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Use this planning sheet to help students plan for writing a drama. It includes elements such as: audience, setting, narrator, conflict, resolution, and characters. This also includes a rubric to match the planning process which can be used to assess the final written drama. ------------- If you enjoy this resource, check out another similar product called PERSONAL NARRATIVE PLANNING GUIDE. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Personal-Narrative-Planning-Guide-6032893

Let's Make Brainstorming Fun Again! If you’re tired of the same old graphic organizers and want something fresh, exciting, and middle school approved – this bundle is for you. Help your students kick off their narratives with energy, creativity, and confidence. This bundle of 10 unique, high-interest brainstorming templates is specifically designed to help middle school students generate ideas with enthusiasm and creativity during the first step of the writing process. Whether you’re launch

Are you ready to transform the way your students give and receive feedback? This 5-day lesson sequence is designed to guide students through the process of building empathy, understanding constructive feedback, and confidently applying those skills to real peer writing — all while engaging with multimedia, interactive activities, and scaffolded supports! ✅ What’s Included: 5 Fully-Planned, Detailed Lessons Clear step-by-step teacher instructions for each day. Day 1: Building Empathy Through

Struggling to get your middle schoolers to punctuate dialogue correctly? This no-prep Mini Lesson + 3 Engaging Activities will help your students master the rules of punctuating dialogue—with clear examples, guided practice, and opportunities to create their own original writing! This resource is ideal for introducing or reviewing dialogue punctuation in your ELA classroom. Whether you're teaching narrative writing, grammar, or prepping for a larger writing assignment, this resource breaks it

Make grammar relevant and fun! This resource helps upper elementary and middle school students learn or review proper nouns and capitalization using examples straight from today’s pop culture. Perfect for grades 5–8, this activity set connects grammar skills to the music, shows, games, and celebrities your students actually care about — think Taylor Swift, Minecraft, YouTube, Instagram Reels, and more! ✏️ What’s Included: Mini Lesson / Notes Page: A clear, easy-to-follow review of nouns v

Tired of the same old first day of school getting to know you activities? So are your students! Pique your students' interests by assigning this editable "All About Me" presentation that includes 15 slides of things students are interested in - music, television, sports, GIFs, and emojis. Students will enjoy introducing themselves in this fun way through pop culture concepts while learning more about their classmates. This includes a copy of the Google Slides presentation. Once students have a

🎃 Bring spooky fun to your reading block with these Halloween-themed Book Recommendation Coloring Pages — a creative way for students to show off their favorite books! Each page features a fun Halloween creature (like a skeleton, spider, mummy, witch, and more) holding a blank book cover that students get to design based on a book they've read. It's a no-prep, engaging activity that blends art, reading comprehension, and writing — perfect for October literacy centers, early finishers, or a

This is a great no-embarrassment virtual icebreaker for elementary-aged students! This PowerPoint can easily be displayed for a "live" game while on Zoom or another meeting platform or sent out for students to play independently and report back with their score. How It Works: Each slide gives a simple scenario and an assigned point value. Students earn or lose points based on their responses. For example: Add 5 points if you have a dog as a pet. Students keep track of their running total of po

Help your students start the year off organized! This fun virtual planner provides 6 different templates for your students to choose from each week. Each template has a spot to record assignments Monday through Friday as well as room for additional notes to be jotted down. This can be shared out as either a PowerPoint presentation or Google link. The last slide in the PowerPoint includes a link to share this presentation within Google Classroom. Once students have a copy, all they have to do is

Tired of the same old first day of school getting to know you activities? So are your students! Pique your students' interests by assigning this editable "All About Me" presentation that includes 15 slides of things students are interested in - music, television, sports, GIFs, and emojis. Students will enjoy introducing themselves in this fun way through pop culture concepts while learning more about their classmates. This download is a PowerPoint. To purchase the editable Google Slides version

This is a great no-embarrassment virtual icebreaker for elementary-aged students! This presentation can easily be displayed for a "live" game while on Zoom or another meeting platform or sent out for students to play independently and report back with their score. How It Works: Each slide gives a simple scenario and an assigned point value. Students earn or lose points based on their responses. For example: Add 5 points if you have a dog as a pet.Students keep track of their running total of p

This bundle includes 5 different scavenger hunt lists for primary students. With between 7-10 items on each list, this can be done as a warm-up, brain break, homework, or icebreaker during virtual learning. Items listed can easily be found around the home.

As you begin the journey of virtual learning with your students, it's important to understand each student's unique circumstances that will ultimately affect their participation and progress while school is occurring in this format. Quickly gather this valuable information by sharing this editable PowerPoint presentation with them. Information that is asked about includes: -Type of device they will use -Location during virtual learning -Home environment -Comfort level with technology -Strengths

As you begin the journey of virtual learning with your students, it's important to understand each student's unique circumstances that will ultimately affect their participation and progress while school is occurring in this format. Quickly gather this valuable information by sharing this editable PowerPoint presentation with them. Information that is asked about includes: -Type of device they will use -Location during virtual learning -Home environment -Comfort level with technology -Strengths

Virtual learning can be frustrating, exciting, challenging, confusing, rewarding - all in the same week. How are your students feeling about this new format of learning? Quickly take their virtual learning "temperature" by having them fill out this simple, straightforward reflection form at the end of each week. This will help them to celebrate their victories and communicate with you the areas where they may need some additional assistance. This can be done with assistance by parents for the yo

Have your students introduce themselves in a creative way that they're all familiar with - emojis! You can turn easily turn this into a game by having students guess which student designed each poster since their names are not included. These make good classroom decoration once they're completed, too! This is a downloadable PDF document. It is also available as a TpT Digital Activity to push out through Google Classroom for students to edit.

Tired of the same old writing prompts you've used every year? So are students! (They've already written about their most embarrassing moment five times by now!) Now presenting :: FIFTY graphically pleasing, engaging writing starters to inspire students to put their best writing forward. All 50 prompts are original thought starters that challenge, inspire, and encourage students to enjoy writing. Students will use their creativity to address each starter, practicing perspective, voice, and purpo

25 total genre labels as follows: (5) fiction (3) nonfiction (2) historical fiction (2) fantasy (2) mystery (2) action and adventure (2) sports (2) animals (3) graphic novels (2) biography **Size can be adjusted based on print settings.

It's FALL, Y'ALL! Help your students get in the fall spirit while learning their sight words! This downloadable PDF features 41 Dolch 1st Grade words on fall themed flashcards (4 cards per page). Words include: afteragainananyasaskbycouldeveryflyfromgivegivinghadhasherhimhishowjustknowletlivemayofoldonceopenoverputroundsomestoptakethankthemthenthinkwalkwerewhen

Use this planning guide to help students plan for writing an effective personal narrative. On each page of the planning sheet you will find short teaching tips to help guide students through the process so that they can do this more independently. The planning process helps students 1. select a focus for their narrative 2. think through details like setting and characters 3. develop a theme by evaluating the lesson learned by identifying how they changed through this experience 4. organize the