Graffiti Walls are a great creative assessment and critical thinking tool. They work well for individuals, groups, or whole class assignments. This product has been updated to include a 100% digital version in addition to the printable sheets. This activity is SO versatile, the question is really what can’t you apply it to? The basic idea is to give your students a focus such as a unit review, a science topic, a book chapter, a character trait, etc. You can provide them a topic, or let them narrow down their choices individually. Once a topic is determined, assign a planning page (options included are 10, 15, 20 boxes), and let students get busy planning words, phrases, quotes, & ideas that relate to the topic. When the planning is done, the artistic part begins! When done digitally, they can drag the paint splotches onto the wall and then layer text boxes with crazy fonts and colors to create a visually appealing collage. An editable Success Criteria checklist has been provided to help keep them on track. ★ Included in this product: ✔ 6 Graffiti Wall templates- you can use these templates in printable or digital form! ✔ Thee optional planning guides for students to organize ideas ✔ Success criteria checklists to help students self assess their work! *Digital & Editable versions included ✔ 100% Digital Graffiti Wall complete with direction slide and manipulative text boxes, icons, and adjustable "spray paint splotches" ✔ Extensive list of ideas for how to use this project in new and exciting ways all year long
Quilt squares are a great resource to have on hand throughout the year for a variety of projects and assignments. Most commonly used for Back to School, creating a Class Story Quilt is a fun and creative way for your students to learn about each other and develop a class community. Display your students' story quilt in the classroom or hallway. Quilt Squares can be used for: All about me Book reports Research project/Biography poster ELA Character Traits Open house Bulletin boards Kindness week Art class Student of the week Calming
This complete unit has everything you need to deliver profoundly engaging lessons on J. D. Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye. The discussion questions, daily quizzes, literary device exercises, creative writing assignment, and analytical writing assignment will inspire your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights! Here are some highlights from the 200-page editable curriculum: • Discussion Question Handouts: Thirty pages of higher-order discussion questions guaranteed to inspire profoundly thoughtful class discussions! This unit features double-sided handouts with 8-10 questions for each of the novel's 12 sections. The discussion questions are the beating heart of these lesson plans. They challenge students to build interpretive arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence — leading to keen interpretive insights! The questions could be used to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, to foster in-class writing such as stop-and-jots, or to assign written reflections for homework. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster profound discussions! (30 pages) • Discussion Question ANSWER KEYS: While every section of this unit comes with an answer key, the answer keys for the discussion questions feature an extremely high level of detail. Every answer is grounded in concrete textual evidence that gets submitted to careful analysis. The answer keys have been informed by the best scholarly articles and books on J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. (70 pages) • Quick Writes: A "quick write" can be used at any time in a class to get students to pause and reflect on the text in writing. Introduce a quick write before you begin a discussion to allow students to collect their thoughts. Or roll one out toward the end of a discussion to let students capture and refine their best ideas. (12 pages) • Vocabulary Lists: Lists of 10 vocabulary words for each of the novel's 12 sections, complete with definitions and sample sentences with the words as used in The Catcher in the Rye. A total of 120 SAT-worthy words. (12 pages) • Reading & Vocabulary Quizzes (x12): Daily quizzes with 10 questions on the nightly reading homework plus another 10 questions on the vocabulary words. If you choose not to have your students study vocabulary, you can still use the portion of the quiz devoted to reading comprehension. Grading these quizzes is simple and quick. They’re an easy way to log 12 to 24 grades into your gradebook. Answer keys included. (48 pages) • Literary Devices Quiz: This quiz challenges students to identify the