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8th grade Common Core W.11-12.1 resources for Gifted and Talented
Character Study Book Report (Includes Summary and "Wanted" Poster Assignment)
This Character Study book report includes instructions for students, a sample summary and sample project, as well as an optional grading rubric for the teacher to simply pick and choose from listed choices to grade the student on writing (effective expression), grammar (conventions), and drawing (visual arts).The assignment requires students to write a one-page summary broken down into a beginning, middle, and end. The students must also complete a "Wanted" poster project, focusing on the main c
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Movie Advertisement Book Report (Includes Essay and Movie Poster Assignment)
This Movie Advertisement book report has students analyze any novel or chapter book by writing a multi-paragraph informational essay and creating a movie advertisement poster, imagining how the book would be advertised if it were a movie. The instructions include student-friendly language with paragraph-by-paragraph guidance for the informational essay and sample topic sentences. The instructions also tell specific requirements for the movie poster (including a tag line, movie critic reviews, wh
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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Writing Prompts - Independent Work Packet
100 printable or digital pages of writing prompts: wasting time, short and long-term goals, your best friend, finding happiness, helping others, lying, being judgmental, how to create a strong and flexible mind, what is the truth, decisions, fear, love, missing someone, dreams, choices, boredom, being stubborn, being smart, who taught you life skills, being normal, amazing experiences, getting in trouble, messing up, apologizing, the worst day, causing pain to others, and so much more. Each pa
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Summer Writing BUNDLE
Article: Wrap It Up
This is the third in sequence format used midway through a semester or school year. This assignment has students integrate outside sources connecting them to the current novel study. This gives students an opportunity to learn skills such as MLA (or required) format, reading and summarizing a given article, finding, evaluating and summarizing an article, constructing a Works Cited page, and eventually vocabulary integration and internal citation. As I said, this assignment builds over time, givi
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Analyzing What People Say - Famous People
21 printable or digital pages to help students think critically about the words that people say: Maya Angelou, Mahatma Gandhi, Gautama Buddha, Christopher McCandless, Leo Tolstoy, and others. Students explore famous words and why they are so powerful:“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” - Maya Angelou“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.” - Betty Smith“You cannot be who you are not. Simply rest, sit still and unknot.” - A
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Black History Month BUNDLE - Middle School
Analyzing and Thinking about Words - Critical Thinking
21 printable or digital pages to help students think critically about the words of wise leaders: Paulo Coelho, Thich Nhat Hanh, Eckhart Tolle, Rumi, Thomas Jefferson, and others... This is a unique type of writing and thinking activity that your students will enjoy as they discuss important life lessons:“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” - Thomas Jefferson “Pleasure is always derived from something outside y
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Valentines Day BUNDLE
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