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Adult education writing-expository activities
Steve Jobs & Real World Rhetoric Analysis, Grad Speech, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Show your students a real-world application of the tools of rhetoric (ethos, pathos, and logos) as they examine the 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address given by Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs. The speech, which is filled with warmth, humor, and meaning, is a high-interest way to add the non-fiction analysis skills emphasized by the Common Core to your classroom.Students will learn the components of Aristotle’s rhetorical devices, view Jobs’ speech via a 14-minute video clip, and use a ful
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Writing Commentary for the Literary Analysis Essay: Strategies for Success
In this 38-page bundle, I have provided students with two methods for crafting commentary that will help them not only write analysis but also take it to a deeper level: the "This Shows That Method" and the "LET" Method.Writing commentary is without a doubt the most difficult aspect of the literary analysis essay. It is the ONE part for which there is no formula because it's the part of the essay that contains the writer's original thoughts, or commentary/ analysis, on the evidence of the essa
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Claim Counterclaim and Rebuttal Counterargument 360 Digital ELA Escape Room
Make learning exciting! Counterclaim 360 Digital Escape Room and Google Slides Workshop. Students journey through medieval villages, castles, dungeons, and cool 360 scenes to learn how to write flawless counterclaims. This resource is packed full of activities, puzzles, games, sound effects, clues, and escape codes.❤ **STUDENTS DO NOT NEED A THINGLINK ACCOUNT**Students will learn:The purpose of writing counterclaimsWhere to place the counterclaimTo know the oppositionHow to introduce the count
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6th - 11th, Adult Education
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Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real-World Rhetoric Bundle Argument Analysis of Modern Essays, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With this bundle of seven real-world rhetorical analysis lessons, students will examine short articles on high-interest topics, identify specific rhetorical tools including ethos, pathos, and logos, and determine whether each writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.Each of these real-world rhetoric lessons include:• A full-text copy of a public domain argument essay• A paper-saving handout of short-answer questions• A Google Drive version of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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In-Text Citation Practice - Citation Machines
This resource will assist your students in practicing MLA in-text citations. This will also help them integrate and explain quotes using the I.C.E. method. **Teachers - you will need to choose articles for your students to read based on the worksheet's activity. However, the topic is common. I left this open, so teachers can choose which grade level to use this for.**
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Essay Writing: Interactive Notebook Mini Flip Book
Do your students struggle understanding essay writing? If so, this essay writing mini flip book is going to be a huge help!This essay writing mini flip book includes all the information your students will need when writing an essay. The parts of the flip book represent the different elements in an essay: introduction, thesis, body, conclusion and important reminders. Two essay writing flip book options are included:(1) Print, assemble and reference(2) Print, assemble and writeHaving these two op
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Essay Writing (Expository, Persuasive/Argument & Literary Analysis) Common Core
Perfect for the beginning of the year, this common core aligned complete essay writing unit includes extensive instruction coupled with concept specific practice opportunities on the expository, persuasive and literary essays. Over 66 pages in length, this essay writing unit can be broken down into ~13-16 lesson plans and offers printable practice activities on the following topics:- Essay at a Glance (Visual illustrations of essay writing in its simplest form, including the Funnel Model.)- Outl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Blending Quotes for ESSAY WRITING with TCS (Transition, Context, Speaker)
This mini-lesson introduces students to blending quotations using the TCS method. This method asks students to integrate quotations into their own sentences with a transition that smoothly moves the reader into the evidence and then also includes the context/ speaker for the quotation to help the reader recall the quotation from the original text. Find this mini-lesson as part of our Literary Analysis MEGA BUNDLE, sold separately!Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!I use this method with my students
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Transitional Words-Word Search and Crossword puzzle with KEYS
These puzzles reacquaint students with words that act as transitions in Speech and Writing. The Word search should be done first and it handles 65 transition words. The crossword handles 55 transitional words. These are in a PDF file and ready for immediate duplication. KEYS are provided. These activities provide a quick review or preview for students doing work on or needing resources for different transitions in speaking or writing assignments.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Plagiarism Cases of Famous People
15 famous plagiarism cases and students get to "be the judge"! Fact based handouts with real life cases and research component to build critical thinking, plagiarism, and research skills. includes:
15 Famous People:
MLK, Jr.
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Ray Parker
Michael Bolton
John Fogerty
George Harrison
T.S. Eliot
Melania Trump
Vanilla Ice
J.K. Rowling
Robin Thicke
Jane Goodall
Johnny Cash
Helen Keller
Handouts include:
15 black and white famous people images (optional: color these)
Backgrounds
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Winter Poetry Unit with Annotations, Sample Explication Essays, & MORE!
This unit includes TEN poems by classic authors that involve winter in some respect. Some poems use winter to symbolize absence, others age, and still others unity. Five of these poems have a more positive representation of winter while the remaining five have a more negative representation of winter-- however, this is debatable! And that is exactly what students are going to do! I was feeling inspired by the winter and started researching classic poems about the season. What I came to real
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Math, Reading, Writing, and Trivia
This bundle contains several fun and NO PREP activities to use to celebrate Leap Day 2024 (Leap Year 2024). Many contain a customizable digital resource (Google Document) and a printable resource (Canva) that contain the same directions and activity. These activities were designed for students in middle school, but could be used for upper elementary and high school students in Pre Algebra, Pre-Algebra, or Algebra.For more details on each product, click on the individual product to see the previe
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4th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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SAMPLE ESSAY PACK for the Literary Analysis Essay-- TEN ESSAYS!
