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Common Core W.7.4 task card pdfs
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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Early Finisher Task Cards for Junior High Students, Middle School ELA Activities
Task Cards for middle school or junior high students are perfect for early finishers, warm-ups, time fillers, journal entries, write-pair-shares, sub assignments & extra credit!The PDF file includes 11 pages of black and white printables (total of 43 task cards--4 per page).The task cards include a variety of activities, including writing prompts and graphic organizers (both short and long activities). All topics are relevant and grade-appropriate for 6th-9th grade students. Teachers can c
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6th - 9th
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Citing Text Evidence ACE Strategy Task Cards
Citing Text Evidence ACE Strategy Task Cards
Students will learn to utilize the "ACE" strategy when answering written response questions about a text:
A: Answer the question
C: Cite evidence
E: Explain
This activity gives students the opportunity to example written responses, where the author uses the "ACE" strategy to answer a question about a text. Students will answer questions to demonstrate their understanding of the components of a written response. This is GREAT practice to prep
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5th - 8th
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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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Sentence Fluency Task Cards
Sentence fluency is often addressed on standardized tests. Make sure your students are prepared with these (40) engaging Sentence Fluency Task Cards that students can combine in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required! Let your hard work show with off-the-charts ELA test scores! Ensure proficiency on stan
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: ELA Jumbo Task Card Bundle - Volume 2
7th Grade Informative Writing - Printable Version - Middle School - Model Lesson
Do you need help teaching 7th Grade Writing - Informative Writing? This Step-by-Step Writing® Unit has EVERYTHING needed to teach 7TH GRADE Informative Writing. The research-based unit from the 7th-grade writing program was specifically designed for teachers and homeschool parents to EASILY follow through the WRITING PROCESS with already prepped anchor charts, scripted lesson plans, modeled lessons, original mentor text, and practice. Every lesson builds upon the previous skill within one piece
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7th
Shakespeare Background Research: RAFT Cards & Top 10; Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts, posters and task cards. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the same.Shakespeare research can be fun! In this activity, students enjoy researching the time period and background of Shakespeare as they assume various roles and tasks outlined by the RAFT cards. RAFT (Role, Aud
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6th - 10th
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15-MINUTE QUICK WRITES • GRADES 4–6 • An Early Finisher Activity!
• 40 Fun Photograph Prompts • 15-Minute Exercises to Improve Writing Fluency Students become better writers the more they write. Quick Writes • Set #1 is a great collection of motivating photographs to use for timed, fifteen-minute fluency exercises. There are 40 full-color photographs (two to a page) that also reproduce well in grayscale. All the photographs are in the public domain, so you can reproduce them with confidence. There is something to pique the interest of every student includi
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 15-MINUTE QUICK WRITES BUNDLE • 120 PHOTO PROMPTS FOR WRITING FLUENCY
NonFiction Texts & Reading Comprehension Bundle - Argumentative Writing Tasks
Are you looking for a variety of middle school ELA nonfiction resources that contain engaging, rigorous, and differentiated materials? This non-fiction reading comprehension bundle contains 29 individual units and lessons, including close reading units, argumentative writing units, seasonal ELA bell ringers, and task cards.Each nonfiction lesson will engage students in critical thinking skills and collaboration around real world topics that are relevant to students' lives. Teachers will LOVE tha
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6th - 9th
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Author's Purpose Task Cards
Author's Purpose is a reading and writing skill often found on standardized tests. Make sure your students are P-I-E certified with (40) engaging Author's Purpose task cards that address persuasive, informative, and entertaining texts. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required! Like Task Cards? Like PowerPoints? Try the Teach & Reach Bundle for
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Common Core Writing Skills Task Card Bundle
Response to Literature Task Cards for Middle School Grades 6-8 {CCSS}
These task cards are for use with any short story or novel you read in your middle school classroom! There are 40 cards covering the following areas:PlotCharacterizationSettingPoint of ViewThemeSymbolismTypes of ConflictStyle and ToneReader-Response (personal response)Additional Literary Elements (metaphor, irony, personification)I have left them single-sided so that there are enough for your whole class to have one at a time. If you choose to double-side them, you can mix them up and have kids
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5th - 8th
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Spooky Edgar Allen Poe Writing Task using Textual Evidence
A fun, spooky addition to your middle school English classroom in October and the Halloween season!
Included: Teacher's notes for before, during, and after reading directions. Student response guide to partner with an introduction video about Poe's life. While reading a biography about Poe (teacher provided), students will search for qualities to use in the final task. A task card for students to create an obituary using textual evidence from a biography about Poe.
