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This packet is meant to be used as a template for the first draft of a short story narrative writing piece. Each component of the story arc (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action) is included in this packet, allowing students to chunk their creative stories into smaller parts.

This reading response to Together Living Life During COVID-19 by Kevin Poplawski is a great way to explore conversations about today's COVID-19 climate in a kid-friendly way. This reading response focuses on reading comprehension, visualization, problem solving, opinion, and social-emotional skills. Please leave a five-star rating and enjoy! :)

This reading response to Thank You, Helpers by Patricia Hegarty and Michael Emmerson is a great way to explore conversations about today's Coronavirus climate in a kid-friendly way. This reading response focuses on reading comprehension, visualization, problem solving, opinion, and social-emotional skills. Please leave a five-star rating and enjoy! :)

This reading response to COVID-19 Helpers by Beth Bacon and Kary Lee is a great way to explore conversations about today's Coronavirus climate in a kid-friendly way. This reading response focuses on reading comprehension, visualization, problem solving, opinion, and social-emotional skills. Please leave a five-star rating and enjoy! :)

This reading response to We're Going to Be OK by Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton and Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb is a great way to explore conversations about today's Coronavirus climate in a kid-friendly way. This reading response focuses on reading comprehension, visualization, problem solving, opinion, and social-emotional skills. Please leave a five-star rating and enjoy! :)

Dear Educator, This product consists of 30 days of writing prompts with writing paper included. The topics are open-ended and range from freestyle poetry writing to journal entry style writing. The content of these writing prompts is engaging and versatile, and ultimately connects to students' lives in an authentic and academic way. Please leave five stars and enjoy! Yours Truly, BuzzyTeach

This product consists of a creative writing journal prompt list. The questions on this list are engaging and encourage critical thinking. Please follow and leave five stars. Enjoy!

This remote learning journal prompt is a great way for your students to start a dialogue about what is going on in the world around them. The writing prompt focuses on locating a current events news article and summarizing/responding to it. The students' responses can be hand written or typed electronically. I hope you find this journal prompt helpful! Please follow and leave five stars -- enjoy!

These printable task cards are an effective, engaging, and interactive Halloween writing activity great for any classroom! This activity focuses on the creative writing components of imagery and the "show don't tell" method. The product comes with 6 printable task cards. Please follow and leave five stars! Enjoy!

This exit ticket template is universal across grade level, subject level, and lesson topic. It can be used as an effective formative assessment tool. Please follow and leave five stars! Enjoy!

This "Boo! Who Are You?" creative free writing activity is a fun, engaging way to get your students writing about Halloween! This activity also explores the ELA topics of characterization, imagery, and sensory language, and allows your learners to make authentic text-to-self connections. Please follow and leave five stars! Enjoy!

This COMPLETE and EDITABLE mini-unit includes a guided visual PowerPoint presentation, fill-in-the-blank notes, an interactive and engaging "Thesis Statement Throw Down" activity, a complete essay graphic organizer, and a detailed essay rubric. These resources delve into the components of the introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph, and provide examples of each. Please follow and leave four stars! Enjoy!

This unit includes two lessons of visually aesthetic PowerPoint presentations, a debate, and around-the-room task cards. It focuses on mood, characterization, character motivation, argument, text evidence, and point of view. Please follow and leave five stars! Enjoy!

Through poem analysis, free writing, and collaborative learning, this lesson explores the topic of inspiration. Included in this product is a visually aesthetic PowerPoint presentation that will guide students through the lesson, along with a lightbulb graphic organizer that will enable the students to explore what truly inspires them. Enjoy!

This lesson explores the topics of quote analysis, creative writing, free writing, poetry, and interactive speaking/listening. Within this product, you will find a complete PowerPoint presentation with visually aesthetic content and two graphic organizers that will allow the students to apply their new skills. Enjoy!

This literature circle unit plan contains a complete literature circle package including a one-week-long visually guided PowerPoint presentation with historical and background context, informative videos (click video links in PowerPoint - presentation mode), literature circle role sheets, a Long Walk to Water mid-unit quiz, a quiz study guide, a quiz answer key, and a final assessment in which the students choose how they will share their knowledge. Enjoy!

This personal narrative writing unit is COMPLETE with lesson-by-lesson PowerPoint presentations, engaging and informative videos (click links in PowerPoint - presentation mode), materials, rubrics, study guides, writing samples, quizzes, and answer keys. It is an excellent resource for many grades, ranging from 5-12.

This comma mini-unit includes a PowerPoint presentation, Kahoot practice game, "comma song" YouTube video, comma practice sheet, comma quiz, and comma quiz answer key. Enjoy!

This 10-question, multiple choice comma quiz is a great way to assess students' knowledge of comma usage. This quiz includes an answer key.

This product is a 10-question comma practice sheet to use in conjunction with the comma mini-unit, or by itself as a review activity.