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Blush Notes 8.5 x 11 inches 200 Pages for Notebooks and journals

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Blush Notes 8.5 x 11 inches 200 Pages for Notebooks and journals

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Writing an Arctic Animal Research Report Graphic Organizer, Example, & Template

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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.

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Engaging Figurative Writing Pack: Teach Similes, Metaphors, & Personification

By Jennifer Nguyen

Transform Writing with Engaging Figurative Language Lessons

Boost your students’ writing skills with this comprehensive Figurative Writing Resource Pack, designed for Grades 3-6. Teach similes, metaphors, and personification using vivid presentations, hands-on worksheets, and editable Google Slides/PowerPoint. Perfect for whole-class instruction, small groups, or independent learning, this resource is fully aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and the UK National Curriculum.

Save time with ready-to-use materials and differentiated tasks for all abilities. Featuring step-by-step guidance, interactive activities, and creative writing challenges, this pack helps students craft vivid, descriptive pieces while building confidence and autonomy. Proven effective in classrooms, it delivers an engaging, curriculum-aligned learning experience for teachers and students alike.


What’s Included? 

✏️  Print Materials: Worksheets, Answer keys, PDF of slides

✅✅ Digital Content: Part-Editable Google Slides/PowerPoint Presentation


What’s Inside?

✔️ 20 pg PowerPoint Presentation/Google Slides

✔️ 7 Worksheets

✔️ Student Directions

✔️ Teacher Answer Key

✔️ Teacher Directions, Tips and Differentiation

✔️ Learning Objective

✔️ Success Criteria

✔️ Lesson Route

Perfect for Grades 3-6!


Why You’ll Love This Resource:

✏️ No Prep

✏️ Print and Go

✏️ Cross-Curricular

✏️ Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and UK National Curriculum.

✏️ Highly Engaging

✏️ Great for whole-class instruction, small groups, or independent work

✏️ Classroom-tested 


When to use this? 

Literacy ELA Lesson (1-2 hour lessons)

Sub Plans

Review


What Do You Need?

✏️ Pencils

✏️ Computer

✏️ Projector for slides (Slides are in PowerPoint format and can be uploaded to Google Drive to open as Google Slides)


Skills Used:

✔️ Identifying figurative language

✔️Creative writing

✔️ Reading comprehension

✔️ Vocabulary development

✔️ Critical thinking

✔️ Independent learning


Curriculum Alignment

This resource meets several educational standards, including:

Common Core State Standards (CCSS):

  • RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative language.
  • W.4.3: Write narratives with descriptive details and clear event sequences.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):

  • 110.5 (ELA): Analyze how authors use figurative language to create meaning.
  • 110.5(b)(20): Write literary texts using figurative language.

UK National Curriculum (Years 3-6):

  • Writing Composition: Create vivid descriptions using figurative language.
  • Reading Comprehension: Discuss words/phrases that capture the reader’s imagination.

Bonus Benefits:

Encourages Creativity

Promotes Self-Learning

**✅**Addresses Common Misconceptions


Extra Perks:

  • Earn TeachShare Credit: Leave a review to earn credits for future purchases.
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Show, Don’t Tell Descriptive Writing Pack | PPT, Google Slides & Worksheets

By Jennifer Nguyen

**Transform Writing with “Show, Don’t Tell” Lessons
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Bring your students’ stories to life with this Show, Don’t Tell Resource Pack, perfect for Grades 3-6. Featuring engaging presentations, interactive worksheets, and Google Slides/PowerPoint, it teaches vivid, descriptive writing. Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and the UK National Curriculum, this pack saves time with ready-to-use materials for all abilities.


What’s Included?
✏️ Print Materials: Worksheets, Answer Keys, PDF Slides
Digital Content: Part-Editable Google Slides/PowerPoint


What’s Inside?
✔️ 20 pg PowerPoint/Google Slides
✔️ 6 Worksheets
✔️ Teacher & Student Directions
✔️ Learning Objectives & Success Criteria
✔️ Lesson Route

✔️ Answer Key & Tips 


Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✏️ No Prep 

✏️Print and Go

✏️ Cross-Curricular 

✏️ Classroom-Tested

✏️ Aligned with Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and UK National Curriculum.


