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Writing-expository Common Core CCRA.SL.2 resources
End of Year ELA Project Choice Board Final Fun Research Project
Spark enthusiasm with this "student choice" end-of-year ELA project! Middle school students will go absolutely nuts for these fun topics that will have them diving into research, citing evidence, making compelling claims, and confidently presenting their findings—all while having a blast!This project is designed to integrate multiple standards, making it an great choice for an engaging and comprehensive end-of-year activity."The FIVE Slide Final"!What's included in this resource: ✅ Three project
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5th - 8th
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It's Time to Write Step-Up Paragraph Packets YEAR LONG BUNDLE
Are you looking for an engaging way to incorporate solid paragraph writing into your daily schedule throughout the school year? Our Paragraph Packet Year Long BUNDLE includes all 10 months of our seasonal Paragraph Packets. Each month includes 6 prompts that cover the types of writing that primary students need to know according CCSS for a total of 60 Paragraph Packets that will keep your students writing all year long! In addition, you will receive a BONUS EDITABLE VERSION of our Paragraph Pa
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Grades:
1st - 4th
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.
This 15 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.PART 1 – Comprehension questions. I have made 3 sets of questions for differentiation. Answers are included.• 40 questions in chronological order. Each page represents 45 minutes of the film. • 30 questions in chronological order. I have just removed 10 ques
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3rd - 6th
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Fun Persuasive Activities BUNDLE - Rhetoric & Argumentative Writing Activity
Practice persuasion techniques with a set of 5 fun persuasion activities! Students will use rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, and/or claim and counterclaim as they convince their target audience! This bundle includes 5 games: 1. "Save this Law" - Students develop an argument for saving a silly law and present to the class. 2. "Complaint Letter" - Students write a fictional complaint letter to share the story behind a faulty object bought with unexpected results.3. "Salesperson" - Students
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7th - 10th
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Friday Night Lights Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger's study of the impact of football in a Texas town resonates across the country. His discussions of the academics vs. sports debate,race, gender, and class issues, and entitlement will hook middle and high school students. Friday Night Lights speaks to the secondary school experience as well as society's expectations.This complete unit plan, includes: Common Core Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy grade level, time frame, assessments, and detailed daily plans as we
Grades:
7th - 12th
Rhetorical Analysis of Ted Talks Worksheets - Persuasion & Ted Talk Activities
These no-prep TED talk worksheets encourage rhetorical analysis and critical thinking about nonfiction texts! Whether you use these TED talks as a part of an rhetorical analysis and argumentative essay unit, a stand-alone lesson, or a reading and discussion resource, this resource is sure to engage learners while holding them to high expectations! I created this resource for my English 10 students who LOVE all things visual and technology-based. This activity builds nonfiction reading, analysis
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8th - 11th
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Into the Wild Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 46-page Into the Wild Unit Plan includes detailed teaching plans along with numerous links to inspire your ninth to twelfth grade students to read Jon Krakauer's extraordinary book. All of the literary analysis activities and teaching ideas are aligned with the Common Core Standards. A plethora of character and plot analysis activities and four open-ended writing forms fuel students' interest in Chris McCandless's Alaskan odyssey. Teachers may use the digitally enhanced or PDF formats to
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9th - 12th
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Endangered Animals Television Commercial Research Project
The "Endangered Animals Television Commercial" Project allows students to demonstrate their knowledge about endangered animals in a unique way. In small groups or individually, students will select an endangered animal for research.
They will then plan, research, write, and simulate a complete television commercial or public service announcement (PSA) about the animal they have chosen. They will present their commercials to the class. If you have a camcorder handy, this project makes for gr
Grades:
4th - 9th
Research Ocean Animals Paragraph Packet | Informational Paragraph Writing
Do your students need to Step Up their Wriring? Our It's Time to Research Ocean Animals Paragraph Packet will lead young writers through researching ocean animals on safe kid-friendly websites. When finished researching, students will be guided through each step of the writing process as they write a well-developed informative paragraph about the farm animal they chose. When student writing is complete, use the included rubric to assess and bulletin board letters and graphics to display stud
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1st - 4th
Also included in: It's May! Paragraph Packet BUNDLE | Paragraph Writing
It's Ancient Greece CKLA BUNDLE
SAVE 30% and receive a BONUS file with our BUNDLE of Ancient Greece products! This BUNDLE is the perfect addition to any Ancient Greece unit taught in the primary grades! Included in this product you will find multiple reading, writing, and art opportunities as well as a study guide and interactive project/simulation. This bundle was created to accompany the 2nd grade Core Knowledge sequence, but would work with any unit on Ancient Greece!This bundle includes the following products:**Please c
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2nd - 5th
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Fun Reading Stations Activity BUNDLE - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing
Looking for high school reading comprehension passages and questions? Think outside the box with these interactive, engaging reading stations and writing stations activities! Students will read fiction, nonfiction, and poetry texts, engage in small group discussion, and revise any essay writing assignment, including expository, argumentative, literary analysis, and more! If you're looking for a structured way to practice critical close reading, writing, and revision skills in a hands-on and int
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7th - 10th
INFORMATIVE WRITING LESSONS UNIT & RESEARCH PROJECT BUNDLE Around the World
***SEMESTER-LONG UNIT! UPDATED 2024! BUNDLE & SAVE 30%!*** Teach informative research writing in a way that is engaging and memorable with this no-prep 416-page Informative Writing & Country Research Unit BUNDLE with Writing Skills, Project, Presentation, & Party. In this unit, students will learn critical Research and Informative Writing Skills, then use these acquired skills to create a research project about a country of their choice. They will present their projects at a culminat
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Creating Podcasts in the Classroom - Podcast Unit Plan & Podcast Project BUNDLE
