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Middle school other (ELA) handouts
Meet the Teacher Template Editable | Welcome to Our Class Back to School Letters
This editable meet the teacher template is a perfect way to provide your students and their families with some information about you and your classroom at the beginning of the school year. You can send it in the mail in the summer, email it home, provide a copy to each family at an open house, hand out to your students during the first week of school, or upload to google classroom. Click here to SAVE 30% by buying this as part of my Back to School Forms Bundle!What's Included:- Meet the Teacher
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Back to School Forms Bundle | Print + Digital
Intro to Public Speaking Mini-Unit: Learning from Experts & Videos (with Google)
Instead of lecturing about public speaking fundamentals, let students hear it from neutral experts and become persuaded about the topic’s importance! These videos are a great way to kick off a speech unit OR just prep students for a specific speaking assignment. • Play the videos in class or assign them as homework (especially if you want to try to flip the classroom). There are 1-2 pages of guided notes per video. • The guided notes lessons are CCSS-aligned (see below), have “I can” statements
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Nonfiction Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA
Genius Hour, 20% Time, Inquiry Based Learning, Project Based Learning
Have you been looking to implement an inquiry-based learning project or Genius Hour in your classroom, but you don’t know where to start or how to incorporate this in your classroom?This 40+product of handouts, guidelines, how-to's, rubrics, and everything you need to get started with the inquiry-based learning project, Genius Hour. This is a loaded product, and I will be adding to the product as I continue to do the project!With Inquiry-Based Learning-1. Learning focuses on a meaningful, ill-s
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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Film analysis workbook cinematography terminology senior middle
Film Terminology Handouts and WorkbookSuitable for Middle and Senior Secondary Students.http://duffystirling.wordpress.comDesigned for Flipped Learning (i.e. designed to be completed independently by students, perhaps as homework), these handouts and worksheets act as a speedy introduction to the main terminology and concepts needed for analysing / studying films, such as filmmakers (director, cinematographer etc.), cinematography (camera angles, shot types etc.) and mise-en-scène (costumes, lig
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7th - 12th
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This or That Exit Slips - 45 Different Tickets out the Door - Students Choose!
This ultimate bundle contains Set 1 and Set 2 of the This or That Exit Slips. In this bundle you’ll find 40 exit slips that you can use at the end of any lesson on any day. Oh, and there’s even a BONUS set of 5 exit slips that you can customize! Each exit slip or ticket out the door is designed to be incredibly engaging and instantly differentiated because students are able to choose to the “This” exit slip or the “That” exit slip. Students will have the chance to select the prompt that most ins
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4th - 7th
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Figurative Language Color by Number
Use this Figurative Language Activity Color by Number to have your student review figurative devices. Check out this engaging color-by-number activity! Normally, reviewing figurative language in pen and paper style can be rather, well, mundane and boring. I tried to take a relatively common review and make it into a review activity that is fun, colorful, and engaging!In this activity, your students will review the terms with 20 questions on simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, idiom,
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6th - 8th
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writing - Biography Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer helps students take notes in an orderly fashion without skipping around. It also helps eliminate unnecessary information.*********************************************************************************************If you are looking for more or editable biography graphic organizers, please follow the links below:EDITABLE and Print & Go Biography Graphic Organizers - SET 1TIMELINES - EDITABLE and Print & Go Biography Graphic Organizers - SET 2
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2nd - 10th
Journalism Graphic Organizers - Inverted Pyramid
Journalism Graphic Organizer - Inverted Pyramid: These are the only two journalism/media graphic organizers you will ever need for middle school and high school journalism.This five-page download includes one teacher page, a double-sided interview question graphic organizer, a relevancy organizer, and an inverted pyramid graphic organizer. These journalism graphic organizers will substantially improve your student reporters' news writing ability and interviewing confidence. The journalism interv
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6th - 10th
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Meet The Teacher, Back to School Open House Kit, Editable Plants Theme
Gearing up for meet the teacher or open house? Save yourself precious prep time by downloading this editable PowerPoint file to help you for back to school.There are 3 versions of this kit: House Plants - Watercolor - Forest/NatureCheck out the Table of Contents Below. Don't forget to view the PDF preview AND the video preview for a closer look at this resource!Student/Parent ChecklistStation NumbersSheetsSign In SheetTransportation SheetVolunteer Sign-UpConference Sign-UpClass ListStation Optio
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K - 6th
Also included in: The BIG Back to School Bundle
MURDER MYSTERY I. - 5 MURDER MYSTERIES TO SOLVE
Five murder mysteries for the students to solve. Students need to solve the mysteries by analyzing clues and testimonies. Fun activities that the whole class can enjoy when learning about detective stories or at any time during the school year. Solution and the instruction to each case included.
