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Common Core W.6.1b resources for GATE
Mock Trial: Cinderella and the Case of the Missing Glass Slipper
Are you looking for an engaging and creative way to harness the power of persuasion and argument? Then this activity surely is for you! As a follow-up to my best-selling mock trial about The Three Little Pigs, I've created Cinderella and the Case of the Missing Glass Slipper. It takes approximately five days to complete in class. I have planned out three days of trial preparation and about two days of courtroom action! Students love this activity. It's a favorite every year! Not only does it tea
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Mock Trials: Classic Tales
Create Your Own Utopia - FUN Argumentative Writing Project
This final project is a favorite for my seventh graders. I used it as a summative assessment after studying Utopias - it would be perfect after a reading of The Giver or other utopia/dystopia novels.The project is based on the students creating their own Utopias. However, I wanted to have it tied into Argumentative Writing, so graphic organizers lead students on a step-by-step path to not just create their Utopia, but argue why people should choose to live there. Students use actual sources t
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6th - 8th
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Persuasive and Expository Collaborative Activity Writing Product Reviews
Do you read the reviews before you buy a product? Almost all of us do, and your students will become pros at this aspect of writing that blends expository and persuasive writing. This is such a fun activity for teaching writing.There are two activities included. First, students will share three of their favorite products. Using a graphic organizer, they'll plan what they want to say about it. Then, in groups of three, they'll share their favorite products. They'll try to persuade the group membe
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5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Persuasive, Narrative and Descriptive Writing Lessons & Activities BUNDLE
Research and Writing Animal Reports Zoology Upper Elementary
Leverage students' love of animals to get them excited to research and write! The lesson is made up of three activities that will lead students through the research process. Two things set this lesson plan apart: first, to get kids excited to research, they'll play a game. Next, there are three different animal report templates to choose from, so students feel some autonomy in their reports. If you're a Language Arts teacher, adding in the science component is powerful. If you're a science teac
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4th - 6th
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Memoirs Family Heritage Project ~ Distance Learning ELA
Oral history is lost forever if not uncovered and recorded. This beautiful project engages students as historians - creating a family heirloom heritage collection box, doing comprehensive interviews of an older relative with a large given bank of intriguing questions, creating a newspaper full of various modes and forms of writing showcasing the research of family history. Finally, the student prepares and presents their findings in an engaging oral presentation - sharing snippets of best lear
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4th - 9th
Persuasive Writing Activities Creative Writing Differentiated Upper Elementary
Looking for a fun way to practice persuasive writing? This activity set has everything you need for a terrific persuasive writing experience for your students. They'll create a creature and then persuade their families why they need to keep it as their new pet! How fun! I made it just for those reluctant writers, with a small group game, loads of graphic organizers, and clear instructions so they can all be successful writers. They will sketch out their creature as well, appealing to those stude
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4th - 7th
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Ancient Greece: The Minoan Civilization on the Island of Crete
Give your students the opportunity to be archaeologists as they explore the ancient Minoan ruins on the island of Crete.The first civilization of Ancient Greece were the Minoans on the island of Crete. This civilization reached its height of glory during the Bronze Age by carefully exploiting their both its location and resources. Much of the Minoan history is read as a picture book. We have their frescoes, artifacts, and ruins but little of their writing. So this is fantastic opportunity to
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ancient Greece: THE MINOAN AND MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATIONS Bundle
Depth and Complexity Icons Argumentative Writing (distance learning)
Use depth and complexity icons to help teach your students argumentative writing! This resource focuses on the depth and complexity icon "multiple perspectives" while using the book "The Day the Crayons Quit" as a mentor text. Get your students writing arguments while expressing creativity as they take a deeper look into what it's really like to be a crayon and why it can be so hard! Your students will have fun, and all of the scaffolding and lesson planning is already done for you. Ready to pri
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4th - 7th
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Writing Activities Conduct an Interview Create a Newspaper Upper Elementary
Celebrate school heroes and teach writing standards at the same time! In this resource, students choose a school employee they admire, develop an interview plan, interview them, and then work in small groups to publish a small newspaper about school heroes. You'll build school community and also build student writing skills.The lesson is made up of three activities that can be done over a series of class periods. You'll get everything you need to make a great experience for your students without
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4th - 6th
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Enrichment Creative Writing Project Bundle! Google Slides and Printable!