Have SO much fun with student podcasting and unique, engaging podcast projects in this no-prep podcast unit with podcast worksheets and MORE. Everything you need for student podcasting in the classroom, including podcast listening and student-produced podcasts! If you're ready for “real world,” authentic assessment, with a ton of active listening and podcasting activities at your fingertips, this podcasting bundle is perfect for you!A lot of work and love went into making these unit plans and re
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8th - 11th
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Brave New World Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 101-page plan is a Common Core Standards based unit containing: time frame, day by day lessons, vocabulary, chapter by chapter study guide for discussion ideas, 50+ worksheets, assessments, group and individual projects and much, much more. In this day and age when even a hamburger can be cloned, students are fascinated by the What-ifs of human reproduction. What would happen if people could choose their baby's gender as well as each and every physical, mental and emotional aspect?In this c
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9th - 12th
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Create an Animal | Fun Explanatory, Expository, & Descriptive Writing Activity
Puts their informative, explanatory, descriptive writing to the test and smiles on their faces! Students get to be creative and have fun, yet they must also use their best expository writing skills. The purpose for their writing becomes so clear during this lesson -- which is to have their partners draw exactly what they've described. Includes lesson plan, sample hybrid animal photos, a sample drawing and description of a "jaccoon" (jaguar and raccoon hybrid), and a handout for the student that
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4th - 8th
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AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH UNIT MEGA BUNDLE Writing Skills Report Present Theme
***BUNDLE & SAVE 40%!*** Teach informative research writing in a way that is engaging and memorable with this no-prep 568-page Around the World Research Unit MEGA BUNDLE-Writing Skills Lessons, Research Report, Presentation Project, Party, and Theme Day. Use this thematic unit to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research skills, report writing, technology skills, manners, presentation, speaking, and listening skills! First, students will learn and practice a variety
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3rd - 8th
The Innocence Project PBL Pack
Curious about how to create meaningful research and argument activities in groups or how to implement a project-based learning (PBL) scenario in your classroom? This activity combines social justice elements with argumentation in a powerful way as students work in teams to research real-life cases from The Innocence Project and create a formal presentation to the appeals court to overturn the case or maintain a sentence based on their research. Pack includes project, planning sheets, storyboardi
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9th - 12th
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It's Ancient Greece | Step by Step Paragraph Packet | Informational Writing
Over 2,500 years ago, the Greeks created one of the most advanced civilizations in ancient history! Our It's Ancient Greece! Paragraph Packet will take students step-by-step through the writing process to write a well-developed informational paragraph about what they learned during their unit on Ancient Greece.**This Paragraph Packet is the perfect writing addition to your Core Knowledge or CKLA unit on Ancient Greece, but can be used with any Ancient Greece unit as well!Our Paragraph Packets a
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: It's 2nd Grade Core Knowledge | History Paragraph Packet BUNDLE
Animal Farm Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This thought-provoking Animal Farm unit plan includes Unit Structure, and Activities forms for planning, and a sample calendar agenda. It also offers 15 activities covering the main elements of literature, background information on George Orwell, the Bolshevik Revolution, the allegorical elements regarding major Russian leaders of this period in history, propaganda techniques, vocabulary, literary terms a 100 point test and much, much more. Activities address the Common Core standards as well as
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7th - 9th
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Walt Disney Close Reading & Biography Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
Two great activities that would span five lessons about Mickey Mouse creator and producer of Mary Poppins and Snow White, Walt Disney. Perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. NO PREP is needed!Firstly, there is a close reading passage where children need to read through an informational text, and then answer comprehension and grammar questions, before completing an extension activity, wordsearch and crossword puzzle. Secondly, there is a biography writing unit which has been split in
Grades:
5th - 6th
3 Pack Bundle - The Chronicles of Narnia Movie Guide Questions + Activities
Come get this discounted offer of 3 sets of film guides (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader). ★★ Check out the full previews! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher. The pack includes the following movie comprehension questions + extras:*****************************************************************The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.The 15 page movie guide with activity
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4th - 9th
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The Civil War Paragraph Packet | Informative Writing | CKLA
Are you looking for a way to integrate your CKLA lessons with solid paragraph writing? Our It's the Civil War Paragraph Packet guides students through each step of the writing process as they write a well-developed informative paragraph about what they learned during your unit on the Civil War. When student writing is complete, use the included rubric to assess and bulletin board letters and graphics to display student work!**This Paragraph Packet is the perfect accompaniment to Core Knowledge
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: It's 2nd Grade Core Knowledge | History Paragraph Packet BUNDLE
It's May! Paragraph Packet BUNDLE | Paragraph Writing
Are you looking for an engaging way to incorporate solid paragraph writing into your daily schedule throughout the month of May? Our It's May! Paragraph Packet BUNDLE is your answer!This BUNDLE includes 6 Paragraph Packets each with a seasonal prompt perfect for the month of May. Our Paragraph Packets can be easily completed in one to two weeks allowing for multiple prompts to be used throughout the month. Each packet guides students through the Writing Process to write a well-developed paragra
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Grades:
1st - 4th
AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH & THEME DAY BUNDLE Report Presentation End of the Year
***BUNDLE & SAVE 30%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING AND FUN into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 193-page/slide Around the World Research Project & Theme Day BUNDLE for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. Use this thematic project and celebratory days to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research, writing, technology, presentation, speaking, listening, STEM, art, and teamwork skills! Students will complete an in-depth Re
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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