The Elves and the Shoemaker is a delightful fairy tale that is familiar and can work hard in any Grade 6-12 class. Just because it seems like a “simple” tale, does not mean it cannot be the basis for analysis, writing, creative writing, or critical thinking and discernment. When students find a story that is familiar it makes learning that much more approachable. PerfettoWritingRoom© is pleased to provide information on traditional folklore so that you can use this tale for writing, analysis, critical thinking, and MORE. Use it during the holiday season or any time of year. In this very organized 25-page pack, you receive: • Handout – Characteristics of Folktales and Traditional Literature • The Elves and the Shoemaker – Full Story • Critical Thinking Activity (2 Pages) – Identifying Fairy tale Characteristics in a Text, using text support. - Critical Thinking Activity – Teacher Key • Application – Write a complete and accurate Fairy or Folktale - Brainstorming Handout complete with characteristics of a folktale - Writing Rubric for writing an authentic Fairy or Folktale • Folktales, Fables and Myths: Activities - Definition and characteristic search (Worksheet) - What do they have in common? (Venn Diagram Activity) - How are they different? (Venn Diagram Activity) - Answer Keys • The Elves and the Shoemaker – Optional Extension Activities You May Also Enjoy The Writer’s Workshop for High School, an 8-Day Common Core Unit. Gift of the Magi, Complete Activity Pack Grades 6-12. Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment, Complete Story Packet, Activities, Quiz and Keys.

The Winter Holidays Common Core Research and Presentation Project is a perfect winter holiday research project idea for all of those winter months – October to December and January! For grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12, this is an effective 7-day, winter holiday COMMON CORE ALIGNED UNIT that lets students research a winter holiday topic, and give a presentation on the material. Best of all, students use a teaching tool to enhance their presentation, and a final open-ended assessment ensures class participation during the presentation days! What we like best about this product is how FULLY COMPLETE it is for you and for your students, with helpful graphic organizers, worksheets, safe and reputable websites, accountability sheets and more to keep students organized and on-task from start to finish! *This is an IDEAL multicultural, and inclusive short winter holidays research project for those who have already learned some of the basics of beginning research. This Product Comes Fully Complete with: • 7- Day Lesson Plan (Please change to suit your classroom needs and time constraints!) • Common Core Anchor Standards • Teacher Overview, Plus Teacher Hints to Adjust if Needed • Student Overview • Rubric for Teacher, and Student Checklist • Idea Generators, Notecards, Citation Worksheet Guide and MORE. • “Safe and Reputable Websites!” and Free Links for Teachers (bonus) • Everything organized in order for ease of use! • 30 pages of clear and useful material (35 pages total). Thank you so much for stopping by to PerfettoWritingRoom©. Consider some of our other fine products: Gift of the Magi Complete Activity Pack Grades 6-12. Everything you need to teach this classic holiday story, during the holiday season or any time. Vocabulary, formatted story, comprehension and critical thinking questions, extension activities and more. 31 pages total. Hanukkah Master Activity Pack with Common Core Standards. Grades 6-12.. Two Products in one. Informational text, 3-day activity, plus a very fitting 8-day Hanukkah project that includes group research, projects and a fun final day with dreidel games, food and music! The Steadfast Tin Soldier Critical Thinking and Writing Activity Pack Gr. 6-12. Classic story includes 3 activities: close reading and critical thinking activity; rewrite the ending; and a major essay. Included Common Core Standards, rubric and more. Fully complete. The Elves and the Shoemaker – Writing and Critical Thinking Activity Pack Gr. 6-12. This Common Core Unit includes: critical thinking activity; information on the difference between different kinds of oral literature; writing a complete and accurate fairy tale; a series of Venn Diagram activities on oral/folk literature (application activities).

The Hanukkah Master Activity Pack with Common Core Standards Grades 6-12 is actually two products. An Information-text activity, and a project! Here are some of the great benefits: • Up to 11-eleven days of activities • Common Core Standards broken down by specific activity • Teacher and Student directions, rubrics, keys – YOU NAME IT – Fully complete, utterly clear. Print and Go!! • Thorough lesson plan suggestion still provides enough wiggle room for you to move things around according to your own time constraints and student needs. • Two very different lessons offer variety and interest, and cover a multitude of standards. • Subject matter is culturally inclusive while also encouraging improvement in critical reading of informational texts. YOU RECEIVE Informational Text and Critical Reading. Includes – 3 day lesson. Please See Preview for samples. This includes: Value and Goals Statement, Table of Contents, Lesson overview, Common Core Anchor Standards and Grade Specific Standards by Grade for Grades 6, 7, 8, 9-10, and 11-12, an original 2-page passage “History of Hanukkah” with Active Reading Sheet. Two types of informational-text questions. The first is a Multiple-Choice “Test Prep” style, the second is a long-form worksheet requiring text-based evidence, quotes, and reasons. KEYS included. 8-Day Hanukkah Project – A Group Research, Writing, Presentation and Demonstration Project. This engaging and multiple intelligence project ends with a closure activity of art, music, food, and dreidel games. It includes: Value and Goals Statement, Table of Contents, Student Directions, Participation Log, Project Rubric, Student Time Management Sheet and Checklist, Suggested 8-Day Lesson Overview, Common Core Anchor Standards, presentation assessment sheets to ensure student attention, COMPLIMENTARY: origami dreidel as a secondary or tertiary art input in lieu of lesson plan; “Free Supplemental Teacher Resources” with links to music, and information on how to play dreidel games. We know the best lessons are multilayered. This project is one your students will LOVE and will remember for years to come. They will enjoy learning from each other and working together. We sincerely hope YOU enjoy how easy it is to use! You May also REALLY Like: The Steadfast Tin Soldier Critical Thinking and Writing Activity Pack Gr. 6-12. The Elves and the Shoemaker, Writing and Critical Thinking Activity Pack – Gr. 6-12. Gift of the Magi Complete Activity Pack – Grades 6-12.