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Middle school short stories interactive whiteboards
Creation Stories, Meaningful Jigsaw Activity to Intro. any Mythology Unit
As a launch to any middle-school or high-school study of mythology, use this 45-minute activity where students work in teams of four to read and think through four short pieces about the creation of Earth/humanity. Use the five slide deck (PDF) to guide students through the jigsaw process as they find commonalities among literature from China, Uganda, the Blackfoot Native American tribe, and the King James Bible's Book of Genesis. The download also includes full-text copies of the public domain
Grades:
7th - 10th
PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL
Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Flowers for Algernon pretend Rorschach test
I use this PowerPoint presentation to introduce my students to the Rorschach test before we read the short story, "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. I go over what the test is and have students write down what they see in the ink. We talk about the accuracy of the test and why it isn't used anymore. There are also a couple of slides devoted to the Thematic Apperception Test, which is also discussed in the story. The kids really enjoy this activity and it increases their understanding of the
Grades:
6th - 10th
Seven Steps to Writing Success - Sizzling Starts - 2 Week Unit
Need a great introduction to narrative writing? Look no further! Inspired by Jen McVeity's Seven Steps to Writing Success program, here is an all inclusive 2 week unit to introduce, develop and consolidate sizzling starts in narrative writing. There's no prep required - just display on your whiteboard or Apple TV and go for gold!Your purchase includes a detailed teacher guide with 2 full weeks of writing lessons along with both PowerPoint and PDF options of the below:- 3 explicit lessons to expl
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
THANKSGIVING Writing Short Films Inference Theme Plot Text Structures
Guaranteed fun learning with this Thanksgiving animated short film workshop, SALT. Students practice inference, theme, conflict, setting, and dialogue. Writing tasks allow students to practice text structures while creating recipes, dialogue, stories and a TURKEY PARDONING ACTIVITY. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young aspiring chef makes a lovely pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner, but accidentally uses salt instead of sugar. His family's reaction is priceless!LITERARY DEVICES:❤ Making Inferences❤
Grades:
5th - 8th
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The Canterbury Tales Pack: Powerpoint, Printables, Assessments & Key, Guide
British Literature Teacher Pack for The Canterbury Tales, includes:
Zip File...
2 Power Point Presentations for 2 levels of English- 51 SLIDES!
*Reading Review/Study Guide for each tale*
Final Test (multiple choice, true/false, matching, Picture Identification)
Answer Key
Pilgrims Fill in Chart/ Organizer
Prologue activity -Writing assignment
5 Quizzes
Character Map
This unit usually takes about one month. The pack has everything you need to engage your students.
Used successfully within a re
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: The Canterbury Tales Activities Bundle
NO PRINT Picturing Feelings & Emotions Social Skills with Social Scenarios
This nonverbal communication social skills language unit focuses on defining, identifying, labeling, describing, and problem solving emotional feelings in facial expressions. Graphics depicting 20 different emotions are broken down piece by piece for students to pay attention to the small details of eyebrows, eyes, and mouth and their differences in position. Then, students can test their knowledge by identifying 20 emotions from a field of 3 facial expressions and/or labeling 20 different fac
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Grades:
K - 6th
Short Films Literary Elements Devices & Techniques Inference Character Theme
Guaranteed fun and laughter with this animated short film workshop that teaches character motivation, inferencing, providing evidence, and summary writing. Students are guided through the interactive Google Slides as they learn the importance of creating characters with motivation and how other character's motivations can cause conflicts. This workshop is simple and would work great for struggling students, ESL learners, or for a light lesson in general ed. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young girl
Grades:
5th - 8th
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BEGINNING READING BUNDLE: Grades 1 - 3 - 129 Fun Google Digital Resource
Are you looking for a digital resource for your beginning readers? You've found it with these Colorful & Engaging google slides sure to improve reading comprehension! Each delightful lesson includes an appealing mini-story and is followed by story-related questions to test comprehension. Additional questions are designed to reinforce specific reading skills such as finding a fact, word analysis, vocabulary, inference and more... These delightfully-illustrated activities are sure to keep
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Grades:
K - 6th
Sizzling Starts - An Introduction (No Prep)
Need a great introduction to narrative writing? Look no further! Inspired by Jen McVeity's Seven Steps to Writing Success program, here is an all inclusive lesson introducing sizzling starts in narrative writing. There's no prep required - just display on your whiteboard or Apple TV and go for gold!Check out the preview for some samples of student work - that's just after this lesson!Enjoy! :)WANT MORE? Check out my new 2 Week Sizzling Start Unit - complete with PowerPoints, interactive activiti
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Myths and Legends Short Story Unit - Updated!