Three Enrichment Projects for Students! All editable on Google Slides and Printable Versions included as well!Decades Research ProjectStudents will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way!This product includes:Table of Contents linked to the slidesDecades Project Example on the 1890s from start to fini
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3rd - 6th
Movie Advertisement Book Report (Includes Essay and Movie Poster Assignment)
This Movie Advertisement book report has students analyze any novel or chapter book by writing a multi-paragraph informational essay and creating a movie advertisement poster, imagining how the book would be advertised if it were a movie. The instructions include student-friendly language with paragraph-by-paragraph guidance for the informational essay and sample topic sentences. The instructions also tell specific requirements for the movie poster (including a tag line, movie critic reviews, wh
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2nd - 12th
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Quick Literature Study
This literature study is short and sweet, just like the novel. It asks students to extend the metaphorical story of Jonathan into real world aspects. There are questions for Part One, Part Two and Part Three that can be differentiated based on student ability - these differentiation strategies are outlined in the lesson plans. As a final project, students are asked to find parallels between the novel and ideas, other documents or biographies. To do this, students must conduct outside research
Grades:
6th - 9th
Create your own Video Game Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
In this project students will design their own video game! They will plan out the video game elements, draw and write about the characters and setting from their game, design their first level, write a descriptive story walking readers through the first level their game, and finally answer a reporter's interview questions about their game!Included:Writing PromptExample project from start to finish with audio option to hear the story being readInspiration brainstorming boardTitle PageCharacter de
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3rd - 6th
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Invention Convention! Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
Students will brainstorm and design a new invention that solves a problem! After, they will write a radio advertisement and answer interview question about their invention.Incorporates student choice, creativity, informational, and persuasive writing.Included:Example invention project from start to finishBrainstorming pageInvention planning pageSpace to draw and label their inventionAdvertisement planner and space to write their advertisementInterview questions students will answer from a judge
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3rd - 6th
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Designing Projects with Inquiry-Based Questions
Use these two great critical thinking materials to help your students learn how to write open-ended questions to encourage broad research and in-depth thinking that results in high-quality products. The first activity pack, "Writing Inquiry-Based Questions," takes students step by step through the process of writing strong questions to drive their research, including examples of inquiry and non-inquiry questions along with practice writing their own questions. Finally, the second activity invol
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3rd - 6th
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Year of Creative Writing! Printable Version!
This product includes 36 fun creative writing mini projects! 3 choices for each month!I use these a couple different ways in my classroom. I will either have it available as an early finisher task for the month or I will assign them as a week-long mini writing project.Each writing prompt includes:Project exampleGraphic organizer for planningSpace for writingRubricsStudents will have a choice of a variety of creative writing prompts to practice:poetrywriting a script for a playspeech writingfanta
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3rd - 6th
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Enrichment Writing Projects! Printable Bundle!
Three Enrichment Projects for Students! Decades Research ProjectStudents will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way!This product includes:Table of Contents Decades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finishChoice of DecadePage to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what du
Invention Convention! Printable Version
Students will brainstorm and design a new invention that solves a problem! After, they will write a radio advertisement and answer interview question about their invention.Incorporates student choice, creativity, informational, and persuasive writing.Included:Example invention project from start to finishBrainstorming pageInvention planning pageSpace to draw and label their inventionAdvertisement planner and space to write their advertisementInterview questions students will answer from a judge
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Invention Convention! Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
Create your own Video Game!
In this project students will design their own video game! They will plan out the video game elements, draw and write about the characters and setting from their game, design their first level, write a descriptive story walking readers through the first level their game, and finally answer a reporter's interview questions about their game!Included:Writing PromptExample project from start to finish with audio option to hear the story being readInspiration brainstorming boardTitle PageCharacter de
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Create your own Video Game Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
YEAR of Creative Writing! Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
This product includes 36 fun creative writing mini projects! 3 choices for each month!This is the Google Slides and Printable version! Easy to edit Google Slides that can be shared on your learning platforms so each student has their own copy to edit.I use these a couple different ways in my classroom. I will either have it available as an early finisher task for the month or I will assign them as a week-long mini writing project.Each writing prompt includes:Project exampleGraphic organizer for
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3rd - 6th
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Summer Creative Writing Printable Version
This product includes NINE fun Summer Themed writing mini projects!This would be great for a summer writing project to keep students writing skills up over the long break! Each writing prompt includes:Project exampleGraphic organizer for planningSpace for writingRubricsJune:Summer Road Trip: Summer is the perfect time to hit the road with your family! Choose a state to travel to, and plan three places to visit during your stay. Happy travels!Food Truck: Design your own food truck! Create your re
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3rd - 6th
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Year of Creative Writing! 12 Months! Google Slides Bundle!
This product includes 36 fun creative writing mini projects! 3 choices for each month!Easy to edit Google Slides that can be shared on your learning platforms so each student has their own copy to edit.I use these a couple different ways in my classroom. I will either have it available as an early finisher task for the month or I will assign them as a week-long mini writing project.Each writing prompt includes:Project exampleGraphic organizer for planningSpace for writingRubricsStudents will hav
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Invention Convention! Editable Google Slides!
Students will brainstorm and design a new invention that solves a problem! After, they will write a radio advertisement and answer interview question about their invention. Incorporates student choice, creativity, informational, and persuasive writing. Included: Example invention project from start to finish Brainstorming page Invention planning pageSpace to draw and label their invention Advertisement planner and space to write their advertisement Interview questions students will answer from a
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Invention Convention! Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
School Year Creative Writing Bundle! Printable Version
This product includes 27 fun creative writing mini projects! 3 choices for each month!I use these a couple different ways in my classroom. I will either have it available as an early finisher task for the month or I will assign them as a week-long mini writing project.Each writing prompt includes:Project exampleGraphic organizer for planningSpace for writingRubricsStudents will have a choice of a variety of creative writing prompts to practice:poetryspeech writingfantasy storiesnewspaper article
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3rd - 6th
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