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Common Core W.7.4 center pdfs
Writing Workshop Mini Lessons: Revision, Editing, Diagnostic Middle School ELA
Writing mini-lessons are the BEST way to teach revision and editing skills! Especially when they're used in conjunction with diagnostic tools for individual needs assessment.This is a tremendously helpful resource that I've wanted (and needed) for a long time. It starts out with a brief writing diagnostic that is easily evaluated using the class recording sheet to determine students' strengths and weaknesses. This data is then used to determine which mini lessons need to be taught. This unit inc
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5th - 8th
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Halloween Writing Prompts: Creative Narrative Writing Spooky Story Starters
Set a spooky mood in your middle or high school ELA classroom this October with these chilling Halloween story starter writing prompts. Get your students writing for enjoyment while also revising and editing their work to meet the rigor of the Common Core Narrative Writing Standards.This resource features 24 engaging story starters, also known as narrative leads, that you can use in a variety of ways. Don't feel like grading writing? Have students use these as impromptu speech topics. Students c
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6th - 9th
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Persuasive Letter Writing Mini Unit
Dear Teacher, I can explain … is a fun, persuasive writing mini unit, using the traits of writing, that the students will love. Students will write a persuasive letter to their teachers to explain why they couldn’t finish their (imaginary) homework assignment. The more ridiculous the excuse, the more fun students will have with this assignment. Note: this is meant to be a fun, fictional resource for students. I am not actually condoning incomplete homework assignments. ;)This resource can
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Persuasive Letter Writing Activity Bundle
The Writing Process Digital Writing Workshop Activity
Students often tend to rush through the writing process, throwing together a rough draft and crying out, "I'm done!" This digital writing process activity is an interactive way to help them focus on truly digging into the writing process and its importance. Students will spend time working through writing workshop mini lessons and activities in a way that is manageable and meaningful. Instead of writing a lot and being DONE, students will really dig into one sentence, learning how less is more.
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6th - 9th
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Reader Response Journal Questions for Writing about Reading
Write routinely for a variety of purposes. Wait, what does that mean?! Students need to write more than we can grade…more than we can read! To become strong writers, volume and frequency matter, just like with reading. These reading response journal questions are prompts that present a flexible way for students to respond to their independent reading books. (They can be used with whole-class or required texts as well.)THESE READER RESPONSE JOURNAL PROMPTS OFFER...Choice: You can allow students t
No-Prep! Over 135 Print-and-Go Writing Prompts and Story Starters (Grades 6-12)
Over 135 Ready-to-Use writing (or discussion) prompts to use with middle and high school students. I have broken the prompts into six categories:-Quotable Quotes-Would You Rather?-Story Starters-Personal Response-What would you do if?-Imagine a WorldThese can be used in so many ways: 10-minute bell ringer activities, journal writing, discussions, debates, personal essays, short stories, exposition essays, etc.There is so much you could do with this list, and with over 135 prompts, you'll have m
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6th - 12th
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Draw, Write, and Share: Problem Based Journal Prompts for Reluctant Writers
Writing made EASY...Simply share the prompt, students create an illustration based on the prompt, and then students write about their illustration...
Inspiration…
Writing can be a challenge for students no matter what grade. When I did a Photo of the Day prompt for my 6th graders, many of my students thrived. They had an entire story to tell about the image displayed before them. However, with my intervention crew I found that this seemingly “fun” way of writing, was not fun because my very l
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Made Easy: Language Arts Full Year VALUE Bundle
Writing Conference Forms: Conferring Questions and Notes - Middle & High School
Wanting to differentiate writing instruction for middle or high school students? Writing conferences are a great way to meet individual students' needs. By sitting and talking with writers one-on-one, we can help them embrace their strengths, identify areas for growth, and get to know them better as writers.These writing conference forms can be used outside of a writing workshop format. Included in this resource, you will find:Conferring Schedule: A chart to manage your conferring schedule...How
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7th - 10th
Poetry Analysis Journal Writing Prompts for Any Poem Digital & Print
These poetry journal writing prompts are intended to help students respond to poems in a thoughtful way while deepening their comprehension of the text. It contains twenty response-to-reading prompts that can be used with almost any poem and is appropriate for middle and high school classrooms. What are the topics like?Each poetry journal prompt focuses on a different aspect of reading poetry. Students are asked to analyze theme, figurative language, and structure. In addition, they will make co
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
Creative Writing Set with Rubrics + BONUS resource
These writing activities encourage students to carefully craft all of the elements of plot in their writing and to match voice with characters' actions and emotions. Students will have to analyze every element, making sure that they fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. The activities are narrative. A FREE BONUS RESOURCE IS INCLUDED TOO! See individual item descriptions below.
