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8th grade Common Core W.4.3 resources for Easel
Sub Plans Middle School ELA Emergency Substitute Lesson Plans 6th grade 7th 8th
Need sub plans for middle school ELA? These 20 no-prep assignments are ready to print and use. They will keep your kids focused and engaged while you're away. All activities have clear instructions and an answer key is provided. Any sub will easily be able to implement them! Mix and match the activities to use for multiple days. This Download Contains: PRINT:Text Structure worksheetsGrammar worksheet: possessive nounsPoetry Analysis activity3 Vocabulary Context Clue assignmentsColor by Number: S
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6th - 8th
WRITING POEMS: Step-by-Step: Couplet, Triplet, Haiku, Alliteration, Acrostic...
LYRICAL POEMS | NARRATIVE POEMS | COUPLET | TRIPLET | QUATRAIN | ACROSTIC | SONNET | BALLAD | HAIKU | TANKA | DIAMONTE | ABC | FREE VERSE | AND MORE... Introduce students to the process of writing poetry with these step-by-step lessons! These delightful activities provide the perfect approach to introducing students to the colorful world of poetry. These Print & Go lessons are sure to give students an appreciati
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â WRITING BASICS: Sentences, Paragraphs, Stories, Book Reports, Poems, Letters
Paragraph Writing Frames (Text Structure Edition)
Paragraph Writing Frames are a wonderful resource to help support struggling writers. This pack includes 20 different writing frames to support all learners. There are four frames to choose from within each text structure (sequence, cause & effect, compare & contrast, problem & solution, and description.)What are paragraph frames?Paragraph frames are a perfect support for students who have difficulty writing strong paragraphs. Paragraph frames guide students by providing them wit
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Paragraph Writing Frames **Bundle**
Al Capone Does My Shirts Novel Study + Enrichment Project Menu; Digital Option
Everything you need to use Gennifer Choldenko's award winning novel, "Al Capone Does My Shirts" effectively in your classroom! A no-prep standards based interactive notebook literature guide with follow-up reading response questions for every chapter as well as vocabulary, writing projects, activities and enrichment projects. Teacher friendly engaging lessons to use with this award winning novel in your classroom while encouraging critical reading skills.CCSS/STAAR Aligned! Great for "Distance L
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4th - 8th
WRITING STORIES: Step-by-Step: Describing Words, Connecting Paragraphs, Drafts..
Storytellers will become great story writers as they practice the step-by-step techniques of the writing process with these highly-engaging lessons. Clearly-stated examples and clever illustrations introduce each essential element of creative writing that gradually leads to the composition of original, interesting, and properly-developed stories. Step-by-Step Lessons Include:- writing descriptive sentences-choosing descriptive words- combining short choppy sentences- avoiding rambling sentences-
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â WRITING BASICS: Sentences, Paragraphs, Stories, Book Reports, Poems, Letters
Write a Paragraph - Task Cards
52 task cards to improve your students writing: expository, narrative, opinion and comparing. Each task card has a writing prompt, a funny image that supports the prompt, and directions for the task. EXPOSITORY: Students describe how to play a particular sport, or how become a fire-fighter, or what a typical day for a frog might be like. NARRATIVE: Students write a story about a bull that got angry, or a tornado that liked to steal, or a scorpion that liked to sing and sting. OPINION: St
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Writing Prompts BUNDLE
Fantasy Writing Checklist
Fantasy Writing Checklist Your students can use this easy-to-read checklist during the revision process - making sure to include an introduction, tell a good story, and wrap it all up with a strong ending. Educators may use the checklist to develop learning targets for lessons. Assign to your students on Easel, print one copy per student, or laminate for future use! Checklist includes -Introduction:I hooked the reader with a sound, dialogue, or exciting event.I described a realistic or imaginary
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Writing Checklist Bundle - 7 Writing Checklists for Elementary Students
How To Write a 5 Sentence Paragraph
Take your students from brainstorming ideas to writing full paragraphs with this graphic organizer! Download includes 2 types of paragraph templates and a teacher guide filled in with an example. Easy to use for informational and expository writing. My entire classes for 5 years successfully wrote paragraphs from this and will use it for their research paper.If this works for your students, please check out my Easy Essay builders in our store, Wild Berry Wonders, on TPT!
