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Creative writing Common Core RI.8.3 resources
THE HOBBIT MEGA BUNDLE: Intro, Close reading, Review, Test, Essays, Book writing
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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6th - 8th
Introduction to Journalism for Google Apps
Introduction to Journalism for Google Apps. This ELA is suitable for Gr 7-10 and aligns with the standards in most educational jurisdictions. This Introduction to Journalism Teaching Packet is also available inPDF here.</a>Included in this resource Journalism/News unit for Google Slides:Introductory media activities that focus on critical thinking skills.Tasks focusing on analyzing news and news trends.Compare and contrast tasks that focus on past and present and various media sources. Ta
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7th - 10th
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers Extended Response Prompts
This digital download is a collection of over 60 extended response prompts for Walter Dean Myers' excellent biography, Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary. These are prompts that will help your students meet success in standardized tests, and most importantly, comprehending and analyzing the the content of the novel. These are fully aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
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6th - 8th
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THE HOBBIT - End-of-novel activities (TEST, ESSAYS, COLLABORATIVE BOOK WRITING)
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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6th - 8th
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Spooky Edgar Allen Poe Writing Task using Textual Evidence
A fun, spooky addition to your middle school English classroom in October and the Halloween season!
Included: Teacher's notes for before, during, and after reading directions. Student response guide to partner with an introduction video about Poe's life. While reading a biography about Poe (teacher provided), students will search for qualities to use in the final task. A task card for students to create an obituary using textual evidence from a biography about Poe.
Most appropriate for 6th-
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6th - 8th
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Analyzing Graphs: Bus Ridership Trends, Text & Questions, Middle School
Delve into the complex landscape of bus ridership trends in America with our comprehensive lesson on graph analysis and comprehension. Explore the multifaceted factors contributing to the decline in bus ridership, supported by insightful data and thought-provoking comprehension questions.In this engaging lesson package, students will analyze interactive graphs illustrating the downward trajectory of bus ridership since 2013. They will then delve into an illuminating article highlighting the soci
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6th - 8th
Analyzing Graphs: The Fast Food Labor Shortage, Story Problems, Middle School
Dive into data analysis and mathematical problem-solving with our engaging lesson centered around the Fast Food Labor Shortage graph. Students analyze the graph data to uncover trends and insights, then leverage their creativity to craft story problems reflecting real-world scenarios. With clear guidance and sample problems provided, students develop critical thinking skills while applying mathematical concepts in a meaningful context.Our comprehensive lesson includes a detailed rubric to suppor
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6th - 8th
Springboard Unit 3: The Challenge to Make a Difference Interactive Notebook
This notebook is tied to CA Springboard curriculum for 8th grade students and can be used for any history or English class teaching about the Holocaust. Some slides are pulled directly from Springboard Online and edited to fit the slide style. Slides connected to Springboard curriculum will have a removable label for copyright purposes. Other slides are pulled from reputable education sources as supplemental, adjusted to fit the notebook and will also be labeled with their watermark. Any slides
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Grades:
8th - 12th
CLASS: Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: All 32 CCSS Anchor StandardsSteps: 115+Original Products: 75+Links to Resources: 100+Rubrics: 5+11 Unit Bundles Include: Introduction, African, Sports, Pirates, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Arabian, Celtic, Italian, Norse, Greek
Grades:
7th - 12th
Modern Heroism: An Argumentative Writing Mini-Unit to Pair with The Odyssey!
Do you teach The Odyssey or The Hero's Journey? Do you want to take it to the next level, making the text relevant to students' lives and experiences? Desire to infuse your curriculum with more writing practice? This is the mini-unit for you! This mini-unit focuses on utilizing a popular topic, superheroes and the recent popularity of Marvel movies, to spark informal writing and claim/counterclaim exploration through article study. Examining connections between students’ life experiences, popula
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6th - 12th
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Multicultural Project
This digital PBL is designed to help students explore their identity through the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, culture, and background. It is a follow-up project to the Social Justice Unit where students explore Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: The Remix and analyze literary and rhetorical devices in historical speeches (see reading workshop). Throughout the unit, students will demonstrate their understanding of literary and rhetorical devices as they go through the writing process to create a
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7th - 10th
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Night, by Elie Wiesel Extended Response Prompts
This digital download is a collection of over 50 extended response prompts for the popular novel, Night. These are prompts that will help your students meet success in standardized tests, and most importantly, comprehending and analyzing the the content of the novel.