When to Use This Resource:
✅ Literacy Lessons (1-2 hour lessons)
✅ Sub Plans
✅ Writing Review Sessions


What Do You Need?

✏️ Pencils

✏️ Computer 

✏️ Projector for slides (Slides are in PowerPoint format and can be uploaded to Google Drive to open as Google Slides)


Skills Used:

✔️Descriptive Writing: Show, don’t tell techniques

✔️Creative Writing: Use sensory details

✔️Reading: Analyze descriptive language

✔️Vocabulary: Expand word choice

✔️Critical Thinking: Revise narratives

✔️Independent Learning: Self-guided tasks


Curriculum Alignment

Common Core State Standards (CCSS):

  • W.4.3: Write narratives using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear sequences.
  • RL.4.4: Analyze the meaning and tone of words and phrases, including descriptive language.
  • L.5.5: Understand and apply figurative language and nuanced word meanings.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):

  • 110.5(b)(10)(D): Understand how imagery, sensory language, and figurative language enhance texts.
  • 110.5(b)(20)(A): Compose narratives with vivid, engaging descriptions.

UK National Curriculum (Years 3-6):

  • Writing Composition: Develop descriptive writing using vivid vocabulary and grammar choices.
  • Reading Comprehension: Evaluate how descriptive and figurative language creates meaning and effect.

Bonus Benefits:
✅ Boosts creativity
✅ Builds confidence
✅ Proven classroom success


Extra Perks:
Earn TeachShare Credits: Leave a review to earn credits for future purchases.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ We Strive for 5 Stars! Have questions? Use the Q&A tab before leaving feedback.


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  • Sensory Writing Slides & Worksheets
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  • Figurative Language Resource Pack

Inspire your students to write with confidence and flair. Grab this versatile, high-quality resource today!

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Sensory Writing: Descriptive Language Slides & Worksheets for Grades 3-6

By Jennifer Nguyen

Bring Writing to Life with Sensory Descriptive Writing for Grades 3-6

This Sensory Descriptive Writing Pack is perfect for developing students' descriptive writing skills by exploring the five senses. Ideal for Grades 3-6, this resource helps students create vivid, sensory-rich writing through activities that use sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell to enhance storytelling. With ready-to-use materials that align with Common Core, TEKS, and the UK National Curriculum, this resource offers a complete toolkit for teaching descriptive writing.


What’s Included?
✏️ Print Materials: Worksheets, Answer Keys, PDF Slides

Digital Materials: Non-Editable Google Slides/PowerPoint, Audio clip   


What’s Inside?

✔️ 20 page PowerPoint/Google Slides
✔️ 8 Worksheets

✔️ Visual Aid

✔️ Audio clip  
✔️ Teacher & Student Directions
✔️ Learning Objectives & Success Criteria
✔️ Lesson Route

✔️ Answer Key & Tips 


Why Teachers Love This Resource:
✏️ No Prep
✏️Print and Go
✏️ Versatile Use
✏️ Classroom-Tested
✏️ Aligned with Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and UK National Curriculum.


When to Use This Resource:
Literacy Lessons (1-2 hour sessions)

Creative Writing Workshops
Review 
Sub Plans


What Do You Need?

✏️ Pencils

✏️ Computer with speakers

✏️ Projector for slides (Slides are in PowerPoint format and can be uploaded to Google Drive to open as Google Slides)


Skills Focused:
✔️ Descriptive Writing

✔️ Creative Writing

✔️ Critical Thinking
✔️ Independent Learning


Curriculum Alignment
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

  • W.3.3-W.6.3: Write narratives using descriptive details and sensory language.

  • W.3.4-W.6.4: Produce clear, task-appropriate writing.

