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Creative writing Common Core RL.7.4 resources
Hatchet Novel Study: Digital + Printable Book Unit: activities & quizzes
Are you tired of pulling resources from many sources? This comprehensive Hatchet Digital + Printable Novel Study includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts, skill practice, and language arts lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards (CCSS) for grades 5–7.Check out all three versions of the Hatchet Book Unit to determine which best fits your teaching needs and style.Version #1: Hatchet [Gary Paulsen] Google Digital + Boom Learning + Printable Book
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5th - 7th
Also included in: 6th Grade Novel Study Bundle
Figurative Language STATIONS - Group Activities - Print & DIGITAL
Figurative Language Stations with Task Cards: Would you like your students more clear on figurative language and sound devices? Motivate them with this must-have creative STATION work! Now includes a DIGITAL version! You get EIGHT different stations with task cards and inviting student handouts for each. Students identify and analyze figurative language, and then brainstorm to apply their knowledge in imaginative ways. Clear and specific teacher guidelines are provided to make set up and grad
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6th - 9th
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Rhyme in Poetry Practice Worksheets - Rhyming Silly Sentences
Finding Rhymes in Poetry. These 2 poetry worksheets define rhyme and then lets students actively identify the rhymes in ten silly sentences. There are more than one rhyming pair in the sentences and rhyming word endings are not always spelled the same, so students have to look carefully. Also, there are some words that students may not be familiar with, so that presents an additional challenge and a way to develop vocabulary by introducing new words. Made for middle school and secondary ELA. A
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Poetry Bundle of Teaching Resources Grades 5 - 8
Slam Poetry Mini Unit
Looking to add slam poetry to your poetry unit, but too swamped to plan it out? I’ve got you covered. This one-week slam poetry mini-unit is designed to be inserted into your poetry unit, and is packed with 5 days of my best slam poetry lesson plans. It will take your students through brainstorming, drafting, performance-planning, and performing all in a week. It’s the perfect unit to give your students a taste of slam poetry (and get them begging for more). You’re students will never think
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6th - 12th
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"Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros: COMPLETE Unit, w/Assessment-Printable & 1:1
*****Newly UPDATED, REVAMPED, and NOW INCLUDING 1:1 RESOURCES AND DISTANCE LEARNING MATERIALS! Over 200 pages with PDF Files and Google Links containing activities, organizers, writing opportunities, questions, and a summative assessment! “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros is a perfect story for middle school students! This resource includes EVERYTHING you need to teach this text, both in person AND using distance learning. This resource is extremely low prep, includes resources for daily journals, re
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5th - 7th
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Song Titles | Main Idea and Symbolism | Language Arts Worksheets
Songs and song lyrics are so important to teens, and this is one of my students' favorite lessons all year. Teenagers - actual teenagers - have complimented me on this lesson plan. That was a wow-factor for me, because I really didn't expect quite that much love when I developed the lesson. Every time I teach it, I hear comments such as: "We should do this kind of thing more often," "Of all your classes, this one is my favorite so far," etc. Quite a few get so involved, they ask to work on it at
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8th - 11th
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Haiku Poetry Lesson - How to Write a Haiku Assignment Haiku Templates and Rubric
Teach students the history of haiku and about writing haiku poetry with this haiku poem workshop! This lesson includes haiku templates and a haiku rubric for assessment. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Writing Haiku Poetry Workshop:✏️ Haiku Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Guided Note for Haiku Poetry Lesson - Digital & Print✏️ Haiku Writing Assignment Instructions - Digital & Print✏️ Differentiated Haiku T
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4th - 10th
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Poetry Bundle Writing, Reading, & Understanding Poetry
Poetry Resources for Reading, Writing, and Understanding Poetry, Volume 1
This (and ALL of my poetry resources) IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poetry Resources Bundle, Volume 2 is also available; it includes my newer resources that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
This bundle contains my resources for teaching poetry, which includes teaching poetic devices and figurative language, reading/interpreting poetry, and writing original po
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Poetry Terms Presentation with Song Lyric Examples
Poetry Terms Presentation with Song Lyrics Examples: Song lyrics are one of the easiest ways to teach poetry terms/devices such as alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, irony, and rhyme.
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
This zipped file contains three pdf presentation files. The teacher's file contains a presentation to introduce each term, define it, and gives examples of each one. Then is uses Daughtry's song
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry Unit Plan - Poem Writing & Analysis Activities
This no-prep, engaging, 5-week CCSS-aligned slam poetry unit is packed with fun spoken word poetry activities and assignments - EVERYTHING you need for your next slam poem unit! Studying poem writing and writing slam poetry can be a fun, interactive, student-centered experience that engages every learner! These resources provide the complete slam poetry experience, from exploration to analysis, from writing to performance. Your students will understand and appreciate slam poetry, but they will a
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8th - 11th
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Fable Writing Unit: 10-Days of Writing Lessons - PDF and Google Slides Versions
In this 10-day unit students will study mentor texts to become experts on the characteristics of fables and children’s books. Then, they will write their own fable in the form of a children’s book. After reading and studying mentor texts, students will begin writing their fables. During the pre-writing phase students will select a moral, plan their fable, develop their characters, and establish the setting for their story. Students will develop their plot with plot development tools includin
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4th - 7th
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Free Verse Poetry Lesson - Poetry Writing Workshop with Pages for Blackout Poems
Explore free verse poetry with this poetry writing workshop! Students will read modern free verse poems with the option to write blackout poetry, a collage poem, or an illustrative poem. Includes an editable poetry rubric, assignment instructions, and digital worksheets for distance learning!Included with this Free Verse Poetry Writing Workshop:✏️ Free Verse Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Free Verse Poetry Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Writi
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6th - 11th
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Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded them for other teachers to use.This is the complete complete collection: the seven units comprised the entirety of my fifteen hour writing camp. This is a $25.50 dollar value.
