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Help students create an ever-expanding, individualized reference tool for writing skills. This interactive notebook resource combines foldables, mini anchor charts, and printables to reinforce the 6 + 1 Writing Traits. Just one of a customizable, interactive writing notebook series, this product gives teachers the flexibility to design writing notebooks that fit the distinct skills/needs of each class. It can be a stand-alone resource or paired with our Year-Long Interactive Writing Notebooks fo

This middle school resource illuminates the behind-the-scenes story of the presidential inauguration. Full of interesting facts and differentiated articles, this will captivate your students. How many people come to view the inauguration? How does the president get moved into the White House? Why are the five flags on the inaugural platform different? This resource contains: Differentiated articles on presidential moving day at three levels Differentiated articles on Inauguration Day at three

In this lesson, students make an interactive lapbook or an interactive notebook page about characterization techniques. They will use this lapbook to record important moments of characterization from two storybooks, Dex: The Heart of a Hero and Chrysanthemum. Students will also be guided through the structure of an analytical paragraph, and a section of the lapbook will be devoted to this information. As such, this lapbook can be used throughout the year as students attempt various character a

Are you hoping to provide your students with more time to write? In this interactive writing notebook students will complete foldables that introduce key components of each writing genre: expository/informational, narrative, and opinion/persuasive. As the notebook grows, students will build a writing resource tool to which they can refer as the year progresses. The writing notebook is divided into sections with plenty of room for skill practice and places to include samples of their writing in e

Increase students' awareness of a great African-American and improve analytical writing skills simultaneously with this resource. This analytical writing lesson uses an excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to develop students' understanding of literary analysis. Guiding questions train students to break the evidence down into parts, which helps promote detailed analysis. The corresponding paragraph outline not only explains the structure of a literary analysis, but it als

Are you hoping to provide your students with more time to write? In this interactive writing notebook students will complete foldables that introduce key components of each writing genre: expository/informational, narrative, and opinion/persuasive. As the notebook grows, students will build a writing resource tool to which they can refer as the year progresses. The writing notebook is divided into sections with plenty of room for skill practice and places to include samples of their writing in e

How much do your students know about the Secret Service and the nuclear football? This close reading informational text resource will challenge your students and teach them interesting information at the same time. Close reading strategies, annotation symbols, vocabulary sheets and text dependent questions are provided in this no prep resource. Did you know about the weight sensitive pressure pad underneath the carpet in the Oval Office? Students will read with pleasure as they discover the secr

Have your students ever wondered what happens the morning a newly-elected president wakes up in his bed in the White House on his very first day in office? How does the president order breakfast? How does he find out what is going on around the world? What happens if he needs to leave the White House? Who protects him? Students will follow the president through his first full day in office and learn what a typical day for a newly-elected president is like. Topics include: ordering breakfast, th

Get your students excited about Valentine's Day and writing with our thematic writing pack! This product includes a craftivity and three classroom tested writing lessons that focus on a different genre of writing: narrative, informational, and opinion. These high interest lessons not only reinforce important writing concepts but also generate impressive finished pieces. We feel certain your students will "fall in love" with these Valentine's Day writing assignments! This resource includes: Conn

Using the book "I Love You as Big as the World," students create a lapbook of interactive foldables to not only become familiar with similes, but also to practice creating their own. The lesson concludes with each student writing a poem comprised entirely of their original similes. This lesson is part of a series that creates a writing toolbox for students. Each lesson serves as an interactive tool in the form of a lap book and is perfect for test prep review and for parent conferences. Each

This analytical writing lesson uses Langston Hughes's short poem "Dreams" to develop students' understanding of literary analysis in a short period of time. As the language of poetry is filled with figurative language, one poem can provide multiple opportunities for students to practice important skills. As this two-stanza poem centers around a pair of metaphors, it does not take long to read and discuss. Therefore, the entire lesson can be completed in 1-2 class periods. To facilitate discuss

In this lesson, students make an interactive notebook page or a lapbook about characterization techniques that they will use to record important moments of characterization from different stories they read. The lesson culminates with students using various characterization techniques to write the autobiography of a well-known villain. While there are many children’s books that do a masterful job of bringing a character to life, we have frequently used Dex: The Heart of a Hero By Carolyn Buehner

Increase students' awareness of a great African-American and improve analytical writing skills simultaneously with this resource. This analytical writing lesson uses short quotations from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech to develop students' understanding of literary analysis. Guiding questions train students to break the evidence down into parts, which helps promote detailed analysis. The corresponding paragraph outline not only explains the structure of a literary analysis, but

Provide your students with a quick reference guide to Close Reading Strategies. Students will assemble a tabbed book which includes strategies for each of the three reads, plus a page of symbols used for annotating any article. Its compact size will fit in interactive composition notebooks as well. Included in this product: Tabbed Book Title page (color and black and white) Page outlining strategies for the first read of any piece Page outlining strategies for the second read of any piece Page

This informational text describes how the outgoing president moves out of the White House and the president-elect moves in...all within six hours on Inauguration Day! What is included: Three separate articles at three different Lexile levels Questions tied to the Common Core ELA Standards Answer Keys Students will read about how presidents move into and out of the White House and discover all that is required to make it a smooth transition. This is a little bit of American trivia sure to inte

This worksheet is a fun and different way for your students to tell you about themselves on the first day back to school. Using a Top Ten List format, they write the top ten things you would NEVER hear them say. This resource contains a color version and a black and white version of the worksheet plus an example page. Be sure to visit our store to see other products at : http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Collabor8

Do your students dread completing their silent reading homework? Do their eyes roll when you pass out the recording sheets? Lead students to discover the answer to the age old question: "Why do I have to do silent sustained reading?" Here is a math based practice page that should answer the question for them. In this editable version, students must calculate the number of minutes a week they are assigned to read silently, calculate how much that is a week, determine how much it is for the entir

We all know that opposites attract. Give your students an opportunity to explore unlikely relationships by writing a narrative about an unusual love story. This activity fosters creativity, character development, and voice. Students will complete graphic organizers, which provide detailed scaffolding. They will compare the characters' similarities and differences, physical characteristics, and personalities. Once they have completed their organizers, students will be guided through the elements