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Outsiders Projects and Activities
By Jennifer Allain
This unit will guide students through reading and analyzing "The Outsiders." Students will explore themes of class conflict, friendship, and identity while developing their comprehension and critical thinking skills. The unit will include formative assessments, discussions, and creative assignments.
Writing an Arctic Animal Research Report Graphic Organizer, Example, & Template
By Sign with me TOD
Writing an Arctic animal research report can be a fun and interesting project for your students. This provides them with the opportunity to learn about an Arctic animal that interests them and share it with their peers! This packet includes information to share with your students about what an Arctic animal research report is, topic ideas, why an Arctic animal research report is written, what is shared in an Arctic animal research report, who the audience will be, how the completed Arctic animal research report will be published, rules to follow when writing an Arctic animal research report, where to locate information and the possible sources one could find when completing an Arctic animal research report, opening paragraph tips to hook the reader, tips that make a great Arctic animal research report, and an idea that shows the structure of an Arctic animal research report are included in this product.
An example of three possible writing topics, a completed KWL chart, and a brainstorming chart that will serve as a guide when writing the rough draft of the Arctic animal research report are included in this product. An example of a rough draft on the Arctic animal, narwhals, and an example of the sources that were used to write this Arctic animal research report are also provided to help support students and serve as a guide to help them when writing their own rough draft. Templates are included after the example along with a rough draft template and reminder checklist, so students remember to go back and check their work once it is completed.
Students can also complete the questions that are included with this product about their Arctic animal, such as what the name of you Arctic animal?, where does your Arctic animal eat?, how much does your Arctic animal weigh? Etc. Students will also be required to draw a picture of their Arctic animal. Using this template may be better to use with students who require the Arctic animal research report to be adapted.
WANTED Poster Template | Book Villains - Reading
By Nardine Mettry
Wanted! Book Villains! Turn your students into character analysis detectives with this engaging and creative activity! By creating wanted posters for their favorite book villains, students will dive deep into character traits, motivations, and physical descriptions.
What's Included:
This resource encourages critical thinking, creativity, and a deeper understanding of characters.
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Digital Resource Google Slides Project Based Learning Super Bundle Middle School
By TooBookedUp
Each of these digital resources offers unique and interactive learning experiences, perfect for enhancing student engagement and skills in various areas. They are ideal for virtual learning environments, providing meaningful and educational activities.
Annual Narrative Writing Bundle 50 Engaging Picture Prompts for each season!
By TooBookedUp
Craft the ultimate narrative writing journey for your students with our Seasonal Narrative Writing Bundle! This comprehensive collection is designed to spark creativity and enhance writing skills across grades 4-6 throughout the year. Each season brings a unique set of picture prompts that invite students into worlds of imagination, exploration, and storytelling.
Spring Picture Prompts: Dive into the renewal and wonders of spring with our Spring Picture Prompts resource. It features 23 engaging slides that guide students through the elements of a plot diagram, the importance of showing vs. telling, and offers 10 unique, spring-inspired photo prompts. Each image is paired with a comprehensive writing guide to brainstorm settings, characters, and conflicts, cultivating well-structured stories that bloom like the season.
Summer Picture Prompts: Turn up the heat on narrative writing with our Summer Picture Prompts toolkit. This sun-drenched resource walks students through the narrative writing process with warmth and adventure as their backdrop. From mysterious summer camps to beach escapades, the 10 vibrant, summer-themed photo prompts are sure to ignite the spark of creativity. In-depth writing guides accompany each prompt, ensuring students can craft captivating stories under the summer sun.
Winter Holiday Narrative Essay Picture Prompts: Cozy up to the winter season with 10 Winter Holiday Narrative Essay Picture Prompts. This festive resource is perfect for inspiring stories of winter wonderlands, holiday adventures, and heartwarming family traditions. With a focus on narrative essays, this print-and-go package includes planners and engaging slides that help students capture the essence of the winter season in their writing.