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3rd - 8th
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Narrative Writing Prompts
25 different narrative writing prompts to use anytime and anywhere at school or home: riding a skateboard, a dude in a snowball fight, a girl tossing a Frisbee, a boy reading in a tent, a dog dancing to a radio,a chicken singing on a branch, a kid throwing a snowball, a ladybug reading a book,a dog wagging its tail, and much more... Students write narratives, describing action, thoughts, and feelings (CCSS.ELA.W.2.3) and using descriptive details (CCSS.ELA.W.3.3 and W.4.3 and W.5.3).Take a loo
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3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â Writing Prompts BUNDLE
March Madness NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of March Madness including vocabulary such as FINAL FOUR and CINDERELLA. Highlight important concepts with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. A word search, crossword and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforce March Madness vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of X Madness, Sneakerheads and a STEAM project idea can turn a brief introduction into a larger activity. Wis
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli | Reading Guide | Book / Literature Novel Study |FULL
Our reading guides are a no-prep solution for comprehension and differentiation to meet the need for student accountability while still keeping the joy in reading! Each task and question in this novel study for Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - is CCSS aligned and purposeful. Gone are surface level comprehension questions, endless vocabulary lists, busy work, and never-ending summary tasks. Instead, give your students a reading guide that will encourage their natural love for reading and give you ri
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4th - 10th
Story Starter Creative Writing Prompt: Scary House
What's a story starter?It's just what it sounds like, a story that starts but has no end. More developed than a short writing prompt, this story prompt gives students the first part of a story that ends on a cliff-hanger.Because the story has no end, students will have to create their own drawing on their creativity. Even the most reluctant creative writer will find themselves sucked in with this deceptively simple method of getting students to write! Students already have a setting, characters,
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4th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Story Starter Creative Writing Prompts BUNDLE Stories Without End
World Building: Creative Writing Generative Exercises
How do authors create worlds so real it feels like readers can jump into them? Inspire your students to think like authors, and deeply consider their worlds and the way that they impact character behavior. Move beyond physical descriptions to include culture, government, as well as the characters' personal world and their closest relationships. You can use these: During Planning --To generate ideas before students embark on a novel writing or short story writing project,During Revision --To fles
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4th - 12th
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Show Don't Tell Creative Writing Activities, No Prep Descriptive Writing
Most creative writers have heard the term "show, don't tell." But young minds may not completely grasp what that truly means. Completing these show don't tell activities will help students understand the idea of showing and why it is superior to telling. Digital activity is pre-made by me. Just download and digitally assign to your students! You also have the option of adding and/or changing the digital activities!Students will learn:How to use showing using body languageHow to use showing using
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4th - 8th
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Mario Day NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of Mario Day and Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers franchise. Included are important holiday vocabulary such as PROTAGONIST and 8-BIT. Highlight important Mario Day concepts with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. A word search, crossword and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforce Mario Day vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of Power Up, I Mustache Your Mario Style an
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli |EXTENSION TASKS |Discussion Questions| Enrichment
Easily assign CCSSÂ aligned enrichment or extension tasks for students who need differentiation with our journal for Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli! Perhaps you have students who have mastered grade level reading standards and need tasks at a deeper cognitive level? Or maybe you just need some engaging discussion questions for whole class or small group activities? Assigning more work isn't the answer! But, this extension task journal for Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli IS the answer! Our extension guides
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4th - 10th
Pi Day NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of Pi Day including vocabulary such as CIRCUMFERENCE and RATIO. Highlight important Pi Day concepts with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. A word search, crossword and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforce Pi Day vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of Your Pi, Pi Chain and a STEAM project idea can turn a brief introduction into a larger activity. Highlight Pi D
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
May the Fourth (Star Wars Day) NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of May the Fourth & Star Wars including fun vocabulary such as JEDI and DROID. Highlight important concepts from long ago in a galaxy far away with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. A word search, crossword and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforces Star Wars vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of Jedi or Sith, Lightsaber Creation and STEAM project ideas can
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
Narrative - Write a story
30 pages for students to write a story: a dog taking a bath, biting a dog-catcher, running a race, playing with a Frisbee, playing basketball, giving their little sister a ride, riding in an airplane, chasing a kite, scratching at an itchy flea, digging a hole in the neighbor’s yard. A pre-writing brainstorming page is provided for each lesson for characters, setting and events. Four posters guide your students in each lesson so that they practice their grade-level Common Core Standards:Descr
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2nd - 8th
Also included in:Â Writing Fiction BUNDLE
Mardi Gras NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of Mardi Gras including important carnival vocabulary such as DOUBLOON and KREWE. Highlight important carnival concepts with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. A word search, crossword and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforces Mardi Gras vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of Doubloon Design, Mask-Making and a STEAM project can turn a brief introduction into a l
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
Narrative Essay Graphic Organizer Writing Template
Narrative Essay Graphic Organizer Worksheets :Includes 4 pages:* Graphic Organizer outline (2 pages)* Final Draft with college-rule lines (2 pages)Print these pages front/back for easy handouts! ** Be sure to visit my store for many comprehension packets, and other activity worksheets! My packets strive for inclusion of all students. I provide lined paper, a choice of comprehension, simple activities, and answer sheets. I also take requests!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teaching-Incl
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2nd - 8th
Comparative Civilizations: Maya, Aztec, and Inca
This is a differentiated activity that can be used as an assessment for a lesson or unit about life in the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations. It is easily adaptable for a variety of levels. For example, it can be used with AP or IB classes, with middle school classes, or with special populations such as English language learners or students with learning differences.
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4th - 12th
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April Fool's NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of April Fool's Day including important holiday vocabulary such as HOAX and POISSON D'AVRIL. Highlight important April Fool's concepts with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. Two word searches (one unsolvable), two crosswords (one unsolvable) and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforces April Fool's vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of Emoji Portraits, Prank Tale
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
Super Bowl NO PREP Passage & Activities
Provide students with a background of the Big Game including important game vocabulary such as KICKOFF and ANTHEM. Highlight important Big Game concepts with a Query featuring four multiple choice questions and a short answer. A word search, crossword and parts-of-speech fill-in reinforces Big Game vocabulary, while a writing reflection and scrapbook page take the lesson deeper. Suggested activities of Uni Design, Paper Football and a STEAM project can turn a brief introduction into a larger
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â NO PREP Second Semester Holidays BUNDLE
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