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Test preparation creative writing Common Core L.8.1 resources
FAST Test Prep Florida BEST Standards ELA Worksheets Middle School Passages
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students prepare of end of year testing?This Test Prep Bundle has everything you need! The Fiction and Non-Fiction Paired Passages will help your students master standardized test questions. Paired the passages with the test-taking strategy to help students tackle long passages in a strategic way.Keep the vocabulary up on your word wall all year to promote a strong understanding of ELA language.Help students strengthen their reading skills wit
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6th - 9th
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Adverbs Word Search and Grammar Worksheets and Digital Easel Activity
Adverbs worksheets and fun word search puzzle. First, students learn about what adverbs are and how they function, then identify adverbs in ten sentences for practice. Second, they locate adverbs in 20 sentences and find them in the word search puzzle, which is fun parts of speech practice. Finally, for review, students use adverbs to fill in sentences on the third fun grammar worksheet. Great for test prep! The word search puzzle is good independent practice to use as a filler or sponge activit
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Parts of Speech BUNDLE
Opinion Writing - Writing a Persuasive Business Letter (Google Classroom)
In this engaging 10-day Opinion Writing Unit students write a business letter about a school issue. Writing as a concerned student, students will write a letter to their principal (that they do not necessarily need to send to him/her) based on their opinions. The unit begins with building background on opinion writing. Then, students practice how to differentiate between fact and opinion before completing an opinion and support match-up. Next, students select a school issue to write about.
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5th - 8th
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PARAGRAPH WRITING - NARRATIVE - OPINION - INFORMATIVE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK 6-8
This printable WRITING UNITS BUNDLE is filled with our signature STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® lessons with INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS. It is a COMPLETE WRITER'S WORKSHOP PROGRAM with all the tools needed for the entire year. You will find simple yet engaging writing mini-lessons for Sentence Writing, Paragraph Writing, Narrative Writing, Argumentative Writing, and Informative Writing.If you need a digital version, please feel free to click here.ORIGINAL AND ONLY REGISTERED STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® UNITSEvery l
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6th - 8th
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Paragraph of the Week - Writing Bell Ringers Program for Middle High English ELA
The Paragraph of the Week Writing Bell-Ringers Program is the most engaging way to help your students become stronger writers. These 40 weeks of standards-based writing bell ringers will ignite creativity and foster growth in argumentative, narrative, expository, and descriptive writing. Each Monday, students will receive a thought-provoking prompt, inspiring them to craft a powerful paragraph in the style of one of the four writing types. Throughout the week, they will hone their writing skills
Grades:
7th - 10th
Ultimate ELA FAST Test Prep Bundle 6th 7th 8th Grade Middle School Reading
Are you looking to help your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students improve their reading comprehension, Revising, and Editing skills?The Fiction and Non-Fiction Paired Passages will help your students master standardized test questions. Paired the passages with the test-taking strategy to help students tackle long passages in a strategic way.Editing Tasks will provide needed editing and revising practice. Keep the vocabulary up on your word wall all year to promote a strong understanding of ELA langu
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6th - 10th
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Persuasive Writing Unit - Writing Ads - Graphic Organizers (w/ digital packet)
This 10-Day Persuasive Writing Unit will have your students analyzing advertisements, developing an understanding of the critical components of persuasive writing, and writing their own persuasive advertisements. Since students write persuasive ads (filled with figurative language, propaganda techniques, and critical persuasive components) about an imaginative product they invented, their engagement level is extremely high in this writing unit. Guided lessons and activities help students to ta
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: 3 Writing Units BUNDLE - Persuasive, Descriptive, & Myth Writing Units
Daily Reading Comprehension ELA Warm Ups Bell Ringers Countdown to Reading STAAR
Are your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR reading test prep? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 4 Weeks of daily reading practice have short, engaging texts with text-dependent reading comprehension questions. It's the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres (Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Informational Text, Argumentative, and Cross-Curri
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp Middle School ELA Test Prep
Star Spangled Banner Activity: National Anthem Reading & War of 1812 summary
It's the National Anthem! Whether it's social studies, english, or music class, this mini-unit is perfect for any study on the Star Spangled Banner (or the War of 1812). This bundle includes a fun, introductory whole-group PowerPoint-style quiz, a historical reading with comprehension questions, and a creative re-writing of the National Anthem. Everything you need is included! It's even in PDF and Google drive formats! Learn more specifics in the details below:☞ This resource is also a part of
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Creative Writing Activities and Lessons: 10 Writing Lessons
Creative Writing Activities: 10 Lesson BUNDLE!This bundle is filled with 10 creative writing lessons that provide lively and interesting ways for students to write in your classroom. Each lesson encourages students to play with language and subjects to produce completely unique and original writing. Hands-down, these lessons are the BEST way to help students discover the joy in writing!Each creative writing lesson is designed to:• Encourage creativity and new thinking• Help students discover
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Lessons and Units - Building a Writing Curriculum
Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice FAST Test Prep 6th 7th 8th
Preparing students for ELA end of year testing can be a daunting task. Save your time and weekends with already prepared practice tests and test prep materials that are thoughtfully crafted to help you cover everything needed before the big day.Help your 6th, 7th and 8th grade students prepare for their Assessments with these amazing resources!These align with Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards and common standardized testing questions students might see on the F.A.S.T. test. The questions were design
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6th - 9th
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Paragraph of the Week - Writing Bell Ringers for English - Digital Print Bundle
The Paragraph of the Week Writing Bell-Ringers Digital and Print Program is the most engaging way to help your students become stronger writers. These 40 weeks of standards-based writing bell ringers will ignite creativity and foster growth in argumentative, narrative, expository, and descriptive writing. Each Monday, students will receive a thought-provoking prompt, inspiring them to craft a powerful paragraph in the style of one of the four writing types. Throughout the week, they will hone th
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7th - 10th
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Paragraph of the Week - Writing Bell Ringers for Middle High English - Digital
The Paragraph of the Week Writing Bell-Ringers Digital Program is the most engaging way to help your students become stronger writers. These 40 weeks of standards-based writing bell ringers will ignite creativity and foster growth in argumentative, narrative, expository, and descriptive writing. Each Monday, students will receive a thought-provoking prompt, inspiring them to craft a powerful paragraph in the style of one of the four writing types. Throughout the week, they will hone their writin
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7th - 10th
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Writing Poems Poetry Book Assignment & Rubric
Writing Poems: Poetry Book Assignment and Rubric
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
This is the final assignment I give my students in our poetry unit: compiling a book of their original poems.