  • L.3.5-L.6.5: Use figurative language to enrich descriptions.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

§110.5-§110.8 (Grades 3-6)

  • (b)(12)(A-D): Develop literary texts using sensory details.

  • (b)(10)(D): Edit drafts to improve sentence structure and conventions.

  • (b)(11)(C): Revise drafts to enhance style, word choice, and sentence variety.

UK National Curriculum (Years 3-6)

  • Plan, draft, and edit writing with sensory and descriptive language to develop settings, characters, and atmosphere.
  • Improve vocabulary and sentence structure for enhanced writing quality.

Bonus Benefits:
✅ Boosts creativity

Builds Confidence
Classroom Success


Extra Perks

⭐ Earn TeachShare Credits:  Leave a review and get credits for future purchases.

We Strive for 5 Stars! Reach out on the Q&A tab for support ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


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Engage your students with a resource that brings their writing to life—grab this sensory descriptive writing pack today!

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Winter & Christmas Middle School Holiday ELA Bundle 12 Resources Grades 5+

By TooBookedUp

  • 10 Winter Holiday Narrative Essay Picture Prompts & Planner: Engage students in narrative writing with holiday-themed picture prompts and a structured planner to develop plot, character, and setting in alignment with creative writing standards.
  • Christmas Hip Hop Lyrics Analysis: Teach figurative language, rhyme schemes, and tone through an engaging analysis of hip hop lyrics, blending music and ELA standards for Grades 6-8.
  • St. Nick: Informational Text Structures: Explore main ideas, text structures, and author’s purpose with this winter-themed set of informational texts designed to strengthen critical reading skills.
  • Unraveling Krampus: Text Structures and Critical Analysis: Develop students’ ability to identify text structures and analyze information critically with this high-interest resource focused on the Krampus folklore.
  • Informational Text Structure Coloring Sort: Combine creativity and learning as students sort and color-code winter-themed informational texts to practice identifying text structures.
  • Winter Wonders: Exploring Text Features Through Snow-Themed Articles: Strengthen comprehension and analysis skills by examining text features in engaging snow-themed articles, perfect for enhancing nonfiction literacy.
  • Christmas Winter Holiday Characters from Around the World Research PBL: Dive into global holiday traditions with this project-based learning activity that encourages research, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
  • Holiday Figurative Language & Movie Clip Standard-Based Learning Activities: Analyze figurative language through fun, holiday-themed movie clips that align with ELA figurative language standards for middle schoolers.
  • Virtual Winter Sports Exploration: Engage students in a digital exploration of winter sports, focusing on informational text comprehension and analysis for Grades 4-6.
  • Analyzing Narrative Point of View Winter-Themed: Develop higher-order thinking with winter-themed narrative texts that challenge students to analyze and compare points of view using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
  • Winter Vacation PBL: Inspire creativity and practical application with this low-prep, project-based learning activity where stude
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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.

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Four Week Dystopian Unit: 80+ Slides, Choice Board, 4 Seminars, Film, 12 Essays!

By TooBookedUp

  1. Examination Day Full-Week ELA Unit Plan: Socratic Seminar, Choice Board, Slides
  • Dive into Henry Slesar's thought-provoking short story, "Examination Day," with a full-week ELA unit plan designed for middle school. This comprehensive package includes detailed Socratic seminar procedures, engaging choice board activities, and dynamic presentation slides to encourage critical thinking and student-led discourse on themes of intelligence testing and government control.
  1. Harrison Bergeron Full-Week ELA Plan: Socratic Seminar, Choice Board, Slides
  • Explore Kurt Vonnegut's classic dystopian tale, "Harrison Bergeron," in this complete week-long ELA unit. Middle school students will engage deeply with themes of enforced equality and individuality through structured Socratic seminars, creative choice board activities, and informative slides, all designed to foster critical analysis and vibrant classroom discussions.
  1. All Summer in a Day Comprehensive Week-Long Lesson Plan: Seminar, Choice Board
  • Immerse your students in Ray Bradbury's poignant story, "All Summer in a Day," with this extensive unit plan. The curriculum includes everything you need to facilitate meaningful discussions around themes of isolation, bullying, and the longing for sunshine. Engaging seminars and diverse choice board activities provide varied learning opportunities that cater to different student interests and learning styles.
  1. The Pedestrian Full-Week ELA Unit Plan: Socratic Seminar, Choice Board, Slides
  • Step into the futuristic world of Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian" with this detailed unit plan for grades 6-8. Through thoughtful Socratic seminars, a creative choice board, and educational slides, students will analyze the story's critique of technological dependency and societal conformity, developing critical thinking skills that transcend the classroom.
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Ultimate Middle School Short Story Bundle: 12 Week Engaging Suspense ELA Units

