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Creative writing scaffolded note microsofts for homeschool
Show Don't Tell Narrative Writing Activities
Show Don't Tell ActivitiesTeaching Students How to "Show" Details in their Writing! This writing bundle includes a PowerPoint lesson, scaffolded notes, and a "Show Don't Tell" practice sheet. The lesson guides students through the use of vivid words, five senses, and different types of figurative language in order to transform their writing. Interactive Notes are also available for this lesson in my: Narrative Writing Interactive NotebookDo you want your students to Love ❤️ Learning Writing?Che
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
DESCRIPTIVE WRITING Lesson Notes PowerPoint Practice Activity Quiz Test Prep
***UPDATED 2024!*** Help students gain descriptive writing skills with this no-prep, 33-page/slide Descriptive Writing Lesson, Practice, Activity, and Assessment Mini Unit. The easy-to-follow Guided Notes process will help students understand how to write, identify, and edit to include descriptive writing. A PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Guided Practice, Scavenger Hunt Activity, and Multiple-Choice Practice/Assessment are included making this an engaging scaffolded approach that uses the “I Do, We D
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4th - 8th
Sonnet 138 William Shakespeare — Sonnet Lesson, Guided Notes, & Writing Activity
Teach your students all about Sonnets with a unique analysis of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. 1) First, use the Powerpoint presentation to familiarize your students with:Sonnet definition and structureShakespearean SonnetsPetrarchan SonnetsSpenserian SonnetsMiltonic SonnetsIambic pentameterVoltaTwo-part thematic StructureRhyme SchemeGuided notes worksheet included!2) Then, have your students analyze Shakespeare's Sonnet 138 by answering comprehension and literary analysis questions. Answer k
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Figurative Language Gallery Walk Poetry for Middle School ELA
A gallery walk is one of my favorite ways for kids to take notes. Instead of sitting in a desk copying down information, students move around the room at their own pace active and engaged.These posters provide a strong foundation on 10 basic figurative language terms. They’re the perfect start to any poetry unit. They could also be used in partnership with an author’s style analysis or as part of a writing workshop. This resource includes:10 colorful posters for figurative language. Each poster
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6th - 8th
How Authors Build Suspense
I have used this brief PowerPoint presentation at the beginning of a genre study of Gothic fiction in preparation for students to write literary analyses and as part of a creative writing course when students are working on short fiction. It works across grade and ability levels because it breaks the more abstract idea of suspense down into specific author's craft techniques, most of which students are already familiar with or which are easily understood. The six methods of creating suspense tha
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Structure - Subverting a Generic Code
This series of activites uses a flipped classroom, where students read, highlight and create a series of dotpoints to understand the subversion of generic codes. They then research an example of a tv series that subverts a generic code and in pairs give a three minute lesson to the class on why their tv series is part of a genre but chooses to subvert it. They are given guiding questions to respond to. The last activity is them choosing a scene from a text in a genre they know well and using i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Problem-Solution Essay
This is a ready-made PowerPoint animated Writing lesson with answer key for Problem-Solution Essay - suitable for middle and high school.This writing lesson provides a step-by-step guidelines that help students grasp the writing process of the essay and enable them to write their own easily.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Characteristics of Epics and Epic Heroes powerpoint notes lesson
This powerpoint presentation gives detailed explanation and examples of the characteristics of epic poetry and the epic hero, displaying still shots taken from a multitude of popular movies and television series'. Students will be able to record organized notes on epics and epic heroes, while seeing vivid examples that encourage comprehension of the material. This presentation displays a compilation of characteristics in the most simplified format possible, in order to ensure the success of ev
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Engaging Leads for Fiction Narrative Writing (PowerPoint)
This PowerPoint Presentation provides 10 engaging lead ideas for fiction narrative writing, with accompanying examples. This clear and comprehensive direct instruction tool will help students craft their own leads when engaged in a Narrative Writing Unit and be able to distinguish between them as readers. Narrative Leads explained here include: (1) Action Lead, (2) Dialogue Lead, (3) Onomatopoeia Lead, (4) Snapshot Lead, (5) Flashback Lead, (6) Question Lead, (7) Reaction Lead, (8) Shock & S
Grades:
5th - 8th
Elements of Poetry Powerpoint Presentation
This powerpoint presentation is designed to introduce some of the elements of poetry and give students examples of them. You may use this to introduce a lesson on poetry or use it as a review after reading a poem. You can swap out the examples I give and put in examples from the poem you are currently reading.