Editable PDF file includes the following pages:
• Poetry book requirements/criteria sheet for students
• Poetry book checklist for students (differentiated pages for several level of learners)
• Poetry book rubrics with Common Core State Standards alignment
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Poetry Resources Bundle Volume 2
More Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
This bundle contains many of my newer poetry resources that are NOT included in my original bundle: Poetry Resources, Volume 1.
This is a second collection (Volume 2) containing the following resources, which can be purchased separately:
"Roar" by Katy Perry - Figurative Language & Poetry Devices Review
One Direction Song Lyrics Poetry Activ
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ESL Speaking Progress Check & Practice Sets for TELPAS! (Pink Set)
***Newly updated with a bonus Google Slides version!***Do you want to help your ESL students with the Speaking portion of an English Proficiency test?In Texas, the TELPAS test is our ESL progress measure. The Listening and Speaking portion of the test is on the computer for grades 2-12. To help our students get more comfortable and familiar with the Speaking portion of this important state assessment, I created these fun Progress Check and Practice Sets! The online tutorial from TEA's testing pr
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2nd - 12th
INFORMATIONAL/INFORMATIVE ESSAY WRITING: COMPARE AND CONTRAST CCSS ALIGNED
Scaffold the structure of a compare and contrast essay through each stage of the writing process with this interactive notebook and flipbook resource. Students will be trained to write both in point-by-point style and block style.*********************************************************************This resource is included in the mega writing (growing) bundle:OPINION/NARRATIVE/BIOGRAPHY/INFORMATIVE COMMON CORE WRITING BUNDLE********************************************************************WHA
Grades:
4th - 8th
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
Grades:
5th - 8th
Poetry Unit and Poetry Slam - Common Core Aligned
This unit bundles ALL my poetry items into one and includes BONUS material!
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This Poetry Unit helps the teacher familiarize their students with a variety of poetry styles before asking the students to analyze a handful of poems. Then students work on creating their own poems and practice reading them out loud before performing in their very own Poetry Slam competition!
Poetry Unit includes:
1) A guide for the teacher
Grades:
5th - 9th
STAAR Editing Task Cards Editing & Proofreading Worksheets Grammar Paragraph
Are your middle school students in need of repeat practice when it comes to STAAR Editing practice? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.This Editing task card set has short, engaging texts with text-dependent STAAR 2.0 Questions. It's the perfect solution to give your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students the practice they need.The use of a variety of text genres (Fiction, Drama, Informational Text, Argumentative, Persuasive, and Cross-Curricular Non
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Countdown to Reading STAAR 10 Day Boot Camp Middle School ELA Test Prep
Greek & Latin Roots Study INCLUDES DIGITAL
Looking for a comprehensive print and DIGITAL solution to teaching your students Greek and Latin Roots? Look no further, this comprehensive, done-for-you solution will save you TONS of time while hitting on phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, syntax and sentence structure, and more using research-based structured literacy and science of reading techniques.Latin Roots & Greek Combining Forms Included:aud & phon auto & bio scrib & graph ast & terrport & ject sens &
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: SMARTER Intervention - Level 6 Bundle
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentence Structure PowerPoint
Teach 4 kinds of sentence structures (Simple and Compound sentences, Complex and Compound-Complex sentences) with this PowerPoint lesson on sentence structure with practice. Explains independent and dependent clauses (subordinate clauses), sentence fragments and complete sentences. Defines simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Includes 5 practice slides, and a review or quiz with 8 questions for assessment. Students identify the sentence structure of the sentences. Show thi
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-complex Sentence Structure BUNDLE
DD E Bundled Bell Ringer Grade 8 - Lessons 1-32 CC Aligned
Daily Dazzle E BOOK - Lessons 1 - 32 (8th grade) is a FULL YEAR, STUDENT DIRECTED, DAILY BELL RINGER PRODUCTEach DDE lesson is for one week and teaches and reviews over 17 critical language arts skills including:AnalogiesSubject/verb agreementDefinition and use of vocabularyPrefixes, suffixes, and root wordsEditingFact and opinionCorrect Usage of adjective and adverbsLiterary devicesDefinition and use of vocabularyDescriptive wordsAntonyms and synonymsCommonly misused wordsAbbreviationsExpanded
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8th
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Black Out Poetry, Fun Poetry Activity, Blackout Poem Lecture Slides, FREE
Use this visually dynamic tool to get students excited about poetry. No, really, my teens LOVE this blackout poetry creative writing activity. View the 10-slide overview lecture (includes both Prezi Next and Google Slides versions) and imagine all of the possibilities your students could create.All you’ll need to fill an entire class session is the slide deck, dark markers or crayons, and a few newspaper pages or photocopies of a few pages from any novel you’re currently teaching.This item is pa
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7th - 10th
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