Step into the Shoes of a Storyteller! This engaging, 6-week junior high short story unit is a great way to teach short story analysis and writing!This listing is for the COMPLETE unit, including:Unit Plan and Updated Resource ListLesson PlansAssessment PlanStudent PackageProject-Based AssessmentsActivity HandoutsUnit Exam with Answer KeyEDITABLE Smart Notebook filePDF version of Smart Notebook filesFill-in-the-Blank Student Notes (color and B&W)Texts Featured:- Aesop's Fables- King Arthur- F
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Grades:
7th - 10th
February Pixar Short Films Theme Plot Setting Summary Valentines Day Activities
Perfect for February and Valentine's Day activities! To with a Pixar -like short film, Bear With Me, is a highly engaging way to theme, setting, plot, summary writing, and more. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. URL LINK TO THE VIDEO INCLUDEDSynopsis: A newly married bear must wait patiently for her husband to come out of hibernation. She gets a sweet surprise when he wakes up on Valentine's Day!❤MORE VALENTINE'S DAY ACTIVITIES!❤CHECK OUT T
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5th - 8th
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St. Patrick's (St. Paddy's) Themed Pragmatic Problem Solving
No print, No prep, Interactive material for those working on story comprehension, pragmatic problem solving, non literal language, context clues, and inferencing. Preview hereThis product contains 6 pragmatic problem solving story prompts. Each story includes 9 questions each. Questions include:- WH questions- Vocabulary- Inference- Problem Solving- Story Details- Figurative Language- Conversational TopicsStory comprehension questions are interactive- Student clicks on a question they are having
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in: No Print No Prep Interactive GROWING Language Bundle [distance learning]
Introduction to Sherlock Holmes | Presentation for PowerPoint & Google Slides
Introduction to Sherlock Holmes Presentation for PowerPoint. Arthur Conan DoyleSherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. Since the publishing of the first novel, A Study in Scarlet, Holmes and Watson have been popular with readers of all ages. Re-imagined in thousand of plays, movies, novels for over a century, Sherlock Holmes still manages to captivate audiences around the world. Includes 11 Slides. This product is not editable.This presentation is a gr
Grades:
5th - 12th
Writing Prompt Photos: 40 Animal Writing Photo Prompts | Students Love These!
Students love animals and they will love writing about these 40 silly animal photos! Use a SmartBoard or projector to show a Writing Photo Prompt onto your board for a memorable writing activity! I love to do this every Monday morning so students see the picture when they first walk in!40 Animal Writing Photo Prompts are included in 3 formats: 1. Full-page high-quality photo (8.5 x 11 inches) 2. Full-page high quality photo with a short caption/story starter 3. Four photos per page to print out
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: Animals Activities Bundle: 9 Resources at a 30% Off Savings
Hey, Come On Out! by Shinichi Hoshi - PPT - myPerspectives - Grade 7
This is a ready-made PowerPoint animated lesson with answer key for He—y, ComeOn Ou—t! selection, unit 3, myPerspectives, grade 7. This lesson includes the following:- Comprehension check- Closer Look - Setting- Analyze the text- Analyze craft and structure - Irony- Concept Vocabulary and Word Study- Word Network- Conventions - Punctuation MarksIn addition to:videos to facilitate literature.slides that provide assistance and recommendations on how to facilitate some tasks to your learners.
Grades:
7th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: People and the Planet | UNIT 4 | myPerspectives | PPT | Grade 7
Short Films Literary Devices Elements & Techniques Mothers Day Theme Inference
Guaranteed engagement with this animated short film workshop, Hair Love! This workshop teaches inferencing, theme, foreshadowing, plot twist, symbolism, and conflict. Great for Mother's Day! ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: Zuri grapples with trying to style her own hair as she watches her mother's video blog about hair. The viewer is led to believe that Zuri's mother has passed away because her father is struggling to help with her hair. But, a wonderful plot twist awaits and students learn the importanc
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4th - 8th
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Short Films FREE LITERARY ELEMENT DEVICES & TECHNIQUES GUIDE
Using shorts or other animated short films to teach literary elements and literary device is hands down the most engaging and effective practice in the ELA classroom! Students absolutely love learning with them! But, it takes forever to sort through thousands of films and figure out which literary elements correlate. This guide lets you bypass all of that and go straight to teaching! ❤ Personal Note: I have viewed and analyzed hundreds of animated short films (I'm kind of obsessed), choosing on
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Fact Vs. Opinion Powerpoint Lesson
Powerpoint includes a motivational start, definitions of both fact and opinion, vocabulary, several pages of "Adelina's Whales", and interactive example slides for student's to participate in!
Great start to end resource for teaching fact and opinion!
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Grades:
1st - 6th
The Ravine Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections Graham Salisbury Power Point
This Key Note/ Power Point includes objectives, student questions that are included in the Teacher Edition. These are also knowns as the wrap around questions for the short story, The Ravine by Graham Salisbury from Common Core Collections.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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THANKSGIVING Writing Prompts & Activities Text Structures Mini-Lessons & MORE
Digital Thanksgiving Writing Prompts with rubrics, mentor sample answers, and mini-lessons for constructed response, summary, instructional, and cause and effect writing. This resource is packed with engaging learning tools, videos, and articles. STUDENT APPROVED! ❤ INCLUDES:4 Writing Lessons4 Writing Prompts4 Digital Rubrics w. Moveable Pieces4 Mentor Sample ResponsesInstructions2 Informational Articles2 Short Documentary VideosShareable Slides for Peer Review and Scoring Stations❤ WRITING PROM
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5th - 8th
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The Ravine by Graham Salisbury- Ready to Teach Resource Pack
This engaging, CCSS aligned and classroom-ready resource pack includes before reading, during reading, and after reading activities. My students have thoroughly enjoyed them!
The series of activities are focused on the essential question, "How do people react in the face of fear?".
The unit is aligned to the 6th-grade "Collections" series, although it can be implemented easily by any teacher.
Before reading activities include vocabulary sorts and practice, "Would You Rather" game cards, a
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Pixar Shorts Films for Teaching Theme Character Plot Setting Carl and Ellie
This P animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP, is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn how to trace the conflict to determine th
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Spanish Valentine's Day Story | Choose Your Own Ending Story | El regalo
This is the story of Karina and Kevin, two teens from Bariloche, Argentina. Kevin can't decide what to get Karina for Valentine's day. Every decision you make helps him decide what to give her! This short story can be read over and over!The story is written on Google Slides. It is fully editable!I use this story with my 1st-year Spanish students and they love it! Spanish 2 students will also enjoy the story. It will work well with upper elementary and Middle School students as well.Related Produ
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: 100 Spanish Stories Bundle | Library
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