By TooBookedUp

Transform your middle school ELA classroom with this comprehensive bundle of 12 highly engaging short story units. Each unit is meticulously designed to provide a full week of dynamic lessons, complete with detailed plans, interactive slides, a choice activity board, Socratic seminar questions, three STAAR-aligned essay prompts, a film vs. text Venn diagram, and the text PDF. These short stories will captivate your students and enhance their literary analysis skills, making learning both fun and meaningful.

Included Short Stories:

  1. The Most Dangerous Game
  2. Sorry, Wrong Number
  3. The Hitchhiker
  4. The Way Up to Heaven
  5. Lamb to the Slaughter
  6. The Landlady
  7. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
  8. Harrison Bergeron
  9. Examination Day
  10. The Pedestrian
  11. All Summer in a Day
  12. There Will Come Soft Rains

Bundle Features:

1. Comprehensive 5-Day Lesson Plans: Each story unit includes a detailed five-day lesson plan, ensuring a structured approach to teaching. Lessons are aligned with educational standards and include clear objectives and outcomes.

2. Interactive Slides: Engage your students with interactive slides that guide them through the story, provide context, and facilitate discussions. These slides are designed to keep students focused and involved.

3. Choice Activity Board: Each unit comes with a creative choice board, allowing students to demonstrate their understanding through various projects such as writing an alternate ending, creating a comic strip, designing a literary brochure, and more.

4. Socratic Seminar Questions: Encourage critical thinking and in-depth discussion with six thought-provoking Socratic seminar questions for each story. These questions help students delve deeper into the text and analyze its themes, characters, and literary elements.

5. Three STAAR-Aligned Essay Prompts: Each unit includes three essay prompts (argumentative, correspondence, and informational) that are aligned with STAAR standards, helping students practice their writing skills and prepare for standardized assessments.

6. Film vs. Text Venn Diagram: Enhance your students' analytical skills with a film vs. text Venn diagram activity. Students compare and contrast the short story with its film adaptation, focusing on key similarities and differences.

7. Text PDF: Each unit comes with a PDF of the short story, making it easy to provide students with the text for reading and annotation.

Why Choose This Bundle?

  • Engaging Content: These short stories are highly engaging and perfect for capturing the interest of middle school students. The diverse selection of stories includes suspense, science fiction, dystopian themes, and more.
  • Comprehensive and Ready-to-Use: Save time with ready-to-use lesson plans, activities, and resources. Each unit is designed for easy implementation, ensuring you can focus on teaching and engaging your students.
  • Develop Critical Thinking: The activities and discussions included in each unit promote critical thinking, literary analysis, and deeper understanding of the text.
  • Flexible and Adaptable: The bundle provides flexibility in teaching, with a variety of activities and assessment options to suit different learning styles and classroom needs.

Perfect for middle school humanities teachers, this bundle offers everything you need to deliver engaging and effective ELA lessons throughout the year. Enrich your curriculum and inspire your students with these timeless short stories and comprehensive teaching resources.