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6th - 12th
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief BUNDLE (Lapbook & Comprehension Questions)
This bundle combines a lapbook with a variety of comprehension activities with a set of comprehension quick checks to use for assessment.The Percy Jackson Lapbook is engaging way for students to track their comprehension while reading Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Students will analyze the main character, identify allusions, make connections, evaluate the novel and extend their learning by researching Greek gods and writing their own Camp Half-Blood adventure. This is a g
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5th - 7th
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Poetry Terms Bookmarks - Figurative Language Devices
Poetry Terms Bookmarks: Remind students of the most common poetry terms with these handy bookmarks. Terms include: alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme, simile, and stanza. Includes a simple definition plus an example from a poem and/or a song to demonstrate the device.
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my POETRY RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Poets quoted include Theodore Roethke, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Amy Lowell. Musical artists include Bo
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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ELA Morning Work Do Now ELA Bell Ringers LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY DIGITAL
SEPTEMBER BACK TO SCHOOL BELLRINGERS, LITERARY WORD OF THE DAY! Students review: Theme, plot, conflict, setting, foreshadowing, flashback, irony, symbolism, alliteration, point of view, simile, metaphor, imagery, genre, and more! Includes end-of-month test and literary element sketch activity. DAILY TASK: Students read a literary definition and use the letter hints to determine the word of the day. Then, students write an example of the literary word.INCLUDES20 Bell ringersPRINTABLE end of mont
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6th - 9th
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Christmas Digital Breakout for Figurative Language
Have fun just before Christmas break in your ELA classroom with this no-prep digital Christmas activity. Your students will solve 3 engaging ELA Christmas activities about figurative language & write their own examples of figurative language too! ⭐Want more holiday digital breakouts? Check out the Holiday Digital Breakouts Bundle to save money and get more breakouts!⭐This Christmas activity can be used for online, virtual, or distance learning.This Christmas Figurative Language Digital Break
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Holiday ELA Activities Bundle
End of Year Activity ELA
Keep your middle school students engaged and thinking at the end of the year with this summer fun digital breakout. Students will enjoy the four ELA challenges that they must solve to escape in this summer end-of-year digital escape! ⭐Want more holiday digital breakouts? Check out the Holiday Digital Breakouts Bundle to save money and get more breakouts!⭐This end of year activity can be used for online, virtual, or distance learning.This end of year activity focuses on: •parts of speech summer w
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Holiday ELA Activities Bundle
Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School: 70 Pages of Lesson Plans
In conjunction with our free PDF of the Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School (found on our website), we have created a complete set of lesson plans for all six stories.Lesson plans are for the following stories:A Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteA Klondike Christmas by Jack LondonThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Kit-Bag by Algernon BlackwoodThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonStories are not included in lesson plans but can b
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6th - 12th
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Percy Jackson's the Lightening Thief Journal: Writing Prompts and Vocabulary
This journal includes writing prompts for every chapter of Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightening Thief. They are creative and thought provoking writing prompts that relate to the plots and themes of each chapter in the novel. Included are narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive topics. Each journal page also includes vocabulary words from each chapter that students should challenge themselves to use.While reading the novel with my students, I use this journal after we have co
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4th - 9th
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Lesson for Dialogue Poems - Writing with Mentor Texts - Poems for Two Voices
Teach point of view with this poetry writing lesson. Students use mentor texts as models for their own writing of poems with two voices. The reading and writing of dialogue poems also helps students grasp character and theme complexities. In this lesson, students first read examples of dialogue poems (hyperlinks are provided to these poems) and then write their own dialogue poems. They start by brainstorming a list of characters that they could use in their poems, and then they journal about th
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Poetry Reading and Writing Activity Bundle
Tuck Everlasting Bundle-Close Rdg, Text-Dependent ?'s, Gr.Orgs for EVERY chapter
This bundle for “Tuck Everlasting” has everything that you need to teach this amazing novel!
When you purchase this bundle, you receive:
* A 7 page guide for using the resources in your classroom.
* At least one graphic organizer for EACH chapter! Each organizer was created based on COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS. These organizers were not just revamped and “labeled” as Common Core, but created specifically based on the Common Core Standards. Some chapters have more than one graphic organizer
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4th - 8th
Holes: 40 Journal Prompts (Distance Learning)
Holes is a wonderful story of a boy who goes through great lengths to help a friend in a difficult environment.Like this book?***Save 25%!***This product is also available in a power pack containing both journal prompts and quizzes!Holes by Louis Sachar Power Pack ***40 Journal Prompts Description:→ Assess student comprehension→ Requires students to use important skills: summarizing, characterization, cause and effect, figurative language, author's purpose, vocabulary strategies, and personal re
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4th - 7th
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