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Creative writing Common Core RL.7.10 resources
Poem of the Week Collection: a YEAR of Multimedia Poetry!
Historically speaking, poems started out as stories intended to be read aloud. Share poems the way they were MEANT to be read - with audio and video readings – while still achieving rigorous reading and creative writing!This Poem of the Week Collection can be used in multiple ways, whether you want... • more consistent poetry stretched throughout the year,• to scaffold students up to more difficult poems, • to compress these poems into a shorter unit in April, or • to make poetry come alive alon
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Activity Bundle: Reading & Writing Poems in Secondary ELA
Fable Writing Unit: 10-Days of Writing Lessons - PDF and Google Slides Versions
In this 10-day unit students will study mentor texts to become experts on the characteristics of fables and children’s books. Then, they will write their own fable in the form of a children’s book. After reading and studying mentor texts, students will begin writing their fables. During the pre-writing phase students will select a moral, plan their fable, develop their characters, and establish the setting for their story. Students will develop their plot with plot development tools includin
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4th - 7th
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12 Genre Book Reports
12 Genre Book Reports: Help your students dive deeper into their reading with these 12 different genre-focused book report assignments. Each assignment enables students to showcase their creativity while meeting curriculum standards. This assignment covers both fiction and non-Fiction books. The assignment structure rotates every three months helping students achieve proficiency, while still providing student choice. Assignments can be used in any order. A sample teaching schedule is provided. T
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Independent Reading: 14 Book Report Bundle
Free Verse Poetry Lesson - Poetry Writing Workshop with Pages for Blackout Poems
Explore free verse poetry with this poetry writing workshop! Students will read modern free verse poems with the option to write blackout poetry, a collage poem, or an illustrative poem. Includes an editable poetry rubric, assignment instructions, and digital worksheets for distance learning!Included with this Free Verse Poetry Writing Workshop:✏️ Free Verse Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Free Verse Poetry Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Writi
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6th - 11th
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Novel Study Choice Board 9 Activities For Any Novel
Novel Study Choice Board 9 Activities For Any Novel | PDF & Digital Formats: Do you deed engaging activities that summarize student learning? Try these novel study choice board activities as a final end of the novel project. This is a no-prep - just photocopy and go activity for any fiction novel. Students are given a choice of 9 different activities to demonstrate their understanding of their novel. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Independent Reading: 14 Book Report Bundle
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief BUNDLE (Lapbook & Comprehension Questions)
This bundle combines a lapbook with a variety of comprehension activities with a set of comprehension quick checks to use for assessment.The Percy Jackson Lapbook is engaging way for students to track their comprehension while reading Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Students will analyze the main character, identify allusions, make connections, evaluate the novel and extend their learning by researching Greek gods and writing their own Camp Half-Blood adventure. This is a g
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5th - 7th
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The Monkey’s Paw Short Story Activities & Worksheets - Digital & Printable!
Interacting with W.W. Jacob’s short horror story “The Monkey’s Paw” is easy and engaging with these post-reading activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep activities are included, making it easy for you to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Both teachers and students love these unique and challenging critical th
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6th - 8th
Themes in Literature Mini-Lesson - Editable Theme PowerPoint & Activities
This quick review of themes in literature will give your intermediate students the refresher they need in a fun and engaging way! Review literary themes using the editable PowerPoint, encourage groups of students to create skits around themes, and finally create comics and stories using theme strips! Check out the PREVIEW for a closer look!What activities are included in this resource?↠ EDITABLE Powerpoint and Google Slides Presentation↠ 20 Theme Strips↠ Comic Strip Templates↠ Creative Writing T
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5th - 7th
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Middle School Literacy Stations
An entire year's worth of middle school literacy stations. There are eight stations total. I do two full rotations per grading period so there are a total of 64 different activities in this package. We meet once a week in stations and students complete two stations on that day. They spend about twenty minutes in each station before rotating to the next station. Station rotation orders are also included. Stations included are: word work, read aloud, read independently, learn independently, techn
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5th - 8th
Mystery Genre Study Unit
This 97 page, mystery unit provides students with an understanding of the mystery genre through engaging slide presentations, original mystery short stories, creative writing story starters and comprehension sheets. This unit also includes: A list of the mystery terms suitable for posting. Differentiated note-taking sheets to help students record mystery terms and definitions. Formative and summative assessments with answer keys.Mystery story graphic organizers. Mystery "story starter" peer fee
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5th - 8th
ELA OCTOBER: Bell Ringers Would You Rather The Landlady Alma Halloween
Make learning a blast with this Halloween bundle of fun! Pixar-like short film workshop: ALMA, WOULD YOU RATHER HALLOWEEN EDITION, THE LANDLADY by ROALD DAHL, and October writing prompts! This bundle is the perfect way to engage your students in literary elements and RACE writing, whether in class or through distance learning. ❤PIXAR WORKSHOP INCLUDES: Link to ALMA: a spooky short film about a little girl who is lured into a doll shop only to discover, too late, that the dolls capture the soul
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5th - 8th
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Lesson for Dialogue Poems - Writing with Mentor Texts - Poems for Two Voices
Teach point of view with this poetry writing lesson. Students use mentor texts as models for their own writing of poems with two voices. The reading and writing of dialogue poems also helps students grasp character and theme complexities. In this lesson, students first read examples of dialogue poems (hyperlinks are provided to these poems) and then write their own dialogue poems. They start by brainstorming a list of characters that they could use in their poems, and then they journal about th
