Teach, Practice, Test provides everything you need to make teaching EASY. Everything you need is included, so planning and teaching nonfiction text structure will be greatly simplified when you use introduce the five common nonfiction text structures: description, compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause & effect, and sequence (including chronological). It’s a step-by-step, “soup to nuts” unit that includes a PowerPoint presentation with guided notes, practice worksheets, FUL
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6th - 8th
Graphic Organizer Multi-Pack
** NOW INCLUDES TEMPLATES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMOTE LEARNING (GOOGLE SLIDES ONLY) **This fantastic collection contains everything you need to create beautiful, effective, customized graphic organizers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT'S INSIDE:✔ 15 EDITABLE graphic organizer designs: Change the fonts, edit the text, and resize, add, or delete any element on the page.✔ PowerPoint for Windows and
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6th - 12th
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Fake News Unit | Media Literacy
This Fake News Unit contains 10 high-interest lessons about media literacy, fake news and digital citizenship to help 21st-century students learn to think critically about the information they consume from print and digital media sources. This is highly relevant to today’s learners as it contains lessons on social media content and algorithms as well as artificial intelligence and deep fakes. Teachers will use these fake news scaffolded lessons starting with an interactive QR code vocabulary sca
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6th - 8th
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How to Write a Paragraph | Mini Unit Middle School
Middle school students often need explicit instructions on how to complete seemingly simple tasks--like writing paragraphs! Teachers often assume students can successfully compose a well-written paragraph, when in fact many of them struggle and need extra support. This writing paragraphs mini unit breaks down the process of writing a paragraph (with a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and concluding sentences) into simple, understandable terms to which students can relate. Ample exam
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6th - 8th
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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Fake News: Media Literacy Writing Unit
This fun and engaging unit explores the current world of fake news. Through mini-lessons, students will learn strategies for identifying fake news and put them into practice through various activities. They will also apply their knowledge of non-fiction text features of an online news article to create their own fake news. This unit is sure to keep students hooked with the real-life connections and creative writing process. A differentiated version of the fake news article writing piece is inclu
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Language Writing Units Volume ONE
Informative Writing - Research Project Informational Article - Print & DIGITAL
Research can actually be motivating with this Writing an Informational Article resource designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process! Now includes a DIGITAL version. Students choose topics of interest to research and create a 2-page typed article with visuals and Works Cited. Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting an introduction and conclusion. Includes a sample article, “Incredible Collies,” to model strong writing. The DIGITAL versio
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5th - 8th
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Dystopia Literature Circles Any Dystopian Fiction Book Club Activites
Your students won't want to stop reading and discussing when you use dystopian literature in your book clubs. They'll be engaged with the group activities, and the independent practice activities will keep them reading. You'll wrap up the genre study with a debate, essay, or group project.Best part? It's all done for you!Students love dystopian literature ... and ... it kind of feels like we're living in a dystopia today! So, let's bring those popular novels into our hybrid, in person, or di
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle
Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox: Printables for Nearly Every Standard
The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and listening, writing, and language standards. It also has two pages of writing prompts and warm-ups. The Standards Guide at the end details the CCSS that correspond to each printable.
Three grade level
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6th - 8th
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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RACE Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts Print & Digital
Practice the RACE Strategy with 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through this helpful writing technique. It is a digital, paperless resources that you will share with your students. Great for independent work during distance learning. This product is located on Google Slides and is 100% digital. A printable PDF is also included in your purchase. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, wit
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6th - 9th
Expository Writing Paragraph of the Week, Informational Writing | Digital
Are you looking for engaging, expository paragraph writing activities for your middle school students? This Expository Writing Paragraph of the Week will guide your students in formal paragraph writing and informational paragraph writing. Your students will be directed to read an engaging article, and each day, your students will be asked to complete a piece of the TALES by writing a format-topic sentence, adding a claim, lifting a line/citing text evidence, elaborating and summing up the parag
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6th - 9th
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
STEM Mars Rover WebQuest
In this webquest students can learn all about Mars and the Rovers that the United States has sent to MARS. This activity has students compare the rovers, research why scientists are exploring MARS, and has videos of the live landing of Perseverance, the latest Mars Rover. Students answer reflection questions, compare and contrast rovers, They even get to practice the descent simulation of Perseverance. Other interactive resources and links are included for students to explore.
