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Common Core W.8.3 projects
Intro to Leadership or Student Council Middle High School Unit
Start your Leadership class or Student Council off on a successful year with this introductory unit filled with enough student-centered, get-them-thinking activities to use for 2-3 years before any repeats- great if students are in student government year after year! Then, culminate student learning and growth with a campus-wide Kindness Project to kick off a positive year.This unit kit comes in both print PDF and digital for Google Slides!Greatness is maximizing all group members' strengths to
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
End of Year Activities: Graduation Cap Art Project & Template for Middle School
Need an end of year art activity for your May or June bulletin board? Imagine these graduation cap projects 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 middle school.A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns for their graduation cap. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan end of year
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5th - 8th
Christmas ELA Activities Literary Devices Short Films Theme Character Plot
Short Film Workshop: A Christmas Star Super fun way to teach NARRATIVE writing and LITERARY ELEMENTS! This lesson is PACKED with engaging activities that will teach students real world use of literary elements and how writers use them to create great stories. Students will learn to transfer the techniques to their own literary writing. ❤ DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION AVAILABLE! CLICK HERENOTE: This workshop can be easily differentiated because their are a variety of difficulty levels and DOK wi
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5th - 8th
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Making Inferences Reading Activity - Emergency Sub Plan (paper + digital)
Are you looking for a making inferences activity students can complete on their own? Students work on “solving” these puzzle paragraphs in a fun independent or partner activity. This scaffolded activity is the perfect sub plan or snow day lesson!Use this making inferences activity for:Independent practiceEnrichment & Summer SchoolSnow Days & Blizzard BagsEmergency PlansDo your students need a skills review?✅ Use textual evidence to support inferences (RL.7.1)✅ Write narratives to develop
Dystopian Literature Unit - Civilization Creation - Create your own Dystopia
Dystopian Literature Unit - Create Your Own Dystopian Society! This Dystopia activity package is the perfect supplement to a Dystopian Literature Unit! Students research the meaning of the word Dystopia, and create Dystopian societies of their own. This Dystopia introduction ask students to practice their critical thinking and creative writing skills as they create a detailed project that describes all of the different aspects of their Dystopian societies.⭐This is an excellent final project or e
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6th - 9th
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Design-a-Quest: Making Your Own Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer Set
Want to give your students some practice writing their own Hero's Journey? This set of graphic organizers is perfect for young writers who want to invent some heroes of their own. Using your choice of written-response only or a creative, comic-book-style combination of artwork and written responses, these graphic organizers allow students to organize their own hero story. The graphic organizers help students outline their story utilizing the stages of the Hero's Journey ("The Ordinary World," "T
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Teaching the Hero's Journey Bundle
Community Interview Project and Rubric - How to Conduct an Interview Assignment
This community interview project is perfect for practicing interviewing skills and teaching students how to conduct an interview! Includes a slideshow lesson, interview graphic organizers, and an editable rubric. Based on the "Humans of New York" project, students will write articles after conducting interviews with partners within the school community! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.✨ Updated in 2024 to cater to a wider range of educational environmen
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5th - 12th
Student Council Leadership Activity Project Planning Forms Template Kit
Use this universal activity and project planning kit to let your Student Council officers and Leadership students take charge. Everything from the back-to-school assembly and Homecoming week to community service projects and your graduation ceremony can be brainstormed, executed, and reflected upon with this one simple kit!Templates and forms included from proposal to planning sheets, calendars to day-of script forms, role and responsibilities to rubrics and reflections.Out of all the tools you
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
Christmas/North Pole Career Exploration Activity: Holiday-Themed Project
This is a fun way for students to learn basic skills and requirements for a job or career. This is also a great way to bring the Christmas spirit into the classroom while completing course requirements in a creative way. Students are never too old to have fun with Christmas-themed activities!What's included?• Introduction activity• Assignment instructions• Job reflection sheet• Rubric (editable) Students will learn: • how to complete a job application• how to write a resume• how to write a cover
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5th - 10th
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The House on Mango Street Narrative Vignettes Book - Novel Unit Project Cisneros
Ignite your students' creative spark with a spectacular writing journey inspired by Sandra Cisneros' literary masterpiece, "The House on Mango Street"! This isn't just any writing exercise; it's a project that will leave a lasting impression.Use this resource to guide your students through the creation of ten captivating narrative vignettes. It's a unique and imaginative approach that breathes life into their storytelling skills, and it's the perfect grand finale for your unit!Here’s what you’ll
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8th - 11th
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The Crossover Activity Bundle - Novel Study Unit Activities - Kwame Alexander
Revitalize your journey through The Crossover by Kwame Alexander with these five dynamic resources!Here’s what’s included:⭐️ The Crossover Pre- and Post-Reading Chat StationsTransform your classroom into an interactive hub with engaging chat stations and foster lively pre- and post-reading discussions!⭐️ The Crossover Character Trading CardsKeep track of the characters in this story with this resource! Perfect for visual learners, these cards add a dynamic element to character exploration in The
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8th - 11th
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Summer Reading Project - Any Book - Creating a Newspaper
Students need to read during the summer to develop leisure-time reading habits, reinforce reading skills, and prepare for instruction in the upcoming school year. To that end, this summer reading project requires all students to read a book and complete a creative and engaging summer reading project to demonstrate their understanding of the book they read.
