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8th grade creative writing interactive whiteboards
PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL
Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn
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5th - 8th
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Short Films Literary Elements Devices & Techniques Inference Character Theme
Guaranteed fun and laughter with this animated short film workshop that teaches character motivation, inferencing, providing evidence, and summary writing. Students are guided through the interactive Google Slides as they learn the importance of creating characters with motivation and how other character's motivations can cause conflicts. This workshop is simple and would work great for struggling students, ESL learners, or for a light lesson in general ed. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young girl
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5th - 8th
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BELL RINGERS FOR ENGLISH | DIGITAL & PRINT DAILY WRITING PROMPTS | DISTANCE
Complete with a printable student workbook, these bell ringers are sure to engage your students in unique quality writing. Give students a lot of variety and practice with the writing process, interdisciplinary writing, and multiple genres by including this resource in your daily practices. This product includes 180 slides and the accompanied workbook for one entire school year of daily writing, but it is versatile enough to work whenever you need in your curriculum. In addition
Grades:
7th - 12th
Historical Fiction Writing Unit
Looking for a step-by-step way to teach a historical fiction writing unit with your students? This unit is one that I have used with my students for the past few years. It includes a list of historical fiction picture books, a "noticing chart" to help guide your students to read like writers, a SMART Board presentation or Power Point presentation) that you can use as a step-by-step guide through the learning/process, a ten day written lesson guide-for you the teacher, and a copy of the grade she
Grades:
4th - 8th
Writing Prompt Photos: 40 Animal Writing Photo Prompts | Students Love These!
Students love animals and they will love writing about these 40 silly animal photos! Use a SmartBoard or projector to show a Writing Photo Prompt onto your board for a memorable writing activity! I love to do this every Monday morning so students see the picture when they first walk in!40 Animal Writing Photo Prompts are included in 3 formats: 1. Full-page high-quality photo (8.5 x 11 inches) 2. Full-page high quality photo with a short caption/story starter 3. Four photos per page to print out
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Animals Activities Bundle: 9 Resources at a 30% Off Savings
PowerPoint Prompts - EDITABLE
I love having my kids write in journals, but loathed writing prompts on the board. If you feel the same, why not let your board save you the trouble? I have created monthly writing prompts and got requests to make an editable version. This bundle includes peaceful music to play as kids write as well as an interactive menu to choose your prompt. The slides are colorful and can be used year-round. There are text boxes ready for you to create your own prompts to fit the needs of your students.
Grades:
1st - 8th
Short Films Literary Devices Elements & Techniques Mothers Day Theme Inference
Guaranteed engagement with this animated short film workshop, Hair Love! This workshop teaches inferencing, theme, foreshadowing, plot twist, symbolism, and conflict. Great for Mother's Day! ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: Zuri grapples with trying to style her own hair as she watches her mother's video blog about hair. The viewer is led to believe that Zuri's mother has passed away because her father is struggling to help with her hair. But, a wonderful plot twist awaits and students learn the importanc
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4th - 8th
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Short Films FREE LITERARY ELEMENT DEVICES & TECHNIQUES GUIDE
Using shorts or other animated short films to teach literary elements and literary device is hands down the most engaging and effective practice in the ELA classroom! Students absolutely love learning with them! But, it takes forever to sort through thousands of films and figure out which literary elements correlate. This guide lets you bypass all of that and go straight to teaching! ❤ Personal Note: I have viewed and analyzed hundreds of animated short films (I'm kind of obsessed), choosing on
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4th - 8th
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Weekly Writing Prompts - Middle School 6th, 7th, & 8th Grades - Full Year Bundle
This is a bundle of my interactive whiteboard weekly writing prompts for middle school grades 6, 7, and 8. Each set has 36 weekly writing prompts. You get all three sets. These engaging writing prompts are perfect for bell ringers and anchor activities. Although each set is designed for a specific grade, the prompts can also be used across grade levels and will work for all middle grade levels. Buy the entire set and save money and get more choices to choose from. All slides are editable.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Plants: Lesson 2: Transpiration & the Xylem
In this lesson, students will take the journey through a plant via the perspective of a water droplet (traveling with a mineral). By reading an adventure-like story and illustrating it, the teacher can easily check for understanding, then later, explain the science behind what is happening.
By using a story instead of a boring text, students are more engaged and visualize processes much better. This then, can provide an excellent foundation for building vocab or understanding larger scientific
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Grades:
6th - 8th
PROCEDURAL WRITING * LESSON AND WRITING ACTIVITY ** HOW TO BUILD A SNOWMAN!