It can be purchased as a bundle together with my other murder mysteries:
MURDER MYSTERY BUNDLE
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Teaching Elaboration, Writing, Bookmark, Reference Sheet, Poster
When you ask your students to elaborate, do they write one sentence? Do your students' lack of elaboration frustrate you? I think I have found a solution to making it easier for your students to elaborate, and write 3 or more sentences! I included three categories of sentence starters to help your students elaborate on their thinking.In this product, you will receive:Elaboration Reference BookmarkReference Sheet for Your Students’ Notebook3. 17 x 22 Reference Poster for your classroom!-------
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Elaboration BUNDLE, Teaching Elaboration, Writing, Paragraph Writing
Analyze ANY Ad or Commercial then Create your Own (Digital & Print)
Have your students analyse ANY ad or commercial before creating their own!With one scaffolded analysis designed for YouTube or TV ads (e.g. Super Bowl Ads) and the other for Print ads, your students will be able to examine a FULL RANGE of persuasive techniques.Students are then guided to put their learning to use and create their own innovative ad campaigns. I use this resource as part of ANY persuasive unit I am teaching. It also serves as the cornerstone of my Advertising and Marketing Unit.In
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Advertising and Marketing BUNDLE (Digital & Print)
Figurative Language Maze Review Worksheet
This Figurative Language Maze Review Worksheet is an AWESOME, engaging review activity for figurative language. Figurative language is an important element of the ELA classroom, and whether you are discussing this language in a book or in poetry, authors use figurative language all the time in their craft and in their descriptions. It is so important that your students have knowledge of these terms. *The terms covered in this activity are: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Alliteration, Hyp
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5th - 10th
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Romeo and Juliet (1996): Complete Movie Guide
“A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrowsDoth with their death bury their parents' strife.”Help your students get the most out of this amazing adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This 21-question movie guide comes with a complete character chart and teacher key. Ready to print and ready to use!You might also be interested in these products:The Crucible1984Jane EyreThumbnail Clipart Credit: LE Designs
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8th - 11th
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Cause & Effect Worksheets
8 worksheets in full color, each with a full-page answer key (total of 16 pages) to practice cause and effect for middle grades. Fun, high-interest topics and each worksheet is different:-- match each effect to its cause-- circle the most likely cause-- circle the best way to complete each sentence-- use words from the box to complete each effect, then use some of the letters to solve the riddle-- decide whether the underlined part of a sentence is a cause or an effect-- write 2 possible causes
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3rd - 8th
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Bell Work Bundle, Bell Ringers-Mechanics, Vocabulary, Spelling
Bell Work is a great way to start any classroom. Bell work and bell ringers reinforce important ELA skills like grammar, punctuation, word work, and proofreading. These 3-a-Day ELA Weekly Worksheets are the perfect review for- formative assessmentsprogress monitoringdaily quizzesbell workhomeworkexit tickets This bundle includes 7 sets of weekly worksheets consisting of three, small activities a day that has your students recalling and applying their knowledge of English Language Arts skills, d
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6th - 9th
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Urban Legends
You can find two activities in this download :
1. There are seven urban legends – you can give them to the students in the form of a handout or they can be cut out in the form of the cards. The legends are, however, not finished. Now, you can ask the students to finish the legends using their own imagination and creativity (the first half of the worksheet is called Create your own ending). The second half of this worksheet contains the “real” endings of the given legends. Students need to match
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Film as Literature Analysis Sheet {Any Movie}
Use movies in the classroom to teach and reinforce literary skills! This "Film as Literature" analysis graphic organizer is the perfect tool for film study, sub plans, end of the year, or reward movies in English class. Six rigorous short answer analysis questions cover plot, character, setting, conflict, theme, and summarizing. Ensures students focus on the movie and craft thoughtful responses. Perfect for Common Core!This product includes:•Doublesided analysis sheet•Half page versionYou may a
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7th - 10th
Introduction to Film Study: Analyzing Films for Meaning
This zip folder contains 4 things all pertaining to analyzing film to make meaning of the visual text. This works well for any movie or television episode, although I use them during a mini-unit on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street for The Twilight Zone. The general focus is to pay attention to different film techniques, such as distance, angles, movement, editing, and lighting in order to understand how filmmakers tell a story.1) Film Booklet: This one page front and back handout can be fo
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6th - 12th
Editing Proofreading Mark Poster
I created this poster to go beside my writer's workshop area.
I made three different ones, one with black, half black and red, and all red editing marks.
There are instructions on how to print a single page into a poster, in case you have never done it before.
It is also great to include in students' writing folders as well.
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2nd - 12th
Opinion Writing Transition Words
This poster has transition words for students to use when writing an opinion piece. It has transitions for them to use during the introduction, reasons, examples and conclusion. You could print a small version for each student to keep in their writing folder or I printed a large copy on a poster maker and hung it next to my writing conferencing area.
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1st - 6th
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Memoir Writing Assignment - How to Write a Memoir
Encourage your English class to help bring their personal memories to life with this memoir writing assignment. Students will complete a variety of activities to help spur some memories that could be shared in a personal memoir.
Students will:
• Complete a memory exercise
• Brainstorm characteristics of a memoir
• Review the expectations of a memoir
• Complete a memoir brainstorm
• Incorporate the five sense into their writing
• Use a graphic organizer
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• Fun pre-lesson memory activi
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: End of the Year ELA Lessons & Activities Bundle - Middle & High School
What Is Argumentative Text
STAAR / new ELAR TEKS introduce argumentative text in 4th grade. I had a need for a product that would easily introduce this idea to my students. If you are looking for a product that will introduce important vocabulary, give easy-to-understand examples, and both whole group and independent practice, this will be a great resource for you!It includes:important vocabulary and meaningseasy to understand exampleswhole group passages for discussionquestions to help identify argumentative texta short
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3rd - 6th
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Basketball ELA Mystery
This March Mania Basketball ELA Mystery is the perfect activity to give to your middle school students during the month of March when fans are crazy for March Madness and basketball (however, you can really use this any time of the year!). Your students will solve activities like reading comprehension and series of events, grammar, literary terms, and proofreading in order to figure out who stole the basketball uniforms.In this product, your students will receive a list of suspects who possibly
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5th - 9th
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