This 57-page pack contains TEN literary analysis essays suitable for grades 9-12 on pieces of literature such as Beowulf, Macbeth, Grendel, Brave New World, among others. Some essays are shorter at 2-3 pages while others are lengthy at 5-10 pages. There are also 2-3 timed writings included. Most essays are in MLA format with a Works Cited page and parenthetical citations. There are enough literary analysis essays here to meet all of your mini-lesson needs throughout the writing process. Fin
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Into the Wild Krakauer Student Study Guide
This 35-page document contains the materials necessary for a great discussion on perspectives and viewpoints. Who was Chris McCandless? Was he wise beyond his years? Was he an arrogant upper class young 20 something? Was he a messiah? Was he plain stupid and unprepared? There are so many unanswered questions, and the student packet will take the upper level student through this intellectual discovery. The document includes a student study guide, some teacher materials, essay topics, and a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE - Print and Go Worksheets for Analysis of the Documentary
The Columbine tragedy affected the world. It was the first in a wave of school shootings and people have fought to understand why and how it could have happened.Michael Moore's award-winning documentary seeks to unearth the background to America's gun crimes and questions everything from causes to culpability.This two-page worksheet is a comprehensive way to ensure that students are watching the 'Bowling for Columbine' documentary with purpose.This information can then be used for informative or
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Topic Sentence: The Writer's Handshake PowerPoint, Google Slides
Now 30 slides and perfect for in-class instruction or distant learning! Recently updated and revised! Getting students to START their writing is half the battle. In this fun PowerPoint presentation students will learn a gradual elevation from easy starters to more challenging and developed topic sentences. This PPT focuses on creating a metaphor between the handshake and introductions we make in our daily lives and the first sentence when you are writing. I feel this is a fun, interactive an
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Sentence Variety BUNDLE (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
The Conclusion Paragraph for the Literary Analysis Essay
In this mini-lesson, students learn the three parts that make up an effective conclusion paragraph for a literary analysis essay: rephrasing the thesis statement, restating the main points, and ending with a powerful universal statement.They will draft a conclusion paragraph, adding rhetorical punch to the final concluding statement, and then peer revise the conclusion for impact.The lesson bundle includes...Handout: The Purpose of the Conclusion ParagraphHandout: Parts of the Conclusion Para
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Leap Day (Leap Year) 2024 Activity Crossword Puzzle - Printable
This activity is a fun NO PREP activity to do around or on Leap Day (February 29, 2024) to celebrate that this is a leap year! This is a printable resource (Canva). This was designed for students in middle school, but could be used for upper elementary and high school students.This is included in a Best-Selling Bundle: Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Reading, Writing, and Math Tasks Looking for more February/March Activities for Middle School? Try these?Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 True or False
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Math, Reading, Writing, and Trivia
Video viewing questions for PBS Documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl"
This is a set of comprehension questions for students to answer while they are watching the PBS documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl." This movie can be found on YouTube or purchased from PBS online store.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Leap Day (Leap Year) 2024 Activity - Text Structures (Printable or Digital)
This activity is a fun NO PREP activity to do to celebrate Leap Day 2024 (Leap Year). There is a digital resource (Google Document) and a printable resource (Canva) that contain the same directions and activity. This was designed for students in middle school, but could be used for upper elementary and high school students. In this assignment, students are asked to read 5 passages (5th/6th grade reading level) about Leap Day/Leap Year. The passages are designed to show a clear informational text
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Math, Reading, Writing, and Trivia
Business Letter Unit - Printable Workbook
This student workbook focuses on technical writing and workplace or business writing. Students are provided with a template of business letter format, and then are given 8 different scenarios for which they will write a business letter. A rubric is provided as well. This printable looks at a number of different purposes for business letters: - Cover Letters - Thank You Letters - Complaint Letters - Request LettersClick here to visit my store!
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Journal Warm Up, Bell Ringer, Anticipatory Set PowerPoint
50 slides!!! 50 Days of Journal Topics!!! 50 Images for EVERY TOPIC!!!This will save you HOURS of work and your kids will love them!!! Take the stress out of the beginning or you day/period by having the kids write on interesting topics!!! Awesome, awesome stuff!!!Note: If you are interested in a FULL YEAR for only 9.99, check out my new, improved version here complete with video links, student interaction, and more: Bell Ringers: An Entire Year
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
How to Write a Thesis Statement
In this comprehensive packet, students will learn everything there is to know about writing a thesis statement (or claim) that is compelling and clear. Exercises are included after every section,
and there are multiple opportunities to gain experience writing a thesis statement in many different ways. By the completion of this packet, students will be better able to construct not just a thesis statement but also their papers as a whole, as they will gain a better sense of an essay's structure an
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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