This is a super-fun NO-PREP writing lesson and follow-up activity!!!! Teach all about Procedural Writing. Have fun teaching "HOW -TO" writing by using this winter-themed lesson all about How to Build a Snowman!! First, read about what Procedural Writing is. Then, view the tools provided to improve writing. Last of all, "show what you know" by using the slides to write directly into the text boxes. Step-by-step instructions given. Picture cues and hints provided along the way. Excellent scaffoldi
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Seven Steps to Writing Success Posters and Board Pieces
A set a bright and catchy posters, which outline 3 key points for each of the Seven Steps to Writing Success writing strategy, by Jen Mcveity.Included are 2 options for the Tightening Tension poster - Option 1 describes the main character as the "hero" and option 2 describes the main character as the "protagonist". This way you can choose which works better for the language in your classroom.Also included are interactive pieces, which can be laminated and used on the whiteboard during teaching t
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Grades:
K - 10th
Magnetic Poetry
Unlock the power of creativity and self-expression with our Interactive Poetry Lesson Plan, designed to inspire and engage students in the art of poetry writing. This comprehensive package includes a teacher slideshow, editable student slide, and versatile word tiles that can be customized for endless poetry activities.Key Features:1. Teacher Slideshow: The meticulously crafted teacher slideshow provides educators with a visually captivating and informative resource to guide students through the
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6th - 9th
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WHO DID IT? Missing Easter Bunny Mystery
Someone has kidnapped the Easter Bunny! You need to discover the culprit in time for Easter... Your class will be given the evidence report and also meet the suspects. Students are then asked to individually sketch the suspect they believe is guilty, justify their choice, describe what they believe happened on the day of the event, and decide on 3 questions to ask the suspect in a police interview. This fun and engaging whole-class activity is perfect for students of various ages, and ties in wi
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Who did it? Mysteries Bundle!
Pixar Shorts Films for Teaching Theme Character Plot Setting Carl and Ellie
This P animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP, is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn how to trace the conflict to determine th
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5th - 8th
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Myths, Legends and Fables Writing Pack
Fancy yourself a courageous knight? Want to have a chat with a talking animal? All of this is possible and more with our Myths, Legends and Fables pack. Combining elements of all three types of story, this pack opens up a world of supernatural creatures, brave legends, and breath-taking battles. Through a unique and stimulating collection of written and oral exercises, children will learn how to create their own ancient story, with legendary figures and mythical creatures going head to head. Add
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
The Bacon Cheeseburger Book Report Project
The Bacon Cheeseburger Project is a creative book report template that will really get your students excited about reading and completing what was once a boring book report! After completing this report, students will tackle a few important features of a book and will focus on many vital narrative components such as setting, plot, turning point, characters, a book’s theme, and much more.
This 39-page resource is packed. There are three sets of components for you to use in your classroom. Yo
Grades:
3rd - 8th
8th Grade Weekly Writing Prompts - 36 Weeks - Full Year Editable
Engaging 8th Grade Writing Prompts: Weekly Bellringers and Journal Activities for a full year. Looking for a comprehensive set of writing prompts to spark creativity and critical thinking in your 8th-grade students? This high-interest 8th Grade Weekly Writing Prompts resource includes 36 editable open-ended prompts designed to encourage expressive writing. Includes an introduction, student directions, and teacher directions on the last slide. Key Features:Editable Prompts: Customize the prompts
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8th
Creative Writing: Describing a Winter Setting
This resource focuses on describing setting during creative writing.It begins with a starter which focused on personification and teaches learners how to use personification and create it.The resource then shows a number of winter settings and encourages learners to describe the setting using the five senses. This can be printed as a page for learners to complete independently or in small groups. Alternatively, it can be completed as a whole class on the interactive whiteboard.The resource then
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Imaginative Writing: The Chinese Dragon
This Chinese New Year is the year of the dragon so the writing focus is going to be on a character description of a Chinese Dragon.This resource explains the five different aspects of a character that pupils should describe in order to successfully convey their character to their reader.It also provides a modelled text, and a table worksheet for them to record examples of each aspect from the text. This will help give them inspiration for their own story.
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4th - 10th
Halloween Character Traits SmartBoard Vocabulary Activity No Prep
Halloween Writing Activity for Smartboard. Halloween digital resource - writing motivator and vocabulary activity. Five different Halloween characters - vampire, ghost, scarecrow, skeleton, and witch. On the interactive whiteboard, students can drag the character traits they want for their chosen Halloween character into the box. They then can name their character and, in their journal, show, not tell, how their character demonstrates the traits they chose and elaborate on the character. They c
Grades:
5th - 8th
Ancient Roman Clip Art 1
Super Cute Clip ArtRoman themed 31 png 300dpi full colour imagesOriginal art work.Product DescriptionSuper cute valentines clip art (31 images in total)Product DescriptionSuper cute Original design. 300 DPI Transparent backgroundf you liked this set you might also like:Helping Make the Curriculum Fun:PiratesValentine's Day 1 Cute Clip ArtCute Love HeartsParts of the flowerMaths SymbolsMaths Cute Clip ArtMaths: Squares and RectanglesThe WeatherCookingEverything MagneticMagnetsThe CountrysideThe
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Clip Art Bundle - Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, St. Patrick's Day 1 and 2
Informal Email
In this lesson, your students will learn about the meanings of the words "informal" and "email". They will also practice and improve their reading skills by using various techniques. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to plan and write their emails.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
SOUND DEVICES - ALLITERATION, ONOMATOPOEIA, REPETITION, RHYME, METER: BOOM CARDS
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Rhetorical Sound Devices – Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Sibilance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme and Meter. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy based Boom Cards students will be able to:Match the terms associated with rhetorical sound devices with their meanings.Identify th
Grades:
2nd - 10th
Also included in: SOUND DEVICES - ALLITERATION ONOMATOPOEIA REPETITION RHYME METER: BUNDLE
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