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Common Core W.7.3 resources for Microsoft Word
The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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Seedfolks Novel Unit (30 pages) - Chapter Notes, Essays, Quiz, Themes
This is a creative unit/student project (30 pages attached) to teach with the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman, which emphasizes character analysis and response to literature. (See the preview for the overview of the student project.) It includes chapter-by-chapter notes (or you may buy just these notes separately on my profile), a One-Pager activity, a character report card, a Response to Seedfolks Quiz, Reflection questions, a student Seedfolks story (students write their own chapter), a c
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4th - 9th
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Creative Writing Bundle Creative Writing Activities Digital & Print Writing
This bundle contains FIFTEEN creative writing products plus extra activities. You can add these creative writing activities to your current plans or use them independently. These creative writing activities include instructions as well as sample answers. Over FOURTEEN downloads are in this creative writing bundle:1. A narrative writing presentation. Students will learn about the different techniques of narrative writing such as pacing, dialogue, description vivid language, and other tools.2. A
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8th - 12th
Avi's "Nothing But The Truth" - 34 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 34 rigorous unit learning tasks for Avi’s, "Nothing But The Truth." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external documents, charts a
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6th - 8th
The House on Mango Street - Creative Writing Book Project
This is a great "Back to School" introductory creative writing project intended to help you, as the teacher, get to know your students, and introduce them to the elements of plot in literature and instill a passion for creative writing in them!
Students enjoy reading selected stories from Sandra Cisneros's novel, The House on Mango Street, and creating their very own book called, "The House on (Student's Street)", which includes stories and poetry about their lives and neighborhoods.
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6th - 10th
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A Fun Group Pantomime for Middle School Drama Class
Here is the perfect first project for your middle-school actors! Students new to drama will relax when they realize that this project has easy-to-follow directions and that they are working as a group. Year after year, my students love this project!
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6th - 8th
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Grades 6-8 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers. After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special educati
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6th - 8th
Writing Test Bank - Editable Writing Test or Quiz Questions
This writing test contains 42 pages of tests and their answers—OVER 150 questions questions! This document is COMPLETELY EDITABLE, meaning that you are able to copy and paste, rearrange, and tweak for your individual needs! You will be able to differentiate with the multiple questions - just copy and paste.The writing tests have multiple questioning formats and cover diverse topics. The formats include multiple choice, short answer, listing, matching, true-false, and organizing from a word bank.
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6th - 9th
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Narrative Writing Outline, Student Sample Outline & Essay
Engage your students in narrative writing using this "Narrative Writing Outline" (student sample outline and essay included), which helps students brainstorm and organize their ideas before writing their own fictional or personal narrative (story). This outline includes sections for: Attention-Grabber, Beginning (characters, setting, conflict), Middle (complications/events, climax), and End (resolution, message/meaning). This outline will help students confidently write their own narrative and w
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5th - 9th
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Collections: Rogue Wave Hands on Activity; Plot the major events
This hands on activity provides students with cards with major events from the short story "Rogue Wave" of which advance the plot forward. Their task to arrange the cards according to where they would go within the plot diagram. Teacher directions are included. Allows students to collaborate and use academic language. Allows teachers to see whether they are able to choose the major events that advance the plot forward versus minor events of the story. Hands on so students are more engaged. Once
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7th
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Narrative Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer/Template
Do your writers need support developing a multi-paragraph essay? This highly scaffolded narrative writing template breaks down essay writing for your students into manageable pieces -giving first a prompt: "Write about an event or experience that changed your life", then directions for an introduction, setting the scene of your story, describing the event in detail, and concluding their writing. This one page, 2-sided writing template also has some self-reflection questions at the end. It is a
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2nd - 12th
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"Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" Short Story Analysis and Activity
This activity includes a 15 multiple choice question assessment that goes along with "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" by Walter Dean Myers. There is also a short constructed narrative response that asks students to revise the Point of View in the story. This would be a great activity for independent reading/sub plans/test prep/daily activity.
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5th - 8th
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How Do I Write a Vignette?
This is a great handout to help students write their own vignettes! I used this to scaffold student learning for a House on Mango Street final project! This resource explains vignettes, gives suggestions, and helps get students started! Great for middle or high schoolers!
