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Creative writing Common Core W.11-12.1 resources
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards Plus More
Are you frustrated with trying to make Puritan works such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" exciting and enjoyable for today's teens? This happens to be one of my favorite literary works to teach because of the engaging lessons I have crafted over the years. This unit takes a topic that many students find cumbersome and turns it into something challenging and fun. They will be talking about this sermon, and other classes will be asking when they get to do the sculpture activity! Plus, st
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
The Great Gatsby Close Reading | F. Scott Fitzgerald | The American Dream
Tired of superficial resources on The Great Gatsby that just go through the motions when it comes to truly examining the important questions? Why do we lie to ourselves and others? Should we do everything for love? What is the American Dream? How do factors such as race, class, or gender help or hinder people from achieving their dreams? Fitzgerald’s classic novel is classic for a reason—in this short, lovely text, he asks some of the biggest questions of our times. But you need to make sure
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9th - 12th
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No-Prep! Over 135 Print-and-Go Writing Prompts and Story Starters (Grades 6-12)
Over 135 Ready-to-Use writing (or discussion) prompts to use with middle and high school students. I have broken the prompts into six categories:-Quotable Quotes-Would You Rather?-Story Starters-Personal Response-What would you do if?-Imagine a WorldThese can be used in so many ways: 10-minute bell ringer activities, journal writing, discussions, debates, personal essays, short stories, exposition essays, etc.There is so much you could do with this list, and with over 135 prompts, you'll have m
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6th - 12th
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Entire YEAR of FUN Writing Warm-Ups: 20% OFF!!!
Do you need some fresh bell-ringers for your classroom??Your students will be EAGER to get started each day with these FUN warm-ups that promote WRITING and CREATIVITY!! And YOU will have one less item on your to-do list, freeing up your time to work on everything else.I've spent MONTHS perfecting this DISCOUNTED bundled item, ensuring it has the most RELEVENT and ENGAGING activities for our students (yes, my students will be using this too). Each day of the week is themed:~Movie Clip Monday~T
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Essay Writing (Expository, Persuasive/Argument & Literary Analysis) Common Core
Perfect for the beginning of the year, this common core aligned complete essay writing unit includes extensive instruction coupled with concept specific practice opportunities on the expository, persuasive and literary essays. Over 66 pages in length, this essay writing unit can be broken down into ~13-16 lesson plans and offers printable practice activities on the following topics:- Essay at a Glance (Visual illustrations of essay writing in its simplest form, including the Funnel Model.)- Outl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin - Reading/Thinking Guide, Quiz - Digital & Print
Looking for ready-made materials for "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin? This is a great story with a surprise ending! You can easily teach inference skills, foreshadowing, characterization, and theme using this story and this lesson plan. What's Included . . .► Step-by-step lesson plans ► Bell Ringers► Clean copy of the story "Desiree's Baby" in black & white print or color digital slides► Reading/Thinking Guide which asks students to gather evidence, think critically, consider cause/effect,
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
Write Your Own Film Review - Fun Persuasive Writing Assignment, CCSS
This is a fun persuasive writing assignment in which students write a movie review. Students will: Use rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos), cite sources, analyze plot elements, and support their argument with evidence. You can have students analyze their own movie or you can assign a movie that you watch as a class. Product includes: OverviewLesson PlanRhetorical Devices Graphic OrganizerPlot Analysis Graphic OrganizerCriteria handoutWriting sheetsNote: You can also get this item in our Cr
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Bundle - 8 Fun & Engaging Resources to Practice Writing
World War I Poetry Bundle
You're all set to cover World War I poetry with this bundle! The resource includes intro slides, a packet of analysis questions with poem texts, and a final writing assignment. More details on the contents:Introductory Slides: These slides include a quick write to help students connect their prior knowledge to the topic, political context for why Britain got involved in World War I, a collection of British military recruitment posters with discussion prompts to help students understand the socia
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9th - 12th
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BELL RINGERS FOR ENGLISH | DIGITAL & PRINT DAILY WRITING PROMPTS | DISTANCE
Complete with a printable student workbook, these bell ringers are sure to engage your students in unique quality writing. Give students a lot of variety and practice with the writing process, interdisciplinary writing, and multiple genres by including this resource in your daily practices. This product includes 180 slides and the accompanied workbook for one entire school year of daily writing, but it is versatile enough to work whenever you need in your curriculum. In addition
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7th - 12th
Daily Bell Ringer Journal for High School- Full Year of Warmup Journal Prompts
Do you need an engaging daily bell ringer that your high school students can do independently? This high school bell ringer journal is a full year of prompts that students will enjoy responding to. These creative questions help students get daily practice writing in complete sentences, using correct grammar, and supporting their answers all without the worry of getting an answer wrong. This high school bell ringer journal has 36 weeks of prompts, enough for the whole year! Each week will have a
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9th - 12th
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Thematic Unit: Immigration & The American Dream | Lit. & Synthesis Essay Writing
Want your students to feel more empathy for people whose lives are not like their own? Even though they might know that opening the “golden door” for those “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” is a foundational value of this country, many students don’t have first-hand experience with immigration. Seeing the stories in the news or knowing some facts and figures won’t help them relate to the human beings who are working so hard to make it here and won’t challenge them to care about what hap
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9th - 12th
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Figurative Language Worksheets: 15 Picture Prompts with Writing Practice
Looking for a good creative writing practice using figurative language vocabulary?
