"This I Believe" Essay
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Grade Levels
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSCCRA.W.2
CCSSCCRA.W.3
CCSSCCRA.W.4
CCSSCCRA.W.5
CCSSCCRA.W.6
Formats Included
- Publisher files
Pages
16 pages
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Description
As popularized by NPR.org, teach your students how to write a "This I Believe" essay. This packet includes easy-to-follow worksheets, model essays, brainstorming activities, a gallery walk, graphic organizers, and a grading rubric to assist you in personalizing this engaging project in your class.
Great for ESL/EFL to practice speaking skills!
(I used this activity in relation to teaching American Transcendentalism. After reading Emerson and Thoreau's beliefs, students wrote their own in the form of a "This I Believe" essay.
Total Pages
16 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSCCRA.W.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
CCSSCCRA.W.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSSCCRA.W.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSSCCRA.W.5
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
CCSSCCRA.W.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
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