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Common Core W.7.1 resources for Gifted and Talented
Christmas Writing Activities Middle School Prompts Persuasive Letter to Santa
Are your students on Santa's naughty list? This writing activity will keep your students engaged during the pre-holiday excitement as they write a persuasive friendly letter to Santa convincing him that they really don't belong on the naughty list! Creative and fun!What teachers are saying about this resource:"THE BEST UNIT I HAVE PURCHASED! So comprehensive, works students through editing, examples and just sets them up for a perfect end product if they try their best the whole way through th
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox: Printables for Nearly Every Standard
The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and listening, writing, and language standards. It also has two pages of writing prompts and warm-ups. The Standards Guide at the end details the CCSS that correspond to each printable.
Three grade level
Grades:
6th - 8th
Create Your Own Utopia - FUN Argumentative Writing Project
This final project is a favorite for my seventh graders. I used it as a summative assessment after studying Utopias - it would be perfect after a reading of The Giver or other utopia/dystopia novels.The project is based on the students creating their own Utopias. However, I wanted to have it tied into Argumentative Writing, so graphic organizers lead students on a step-by-step path to not just create their Utopia, but argue why people should choose to live there. Students use actual sources t
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan Free
Do your students struggle with providing strong, credible evidence for their claims? These two free Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any argument, opinion, persuasive, or research essay to help students gather and analyze arguments and evidence that they need to support a claim.Students gain critical thinking skills as they justify the use of their evidence and the evidence checker graphic organizers allow them to see exactly what kind of evidence they are using.This freebie includes
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Analyze Bias Evaluate Websites Fact Check Wikipedia Research Skills Bundle
October Daily Writing Warm Up Bell Ringer Journal Prompt Print or Digital
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 October prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that October 4 is National Cinnamon Bun Day and that October 14 is National Chocolate Covered Insect Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics in
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Middle School Critical Thinking Bundle - April Fool's Day and every other day!
Embark on an intellectual journey with the Middle School Critical Thinking Bundle where logical reasoning and depth and complexity take center stage! Help your students become critical thinkers, not just on April Fool's Day, but every day, developing a habit of careful consideration in how they approach information and decisions.Students in 6th-8th grade will explore topics like Occam's Razor and master the art of taking perspectives in this transformative bundle. Each lesson is crafted to stimu
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Persuasive and Expository Collaborative Activity Writing Product Reviews
Do you read the reviews before you buy a product? Almost all of us do, and your students will become pros at this aspect of writing that blends expository and persuasive writing. This is such a fun activity for teaching writing.There are two activities included. First, students will share three of their favorite products. Using a graphic organizer, they'll plan what they want to say about it. Then, in groups of three, they'll share their favorite products. They'll try to persuade the group membe
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Persuasive, Narrative and Descriptive Writing Lessons & Activities BUNDLE
Social Issue Project for Gifted or Language Arts
This social issue project weaves in so many Common Core writing, listening, and speaking standards! Great to keep a language arts or gifted class highly engaged.
What you will love about this is that student directions, handouts, graphic organizers, and the grading rubric are already made for you. They are blank and ready to be printed, copied, and given to students. Virtually no ahead of time prep! There is also an "example/model essay" to use as a teaching tool and very specific
November Daily Journal Print or Digital Google Drive OneDrive
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 30 November prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day and that November 20 is National Absurdity Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia,
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
August Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Writing Monthly Journal Print and Digital
Print & Digital! No matter what the year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 August prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that August 21 is National Spumoni Day? That's one of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, research prompts, and thoughtful quotes
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Character Study Book Report (Includes Summary and "Wanted" Poster Assignment)
This Character Study book report includes instructions for students, a sample summary and sample project, as well as an optional grading rubric for the teacher to simply pick and choose from listed choices to grade the student on writing (effective expression), grammar (conventions), and drawing (visual arts).The assignment requires students to write a one-page summary broken down into a beginning, middle, and end. The students must also complete a "Wanted" poster project, focusing on the main c
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Wind Power BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
84 printable or digital pages exploring wind power and global warming: internet activities (WebQuest and Google) - 12 pagesanalyze global warming charts and graphs - 17 pagescompare and contrast - 10 pageswriting prompts - 20 pagesbrainteasers and word puzzles - 25 pagesUse in a computer lab or at home (as homework or distance learning). Take a look at the Preview to see the five packets in this bundle:Global Warming and Wind Power - Analyzing Charts and GraphsGlobal Warming and Wind Power - B
Grades:
4th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Real Life Utopias - Great pre-reading activity for The Giver and other novels
The idea of "Utopia" is one that fascinates students. A world where everything is perfect? Seems too good to be true!
I wanted to use that curiosity to hook students into my Utopia unit, and so I research three attempts at Utopian life in America's history. My students were shocked to learn that people had actually tried to create Utopias in real-life, and they liked learning how they "bombed miserably."