In this summer reading project, students will read a book and then create a two-page newspaper complete with a main event lead news story
Autobiography Personal Narrative Writing Activity | All About Me Song Playlist
Personal narrative writing is an essential part of students’ writing toolbox - but by middle school, they have written “All About Me” essays over and over again. Put a unique twist on personal narrative writing with my All About Me Song Playlist Autobiography Activity. Whether print or digital, your students will love selecting big and small, happy and sad moments that made them who they are today. ❤️Why you will LOVE this resource!Personal narrative writing is so much more fun when students get
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Back to School Lessons and Activities Bundle
Pep Spirit Assembly Planning Kit for Student Council Leadership
Sit back and let your Student Council or Leadership students take charge with this 2-part bundle: Universal assembly planning kit Spirit pep assembly idea flip deckEvery form, from idea proposal to post-assembly reflection, is included. In addition, you’ll get a 44-card flip deck of pep assembly activities to engage the entire school in fun competitions and student recognition.By buying both, you save big!Greatness is making everyone feel special and included.What used to be a headache of keepi
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7th - 12th
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Leadership Skills Activity Project for Student Council - Leader for the Day
Challenge your StuCo students to plan and teach a leadership skill-building lesson activity for the day!They choose the skill -- from active listening and better communication to team-building and problem-solving to spreading kindness and practicing gratitude skills.This project kit transfers the lesson planning to your student leaders or officers and, believe me, they will LOVE it!What used to be “game day” is now an authentic day of multi-faceted learning where your students are in charge! The
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Leadership Student Council Full Course for Middle High School Advisors
INFERENCE & SUMMARY | "ORDEAL BY CHEQUE" UNIT
INFERENCE SKILLS IN THE UPPER GRADES! Use Wuther Crue's "Ordeal by Cheque" to develop inference and summary skills for older students. A "sophisticated" way to reinforce lower reading skills, while challenging proficient readers.The unit include:-Complete text (this text is really hard to find in a legible form for students- it was originally written in cursive)-Analysis graphic organizer using claim, evidence, and reasoning-"Ordeal by Cheque" student assessment- identify student understanding
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: INFERENCE & SUMMARY BUNDLE | SLO READY
Creating Characters in Creative Writing | Two Activities to Create a Character
In creative writing or with narrative writing, students will need to create characters. They should not stereotype or only build flat character though. This creative writing activity includes a teacher sheet, student sheet, five brainstorming activities, a fun multiple choice "quiz" for the character, and a rubric. Everything except the pictures are editable.You can download this as a Powerpoint to use in your classroom, share it with students on Google Classroom, or print the pages if needed.Sp
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7th - 10th
Write Your Own Short Story Narrative Creative Writing Project: Distance Learning
Now digital and printable!!This digital and printable product is the perfect writing activity/project for your students in any short story unit! I spent about 2 and a half weeks (block classes) teaching my students short story elements/terms such as plot development, theme, conflict types, indirect/direct characterization etc. in mini lesson form alongside about 5 short stories. As a summative assessment, students were to create their own 2-page short story about anything they wanted (Go student
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Engaging Short Story Unit GROWING Bundle - Distance Learning
Fall Creative Writing Assignment
Fall Creative Writing Assignment | PDF and Digital Format: In this Fall Creative Writing Assignment, students will select one of the provided character roles: coffee shop employee, garden rake, tree, family pet, squirrel and create a written or visual product based on the character's specific writing prompt. This no-prep - just photocopy and teach creative writing assignment gets students excited and engaged during Writer's Workshop or any ELA writing lesson. This resource contains individual PD
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Full Year Bundle
Summer Vacation Project - Integrates Personal Finance, ELA, and Math Skills
Planning a summer vacation is fun and exciting for students! This project integrates writing short descriptive narrative writings, using personal finance skills, organizing information, using sheets to build a budget, and using online software to create with technology. This project has been used with 6th-10th grade students. The google drive file includes:Directions SlidesDigital AssignmentDigital Memory Book TemplatesGoogle Sheet Budget TemplateGrading RubricResource GuideSee the included prev
Narrative Writing: Short Stories - Presentation, Prompts, Handouts for Students
Writing short stories: A complete presentation with printable handouts for students.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This zipped download includes two *editable* Powerpoint files that cover:-Essential components of a story (setting, plot, character development, theme, conflict, point of view)-Story idea generators (ways to generate ideas for stories, which include visual picture prompts, online prompts, and other ways to come up with ideas)-Handouts
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Winter Creative Writing Assignment
Elevate your writing curriculum and infuse seasonal fun into your classes with this Winter Creative Writing Assignment. Students step into the shoes of characters such as a winter coat, ice skates, a coffee shop owner, a local sledding hill, and a lost mitten, crafting imaginative written products based on character-specific writing prompts. Using the RAFT format (Role, Audience, Format, Topic), students choose from five distinct writing options. This hassle-free, no-prep creative writing task s
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Full Year Bundle
The House on Mango Street Activities Bundle - Novel Unit study - Sandra Cisneros
Get ready to bring your unit on "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros to life with these three engaging resources! Each resource is editable, allowing you to tailor them to fit your classroom's unique needs and preferences!Here's what you'll get:⭐️ The House on Mango Street Pre- and Post-Reading Chat StationsFoster lively discussions and reflections with this interactive activity that bookends your reading experience.⭐️ The House on Mango Street Narrative Vignettes BookDive deep into th
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8th - 11th
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Creative Book Report Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions
Creative Book Report Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions: Ditch the traditional book report and explore six creative alternatives suitable for any novel or short story. Engage even your most reluctant students with this comprehensive bundle, which includes everything you need to implement these innovative projects. Each assignment is accompanied by a captivating hand-drawn video introduction by John Spencer, designed to hook students from the start. From dynamic character
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7th - 10th
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