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Balanced literacy Common Core CCRA.W.8 resources
Memoir Vignettes: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What are memoir vignettes?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). Memoir Vignettes are short, poetic, partial memories with rich language and sharp images. Unlike traditional memoir or personal narrative writing, memoir vignettes don’t force students to make conclusions and tell a complete story from start to finish. They are little snips of time, which is less intimidating for many students who struggle to write about themsel
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Freak the Mighty Novel Study
This Freak the Mighty novel study unit includes all the activities you will need for your class study! Middle School students will love this unit while enhancing their literacy and writing skills AND enjoying a few creative projects along the way! Freak the Mighty is one of my all-time favorite books to share with students. Not only is it a great story told through the fantastic voice of the character Max, but there are numerous literary skills that can be taught while reading the novel. This
Grades:
5th - 7th
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Digital Literacy Warm-Ups Second Grade
Lesson Warm-ups- Lesson Kick Starters for Second GradeLiteracy Warm-Ups provide a year (almost 300 warm-ups!) of engaging and meaningful lesson starting explorations for spiral review every day of the schoolyear. The warm-ups provide high-interest engaging prompts to promote standards-based exploration.This is a PowerPoint file that can be projected to a screen or board. You can also print this and place it under a document camera. Day of the Week AlliterationEach day of the week has three diff
Grades:
2nd
Narrative Nonfiction: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is narrative nonfiction?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing. Students select a news article about a specific event that they are interested in. The next step is they bring that news article to life through imagining the narrative details (description of characters, setting, dialogue, etc.). What is left is a narrative story that contains nonfiction details from the news article to accurately reflect the original news article. Along the way,
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Ask Anything Research Paper: A Research Writing Unit (6-8)
What is the focus of the Ask Anything research writing unit?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for research (W.6.7, W.6.8, W.7.7, W.7.8 W.8.7, W.8.8). Teaching students a research process they can use again and again not only in ELA, but in any class is something they will be so thankful for as they realize how applicable it is to their world. The “Ask Anything” research unit is where students get to research one question they want the answer to. Based off of tha
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Digital ELA Warm-Ups Third Grade
ELA Lesson Warm-ups- Lesson Kick Starters for Third GradeELA (literacy) Warm-Ups provide over a year (about 450 warm-ups!) of engaging and meaningful lesson starting explorations for spiral review every day of the schoolyear. The warm-ups provide high-interest engaging prompts to promote standards-based exploration.PowerPoint slides to use in: PowerPointGoogle SlidesSeesawDay of the Week AlliterationEach day of the week has three or four different (and highly engaging) strands of warm-ups which
Grades:
3rd
Literary Analysis: An Informative/Explanatory Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the literary analysis writing unit focus on?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for informative/explanatory writing (W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2). Writing an essay to analyze a piece of literature is something students will do again and again in a variety of ways starting in middle school all the way through their college years. This unit teaches students how to analyze the themes of a text and talk about how a specific theme is revealed through the characters, set
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
USA Regions Activity FREEBIE | States and Capitals Project | Worksheets
This FREE resource is a stand-alone project that can be turned into a FULL WEEK worth of activities. You'll find 5 region activity pages and capitals/abbreviation resource sheets and note pages. Plus, I've included a thorough teacher's guide giving you plenty of suggestions on how to turn this into one awesome mini-unit!These maps are also located in my customized state history projects. You'll find 86 student activities organized in 8 modules for easy lesson planning. This complete notebook uni
Grades:
4th - 8th
Important Issue Letter: A Persuasive Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the important issue letter cover?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for persuasive writing (W.6.1, W.7.1, W.8.1). Students will start out by studying three mentor texts written on a variety of issues for a variety of audiences. Next, they will have a chance to study persuasive techniques used in the mentor texts to convince their audience of a specific viewpoint. Pre-writing by making lists and writing off of these lists comes next until students ultimatel
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Quote to Live By: An Informative/Explanatory Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the quote to live by writing unit focus on?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for informative/explanatory writing (W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2). Students will read quotes and ultimately pick one quote that they deeply connect with and see as a theme song for their life. Throughout the essay, students will define and explain the meaning of the quote, explain how the quote relates to a situation they have faced in their life, explain how the quote relates to a situa
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Animal Research and Animal Habitats: PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSION
Kids have so much fun doing independent animal research with these 20 animal QR cards linked to stories that are appropriate for K-2 students and is a great ESL resource. The animal research cards and animal habitats can be used as a listening center by itself with no writing. This unit includes animal habitats too!NOW INCLUDES A DIGITAL VERSION. LINKS ARE IN THE PDF FOR THE DIGITAL VERSION!Each book is approx. 2-3 minutes long. The words are highlighted as the stories are read to the children
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K - 3rd
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4th Grade ELA- Reading- Language Arts BUNDLE
#50offdeal Included in this bundle are several essential products to help run your ELA block seamlessly in your 4th grade classroom! I have included resources for every area of Language Arts including setting up and enhancing your small reading groups, center ideas, close reads, an ENTIRE interactive notebook, 18 ELA assessments, flipbooks, 20 ELA posters for your classroom, AND 6 opinion writing texts and response sheets. These were all designed with the 4th grade standards in mind, but would
Grades:
4th
Polar Bears & Penguins Beginning Animals Research
