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8th grade holidays short stories graphic organizers
Sell this Haunted House- Middle School Halloween Writing Activity- 5th, 6th, 7th
Unleash the Halloween spirit and ignite your students' creativity with this interactive Halloween writing activity! Students step into the shoes of a real estate agent as they embark on a journey to create their very own haunted house!In this adventure, students will channel their imagination and design a spine-chilling haunted house, sketching each eerie room and crafting an online listing that will send shivers down your spine. They will masterfully weave a web of words, expertly incorporating
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5th - 8th
Day of the Dead Projects - Dia de los Muertos Activities - Art - Questions
Day of the Dead Close Reading and Art Resource Bundle contains three great Day of the Dead activities to celebrate El Dia de los Muertos with your students. It contains Day of the Dead Questions, Day of the Dead reading passages and close reading resources, and a Day of the Dead sugar skull art project.⭐Be sure to check out the preview for detailed information and images of everything included in this resource.For detailed information on each of the included products, click on the links below.Da
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5th - 8th
Hero's Journey Presentation, Writing Prompts & Graphic Organizers Bundle
Teach the intricacies of the Hero's Journey (or Monomyth) with this amazing bundle of worksheets, graphic organizers to suit multiple versions of the cycle, writing prompts, teacher notes, deconstructed plot summaries, character analysis ideas, doodle notes, narrative plot arc templates and more! What's included?★ Graphic Organizer / Poster / Anchor Chart / INBThis chart details the 4 parts and 12 stages of the Hero's Journey. There are 4 designs: full chart, partially completed chart, highlight
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6th - 12th
Pixar Shorts Films NARRATIVE WRITING THEME PLOT LITERARY ELEMENTS ANALYSIS SEL
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF PLOT AND FULL NARRATIVE WRITING UNIT for GLUED! Google Slides and Worksheets. This adorable animated short film is perfect for teaching PLOT, THEME, CHARACTER TRAITS & MOTIVATION, CONFLICT, SETTING, FORESHADOWING, AND NARRATIVE WRITING in the most FUN AND EFFECTIVE way! In this workshop, students are guided through a full interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've gained in the workshop to create their own narrative
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5th - 9th
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Short Stories with Comprehension Questions - 11 Short Story Units - Annotations
This giant Short Story with Comprehension Questions Bundle contains 11 of my best selling products bundled together for a heavily discounted price! Perfect for short story reading comprehension, it has a variety of different short story activities, as well elements of literature activities and notes. This package has enough resources to keep kids engaged while learning about literary elements.✅Please check out the thumbnails and individual products in this bundle for detailed descriptions and im
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6th - 9th
Plot Diagram Foldables: Story Elements Collection for Middle Grades Common Core
This resource includes everything you need to teach story elements and the plot pyramid to your middle grades students.This Story Elements Plot Foldable Collection includes:Plot Structure Pyramid Foldable Template (blank and labeled)6-Tab Elements Foldable Templates (blank and labeled)Alternate 5-Tab Elements Foldable Templates (blank and labeled) - no Inciting IncidentPlot Pyramid Structure Foldable with Cut-Out TabsPlot Pyramid Structure Graphic Organizer with Key QuestionsNEW! Elements of Plo
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4th - 9th
Short Story Unit Bundle: Teaching Literary Elements - Print & Digital
This bundle of short stories includes ALL of my short story lessons. You can find all of the lessons including public domain texts here and all of the lessons including adapted texts here.The resources included can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. All resources are Google Drive resources (Docs, Slides, Forms, etc.). These lessons are perfect for creating a short story unit or adding on to your own. Each text can also be taught as an independent lesson and in any order. Th
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8th - 9th
Scary Short Story Units - Horror Stories - Halloween Reading Comprehension
This Spooky Short Stories with Comprehension Questions Bundle contains three different scary short story units, including The Birds by Daphne DuMaurier, The Elevator by William Sleator, and Click Clack the Rattle Bag by Neil Gaiman. Each resource contains a complete short story reading comprehension unit with questions, short story annotations activities, graphic organizers, answer keys, and more. It also contains a complete Introduction to Horror unit!While these short stories and activities c
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7th - 9th
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Activities Worksheets for the Play Version
Your Middle School students will love these fun and engaging activities for the play version of A Christmas Carol by Frederick Gaines. This interactive resource will help your students examine plot structure, character traits, and theme with discussion questions, scaffolded notes, and more! This "A Christmas Carol" resource is based on the play that is found in 7th grade McDougal-Littell Language of Literature books by Frederick Gaines. It can also be found online separate from the textbook.
