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Common Core W.8.3a research
Writing a Research Paper Escape Room: Engaging MLA Citation & Test Prep Activity
Have you been searching for easy and fun ways to engage students in your research paper unit?This escape room activity is perfect for any research paper/MLA format unit! It is lower prep than most escape rooms and uses ALL DOK levels! You can use this escape room in the middle of your unit, as review, or the end for fun. This resource is sure to keep your students engaged and working hard in your research paper unit!What's Included:Escape Room Tips & TricksClues!Google Form Option: Instead o
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Historical Fiction Project - Creative Writing + Historical Research!
This is a six-part creative writing project in which students research a time period in history and then set a short story there! Product includes an explanation, grading rubric, and step-by-step project creation.
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7th - 10th
Create Your Own Utopia & Dystopia - PAIR PACK - Students write fun stories!
This is a pair pack of two 3-day creative writing lessons that go well together. Students create their own utopia and dystopia! You can either assign both back-to-back for students to contrast the genres or you can assign each one with any text of literature that goes with its respective genre. Just print and teach!Students will research the genres of utopian and dystopian literature, create their own worlds, and write their own creative stories based on criteria. The utopian lesson plan contain
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8th - 12th
Create Your Own Dystopia - 3 Day Lesson Plan - Students write their own story!
This is a creative writing activity that culminates in students creating their own dystopian society and writing their own dystopian story! This fun activity can be assigned on its own or you can include it with any text of dystopian literature you’re studying as a class. During these 3 days students will research the genre of dystopian literature, create their own dystopian world through a background story arc and propaganda activity, and write their own dystopian story based on criteria. There
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Create Your Own Utopia & Dystopia - PAIR PACK - Students write fun stories!
CHU JU'S HOUSE by Gloria Whelan, Novel Study, CCSS ELA Aligned
Students learn about China's limit on the number of children a family may have as they read Chu Ju's experiences in this fascinating novel by Gloria Whelan. Whelan's interesting characters and startling events are enfolded as students read about China in the 21st Century. I divided the book into four equal sections of three chapters each. Included in this unit are:- Cover page for students to fill in with information about the book itself, historical information, and a small word search;- Rea
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5th - 8th
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Create Your Own Utopia - 3 Day Lesson Plan - Students write their own story!
This is a creative writing activity that culminates in students creating their own utopian society and writing their own utopian story! This fun activity can be assigned on its own or you can include it with any text of utopian literature you’re studying as a class. During these 3 days students will research the genre of utopian literature, create their own utopian world through a background story arc and city blueprint activity, and write their own utopian story based on criteria. There are gui
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Create Your Own Utopia & Dystopia - PAIR PACK - Students write fun stories!
Write Your Own Historical Fiction - Creative writing for any historical event
This is a creative writing activity that culminates in students creating their own historical fiction! This activity can be assigned on its own for students to select their own historical event or you can include it with any specific era. There are several materials to guide students in historical research, brainstorming, and creating. The culmination will be their own written story. There are guidelines in the lesson plan for assigning the materials and a rubric for grading the creative writing
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Creative Writing Bundle - 8 Fun & Engaging Resources to Practice Writing
Create Your Own Mythology - 3 Day Lesson Plan - Students write their own story!
This is a creative writing activity that culminates in students creating their own mythological world and writing their own myth story! This fun activity can be assigned on its own or you can include it with any mythology you’re studying as a class. During these 3 days students will research the genre of myth, create their own mythology through a plot story arc and mythological inscription activity, and write their own myth story based on criteria. There are guidelines in the lesson plans for as
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Creative Writing Bundle - 8 Fun & Engaging Resources to Practice Writing
Main Idea! Details! Drawing Conclusions! #29: The Little White Colt
Through this semi-autobiographical story about a child, a fear and a young horse, students will hone their skills in main idea, details, drawing conclusions, theme, vocabulary, and others essential to good comprehension. The story is engaging and accessible, is a real page turner, and is accompanied by 25 professionally written, evidence based multiple-choice questions, and 4 writing prompts, for assessment. Your students will love it and learn from it. Mine did! Copyright (C) 2022 by LA on a Mi
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7th - 10th
Immigration Story Project
Part 1:  Organize students into groups. Have each group select an immigrant group and research its culture, cuisine, and language(s), in addition to where they typically reside in the United States, the types of jobs they do, and their motivations for leaving their country of origin. They can select from the groups above or choose their own group. Part 2: Each group will then write a story that tells about a fictitious character’s journey to the United States and his or her current daily life.Pa
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â US History Curriculum Bundle 1880-1945
Assessment Research simulation!
Reading content rich, non-fiction text, and writing a research paper on the material are essential secondary and college level skills, but teaching the research methods is so tedious that some people avoid it altogether. Well, here is an engaging, content rich, non-fiction text that will keep your students focused and also challenge them with professionally written, evidence based multiple-choice questions and three writing prompts, including a research simulation prompt. Enjoy! (C) 2020 by LA
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6th - 10th
Writing Inventory
Strong writing has a strong focus. Students find writing frustrating when they do not know where to begin. This resource will allow students to take inventory of their writing before they begin or when they are done.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â THE WHOLE STORE!!!!
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