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Planning a Play Script – Writing Practice Worksheet

Planning a Play Script – Writing Practice Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

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

PLOT: The FIVE Elements of a Story Graphic Organizers
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Poetry Terms Vocabulary Booklet – 8 Key Terms
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Posters: Making Inferences
, Not Grade Specific,

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

R.A.C.E. Strategy Practice: Animals Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,

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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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 7: Ian's Friday Nights (PPT)
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Michael Jackson – Black History Reading Passage
, Not Grade Specific,

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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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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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)

Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction Set 2 (Google Forms)
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Research-Based Writing Rubric – Class Ready
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Scary Similes and Metaphors: Grades 3-6
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Script Writing Template – Elementary Play Practice
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Script Writing Template – Characters and Dialogue
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Self-Editing COPS Cards- Help your Students Proofread Their Own Work
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Sentences - Lower Primary (4 x A3 Posters)

Sentences - Lower Primary (4 x A3 Posters)
, Not Grade Specific,

Sentence structure is set out on four display posters — what a sentence tells, how word order carries meaning, the simple sentence and the compound sentence — each built around a single labelled example.

Author E & R Publications

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Tags Sentence Structure, Sentence Types, Literacy, Grammar, Writing

Simple Subject and Simple Predicate Worksheets

Simple Subject and Simple Predicate Worksheets
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Social-Emotional & Functional IEP Goal Bank

Social-Emotional & Functional IEP Goal Bank
, Not Grade Specific,

The resource groups a large set of goal templates across increasing levels of social-emotional and functional complexity. Visible sections address emotion identification, coping strategies, communication, positive peer interaction, self-awareness, and behaviour in structured or unstructured settings. Each template includes observable conditions and performance criteria alongside a referenced state-framework skill. A data chart supports progress monitoring, but every sample goal requires individualized review before use in a learner's formal plan.

Author Good Human Project

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Tags Social, Emotiona, IEP Goals, Functional Goals, Data Collection, High School Iep Goal Bank, Social Goal For Iep, Iep Goals For Social Studies, Science Iep Goal Bank, Social Emotional Iep Goal, Functional Writing Iep Goals, Iep Social Skills Goals Bank, Preschool Iep Goal Bank, Goalbank, Functional Iep Goals, Social Emotional Goals For Iep, Iep Goals Social Emotional, What Is A Functional Goal, Life Skills Iep Goal Bank, Social Emotional Goal For Iep, Social Studies Iep Goals, Iep Social Emotional Goals, Iep Goals For Science And Social Studies, Social Emotional Goals For Ieps

Spanish Greetings Crossword & Conversation Sheet

Spanish Greetings Crossword & Conversation Sheet
, Not Grade Specific,

Twelve parallel question prompts appear twice — once addressed informally with 'tú' and once formally with 'usted' — before a crossword and a guided writing page put the same greetings vocabulary to use.

Author The Spanish Resource Engine

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Tags Greetings, Crossword, Spanish, Worksheets, Spanish Greetings And Farewells

Spider Diagram Template – Reading & Writing Sheet

Spider Diagram Template – Reading & Writing Sheet
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Spring Acrostic Poetry – Vocabulary + Writing

Spring Acrostic Poetry – Vocabulary + Writing
, Not Grade Specific,

Forty-five spring vocabulary words, from April and Butterfly to Umbrella and Worm, each anchor their own acrostic poem template for students to fill in and illustrate.

Author Growing In Wonder

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Tags Spring, Acrostic, Poetry, Poems, Writing, Activities, Morning Work, Spring Acrostic Poem Examples, Adjectives For Acrostic Poems

Springtime Picnic Fun - Writing Prompt

Springtime Picnic Fun - Writing Prompt
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Story Outline Skeleton Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

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

Substitute Teacher notes Report Forms Editable While you Were Out
, Not Grade Specific,

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