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Common Core W.8.3 resources for GATE
Descriptive Writing Unit - Low-Prep Lesson Plans, Prompts, Sensory Word Lists
This descriptive writing mini unit is super quick to teach and will improve your students' descriptive writing instantly with descriptive writing prompts, sensory word lists, and more! It's got an engaging descriptive writing lesson plan that will launch your students into fabulous descriptive writing so they show, not tell, in addition to other resources you'll return to again and again. In this descriptive writing mini unit, you'll find graphic organizers that will support all learners, with t
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4th - 7th
Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
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4th - 8th
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Essay Assignment: Who am I, Really?
This is a free-standing essay assignment OR is part of the larger "Search for Self" unit. This essay assignment asks students to consider who they are. There is a brief self-exploration exercise to help students understand themselves better. Material from Les Miserables, Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, and the Six Steps in Search for Self are condensed as part of the self-exploration exercise.
The material includes information for the teacher, the self-exploration exercis
Cinderella Text vs Film Bundle
In this bundle you will receive all of the resources you need to teach a short unit comparing and contrasting the Grimm Brother's text version of Cinderella and Disney's Film version. With these items you can take your students through watching and reading both stories while taking focused notes, using those notes to answer challenging higher level thinking questions and culminate their learning with a narrative writing or recorded podcast. You will receive:Cinderella Text vs Film Lesson Sequenc
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5th - 8th
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Greek Mythology Unit
This unit includes several activities that work with a few of the common myths: Pandora's Box, Hercules, Odysseus, Achilles, Trojan Horse, King Midas, and Zeus. This resource gives you the freedom to let your students explore mythological characters beyond what I have included.Activities include: - STEM Challenge (planning, reflecting, and rubric)- Allusions from mythology page - Greek character cards project (directions and rubric) - Myth vs Science: rubric included - Let's Write a Myth: Creat
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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FREE Blood on the River Novel Choice Board Project
Harness students' creativity as they display their learning with this fun and engaging Blood on the River novel project! After reading the book, students will analyze the novel's plot, characters, conflicts, themes, and especially the historical context by creating a project of their choice - from a persuasive speech to a Jamestown newspaper to a piece of visual art. Whatever they choose, student will be challenged to write about different points of view and look at history with fresh eyes.If yo
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Blood on the River Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Narrative Writing Through Finding Nemo
Trying to teach narrative writing concepts? Looking for a way to teach high level concepts about plot and character development that is engaging and educational? This lesson is the perfect way to do that. Tried and tested in fourth and fifth grade, but perfect for middle and high school classrooms as well, students will develop a common vocabulary to discuss narrative stories all while developing their own.This seven day lesson plan walks your students through Finding Nemo while learning about:P
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Fourth Grade Mega Bundle of Resources
Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
Soldier's Heart Socratic Seminar (Plus Choice Board)
Looking for some creative assessment options for your Soldier's Heart novel study? Spark rich discussions and let their creativity shine with this Socratic seminar and choice board project! These engaging, deep-thinking novel study activities (part of my Soldier's Heart Novel Unit Bundle) are perfect extensions for taking students deeper after reading Gary Paulsen's Civil War novel Soldier's Heart. They're especially great for a gifted classroom!The first page is a three-part list of 15 discussi
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Soldier's Heart Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Gender, Stereotypes and Society - Creative Digital Exploration
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Edgar Allan Poe Horror Scene - Creative Digital Narrative
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Global/US Geography Jingle - Creative Song Production
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
Writing Fiction with Complex Characters via Memorable Traits and Backstories
Young writers often write fictional characters as superficially described puppets for plots, without delving into the personalities, psychological profiles, and interrelationships that make a character come to life. This lesson focuses on developing memorable personality details that force writers to develop complexity in their style, by adding backstories and motives for behaviors. This exercise and discussion regarding character development will certainly enhance future reading experiences in
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7th - 10th
Mimio-Young Authors' Conf.: writing stages to publish a book -2 weeks (3rd-8th)
The Young Authors' Conference (grades 3-8) is designed to instill a love of reading and writing, provides an opportunity for area students to celebrate the writing process. Students are invited to attend the conference with a professional author and learn from the author's personal experiences.
This covers many writing standards from 3rd-8th grade from writing to publishing literature.
This mimio goes through each stage of the writing process and gives a lesson on each step. It includes vide
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Enyclopedic Musings - Creative Fiction/Non-Fiction Digital Writing
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
Comic Poetry Sketch - Creative Digital Narrative
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Emergency Sub Lesson IGNITE IDEAS for jump-starting idea making and plot
45-90 minutes depending on how many extensions you require
Send this plan to your English Language Arts sub and let the rest begin!
Lesson is focused on idea-making, basic plot event structures, and collaboration. It includes a warm-up, direct instruction guidance, student practice, handouts, and a wide variety of extension opportunities that are differentiated for challenge, processing speed, interests, length, and style.
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Memorial Day Audio Biography- Community-Based Digital Narrative
This Digital Storytelling Unit is designed to be completed over the course of three to four weeks. Students, working in teams of three to four, will explore core curricular content and be required to make an engaging and creative short video about that content. This Digital Storytelling unit is part of a larger initiative called Meridian Stories (www.meridianstories.com).
Each Digital Storytelling Unit:
• Should take three to four weeks to complete;
• Is aligned to Common Core Curricular Standa
Grades:
6th - 12th
Story Starters for Gifted Writers - Narrative Writing
12 writing prompts to help students write about the fears and frustrations of life using wildlife photos I took:LONELINESS: Why am I here? What have I done to deserve this? How will I endure the loneliness?BOREDOM: Is this all there is to life, to being? Is this why I stretched and grew and worked? Isn’t there more to being alive than just this drudgery and repetition?CHOICE: When will it end, this aching, this constant need gnawing within me, occupying my mind every second of every day,
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Fiction BUNDLE
Poem Prompt for Essay, Poetry and Fiction Writing--AND Introspection
Students will write a SHORT ESSAY RESPONSE that establishes a clearly and strongly stated opinion (thesis) related to the theme of the poem, followed by illustrative examples from the text, explanatory and interpretive commentary, and a broader conclusion/overview of the original opinion. The MULTIPLE EXTENSION EXERCISES call for students to write a POEM, A WHIMSICAL ADVERTISEMENT for a friend with specific character traits, and a FICTION STORY about friendship. The exercises are designed to eli
Cinderella Podcasts
Integrate technology and real world learning in your classroom with this engaging Cinderella Podcasting assignment! After reading Grimm's Cinderella and watching the Disney film, students will script and record a Podcast episode where they are responsible for interviewing characters from the story. This Podcast activity can be adapted for any short story or reading.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Cinderella Text vs Film Bundle
GATE Hero's Journey Dystopia Project
Tap into your students' creative sides! Students will synthesize their understanding of the hero's journey in any dystopian novel and their knowledge of the character's traits and behaviors to create a story of their own about the main character of the novel.This can be done with an independent reading novel, book clubs, or whole-class novel. This bundle includes slides to explain the project with an example and a graphic organizer that can be used as the final draft or as a planning page if you
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6th - 12th
Wildlife Creative Writing Prompts - Write a story
10 writing prompts to help students write a story about wildlife:"As I wandered down the trail, I came upon a fallen tree blocking my path. So, I took a deep breath and...""The toad looked at the passing fly and decided that it just wasn’t the right thing to do, because...""He looked at the wasp and reached out his hand, thinking that...""As the hungry beetle crawled toward the sweet nectar, it sensed a darkness, an evil, just on the other side of what could be sweet ecstasy...""Unable to stop i
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4th - 10th
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