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Common Core W.7.3 cultural activities
Irish Culture Activities Mini-Unit | St. Patrick's Day
Fun and cross-curricular learning about Irish culture and history is not just for St. Patrick's Day - it's interesting and CCSS-based year round! Ireland activities include informational reading, map analysis, color-coding, summarizing, categorizing, design, and more! Enough lesson material for two-three class periods, depending on how you wish to time each activity. Contents Include:Learning TargetsTeacher’s DirectionsHow Much Do You Know? (Anticipatory Engagement Pretest)Quick Poetry Analysis:
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6th - 9th
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Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to ESL and ENL beginners and newcomers. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. Please open up the preview for details to make sure the text is right for your classroom -- it will be a challenge for your ELLs, but hopefully worth it.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also pri
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Breadwinner Novel Activity - I Am and Where I'm From Poems with Rubrics
What better way to complete a character analysis than to write from the perspective of that character? It's a great way to practice narrative writing, to make inferences based on the knowledge you have from The Breadwinner, and to get to show your understanding of what the characters in the novel go through. This is by far one of my favorite activities that I do in my class, and the students are always BEGGING to share their work by the end of it. This resource includes:"I Am" and "Where I'm Fro
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6th - 8th
Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skull Art Project, Template, Writing Prompts in SPANISH
Need a Dia de los Muertos art project for your bulletin board in November? Imagine these calaveras de azúcar (sugar skull) drawings in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art, Spanish, and social studies teachers.A fun roll a sugar skull game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash
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4th - 7th
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander Full Novel Unit (Digital & In Person Learning)
Engage your students with this full unit novel study of The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. Enjoy little prep with this digital or print full unit. This six week unit offers your students chances to increase reading comprehension, learn about the African American culture, practice with figurative language, practice citing evidence, working with poetry and doing creative writing!This unit plan can be used digital or print and it offers activities for the poetry, learning stations to learn about po
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: The Crossover Unit Bundle with ESCAPE ROOM & FREEBIE BINGO REVIEW
AROUND THE WORLD THEME MEGA BUNDLE Multiculture Camp Earth Day End of the Year
***BUNDLE & SAVE 25%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this low-prep, 152-page/slide Around the World End of the Year Theme Day Activities MEGA BUNDLE! It includes everything you need to have a thematic day to celebrate diversity, culture, and the world and have a Middle-Grades (4-8) Fun Day in ELA with your students! What is Around the World Day? Enjoy the day (or week!) while still learning with this fun, themed resource! Students will l
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3rd - 12th
Folklore Unit
Teach a fun, engaging unit on Folklore! It is multicultural and keeps the students' interest! In this bundle, you will receive ALL FOUR types of folklore. You will receive slides on fables, legends, fairy tales, and myths. In addition, you will have a slideshow of enrichment activities for any students that finish assignments early and need something else to work on. These slides are interactive and encourage students to answer questions or annotate before, during, and after reading. You will no
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5th - 8th
COUNTRY WRITING BUNDLE Around the World Narrative Informative Opinion Prompts
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 15-page Countries Around the World Writing Bundle Prompts & Papers! Students will watch videos (links provided) and/or research a country of their choice to answer one (or more!) of the writing prompts. SIX prompts (2 narrative, 2 informative, and 2 opinion), video links, suggested research websites, list of countries, revising and editing checklists, and 5 world-themed writing papers are include
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4th - 12th
My Cultural Journey Narrative Writing Story and New Superhero Comic Book Project
Hello Again Teacher Peeps!!Thank you for your interest in the “My Cultural Journey” Project. This project will take your students through a journey of realization, acceptance, creativity, and empowerment. It’s unfortunate that many of our students are unaware of their own ethnicity and culture. Some are even ashamed of their own ethnicity and culture, just as I once was. However, through this 5-6 week journey, your students will learn a lot about themselves and their culture. What better way to
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5th - 9th
Ruby Bridges Movie Resources
Parent permission letter, student "viewing" expectations, movie openers, discussion questions, character trait and theme work, and narrative letter writing. Perfect for Black History Month or for anytime your class may need an empathy booster. Everything you need to learn about the courageous Ruby! Google Docs makes this resource editable.
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5th - 8th
Fish Cheeks Amy Tan- Ultimate Engagement
So much to do with this gem of a story! Text openers, vocabulary preview, annotating task to promote collaboration, RACE Discussion questions, and end-of-story narrative menu with grading rubric included. I use the discussion questions as a springboard for a Socratic Seminar. This is multiple days worth of work. Designed to engage ALL kids.