Included in this 18 page document are picture prompts and instructions for students to create two examples of figurative language and to define which examples they have created. To assist students in their mastery of such terms as simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, irony, alliteration, allusion, symbolism, imagery, and oxymoron, unique pictures have been chosen to inspire creative answer
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6th - 12th
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High School Short Story Units Bundle: Murder, Family Love, Dystopias, & Dreams
Want to empower your students to take charge of their own educations? So many short story resources involve nothing more than checking boxes or filling out pages of meaningless worksheets. This kind of busywork might seem convenient, but it doesn’t teach students any skills that they need. In fact, when students are lead to believe that reading literature means answering pages of meaningless questions, they are taught to see English class as a boring chore and to hate reading of any kind. Even
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9th - 12th
In Cold Blood Resource Bundle - UPDATED
I collected all my best-selling resources on In Cold Blood here - one stop shopping! The bundle includes: the study guide, the close reading assignment, the comparative analysis essay, the creative writing/defense of Dick and Perry assignment, the Capote synthesis assessment plus I have thrown in my In Cold Blood and Capote Viewing Guide as well as my Visual Argument Project as a bonus. I have added a literary theory element for each part of the book where students pick if they want to analyz
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9th - 12th
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MyPerspectives Unit 2: The Individual and Society
This resource is a concise and engaging unit plan on American Literature with the theme of the individual and society. Students explore the question: what role does individualism play in American society? Through various texts, activities, vocabulary, assessments, and tasks, students engage with American Literature in an innovative and informative way. Texts in this unit include but are not limited to: The poetry of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Elliot, excerpts from Emerson and Thoreau,
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9th - 12th
Also included in: MyPerspectives American Literature Units 1-5 BUNDLE
The Truman Show Unit/Activity Bundle
The Truman Show (1998) has captivated audiences for over two decades. Witty, quirky, and incredibly thought provoking it seems like this film was made to be dissected over and over again. I've used these activities in my classroom for 5 years now to be get kids reflecting, examining, engaged and connected to the film. Included are previewing activities, during the film activities, post film activities and projects to help students extend their thinking and learning. This unit is a part of my
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fun Independent Poetry Projects: End of the Year English Activities High School
Want your students to have fun and work independently at the end of the year without sacrificing rigor?After a full year of analyzing literature from different times, it’s great to wrap it all up with a unit on poets who are writing about the world we live in today. Students often believe that literature is something that exists for another time and another place, but with these pieces, they’ll learn how relevant poetry is to their own lives. All of these poems are by respected, well-known poets
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9th - 12th
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Hamlet Activities for Acts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 | Revenge, Lies, & Depression
Worried that your students will fail to make connections between Hamlet and issues that matter to their own lives? Shakespeare’s classic play has so much to offer a contemporary audience, but it isn’t always easy for students to make those connections. If your students don’t understand how his work relates to problems and questions that matter to them, they won’t be excited to study the play. Even worse, when students are forced to read a book that they see as a dead text, they’ll be bored and
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Would You Rather Wednesday - Full Year of Weekly Thinking Warm Ups (Grade 6-12)
MIDDLE SCHOOL and HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS! This pack includes a full year of weekly warm ups asking the age-old question "Would you rather...?"These weekly warm-up cards are a great way to spark discussion, encourage critical thinking, and prompt journal writing. They are formatted as question cards that can be cut out and laminated! These questions are also a part of my 135 Writing Prompts For Middle School and High School collection. (In that collection, they are included as a list only, and
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6th - 12th
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The Crucible Bellringers | The Crucible Activities | Crucible Writing Prompts
Want to get your students writing better, thinking deeper, and analyzing the bigger ideas and themes of the play?The prompts, guides, handouts, rubrics, and suggestions here are all proven to work based on sixteen years of teaching writing to all levels of high school. It’s not easy to take students through a writing assignment or to get them to improve their skills, but with the right tools, it can be done. With everything from reading response handouts to engaging bell ringers, from literary a
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9th - 12th
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And Then There Were None Activities & Writing Prompts
High School and advanced 8th grade students love this classic murder mystery by Agatha Christie, which is still as thrilling and horrifying today as it was more than 75 years ago! With its thrilling plot twists, rich vocabulary, and timeless suspense, this novel is sure to be an instant hit with your students!
This product is made up of 8 super fun and creative activities and writing prompts, including one of my student's all-time FAVORITE writing prompts (and my favorite to grade as well)!
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8th - 12th
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Creative Writing Satire Examples Satirical Essay Activities Teaching Satire
This WRITING SATIRE LESSON BUNDLE encourages high school students to write their OWN satirical essays by going step-by-step through the process of brainstorming, planning, creating a thesis, and writing a piece of satire. Have fun teaching students how to write satire with this NO PREP BUNDLE!Here are the questions they will answer:What qualities do students have who are successful during the school year?What qualities do you desire in a future significant other?What attributes should students c
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9th - 12th
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Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare | Romeo & Juliet Activities | Writing Prompts
Want to get your students writing better, thinking deeper, and analyzing the bigger ideas and themes of the play?The prompts, guides, handouts, rubrics, and suggestions here are all proven to work based on sixteen years of teaching writing to all levels of high school. It’s not easy to take students through a writing assignment or to get them to improve their skills, but with the right tools, it can be done. When you teach Romeo and Juliet with these writing activities you will:• bring your stud
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9th - 12th
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Writing Bundle: Argument Writing, Narrative Writing, Prompts, Lessons, Rubrics
Struggling to make your yearly plans for writing both practical and fun for your students? Students can be very resistant to writing instruction. Some are bored out of their minds by years of useless, monotonous exercises, and have stopped believing that they can actually learn to become better writers. Add to that their short attention spans and need to have fun, and it can feel like teaching writing is an impossible task. Others have learned a simplistic formula like the 5-paragraph essay and
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9th - 12th
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