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8th grade creative writing Common Core RI.6.1 resources
ESCAPE ROOM ELA BUNDLE Team Building, Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking
From Back to School to End of Year, this breakout bundle includes interactive and immersive adventures. Each challenge addresses ELA standards in a fun and engaging way. Your students won't even realize how much they are learning, which is the BEST way to learn, isn't it?!Individually, the total value of these best-selling resources will be over $82.90, so this resource results in HUGE savings!WHAT IS INCLUDED?The bundle includes an entire year's worth of individual activities. There are 12, so
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5th - 9th
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Halloween Activities Unit
This Middle School Halloween Unit is packed with 5 exciting and engaging lesson activities that will ignite your students' love for reading and writing while exploring fascinating Halloween traditions and the economics behind this day. This Middle School Halloween Unit also comes complete with comprehensive lesson plans, ensuring every step of the way is carefully planned out to maximize student engagement. To ensure your assessment process goes smoothly, rubrics available in both levels and poi
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6th - 8th
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Middle School Literacy Stations
An entire year's worth of middle school literacy stations. There are eight stations total. I do two full rotations per grading period so there are a total of 64 different activities in this package. We meet once a week in stations and students complete two stations on that day. They spend about twenty minutes in each station before rotating to the next station. Station rotation orders are also included. Stations included are: word work, read aloud, read independently, learn independently, techn
Grades:
5th - 8th
April Fools Day Informational Text Activities Research and Creative Writing
What a fun and interesting holiday! Your students will enjoy learning about April Fools' Day by reading informational texts about this silly holiday, jesters, famous hoaxes, and why laughter is good for you! They'll also have a persuasive "hoax" and poetry writing activities.This resource includes:informational text about April Fools' Day, jesters, hoaxes, and laughtercomprehension questionspractice identifying main ideas and types of supporting detail in a textpractice creating inferencesacro
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5th - 9th
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Writing: Interacitve Foldable Organizers and Practice
Bring your students’ writing notebooks to life with folding writing organizers and lessons for each writing task!
This product contains everything you need to teach writing. Step-by-step guided instructions with photos, writing prompts, examples for modeling, and dozens of folding organizers are included!
Like many teachers, I often used graphic organizers to help students plan and organize their ideas for writing. Unfortunately, students are easily bored by regular organizers and many kids pr
Grades:
6th - 8th
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH PROJECT | Winter December Report Writing
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 15-page Christmas Around the World Online Research Project for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. In this Christmas Around the World Project, students will be assigned a country. They will research how that country celebrates Christmas using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the information to complete an outline. They will also compare and contrast how that country ce
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES BUNDLE | Christmas Around the World Craft STEM Winter
St. Patricks Day Activities For Middle School English Nonfiction Inferences
The perfect St. Patrick's Day activities to incorporate into your middle school ELA classroom! Your middle schoolers will love these purposeful reading and writing St. Patrick's Day activities, and you will love that they are no prep! These St. Patrick's Day activities include everything you need to make your reading block fun and engaging this March. ✨ What's Included ✨Non-Fiction Reading Passage- Students will learn about the infamous tradition of pinching on St. Patrick's Day. They then will
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School English Holidays Activities Bundle
Earth Day Activities Nonfiction Information Reading Test Prep
Ready-to-use and rigorous. Share Earth Day with your students by reading informational texts that explain the celebration. They'll practice finding the main idea, locating text evidence, author purpose & point of view. Round out the lesson by challenging students to create an upscale project -- perfect creative activity.This resource includes:informational text about the history of Earth Day and how it has changedcomprehension questionspractice identifying main ideas and types of supporting
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5th - 8th
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THE HOBBIT MEGA BUNDLE: Intro, Close reading, Review, Test, Essays, Book writing
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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6th - 8th
Narrative Writing Checklist - FREE - Primary Exploration - Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
FREE Narrative Writing Checklist serves as a wonderful reminder for students to check their work! The checklist walks students through the editing process to ensure that they are submitting their best work! This is a great addition to a writing center or narrative writing booklet. In my classroom, I use this narrative writing checklist along with Primary Narrative Writing and Book Cover Assessment. This Narrative Writing Booklet is a step-by-step student work booklet that teaches students to suc
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PreK - 8th
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Growth Mindset Writing Prompts for Upper Grades
Trying to incorporate growth mindset in to your curriculum? Here is a great set of writing prompts for students in upper grades. Each writing prompt includes a growth mindset quote or situation and questions for reflection. They can be used as:
*Bell-Ringers
*Quick Writes
*Think-Pair-Shares
*Journaling
*Discussion Prompts
Perfect for grade 5-10
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5th - 10th
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Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers Extended Response Prompts
This digital download is a collection of over 60 extended response prompts for Walter Dean Myers' excellent biography, Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary. These are prompts that will help your students meet success in standardized tests, and most importantly, comprehending and analyzing the the content of the novel. These are fully aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
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6th - 8th
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ELA Christmas Bundle - Short Story, Creative Writing, Informational Texts