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5th - 8th
5 Coat of Arms Writing Activities / Google Slides
During my Medieval Romance unit, I often ask students to make their own coat of arms or to make a coat of arms for one of the characters, maybe King Arthur or Lancelot. Over the years, it’s become one of my favorite writing activities—that’s why I wanted to share it with you. This is also one of my favorite resources for back to school. Using this resource, I can get to know students, get an idea of where they are as writers, give them a low-stress way to introduce themselves (and I can introduc
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6th - 12th
Women's History Interactive Notebook
Geo Journeys is a line of interactive notebook products that focuses on integrating Close Reads, culture, geography, writing, and science/social studies content in an engaging way! Each Geo Journey includes a mini-booklet introducing the topic, information pertaining to the specific topic, maps, activities and interactive organizers that support each topic, Close Read comprehension questions, three writing prompts (informational, opinion, and narrative) that relate to the topic, and Geographical
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4th - 8th
Christmas Writing Prompts | Middle School or High School
Discover a world where creativity meets the magic of Christmas. Immerse yourself in the spirit of the season with these Christmas Writing Prompts. What Awaits You: Explore 20 heartwarming story prompts on Christmas elves, reindeer, snowflakes, and the jolly man himself, Santa. You will receive 1 PowerPoint Slide Presentation with 3 pages of ideas, 20 prompts on slides that feature fun and festive Christmas designs, 1 writing slide to use for digital learning or printing for students to use, and
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6th - 9th, Staff
What is a Memoir? (Lesson 1/10)
One of the best narrative pieces to encourage students to write are memoirs. Memoirs are a way for students to practice skills like dialogue, pacing, and descriptive details while sharing about their life. It allows teachers to get to know their students better as writers and as people. Before having students write these memoirs, make sure you introduce what a memoir is! In these slides, students will learn about memoirs and view multiple, helpful examples.In these Google slides, you will receiv
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5th - 8th
Unit: Legends & Tall Tales/Mythology, Folklore/Creative Writing/ELA7-12|EDITABLE
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 15Steps: 16Original Products: 9Links to Resources: 10Rubrics: 2Brainstorm about heroes with MY ORIGINAL HONORS WKSH: Heroes (CCSS.ELA.W.9)Research with LINK R4S: Module 2- Finding Information about a hero (CCSS.ELA.W.7)Read LINK: Tale of Sir Launcelot.pdf (CCSS.ELA.R.10)Practice standardized testing vocabulary with MY ORIGINAL WKSH Vocabulary Usage: Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake (CCSS.ELA.L.4-6)Read LINK: The Sword in the Stone.pdf (CCSS.
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7th - 12th
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CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
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7th - 12th
Unit: Fables for Mythology and Folklore/Creative Writing (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 8Steps: 10Original Products: 7Links to Resources: 15Rubrics: 1Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Theme (CCSS.ELA.R.2)with textbook fable of choice (CCSS.ELA.R.10)STORY: “Right Mind and Wrong Mind” Page 172 STORY: “Princess and Tin Box” Page 332Complete MY ORIGINAL WKSH: Narrative Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.3)With Folder: Fables- Not by Aesop (CCSS.ELA.R.1)Complete MY ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS: Literary Analysis (CCSS.ELA.W.2) With LINK: List of Aesop's
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7th - 12th
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Personal Narrative Writing: A Treasured Family Folktale and Oral History
Make Personal Narrative writing assignments meaningful to students and their families. Use this interview form to capture or discover a memory or event to be saved for generations. Parents have written me letters of thanks for this assignment. Students have learned family stories that had never been shared with them before. Often students videotape these interviews to create a lasting oral history of a loved one. The final writing products have been amazing because students are highly invest
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5th - 8th
Hocus Pocus 2 Movie Guide + Activities | Halloween | Answer Keys Inc
This 14 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the Halloween film "Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★ This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.PART 1 – Comprehension questions in chronological order. I have made three sets for differentiation. The multiple choice questions may also work well with ESL/ELL students. Answer keys included.45 questions requiring full sentence answers.30 questions requiring full sentence answers (15
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7th - 12th
Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire & Turkey - Writing Prompts from Photographs
These 25 writing prompts can be used when teaching about the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires in a world history class or about the Near or Middle East in a world geography class or for doing quick writes or longer writing tasks in an English class. All the writing prompts are based on photographs that I took in Turkey and you can see a list of all the individual photographs in the Preview. The photo writing prompts are available in print and digital versions.What educators who have used this res
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6th - 8th
Yule Lads and Christmas in Iceland Comprehension and Essay Response: GR 7
The packet begins with suggestions for enriching learning related to Christmas, geography, and other holiday celebrations. This 21 page packet includes 5 pages of reading content about the Icelandic Yule Lads as well as several other Icelandic Christmas traditions. Colorful images are included to bring the passage to life. The reading is followed by 6 questions which require responses that are several sentences in length. Students are then provided with parameters for writing an essay about thre
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6th - 8th
Washington DC Field Trip Journal Notebook Differentiated
This Washington D.C. Notebook is perfect for children and students of all ages who would like to document, scrapbook, draw, write and create memories of their field trip or vacation. Writing is perfect for synthesizing the learning which takes place through field trips and hands on learning experiences. By having peers edit each other's entries you can integrate language arts, grammar and mechanics. Writing based on educational museums and experiences with and without prompted essay topics furth
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K - 12th, Higher Education
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, MS-ETS1-2
, 5-ESS3-1
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Write Your Own American Folktale
This goes along with the Folktale unit so the students can write their own Folktale.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: American Folktale Heroes
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