Writing teaching resources for Canada
OREO Opinion Writing – 10 Graphic Organizers
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Opinion writing is scaffolded through five organizer types, each repeated in a second visual version. The OREO page separates opinion, reason, evidence or example, and restated opinion. Additional sheets compare pros with cons, sort facts from opinions, map an introduction with two supported reasons, and frame a concluding paragraph. Together, the sequence moves from idea evaluation to organized persuasive composition.
Author Cutie worksheets986
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Tags Opinion Writing, Persuasive Writing, OREO Writing Strategy, Writing Graphic Organizer, Paragraph Writing, Fact And Opinion, Pros And Cons, Writing Frames, Literacy Centers, Writing Activities
Pencils On Strike!
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Students plan reasons on a main-idea organizer and use them in a persuasive apology letter intended to bring the pencils back from their strike. A draw-and-write response and eight vocabulary cards extend the writing task.
Author First Grade Fan Club
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Tags Back To School, Persuasive Writing
Planning a Play Script – Writing Practice Worksheet
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Characters, entertaining events, up to six scene settings, opening stage directions, and an ending are planned before students draft an original play script.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Drama Activity, Graphic Organizer, Writing Template, Blank Templates, Play Script, Script Writing, Writing Chart
PLOT: The FIVE Elements of a Story Graphic Organizers
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Ten plot-focused graphic organizers, each with instructions and a matching blank template, guide students through mapping a story's introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in different formats.
Author Ibby Resources
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Tags Literary, Device, Graphic Organizer, Plot, Elements
Poetry Terms Vocabulary Booklet – 8 Key Terms
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Students choose a theme, then write and illustrate an original example of each of eight poetry terms (alliteration, assonance, end rhyme, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, and simile), guided by a completed spring-themed sample booklet the teacher models first.
Author Grace Under Pressure
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Tags Poetry Terms, Figurative Language, Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Hyperbole Metaphor Personification Simile, Simile Clipart, Personification Alliteration, Metaphor Alliteration
Posters: Making Inferences
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A four-quadrant chart poses guiding questions about a character's actions, dialogue, feelings, and thoughts to support character inference.
Author Reading in the Middle Grade
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Tags Inferences, Character Interpretation, Reading Comprehension, Critical Analysis, Language Arts
R.A.C.E. Strategy Practice: Animals Worksheets
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Six short animal passages — leopards, dolphins, elephants, ants, sea turtles, and chimpanzees — each pair one open-ended question with a checklist for the R.A.C.E. citing-evidence strategy.
Author The Language of Learning
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Tags Writing Center, Writing Strategies, Animals, Informational Text, Text Evidence, Race Startegy, Race Stategy, Race Stratigy, Strategy Worksheet, Space Race Worksheet Pdf, Races Strategy For Writing, Simple Animals Worksheet Answers
Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 7: Ian's Friday Nights (PPT)
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In "Ian's Friday Nights," a boy learns to support his brother's football games, then works through comprehension questions, vocabulary matching, and a story-elements writing organizer.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Ccss, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages
Michael Jackson – Black History Reading Passage
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A short biography passage on Michael Jackson's life, from the Jackson 5 to Thriller, is followed by three text-based questions and a writing prompt. Students read a short Michael Jackson biography, answer three text-based questions and respond to one open writing prompt for Black History Month.
