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Common Core W.9-10.4 resources under $5
Declaration of Independence Activity: The Big Break Up Letter & Texting Activity
The Declaration of Independence was really just a big "break-up" letter written by the colonists to the King of Great Britain. This historical document was written to convince the world of the King's abuses and to let everyone know that the colonies no longer wanted to be in a relationship with Great Britain. While studying the Declaration of Independence, students will use this assignment as a reinforcement to understand just what Jefferson wrote in this historical document. The lesson start
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Email Etiquette Lessons - How to Write and Reply to an Email Eloquently
Have you ever received an email from a student that was written in a rude tone? Emojis, slang, all caps, incomplete sentences galore? We all have, and it's enough to drive us up the wall! But! What if students have just never been taught how to use professional etiquette when addressing a boss or superior? That realization inspired this unit, which revolutionized the way my students emailed me from that point forward.Every year, I recommend teachers of all subjects in middle and high school tea
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Email Etiquette Lesson Bundle Digital & Print - How to Email a Teacher
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities: Engage your middle and high school students with Shirley Jackson's compelling short story, The Lottery, using this comprehensive resource designed to engage your students. Included are presentation slides to guide the lesson, reading analysis questions to deepen understanding, a symbolism assignment to enhance critical thinking and a video comparison assignment for added context. Additionally, students will have th
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8th - 12th
The Veldt, Ray Bradbury Short Story Worksheets + Multimedia, PDF & Google Drive
If your students can’t go an hour without looking at their phones, they need to read “The Veldt.”Ray Bradbury’s chilling futuristic short story, “The Veldt,” gives us a glimpse of a world where children love their devices more than their families. Sound familiar? This compelling 90-minute lesson will get your students reading, thinking, and discussing the consequences of our tech-dependent culture. The materials (5-page PDF with links to online media and Google Drive versions of all student hand
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8th - 11th
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Narrative Writing - Graphic Organizers, Rubrics & More For A Personal Narrative
Personal Narrative Writing - An easy package to teach students how to write a well-organized personal narrative. These organizers and worksheets lead students through the writing process, from brainstorming to the finished product. Using examples and extensive peer and self-editing, students can produce a well-written narrative paragraph. It can also be a starting point for a longer essay or writing piece.For a DIGITAL version of this resource, click HERE. Includes the following 15 pages:- Les
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6th - 9th
Also included in: WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
How to Write Email, Email Etiquette, PDF & Google Drive, Distance Learning, CCSS
Teach your students proper email etiquette – or "email netiquette" – with this 45-minute "How to Email" lesson that includes a high-interest introductory lecture and two fun real-world writing activities.First, present the right and wrong way to build an email message with a dynamic 15-slide lecture (Prezi, PDF, and Google Slides versions included). Then, assign students to evaluate four sample emails sent by high school students seeking a summer internship. Finally, have students work individua
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Book Trailer Project - End of Year Movie Trailer Assignment for Any Novel Study
This book trailer project is a memorable and engaging project-based learning assessment! Included with this project outline are a book trailer rubric, movie trailer storyboard graphic organizer, student checklist, assignment instructions, student examples, and more. Included with this Book Trailer Project:✏️ Book Trailer Project Outline - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Reflective Writing Assignment Prompt - Editable & Ready-to-Print✏️ Movie Trailer Task Checklist & Student Planner -
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6th - 12th
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Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Playlist of My Year: An End-of-the-Year Writing Assignment Digital & Print
May can be a trying month for secondary teachers. This engaging end-of-the-year writing activity is an excellent way to keep students writing without having to take home stacks of research papers to grade when the weather is beautiful! With this Playlist of My Year resource, students will reflect on their school year, examine their growth, identify defining moments and experiences, and choose songs that relate to each of them. Through both short responses consisting of a few sentences and an ext
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7th - 11th
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Micro Fiction, Fun Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Micro Fiction – Flash Fiction – Two-Sentence Stories – Sudden Fiction – Twitter TalesWhatever you want to call them, super-short stories are a super-fun way to spend a single class period as you introduce teens to the idea that an entire story can exist within just two sentences.Use this 20-slide overview lecture with eight compelling examples from four different genres (drama, horror, sci fi, and romance) to get your students’ creative wheels turning. (Slide deck is included in Prezi, PDF, and
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8th - 11th
Valentine's Day Writing Assignment - Writing a Break Up Letter or Text Message
Valentine's Day Writing Assignment - Writing a Break Up Letter or Text Message: Teach your students how to write the perfect break-up letter or text message with this fun anti-Valentine's Day writing resource! Students will learn what to include in the perfect break-up letter or text and develop two fictional characters who are breaking up. They will complete a pre-writing graphic organizer to share information about the couple's relationship, personality traits, and relationship issues. Then,
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7th - 10th
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Speech Writing Lesson | Public Speaking | Printable & Digital
Teach students how to write an organized speech with this printable and digital public speaking lesson plan! Everything your students need to develop a clear understanding of the speech writing process is included. Printable PDF and Google Drive versions are included.**This resource is part of the engaging Speaking and Listening Bundle. It includes eleven no-prep public speaking resources at a 20% discount price! Click here to preview the lessons and take advantage of the bundle savings.This res
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Public Speaking Unit | Speech Curriculum | Lessons & Activities
Icebreaker Questions for Older Students - Ice breaker Activity for Teens Gr 7-12
