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This packet contains the syl... ByConnie
This Literacy Center is great for 3rd-5th graders.
Students compile lists of vivid verbs to replace
the overused words: said, saw ran, walked and... BySunnydays
This complete 12-page student packet includes information that will help your seniors write the College Application Essay. This complete packet co... ByKimberly's Ideas
This whopping 32 slide presentation is how I teach my students about the thesis statement. Now, most of my English department uses it, and we have ... ByFwteacher
A differentiated final short story project for grades 6-9. The teacher can assign lower-functioning students tasks from the A column, and higher-f... ByRelentless Innovation
This is a terrific project for students to complete after they have read a utopian/dystopian society novel. I use it after they have read A Handmai... ByConnie
This is an assignment sheet explaining the biography project, which gives students a choice of making a poster person, poster, or diarama. Students... ByHappyedugator
This is a generic writing plan form that can be used for any topic your would like. It is organized Day 1 through Day 5, so you could start on a Mo... ByKate Tayloe
Variety of exercises, suggested activities, and writings on Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Sentence Combining. Good for senior high school and colleg... ByMary Ellen Page
Tired of reading the same boring, formula-based essays over and over again? Challenge your kids with my Ideas and Writing PPT! This fun PowerPoin... ByPowerpoint Guru
Help your students focus their writing discussions during critique groups with 24 peer critique discussion cards. Print them out and laminate them ... ByLisa Frase
I give this handout to my students to fill out as we go through my powerpoint on the thesis statement. It helps keep them focused, it relieves some... ByFwteacher
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** To increase contextual comprehension, the pre-assessment is written in narrative. The post-assessment is the narrative... ByPatrick Johnson
Getting to Know You Activity: Class Interviews
I use this activity for the beginning of the school year. However, it is also great to use when f... ByKris
The only cost to you is giving me positive feedback! (Just kidding, but I'd really appreciate it.) =D
To create a fun essay builder/ graphic org... ByKristi Jacobsen
This powerpoint presentation is designed to present for students the steps in crafting a single paragraph. Choosing topics, patterns of organizatio... ByKaren Pearce
Where to begin? There's 174 files in this zip! Everything you need is here.
I use a persuasion unit to teaching various rhetorical and stylistic... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
Comprehension questions for every chapter, guided student log, name word search and lettercount puzzles for vocabulary (plus glossary) are all here... ByArlene Manemann
A one page writing prompt asking whether the book, "The Westing Game", by Ellen Raskin is deserving of the Newbery Medal it won in 1979.
*It is ... BySmart Chick
This complete unit for studying Hermann Hesse's SIDDHARTHA focuses student investigation of the learning process of the protagonist through an anal... ByWriting Guy
This packet takes your students through the writing process and guides them through the steps to write a five paragraph essay. Your students will c... ByMary Delgado
A journal activity that gives students a choice what to write about. This allows students the freedom to write creatively, answer a question, or ha... ByJackie Bay
This PowerPoint Presentation teaches students about the 6 Traits of Writing by breaking down the meaning of each trait, using helpful acronyms and ... ByLiteracy Across The Curriculum
During this 4 ½ week unit, my students researched an endangered animal of their choice, wrote an expository paper about the animal, and then integ... ByMelissa Eaton
Teaching young people how to think and how to express their thoughts in writing is essential for not only the college-bound students, but also for ... ByConnie
REVISED. This is a 100 point test on Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It consists of multiple choice, character iden... ByConnie
The Big Picture is an engaging activity that introduces the concept of central idea/thesis statement to young adolescents. During the course of th... ByBecky Reiter
Teaching middle school students how to conduct research can be difficult, especially for students who have struggled academically. This activity is... ByCarolyn Elam
These project options were updated on 7/25/2011. They offer a much more diverse list that, together, will meet the needs of any type of learner.... ByConnie
An extensive novel unit for the book, "The Hunger Games", by Suzanne Collins. It is 110 total pages of resources with many keys!! You will receiv... BySmart Chick
A clear, succinct explanation of how to use effective transitions in writing, along with specific examples of different kinds of logical transition... ByMassteacher
This colorful powerpoint presents, with some humor I hope, a model for argument developed by Stephen Toulmin. I call it a "take no prisoners" mode... ByDonna Hart
For this well-written novel depicting the hardships and determination of people on a wagon train to Oregon, here are comprehension questions for ea... ByArlene Manemann
This PowerPoint is about writing expository and persuasive essays, and how to start. Students will learn to write an interesting anecdote to introd... ByHappyedugator
As an elementary school teacher responsible for developing my students' writing skills, I got awfully tired of reading the same words over a... ByPamlajj
Students will be able to analyze an informational text that focuses on how young Israeli's and Palestinians are reaching out to each through social... ByTraveling Teacher
A set of 10 project challenges used to accompany the book, "Surviving the Applewhites", by Stephanie S. Tolan. These challenges give students the ... BySmart Chick
Complete research packet to guide students step-by-step in completing a research project. This is for a Word download, so that you can change the c... ByTools For Teachers By Laurah J
A set of higher level, multi-layered comprehension questions for the book, "Horrible Harry in Room 2B", by Suzy Kline. There are 8 questions for e... BySmart Chick
The Response to Poetry is designed to help students analyze, respond to, interpret, and write about a poem's theme or meaning using textual evidenc... ByMonica Lukins
Students pair up and interview each other about their lives. Then they create a timeline of 5 major events in their partner's life. Students take a... ByStephanie Scott
This is a guided research paper assignment for use after reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. It provides all the research necessary in a pac... ByValerie Chambers
The point is to understand the concept of stream of consciousness writing – James Joyce, Virginia Woolf- but, also, to understand how the technique... ByKate Reid
A collection of eight ready-to-use grading rubrics to fit nearly any writing or speaking assignment, including expository, persuasive, narrative, r... ByArik Durfee
Guide your students to a deeper level of understanding of the poem, “The Road Not Taken†by Robert Frost. This activity leads the students thro... ByScott N. Forrest, Ed.d.
A super follow up the Back to School Icebreaker (Offered separately), this activity allows students to move from the comfort of a group activity to... ByEdward Kemp