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8th grade writing-expository resources for GATE under $5
Mock Trial Preparation and Script
This product includes graphic organizers to help your students gather ideas and information to present in a formal trial-like manner. You can use any literature story or informational text with this packet. Put a character or a historical figure on trial for crimes they've committed. The possibilities are endless!You will receive:Printable pages that can be used to create a packet specialized for both the Prosecution team and the Defense Team.A script to help move the trial along in a manner tha
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Current Event Template
This ready to print template is for recording and reporting current events. Two versions are included, one with directions and one without. Also included are two graphic organizers that can be used to take notes when students are reading through an article. This is a great activity for early finishers or for a GATE project. It can be used as practice for gathering data from informational texts.
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4th - 8th
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Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Argumentative Grade 8
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, charts, quotations, environmental print, fiction, or poetry. In line with PARCC demands.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "argumentative" because the student will be forced to establi
Grades:
7th - 9th
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SHOWING CHARACTERS--NOT TELLING ABOUT THEM--with Description, Action, & Dialogue
"Show, don't tell!" Those oft-repeated words drive detail-oriented writing in all genres. Not only is "showing" writing more memorable, but it also gives credit to one's readers that they have sufficient interpretive skills to figure out what the writer is implying via the chosen details--the kind of interpretive skills associated with CRITICAL THINKING. This lesson teaches student writers to think like their readers, to anticipate what their readers will infer from their descriptions, act
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Ancient Greek Architecture Project
This is a printable independent study project that requires students to research Greek and Roman architecture. Some of the tasks will require students to draw and label Greek columns, find modern day examples, and compare the two architectural styles.
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5th - 9th
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Roll & Write: Recount
Unleash the power of imagination with this teaching product designed to transform mundane writing exercises into thrilling adventures! Introducing "Roll & Write," a dynamic approach to developing creative writing skills and mastering the art of recount.Engage your students as they roll the dice or choose a number, unlocking the key features—Who, What, When, Where—of their unique story. Watch as their narratives come to life with their own writer's voice and flair, turning the ordinary into t
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Grades:
5th - 8th
7 Steps to Research Posters (IIM: Independent Investigation Model)- BOHO
IIM Research Method BOHO PostersIIM (Independent Investigation Method) is a great way to teach research skills. I created these to use in my own classroom.See my other products: The Multisensory Bookworm
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Grades:
K - 12th
Engaging Writing Prompts for Gifted and Talented Students
33 printable or digital pages to serve as writing prompts for gifted and talented writers. Each page has a wildlife photo and a question to promote critical thinking, such as: Why must kids go to school instead of playing video games all day?Is it okay to kill a flower just so that you can have it?What sharp things are dangerous to humans?Why shouldn’t people feed human leftovers to dogs and cats?Do plants think about the Sun and warmth?Why is it okay to chop a tree limb off, but not a dog’s le
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Homework Research Project -SPORTS with rubrics ,QR codes, parent letter and MORE
Sports Research Projects
This packet contains:
- sport research outline for 5-paragraph
Rubric for student to take home
-rubric for teacher to grade the project/oral presentation
Ideas for sports related “extension” projects
QR code with a motivation sport video
- QR code video about research papers
Decorative PENNANT to be put up in the classroom
Parent Letter to explain the project and when the due date is
- “Thinking maps” rough draft worksheet
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Group Investigation Puzzlement Activity Organizer
Challenge and intrigue your students! Puzzlements are a fantastic way to get your students thinking, questioning, researching, writing, and synthesizing! Do your students like to ask questions? Would you like to make researching a specific topic more exciting? Well now you can with this GATE Puzzlement Activity Organizer!
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All you have to do is find a picture or some other intriguing resource (video clip, poem, song, math problem, etc.) and show it to your students. This shoul
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Writing an Interesting Introduction and a Conclusive Conclusion
My students seem to find writing the introduction and the conclusion of an essay the most challenging. This paper has them practice writing just those...and not the essay that goes with it. There is a paper with directions and details. Then there are two graphic organizer pages that allows them to practice writing three introductions and the conclusions that go with them.
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5th - 12th
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Genius Hour Student Notebook Printable NO PREP Student Packet Guide
Running Genius Hour in your classroom but looking for a handout for students? I have used both electronic and printable genius hour notebooks and I definitely love the hands-on application of research/engagement using a printable notebook! This resource has:14 pages to guide you through Genius Hour!Pages Include:-Finding Your Passions-Listing Topics of Interest-Identifying What They Already Know About the Topic-Developing Inch, Foot, and Yard Questions to Get DEEP Into the Topic-Research/Notes P
Grades:
3rd - 8th
BYSTANDER by James Preller
"Bystander" is a great book to use when discussing bullying. The story treats the issue of being a bystander in a bully situation, and allows the reader to consider what his/her responses might be: ignore? interfere? report?
