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Common Core W.7.3 resources for Gifted and Talented
The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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BLOOD on the RIVER by Elisa Carbone - Novel Study
Reading comprehension questions for every chapter are in this No Prep Novel Study unit for Blood on the River - addressing most Common Core standards - with ANSWER KEY. As students answer questions they are guided through creating good paragraphs by use of introductory and transitional phrases.Also included WITH ANSWER KEYS are three tests: Ch 1 to 7; Ch 8 - 18; Ch 19 to 27 . No all-novel test.Also in the file you will find:- Puzzles for names in the novel and vocabulary; - a glossary; - figu
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5th - 9th
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The Comic Book Project with Template & Strips | ELA Narrative Writing Assignment
Student Avengers Assemble! Help bring out the creativity in your students with this modern digital version of the comic strip project. Watch student engagement soar and eliminate prep time, as this includes everything you and your students will need— tons of premade comic strip templates and drag-and-drop elements! Just copy and paste the elements provided onto one of the stip templates and let your imagination run wild!It's designed to be used across grade levels, and subjects, and can act as a
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6th - 9th
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Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenges
Are you looking for a fun and engaging activity for your students? Deserted Island Survival STEM Challenge is a unit centered around a fictional story of Suzanna Airfly who's plane crashed on a deserted island. Your students will complete five different challenges to help Suzanna survive. Each challenge encourages students to define the problem, plan a design, build, test, and reflect. I have included a rubric for each challenge. I have also added a narrative writing extension where students
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
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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Writing Satire
Are you looking for a way to challenge your students through higher level thinking in writing that can be screen shared for distance learning? One of the most difficult forms of writing is satire. Here is a PowerPoint which defines satire, gives an example of a short satirical story, uses the gradual release process to guide students to writing their own stories, and provides topic ideas to get students started on their own writing challenge.Click here to save 25% off the price of individual res
Grades:
7th - 11th
FULL YEAR of Picture Prompts for Creative Writing | Weekly Visual Prompts
WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS FOR A FULL YEAR Increase your students' writing stamina with weekly creative writing picture prompts! This product includes 37 high-interest images that are great for any creative writing activity and are an excellent way to increase students’ writing stamina. Great to use as a bell ringer or part of Freewrite Fridays.PDF & Google Slides versions included
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4th - 12th
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Rumpelstiltskin - Small Group Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater is for 4 students. In the script - a miller brags to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold. She cannot actually do this and a little man appears and offers to do the work for her. On the third day she has nothing to pay the little man with so she promises her first child. When the little man comes to get the child, the queen begs for a chance to keep it. The little man gives her three days to figure out what his name is. There is a writing pro
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Writing Fluency: 90 15 Minute Quickwrites, 40 Writing Topics, Test Prep,Sub
Writing fluency! The Fifteen Minute Quickwrite Unit arms teachers with a writing tool that will increase how much students can write during a timed writing assessment. It also gives students a lifetime skill of improved writing fluency that will help them meet future writing goals. 40 Writing Topics can be used in shared classroom timed writing notebooks to improve fluency and allow students to have fun writing.Product includes:90 Quickwrites (4 pages) in PDF format. Printable.40 Writing Topi
Grades:
6th - 12th
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
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3rd - 8th
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Gifted and Advanced ELA End of the Year Choice Projects
I really like to challenge my advanced students. However, they worked so hard preparing for the state test that I wanted to provide them with engaging activities and allow them to be in control of what they are learning, while having fun and learning about things that interest them. The majority of my class is made up of students who are gifted. I discovered that they have rather poor time management skills. They work linearly, and cannot meet multiple deadlines at the same time. This projec
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6th - 8th
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Folklore Unit - Enrichment Activities
Teach gifted students? Need to engage the high fliers and over achievers? Want to encourage creativity in your students? Use these fun enrichment activities related to folklore! Your students will love the different choices they provide.This resource includes:28 beautiful, interactive slides8 enrichment choices for studentsCreative writing opportunitiesArtistic optionsOptional research choicesDo you like this resource? Check out all of my folklore unit slides!