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4th - 12th
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MS-ESS1-3
Literature Circles for Any Historical Fiction Book Club Activities
Ready for book clubs, but not sure where to start? Book clubs and literature circles will be a breeze with this unit that has everything you need to start book clubs with historical fiction today! With these mini lessons, you can provide whole class instruction and your students can read different books. Perfect for differentiation since students can read books that are at their reading level!What teachers are saying about my literature circle resources:"It is amazing! Comprehensive for BDA s
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Book Club and Literature Circle Bundle
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut - Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task
This 8 day short story unit for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep narrative writing task that will engage your middle school and high school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as differentiated activities plus chunked text and guided reading questions.After students complete the close reading unit with an emphasis on equality in the
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6th - 9th
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SBAC Aligned Rubrics: Informative, Narrative, Opinion Writing (student-friendly)
These multi-use rubrics use student-friendly language, helping you to clearly communicate expectations and scores to students. They can be used for students to self-assess or for you to quickly grade informative, narrative, and opinion writing assignments.This resource is based on performance task rubrics developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). E-Rubrics can be filled out on your computer or printed and completed by hand. Both full color and black & white options are
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3rd - 8th
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Writing Opening and Closing Paragraphs Bundle
Teach students to write outstanding introduction and conclusion paragraphs for persuasive essays and informative, explanatory, or expository essays.No matter what type of writing you are doing, writing opening and closing paragraphs can be extremely challenging. This lesson breaks down the parts of each and provides practice. It makes it much easier for students to understand what to do and how to do it, so they actually write!These lessons include three parts for both opening and closing paragr
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4th - 8th
Authentic Writing Project: Creating Teen Magazines (Standards-Aligned)
Your students will love creating teen magazines with this authentic writing project that directly aligns with ELA standards! In groups, students engage in Research, Persuasive, and Informative writing as they write, edit, assemble, and publish their own teen magazines. Working in groups of 4, 5, or 6, each student contributes 4 articles and 1 full-page advertisement as follows: -- one Research-based Feature Article-- one Persuasive Article-- two Choice Articles from a list of 14 "Open Topics" (s
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6th - 9th
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The Hatchet Novel Study - Google Classroom - Distance Learning Print and Digital
The Hatchet Novel Study - Google Classroom - Distance Learning Print and DigitalThis novel study unit for The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen is packed full of Journal Response Questions to really get your class interested and excited about the book. Google Classroom and Paper versions BOTH included. Thought provoking questions will help students make connections, and inferences, draw conclusions, comprehend, and dig deeper into the story. Questions for each chapter, PLUS an answer key! These journal re
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4th - 8th
Thesis Statement Writing - Thesis Statement in a Writing Lead - Essay Writing
Teaching how to evaluate a prompt, choose the best ideas, and write a thesis statement has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of writing a thesis statement for each type of writing. Additionally, writing prompt evaluation with examples of brainstorming ideas and choosing the best ones to include in the essay provide students the opportunity to practice the skills they have learned. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance l
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6th - 8th
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Writing Hooks Practice Activities For Opinion and Argumentative Essays Stations
Hooks and Leads Printable Workshop Stations | Centers For Essay Writing.6 Stations:AnecdoteRhetorical QuestionStartling StatisticThought-Provoking QuestionEnlightening StatementTidbitEach station kit includes definitions, examples, bad hook explanations, small group and solo activity mission page, cut-outs for student work and for the GALLERY WALK, peer-evaluation check-off sheet, station signs, bulletin board signs, and gallery walk signs.Also, includes an explanation of why each type of hook
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6th - 10th
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