Included is a syllabus covering reading and writing prompts for each chapter.
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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Novel Setting Research Project
Novel Setting Research Project - Each decade of America’s past has been filled with unique people, events, styles, and accomplishments. Students will be working as historians to study an important decade in America’s history. This research project asks students to work in teams of three to research, create artifacts, construct a learning poster, and present their findings to the class in the form of a group oral report. For extra credit, groups can dress in the style of the decade they resear
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4th - 8th
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Enrichment Writing Prompts using Wildlife Photos - Extra Credit (8th Grade)
34 printable or digital writing prompts for eighth grade students. Each page has a wildlife photo and a question to promote critical thinking, such as: What is the point of walking in the woods?How are bees and flowers connected?How does a dragonfly fly?Is wildlife safe or dangerous?Why are some caterpillars hairy?What lives below the ground?How does a bee know where to go?Why do leaves turn brittle?What do you know about caterpillars?Why do plants hang towards the ground?What happens to a tree
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8th
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The Count of Monte Cristo and Irony: Sensory Details & Dramatic Irony
Middle School
Gifted and Talented or Pre Advanced Placement
Integrated Language Arts and Reading
Unit Relevancy:
There are countless instances of irony within The Count of Monte Cristo that are developed using sensory detail and imagery. Students learn that dramatic irony is developed by an author through the use of specific, well-chosen sensory details.
Learning Targets:
I can draw conclusions about sensory language and dramatic irony
I can identify sensory language and imagery wi
Grades:
8th
Analyzing Loneliness - Writing Prompts
Help your students learn to express their thoughts and emotions about loneliness. Your students live in a world of immediate gratification and me-first ideology. They are going to experience moments of isolation and loneliness. So, help them start thinking about it by using the quotes from adults we all know, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift, John Steinbeck, Dorothy Day, Kurt Vonnegut, and more. Each page has one quote, two quotes, or four quotes about lonelines
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Vocabulary Templates 3rd - 6th Grade Edition ~ homophones, homographs,synonyms
If you prefer the Google docs version, click here. Perfect for individualized learning or whole class activities. These thinksheets allow students to cumulatively create writing resource notebooks or vocabulary books for any words. Aligned with the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading. - each thinksheet has the standard numbers at the bottom of the page, a classroom signage page is also included at the end of this resource.Included are eight thinksheets:Vocabulary form -
Grades:
1st - 12th, Adult Education
Informational Writing Graphic Organizer with Lines
Perfect tool for students to plan out their informational writing. Students can clearly brainstorm a title, an introduction, up to 4 subtopics, and a conclusion to tie everything together. Easy print and use for prewriting!
Grades:
1st - 8th
Expository Five-Paragraph Essay Outline
A simple outline for students to fill out to guide their main ideas and details for a five-paragraph expository/informative essay.
Outline includes spaces for a thesis statement, topic sentences, a hook, and a concluding sentence. Offers guidelines and tips.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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The Count of Monte Cristo & Characterization: Where did Edmond get his Phizzog?
Novel Unit Relevancy:
? Edmond Dantes’ actions are based on various stages of moral development throughout The Count of Monte Cristo. In the first third of the novel, you could argue that Edmond is handed his lot in life by others; thereby, causing the changes in his moral development. This pairing of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Phizzog by Carl Sandburg is a springboard for discussion at the end of the novel. The essay at the end is a summative evaluation. (BE SURE to do
Grades:
8th
Analyzing Fear - Thoughts and Emotions (Writing Prompts)
15 printable or digital writing prompts help your students express their thoughts and emotions about fear. Students are going to experience moments of fear and anxiety in life, so help them start thinking about it by using the quotes from adults we all know: Coretta Scott King, Michael Jordan, Dale Carnegie, Steve Jobs, James Baldwin, Thich Nhat Hanh, Nelson Mandela, Marie Curie, Khalil Gibran, Tecumseh, Jane Goodall, and more. Each page has one quote, two quotes, or four quotes about fear t
Grades:
7th - 12th
Writing Bookmarks (Experiences, Events, News)
The 5Ws & H questions on a bookmark to support students when they write about experiences, events, something that happened and news. The bookmarks are three per page and there are 14 different colored gingham backgrounds.
Grades:
1st - 12th, Adult Education
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