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Common Core W.8.3d resources for homeschool under $5
I Am Poem: I Am From Poem Template, Example Poem & Grading Rubric (Bio Poem)
Use these I Am Poem Template (I Am From Poem Templates) with Guided Template, Writing Paper, Example Poem & Grading Rubric during a Poetry unit or during discussion in a Social Studies or Culture class. This may also be called a Bio Poem or Biography Poem and is perfect at any time of the year to get to your students even better.I Am Poem - I Am From Poem includes:- Example ‘I Am From’ Poem- Poem Template with Directions- Final Poem Page with ‘I Am” prompts- Final Poem Page with blank line
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Sensory Language Activities, Sensory Details Worksheets for Grades 4-6
Are your 4th-6th grade students struggling with adding details to their writing? This resource is perfect for getting your students out of their writing funk! This includes practice activities to get students to really use sensory language and sensory details! These activities prompt students to create lists of sensory details. They are encouraged to share what they see, hear, feel, taste, and smell in multiple environments.You can print the activities for students to complete on paper, or you c
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: ELA, Grammar, and Writing Printable Worksheets BUNDLE
Gift of the Magi, O. Henry, Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Gift of the Magi” by American writer O. Henry, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the text, and provide opportunities for creative writing. This two-day lesson plan includes a beautifully illustrated copy of the story, an 8-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and two options for creative writing assignments with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own O
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7th - 10th
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Narrative Writing Graphic Organizers | Editable | Digital Version Included
15 different graphic organizers for narrative writing! This is a great resource for helping students to plan and organize their narratives. Each organizer is Common Core aligned and created to seamlessly guide students through the narrative writing process. Printable, editable, and digital templates are included!**This resource is part of the Writing Graphic Organizers Bundle. It includes 45 different graphic organizers for teaching narrative, summary, argument/opinion, and expository writing
Grades:
5th - 8th
Rules of the Game, Amy Tan Short Story from Joy Luck Club, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Rules of the Game” (a short piece from Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club), to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson plan includes a 7-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course) and a creative writing assignment with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own work of fiction. All student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.This lesson is best for advanced mi
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8th - 11th
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Memoirs in 100 Words - Writing with Mentor Texts - Personal Narrative Writing
Students use precise word choice and eliminate redundancy in their writing with this memoir lesson. Originally inspired by The Washington Post feature, “Life is Short: Autobiography as Haiku,” students write memoirs in 100 words or fewer. This lesson teaches students to “show” themselves in vivid details and carefully chosen words. The lesson has recently been updated to include Google slides and instructional YouTube videos for guided practice!In pre-writing activities, students journal about
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7th - 11th
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Poetry Writing - Five Senses Poem Creating Imagery with Easel Activity
Five Senses Poem Poetry Writing with Easel Activity. Help students begin using sensory language and writing poetry using vivid imagery. Add to your poetry unit. Students write a poem using their senses. Examples guide thinking. Includes handout, brainstorming pages, final poem publishing page, slides for whiteboard, and teacher directions. You’ll be amazed at the original and creative poems students write using this format. Great addition for Poetry Month in April. Good for substitute, homework
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
Writing Workshop Checklists and Conference Activity Sheets
Differentiation is easy in Writing Workshop with with these quick "Note from Your Teacher" conference checklists. On one side of the page, you assign exactly what students need to focus on in workshop, and students respond back on the other side. Make assessments easier and writing workshop more productive. Editable.What you'll get:editable checklists for the following modes of writing:NarrativeOpinionArgumentInformative/explanatoryResearchBlank form you can customizePlus, a note-taker sheet
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4th - 8th
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Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
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5th - 8th
Descriptive Writing Unit - Low-Prep Lesson Plans, Prompts, Sensory Word Lists
This descriptive writing mini unit is super quick to teach and will improve your students' descriptive writing instantly with descriptive writing prompts, sensory word lists, and more! It's got an engaging descriptive writing lesson plan that will launch your students into fabulous descriptive writing so they show, not tell, in addition to other resources you'll return to again and again. In this descriptive writing mini unit, you'll find graphic organizers that will support all learners, with t
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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ESL Vocab Bursts! Game SET 1- A, B, & C [All ages, All stages!]