literary devices used in thirty quotations from The Catcher in the Rye. The literary devices include metaphor, simile, symbolism, hyperbole, paradox, oxymoron, irony, and more. This bundle also features a glossary with definitions of the literary devices as well as examples of how each device is used in Salinger's novel — so you can review the devices with students before they tackle the worksheet. The worksheet can be used either as a quiz or as a fun refresher. Answer key included. (5 pages) • Quotation Race: Students work in pairs to identify the speakers of 50 key quotations from The Catcher in the Rye. Introduce this fun activity when you need to mix things up, or to refresh students' memories in preparation for the AP exam. Answer key included. (6 pages) • Q3 Practice Essay: Designed for teachers of AP Literature, this in-class practice essay will allow students to rehearse the "Q3" essay from the AP Literature and Composition Exam. The assignment asks students to write a 40-minute in-class essay in response to one amongst three recent Q3 prompts that featured The Catcher in the Rye as one of the recommended works of literary merit. (5 pages) • Creative Writing Assignment: Invite students to inhabit the distinctive voice of Holden Caulfield by filling in a missing scene from the novel. What happens when Holden and Phoebe return home after their trip to the carousel? Students begin by generating a list of the stylistic quirks that distinguish Holden's voice; then they use his prose style to narrate one of two missing scenes from the novel. Answer key included. (2 pages) • Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Let students choose from one of 5 thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop a similar topic of their own. Rubric included. (4 pages) The entire resource packet will come to you in two separate formats: Word docs and PDFs. Because the Word docs are fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the full unit in PDF format — which is easy to navigate and quick to print! In case you'd prefer to purchase this resource on the TPT website, here is a link that will take you to the product page on TPT. I'm eager to do everything I can to help ensure that you have an amazing experience with teaching The Catcher in the Rye. If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to get in touch via the email address below. I'm always happy to hear from fellow teachers who share a passion for great literature! Happy teaching, Adam Jernigan [email protected]
All prices are in Canadian dollars. Total Pages: 68 pages Answer Key: Included with rubric Teaching Duration: 1 Week File Size: 22 MB File Type: Zip Use this Podcast Creation Assignment to introduce your students to the captivating world of podcasts with this comprehensive resource designed for middle school students. This engaging assignment contains three dynamic lessons, carefully crafted to inspire creativity and critical thinking. With this resource students will learn how to create their own podcast. Click Here To View The Preview What's Included:✅ Detailed Lesson Plans ✅ Graphic Organizers✅ Podcast Script Writing Example✅ Levels & Points Rubrics✅ Print & Digital Formats✅ 3 Lessons: Podcast Non-Fiction Article: This article contains a pre-reading K-W-L chart, regular and modified versions of the article, an audio file of each article, and 3 post-reading activities (comprehension questions, grammar questions and a long answer writing response). Podcast Comparison Analysis: Students will review fiction and non-fiction podcasts and discuss what elements each contains. Podcast Creation Assignment: Students will learn how to create their own podcast using this scaffolded method. Here's what fellow educators are saying: “Loved this!! I used this after our book clubs were complete. It was a great way to have the students connect their reading to media. The students had so much fun researching the podcasts and figuring out how to create their own. It was a great assignment.” “My students loved making their own podcast! This resource was very well laid out and went through the progression of learning about podcasts to creating their own. The project outlines were clear and supported students in meeting all the expectations of the assignment." “This resource takes you through the podcast creation process from beginning to end. My students were very engaged and loved creating their podcasts. Well worth purchasing if you're looking at creating podcasts with your class.” Ignite your students' imagination while honing their communication and critical analysis skills. Get ready to embark on an exciting podcasting journey with your class today.
