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8th grade creative writing resources for Easel Activities and for ESL-EFL-ELL
ESL Newcomer Activities
This Newcomer Workbook will help your ELL - ESL students master beginner grammar and vocabulary exercises with these daily exercises! This resource is best for upper elementary through high school age.These exercises can be completed in any order you wish. They can be used to introduce new vocabulary and grammar exercise or as reinforcement to concepts already learned. This resource includes 100 exercises, plus more blank pages to add your own prompts if you desire. Also included is a check off
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4th - 10th
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Restate the Question Task Cards Advanced Set for Grades 4-8 Questioning Skills
The ability to restate a question, in order to answer in a complete sentence is important not only in test-taking situations, but also for many types of writing. These 32 task cards (print or digital) can help your students learn this challenging skill. There are two types of questions in this set. Cards 1-20 feature one-part questions. Odd cards ask about the student’s life while even cards ask about text/media and the outside world. Each question includes some context to add to the challenge.
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4th - 8th
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Saludos y Despedidas (Greetings and Farewells) Spanish Vocabulary Activities
This is a 25 page Spanish vocabulary practice packet over Saludos y Despedidas (Greetings and Farewells). This packet contains everything you need to help your students learn Spanish greetings and farewells. Answer keys are included.
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1. Saludos y Despedidas (Greetings and Farewells) Vocabulary List
2. Vocabulary Translations
3. Comic Strip
4. Word Search
5. Crossword Puzzle
6. Magic Squares
7. Word Scramble
8. Spelling Practice
9. Matching Columns
10. Multiple Choice
11. Spelling Quiz
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Saludos y Despedidas Spanish Greetings and Farewells Vocabulary Bundle
Quotation Marks Cartoon Creative Writing Unit Just Add Dialogue Worksheets
Quotation Marks Cartoon Creative Writing Unit Just Add Dialogue WorksheetsKids love cartoons! One fun way to get them thinking about adding dialogue and quotation marks in their writing is to provide a format that inspires creative thought. This unit consists of 26 printable worksheets that can be used in a number of ways. There are 10 different cartoons with no dialogue added. Students add their own dialogue - either by writing sentences at the bottom of the page, or by using word bubbles.
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2nd - 8th
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End of Year Writing Activities Letter to Future Self Prospective Student Teacher
Are you looking for an end of year writing activity? Do you want your students to be reflective of their year or semester? Students will be writing letters to themselves, letter to the teacher, letter to future students, and letter to their friend. There is a list of questions they can answer as well as a writing template for them to write in. This is a print and go resource, but are you looking for a digital version? Open it up in Easel and assign to Google Classroom or wherever your students a
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Digital End of Year Fun Activities Writing Activities BUNDLE SEL
Creative Writing Unit: Short Story Activity | Prompts, Rubric, Graphic Organizer
Need a no-prep Creative Writing Unit activity for middle & high school? This Short Story unit is ready to go. Guided writing prompts walk your students through each part of the short story process. A 34-slide engaging PowerPoint will help you easily teach this unit and quick and easy rubric will help you get through grading with a breeze!55 Total pages/slides!Here is what is included:1) Teacher Instructions2) Teacher PowerPoint Cheat Sheet3) 15 Page Student Packet: ✎ Plot Diagram
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5th - 8th
ESL Newcomer Grammar Activities: Simple Present Tense Verbs
Use these English grammar worksheets and grammar activities with your beginner level English Language Learners or Newcomer ELL/EFL students to introduce and reinforce present tense verbs. Students use the verb picture dictionary as a reference guide as they work through acquiring an understanding of English verbs.Updated to include digital and print access using the new interactive digital layer tool.Each new skill also comes with plenty of activities. These activities allow students to apply
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: ESL Beginners Activities English Grammar Verbs Bundle
Creative Writing Poetry - 50 Formulas to Help Students Write Poems
Creative Writing Poetry 911: First Aid for Writing Poetry * Now over 50 Formulas for Helping Students Write Original PoemsThis IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This student aid and handouts bundle features OVER 50 formulas for writing poetry. If you have students who struggle with creativity (excellent for L.D. students, as well as dominant left-brained thinkers), these formulas are excellent. Even the most uncreative student will be able to write poetry.