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6th - 8th
Also included in: A Christmas Carol Activities BUNDLE for the Play version- Middle School
2024-2030 New Year Goal Writing
UPDATED for 2024! Also, now DIGITAL in Google Slides!A student friendly, easy-to-use writing organizer & craftivity that follows the writing process. Encourage students to make new goals for the new year! Help your kiddos take their goals a step further and get them to dig deep with this detailed writing guide.This product includes:*Brainstorm organizer*Pre-Write organizer*Rough-Draft organizer*Revising organizer*Editing organizer*Publishing pages (lined and primary lined pages)*Party hat wr
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2nd - 8th
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Twilight Zone Teleplay Complete Unit Pack
This is a fantastically engaging and complete unit for your middle schoolers for Rod Serling's teleplay The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is material to help you teach the script from The Twilight Zone television series. The text of the teleplay is not included, as it is not in the public domain.You will get the following materials:Pre-reading Group Questions/Discussion PromptsPre-Reading Vocabulary and Extension Activities with KeyCharting Plot: Two Types of Charts with KeyLiterary Ele
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6th - 8th
Reading Activity - Online Date With a Book Novel Choice Reading
Reading Activity - Online Date With a Book Independent Reading: Use this creative activity to hook your students into reading and help them choose an independent novel they love! Students will develop an online dating profile for a book and also select a profile created by their peers to go on a blind date with. After reading the first chapter, they will complete a creative assignment to determine if it is a love connection or if it will end in heartbreak. This works well as a Valentine's Day ac
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8th - 12th
A Christmas Carol Activities BUNDLE for the Play version- Middle School
Get a full THREE WEEKS worth of creative and interactive activities PLUS editable lesson plans to go with the play version of A Christmas Carol by Frederick Gaines! Your middle school students will love learning about plot structure, character traits, and theme with this resource!This Bundle includes:A Christmas Carol Pre-reading fact or fiction game✅ Directions for how to set up and play the game✅ 32 facts or "fictions" written in a clear, legible font so that everyone can see the information.✅
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6th - 8th
The Lottery Short Story Unit - Shirley Jackson Middle School Short Story Project
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit - Activities and Comprehension Questions! Perfect for your upcoming short story unit or dystopian literature unit, this package contains graphic organizers and activities to go along with The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. The Lottery short story questions, a biography activity, a giant pennant project, and a hexagonal thinking activity are also included.✅Be sure to check out the preview and thumbnails for detailed images and descriptions about everyt
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5th - 8th
Elf Movie Activities - Christmas Writing Activity - Hero's Journey Project
Elf Movie Activities - Comprehension Questions, Graphic Organizers, Plot Diagram, and Hero's Journey Project - These Christmas activities are designed to use along with the movie Elf featuring Will Ferrell. Use this engaging movie to practice comprehension strategies and teach elements of Joseph Campbell's "The Hero's Journey".This package of activities is a great way to keep the kids engaged in the days leading up to Christmas break. The kids will love the movie and activities, and you will lov
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5th - 8th
Hero's Journey Identifying Stages
An "ordinary" boy who makes things happen when he is angry or scared, the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a Polynesian village and our friendly neighborhood high school student bitten by a radioactive spider – they’re all heroes of their own narratives, or if you like, protagonists within a Hero’s Journey. Identifying and analyzing the acts and stages of the Hero’s Journey can be difficult for students if not modeled first. This resource includes plot summaries from the above three well-kno
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Hero's Journey Presentation, Writing Prompts & Graphic Organizers Bundle
New Year Activities, Resolutions, & Goals 2024 | DIGITAL
Updated for 2024!“Engaging middle schoolers is not always an easy task. My students loved being able to work on their computers and have a digital activity. So glad that I purchased this!” - Faith C.“I loved using this resource! It was a great way to ease back into school after winter break. I will be teaching the same students again this year, and I look forward to reviewing their goals with them at the end of this calendar year.” - Becca S. “This definitely got my students thinking! They lear
