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Creative writing Common Core RI.9-10.1 resources
Princess Bride Film Study, Movie Guide + Activities, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
William Goldman’s The Princess Bride is the perfect fairy tale to use with secondary students, but it’s not enough to just hit “play” on the DVD. Instead, add a layer of rigor to your students’ study of The Princess Bride with this packet of print-and-teach materials that will take four days to complete while entertaining and challenging your teens.Materials in this 18-page film study include (PDF + Google Drive versions of student handouts):• A suggested lesson procedure page with calendar (1 p
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8th - 11th
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ELA Curriculum Bundle: The English Teacher's Life Preserver
This ginormous ELA bundle will solve a lot of your problems. You'll never have to stay up late trolling for lesson plan ideas again. You'll just dive into this folder, choose one of the dozens of activities and projects inside, and then hit the hay. Imagine the delicious smells of your own literary food truck festival. Imagine students fighting over your most popular reading library titles. Expect newly engaged writers when you roll out your first ever ELA maker space and guide your students in
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9th - 12th
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Poetry Stations High School and Middle School Digital Activity
My #1 top-selling lesson! Teachers love my poetry stations! Add this to your National Poetry Month celebration, and check out 2.0 as well. Pump up your poetry unit with this engaging and entertaining formative assessment. With a little preparation and careful instructions, students can rotate through nine poetry-based activities with simply a “rotate” from the teacher every 9-10 minutes. I've also included 11 copyright-free poems.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to h
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6th - 12th
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Writer's Resources BUNDLE WITH EXTRAS: posters + handouts for a writer's corner
These handouts and posters combine to form my Writer’s Resources board. This 4’ x 4’ bulletin board is in the corner of my room, and kids are welcome to use any of the writing aids at any time – for any assignment. The materials range from a visual on how to format the heading on an MLA paper to a graphic organizer for argument writing.
NOT INCLUDED in the bundle are the posters labelled “25 Starts”. These are sentence starters for different types of quote integration, and I modified them from
Grades:
5th - 12th
Christmas Poetry Stations High School and Middle School English
Teachers love my poetry stations! I've included activities for the haiku, the sonnet, poetry analysis, TPCASTT, narrative poetry, couplet, and Concrete poetry. This is an engaging and entertaining formative assessment. With a bit of preparation and careful instructions, students can rotate through nine poetry-based activities with simply a “rotate” from the teacher every 9-10 minutes. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to y
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7th - 10th
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Visual Writing Prompts Bundle (700 images, 500+ questions) / 9 volumes, 1 price
I love the idea of using images to help students practice making inferences, but it’s hard to find the time to track down school-appropriate but engaging images that also lend themselves to making meaningful inferences. So I took some time during spring break to select images. I also wrote 3-6 questions to accompany each image and to help students make inferences. The questions are designed to prompt student thinking without biasing student inferences. Here are some ways to use these slides: -As
Grades:
8th - 10th
Transitions - Write On! How to Recognize and Use Transitions in Writing
Writing is not an easy task for most of our students. We’re lucky if we can get them to put their thoughts down on paper, much less make them readable. Transitions can help in this refinement process. They make ideas flow more smoothly and hold the writing together. This packet provides a guide for the recognition and usage of transitions in writing. It lists the different types of transitions and provides examples and illustrations of each in the information sheet. Exercises are included
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6th - 9th
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Full High School English Unit Plan | John Green | The Anthropocene Reviewed
HS English Essay Unit | John Green | The Anthropocene Reviewed | Creative Writing | AP Language | Suitable for 9-12 grades If you are anything like me, you love John Green (and your students love John Green too, even if they only know him as “that guy with the puffy hair from the Crash Course History videos”). Personally, The Anthropocene Reviewed, a collection of essays based on his podcast of the same name, is my favorite of his work. When I read it, I immediately knew I wanted to incorporate
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MyPerspectives Unit 2: The Individual and Society
This resource is a concise and engaging unit plan on American Literature with the theme of the individual and society. Students explore the question: what role does individualism play in American society? Through various texts, activities, vocabulary, assessments, and tasks, students engage with American Literature in an innovative and informative way. Texts in this unit include but are not limited to: The poetry of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Elliot, excerpts from Emerson and Thoreau,
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: MyPerspectives American Literature Units 1-5 BUNDLE
Growth Mindset Writing Prompts for Upper Grades
Trying to incorporate growth mindset in to your curriculum? Here is a great set of writing prompts for students in upper grades. Each writing prompt includes a growth mindset quote or situation and questions for reflection. They can be used as:
*Bell-Ringers
*Quick Writes
*Think-Pair-Shares
*Journaling
*Discussion Prompts
Perfect for grade 5-10
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5th - 10th
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Identity Activities for Middle and High School Students
Looking to dig into identity with high interest texts to engage your middle and high school students? This unit designed to examine the effect of stereotypes on a person's identity. Activities include standards aligned questions, written short response, narrative writing, and a choice board with digital options are perfect for middle and high school students. Included texts are:America Ferrera’s TED Talk “My Identity is my Superpower”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk “Danger of a Single Story”
Grades:
6th - 12th
Arts Integration Language Arts Lesson Bundle
This bundle contains four of my most popular products at a special price. (1) Critical Thinking with Famous PhotographsThis mini-unit takes two-three days, depending on the depth at which you choose to take it, and leaves students wanting to know more. And, to set the mood, don't forget to add some sad, moving classical music (I recommend "Theme to Schindler's List," "The Pathetique Sonata," and "Graceful Ghost.") playing softly in the background as students read. The photographs and correspondi
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7th - 10th
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This I Believe Essay Analysis (+ SUB PLAN)
Before writing their own This I Believe essays (as inspired by NPR), I wanted my students to read some mentor texts. They were allowed to choose any 3 TIB essays they wanted from the website and complete this graphic organizer. (Here's the link to the website for This I Believe at NPR). If you feel like limiting the selection, there is a collection just for students here.The analysis questions focus on identifying the author's main idea, evaluating the hook (introduction) of the essay, and dete
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9th - 12th
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LORE Podcast Analysis, Presentation, and Writing
LORE Podcast is so mesmerizing! Students will be immediately hooked on learning about different cultures and their bizarre histories. This podcast has something for everyone while maintaining a completely appropriate listening experience for 9-12th graders (or beyond!)This bundle can be done in 8 classes, or last much longer or much shorter depending on what you want to do!You will find a breakdown of the project with a lesson planner which includes daily objectives, assessments, and materials.