Vocabulary games improve ALL the target ESL skills – Listening, Speaking, Reading, & Writing! My ESL students have started to beg to play these Vocab Bursts, so I've even started using them as a class reward for the last 5 minutes of class if everyone's on task during our daily intervention block. English Learners (ELs) actually ENJOY bolstering their vocabulary in these fun, visually-rich games. In these Vocab Burst games, it's a race to write down as many words as you can, based on what
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K - 12th
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The Pedestrian Short Story Unit - Digital and Printable - Ray Bradbury
Do you need an engaging scary story? This three day unit for Ray Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" is always a hit. Use this eerie story of a dystopian future to analyze figurative language, practice creative writing, and support answers with textual evidence. This scary short story unit includes a printable PDF and Google Apps format. This no-prep unit is ready to print and go or assign online. Answer keys are provided. This short story unit includesteacher guidestory questions for compre
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7th - 10th
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Personal Narrative Sentence Starters & Writing Graphic Organizer
The Personal Narrative writing resource includes two pages: The Sentence Starters AND a blank Graphic Organizer. 1. The Personal Narrative Sentence Starters - A chart designed to help students know how to start each paragraph of their personal narrative written composition. It is conveniently separated in a color-coded graphic organizer by Introduction, Rising Action, Problem/Conflict, Solution, and Conclusion. Each section has unique sentence stems. This at-a-glance chart is designed to help
Grades:
3rd - 8th
ANCIENT ROME: World History Travel Brochure Research Summary Project
Have you ever wanted to take your class to Ancient Rome? Now you can without spending a dime! On this virtual field trip, students will become the travel guides. Through summaries and pictures, students will create a travel brochure that highlights 10 major locations of the Ancient Roman Empire. This creative project includes writing, research, and graphic design. What's Included:Student instructions to help explain all aspects of the projectA map of the Roman Empire to locate each stop of th
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5th - 12th
Thanksgiving Gratitude Writing Activities & Art for Middle School & High School
This Gratitude List Poem is one of the best Thanksgiving writing activities for middle school or high school students! This EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES activity is a great way to acknowledge Thanksgiving and the holiday season without losing focus on teaching ELA skills like writing, poetry, and figurative language! It's so easy to get caught up in the busy gift-buying, errand-running side of the holidays, but this fun activity helps your students re-focus their attention on all they have
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6th - 12th
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Children's Story Book Template | Creative Writing | Narrative Template
This Google Slides template is intended to be a "fill in the blank" outline for your students. This will help them develop an easy to read, easy to grade story with an audience intended for young children. A rubric is included!Lessons you should teach before having them work in this template: Character DevelopmentStory ElementsPlotDialogThemeand other specific narrative writing teaching points. *******************************************************************Editable products are still (c) to
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Fiction Writing | Children's Stories | Narrative Writing Bundle
Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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Grades:
6th - 9th
ELA HAPPINESS and POSITIVITY ACTIVITIES - fun work packet grades 5 6 7 8
This fun ELA independent work packet will generate happiness and boost students’ positivity. The activities are designed to be completed without adult assistance and so are ideal for sub plans, homework, early finishers, and brain breaks. Perfect SEL! All of the positive activities, from jokes, to riddles, to writing on happy events past, present and future, will put a smile on Middle School students’ faces. The activities will foster self esteem, well-being and gratitude- all while exercising w
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: ELA CLASSROOM COMMUNITY BUILDING - ELA Fun Grades 5 6 7 8
My Favorite Chaperone - Alternative Assignments: Creative Writing, Vocab, & more
Thank you for stopping by and looking at my product! If you purchase it and find it useful, please consider leaving me a review, or just a quick 4 star rating at the top of the page! Remember to click on the FOLLOW button, so you'll be notified of my sales.These are alternative assignments that you can do with your students during or after reading the short story, "My Favorite Chaperone," by Jean Davies Okimoto from the 8th Grade English Language Arts Collections book by Houghton Mifflin Harcou
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7th - 9th
Personal Narrative Assignment & Rubric - Common Core Aligned
Personal Narrative Assignment
This unit contains a student directions sheet, prewriting pages, graphic organizer, student revision sheet, peer conference sheet and Common Core Aligned Rubric.
All forms are student friendly and easy to follow. The assignment is open enough for students to select a topic of their choice to write about. Great for grades 5th-8th.
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Dead Verbs PowerPoint for Halloween Writing
Dead Verbs PowerPoint. Good Halloween writing activity to teach about dead words in sentence and how to correct them. Bury those verbs that have lost their life and teach kids to use vivacious words in their essays and stories! Have a dead word funeral and give your students some practical strategies to revise their writing and remove dead and overused verbs to create more lively writing. Students can apply these writing strategies to engage the reader. Four useful strategies with examples provi
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Parts of Speech BUNDLE
Ghost by Jason Reynolds Quick Write Prompts for Novel Study
During your next novel study, try using these writing prompts paired with key moments from Ghost by Jason Reynolds as Quick Writes. Quick Writes, short bursts of writing, are excellent brainstorming tools for getting students’ creative juices flowing for writing. In this resource, students will share their experiences by either borrowing the author's writing style or by connecting a personal experience to a key moment in the novel.Each page of this resource includes:1 section of the novel to rer
Grades:
6th - 8th
Christmas Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities, Graphic Organizers, Quizzes Rubrics
Introducing essay writing for Christmas has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative rubric,
Grades:
6th - 8th
September 11th Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities, Graphic Organizers, Quizzes
Introducing essay writing for September 11th has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative ru
Grades:
6th - 8th
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