Connects with the following resources:
1. House on Mango Street Final Vignette-Writing Project
2. House on Mango Street Themes Study Guide
3. Themes Brainstorming Worksheet
4. Revision Checklist
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Reading Comprehension Tests
Dear Educators,This is a complete set; four reading comprehension tests cover the whole book. These differentiated tests for Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor were written for traditional and inclusion classrooms. This Package Includes:4 Tests Page and paragraph numbers for most questions 4 Character study guides Modified sections for sequencing, quote and character identification Detailed answer keys 98 Pages 4 Essay questions4 Easel Assessments28 Easel Activities Tests:Chapters 1
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6th - 7th
Middle School Writing BUNDLE
***UPDATED TO INCLUDE GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS!!!*****CCSS ALIGNED**This is a great value bundle of these ten standalone products targeting Middle School Writing Skills.Each lesson focuses on a particular genre and highlights a particular textual feature.Every lesson contains:★ Model Text★ Structural Analysis ★ Transition Words or other useful textual feature focus★ Planning Handouts/ Graphic Organizers★ Writing Prompts★ Grading Rubrics★ Teacher's NotesGenres included:✓ Describing a Process (Procedura
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6th - 8th
Memoir Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can first be used while reading a memoir. Students can pick out important elements of a good memoir while they read. Next, students can use this graphic organizer while they write their own memoir. This graphic organizer makes sure that the key elements of memoir will be included in their writing piece.
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6th - 8th
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” – 15 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 15 rigorous unit learning tasks for Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart.” The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded extern
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6th - 10th
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House on Mango Street Final Project (Writing Vignettes)
This is an excellent end-of-unit project for House on Mango Street. After reading vignettes, students will be challenged to write their own, based on the ideas and themes in the book!This resource explains the assignment, how-to, and gives specific guidelines and important points of vignette writing!It also includes two teacher examples!Connects to the following resources:1. What is a Vignette Presentation?2. How Do I Write a Vignette?3. House on Mango Street Themes Study Guide4. House on Mango
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Revision Checklist for Vignette Writing Project
This is a thorough revision checklist for an end of House on Mango Street vignette writing project. (See resource: House on Mango Street Final Vignette-Writing Project)
This resource challenges students to revise in areas of
- clear and coherent writing
- figurative language
- detail and description
- boring words
- conventions
Includes examples and areas for students to actively check off! Great for independent work or as a group! Really helps students to build editing skills!
Accompanying
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6th - 12th
Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
The Diary of Anne Frank - Personal Narrative Diary Writing
Everyone has a story but each of our stories is different. Your story is important too.
14 diary writing topics to choose from that mirror those that Anne wrote about.
Connect to The Diary of Anne Frank through an on-going anchor activity that students can work on in a writing center, when they have finished other assignments, or for homework. Students will be asked to observe the people around them and their environment as Anne did. They should take the time to think about the topics and pl
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5th - 12th
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Grade 7 Common Core English Language Arts IEP Goal Bank
This IEP goal bank was created to assist special education teachers with the task of writing standards-based IEP goals in English Language Arts. Speech-Language Pathologists should also find this resource to be useful when creating IEP goals and collaborating with teachers.After spending countless hours developing IEP goals myself and really having to think through how to best individualize goals and objectives for my own students, I wanted to share this resource to help other special education
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7th
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Trampoline Park Field Trip Lesson Plan 6th-8th [reading, writing, math &science]
Field trip time! This is a narrative writing lesson plan for a trip to a trampoline park. It includes standards, learning targets, essential questions, plans, and narrative writing paper. UPDATED! Now includes more standards, learning targets, essential questions, plans, planning sheet, and narrative writing paper.
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6th - 8th
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MS-PS3-5
Narrative Checklist - Peer Revision or Revise your own story!
Students are challenged to include all the essential elements to make their narratives spectacular! This narrative checklist can be used by students to check their own narrative or that of one of their classmates. On this two-page worksheet, students are asked to identify the point of view of the narrator, attention-grabber, dialogue, sentence variety, transitions, figures of speech, and the elements of plot (character, setting/mood, conflict, climax, resolution, and theme). At the end, stude
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6th - 10th
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Small Moment Personal Narrative Mentor Text China Fireworks
One time, when I was in China, something happened that was both exciting and terrifying. We had gone to a remote river to see the scenery and we were staying overnight in a farmer’s house that he rented rooms from. He fed us and also had “entertainment” for us that we could do if we were interested, such as horse-back riding, calligraphy lessons, or setting off fireworks. The friends that I was travelling with thought setting off fireworks would be fun......To this day, I can’t see or set off
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