Besides a detailed PPT, I have also included a persuasive writing activity that uses
Grades:
6th - 8th
Movie Advertisement Book Report (Includes Essay and Movie Poster Assignment)
This Movie Advertisement book report has students analyze any novel or chapter book by writing a multi-paragraph informational essay and creating a movie advertisement poster, imagining how the book would be advertised if it were a movie. The instructions include student-friendly language with paragraph-by-paragraph guidance for the informational essay and sample topic sentences. The instructions also tell specific requirements for the movie poster (including a tag line, movie critic reviews, wh
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2nd - 12th
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Quick Literature Study
This literature study is short and sweet, just like the novel. It asks students to extend the metaphorical story of Jonathan into real world aspects. There are questions for Part One, Part Two and Part Three that can be differentiated based on student ability - these differentiation strategies are outlined in the lesson plans. As a final project, students are asked to find parallels between the novel and ideas, other documents or biographies. To do this, students must conduct outside research
Grades:
6th - 9th
Depth and Complexity Icons Frames for Gifted Learners Distance Learning
This product contains six depth and complexity icons thinking frames for gifted learners based on the disciplines of historian, teacher, scientist, videographer, author, and web designer. There is also a blank frame included for other uses in the classroom as well as a list of alternative disciplines that you might consider using. Ideas for how these have worked in my classrooms are listed as well. The purpose of these frames is to get students to think more deeply about various content areas. T
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Depth and Complexity Icons Content Enrichment Ideas BUNDLE
Gifted and Advanced ELA End of the Year Choice Projects
I really like to challenge my advanced students. However, they worked so hard preparing for the state test that I wanted to provide them with engaging activities and allow them to be in control of what they are learning, while having fun and learning about things that interest them. The majority of my class is made up of students who are gifted. I discovered that they have rather poor time management skills. They work linearly, and cannot meet multiple deadlines at the same time. This projec
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Engaging Writing Prompts for Gifted and Talented Students
33 printable or digital pages to serve as writing prompts for gifted and talented writers. Each page has a wildlife photo and a question to promote critical thinking, such as: Why must kids go to school instead of playing video games all day?Is it okay to kill a flower just so that you can have it?What sharp things are dangerous to humans?Why shouldn’t people feed human leftovers to dogs and cats?Do plants think about the Sun and warmth?Why is it okay to chop a tree limb off, but not a dog’s le
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Distance Learning for Middle School BUNDLE (Print + Digital Activities)
Challenging Writing Prompts for Gifted and Talented Students
35 printable or digital pages to serve as writing prompts for gifted and talented writers. Each page has a wildlife photo and a question to promote critical thinking, such as: What scares you when you are ALONE?WHO annoys you the most at school?What are several odd things about YOU?How do you show respect toward BUGS?Is it okay to STEP on a fallen leaf?What is the value of a flower?What are the SIGNS of old age?Is it okay to CHASE a lizard?How are insects and flowers alike?Have you ever gotten
Grades:
4th - 8th
7th Grade Writing Curriculum
This Bundle includes the 4 types of writing encountered in the standard 7th grade year. Narrative, Expository, Argumentative, and Research based writing. With any type of writing it is important to ensure that the writing process is followed. Along with ensuring that the writing process is taught, these workshops include the following for each type of writing. Resources you will need to complete each daily challenge. topicsdaily tasksworksheetsvideoschecklists to make sure you are on trackvoca
Grades:
7th
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Evaluation - Thinking about the WORDS people say
24 printable or digital pages to help students think critically about the words that people say. Students explain what the phrases mean and why they are so powerful, analyzing wise sayings like:Do the right thing, even when no one is looking.Enjoy the little things in life.Be somebody who makes everybody feel like somebody.Reading is dreaming with open eyes.Mistakes are proof that you are trying.You can’t rewind life. If you dog doesn’t like somebody, maybe you shouldn’t either. Every ending
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Back to School Writing BUNDLE
Writing Prompts - Independent Work Packet
100 printable or digital pages of writing prompts: wasting time, short and long-term goals, your best friend, finding happiness, helping others, lying, being judgmental, how to create a strong and flexible mind, what is the truth, decisions, fear, love, missing someone, dreams, choices, boredom, being stubborn, being smart, who taught you life skills, being normal, amazing experiences, getting in trouble, messing up, apologizing, the worst day, causing pain to others, and so much more. Each pa
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â Summer Writing BUNDLE
Black History Month BUNDLE - Gifted and Talented
This bundle has 151 pages for students to explore Black History Month. Students write about things that cause us to fear, learn how being different is okay, search online for information about Civil Rights leaders, investigate African American singers and politicians, fingerspell words related to Black History Month, and so much more. Seven different packets to challenge gifted and talented students in February. Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages. And if you want more, then take a l
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Compelling Writing Prompts for Gifted and Talented Students
34 printable or digital pages to serve as writing prompts for gifted and talented writers. Each page has a wildlife photo and a question to promote critical thinking, such as: Why does the wind blow?Why do some animals have a tail?Why are many flowers so colorful?Why do things fall to the ground?Why does the sun shine?Why is dirt brown?Why do humans need directions?Why are rocks hard?Why do things die? PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students
Grades:
4th - 8th
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