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High school creative writing research microsofts
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH PROJECT | Winter December Report Writing
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 15-page Christmas Around the World Online Research Project for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. In this Christmas Around the World Project, students will be assigned a country. They will research how that country celebrates Christmas using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the information to complete an outline. They will also compare and contrast how that country ce
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3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES BUNDLE | Christmas Around the World Craft STEM Winter
Satire: Writing a Satirical Argument Like Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Following examination of the persuasive satire Jonathan Swift perfected in "A Modest Proposal," your students will create their own satirical arguments to address controversial issues of today, whether at the local or global level. This complete unit contains nine pages of materials for the instruction of persuasive satire, including a 2-page overview of the assignment itself, including the writing prompt, steps for organization of ideas, tips regarding tone and style, discussion of possible top
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10th - 12th
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Teen Issues: Multigenre Research Project
This unit is designed to appeal to adolescents' inquiry into the social issues amongst them. Students select a relevant teen issue and create a five-piece research-based multigenre project. I include a structures unit plan with objectives; project requirements, ideas, and rubrics; handouts to guide them through the process of Internet-based research; and a post-assignment self-assessment for students to complete at the end of the unit. This was one of the most successful units at my diverse,
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8th - 12th
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End of Year CHOICE RESEARCH PROJECT!!! ELA, Creative Writing, and MORE!
If you're like me and your kiddos are BURNED out from testing, here's a great way to keep them learning and engaged yet give them some much needed freedom!I'm a 7th grade teacher in Florida. I teach ELA and have noticed that when we start to dwindle down and get to testing, my kids are just...done. I wanted something that kept them engaged but wasn't just showing a movie (but let's be honest...sometimes you have to LOL). Then I came up with this resource! I created a choice research project that
Grades:
6th - 12th
Poet Analysis & Research Project
With this digital resource students will be tasked with researching and creating a presentation about a poet of their choosing. They will learn about that poet, study the author's life and writing, and analyze their findings before teaching the class. This could easily be themed to fit whatever unit you're doing, or holiday that's coming up! Research Irish poets for St Patrick's Day, Romantic poets for Valentine's Day, or Patriotic poems and poets for Memorial Day!Included in this product you
Grades:
8th - 12th
Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5
This upload uses the last Act in Midsummer Night's Dream to explore and consolidate the comedic structure of the play. The first activity encourages students to predict what will happen in the final scene and after reading the act, to show how Shakespeare uses the fifth act structure to finish his play. At the end of this section students are asked to order the play within a play and then write up an act of their own choosing. There is also work on thematic development with an emphasis on find
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream
Animal Farm Cliff's Notes Project
This is a portfolio style project for the novel Animal Farm. It is worth 200 points (this can be edited to your liking). Included in this document are the requirements for the project as well as a detailed rubric for grading. I did this project for several years. The students enjoyed it. There are writing and artistic components. It gives them a chance to let their creativity shine.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Figurative Language Exercises
This upload has a series of activities which support information on similes, metaphors, extended metaphors, symbolism and motifs. It also looks at allusion in order to show that writing is about compression and comparison of meaning. In order to write better descriptions it includes activities on word choice, sentence length and organisation. Activities include working in pairs and groups and making vocabulary charts on different subjects. Writing tasks to consolidate each subject are also in
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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North Korea & South Korea Postcards
Help students learn about East Asia countries North Korea and South Korea through this fun activity! They will research information about the 2 countries to help them gain an understanding of the culture. They will create a postcard like they are in North Korea and South Korea highlighting the differences in the 2 countries.
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6th - 12th
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Bias in the Media Project — Making an Advertisement (ARGUMENT + PERSUASION)
This is a COMPLETE PROJECT PACKET, including the grading rubric, student samples, a "frequently asked questions" section for your students (and self!), and step-by-step checkpoints for students throughout the project timeline. The document is editable once you make a copy in Google Drive so you can adjust any specifics such as instructions, due dates, objectives, etc. (that way you can tailor this so it works with your classroom and school expectations). THE PROJECT: Students will be able to uti
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Multigenre Research Paper Power Point-Ready to Use!
This is the multigenre research paper power point that I use with my students. It is ready to go, complete with rubric. You can modify it to fit your needs. See my multigenre research paper example if you need an idea of what one looks like.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Multimodal Essay Writing Prompt-Students Include Video and Images in Essay
This is a multimodal essay that I use with my English II students. Multimodal just means that this assignment requires students to compose using language AND several nontraditional modes of communication as well, such as movie clips, audio, and images.
