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Time to Write
Time to Write
By R.E. Meyers
This book is filled with standards-based activities for developing students' creative writing skills. Time to Write provides creative writing inspiration and practice, and includes teacher notes and student warm-up activities.

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Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

ACTIVITIES

Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

ASSESSMENT

Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

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Geography Activities for Middle School

CHOICE BOARDS

Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

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Story Starters

This printable word processing lesson provides a creative writing activity.

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Lights, camera, action! Write a Script Activity

WORKSHEETS

Write a Script

Lights, camera, ACTION! In this printable activity, children will write their own script for a movie scene.

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Script Writing Handout

Use this worksheet to teach students how to write a script to perform in class.

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Let's Change the World: Writing a Play or Story

Explore an activity that asks students to think about transformations and the ways in which their lives would be changed...

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Leprosy Writing Exercise

Leprosy, which is also known as Hansen's disease, affects people all over the world.

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Victory for the Victim: Writing a Short Story

Students will imagine a situation in which a victim can emerge victorious, and will then write a short story about this ...

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