by English Oh My
4th – 9th Grade

Interactive Notebook “Dead” Words Cut-Outs

*Every year I spend time teaching my students how to sophisticate their writing. One of the activities I do is teaching my students to replace their “dead” words, or the non-descriptive words, with more sophisticated language.

I created these nifty cut-outs for my students to glue into their interactive notebooks in their writing section. This way, they will always have a reference page to refer back to for their sophisticated words. I wanted to share this!

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by Educate and Create
7th – 12th Grade

A choice board for final projects. Perfect for ending a novel unit. Works well with any novel.

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by Spark Creativity
7th – 10th Grade

Blackout poetry is such an easy way to take the fear factor out of writing poetry. Instead of staring at a blank page, students get to choose the words they want from a page that is already full. Less pressure = more creativity!

You’ve probably seen the striking final product of blackout poetry assignments around Instagram and Pinterest. With their writer’s block is out of the way, students can use the blackout poetry form to create powerful poetic AND visual images. They will amaze themselves and each other with their beautiful poetry and final results.

This blackout poetry activity makes a great hook or supplemental activity for any poetry unit. It also leads to an AWESOME display!

The instructions are simple, and they are laid out step-by-step with photo examples of each in this assignment. There’s also an option to try digital blackout poetry, with a step-by-step visual and exemplars for that too.

What’s inside this Blackout Poetry Activity:

• A Step-by-step guide to creating blackout poetry on paper
• A digital extension option
• 4 printable pages of text from classic books if you don’t want to rip pages
• Multiple exemplars

Find more poetry resources in this creative poetry unit.

• Introduction Poetry Unit

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​​​ “I wish I could have rated this higher than 5 stars! My classes had so much fun creating their blackout poetry! Students that struggle with poetry turned in amazing work! My admin even commented on how creative it was!! I will definitely keep this resource for the future!” -Teresa

​​​ “This is THE BEST resource for Black Out Poetry! Anything by Betsy Potash is going to EXCELLENT! Her resources have enriched the lives of my students and created a better teacher for my kiddos! This resource explains Black Out Poetry, gives step-by-step directions, and has visuals for examples. It has 100% everything you need to give this awesome strategy a try! The results and student engagement is off the charts! I collect old books and keep them in a treasure trunk in my room. Students are so hesitant at first to wrip out a page in a book but then they start perusing all the pages and it is a sight to see! I LOVE this writing activity!” – Nannette

​​​ “My three 7th grade English classes benefited from the step by step guide and all of the great student samples provided in this resource.” -Barbara

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by Shining Scholar Education
5th – 12th Grade

Flannery O’Connor said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” The importance of journal writing is endless: it will help mental clarity, stimulate creative thinking, problem-solving, self-reflection, increase self-awareness and identity, and many other benefits. It is a great warm-up activity to pair with silent reading. Students’ writing can be taken for a grade or participation grade. This list contains over 180 prompts (including quotes) and is editable so you can delete any that do not suit your audience and add some of your own! Follow me so you can be notified ASAP and can download the most current version of this lesson. If you found this lesson helpful please leave a positive review at my store, thank you!

This lesson is student-centered, meaning:

–it allows you to become a facilitator!

–happier teachers!

–happier students!

–happier administrators!

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by Wisewire
5th Grade

Students explore standard RL.5.7 with this playlist. They will analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to a text. Students will study illustrations to determine how illustrations can contribute to the tone and meaning of the story. Students also have the option to view instructional videos and complete practice quizzes or activities.

This product includes:

• 2 links to instructional videos or texts

• 3 links to practice quizzes or activities

• 1 assessment that includes three multiple choice questions

• Definitions of key terms, such as multimedia elements and tone

• Examples of different versions of Cinderella and how visual and multimedia elements change the tone and meaning of the familiar story

• An excerpt from “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens

• An excerpt from “The Bird with the Broken Wing” by Florence Holbrook

• An accompanying Teaching Notes file

The Teaching Notes file includes:

• Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the standard

• Links to additional practice quizzes or activities

• An answer guide with correct answers, answer choice rationales, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels

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by Juggling ELA
6th – 12th Grade

This is an evidence chart to use with the play Twelve Angry Men. Students will chart the evidence from the play to determine the guilt or innocence of the boy on trial. This can be done individually or in a group.

This chart is part of my unit for Twelve Angry Men listed here:

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by TeachingFSL
7th – 9th Grade

This four-page resource has questions for the beginning of the novel Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel. This FREE resource includes short answer questions for the Part 1 introduction, and questions in the format of true, false, or unknown for the first chapter of this Canadian novel.

I used the novel and these resources during my Language block as a read-aloud with my grade 7-8 class, with many English Language Learners. Students responded to the questions during and following the read aloud and then we discussed them as a way to ensure they understood the events of the story.

You could also collect the work, as a check-in for listening comprehension. Teachers may also wish to only check or assign certain questions, as there are 26 questions included in total covering the first 17 pages of this fiction book.

There is an answer key included as well.

Does this include the text/book/audiobook?
No, that would be an infringement of copyright. I own the book myself. At the time of making this resource available, I can share with you that this book was available through Audible, Apple Books, Google Play Books, Indigo/Chapters, Amazon, and several other sources. Feel free to send me a Q&A if you cannot locate it! (Availability does change over time!) Remember to also check any libraries that you have access to use, as IP laws (in my country, Canada) permit teachers to borrow a book or a recording from the library to use with students.

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