→ The assignment specifies that students have to create or modify these elements, and they must embed and contextualize them in their writing. Do note that I have included links to online resources in the prompt that students can use to accompli
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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History Grab Writing Project
Perfect for any time-specific period history unit or for a gifted student/group who requires a challenging project revolving around history.This project includes a run down of what a "History Grab" is, an organizational worksheet and an example of how to make your historical figure shine. A wonderful way to practice detailed and descriptive writing. Would be a great way to facilitate one grade motivating another to read about historical characters!
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6th - 12th
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Research Project w/ Menu Options (Sight/Vision/Blindness)
This assignment is connected to Florida's 10th Grade Savvas English textbook, specifically Unit 5: Blindness and Sight. It offers independent, paired, and group work on the topics of vision and what it means to see.
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9th - 12th
Geography Choice Board
Student Choice! Your students choose which assignments they want to do on the choice board to reach a certain requirement.content lasts a full weekrecap/review of learning throughout the yearfun way to improve student motivationrequires higher level thinking skillsresearchposterscreative writing, interviewing, song writing, research, poetry, posters, mapping, graphing, and many more activities included!several projects/activities students will enjoy working on!
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5th - 12th
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Research PowerPoint Rubric
Research PowerPoints! Instead of having students create the traditional research paper. Students create a powerpoint with all the elements needed for the paper. The powerpoint allows students to meet the standards while creating the paper in a non traditional medium.
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4th - 12th
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Structure - Subverting a Generic Code
This series of activites uses a flipped classroom, where students read, highlight and create a series of dotpoints to understand the subversion of generic codes. They then research an example of a tv series that subverts a generic code and in pairs give a three minute lesson to the class on why their tv series is part of a genre but chooses to subvert it. They are given guiding questions to respond to. The last activity is them choosing a scene from a text in a genre they know well and using i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Not Grade Specific
Also included in:Â Work on Structure at the Macro and Micro Levels
Analyzing Poetry (recognizing devices, finding meaning)
This a 4-page document with clear explanations of devices typically used in poetry (Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Imagery, Literal/Figurative Language-Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, etc.) All of the short, comprehensible explanations have examples as well. There is a also a section on types of poems (Ballad, Elegy, Ode, etc.) and parts of a poem. This first section is followed by a succinct how-to guide on analyzing a poem, including a list of questions to pose as you read through a poem
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5th - 12th
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Tragic Flaw Writing Assignment
My 9th grade Pre-AP English students LOVE this essay prompt on Tragic Heroes and tragic flaws! (Or, they at least become much more invensted in this writing assignment than most throughout the year.) After using my "Tragic Heroes P.P. Presentation" while they take notes on tragic heroes, I assign this essay to my students. Typically, we have just enough time in class for them to create a short rough draft of their essay, and then they go home and research/write the actual essay and bring it back
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7th - 12th
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Math in the Real World
Students learn about the importance and usefulness of math in the real world from the people that use it most......everyone! Students will be introduced to the project through a brief letter. They will set out to interview three different people with three different careers to determine just how useful math can be in everyday life. Next, students work their way through the writing process to create a well-written and well-organized three paragraph essay based upon the results of their interv
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4th - 12th
Inspiration - Reading, Writing and Jotting down Ideas.
These activities and lessons help students to see the important place reading and researching has in helping develop imaginative ideas for creative writing projects. The work involves mixing and matching the names of important authors with the first or last sentences of important works showing that the writer's style is contingent on context and immediate audience; there is also work on creating a premise for a story based on or in opposition to a premise of a work they have read or watched. R
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Creative Writing Workshops - Inspiration
Conspiracy Theories in Pop Culture Research Assignment
This activity is meant to get a basic familiarity with conspiracy theories and the prevalence of them by examining conspiracy theory in pop culture. There are many that surround us especially with children's television shows and movies. Students can create their findings in google slides, create a short flipgrid video, or simply write their answers in a small paragraph format. I use this assignment as an intro activity or for fun later on toward the end of the year.
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9th - 12th
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Persuasive Argument Presentation: Futuristic Technology Pros & Cons
Starting a dystopian/utopian unit? Or looking for an engaging lesson to get students using their persuasive skills?This lesson is focused around students predicting the benefits and drawbacks to futuristic technology (think flying cars, video recording contact lenses, etc.).The LessonIn small groups, students will collectively determine a piece of technology to sell to the class.They must present on the advantages and disadvantages of the new technologyThey will present their findings by choosin
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5th - 12th
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The Blackwell Pages Series Loki's Wolves - Book One
A great packet for this book, Loki's Wolves. I have included activities for research - mini biography; comparing/contrasting characters; collaborative writing w/ a partner; and a little history of the area where book takes place.Norse Mythology made into a great series of books.*There is a new chapter review packet available for this book in my store, original creation of Le-Tea-Mo's Resources. It is an extra critical thinking packet on the chapters.
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3rd - 12th
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