Do your students know how to research? Polar Bears and Penguins is a fun beginning research unit for students to use while learning about these arctic animals. This animal research project unit includes other activities for a month of lessons with low prep. *Please click on the preview to see everything included in this unit.This unit includes both print and digital versions.What's Included:Printables for research units on penguins and polar bearsPenguins digital book (Google Slides)Polar Bea
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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RACE Writing Strategy | Constructed Response Practice
This editable Google Slides resource provides a detailed, step-by-step breakdown of the RACE(CE) writing strategy with plentiful notes, a graphic organizer, and an independent practice assignment. Teaching this form of constructed response writing helps elevate student responses and will eventually ensure students have strong body paragraphs in their essays. This resource is a great way to scaffold this writing strategy so students can truly grasp the concepts while being able to have ample pra
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Children's Book: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a children's book roll off?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). The idea behind the children's book writing unit is for students to study a popular children's book series. A few examples include Pete the Cat, Scaredy Squirrel, Little Blue Truck, The Day the Crayons Quit, If You Give series, The Food Group series, etc. After students study the series, they write a new children's book to add to the series. It's a fun
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
The Gingerbread Man Activities
This Ginger bread man reading and writing activities unit includes everything you need for a Gingerbread theme bulletin board display and literacy centre activity time. Writing prompts, masks, story and retelling sequencing and ordering with 4 or 6 step options to differentiate. Everything Included:-Word wall words in colour and black and white-2 x display banners-Character masks for role play or retelling the story in colour and black and white - just print laminate and attach string-Character
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: The Gingerbread Man Activities and Recipe Bundle
Kindergarten Spring Read Aloud for Charlie the Caterpillar and Butterflies
Create an interactive reading experience using Charlie the Caterpillar your kindergarten and first grade students will LOVE! This DIFFERENTIATED weeklong book companion provides you with EVERYTHING you need to guide and model reading comprehension and lets you integrate science into your insects and butterfly units! Perfect for SPRING, BACK to SCHOOL, and your INSECT UNITS too!You will use this shared reading unit to guide your students in whole group and small group reading instruction as they
Grades:
K - 1st
Recount, Persuasive, Opinion, Informational, Narrative, Procedural Writing Units
Very little 'rhetoric' in these units, all six are student friendly, ready to use engaging activities to support learning recount, persuasive, opinion, informational/expository, narrative and procedural writing. These units have many evidenced based strategies embedded. If you're teaching these writing genres, this is the best deal and you will save $6.00 buying this bundle versus buying them at $3.00 each.Each writing unit is approximately 50 pages and includes:Success Criteria and RubricsEngag
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Fast Food Industry: Practice with Rhetorical Analysis/Synthesis
This lesson encourages students to analyze an author’s choices regarding arguments about the fast food industry. The students will analyze clips and multimedia related to the fast food industry. Students will show mastery of the standards at the end of the lesson through a SOAPSTONE Analysis, short paragraph assessments, Socratic Seminar, Debate, and a written timed essay scored on an AP style rubric. The central text is The Atlantic Monthly review, “Yes, You Have To See Food, Inc.” by Corby
Grades:
9th - 12th
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MLA Quiz | Formatting, Quoting, & Citing | Google Form Auto-Graded Test /17
Purpose: This quiz assesses readers' understanding of MLA formatting, including page formatting, inserting and integrating quotations, incorporating in-text citations, and writing a Works Cited page. Instructions:Read each question carefully, and answer all questionsThere are a total of 17 questions for 17 pointsReview your score and feedback (Note: incorrect responses are explained)Timeline: varies according to learner; approximately 15 minutesWhy purchase this resource?MLA knowledge and applic
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: MLA Format BUNDLE | Slides Lesson & Auto-Graded Forms Quiz /17 Package
Book Recommendation: A Persuasive Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the book recommendation writing unit cover?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for persuasive writing (W.6.1, W.7.1, W.8.1). Students will explore reasons they would recommend a book according to their reading preferences and brainstorm books they would recommend and why before selecting the book they would ultimately like to write their book recommendation about. Writers will use an outline to plan out an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. A
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Francophone Country Studies - English Reading Comprehension Activities
Visit 34 French Speaking Countries: English Language Arts What is it like to live in French-speaking countries? There are many places all over the world that have French as an official language. For instance, what is it like to live in Benin, Togo, Comoros, France, and Belgium? Learn about each country through the eyes of a pre-teen/teenager!I have consulted with people from many Francophone countries to depict life as accurately as I can. I hope my experiences reflect in the passion I have put
Grades:
2nd - 12th
"Animal Snoops" Printable Interactive Notebook ELA Collections 2 Gr. 6
OVERVIEW:This product is available as part of a bundle for Collection 2 as well as individually sold here.This resource was created to be used as a printable. I have added the TPT Digital Activity text boxes to this product, so they can be used online easier. These are not interactive like the Google Apps versions of these products. Although you can change some pages for digital use, I have created a separate product: Animal Snoops Digital Activities which is interactive with moving pieces and a
Grades:
6th
Also included in: Animal Intelligence Bundle Interactive Notebook Activities Collection 2
Media Literacy Learning Lessons Bundle — High School ELA
Do you want to teach your students' media literacy? This bundle of resources addresses the most pressing concerns of the modern digital age, including deepfakes, AI, ChatGPT, persuasion, advertising, and fake news, included in this product as FOUR distinct, yet equally engaging, no-prep lessons that your students will devour and never forget!Each of the four included resources addresses a different media literacy topic central to people's ability to navigate the complex web of modern news. Stude
Grades:
9th - 12th
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