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Free Common Core W.8.3a resources
ESL Writing Activities FREEBIE | Paragraph Builder Freebie
Paragraph writing for English Language Learners are the foundation they need to be successful writers. ESL writing activities can help your English Language Learners succeed in their writing. The Step-by-Step Paragraph is a way your ELLs can practice their writing every day in the classroom. In this writing activity for ELLs there is a sample of Narrative Writing, Informational Writing, and Persuasive Writing for your ELLs!Purchase the FULL Year of the Step-by-Step Paragraph Builder Bundle!This
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4th - 12th
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6th - 8th Grade ELA FREE LESSON PLANS CURRICULUM MAP SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Your 6-8th Grade ELA PLANNING for the year is complete! These quarterly smart maps are perfectly aligned and sequenced to CCSS and designed to focus on one of the 4 MAJOR WRITING TASKS each quarter with reading material integrated to support the writing.Includes Quarterly: Editable standards, calendar, smart link planner, note-taking, and suggested standard-aligned resource bookshelves.No purchases are necessary to completely use this resource. You can easily use your own resources. An optional
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Elements and Narrative Writing QUARTER 1 BUNDLE
FREE Story Path, step-by-step storytelling, creative writing, narrative writing
Use this Story Path worksheet as a tool to help students understand the steps of a successful narrative structure. You can use this worksheet as a standalone lesson in between units or expand the lesson by asking students to use this assignment as the starting spot to create their own original work of fiction. Lots of options for both creative writing and regular English classes. Looking for more storytelling tools?Click here for a free storytelling arc worksheet:https://www.teacherspayteachers.
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES LIST 4 ALL GRADES K-12 AND SUBJECTS + TEACHER RESOURCE
Sometimes, you just need a list of websites for everyone. Here it is. FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES Put together by Teach Me, Maria!It takes time to gather this information, figure out the appropriate grade levels, and format, maintain, and update this page. All I ask is for an honest review if this list helps you.
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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Free Fall Themed Narrative Writing Practice Digital and Print
This resource includes a fall themed practice narrative writing prompt for students to finish! Students can use the prompt provided to practice and review the skills needed when writing a narrative. This free prompt may focus on completing the ending of the story, the beginning of the story, incorporating dialogue, or incorporating sensory details within the story. Now includes a link for this product to be used with Google Slides!This resource is great for narrative review and practice. It is g
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5th - 8th
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Halloween Picture Prompt Writing - FREEBIE!
This resource is the perfect way to get your students in the Halloween spirit through creative writing!The Halloween Picture Prompt Writing Resource includes:10 Halloween imagesGraphic organizers and questions to prompt brainstormingStory writing organizerRevision PromptsDon't forget to check out some of our other fantastic resources, such as:Short Story Writing NotebookElements of Short Stories BundleThe Bad Beginning Novel Study WorkbookThe Breadwinner Novel Study BundleInsignificant Events in
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6th - 8th
Personal Narrative Color Coding Slideshow
Personal Narratives are my favorite essays to teach, and I love reading my students stories! I was struggling with a way for students to make sure that they had every element and standard covered in their personal narrative essays and finally figured out a hands-on way to do this!It has worked like a dream for my students and their final essays are so much better! I have included a link to a slideshow that will walk students through the color coding system and gives examples of each item they
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3rd - 12th
Also included in: Personal Narrative Writing Bundle- 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade
Creative Writing Workshop Lesson 1: Introduction to Storytelling
Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded them for other teachers to use.
Lesson one is a bird's eye view of storytelling. Why do we tell stories in the first place? What makes a good story? How do you become a bet
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Freebie! 3 Writing Prompts: Expository, Persuasive & Narrative, Grades 6-8
3 Writing Prompts for Expository, Persuasive & Narrative texts. Perfect for on-demand writing, test prep, quick writes or paragraph-writing practice. Complex, cross-curricular writing prompts grown-up enough for middle school & upper elementary. Zero-prep! Printed on lined writing paper with a relevant eye-catching graphic, historic or scientific photo on each page! (Bonus! Includes 3 student-friendly self-assess rubrics.)If you like this freebie, check out my set of 30 writing prompt
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6th - 8th
ESL Writing Activities FREEBIE | Paragraph Builder Freebie | ESL Thanksgiving
Paragraph writing for English Language Learners are the foundation they need to be successful writers. ESL writing activities can help your English Language Learners succeed in their writing. This writing activity will encourage to write what they are grateful for this school year. This writing activity is perfect for Thanksgiving. DIGITAL VERSION ALSO INCLUDED!The Step-by-Step Paragraph is a way your ELLs can practice their writing every day in the classroom. In this writing activity for ELLs t
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3rd - 12th
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(Template Example) Cornell Notes + Traditional Outline Format EDITABLE
Introduction to Cornell Note Formatting using Traditional Outline Formatting for students. This is an example I created with my students during class to show them how to create this document on paper or via Google.Docs. It's a great class activity (or group activity) to help students understand what Cornell Notes are and how to use the traditional outline format. Reluctant, struggling and advanced writers who were in General Education and Special Education excelled using this process. It provid
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: BUNDLE Annotations + Cornell Notes EDITABLE
Digital Narrative Prompt + Writing Process Activity: My Hero's Journey Story
This Common Core aligned Narrative Project is perfect for 6th-8th grade students. Students will write a story about a hero and the journey the hero takes. This activity will take your students through the Writing Process: Brainstorming, Drafting, Editing, Revising, Final Draft. This is a ready to go activity - All you need to do is either post to your site or print and go. Included:*A Common Core aligned rubric*3 Brainstorming slides - These user-friendly slides will help students brainstorm bef
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5th - 8th
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Narrative Fiction Writing (Student Checklist- Middle School)
This student friendly checklist is great a tool for any middle school writer tasked with writing their very own narratives. The checklist uses the language of the standard, and features an area for checking off the elements of a short story present in their own writing. Excellent handout to be used in the interactive notebooks as well.
