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This Google Slides template is intended to be a "fill in the blank" outline for your students. This will help them develop an easy to read, easy to grade story with an audience intended for young children. A rubric is included!Lessons you should teach before having them work in this template: Character DevelopmentStory ElementsPlotDialogThemeand other specific narrative writing teaching points. ******************************************************************* Editable products are still (c)

This product will provide you with a Google Folder that contains both a mini lesson that teaches students how to take the lyrics of a favorite song and create a funny news report and a document where they can draft and write their news article. The slides will walk students through some of the main components of a news article, including the definition of a hard lead and the 5W's : Who, What, Where, When, Why -- and How! Sources for info are linked. Credit for Slide Art: Presentation template b

This 10 slide presentation will help you teach your students the definitions (and difference between) analogies and allusions in literature. The mini-lesson includes a six question formative assessment at the end you can use as a game, quick activity, or quiz. Sources for info are linked. Credit for Slide Art: Presentation template by SlidesCarnivalPhotographs by UnsplashWatercolor textures by GraphicBurguer******************************************************************* Editable products ar

This full Google Slidedeck lesson is fully editable and versatile. You can remove the Bitmojis within and replace them with your own! It teaches students how to craft a sophisticated thesis statement for literary analysis. It uses well known acronyms such as "RACE" to refer to well developed open ended responses, and teaches a new way of remembering the important components of a literary analysis thesis statement. This Peardeck ready presentation includes a variety of formative assessments tha

This 15 slide presentation was created to be a framework to help you introduce the text Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The information within is sourced on the last slide. This introductory lesson(s) will teach students about developmental disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the definition of ableism, as well as the historical implications of this classic text. ******************************************************************* Editable products are still (c) to Do More

Contains a mini-unit with three separate lessons and assignments for creating a children's story on Google Slides, as well as a template students fill in to easily structure and publish their story via Google Slides and Google Classroom. A rubric is included with the template! 4 assignments in total3 small, 1 large project (rubric included)******************************************************************* Editable products are still (c) to Do More With Less ELA. This product is for personal us

This short Google Slide mini-lesson is dedicated to helping your students identify bias in their research as they work toward gathering evidence to write an argument based essay. This lesson works best if students know how to find reliable (if somewhat biased) information on the Internet. The entire lesson is Peardeck ready, but if you don't have peardeck, you can easily convert it in Nearpod or just have students answer the ol' fashioned way! It covers these three main sub-topics in regards to

This Google Slide Deck provides three individual activities based on Eugenia Collier's short story "Marigolds," which is appropriate for students of many levels and ages. The text has some incredibly deep themes but with simplified language that allows readers of all levels to become engaged. The activities included will help students learn how to:  select supporting text evidenceintroduce and contextualize text evidence *analyze text evidence *craft literary analysis claimsformat MLA citatio

This product is meant to help creative writing teachers show students how to provide tangent, valuable feedback to their peers. It is meant to be used in a classroom where students are encouraged to read other students' work. This Google folder comes with two items: A short mini lesson slide deck (six slides) that teaches students the difference between feedback and advice, with model statementsAn easy to use form which can be used to create a spreadsheet that allows the teacher to easily see

This digital bundle includes an introductory lesson slide deck that will introduce your students to the necessary background info surrounding "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. The introductory lesson will also provide students with historical context and help encourage important discussions in the classroom about social justice, discrimination, and inclusivity. All materials in this bundle are centered around the short story version of the text, but can apply to the entire novel (perhaps

This self care reflection form can help you check in with your students' emotions and current self care practices. It would be worthwhile to teach a lesson on what proper self care is (it's not all manicures and video games!) prior to linking this form. The Bitmojis are not my own artwork. They can be changed out to match your own using the Bitmoji Google Chrome extension.

This Google Doc worksheet encourages students to identify, label, and analyze various uses of figurative language in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street. This would work perfectly for teachers who want their students to :refresh their memory on various types of figurative languagepractice identifying figurative languagepractice MLA citationspractice analyzing quotations of textsModifications/Suggestions:Pre-fill some of the boxes for students who may need help Pre-fill some of the boxe

This bundle is perfect to start building a unit centered around Sandra Cisneros's novel The House on Mango Street. Included:Introductory Group Project Webquest w/ essential questions and a rubricAnnotations Worksheet for Literary Analysis (can be used for entire novel!)Lesson Notes + Google Quiz on Literary Terms: Vignettes & BildungsromanA Narrative Writing Prompt Assignment w/ Model Piece + Lesson Notes includedA Figurative Language Worksheet/AssessmentPlease click through the products to se

This Google Drive Folder contains 5 separate documents you can use to prep your student to write their very own narrative vignette about their home after reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Skills covered: writing narrativesusing imageryusing tone/moodusing descriptionanalyzing writing devices/literary termsIncluded: 1. A Lesson/Notes Google Slide DeckThe House on Mango Street | Writing a Vignette| "Home"This resource could be turned in a Peardeck easily. It breaks down us

How do characters help develop theme? This full Google Slide lesson uses the short story “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes as a mentor text to explore the concept of how characters help to develop themes in fiction. (Test Prep!) Within the presentation are blank and completed graphic organizers that model the breakdown of the teaching point. You can use them as group or individual activities. You will need to provide your students with a copy of the story, should you choose to use the same

This Google Doc includes instructions, essential questions, and a rubric assessment for a group project introductory webquest to start a unit on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The final assessment is a GROUP PRESENTATION students can create in Google Slides/Powerpoint/whatever. The topics are divided to make this work for THREE separate groups of students. I suggest you place 4-5 students in a group and have them create a Google Slide presentation they will deliver to their clas

This short Google Slide mini-lesson is dedicated to helping your students craft strong thesis statements using either the 3 point model, or the umbrella styled thesis statement. The entire lesson is Peardeck ready, but if you don't have Peardeck, you can easily convert it in Nearpod or just have students answer the ol' fashioned way! These interactive slides will: have students compare a strong thesis statement to a weak thesis statementask students to recall components of a well crafted thesis

This detailed, color coded Google SlideDeck lesson will walk your students through how to use the acronym "ICE" to properly include supportive text evidence in their open ended responses/essays for literary analysis. It contains Peardeck ready slides to help keep students engaged, even remotely! ICE:- introduce the quote - cite the quote (using MLA format!) - explain the quote Also included: Examplar open ended responses using “RACE” acronym formatTransitional phrases & "signal verbs"MLA formatt

This Peardeck ready-mini unit contains three separate lessons you can combine or spread over many days. Slides 9, 13, and 15 are full assignments you can post, print, or link separately. This mini-unit will take your students through a creative writing journey where they prepare to publish a children's picture book by: deciding on a themecreating a protagonistwriting up an outlineI suggest going through some fun picture book mentor texts before any writing lesson. The interactive slides are sur

This 2 page Google Doc worksheet will help students practice citing and explaining text evidence to support a claim or topic statement. This is an excellent addition to any essay-writing lesson you have taught, and can fit seamlessly with paragraph-constructing strategies like RACE, RACER, etc. This assignment comes with four ready to go claims that students need to find quotes from the text to support. This is a great pre-essay activity. The Google Doc format makes this an easy to assign digit