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Common Core W.8.4 task cards
Email Etiquette Lessons - How to Write and Reply to an Email Eloquently
Have you ever received an email from a student that was written in a rude tone? Emojis, slang, all caps, incomplete sentences galore? We all have, and it's enough to drive us up the wall! But! What if students have just never been taught how to use professional etiquette when addressing a boss or superior? That realization inspired this unit, which revolutionized the way my students emailed me from that point forward.Every year, I recommend teachers of all subjects in middle and high school tea
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Email Etiquette Lesson Bundle Digital & Print - How to Email a Teacher
Narrative Writing - Personal Narrative Unit Grades 5 - 8
Narrative Writing – This “print and teach” standards-aligned Personal Narrative Unit contains engaging mini-lessons and activities that will lead your students through the process of writing a strong narrative piece. A mentor text is included along with revising techniques that help students improve their writing! More from teachers who have used this resource:- "This was SUPER easy to use and it got even my most discouraged writers writing! Thank you!"- "The content has awesome, just-right l
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5th - 8th
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Thesis Statement Practice Task Cards
Do your students struggle with identifying and writing thesis statements? These 32 ink-saving, black and white task cards give students a fun way to practice this difficult skill. Students will craft a thesis statement on a given topic, select the best thesis from two multiple choice options, differentiate between attention grabbers and thesis statements, and identify effective and ineffective thesis statements. Rigor is enhanced by students being asked to explain each answer. Student answer she
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6th - 9th
Halloween Writing Prompts: Creative Narrative Writing Spooky Story Starters
Set a spooky mood in your middle or high school ELA classroom this October with these chilling Halloween story starter writing prompts. Get your students writing for enjoyment while also revising and editing their work to meet the rigor of the Common Core Narrative Writing Standards.This resource features 24 engaging story starters, also known as narrative leads, that you can use in a variety of ways. Don't feel like grading writing? Have students use these as impromptu speech topics. Students c
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6th - 9th
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All Summer in A Day Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
The "All Summer In A Day" short story unit BUNDLE is filled with reading comprehension activities to teach main idea, summary, theme, characterization, and more. This 8 day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian tale. Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requires students to write a
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6th - 9th
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Writing Checklists | Text Features | Structures, Rubrics, Editing, Assessment
Simplify the WRITING and EDITING PROCESS and promote INDEPENDENT LEARNING with this HUGE collection of WRITING CHECKLISTS, SCAFFOLDS, ANCHOR CHARTS and RUBRICS for ALL TEXT TYPES. The NO-PREP SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL for 2024❤️ FOR ALL TEXT TYPES and ❤️ALL ABILITY LEVELSCOVERING THESE GENRES / WRITING STYLES☀️ Narratives☀️ Explanation Texts ☀️ Recounts / Personal Narratives☀️ Information Reports☀️ Procedural Texts☀️ Discussion / Argumentative Essay☀️ Procedural Writing☀️Lots more to come - all futu
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1st - 8th
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Coping Skills and Strategies for Stress and Anxiety - Stress Management
Teens and young adults can often struggle to identify the difference between healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing with stress and anxiety. This activity provides an opportunity for students to explore and identify 268 healthy and unhealthy ways to cope with unwanted stress and anxiety. This resource includes:• Interactive Step-by-Step Activity• 134 Healthy Ways of Coping With Stress Cards• 134 Unhealthy Ways of Coping With Stress Cards• 9 Blank Cards • 2 Ways of Coping With Stress Signs • 1 Sm
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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English Language Arts Summer School Bundle
This language arts summer school bundle contains five products plus one bonus file (for free!) to teach English over the summer. The focus of this material is on eighth grade standards and is perfect to review for students headed into ninth grade. The majority of the material is editable and will work for a variety of grades. The variety of activities will work for an ELA summer camp or for additions to your previous summer school English activities. Summer school lesson plans for high school En
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7th - 10th
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Harrison Bergeron Short Story Unit - Argumentative Writing Task - 36 Task Cards
This 8 day short story unit for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep argumentative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions. This bundle includes a scaffolded reading unit and 36 CCSS-Aligned task cards to accompany thi
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6th - 9th
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Winter Writing, Poetry, & Grammar Bundle
Winter Writing and Grammar Package - Includes four of my winter-themed writing and grammar activities. Please note that there is NO reference to Christmas in ANY of the included activities.Package Includes:Interview With a Snowman- A fun and engaging creative writing exercise where students "interview" a winter character of their choice and report on their character's secret life. All templates, organizers, and rubrics are included.Winter Parts of Speech Review- Students practice identifying th
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6th - 8th
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The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton - Short Story Unit - Task Cards
This 8 day short story unit for "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep narrative writing task that will engage your middle school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as an adapted play, differentiated activities, and chunked text and guided reading questions.Students will LOVE that they are in control of deciding the resolution to thi
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5th - 8th
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Ray Bradbury Short Story - All Summer In A Day - The Veldt - A Sound of Thunder
The Ray Bradbury Short Story Bundle contains multiple short story units for "All Summer in a Day", "A Sound of Thunder", and "The Veldt": two close reading units that include differentiated materials, narrative writing task, and argumentative writing task as well as 36 creative and higher order thinking task cards for each story.Are you looking for a short story that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity? How about a short story set in another world that discusses rele
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6th - 9th
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The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit - Task Cards - Argumentative Writing
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity? How about a short story set in a futuristic dystopian society where technology can replace even the most basic of human activities and has one of the most jaw-dropping endings in literature? Look no further than “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, a middle school reading comprehension activity. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activitie
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6th - 9th
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit - Task Cards
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and engage them in critical thinking skills? How about a short story that is filled with suspense and will keep them on the edge of their seats? Look no further than “Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activities to accompany this thought-provoking short story. Students will LOVE that they are engaged in an on-goin
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6th - 9th
African American Biography Task Cards - Black History Month Activities, Poster
80 notable African Americans who were pioneers in their fields are profiled in these Black History mini biographies. This African American history task card resource helps your students develop their writing, speaking and listening skills. Included are 16 ways to use these Black American biographies. You can use this resource during Black History Month or anytime you're teaching Black History or American History classes. Please open the Preview to see a list of all the famous Black Americans
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5th - 8th
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Writing - Photo Prompt Task Cards
Photo writing prompts provide a unique and different way to spark your students' imaginations and creativity! These 48 photo prompts provide opportunities for students to write from different perspectives and different points of view, they provide setting inspiration, help them generate characters and more!