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9th - 12th
Context Clue Practice with SAT Words!
Test-prep isn't just content review. Students need to practice their critical reading skills, and this mini-lesson is perfect for that.
This set has:
--Projector ready PPT to teach/review types of context clues, and practice the skills. PPT also has all the sentences from the worksheet!
--Fifteen challenging sentences to practice context clue skills on; the worksheet asks students to define the words AND identify the type of clue used. Some have more than one type, so discussions and debat
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Students for Movie Day starring: The Blindside
Students for Movies is for those students that are struggling learners, or nonengaged students. This activity focuses on discussion questions and short answer questions. It provides lessons for 5 to 6 six days. It is aligned with the New York State Next Generation ELA strategy. It also provides daily activities, projects and a test.
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7th - 10th
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Asian Literature Unit Plan
This resource (81 Slides) encapsulates Asian literary works of authors from Vietnam, India, China, etc. Students will be taught about the Asian Diaspora and how the literature and even paintings of Asian authors and artists reflect the diaspora. This resource includes creative activities, discussion questions, and links for short stories, interviews, videos, etc. used. BONUS: Includes a literary element mini-lesson where students analyze ten main literary elements.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: World Literature BUNDLE: 4 UNITS ( YEAR LONG)
Villain Origin Story Unit Plan: Printable Handouts
This resource accompanies the Villain Origin Story unit plan which is a fun, interactive unit that allows students to explore villain backstories and creatively develop their own complex villains with complex origin stories. It includes a step by step writing workshop template which students can follow to create their own villains and write their own villain origin stories.(0ver 40 pages of printable handouts, activities, rubrics, etc all of which are ready to print and use!)
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7th - 12th
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Gratitude Posters & ELA Lessons | Great for November & Thanksgiving
Raising your students' awareness about gratitude is part of a subtle and effective preventive discipline system. This product is also available in my Positive Classroom Management & Self-Discipline Bundle. Be sure to check it out - it's one of my most popular selling products with lots of testimonials! Perfect for the any time of year, these great gratitude CCSSawareness activities and posters are designed for middle and high. Continuously build the positive, respectful class culture you wa
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7th - 10th
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Frankenstein Character Journal: Project-Based Assessment
Step into the world of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with this engaging and immersive character journal project. Designed to encapsulate the essence of the Romantic Era, this journal project invites students to delve deep into the psyche of Victor Frankenstein, Elizabeth, or the Creature through narrative exploration and scholarly inquiry.The journal project is rooted in the epistolary nature of Shelley's novel, where journals and letters serve as primary narrative devices. Students are tasked wit
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10th - 12th
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Stephen King Elements of Horror: "The Man Who Loved Flowers" Short Story & Essay
Looking for a compelling unit on horror that will get your students sharpening their close reading skills, discussing big ideas, and exploring literary elements on a deeper level? Students love the work of Stephen King and with good reason! His writing is accessible, compelling, and impactful. But reading well-written horror stories with your classes accomplishes way more than just grabbing their attention. What’s great about literary horror when it’s taught the right way is that it really give
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Student Fun ♥ Engagement Language Arts Mini-Bundle Lessons Middle & High School
Fun and challenging standards-based lessons your students will love! ❤️ Preview this Student Fun & Engagement Mini-Bundle for junior high and secondary English Language Arts. 1. Brain Breaks and Creative Dramatics. Your students will LOVE these games! Bundled here are four favorite drama games that my students have played for years, and I’m so excited to be sharing them! Included are "Pantomines," "The Dating Game," "Charades," and "What and Where Improv." Detailed instructions are provid
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8th - 11th
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Speaking Out: Teen Depression & Mental Health | TED Talk, Spoken Word Poetry
Why are people not always honest about how they are doing? What are the mental health benefits of writing about personal struggles? How does art help people to heal from trauma? This compelling thematic unit on real-life issues of depression, mental health, and healing through artistic expression will get your students examining texts, participating in critical thinking activities, engaging in close readings of poetry, discussing ideas that matter, and writing with real purpose.The 11-16 day
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Animal Farm Chapter 6 Independent Work Pack
Animal Farm Chapter 6 Download and GO! PDF and PPTX.This Animal Farm packet includes 4 activities including:Reading comprehension about Pravda: The Voice of Soviet Communism.Group Discussion prompts with space for individual ideas and group ideas.Close analysis of Squealer in Animal FarmCreating Your own propaganda piece. Individual Work, Think Pair Share, Group Discussion and Extension/Exit TicketGreat after the students have already read chapter 6 on their own for homework. This packet will ha
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Animal Farm Independent Work Whole Book Bundle
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