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8th - 10th
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March Book 1 by John Lewis Extended Response Prompts
This digital download is a collection of over 20 extended response prompts for the non-fiction graphic novel March Book 1. These are prompts that will help your students meet success in standardized tests, and most importantly, comprehending and analyzing the the content of the novel. These are fully aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
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6th - 8th
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Holocaust Web quest Distance Learning
This online research assignment provides insight into the rise of the Nazi regime, use of propaganda, inferencing of pictures to gather information and create stories, and genocide background. This research assignment is a great lesson to help students who are about to read any Holocaust, or even any contemporary work relating to genocide. 7 ACTIVITIES OF RESEARCH & REFLECTION with SEVERAL CREATIVE ASSIGNMENTS & ANALYTICAL ASSIGNMENTS. The resources are all linked within the document
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7th - 9th
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Concrete Poems - Analyzing and Creating
In this lesson students will analyze a concrete poem, paying specific attention to the visual style the poem uses to reflect its primary themes. Students will then have an opportunity to brainstorm and create their own concrete poem.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Test Prep & Reading SkillsFact &Opinion in Non-Fiction Te
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Mini Poetry Bundle: 4 Lessons: Creating & Writing Celebratory Poems
Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
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6th - 9th
Mega Plot Bundle: 12 Plot Diagram Templates & 8 Plot Structure Quizzes, CCSS
Recognizing plot structure is an important step in understanding and analyzing how good stories are told--whether it's a short story, a classic novel, or a film. These digital and printable plot diagram templates and plot structure quizzes are a good way to help students visualize a plot by recognizing and filling out the key components from a story. Whether you're doing a novel study, a film class, a creative writing unit, or any other lesson about storytelling, these engaging activities serve
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7th - 10th
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The Alaskan Adjective Bundle!
Welcome to Teaching Off Trail! Bringing the world to your students & your students into the world.***NOW AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL RESOURCE PERFECT FOR REMOTE LEARNING!***[The individual resources have digital versions available!]We aspire to have our students write creative, dynamic sentences and stories. Let this work inspire that creative spirit with vivid images, powerful adjectives, interesting information, and guided creative writing they will return to again and again!All of my adjective
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4th - 8th
Unit: Arabian Stories - Mythology & Folklore ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloStandards: CCSS.ELA.R.1CCSS.ELA.R.2CCSS.ELA.R.3CCSS.ELA.R.10CCSS.ELA.W.2CCSS.ELA.W.6CCSS.ELA.W.7CCSS.ELA.W.86 Original Products20 Links9 Activities
Grades:
7th - 12th
INFORMATION TEXT: LESSON AND RESOURCES - BUNDLE
This bundle of 6 products (Lesson Plans) is perfect for teaching Information Texts - Description, Sequence, Problem-Solution, Compare-Contrast and Cause-Effect. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-planned exercises that are standardised for student engagement.This bundle includes Lesson Plans on:Sequence - 19 PagesDescription - 19 PagesCause-Effect - 18 PagesProblem-Solution - 26 PagesCompare-Contrast - 17 PagesInformation Text - 23 Pages◈◈
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6th - 8th
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Characterization (direct and indirect) ELA Infographic Poster
This eye-catching infographic poster on characterization can be utilized by ELA teachers of any grade level. I used this in my student teaching (8th grade ELA) to teach characterization skills. This poster reminds students and provides examples of direct and indirect characterization. Illustrations, bold text, and a clear outline of the two types of characterization are included on the poster.
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4th - 12th
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Disaster Narratives
This bundle is based on the devastating avalanche that took place in the Cascades in 1910, where a train got caught in a deadly avalanche. The article discusses the events a survivor experienced and what had happened through his eyes. The bundle includes the article, vocabulary, critical-thinking questions, a newspaper activity, lesson plans, and many others.
Grades:
6th - 8th
ChatGPT Writes a Recipie Reading Activity
ChatGPT is exploding across the internet as an amazing AI tool for writing anything you want!In this reading activity, you'll compare and contrast ChatGPT and the authors attempts at cooking and script writing. Along the way you'll answer questions about AI, ethics, copyright and the limitations of this AI. You'll also practice compare & contrast reading skills as you look at the differences between AI and human written context. As a fun activity you can make this in class (Be aware of dieta
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Also included in:Â ChatGPT Teachers Bundle
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)
Unit: Norse Stories- Mythology and Folklore- ELA 7-12 (EDITABLE)Grade Levels: 7-12Creator: Erica VilliloAnchor Standards: 10Steps: 8Original Products: 6Links to Resources: 17 Rubrics: 2
Grades:
7th - 12th
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