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Folklore Unit
Photo Writing Prompts Powerpoint
Are you looking for a fun way to engage your kids in writing? Challenge your students with these fun and colorful, Powerpoint photos. This photo bundle includes twelve original photos with captions to prompt kids to produce creative writing stories. #MillieProducts Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the purchase of a bundle.Inside you'll find:I can statement & standardsPhotos of:Beautiful placeStrange creature designDogs in FieldNoise after breakfastHalf man /
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Writing Lessons PowerPoint Bundle
7th Grade Writing Curriculum
This Bundle includes the 4 types of writing encountered in the standard 7th grade year. Narrative, Expository, Argumentative, and Research based writing. With any type of writing it is important to ensure that the writing process is followed. Along with ensuring that the writing process is taught, these workshops include the following for each type of writing. Resources you will need to complete each daily challenge. topicsdaily tasksworksheetsvideoschecklists to make sure you are on trackvoca
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7th
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A Wonder-Filled Novel Study
Thank you R.J. Palacio for writing Wonder, one of the best adolescent books ever, because it’s jam-packed full of both academic and life lessons. In my humble, but experienced opinion, every middle school student should have the opportunity to read, own, digest, and gnaw on all the contents in this spectacular book.
It is up to all the teachers and parents out there to help each child have the aforementioned experience with Wonder. As both a reading and English teacher for y
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5th - 7th
Black History Month BUNDLE - Gifted and Talented
This bundle has 151 pages for students to explore Black History Month. Students write about things that cause us to fear, learn how being different is okay, search online for information about Civil Rights leaders, investigate African American singers and politicians, fingerspell words related to Black History Month, and so much more. Seven different packets to challenge gifted and talented students in February. Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages. And if you want more, then take a l
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3rd - 7th
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Crime Scene Writing Prompt Activity
My economics novel, Striker Jones, is also a mystery. So, here’s a free mystery writing activity outside of my usual economics offerings that I like to run at children’s writing workshops and school visits.In this activity, students will write their own mysteries after observing an in-class crime scene. You will hold a class discussion on the essential elements of a mystery. Then kids will observe the scene, taking note of clues, and then write their own mysteries. The lesson plan includes some
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Not Grade Specific
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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
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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
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6th - 12th
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Photo Writing Prompts for Promethean Board
Are you looking for a fun way to engage your kids in writing? Challenge your students with these fun and colorful photos in Active Software. This photo bundle includes twelve original photos with captions to prompt kids to produce creative writing stories. #MillieProducts Inside this easy to use resource, you'll find:•I can statement & standardsPhotos of:•Beautiful place•Strange creature design•Dogs in Field•Noise after breakfast•Half man / half-beast•Snow storm•Toilet papered house•Dog in s
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Not Grade Specific
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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
Stephen Curry & Klay Thompson - Golden State Warriors
Learn about Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors (NBA):Word Searches, Cloze Sentences, Internet Activities, Quotes, Compare and Contrast, Descriptive Writing, Narrative WritingHypothetical Situation, Answer keys to word searches and cloze sentences. 15 pages to use as homework or extra work for early finishers. Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages. And if you want more on the NBA for 2022:Golden State Warriors 2022 - Internet Activities & Word SearchesBoston
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5th - 12th
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Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown - Boston Celtics
Learn about Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics (NBA):Word Searches, Cloze Sentences, Internet Activities, Quotes, Compare and Contrast, Descriptive Writing, Narrative WritingHypothetical Situation, Answer keys to word searches and cloze sentences. 15 pages to use as homework or extra work for early finishers. Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages. And if you want more on the NBA for 2022:Golden State Warriors 2022 - Internet Activities & Word SearchesBoston Celtics
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5th - 12th
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Mythological Photographic Storyboard - Digital Storytelling
A myth is a traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people. The purpose of myths is to account for the origins of something, explain aspects of the natural world, or delineate the psychology, customs, or ideals of society. (americanfolklore.net)
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, w
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6th - 12th
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