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6th - 10th
Also included in: New Year's Bundle - DIGITAL and PRINT
Middle School English Language Arts Halloween Bundle- 5th, 6th, 7th Grade
Unlock the captivating allure of Halloween within your middle school language arts classroom with this resource featuring an array of five Halloween-themed products! Step into a world where creativity and academia intertwine, as your students embark on a thrilling journey filled with engaging writing activities, intriguing research projects, and captivating grammar exercises.This resource encompasses a wide range of Halloween-themed writing activities that will ignite your students' imagination
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5th - 8th
Personal Narrative Writing Packet with Brainstorming and Graphic Organizer
Now includes personal narrative examples and editing checklists! Personal narratives are challenging for many students because they don't follow a particular structure. This 14-page planning packet guides students through the writing process, from brainstorming to listing out characters, settings, sequenced events, and sensory details. After writing a draft, students can use the included checklists for revision, proofreading, and publishing. You can choose to print all pages or just the ones tha
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Personal Narrative Planning Bundle
Reading Comprehension Passages Halloween Test Prep
Are you looking for engaging and rigor when it comes to your Reading Comprehension Passages and Text Analysis in your upper elementary classroom?These texts will grab the attention of your students, and they will love digging into the content and finding text based evidence to support their learning.Here's what other teachers are saying about this resource:"Finally! A high quality, high interest resource for a skill that there doesn't seem to be a lot of tools out there for. We just recently ha
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5th - 8th
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The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit - Questions - Activities
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Print and go literacy analysis activities - A full text version of The Tell Tale Heart is included, along with The Tell Tale Heart comprehension questions activities. These Poe themed lesson materials ask students to think deeply about text while practicing elements of literacy analysis. A great addition to a short story unit on classic literature, these short story resources include graphic organizers, projects, questions, and answer keys.✅While this uni
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6th - 9th
Valentine's Day in Spanish-Speaking Countries: Reading Activities & Sub Plan
This is a reading about El Día de San Valentín (Valentine's Day) in Spanish-speaking countries. It can be used anytime during February. It is also a good emergency substitute plan for Spanish teachers to keep handy.This packet includes three articles related to Valentine's Day in Spain and Latin American countries. Comprehension questions follow each article. After reading the articles and answering questions, students fill out a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the way another country celeb
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7th - 12th
Science Fiction Short Stories Unit - Elements of Science Fiction Introduction
This Science Fiction Unit Bundle contains four different Science Fiction short story units, including All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, Rain Rain Go Away by Isaac Asimov, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, and The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. Each resource contains a complete short story unit with questions, graphic organizers, answer keys, and more.Also included in this bundle is a complete Introduction to Science Fiction. This contains detailed student notes and information all about this exciti
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6th - 10th
A Christmas Carol Movie Viewing Unit, Questions/Activities, Lesson Plan
This pack of activities is an excellent way to add some rigor to your viewing of any version of Dickens's classic Christmas story A Christmas Carol and spread some kindness in your classroom. This is not a novel-to-film comparison guide, but it does work with any film version and can be used to supplement a novel study as well. These activities are tailored specifically for the movie! You may use one or all of the enclosed NO PREP activities to focus your viewing experience or to add to your exi
Grades:
7th - 11th
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