Most appropriate for 6th-
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6th - 8th
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Genre Task Cards
Teaching genre? Amp up the fun and proficiency level with these (40) engaging Genre Task Cards. Product addresses twelve common genres often found on standardized tests, including Science Fiction, Fable, Realistic Fiction, Fairy Tale, Biography, Informational Writing, Historical Fiction, Tall Tale, Legend, Drama, Myth, and Fantasy. Task Cards are an effective instructional tool and great alternative to boring worksheets! Answer key included for a quick and easy assessment. Bonus: Go green!
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Common Core Writing Skills Task Card Bundle
Writing Revision Tools: Peer & Self Feedback Bookmarks & Task Cards
Help your upper elementary or middle school students develop and improve their own writing through working with critique groups to give and receive feedback. This resource includes 10 different bookmarks for giving peer feedback and self feedback (including the Glow and Grow sentence frames) as well as critique group task card roles for both informative and narrative writing. The mix and match task cards can be tailored to each student group. What's Included? 6 Critique Group bookmarks4 Self Rev
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4th - 8th
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Women’s History Month – Famous Significant American Women – Biography Task Cards
These task card biographies for Women's History Month showcase 100 famous and important American women who were pioneers in their field or achieved something notable. Included are 16 ways to use these task cards during Women's History Month or any time of the year to help your students develop their writing, speaking and listening skills. You can use these mini biographies during Women’s History Month and also for any time of the year you're teaching women's history.Updated 2/4/24: 2 photo iden
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5th - 8th
Adverbs Differentiated Task Cards with QR Codes grades 6-8
These Adverbs Differentiated Task Cards with QR Codes are appropriate for 6th-8th grade, but could be used as low as 4th and 5th grade depending on the academic levels of students. Tasks include adverb identification practice for below, on, and above level learners, making the curriculum both accessible and challenging for all. Below level cards include multiple choice items, on level cards include more rigorous practice without the support of answer choices, and above level learners may be chal
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4th - 8th
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End of Year Reflection - Twitter Task Cards - Digital Activities
Use these digital task cards on Google Drive to review memories, goals, and lessons with your students during the last weeks of school or any time that you want students to reflect on their learning. There are 46 reflection questions: use them all or choose which ones to ask your students to answer. There is also a blank template included to add an additional question.Ideal for the end of a course, these task cards are excellent for differentiated instruction, bell-ringers, exit slips, small g
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7th - 10th
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Descriptive Writing - WINTER - 20 Task Cards
20 Descriptive Writing Task Cards related to WINTER– an engaging resource to refine your students' descriptive writing skills during the season of winter. This set of 20 task cards transports young writers into the heart of winter, encouraging them to vividly capture the sights, sounds, and emotions of this season.Take a look at the Preview to get a good idea of what the task cards demand.Happy writing!Mr SMore WRITING RESOURCES:Descriptive Writing - TASK CARDSDescriptive Writing - FALL - 20 Tas
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6th - 9th
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Descriptive Writing - Christmas - 20 Task Cards
20 Descriptive Writing Task Cards related to CHRISTMAS – an engaging resource to refine your students' descriptive writing skills during the Holiday Season. This set of 20 task cards transports young writers into the heart of winter, encouraging them to vividly capture the sights, sounds, and emotions of this happiest time of the year.Take a look at the Preview to get a good idea of what the task cards demand.Happy writing!Mr SMore WRITING RESOURCES:Descriptive Writing - TASK CARDSDescriptive Wr
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6th - 9th
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Descriptive Writing - FALL - 20 Task Cards
20 Descriptive Writing Task Cards related to FALL – an engaging resource to refine your students' descriptive writing skills during the season of fall. This set of 20 task cards transports young writers into the heart of autumn, encouraging them to vividly capture the sights, sounds, and emotions of this colorful season. Take a look at the Preview to get a good idea of what the task cards demand.Happy writing!Mr SMore WRITING RESOURCES:Descriptive Writing - TASK CARDSDescriptive Writing - FALL -
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6th - 9th
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Engaging Hook Example Task Cards - Identifying Effective Hooks (Secondary)
In this product, you will find seven pages of task cards (in both black and white and color) of effective essay hooks. This can be used for multiple activities in the classroom (with over 10 examples provided)! When I first started teaching, one of the most difficult things for me in teaching writing was showing students how to write an effective hook. Everything I looked at seemed to have different information, and I had my students stuck in the elementary way of writing hooks: “Have you ever t
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7th - 12th
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