Author FlairSquare Educational Resources
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Tags Michael Jackson, Black History Month, Reading Comprehension, Language Arts, African-American Figures
Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 3 Sample: All About Horses (PDF)
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A first-person nonfiction passage about caring for and riding horses is followed by mixed comprehension questions, a spelling puzzle, a research-writing extension, a drawing game, and a complete answer key.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Ccss, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages
Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Set 2 Sample: Graduation (Word)
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Matt begrudgingly helps set up his brother Paul's graduation party, then learns Paul spent the morning working to pay for school, in a two-page fiction passage.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Ccss, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages
Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 (Google Forms)
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Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 Overview Reading comprehension lessons, especially written for Grade 6-7, providing the chance to read interesting and engaging passages. Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Full answer keys are provided. Passages Include 1.Red Pandas: Red Pandas eat nearly 9,000 pounds of food during their lifetime. 2.Hoatzin: This loud creature has roots stretching back 36 billion years! 3.Moose: These huge creatures are built for the coldest climates in America. 4.Vancouver: Fact: Vancouver was once known as Gastown! 5.Recycling: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle? Read more about that, and more! 6.Atlantic Ocean: Just how important is the Atlantic to countries that border it? Google Forms Version This is the Google Forms editable and fillable/self grading version. This download is available in GOOGLE Docs, GOOGLE Forms, GOOGLE Slides. PDF, PPT, WORD. FULL CATALOG OF DOWNLOAD LINKS HERE Grade 6/7 Links Fiction Set 1 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Fiction Set 2 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Nonfiction Set 1 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Nonfiction Set 2 Google Docs Google Forms Google Slides PDF PPT Word Guided Reading Materials Reading Passages Overview Each passage is especially written for Grade 6/7 students, including key vocabulary required for this age group. Topics are varied and are accompanied by colourful graphics. Topics are meant to educate, yet entertain the modern student. The majority of these short stories contain an important message - a way of developing these young learners further. Mixed Questions The mixed questions section of each lesson includes a variation of five to six comprehension, vocabulary and Math questions. In addition, key reading strategies are frequently covered including cause & effect, summarizing, compare & contrast and making conclusions. Mixed questions require a written response (no MCQ's), full answers and example responses appear at the end of the lesson. Spelling & Vocab Each reading passage contains a variety of words and phrases designed for Grade 6/7 students. Spelling and vocab activities provide the opportunity to build fluency with these words. Activities provide clues to help assist students. Vocabulary activities include extra questions where students must write a synonym, an antonym or a sentence using a certain word. Writing Prompts Writing prompts are designed to continue the theme or lessons learned in the story. Students are persuaded to write in a variety of ways and each prompt includes several cues to help. The main focus in this product, is the student. Prompts will require the student to relate to past experiences and encourage them to discuss feelings and ways to improve. Full Answer Keys Full answer keys and sample responses are provided so no matter how busy you are, you know you're covered! Mixed question answers provide evidence from the text, Math questions contain the relevant workings. Answers are designed for use by the teacher, but also suitable as a handout to the student. For similar downloads and other frees, do check out Cored Group on TeachSimple.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Common Core, Spelling, Writing, Passages, Self Assessment
Research-Based Writing Rubric – Class Ready
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A five-category rubric scores research-based informative writing on conventions, organization, quality of information, citing reliable sources, and research notes, for a total of 30 points.
Author The Language of Learning
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Tags Research, Report, Writing, Rubric, Assessment, Research Rubric
Scary Similes and Metaphors: Grades 3-6
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Monster-themed writing frames give students a single Metaphor or simile line with four ruled lines and a Name line beneath it, three to a page, alongside two extended sheets that add a twelve-line descriptive paragraph and a set of oversized display letters spelling out the title.
Author The Simplistic Teacher
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Tags Halloween Writing, Similes, Metaphors, Similes For Scary, Halloween Similes
Script Writing Template – Elementary Play Practice
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Character, Dialogue and Stage Directions columns structure a blank one-page table where students draft an original play scene.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Playscripts, Script Writing, Writing Template, Script Template, Graphic Organizer, Writing Chart, Reading Chart, Writing Process, Drama, Script Writing Templates
Script Writing Template – Characters and Dialogue
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A blank play-script frame opens with scene, setting and character fields, then a two-column table lets students pair each speaker's name with dialogue and actions. Scene, setting and character fields head a blank script frame, followed by a two-column table pairing each speaker's name with their dialogue and actions.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Writing Templates, Research Report, Research Template, Drama, Play Writing, Playscripts, Script Writing, Script Templates
Self-Editing COPS Cards- Help your Students Proofread Their Own Work
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The COPS acronym (Capitals, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling) organizes a one-page self-editing checklist students can use to proofread their own writing.