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By Presto Plans A few years ago I became a part-time student and enrolled in a master's course called Writing Instruction. The professor took a unique approach by having us, a group of English teachers, write our own poetry and fiction. It was an eye-opener. I realized that somewhere between high school and my first teaching job, I forgot the lonely and uneasy feeling of staring at a blank page, not knowing where to begin. When the professor allowed us to work with another teacher on the next writing piece, there was a sense of comfort in that I had someone to discuss, collaborate, and share ideas with. Collaborative writing not only broke down my reserve and hesitation, but also allowed me to foster a relationship of trust and partnership with my co-author. I wanted to bring this experience into my own classroom, so I made a point to allow more opportunities for students to write creatively with a partner or a group. Try 5 of my favorite engaging, low-prep collaborative writing activities that you can use in your class tomorrow. Snowball writing is an activity that your middle and high school students will always remember. It can be used with almost any writing genre and is highly-engaging for even your most reluctant writers. I use this method for narrative, poetry, descriptive, and essay writing. I even use it as an introductory icebreaker activity during back-to-school or a semester change! How It Works: - One student starts the writing process for a timed period decided by the teacher. - When time is up, the teacher tells students to crumple up their work into a “snowball” and throw it somewhere else in the room. Get ready to see lots of confused faces J. - Students retrieve one of the snowballs, smooth out the paper, and continue the writing process! (Tip: have students use a pen to make the writing easier to read for the next student) This process is repeated as needed. When all parts are completed, the paper goes back to the original writer who creates a final copy. If you want to know more about how I use this for narrative writing, read this detailed blog post that gives the step-by-step process in more detail. Have your students write a descriptive paragraph using vivid imagery with an activity called Shared Sensory Writing. How it works: - Put students into groups of three and give them an object to describe. - As a group, they decide which of the 3 senses they will focus on (sight, taste, smell, touch, hearing). Each person is assigned a sense, and they write a short paragraph describing the object based only on the sense they receive. - The group combines elements from each of the paragraphs to create a final descriptive piece. Download this activity for FREE by clicking here: Shared Sensory Writing One of the challenging parts of creative fictional writing is developing the story elements that will form the plot. Use the graffiti fiction brainstorming technique as a way for students to work together to spark fictional writing. How It Works: - Set up 4 chart-paper stations around the room with the following titles: Conflicts, Character Traits, Settings, and Themes. Break the class up into 4 groups and have each group go to one of the stations. - The group members work together to “graffiti” the page with potential conflicts, character traits, settings, and themes that could emerge in a fictional story. I fill in a couple of my own examples to get them started. - Have each group spend 3-4 minutes filling the chart paper up with their ideas. Then, have them all circulate to the next station to repeat the process. - When they are done, have each student select one character trait, conflict, setting, and theme from the graffitied pages to develop a unique narrative. You can choose to have them write independently or with a partner. Tapestry poetry was developed by Avril Meallem (of Israel) and Shernaz Wadia (of India). The two women started writing tapestry poetry collaboratively via email. The form consists of two authors writing a 9-line poem based on the same title, and then working together to meld it into one seamless finished product. How It Works: - Put your students into pairs (or let them choose a partner). - Have one of the students select a title for the poem. This student who selects the title is the only one who has the option of using it in the poem (to avoid repetition). - Both students write a 9-line poem. - When they are done, the pair works together to interlace the poem into one. All 18 lines must be included. Students are permitted to make grammatical changes (singular to plural, verb tenses etc.), and adjustments to adjectives and adverbs, but the majority of the poems should remain the same. Download this activity for FREE by clicking here: Tapestry Poetry Sketch and scribble writing is meant to be used with descriptive/narrative writing and will particularly appeal to those artistic students in your classroom. How It Works: - Have students form a group of three. Give each of the students a picture as a writing prompt. The picture prompts below are the ones I use. The images should allow them to use a narrative voice to describe a scene. They should keep the prompt hidden from the other members of the group. - Once the time is up, each student passes the writing to another student in the group who will read it and draw the scene based on the description (no words allowed). - When the drawings are done, they are given to the final student who must write a paragraph based on the drawing. In the end, have students compare and contrast the drawings to the original picture writing prompt as well as the two pieces of writing. Want even more ideas for collaborative writing? Check out these activities from some of the other Secondary English Coffee Shop bloggers! Tandem Writing from The SuperHERO Teacher Group Writing Challenges from Room 213 Two Truths and a Lie from Secondary Sara Round Robin Writing from Nouvelle ELA Have other ideas for collaborative writing? Click the comment button at the top of the post to join the conversation! SaveSave SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave
I recently assigned a one pager final project to my sophomores for their culminating Night project. I wanted to combine as many rigorous ELA content ideas as possible, while also designing a fun project for students that provided them with a bit of choice. This Night one pager project was the perfect way to finish the memoir!
