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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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Geography Activities for Middle School

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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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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

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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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Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

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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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LESSON PLANS

Emotion Similes Writing Project

ObjectivesStudents will define and recognize similes.Students will write a poem using similes.

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Write a Harry Potter Script

ObjectivesStudents will learn to write a script.Students will practice their public speaking skills.

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WORKSHEETS

Writing a Poem

Students write poems in different styles, such as Haiku and couplet.

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Fairest and Writing Magic Teacher's Guide

This teacher's guide includes resources for two of Gail Carson Levine's books: discussion questions for Fairest and writ...

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Fortunate Misfortunes: Writing a Short Story

Explore an activity that presents a lesson about a blessing in disguise, after which students will write a short story t...

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Promises: Writing a Poem

In this activity, students will learn why some events anticipate other events.

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