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Free 8th grade english language arts graphic organizer microsofts
Venn Diagram (with lines)
This is a venn diagram graphic organizer, with lines for students to write neatly to record their thoughts and ideas. Please feel free to edit and use with your students. When I use it in my classroom, I often add pictures to either side which is the reason for the space next to the lines above the circles.
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K - 12th
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Blank Frayer Model Printable Worksheet
This has two pages that you can print front and back. They are the same. The student puts the word in the middle and fills in the surrounding information.
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6th - 12th
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Trading Card Template - Person/Historical Figure
Give summaries and writing a different look by having students create trading cards! Students can insert pictures directly into the template and add "vital statistics" to the card. This template is designed to be used to describe a person or historical figure.
The template is created in PowerPoint which makes editing, moving components, and inserting images very easy.
Teachers: All text boxes are fully editable, so if you'd like to tweak any questions or prompts, please do!
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4th - 12th
Self-Evaluation Reflection Forms for Students, Editable, FREE
Reflection is one of the most powerful research-based strategies for use in the classroom. How many times have you poured over student essays only to hand them back and watch as students take one look at the letter grade and never look back? Or maybe you offer a revision policy but never get the results you want? This is the perfect tool for students to use to actually go back and revisit and reflect on their writing after they have received feedback and a score. It doesn't do for them to just
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
The World Where I Live...
This is a jam-packed, 40 page unit full of multi-sensory and multi-grade-level activities all centering on the relationships between the following concepts: city/town/village, county, state, country, continent, and community helpers. The following mathematical concepts are also explored: range, median, mode, and average (mathematical mean).
The following activities are included in this unit: Key vocabulary exercise, coloring Venn diagram activity, "Greater Than, Less Than" activity page, "My
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K - 8th
Research Paper Student Notes Template
I created this for my 9th grade students who were struggling with taking notes for a research project.
Rather than using index cards, which are easily lost, this template can be photocopied and hole-punched to be placed into a binder, or stuck in a folder, for easy access. The top of each box has room for the student to list the title, author(s), and where they found the source so they can easily find it again when its time to make their reference page. You can easily add more information if
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8th - 12th
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Power point: Lion, Witch and Wardrobe novel study
Save time and energy by using this graphics enhanced 49 slide Power Point and 12 reproducible .PDFs in a ZIP file. Included are comprehension and journaling questions by chapter, projects for writing, drama, artistic and other media, links to free internet review games, kinesthetic and vocabulary activities, editing practice and a background slide on the evacuation of children during WW2. Graphics help students visualize. Links to free online review games are included. The preview consists
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4th - 8th
Types of Conflict Graphic Organizer
Students create examples and illustrations of the four basic types of conflict: Person v. Person; Person v. Self; Person v. Society; Person v. Nature.
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4th - 9th
Current Events Analysis Template
Teach your students how to analyze current events with this simple graphic organizer that is appropriate for use in middle or high school English or social studies classes. The worksheet uses the 5Ws + H model (who, what, where, why, when, how) to guide student research and analysis and can either be printed or used digitally. More Resources You May Love5-Paragraph Essay Outline & Peer Editing InstructionsOPVL Source Analysis TemplateMUN Country Profile Template & Research GuideResearch
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Model UN Lesson and Activity Bundle
Blank 4 Square (Writing)
A blank template for 4 square planning (writing).
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K - 12th
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FREE! 4 CER SCIENCE Image Writing Prompts Bell Ringers Graphic Organizers
Here are 4 Free CER SCIENCE photo writing prompts for critical, scientific thinking that can be used as bell ringers, introductions or full discussions either with distance learning or in class. Each slide has an image, the main question and a graphic organizer for the students to fill in the claim, evidence and then reasoning. The second slide for each image supplies a place for the students to write the completed CER paragraph.****Please see my blog post on how I teach CER in my classroom. Us
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7th - 9th
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A Million Miles Away movie guide in English and Espanol
This is a video guide in Word in English and Spanish about A Million Miles Away movie and Hispanic astronaut Jose Hernandez. It was designed for high school grade ELS, ELL students. It has sentence prompts and is numbered. It has vocabulary at the beginning to preview for learners.
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5th - 12th
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"Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
This short story lesson can be purchased as part of a bundle at a discounted price
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Use this graphic organizer to teach students the elements of plot, and how the plot unfolds in a series of episodes!