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Reading and Writing Activity Bundle
READERS' THEATER UNIT: READING & SCRIPT WRITING grades 5 6 7 8
Want three weeks of fun, no-prep drama or ELA lessons? In this 30% off Readers' Theater activities unit, students read two humorous scripts, answer questions and activities, and watch a slideshow. After absorbing the tips in the 38 slide presentation, they write their own 4-6 page scripts and read them to their admiring fellow students. All you have to do is photocopy the PDFs, or post them to Google Classroom, and let the fun begin! A minimal prep skills development board game will add to the e
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5th - 8th
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Literacy BUNDLE for ENTIRE School Year TEN (10)MONTHS (Sept-June)Middle School
Literature ELA BUNDLE for an ENTIRE School Year (September - June) 7th gradeThis bundle will give you EVERYTHING you need to get through an ENTIRE YEAR of English Language Arts with 114 products and over 180 days of activities!! Designed for a 7th grade ELA Classroom, this bundle can be used in any middle school ELA classroom.September is full of fun getting to know you activities, pre-assessments, literature, research & analyzing poetry. October you can enjoy some more literature & anal
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6th - 8th
Graphic Novel Book Report Project and Writing Activity
Your students will love this creative and fun alternative to a book report when they create a graphic novel based on a book they've read. They'll focus on the plot points and inference. You'll love the self-paced checklist that means students can work independently. Banish boring book reports with this fun book project. Lots of student choice while students continue to practice identifying key plot points and use color and images to help create theme.This is what you get:editable student ass
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Book Report Bundle with Creative Reading Projects and Activities
Book Report Bundle with Creative Reading Projects and Activities
No more boring book reports! Your students will love these two self-paced, creative reading projects. Perfect for book clubs, reading challenges, independent reading or whole class novel studies. Step by step instructions mean no prep for you!This is what you'll get with the Graphic Novel Book Project:editable student assignment & task list (so students can work independently)informational text about graphic novels & comicsreading response questions for informational textgraphic novel
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6th - 8th
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Historical Fiction Book Report
Historical Fiction Book Report | PDF and Digital Formats: Students love historical fiction and it is a great way to integrate history into your ELA classroom. Students can enjoy reading and learning about any historical time period with this book report. This book report assignment has students sell their novels to the class using the provided book talk format. This resource contains both PDF and digital (Google Slides) format.Teacher Feedback"Historical fiction summarizing can be difficult, tha
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6th - 8th
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Sonnets: Critique & Create, Lesson & Handouts; Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the same.Sonnets Lesson Plan: Students can stomp it, shout it, and get the beat while grappling with the challenge of iambic pentameter in Sonnets: Critique & Create. This set of lessons, guides, and handouts provides detailed instruct
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7th - 12th
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Animated Short Films Theme Plot Narrative Writing Activity GLUED Literary Device
Here's a literary workshop that students beg to do! In this workshop, students are guided through a full Pixar interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've learned about plot development to create their own narrative story using the plot templates.DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE HEREFILM SUMMARY:In this funny film, a mother realizes her child is addicted to video games so she tries desperately to persuade him to play outside. Finally, in a hilarious c
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5th - 8th
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
Mythical Creatures from Greek Mythology: Readings, Questions, and Activity
Want a wacky and witty resource about mythical creatures for your Greek Mythology unit? Need to supplement your student's knowledge of creatures that appear in the Harry Potter or Percy Jackson series? Check out this guidebook (hosted by Merlin the Magician himself) called a "whimsical jumping-off point" for the study of mythical creatures by Emily Zarka, host of PBS's Monstrum series.This download has all you need:the high-interest textreading questions and keyprintable coloring pagesa creativ
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4th - 10th
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Theme in Poetry, Imagery in Poetry, Word Choice, & Analysis for 4th, 5th, & 6th
Looking for an innovative poetry unit that will get your students excited about reading, discussing, and writing their own poetry?Poetry can be so much fun and such a great learning experience for students, but so often, poetry units that focus on upper elementary only incorporate silly poetry or poetry written for kids.But kids can read real-deal poetry too!This proven resource will conquer your students’ fear of verse and get them exploring their world through poems. Focusing on some classic
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3rd - 7th
Poetry Unit: Figurative Language, Devices: Posters, Workbook-37 Poetry Devices!
★This kit is a "Poetry Slam (dunk)! Inclusive, engaging, easy-to-teach, and tackles loads of CCSS Standards.★Perfect for Poetry Month in April. Great for Reading Centers. A Super ELA Resource. I use this product in my classroom and it is fun to teach, loved by the students, and helps them learn and understand figurative language and poetic devices. You'll find many of your students falling in love with poetry...and all of your students growing as poets, writers, readers, and ELA masters by usin
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4th - 8th
What's Their View? Creative Character Motivation, Perspective, & POV Activity
What's Their View activity is a creative way for students to master character perspectives, motivations, and point of view.What’s Their View is one of my students’ favorite activities, is often requested from every level of student, and is a great piece of student work to display.Key Concepts & Objectives:Reading ComprehensionCharacter MotivationCharacter POV and Perspective based on setting and conflictStudent conclusion based on textResources IncludeLesson Guides and Suggested SequenceGuid
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6th - 12th
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