Author Grace Under Pressure
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Tags Self-Editing, COPS Cards, Proofreading, Writing Skills, Language Arts, COPS, Editing, Primary Writing, Grammar, Punctuation
Simple Subject and Simple Predicate Worksheets
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Simple subject and predicate identification is practiced across ten short worksheets — five on subjects, five on predicates — each with ten single-sentence items and matched with a full answer key.
Author Soumara Siddiqui
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Tags Simple Subject And Predicate, Simple Subject, Simple Predicate
Spider Diagram Template – Reading & Writing Sheet
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A single spider diagram gives students a central topic circle ringed by eight blank legs for brainstorming related ideas.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Spider Diagram, Reading Diagram, Writing Diagram, Writing Graphic Organizer, Literacy, Brainstorming Chart, Diagramming Worksheets, Simple Spider Diagram, Diagram Worksheet
Springtime Picnic Fun - Writing Prompt
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A spring picnic writing-and-drawing prompt asks students whether they've been on a picnic before, then has them draw a picture of their own.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Writing, Writing Prompts, Writing Activities, ELA, Writing Centers, Spring Writing, Spring Writing Prompts, Spring Writing Activities, Spring Coloring
Story Outline Skeleton Activity
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A story-planning template breaks narrative structure into a character's obvious and hidden needs, an inciting incident, three complications, help, and a resolution.
Author Educational Voice
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Tags Story Outline Skeleton Activity, Story Outline Skeleton, Story Outline, Story Outline Activity, Creative Writing, Outline, Skeleton, Writing, Story
Substitute Teacher notes Report Forms Editable While you Were Out
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The main report layout combines practical handoff information with a compact class report card. A substitute can mark the service period, record absent learners, note behaviour, distinguish completed from incomplete work, and rate on-task behaviour, listening, and respect on five-point scales. A second streamlined page offers additional writing space. The design repeats in alternate visual versions, giving the returning teacher consistent fields across several style choices.
Author screenzro
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Tags Substitute Teacher Notes, While You Were Away Sub Notes, Substitute Form For Teacher, Substitute Teacher Report Template, Substitute Teacher Notes For Teacher, Substitute Teacher Report Forms, Sub Notes Template
The Graveyard Book Novel Study Chapter Quizzes & Writing Activities
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The printable sequence divides the novel into an early-chapter quiz and a later-chapter quiz. Visible items address inference, literary devices, vocabulary in context, symbolism, and comprehension, while a separate journal supports extended written responses. Instructions explain how teachers can copy and adapt digital forms and connect them with the student slideshow. Customer copy does not repeat questions, quotations, character details, answers, or protected story language.
Author Creatively Gifted
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Tags Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book, Comprehension, Essay Questions, Writing Prompts, Chapter Quizzes, Writing, Literary Analysis
The Outsiders Powerpoint, Research Projects, & Note-Taking Sheets
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The research list offers varied inquiry paths connected with the novel’s 1960s setting and continuing social questions. Each topic supplies an objective, guiding questions, and several possible products such as presentations, comparative analyses, visual collections, or annotated playlists. Opening course slides establish setting and major themes before expanding into historical background. Exact novel quotations, personal names, proprietary prompts, and protected passages are intentionally excluded from this record.
Author Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom
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Tags The Outsiders PowerPoint Lesson, The Outsiders ELA Unit, The Outsiders Homeschool Curriculum, S.E. Hinton Unit, Character Analysis, Novel Study, The Outsiders Class Activities, Novel Study Bundle, Literature Projects For High School, Critical Thinking Prompts For The Outsiders