Autumn Narrative Essay Picture Prompts: Fall into storytelling with our Autumn Narrative Essay Picture Prompts. This collection captures the essence of fall with 10 autumn-inspired photo prompts, from the mystical to the mundane. Accompanied by a planner and print-and-go slides, it provides a seamless transition into autumnal narratives, encouraging students to explore the rich colors, themes, and emotions of the season.
Narrative Essay Planning Guide with Engaging Picture Prompts: Lay the foundation for effective storytelling with our Narrative Essay Planning Guide. This essential resource is packed with engaging picture prompts that cover various themes and settings, making it a versatile tool for any narrative writing activity. It includes a planning guide to help students structure their stories, focusing on character development, setting, and plot, ensuring a deep and engaging writing experience.
This bundle offers a year-round solution to narrative writing, equipping educators with everything needed to foster creativity, enhance writing skills, and teach critical writing concepts in an engaging and adaptable format. Whether used for creative writing classes, homework assignments, or extension activities, these resources provide a gateway to imagination and critical thinking that will keep students engaged and excited about writing all year long.
Halloween Writing Urban Legend Bundle Information Text, Slides, Quiz Grades 6-8
By TooBookedUp
Engage your middle school students with this spooky Halloween Urban Legend Bundle, perfect for Grades 6-8! This comprehensive resource includes informational text on popular urban legends, interactive slides, and a fun, challenging quiz to boost reading comprehension. Whether you're looking for Halloween literacy activities or thrilling lessons to excite your students, this bundle delivers. Perfect for building critical thinking skills, analyzing scary stories, and creating a memorable classroom experience with a Halloween twist.
1. Jersey Devil Urban Legend Resource
Uncover the chilling mystery of the Jersey Devil in this engaging resource! Students will explore the legend of this winged creature, diving into its history and sightings in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The resource includes an informational text, comprehension questions, and creative writing prompts to help students analyze and craft their own spine-tingling stories.
2. Rougarou Urban Legend Resource
Journey into the swamps of Louisiana with the legend of the Rougarou, a fearsome werewolf-like creature! This resource provides an informative article about Cajun folklore, a 10-question quiz to assess comprehension, and creative activities to get students writing their own eerie tales of the Rougarou. Perfect for building writing skills through myth and legend.
3. Bell Witch Urban Legend Resource
Enter the haunted world of the Bell Witch, one of America's most famous ghost stories! Students will learn about the haunting of the Bell family in early 19th-century Tennessee. The resource includes a detailed article, STAAR-aligned quiz, and a writing prompt where students can craft their own ghostly urban legend based on this timeless tale.
4. Goatman Urban Legend Resource
Introduce your students to the spine-chilling legend of the Goatman, the axe-wielding creature from Maryland! This resource includes an informational text that dives into the origins of this urban legend, followed by critical thinking and comprehension activities. Students will develop their own spooky stories based on this fearsome figure, complete with an engaging quiz.
5. Create Your Own Urban Legend Resource
Empower your students to become urban legend creators with this exciting, interdisciplinary writing activity! Students will choose a local landmark, develop a mysterious creature or event, and write their legend as a two-page newspaper article. The resource includes brainstorming worksheets, character development guides, and newspaper templates, plus a 3-day lesson plan to guide them through the creative process.
Project Based Learning for ANY novel: Create a digital yearbook Digital Resource
By TooBookedUp
This no prep Google Slides project works perfectly with almost any middle grade/YA fiction novel. While students are highly engaged and thinking creatively they are simultaneously analyzing text elements such as the plot, conflict, resolution, theme, and point of view of various characters. This resource includes directions, an editable yearbook template, and a teacher exemplar in case students need ideas bringing their work to life. Integrates seamlessly to Google Classroom!
The ELA department at my school uses independent projects like these in our choice boards as students finish their work early. This would also be great to replace book reports or as an extension or passion project!
End of Year Summer Picture Prompt Narrative Writing Unit Workshop Grades 4-6
By TooBookedUp
Sizzle up your classroom with our Summer Picture Prompts narrative writing resource! This sun-soaked toolkit guides students through the narrative writing process, with the warmth and adventure of summer serving as their muse. From beach escapades to mysterious summer camps, each photo prompt is a splash into the ocean of creativity and narrative exploration.