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7th - 12th
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Tier 2 Vocabulary for High School SLPs & Special Education Digital + Print
Improve your high school speech therapy and special education students' receptive language and vocabulary by introducing 20 high-frequency tier 2 vocabulary words! Vocabulary activities are research-based and are considered best practice for vocabulary pre-assessment, post-assessment, and practice!What's Included?4 Vocabulary UnitsEach Unit Includes:Pre-AssessmentParagraph using the vocabulary words in contextDefinitionsSynonyms/antonymsIdiomsSentence WritingPost-AssessmentCumulative Assessment
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6th - 12th
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Sentence Building Task Cards | Print & Digital | Writing Better Sentences
Your students will love these 32 sentence building task cards! This is a set of task cards for helping students understand different parts of speech in order to S-T-R-E-T-C-H small sentences into better ones! Each sentence has a general prompt to grow the sentences using different parts of speech. One set has blanks ready for the students to assist their sentence writing, and the second just includes the sentence. There are digital versions as well through TpT Easel and Google Slides for a diffe
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4th - 8th
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ESL Newcomers | ESL Activities Grammar Verb To Be
These ESL grammar activities give your beginner level English Language Learners or Newcomer ELLs multiple opportunities to learn and retain the English Verb To Be in conjunction with contractions. Students use the study guides with picture support as they work through the material. Couple this with my other ESL Grammar Units and your students will have a solid foundation in the fundamental grammar elements of English.As an ESL teacher of older students (MS & HS), I was disappointed with m
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Picture Writing Prompts | 300+ Daily Quick Writes Inferring & Describing Photos
This YEAR-LONG collection of WRITING PROMPTS WITH PICTURES inspires daily creativity! These DAILY QUICK WRITES build writing skills through DESCRIBING and INFERRING 327 Vivid and Engaging Photos. Encourage descriptive storytelling, expanded vocabulary, and critical thinking as students interpret and craft quick narratives from diverse images. Elevate writing proficiency daily and transform your writing sessions into exciting journeys of exploration and expression!Make daily Quick Write session
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3rd - 9th
Memoir Writing Personal Narrative Writing Workshop Mini Lessons Print Digital
Print and Digital Formats! No planning needed! These 20 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching memoir writing a snap! In six weeks, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a thoughtful personal narrative. Because the lessons are already finished, you'll have time to work with them every step of the way! Here's teachers are saying about my mini lessons:"I love how this resource breaks down each step of the process for students to make it more manag
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6th - 9th
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Morphology - Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes for Middle/High School SLPs
Target high-frequency prefixes, suffixes, and root words with this Morphology set for middle, junior high, and high school speech therapists and special education teachers!Your high school speech therapy and special education students will be introduced to 10 high frequency root words, prefixes, and suffixes in evidence-based activities that are designed to improve morphological awareness. Targeted morphemes: aud, port, cycl, hydr, cent, multi-, tri-, re-, -able, and -lessTier II vocabulary wor
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7th - 10th
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PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL
Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn
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5th - 8th
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English Assessment Diagnostic Test Placement Levels for ELS, ELL, EFL, ESOL, ESL
Do you want to be the best teacher? Imagine having the ultimate placement tool in your teaching arsenal – a magical English Level Assessment Test that sweeps in like a linguistic detective! Picture this: you, armed with the power to decode your students' English language levels with the pinpoint accuracy this diagnostic test. We're introducing the ultimate English diagnostic test, tailor-made for the test placement ELS, ELL, EFL, and ESOL of your superheroes. Imagine an assessment that's not
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7th - 9th
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Research Writing Activities Create an Infographic Primary Research Project
Introduce students to research with infographics using primary research. Students gather data through interviews and then use their data to create an original infographic. Students will analyze data and present it in an easy to understand format.This resource includes:print and digital versionsanalysis of an infographiccomparison/contrast of primary and secondary researchgraphic organizer idea generatoreditable list of topics for students to choose fromdata collection formsample for student ref
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6th - 10th
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End of the Year Activities w/ One-Pager Reflection for High School English & ELA
Use this end of the year activity for high school English classes to make the last week of school meaningful, memorable, and rich in reflection! This One-Pager Reflection Unit has a full week of lesson plans and student materials to guide students through a meaningful reflection process. Students take ownership of the assignment and the structure allows class time for teacher grading and organizational tasks so you can walk out on the last day of school satisfied with a successful school year!