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10 Winter Christmas Holiday Narrative writing Essay Picture Prompts and Go

By TooBookedUp

Elevate your middle school students' narrative writing skills with this winter-themed essay planning guide. This resource features 10 captivating, holiday-themed photos, ranging from a snowman on the beach to a gingerbread family on the run, Krampus enjoying hot chocolate, and a pirate ship bathed in green holiday lights. These images are perfect for sparking creativity and guiding students through the narrative writing process.

Learning Objectives:

  • Enhance the ability to plan and draft a narrative story that is both engaging and imaginative.
  • Encourage creativity while ensuring narratives encompass all essential elements of a structured narrative text.

What's Inside:

  • 10 double sided planning guides, one for each photo!
  • Detailed graphic organizers to assist students in exploring the setting, characters, conflict, and resolution.
  • A Google Slides presentation featuring each high-interest photo for classroom projection, facilitating the introduction of each new writing prompt.

How to Use:

  • Day 1: Display the photo prompt using the slides and encourage students to brainstorm ideas with the graphic organizer.
  • Day 2: Start drafting the narrative, drawing inspiration from the vivid image.
  • Day 3: Continue the narrative, adding details and developing the storyline.
  • Day 4: Conduct peer reviews or teacher feedback sessions, followed by revisions and editing.
  • Day 5: Publish the final narrative piece, celebrating the students' creative achievements.

Standards Alignment:

  • Aligned with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3 through W.8.3, ensuring the resource meets educational standards for narrative writing.

Formats Available:

  • A ready-to-use PDF for printouts and a Google Slides version for seamless classroom integration.

Usage Scenario:

  • Ideal for middle school teachers to use as a standalone writing unit, an extension activity, or as a part of a choice board for students.

Highlights:

  • Engaging and diverse photo prompts: Each image is carefully chosen to resonate with middle school students, featuring themes like winter holidays, mythical creatures, adventure, and family.
  • Classroom-ready: The Google Slides format allows for easy introduction of each writing prompt, while print-ready PDFs ensure quick and effortless preparation.

Transform your classroom's narrative writing approach with this captivating, standards-aligned essay planning guide. Watch as your students' imaginations soar with each unique and inspiring photo prompt!

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All Summer in a Day | Slides, Seminar, Essay, Lesson Plan, Choice Board, Film

By TooBookedUp

Transport your middle school ELA classroom to the world of Ray Bradbury with our expansive and engaging week-long lesson plan for "All Summer in a Day." Tailor-made for the curious and creative minds of grades 6-8, this resource is an ideal blend of reading, analysis, and creative expression, finely tuned for the middle school classroom.

What's Included:

  • A Complete Text of "All Summer in a Day" Text included.
  • 20+ Dynamic Slides: Bring the story to life with visually engaging slides that will capture your students' attention.
  • Structured Socratic Seminar Plan: Fostering critical thinking, our Socratic seminar procedures and evidence writing guides encourage in-depth student-led discussion.
  • Innovative Choice Board Extension Activities: Cater to different learning styles and keep students intrigued with a range of activities including essay writing, creative storytelling, and art.
  • Creative Writing Opportunities: Challenge students with crafting an alternative ending to the story or expressing character perspectives through diary entries.
  • Literary Analysis Essays: Guide your students in developing argumentative, informational, and correspondence essays with thought-provoking prompts.
  • Comic Strip Creation: Combine art and narrative skills as students transform the text into a visual storyline.
  • Film vs. Text Comparison: Deepen comprehension with a Venn diagram activity comparing the short film adaptation to the original text.

Ideal For:

  • End-of-Year Engagement: Keep students motivated and learning until the last day with this immersive resource.
  • Ready-Made Sub Plans: Detailed and easy to follow, this plan keeps your classroom on track even when you're away.
  • Mini Dystopian Unit: Whether a standalone lesson or part of a larger dystopian study, this resource prompts critical thinking about society and technology.
  • Flexible for Different Grades: Designed for middle school students, all activities are easily adjustable for higher or lower grades.

Perfect Pairing: This lesson plan complements the "Complete Week-Long Dystopian Unit Plan: 'The Pedestrian' by Ray Bradbury," offering a broader exploration of dystopian themes. Find it here: Complete Week-Long Dystopian Unit Plan.