Looking for an icebreaker activity for teens? Your classes will love this viral ice breaker game on TikTok! These ice breaker questions are engaging and age-appropriate for older students to use for a "speed-meeting" icebreaker game, for group discussions, or as daily attendance prompts. Includes editable templates to make your own prompts!Included with this Icebreaker Game:✏️ 30 unique, engaging, and age-appropriate icebreaker questions for teens - Color & GreyscaleIce breaker questions ar
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6th - 12th
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Career Exploration l Career Exploration worksheets l Career Exploration Project
Career exploration should be an inspiring, creative time in the classroom. There are so many possibilities out there, many of which students are barely aware of. It should also be REALLY fun to teach! This creative career exploration unit will help your students get excited about the future, and help you guide them easily and smoothly through their exploration. Here's what Teachers are Saying: "Used this at the end of my school year, the students loved it! Thanks!" "I'm very excited to use this
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Secondary ELA Summer School Activities l ELA summer school
Movie Review Writing - Presentation and Activities for Writing a Film Review
Movie Review Writing - Presentation and Activities for Writing a Film Review: This movie review writing lesson is a comprehensive resource that covers all aspects of teaching students how to write a compelling movie review. With detailed presentation to guide the lesson and a variety of informational handouts and graphic organizers, students will have everything they need to successfully analyze and critique any film. The resource systematically breaks down the film review writing process, provi
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8th - 11th
Blackout Poetry Lesson / Found Poetry Teaching Unit
Engage your students with Blackout Poetry! Introduce your students to the fascinating world of blackout poetry with this comprehensive poetry resource. This engaging and versatile teaching unit includes everything you need to teach, assess, and inspire creativity in your English Language Arts classroom. What's Included:19-slide Instructional Presentation: This resource bundle features a visually engaging PowerPoint and Google Slides presentation. The slides are designed to walk your students thr
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7th - 10th
Four One-Pagers Projects | One Pager Templates l 1 pager rubric
One-pagers combine drawings with text to make ideas come alive in students’ minds and memories. They're a perfect option for a quick and creative one-pager template and assessment with whole-class novels, literature circles, or choice reading. Don't worry—there's a rubric so you can grade your one-pagers quickly and get home early for dinner. But what about your art-haters? The ones who scoff at anything involving colored pencils? I've had plenty of those too. That's why I've designed specific t
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: ELA Curriculum Bundle l End of the year English Project
Click-Clack the Rattlebag, Neil Gaiman Short Story, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Use “Click Clack the Rattlebag,” a short story from Neil Gaiman that’s available online, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. These lesson materials include links to online media, a student hand-out with nine short-answer questions (plus detailed answer key, of course), and an optional creative writing assignment.All student handouts are include as both printable PDF and Google Drive versions.“Click-Clack the Rattlebag” is best for advanced middle school and/or high school s
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8th - 11th
The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Apps
Use the classic short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson plan includes a full-text copy of this public domain story, an 8-question student handout (with detailed answer key, of course), an interactive slide lecture (both Prezi Next and Google Slides versions included) to help your students learn how to analyze text as they connect the author’s setting to the character development of Mathilde Loisel, and an opt
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8th - 11th
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The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the heartbreaking story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This three-day lesson plan includes a 7-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters), a pre-writing organizing task that will get your students to dig back into the text and organize symbolic elements (also with answer key), and a literary analysis writing assignment where students will examine Hurst’s use of symbolism to support his them
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8th - 11th
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Argument and Rhetorical Analysis Games for Secondary ELA
This bundle of argument and rhetoric games for secondary ELA contains SEVEN unique games that target the skills of argumentation in a fun and high-interest format.The games included in this bundle are:Rhetorical Devices BINGO GameIn this game, students fill out BINGO cards with rhetorical devices, and they have to identify devices used in quotations read by the teacher. Five in row WINS the round! This game tests students' ability to identify rhetorical devices in texts.Would You Rather? Card
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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One-Pager Icebreaker: First Day of School
"About Me" one-pagers can be an easy, creative first day of school or identity unit activity. This fun icebreaker will introduce your students to the one-pager method and guide them to easily share a lot about themselves with you and their classmates. You'll find easy instructions that will give every student a roadmap to a successful one-pager, plus three different templates to try out. This activity will give you the materials for an amazing classroom display you can put up on day two! Plus, y
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7th - 10th
Solar Eclipse 2024 Activities
Experience the 2024 total solar eclipse with your students with these three fun activities. They are offered in both a printable PDF version and Google Drive™ (Google Slides™) version. The Google version can be shared online with your students and they can fill in their responses online; perfect for a paperless school.The activities include a compiling information and responses for a 2044 time capsule, create a solar eclipse play list, and an extensive Solar Eclipse Idioms activity. Students wil
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5th - 10th
Writing Hooks for Argumentative Opinion Persuasive w Graphic Organizer & Prompts
Hooks and Leads Digital WORKSHOP!This HOOK workshop guides students through the process of writing a great hook using games, examples, and hook methods. Great for self-pacing because students can work directly on the SLIDES. Also great for an in-class lesson because the information slides can be projected onto an interactive white board and discussed while students work on the interactive slides. NO PLANNING! NO PREPPING! NO PRINTING!Included:Embedded VideosInteractive Hook Matching GamePrac
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5th - 8th
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