Use at writing centers, stations, as task cards, for paragraph practice, narrative writing ideas, creative writing and short story inspiration.
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24 cards as writing prompts
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6th - 9th
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ELA Test Prep, Breaking Apart the Writing Prompt Lesson, Writing Prompts
Are you looking for English Language Arts state test prep? This series of writing prompts will help students better understand what exactly the state test is asking them to do in response to the questions on the writing test! There is a 17-slide lesson where you will teach students to read a writing prompt, identify the action words, identify the details about the action words, and summarize the prompt in one sentence. I included practice pages where students highlight the action words, underlin
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6th - 8th
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Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories - Short Stories Units - Reading Task Cards
Are you looking for short story units that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity? Look no further than the "Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Bundle". This short story bundle includes 8 resources that can be used to teach 4 of Poe's classic short stories: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and "The Black Cat". This download include directions and a link to Dropbox that will allow you to download all 8 resources to your persona
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6th - 9th
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A Wolf Called Wander Novel Study Discussion Question Cards
This product includes 176 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel A Wolf Called Wander, written by Rosanne Parry. This book is a wonderful fiction novel based on the true story of a wolf called OR-7. This novel opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and beyond.Book Themes: Adventure, Animals, Wolves, Nature, Survival, FamilyThis book is an especial
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3rd - 6th
Greystone Secrets The Strangers Novel Study Classroom and Distance Learning
This product includes 250+ comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts for teaching and studying the novel Greystone Secrets The Strangers, written by New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is a suspenseful story full of plot twists and action. It will keep students engaged and guessing as it explores the disappearance of Kate Greystone, the mother of Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone. The book has a special
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3rd - 6th
Revision Task Cards for Argumentative Writing
Use these task cards to guide students through the revision of their argument essays for ideas, organization, word choice, voice, fluency, conventions, presentation, and academic integrity. Revision is often one of the most challenging steps in the writing process, but this resource makes the task interactive, collaborative, differentiated, and reflective.Depending on how you choose to incorporate them, these task cards can be used for modeling with exemplars, working with partners, working in
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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100 Bell-Ringer Paragraph Writing Journals with Task Cards
100 bell-ringer writing prompts to practice writing paragraph structure. A paragraph-structure checklist and scoring rubric for self- or peer assessment are included. This resource is ideal as a paragraph structure writing practice for ESL/ELL learners. 100 speaking and/or writing prompt task cards are also included. The bell-ringer writing journal contains an editable worksheet, so you can include a different writing prompt of your choice. However, please note that not the entire document is no
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: The ESL Teacher's MEGA Bundle for The Entire School Year
Novel Task Cards - Novel Activities - Novel Projects for Middle School ELA
Are your students tired of those boring worksheet questions and activities that are usually completed when reading a novel? This novel task card resource can be used with any unit and is easy to implement for in-person and distance learning instruction. These PRINT and DIGITAL task Cards are just the solution to break up the monotony of normal class assignments and captivate students’ attention. This CCSS-aligned product contains thirty-six rigorous and engaging tasks that require students to n
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6th - 8th
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HOW TO WRITE AN EMAIL: EMAIL WRITING ETIQUETTE
Email Writing is becoming a skill that is used on an everyday basis both inside and outside of school. With this resource, students can learn the basic do's and don'ts to emailing as well as practice constructing emails pertaining to REAL LIFE SCENARIOS. Perfect for a mini-lesson, emergency substitute plan, supplemental work for writing centers, tutoring, bellwork, and for the first day back to school. WHAT'S INCLUDED?-5 Slide PowerPoint Presentation-2 Handouts-Differentiated Version of Handout
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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