Elevate your teaching with this multifaceted unit plan that will have your students eager to read, write, and discuss. This comprehensive package will not only save you planning time but also enrich your classroom discussions and creative output.

Included in this 12 week unit: Ultimate Middle School Short Story Bundle: 12 Week Engaging Suspense ELA Units (TeachShare.com)

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Spooky Story Starters for Halloween Writing Fun – Freebie!

By TooBookedUp

Ready to give your students a spook-tacular writing experience? These 10 Halloween-themed story starters are designed to spark imagination and creativity in your classroom. Perfect for grades 4 and up, these engaging prompts are open-ended, allowing students to create their own spooky, mysterious, or magical tales.

Use these story starters as:

  • Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
  • Writing centers or stations for independent work
  • Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
  • Fun, seasonal writing prompts for October or Halloween-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

  • “As I walked through the dark forest, I saw a glowing jack-o’-lantern with a note attached. The note said…”
  • “One rainy Halloween night, I heard a mysterious knock at the door. When I opened it, there was a box with something moving inside.”
  • “While trick-or-treating, I came across a house that no one ever visits. The door creaked open by itself, and I decided to…”
  • And 7 more eerie and thrilling prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

Easy to Use: Just print and go! No prep needed.
Engaging & Fun: Each prompt invites students to explore their creativity with a Halloween twist.
Flexible Use: Great for writing centers, independent work, or creative group activities.
Perfect for Fall: Bring the spooky season into your classroom with these seasonal story starters.

Don’t miss out on this FREE Halloween resource that will keep your students’ creativity brewing all month long! Download today and let the spooky storytelling begin!

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Halloween Spooky Figurative Language Fun Music Lesson Plan for Grades 4-6

By TooBookedUp

Get ready to bring the spooky season into your classroom with this no-prep, figurative language lesson plan! Perfect for Grades 4-6, this resource is designed to introduce or review seven types of figurative language—simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, imagery, and onomatopoeia—all with a spooky twist!

This lesson plan includes engaging slides, guided notes with fill-in-the-blanks, and spooky examples that will keep your students excited about learning. Plus, it comes with a fun activity using the lyrics from "This is Halloween" and a creative writing extension for students to write their own spooky stories.

What’s Included:

  • No-Prep Lesson Plan: Just print or project and you’re ready to go!
  • Engaging Slides with definitions and spooky examples of each figurative language type.
  • Guided Notes for students to actively participate and complete during the lesson.
  • Interactive Activity: Students analyze figurative language from the "This is Halloween" song.
  • Creative Writing Extension: Students write their own spooky stories using figurative language.

Why You'll Love This Resource:

No Prep: Ready to use with zero planning!
Perfect for Spooky Season: Engages students with Halloween-themed examples and activities.
Flexible Use: Great as a full lesson, extension activity, or writing center resource.
Lesson Plan Included: Easy-to-follow, detailed lesson plan to guide your instruction.

Bring some spooky fun to your classroom this fall with this engaging figurative language lesson! Whether you’re introducing the concept for the first time or reviewing it, your students will be creatively inspired while mastering essential ELA skills.

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Unlock Your Creativity: Inspiring Creative Writing Bundle for Writers!

By Inspired By MlG

Struggling to turn those creative ideas into captivating stories? The Inspiring Creative Writing Bundle is your key to unlocking your potential and becoming a confident, well-rounded writer!

This powerful toolkit equips you with everything you need to:

  • Craft imaginative stories: Learn the secrets of engaging storytelling techniques that will hook your readers from the very first sentence.
  • Bring characters to life: Develop dynamic characters with depth and personality that will resonate with your audience.
  • Master the art of editing: Polish your work with effective editing strategies that ensure your writing is clear, concise, and error-free.

No matter your experience level, this bundle is designed to empower you on your writing journey.

Here's what you'll get:

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