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Why You’ll Love It:
Transform your teaching this summer with tales that are as vibrant and boundless as the season itself. Our Summer Picture Prompts resource isn’t just a collection of activities; it’s a launchpad into storytelling, critical thinking, and joy-filled writing. Whether you’re embarking on a creative writing voyage, searching for meaningful homework under the stars, or in need of lively extension activities, these picture prompts are your treasure map to a world of imaginative writing.
Let the spirit of summer fuel your classroom’s stories. Add our Summer Picture Prompts to your teaching arsenal today and watch your students’ writing blossom under the summer sun!
Halloween Create Your Own Urban Legend Grades 6-8 Research, Writing, Creating
By TooBookedUp
Ready to bring some mystery and creativity to your classroom? This 3-day, interdisciplinary resource will have your students crafting their very own urban legends, exploring local landmarks, developing spine-tingling characters, and writing them up as breaking news! Perfect for grades 6-8, this resource integrates creative writing, social studies, and critical thinking. Your students will love diving into the unknown while meeting CCSS standards.
This Urban Legend Resource Includes:
Guided Notes on Urban Legends – Introduce students to the eerie world of urban legends, from famous creatures like Bigfoot to local mysteries.
Haunted Local Landmark Activity – Students will brainstorm and research a spooky local landmark and use it as the setting for their urban legend.
Character or Creature Development Worksheet – Students create mysterious, frightening characters that are sure to haunt their classmates’ imaginations!
Urban Legend Newspaper Template – Students write their urban legend as a two-page newspaper article, including eyewitness accounts, historical background, and more!
Peer Editing and Sharing – Encourage collaboration and feedback as students swap stories and offer critiques.
Why You’ll Love It:
3-Day Lesson Plan Breakdown:
Checklist of Benefits: ✅ Fun, spooky, and high-engagement content
✅ 3-day interdisciplinary lesson plan
✅ Perfect for creative writing and local history
✅ CCSS-aligned
✅ Collaborative and student-centered activities
✅ Ready-to-use worksheets and templates
✅ Ideal for grades 6-8
Don’t let this resource disappear into the shadows! Grab your urban legend writing kit today and bring a mysterious and fun writing experience to your classroom!
Narrative Writing Craft: Fly a Hot Air Balloon
By Qiang Ma
It is a fun engaging writing project your students will enjoy. Prep Free! Ready to Go!
Task:
1. Students are going to write a six page story using the Owl Craft Book pages.
2. The main characters will be two animals. Together they want to accomplish a task. They have four tries. First three tries are all failed. They refuse to give up. With the last try, the fourth try, they are able to succeed.
3. Each student will: pick two animals as his main characters; define a task he wants his characters to accomplish; pick a proper title for his story.
Step by step assignment directions are giving using Teacher Writing Sample "Fly a Hot Air Balloon" as a model.
You could use this Owl Craft Book to write anything related to Valentine, Mother's Day, or Father's Day.
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Narrative Writing Craft: It's St. Patrick's Day!
By Qiang Ma
It is a fun engaging writing project your students will enjoy. Prep Free! Ready to Go!
Task:
1. Students are going to write a six page story using the Shamrock Craft Book pages.
2. The main character will be a leprechaun. He is going on a journey of searching for gold coins. The middle of this story is made up with three mini stories of finding each individual coin or coins.
3. Each student will use a leprechaun as his main character. However each student is going to design and write his own version of the gold coins searching adventures.
Step by step assignment directions are giving using Teacher Writing Sample "It's St. Patrick's Day!" as a model.
You could use this Shamrock Craft Book to write anything related to St. Patrick's Day.
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Letter Writing Craft: The Day the Crayons Quit
By Qiang Ma
It is a fun engaging writing task your students will enjoy. Prep Free! Ready to Go!
Task:
1. Students are going to write in the name of each crayon eight letters to the owner to express the opinions of crayons using the Air Mail Craft Book pages.