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5th - 9th
Introductory Paragraph - Sentence frames and situations
This jpg table offers 5 generic sentence frames as well as sentence by sentence supports for each of the forms, Informative, Argumentative, and Narrative.
Too many students offer their whole essay in the intro and then repeat the same information in the body of the essay. This guide helps students craft an intro that addresses the prompt, offers topic illustration, and helps students make their controlling ideas clearly stated and place them properly.
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6th - 10th
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Free Winter Themed Narrative Writing Practice Digital and Print
This resource includes a practice winter themed narrative writing prompt for students to finish! Students can use the prompt provided to practice and review the skills needed in narrative writing. This free prompt may focus on completing the ending of the story, the beginning of the story, incorporating dialogue, or incorporating sensory details within the story. Now includes a link for this product to be used with Google Slides!This resource is great for narrative review and practice. It is als
8th Grade ELA Curriculum Map FREE
Your 8th Grade ELA PLANNING for the year is COMPLETE! This quarterly smart map is perfectly aligned and sequenced to CCSS which is near exact to most state standards. This map is set up to focus on one of the 4 MAJOR WRITING TASKS each quarter with reading material integrated to support the writing. Includes Quarterly: Editable standards, calendar, smart link planner, note-taking, and suggested standard-aligned resource bookshelves. QUARTER 1: FICTION & NARRATIVE WRITINGReading LiteratureAna
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Elements and Narrative Writing QUARTER 1 BUNDLE
FREE Creative Writing Lesson Plan - WANTED POSTER
In this lesson students think of something they really want then write a story about why they want it, what they have to do to get it, and what they will do with it once they have it. It is interactive because they brainstorm, write in paragraphs, edit, and grade their own paper before turning it in. The lesson includes: 1. Instructions on how to use the lesson plan2. The writing process steps for teaching the plan 3. An Idea Organizer that taps into the students personal bank of knowledge4. A
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6th - 8th
Halloween Short Story - The Cravat
A New Literature Experience for Halloween! This original scary short story with figurative language, rich vocabulary, & literary elements comes with literary analysis questions.⭐Story Synopsis: When a career thief and his crew rob the mausoleum of a dead wealthy man, they face dire consequences they never saw coming. Product Package includes:✅Original Horror Short Story - 2 pages✅Standards-based Literary Analysis + Narrative Writing - 1 page✅Lexile Level: 1010L - 1200L✅Word Count: 603✅Genre
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3rd - 8th
Narrative Writing Unit Middle School
Wouldn’t life be easier if a narrative writing unit was completely planned for you? The Narrative Writing Unit Middle School has you covered. This narrative writing scope and sequence lays out a summary of daily plans. Narrative Writing Unit Middle School includes: Unit PlanJamboard & Google Slide ActivityNarrative Story StartersNarrative Planning Graphic Organizer. _________________________________________________________________You have access to:PDF version - editable and fillable where
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6th - 8th
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100 Creative Writing Story Starters for Elementary and Middle School (Sample)
100 Creative Writing Story Starters for Elementary and Middle School contains 100 story starters to unleash the creativity of aspiring authors and reluctant writers. Featuring monsters, aliens, talking animals, and magic, this PDF has plenty of off-the-wall story starters to get writers writing!Includes 100 writing prompts/story startersBlank lines follow each promptA great way to eliminate writer's blockMany genres such as sci-fi, fantasy, humor, horrorRecommended for kids in grades 5-8Perfect
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5th - 8th
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Basic Essay Outline
This is a Basic Outline that you can print out and have your students fill out as they work on an essay! It is one page and includes all the basics of an outline broken down; including Topic, Introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs 1-3 and conclusion! My students use this outline to stay organized and to help them set up their argumentative essays and they find it helps them understand how to set their essays up so that they know exactly what they need to write about and where.
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5th - 12th
Spooky Story Starter Cards for Grades 6-8
These story starter cards are designed to spark creativity in students when it comes to narrative writing. Perfect for grades 6-8, the cards provide a setting, character, clue words, and a starter sentence to help students kick-start their stories. They are a beneficial resource to add to your other narrative writing prompts and are great for Halloween!What’s included in this resource:4 Spooky story starter cards including writing prompts with sentence starters Benefits:Helps students overcome w
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6th - 8th
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Bad Habits for Characters Creative Writing Lists
Word lists are a simple and powerful way to inspire creativity. Print copies of the Bad Habits for Characters for your students. I like to provide a set for a group 4-6 students and have them brainstorm how different habits can impact a characters story line.Stories without conflict are boring, so adding character flaws adds depth of character (and a reason to behave badly. Mu ah ha ha). Optional Prompt: Choose 1-2 bad habits for your character. Write a short story where those bad habits lead to
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Not Grade Specific
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Story Map | Editable Digital and Printable Graphic Organizer
Story Map | Editable Graphic Organizer: Help guide students' thinking when it comes to story writing and story elements with this easy to use digital or printable graphic organizer. This freebie includes these story elements: title/author, setting, characters (antagonists & protagonists), key details and events, conflict, and resolution.✨This resource goes great with Roll a Story Bundle✨DirectionsShare the PowerPoint (or convert to a Google Slides) with students and allow students to enter t
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4th - 8th
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