8th grade english language arts resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE $10 and up

Drama, Reading, Social Studies - History

Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[(If purchased separately, would cost approximately $45.00(discounted), Money Back Guarantee: labouyer@yahoo.oom). All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a compilation of the best readers theater scripts from the Usual Bohemian's collection. It includes 16 scripts: “Music Words,” “The Boatswain Murders,” “My Brother Isn’t Sick,” “The Moor at Grimm Calais,” “The Blackbird Song of

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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Oh for the Love of Literature

Battle of the Books: Theme -Book 1 of a Series(10 total books)

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Books are listed with 8-10 questions and their answers. Students would form teams in your classroom and identify which student is reading which books in each teamat the beginning of the semester. Time would be given in class during the semester to create a posterboard with team name and identify a team leader. On the day of the actual battle towards the end of the semester, small white boards are best for answers: 1 per team, but you can have them answer audibly if you wish. This is designed for

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

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5th - 8th

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GATE

iGen LITERACY Tools for Generation Z -- Powerful Engagement! GATE 170 PAGES

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Portable Gifted and Talented

You, yes you, are going to be the amazing and super incredible teacher from the next generation with these tools! You’ll be making reading come alive and enhancing critical thinking.Engage, challenge, and delight Generation Z kids. You get four units which work with any age and practically all literacy content up to 8th grade.* You also get the big non-fiction projects unit so you can use even more tools in more ways and delight upon delight your kids! I told you that stardom was just around the

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Reading

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3rd - 8th

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"The Whumperbilly's II (A Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]

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Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sSave a hundred dollars or more over typical melodrama scripts, with a money back guarantee (labouyer@yahoo.com). All profits donated to the Homeless." This is a melodrama that accommodates 10- 15 players. If you were to purchase it from a major publisher it would cost you in the hundreds of dollars. It is very funny, interesting; and it is even friendly to produce,and comes with a money back guarante

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Drama, Music, Reading

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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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"The Whumperbilly's (A Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]

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Drama, Music, Short Stories

Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sSave a hundred dollars or more over typical melodrama scripts, with a money back guarantee (labouyer@yahoo.com). All profits donated to the homeless. This is a melodrama that accommodates 10- 15 players. If you were to purchase it from a major publisher it would cost you in the hundreds of dollars. It is very funny, interesting; and it is even friendly to produce,and comes with a money back guarantee

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7th - 12th, Higher Education

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"The Tale of the Mountain Cat (A Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]

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Drama, English Language Arts, Native Americans

Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sWith a money back guarantee (labouyer@yahoo.com). [All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a very friendly script that is based on a story about a boastful Mountain Cat who comes into a meadow community and creates a confrontation. It is done in a "Native American" style of legend and story telling. This script can be done with all levels of players, and should be a very fun and exc

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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Oh for the Love of Literature

Battle of the Book: Theme-Medieval

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Books are listed with 8-10 questions and their answers. Students would form teams in your classroom and identify which student is reading which books in each team at the beginning of the semester. Time would be given in class during the semester to create a posterboard with team name and identify a team leader. On the day of the actual battle towards the end of the semester, small white boards are best for answers: 1 per team, but you can have them answer audibly if you wish. This is designed fo

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English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

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5th - 8th

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Activities, GATE

Classroom Magazine

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Lawsons Lessons

This assignment is the perfect enrichment activity, especially for advanced or honors courses. It is project-based and student-led! The project is designed to simulate a real magazine company, with the students taking the roles of chief editors, editors, and writing staff. Students are required to communicate with each other, make decisions together, and to create several different types of writing. Students will actually create a professionally printed magazine using design software of the teac

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Creative Writing, Graphic Arts, Writing

Grades:

6th - 12th

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Projects, GATE

Power Vocab

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Kim Martinez

Challenge your students to improve their vocabulary with high level Power Vocabulary words. This resource is a monthly assignment that spans the course of a school year from September through April. It is a great tool for class work; it can also be used as an independent activity for homework or enrichment. The pacing of the lessons compliment other items covered in a middle school classroom: context clues through definition, restatement, example, contrast, as well as a review of parts of speech

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English, English Language Arts

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6th - 10th

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GATE, Homework, Lesson

Writing About Literature and Our Lives 1

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ESL / ELL / EFL, Literature, Writing

Teachers and students love the writing prompts and quick writes included in the new Writing About Literature and Our Lives series. Created by a teacher who has taught 2-12 and college, these prompts may serve as a first sponge activity when a student walks in the classroom. The teacher could also read aloud the prompt and engage students with writing ideas and instruction. The basis of the Writing About Literature and Our Lives is that the writing prompts cover writing genres from persuasive

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7th - 12th, Adult Education

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GATE, Lesson

Writing and Literary Analysis Browning and Twain 3

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Teachers and students enjoy quick writes and writing prompts about literature, quotations and current events. Writing genres are presented to students in easily consumable form. Teacher may present the writing prompts on an overhead or run off a class set which may be used and re used. Writing genres offered in the Writing About Literature and Our Lives series may include business letters, persuasive essays, autobiographical narratives and/or current events. The creator of this series has taug

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7th - 12th, Adult Education

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Literary Analysis Browning and Twain 3

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Teachers and students enjoy quick writes and writing prompts about literature, quotations and current events. Writing genres are presented to students in easily consumable form. Teacher may present the writing prompts on an overhead or run off a class set which may be used and re used. Writing genres offered in the Writing About Literature and Our Lives series may include business letters, persuasive essays, autobiographical narratives and/or current events. The creator of this series has taug

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7th - 12th, Adult Education

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Writing About Literature and Our Lives 2

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English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Teachers and students enjoy quick writes and writing prompts about literature, quotations and current events. Writing genres are presented to students in easily consumable form. Teacher may present the writing prompts on an overhead or run off a class set which may be used and re used. Writing genres offered in the Writing About Literature and Our Lives series may include business letters, persuasive essays, autobiographical narratives and/or current events. The creator of this series has taug

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7th - 12th, Adult Education

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