2. Each student will follow informational writing format (topic sentence and detail sentences) for each letter.
Step by step assignment directions are giving using the book "The Day the Crayons Quit" by Drew Daywalt as a model.
You could use this Air Mail papers to write anything letters.
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Valentine's Day Bundle: Fun-filled Worksheets and Engaging Google Slides
By Inspired By MlG
Looking for a way to make Valentine's Day in the classroom unforgettable? Our Valentine's Day Bundle is jam-packed with interactive worksheets, captivating Google Slides presentations, and FREE BONUS activities guaranteed to boost learning and fun!
Why Choose Our Valentine's Day Bundle for Students?
Target Age Group: This bundle is ideally suited for students in elementary grades. However, it can be easily adapted to fit the needs of a wider range of learners.
Looking for a creative and educational way to celebrate Valentine's Day with your students? Look no further than our Valentine's Day Bundle!
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End of the School Year Bundle!
By Inspired By MlG
End the School Year with a Bang! The Ultimate Celebration Bundle for Students
Tired of scrambling for last-minute activities? Wish you could wave goodbye to school year stress and create lasting memories for your students? Our exclusive End-of-School Year Celebration Bundle is here to save the day!
This jam-packed bundle has everything you need to turn those final school days into unforgettable fun.
Here's what makes it amazing for your students:
Say goodbye to goodbyes that feel like good riddances! With our End-of-School Year Celebration Bundle, your students will leave school with smiles on their faces, hearts full of warm memories, and a head start on summer fun!
Order yours today and make this a school year ending they'll never forget!
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By Inspired By MlG
Students can enhance their writing skills with the help of a design sheet while crafting heartfelt letters to friends or family members.
Pack Your Learning: End the Year Activity
By Inspired By MlG
Blast Off to Summer Break with a Personalized Time Capsule Activity!
Unleash creativity and celebrate the year's achievements with this unforgettable end-of-year project!
Students will embark on a whimsical journey by creating their very own symbolic "luggage" filled with cherished memories. This engaging activity goes beyond worksheets and tests, transforming the classroom into a hub of fun and reflection.
Here's why this activity is a slam dunk for your students:
This activity is perfect for all grade levels and can be easily adapted to fit any curriculum. So, pack your bags for an unforgettable end-of-year adventure!
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Satisfy Your Curiosity: Give the Scoop on Your Grade Level with Ice Cream!
By Inspired By MlG
Looking for a way to boost student engagement, creativity, and confidence? This ice cream scoop activity is the perfect solution! It's a fun and interactive way for students to explore and celebrate their grade level.
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This activity is perfect for:
So ditch the boring worksheets and dive into this engaging project! It's a guaranteed recipe for increased student enthusiasm and a love for learning!
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Unforgettable End of the School Year Memories for Students to Cherish Forever
By Inspired By MlG
Celebrate Learning & Laughter: Create Your Own End-of-Year School Memory Capsule!Unleash Your Inner Storyteller & Reflect on a Spectacular School Year!
This isn't your average school project! This year, capture the magic with a personalized School Memory Capsule. It's a blast from the past in the making, guaranteed to spark joy and remind you of all the incredible moments you shared with friends and teachers.
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Celebrate the End of the School Year with a Stunning Yearbook!
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Relive the Magic: Celebrate Your Year with Our Epic Yearbook!
Search "School Memories" & Find Your Perfect Keepsake!
More than just a book, our yearbook is a portal back to a year filled with laughter, learning, and lasting friendships. It's a treasure chest of memories capturing everything from:
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This yearbook is more than just a collection of memories; it's a celebration of your growth as a student and the unique bond you share with your classmates.
Don't miss out! Get your copy today and cherish the year's highlights for years to come!
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Looking for a way to keep your students engaged and learning throughout the summer? Look no further than this exciting Summer Bucket List Challenge! This creative activity uses the power of nouns to spark imagination, plan adventures, and solidify language skills – all while having a blast!
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Get ready for a summer filled with creativity, learning, and unforgettable fun! This engaging educational activity is the perfect way to keep your students' minds active and spirits high throughout the break.
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