Fractured Fairy Tale Writing:
This writing project requires students to use traditional fairy tales as a guide
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3rd - 8th
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African American Biography Task Cards - Black History Month Activities, Poster
80 notable African Americans who were pioneers in their fields are profiled in these Black History mini biographies. This African American history task card resource helps your students develop their writing, speaking and listening skills. Included are 16 ways to use these Black American biographies. You can use this resource during Black History Month or anytime you're teaching Black History or American History classes. Please open the Preview to see a list of all the famous Black Americans
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5th - 8th
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340 Middle School Reading-ELA Test Prep Common Core Questions for State Exams
Are you looking for a test prep resource that will help your students be prepared for the types of questions that they will see on your reading and language arts state exams? The following resource includes 340 rigorous questions patterned after released state exams as well as the question banks from print and electronic resources from some of the top test prep vendors. You will not find a question stem bank this large and diverse anywhere! This tool is the ideal test prep tool for grades 6-8
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6th - 8th
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Writing - Photo Prompt Task Cards
Photo writing prompts provide a unique and different way to spark your students' imaginations and creativity! These 48 photo prompts provide opportunities for students to write from different perspectives and different points of view, they provide setting inspiration, help them generate characters and more!
Use at writing centers, stations, as task cards, for paragraph practice, narrative writing ideas, creative writing and short story inspiration.
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24 cards as writing prompts
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6th - 9th
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Debating Topics for Middle School: School and Education
Get your middle school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refining y
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5th - 7th
Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen Novel Unit Plan-Great for Distance Learning
Thank you for looking at my unit plan on Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen! This a resource for teaching the novel, Resistance. This excellent novel is great for teaching reading concepts and helping students understand the Holocaust. In this packet you will find the following resources: · Pacing Guide · Standards alignment · Character chartso This encourages students to identify character traits and find proof and evidence of character development · Story mountain graphic organizero This helps tea
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6th - 8th
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Conversation Starters Package on Quality of Life
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the quality of life.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of quality of lifeActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expression
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Sentence Writing
Tired of reading short, simple sentences? This dice game helps students with elaboration writing! Students race against the timer to elaborate by adding interesting words & phrases to sentence starters. This fun resource teaches students to use elaboration to improve their sentence writing. This packet includes the following:FUN, PRINTABLE GameSeparate Teacher and Student DirectionsProjector Slides for Teacher to Use During the GameTHREE Different Rounds of PlayA Blank Set of Sentence Star
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5th - 8th
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Debating Topics for Middle School: Family Life
Get your middle school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refining
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5th - 7th
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Paragraph-A-Day and Freewrites - Paperless Distance Learning Google Forms SET 1
☑ Do you want a way to streamline your warm-ups?☑ Include writing daily in your ELA classroom?☑ How about cut down on grading time by having all your responses in one place?☑ Need something with accommodations built in for distance learning?Daily paragraphs are the answer! This resource is a 100% digital resource that can be integrated with Google Classroom, class blogs, Chromebooks, Macs, and/or any computer with a web browser. All you need is a free Google account! I've spent a lot of time cra
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Paragraph-A-Day Digital and Distance Learning BUNDLE Sets 1 and 2
Conversation Starters Package on Entrepreneurship
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on entrepreneurship. What's included:A list of 13 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of entrepreneurshipActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expres
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Picture-Inspired Poetry Writing Assignment
Motivate students to write poetry in a fun, engaging way...by using pictures! This picture-inspired poetry brainstorming assignment is a great way for students to organize their thoughts before actually writing a poem based on images. It's differentiated for learning styles and abilities by allowing students to choose the picture they will use as inspiration, by providing various options of poetry for students to write, and by encouraging them to create their own rubric and establish the criteri
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Analysis Bundle: Engaging Games, Activities, and Writing Prompts
Conversation Starters Package on Science and Technology
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on science and technology.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of science and technologyActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of us
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Photography
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on photography.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of photographyActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transi
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Sentence Fluency Task Cards
Sentence fluency is often addressed on standardized tests. Make sure your students are prepared with these (40) engaging Sentence Fluency Task Cards that students can combine in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required! Let your hard work show with off-the-charts ELA test scores! Ensure proficiency on stan
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: ELA Jumbo Task Card Bundle - Volume 2
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