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Common Core W.7.5 word walls 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
Fairy Tale Lesson Plan Bundle
This lesson plan bundle—one of my all-time favorite ELA units to teach—contains activities designed to generate enthusiasm and skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and performing. Read on for notes regarding grade level usage. And see the Preview for Table of Contents, Standards correlations, and sample materials.
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I hope you enjoy my favorite unit!
Cynthia
The unit bundle includes the following, totaling over 100 pages
6th, 7th, 8th Grade ELA Word Wall ENG Spanish Writing Reading Vocabulary Posters
Create an ELA Word Wall and teach ELA vocabulary terms with simple definitions, examples, and visuals. Hang this English or Spanish word wall in your 6th, 7th, or 8th grade classroom. You can present every ELA vocabulary term in the included PowerPoint slideshow. Print these reading and writing posters in two sizes and clip together to form English or Spanish vocabulary cards! Plus, save time with this resource! The small posters are printed in the center of the page to eliminate extra trimming.
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6th - 8th
Narrative Writing Contractions SCAMPER Upper Elementary Middle School
Can narrative writing be interactive and engaging? Yes! You're going to love this narrative writing lesson that also enables students to practice their contractions. Yep! It's a two-for-one special! If you have reluctant writers, you'll love how the prompt and activities along with loads of graphic organizers, and clear instructions will help all students be successful as they write about a day they were invisible. In addition to narrative writing and contraction practice, students will also get
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4th - 7th
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6th, 7th, 8th Grade ELA Word Wall ENG Spanish - Writing & Language Vocab Posters
Create an ELA Word Wall and teach ELA vocabulary terms with simple definitions, examples, and visuals. Hang this English or Spanish word wall in your 6th, 7th, or 8th grade classroom. You can present every ELA vocabulary term in the included PowerPoint slideshow. Print these writing and language posters in two sizes and clip together to form English or Spanish vocabulary cards! Plus, save time with this resource! The small posters are printed in the center of the page to eliminate extra trimming
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6th - 8th
DAY OF THE DEAD Reading Writing & Art Integration Unit | Hispanic Sugar Skulls
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep,30-page Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Reading, Writing, Research, and Art Unit! It includes everything you need to celebrate and understand the tradition of Sugar Skulls as it relates to Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). It also allows students to compare/contrast Halloween and Day of the Dead through online research.The following resources are included:•Sugar Skull nonfiction passage, CCSS-aligned
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3rd - 12th
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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Lesson Plan & PPT Package Explaining Hero vs Villain Protagonist vs Antagonist
This is a two-part package -- a Power Point presentation and a lesson plan. The PPT is available separately by the same name.
This 14-slide Power Point presentation presents hero, villain, protagonist, and antagonist. It explains the shift from using the terms "hero" and "villain" to the more contemporary "protagonist" and "antagonist." The presentation also uses Greek and early English root words to explain how the terms "protagonist" and "antagonist" evolved.
The fourteen slides include 1
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
600+ Descriptive Writing Words for Natural Elements! Use for Narrative Imagery!⭐
Lists of Words for Descriptive WritingAre you bored when you read your students' descriptive writing? Are their stories and Mad Libs stuffed with cookie-cutter words? If so, this descriptive writing words list will rekindle interest & revitalize their texts!Why Focus on Natural Elements?Nature surrounds us and engages all of our senses. It is the most visceral connection beyond our connection with loved ones. So, descriptive words for fire, water, earth & wind elevate meaning in most tex
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6th - 9th
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Roles of Citizens in Society Peer Editing Civics Activities Upper Elementary
Language Arts and Social Studies go together like peanut butter and jelly (yum!) in this activity where students will explore the role of citizens in a society, write their own mini-books, and then peer edit each other's work. It's like a two-for-one instructional time special!Your students will participate in three activities on their way to understanding the role of citizens in society.I like to do this over two different days. I do the first activity on the first day, and then the other two.
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4th - 8th
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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
Decades Project: Journey Through Time! Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
Students 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 finishChoice of DecadeSlide to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what during the decade study (who will research mu
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4th - 7th
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
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6th - 9th
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
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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
10 Tips to Improve Everything You Write for School, Work, and Life
This 90-page guide is meant to be a quick and easy way to improve anyone's writing. Teachers might want to use this for their own edification or to use in parts to help students with their writing process. The 10 tips are also helpful for everyday use, business writers, and creative writers. Really, there are far more than just 10 tips as each one of the tips includes numerous other tips-within-tips and additional ideas on how to improve writing.The material includes quotes from authors conce
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Decades Project: A Journey Through Time-Group Research and Writing Project!
Students 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 during the decade study (who will research music? who will researc
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Enrichment Writing Projects! Printable Bundle!
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
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6th - 12th
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Spicy Words to Spice up Your Fluency in Argumentative or Informative Writing
Upper Elem/Middle Schoolers ARE ready for high-level fluency words in their argumentative and informative writing pieces--NO MATTER WHAT READING OR WRITING LEVEL THEY ARE ON. But where should they get this language from? This 100% unique word document is an EDITABLE list of 90 words the teacher should be modeling verbally AND through shared pen CONSTANTLY. Students should be practicing using these words over and over in their writing to gain confidence as the year progresses. GREAT FOR BRINGING
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Writing Process Anchor Chart
Use this as a visual in the classroom for the writing process. You can post them around your room all at once or introduce each poster as you teach each stage of the writing process. The comparison to the growth of a flower helps students conceptualized each part of the writing process.Additional ideas:- Print each page on cardstock and laminate, connect each page with binder rings, hand vertically on the wall, and write students' names/numbers on clothes pins. Place ALL of the clothes pins on "
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2nd - 6th
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Decades Project: A Journey Through Time- Google Slides!
Students 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 slides Decades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finish Choice of DecadeSlide to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what during the decade study (who will researc
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Enrichment Writing Projects! Google Slides
Absolutely Hair Raising Tales to Keep You up at Night and Make You an Awesome Re
Reluctant readers and advanced readers alike are challenging groups to find suitable reading material for, but this hair raising tale will actually suit both demographics just perfectly! Written in engaging prose that is all but impossible to put down, the story keeps readers turning pages and then challenges them with 25 professionally written, evidence based multiple choice questions and two essay writing prompts. Hard to please readers, you have met your match! (C) 2020 by LA on a Mission
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7th - 12th
All About Genres: Picture Book Project
Are you trying to find a way to make students go beyond identification and comparisons when learning genres? This is a great summative project to have students demonstrate their understanding of genres and their fiction writing skills.Included you will find:A link to the Google Doc to edit the file to fit your needsA list of requirements for the projectA list of standards for the projectA rubric identifying mastery, approaching, and in progress levels
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4th - 8th
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