Tied to the middle school Common Core standards.
****INCLUDED:
*Thorough ste-by-step lesson plan!
*Plot diagram template (Ready to print on legal paper!)
*Plot diagram ANSWER KEY!
*Plot analysis question handout!
The lesson plan uses the Gradual Release of Responsilbity method: I do, we do
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6th - 8th
Analyzing a Persuasive (Argumentative) Text - Graphic Organizer
*This graphic organizer can be used during your mini-lesson, with collaborative groups, as homework, or as independent practice. It's very versatile!* I created this graphic organizer for my students while they read an argumentative or persuasive text. They will have to identify the claim and any facts and/or opinions to help prove that claim. They will also have to identify the audience that the main character or person is speaking to. This could be used with fiction or nonfiction genres de
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2nd - 12th
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Because of Winn-Dixie - Book vs. Movie
A fun graphic organizer for students watching the movie, "Because of Winn-Dixie," after or during a novel study of the book by Kate DiCamillo.
This activity asks students to identify elements that were only in the book, only in the movie, or appeared in both.
Can become a great culminating activity where students can create a large scale organizer on a bulletin board listing all of the similarities and differences they found.
This activity can also be downloaded as part of a complete novel st
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3rd - 8th
Meet The Teacher Template
FREEBIE! If you are looking for a new Meet The Teacher template look no further! This template is easy to insert your teacher information on and now includes a GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION for digital learning. Add a picture of yourself or a picture of your classroom for a personal touch. You can add a QR code to your Remind, Bloomz, or Classtag account as well as your contact information. You can send the Google Slides version digitally or even add to your class website!Make sure to leave feedbac
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Teaching Analogies
This PowerPoint presentation uses graphic organizers to help students understand and decode analogies. Understanding and decoding analogies is a higher level thinking skill transferable to reading comprehension, critical thinking, and creativity. Using graphic organizers to decode the analogies provides the students with the tools to make the interconnections by linking new information with information they already know. Each analogy includes visual and animated illustrations to assist the s
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
The 12-stages of the Hero's Journey in "The Most Dangerous Game"
This chart identifies and defines the twelve stages of the hero's journey and gives examples from the story. Page numbers are listed to support evidence of the twelve stages.
Connell, Richard. "The Most Dangerous Game." Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2004. 19-36. Print. Gold Level.
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8th - 10th
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Guided note taking graphic organizer for a research paper.
This simple, but effective template serves as a great first start to students starting a research paper. This is the modern version of the note cards we use to use in college. Simply convert to a google document and send to your students. Implementing this document and step into my students research has greatly improved their organization, fluency, and evidence-based writing skills.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Close Reading Current Events Organizer
Close Reading Current Events Organizer by Miss Middle School Teacher~ I use this in my middle school science classes to teach disciplinary literacy skills and close reading of expository text. This same form could be adapted to social studies or math articles as well. This includes the student organizer and a brief lesson plan explaining how I teach with it/use it. I teach annotations of articles along with this as well. It is a great way to help students understand an author's central idea, a f
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6th - 10th
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Can/Have/Are Graphic Organizer
This customizable graphic organizer is useful for any content area and any grade level. Blank topic line allows students to write in their topic and then expand on topic characteristics, details, and facts.
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K - 12th
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Compare and Contrast Characters From Three Short Stories
This lesson includes a graphic organizer and an outline for a compare and contrast essay to be used after students complete the reading of "No Guitar Blues" by Gary Soto, "Thank you Ma'am" by Langston Hughes, and "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" by William Saroyan. Students are guided to notice similarities between the main characters in these three short stories, and to notice how characters change as a result of their experiences. The first step is to complete the graphic organizer wi
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5th - 10th
STEAL: Characterization Practice and Character Analysis
This STEAL activity is designed to help students closely analyze a character in a story. Students will use the STEAL acronym to focus on various aspects of characterization including: speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks. Students will find text evidence for each letter in STEAL and then analyze what that text evidence shows about the character as a person. This is a google doc so it is editable. It is a generic worksheet that can be modified to work with individual stories or
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School ELA Notes and Resources Bundle!
Fractured Fairy Tale Unit
Stories and non-fiction text are written from a particular point of view. The author positions the reader to respond to a story in a certain way through the use of language and point of view. Your assignment is to pick a familiar fairy tale and write a diary entry from the point of view of the antagonist.
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3rd - 12th
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