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Balanced literacy Common Core W.7.3 lessons
Memoir Vignettes: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What are memoir vignettes?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). Memoir Vignettes are short, poetic, partial memories with rich language and sharp images. Unlike traditional memoir or personal narrative writing, memoir vignettes don’t force students to make conclusions and tell a complete story from start to finish. They are little snips of time, which is less intimidating for many students who struggle to write about themsel
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Deleted Scene: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a deleted scene?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing. Students select a scene from a text that most likely happened, but the author didn’t write about or only mentioned briefly without many details. This could be in between the plot events that happened, a flashforward, a flashback, or even an extended ending. Students could even re-imagine a scene from a different character’s perspective other than the narrator’s. The scene students
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Narrative Nonfiction: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is narrative nonfiction?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing. Students select a news article about a specific event that they are interested in. The next step is they bring that news article to life through imagining the narrative details (description of characters, setting, dialogue, etc.). What is left is a narrative story that contains nonfiction details from the news article to accurately reflect the original news article. Along the way,
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Criminal Elf - Christmas Common Core Reading Writing and Listening Craftivity
Teach Listening Skills in a fun and interactive way!
Reading, Point of View Writing, Listening and Visualizing.
Use this unit to have fun with Christmas, while maintaining content focus.
This product meets so many of the Common Core standards in a fun and engaging way!
CCSS Aligned for Reading/Writing/Listening for Grades 5-8. Download the preview for the full list of standards.
This unit includes:
An original story of an eight year old girl, Sandy, was sitting on Santa’s lap, telling h
Grades:
5th - 8th
Children's Book: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a children's book roll off?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). The idea behind the children's book writing unit is for students to study a popular children's book series. A few examples include Pete the Cat, Scaredy Squirrel, Little Blue Truck, The Day the Crayons Quit, If You Give series, The Food Group series, etc. After students study the series, they write a new children's book to add to the series. It's a fun
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Writing Prompts for Middle School ENTIRE YEAR
Writing prompts for middle school that the kids ACTUALLY want to write about and will get them REALLY WRITING! Looking for a way to get those middle school (or high school) kiddos to put down the phones and truly engage in becoming a writer? I've got you covered! These Writing Prompts for Middle School and High School include 180 prompts - enough for the ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR! ⭐️These NO PREP, creative writing prompts for middle school and high school students are: a powerful and effective way to
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Information About Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum (11 Writing Units)
Teaching writing to middle school students can be tricky. What are you supposed to teach? When are you supposed to teach it? How do you keep students engaged?Using a Writing Workshop at the middle school level allows teachers to have a set, predictable structure. Students understand that each day they will learn something new as writers as they work their way through the writing process to a published writing piece.I have created 3-week writing units that are designed to meet all of the Comm
Grades:
6th - 8th
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