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This Common Core aligned assignment is designed to help students think creatively while collaborating with a group. I use it in my introductory unit for my Creative Writing classes. It makes students use their imagination (which for many juniors and seniors is quite rusty) and work together to come ...
PE Non-Participant On the Sidelines Activity Pack This pack contains a variety of assignments that help keep non-participants engaged in PE class when they are unable to participate: 1. Non- Participant Observation Form: Students make observations and fill out worksheet about each aspect of the class, including: warm-up, skills, rules, strategy and game-play. 2. Sports Journalist Assignment: In Part 1, students write a short article for the sports section of a fictional school newspaper based on their observations during the PE class. Detailed instructions guide students through the article process, from thinking of a catchy headline, to drawing a picture for the article. In Part 2, students unscramble the Sports Jumble to answer a sports-related riddle. (Answers for the Sports Jumble and riddle are provided in the package.) 3. Stopwatch Observation: Using pictures and or words, students fill in the stop-watch based on their observation of the class including: warm-up, skills, rules, strategy and game-play. This is a less detailed observation for younger students or a shorter class. 4. Today’s PE Class on Instagram: Perfect for the social-media savvy or more visual/artistic student. Students highlight moments in the class by drawing an Instagram picture in the provided frames. Each frame corresponds to an element of class. (Warm-up, what we learned, sportsmanship is... etc.)
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Teach your students how to write an Op-Ed! *Activism Theme* 1-2 class periods This info-sheet and assignment are part of my 4-Week The Hate U Give unit plan. While there is no reference to the novel, the worksheet does make one reference to "the novel" and the assignment is activism themed. It is such a great way to encourage your students to voice their opinion and make real-world connections to their schoolwork. I recommend reading over the Op-Ed information sheet and the Op-Eds together as a class, discussing them thoroughly, then allowing time for students to write their own op-ed. Included in this file: "What's an Op-Ed?" 1-page overview "Write an Op-Ed" assignment Printable copies of 2 activism themed Op-Eds from Teen Vogue and Spark. However, you could include any activism-themed op-ed you'd like.
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This is an assignment sheet that outlines and details a creative supplemental activity / project to use with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This is an excellent supplemental activity while studying Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter in Historical or American Literature.Designed for High Scho...
PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE — So important to develop those skills but some days, I'm just not creative and give really boring photog challenges. So I developed this. You can break them apart or use as a 5-in-a-row challenge. My goal was to put some really unique prompts in here so they aren't your typical boring ones you find everywhere. Purposely chosen to develop the photography eye! My students have enjoyed these and eventually I end up assigning each one and classes actually fill up the entire board :-) *********************************************************************** Hope Creek Studios specializes in Art Studio and History, Photography and Graphic Design lessons and creative aids. Click here to see MORE STUDIO ART worksheets, lessons, & creative aids in our TPT store! FOLLOW ME to get FREEBIES to your email from Hope Creek Art Studios *********************************************************************** Let's Connect www.HopeCreekAcres.com Pinterest Facebook Instagram ********************************************************************** © 2023 Hope Creek Art Studios/Hope Creek Acres ® ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Have students write about and take pride in their culture! -tap into background knowledge -discuss aspects of culture -embrace each child's unique identity Includes: -graphic organizer -2 pennant styles -1 mini-book
Having students create their own world is a great way to encourage creativity as well as consider many different aspects of our society. This is a very high-interest writing assignment for students as it gives kids the ability to make up their own rules! This would be a great project to incorpora...