Maximize learning, engagement, and the spirit of Christmas in the ELA classroom with our comprehensive Christmas bundle. What's included:The Gift of the MagiTeach students valuable lessons about giving and sacrifice with our engaging and ready-to-print lesson plan.Christmas Informational TextsTeach students about unusual traditions, the art of giving, as well as the financial and environmental impacts of the festive season. Christmas Creative Writing ActivitiesStudents write festive short storie
Grades:
5th - 12th
CHRISTMAS WRITING PROMPTS | Winter Bulletin Board Narrative Informative Opinion
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 25-page Christmas and Winter Holidays Writing Prompts! It includes everything you need to celebrate Christmas and Winter holidays with your students! Students will read about American Christmas traditions, and write responses to what they’ve read, Revising and editing checklists and 13 holiday-themed writing papers are also included. All CCSS writing standards are addressed. The following resources a
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3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELA BUNDLE | Winter Holiday Christmas Around the World
THE HOBBIT - End-of-novel activities (TEST, ESSAYS, COLLABORATIVE BOOK WRITING)
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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6th - 8th
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COUNTRY WRITING BUNDLE Around the World Narrative Informative Opinion Prompts
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 15-page Countries Around the World Writing Bundle Prompts & Papers! Students will watch videos (links provided) and/or research a country of their choice to answer one (or more!) of the writing prompts. SIX prompts (2 narrative, 2 informative, and 2 opinion), video links, suggested research websites, list of countries, revising and editing checklists, and 5 world-themed writing papers are include
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4th - 12th
Gratitude Posters & ELA Lessons | Great for November & Thanksgiving
Raising your students' awareness about gratitude is part of a subtle and effective preventive discipline system. This product is also available in my Positive Classroom Management & Self-Discipline Bundle. Be sure to check it out - it's one of my most popular selling products with lots of testimonials! Perfect for the any time of year, these great gratitude CCSSawareness activities and posters are designed for middle and high. Continuously build the positive, respectful class culture you wa
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Classroom Management Plan | Bundle for Middle and High School Back to School
Spooky Edgar Allen Poe Writing Task using Textual Evidence
A fun, spooky addition to your middle school English classroom in October and the Halloween season!
Included: Teacher's notes for before, during, and after reading directions. Student response guide to partner with an introduction video about Poe's life. While reading a biography about Poe (teacher provided), students will search for qualities to use in the final task. A task card for students to create an obituary using textual evidence from a biography about Poe.
Most appropriate for 6th-
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6th - 8th
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THANKSGIVING WRITING BUNDLE | Narrative Informative Opinion Prompts | Fall
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with these no-prep Thanksgiving Writing Prompts! All CCSS writing standards are addressed. The Following Thanksgiving Writing Resources are included:•Nonfiction passage “The First Thanksgiving” •Nonfiction passage “Totem Poles of the Northwest Coastal Indians”•Nonfiction passage “Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms”•Link to “Balloons Over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet•12 writing prompts (4 narrative, 4 informative, 4 opinion)
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3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â THANKSGIVING BUNDLE | Read Write STEM Art Games Research Activity Worksheets
HALLOWEEN & DAY OF THE DEAD Writing Prompts | Narrative Informative Opinion
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with these no-prep Halloween and Day of the Dead Writing Prompts! All CCSS writing standards are addressed. The following resources are included:•Fiction passage “Sounds in the Night”•Nonfiction passage about Sugar Skulls and Day of the Dead•6 writing prompts (2 narrative, 2 informative, 2 opinion) in 2 formats (choice board and prompt with lines)•Revising/editing checklists•Color-coding charts to help students ensure
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3rd - 12th
CER: Flamin' Hot Text
Which 6th grader doesn't like Flaming Hot Cheetos??? What better way to incorporate a relatable text than having your students read about Richard Montanez and the discover of the famous Flaming' Hot Cheeto. This resource includes:Reading Text (2 pages)Graphic Organizer: character traitsGraphic Organizer: Sequence (order of events)Beginner level Graphic Organizer for Claim, Evidence, Reasoning. This includes sentence frames.Intermediate Graphic Organizer for Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (withou
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3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â CER Claim Evidence Reasoning
Book Report | Google Form | Distance Learning | Template
Completely Digital Book Report for students.Use this resource in place of paper book reports. Edit the default questions to your liking. See Preview!What You Get:A Google Form for students to write a book report on the book they just read. Template Questions:Introduction: Name of Book List the Main Characters of the Book:What was the book about? What did you learn from reading the book? What was your favorite part of the book?You can edit the questions to your liking! Once Purchased, click "Make
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1st - 12th
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Modern Heroism: An Argumentative Writing Mini-Unit to Pair with The Odyssey!
Do you teach The Odyssey or The Hero's Journey? Do you want to take it to the next level, making the text relevant to students' lives and experiences? Desire to infuse your curriculum with more writing practice? This is the mini-unit for you! This mini-unit focuses on utilizing a popular topic, superheroes and the recent popularity of Marvel movies, to spark informal writing and claim/counterclaim exploration through article study. Examining connections between students’ life experiences, popula
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6th - 12th
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March Book 1 by John Lewis Extended Response Prompts
This digital download is a collection of over 20 extended response prompts for the non-fiction graphic novel March Book 1. These are prompts that will help your students meet success in standardized tests, and most importantly, comprehending and analyzing the the content of the novel. These are fully aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
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6th - 8th
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