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4th - 10th
Resume Package - example, questionnaire, tips, rules and checklist
The document includes:- Example template of a resume - hints and tips on what to include or not include in a resume- Rules for resumes-Questionaire to prompt user-Checklist what to include
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
How to Write an Essay
This presentation introduces to the basics of essay writing. It includes a step-by-step easy process to follow as well as an example. The final slide offers additional resources for support.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Understanding Poetry Presentation for Middle School ELA
Introduce the art of poetry to your students in a fun and vibrant way! The "Understanding Poetry" presentation is an easy-to-understand slideshow that walks learners through the fundamentals of poetry. This presentation can be projected onto a screen in-class or screen-shared via Zoom.The "Understanding Poetry" presentation is perfect for students and teachers alike. With a visually-stimulating and youthful aesthetic, this slideshow includes:-12 total slides of information-3 Learning Objectives
Grades:
6th - 12th
Dialogue Cheat Sheet (Example, Rules)
Dialogue Cheat Sheet (Example, Rules)
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education
Basic Fiction Elements
In this assignment, students will research the Basic Fiction Elements for Creative Writing (character, setting, point of view, dialogue, and conflict). They will take notes on the attached sheet.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Elements of Good Writing Notes
Students will research the Elements of Good Writing and take notes on the attached sheet.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Figurative Language (PowerPoint)
This PowerPoint Presentation introduces students to a wide variety of figurative language and "compositional risk" strategies such as: (1) metaphor, (2) simile, (3) analogy, (4) personification, (5) idiom, (6) hyperbole, (7) alliteration, (8) assonance, (9) apostrophe, (10) pun, (11) onomatopoeia, (12) allusion, and (13) oxymoron. This clear and comprehensive direct instruction tool will help students elevate their writing craft.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Narrative: The Plot Line Curve
This narrative lesson covers the plot line curve by defining the components of the plot line, providing demonstrations in age-appropriate films, and asking critical questions on a PDF powerpoint. Each element of the narrative plot line: exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement is covered and demonstrated through a film clip. The guided notes require the student to complete a plot line chart from a story they are familiar with, and provide the definitions of the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Commas
Learning Goal: Students will be able to successfully insert commas into a variety of sentence formats. This lesson can be spread over a couple days and could go for two to two and a half hours. Please see the attached preview for more details on what to expect. My students loved this lesson and frequently refer to their note-taker when editing their written work. They also really liked creating sentences with commas on the topic of pizza. When they shared their sentences they also practiced thei
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5th - 7th
Develop Humor Theory with Students! (Pre-Writing Activity)
In this two part-worksheet, students go back and forth between two things: sharing humorous texts (like images, videos, or jokes) and then reflecting on it.
The first worksheet scaffolds students' collecting of different types of humor (print, verbal, visual, and audio) under different criteria. Teachers can allow a few minutes of class time at the start of each day for students to share these texts with each other.
The second worksheet scaffolds students' reflection on the process of sharin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Layered Activity:Wriitng a Science Fiction Children's Book/Ray Bradbury Unit
This is a layered activity where students will write a science fiction children's book. The layering activity allows them to practice descriptively, then, sktech the book and practice short story elements, and then, finally, produce a children's book. This can come at the close of a Bradbury/Science Fiction Unit.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Appositives and Appositive Phrases
Complete lesson includes a copy of a student cloze note, an exit ticket, and a writing prompt to demonstrate mastery.Learning Target: Review and Identifying Appositive Phrases, so I can write with varying sentence structure to create meaning and style.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Literary Devices/Techniques Guidelines
Created by Eric Triche. This is a great tool for students to keep as guidelines to the various literary devices/techniques used in writing. These guidelines explain the following concepts: onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, imagery, idiom, foreshadowing, and flashback.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
DISTANCE LEARNING: Charting the Narrative Arc through Cinema
This template is a formative assessment for Language Arts students studying the Narrative Arc in literature. Using the template, students choose a full length feature film to watch at home and then chart out the elements of a story. Template includes detailed explanations in the left column of each component of the narrative arc, with students taking notes on the right as the film progresses. Download includes a rubric on how assignment will be graded, a detailed model to follow using the fil
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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