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7th - 12th
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Summarizing Nonfiction, Fiction, and CER-Graphic Organizers & Cue Strips
Do your students struggle with writing summaries for FICTION and NONFICTION material? Are they unsure how to support an argument with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning?The paragraph frame organizers and cue strips in this resource will have your students producing cohesive written and verbal summaries that include essential details and information.Question prompts, sentence starters, sentence examples, and visual symbols provide support for students as they create summaries for fiction, nonfiction,
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6th - 9th
Sonnet 18 Comic with Shakespeare
One of the best ways to introduce students to Shakespeare is to begin with Sonnet 18. This comic teaches students Sonnet 18 (or "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day") one of the most famous poems in the English language. Included in this resource:-a comic that teaches the poem-a prereading activity in which students try to find words to fit blanks in the poem-questions about the poem-a lesson about sonnets, including the sonnet form and iambic pentameter. If you teach other Shakespeare plays,
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Intro to Shakespeare Activity Bundle
ESL Activities for Simple Past Tense Verbs
These grammar activities give your beginner level English Language Learner or Newcomer EFL/ELL multiple opportunities to learn and retain past tense verbs. Students use the verb picture dictionary as a reference guide as they work through acquiring an understanding of forming simple past tense verbs. Updated to include digital and print access using the new interactive digital layer tool.As an ESL teacher, I was disappointed with the commercial material available, so I decided to create my own
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: ESL Beginners Activities English Grammar Verbs Bundle
Fable, Fairy Tale, Myths, Legends Unit
This comprehensive unit is a fantastic resource to use with a variety of fables, fairy tales, myths, or legends of your choice. Students will discover how life lessons are learned from understanding fables and how fairy tales influence society. They will also be able to identify connections to cultures that legends originated from and realize how myths illustrate the belief systems and customs of the cultures that created them. Here is what is included:★Essential Questions★Vocabulary Word List★
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6th - 10th
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5 Paragraph Essay Writing- EASIEST way to teach kids to organize their writing
A Best-Seller! Here are a few TpT Buyer reviews:"It's a small resource, but mighty. And extremely intuitive. In fact, I'd say that so far, this may be the best 5 paragraph essay resource I've used yet. Thanks! I would buy this again in a heartbeat. It is awesome. (16+ year teacher here!)""One of the best writing products I've ever purchased!""I used this with my 7th & 8th graders as yet another way to organize their writing. It helped the students that still did not know how to organize thei
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: The Ultimate Writing Bundle (Grades 3-6)
Articulation Mad Labs
Articulation Mad Labs helps kids work on articulation, language arts, vocabulary, and reading skills. This activity comes with full page sorted lists of: /s/ (initial, medial, final, blends) /r/ (prevocalic, /er/, /ir/, /ire/, /or/, /ar/, /air/) , and /th (mixed) sounds. 14 different Mad Libs activities are included for a total of 27 pages to download.Kids can fill in the Mad Labs by themselves or in a group. They can then practice reading to one or more people to work on articulation skills. I
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2nd - 12th
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