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Informative Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Informative Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of informative writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first informative essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides or PowerPoint.This unit is broken down into 18 lessons and should be used over the course of 5 to 6 weeks:Lesson 1: Diving Into to Informative TextsLesson 2: What is Informative Writing?Lesson 3: Informative Writing T
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Country Research Projects Study Report Countries Around the World Research
Country Research Projects: This newly revised (July 2023) country study worksheet packet will help your 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade social studies students conduct a country study research project for countries around the world. It not only includes country research graphic organizers and templates and for gathering information and conducting country research, but also guidance and skills for country report writing and giving a presentation. Grading rubrics, answer keys, differentiated a
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4th - 7th
Compare & Contrast Essay - Compare & Contrast Writing - Template / Organizer
This compare and contrast essay writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short paper comparing and contrasting a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make teaching this skill easy! Most of this resource is geared towards helping your students walk through the entire writing process as they write a compare and contrast essay; however, there are a few activities for additional practice included to help your
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2nd - 5th
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Opinion Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Opinion Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of opinion writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first opinion essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 13 lessons and should be used over the course of 3 to 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is Opinion Writing?Lesson 2: Opinion Writing TopicsLesson 3: Selecting a TopicLesson 4: Brainstorm & OrganizeLesson 5
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Restate the Question Practice | 5 Day Unit
Are you tired of trying to teach your students to restate the question and answer in a complete sentence? This 5 day unit teaches your students to become pros at writing in complete sentences! The restate the question bundle includes everything you need to get your students answering in complete sentences by the end of next week!This writing in complete sentences unit includes anchor charts, whole group activities, scoot games, and assessments all designed to teach students to turn a question in
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1st - 4th
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Movie Vs. Book Activities - No Prep Comparing Books and Movies Worksheets
Watching a movie doesn't have to be wasted time - these no prep activities will help your students think more critically when comparing and contrasting a book with its movie counterpart - as well as write an essay! Use these worksheets over and over again with ANY book that has a movie version. This is a great ending activity after completing a novel study. The following is included in this compare and contrast books and movie resource: 2 printables with questions for students to answer afte
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2nd - 5th
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Expository Informative Writing Prompts Graphic Organizers Posters 3rd 4th Grade
Are you looking to engage and grow your students in Expository, Informative, How To Writing? This packet will be one that you love and will be wonderful to grow your students. It provides tools to assist you in teaching this skill! I have gathered components to support your class in learning this writing genre.GRAB THE COMPLETE WRITING BUNDLE HERE!INCLUDED:Print & digital options (see pages 3 for bonus links)Color and bw print optionsGrading rubricPosters/ Anchor Charts for Expository Writin
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3rd - 5th
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The Outsiders Novel Study and Activity Unit - Comprehension, Quizzes, More
Engage your students in this five-week teaching unit for The Outsiders. This teaching unit for S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders contains engaging activities that will help your students understand and analyze the text. This unit plan will help challenge all learners in your classroom with built-in differentiation and scaffolding. As you read The Outsiders, students will use the comprehension and analysis bookmarks to better understand the story. The foldable bookmarks also align with The Outsid
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7th - 10th
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Persuasive Writing- Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers!
In persuasive writing, many students have trouble writing a clear thesis statement on what their essay is truly about. In the lesson Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers, students get to break down what is actually involved in a thesis statement and what happens when the statement is vague- as teachers we feel that we get misled often!
Movie trailers are a good tool to use in teaching thesis statements because it is relatable to almost every student- they have to admit they would feel
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Step up to Writing Inspired - Writing a Personal Narrative Unit
Looking for a comprehensive and engaging way to teach personal narrative writing for your 3rd or 4th grade students? Look no further! This Step Up to Writing Inspired Personal Narrative Unit has everything you need to help your students write compelling and well-structured personal narratives. This resource will help take the stress out of teaching personal narrative writing!13 lessons complete this writing unit and includes lesson plans, worksheets, reference pages, color posters/anchor charts,
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Step up to Writing Inspired Narrative Writing Bundle
Avoiding Plagiarism Paraphrasing Activity with Movie Quotes
With the ease of copy-and-paste functions, teachers must be extra vigilant to teach students the art of effective paraphrasing. This fun activity gives teachers the perfect chance to do help their students avoid plagiarism for good. Students are divided into groups and given quotes from favorite animated movies, along with 5 possible paraphrases. Then students must analyze each paraphrase and order the options from best to worst, according to the following criteria: accuracy of ideas and ori
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Movie Quote Paraphrasing Bundle
Argumentative Essay Writing Introduction Lesson 6th-8th Grade
Use this lesson to teach middle school argument writing! Your students may have some background in writing, but they are struggling with the basics. This Google Slides™ or PowerPoint™ lesson, handout, and notes are exactly what they need to bridge any gaps! This presentation covers all of the argument writing basics, and the companion handout encourages students to follow along! This basic introduction to argumentative writing includes teaching slides as well as practice slides for students to p
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6th - 8th
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Edit Sentences and Paragraphs with COPS
Are you tired of reminding your students to edit their sentences and paragraphs? If so, then edit writing with COPS is what you need. Your students will enjoy editing as they learn and use the COPS strategy! This unit is engaging and effective, and your students will learn to "Patrol Your Writing with COPS!" Skills included in COPS:CapitalizationOrganizationPunctuationSpelling ❤️ Here's what you get: ✅ TEACHING RESOURCES COPS Mini-Lesson PlanCommon Core & 'I Can' StatementsTeacher TipsPock
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1st - 4th
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Writing Test Prep {Preparation for State Writing Assessments}
Do you need writing test prep activities and resources to help prepare your students for writing assessments? This resource includes the writing test prep activities I use to prepare my students in the days leading up to the test.***This writing test prep resource does NOT include activities or printables specific to text-dependent essays. See the bottom of the description for recommendations for this type of test prep.Here is what is included in this writing test prep resource:Analysis of a Pro
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4th - 5th
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ALL ABOUT ME 3D BALLOON CRAFT | A BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITY
This back to school craft will make your classroom colorful by hanging them on your ceiling. This mini packet will help you get to know a little about your little ones while keeping them occupied on the first day/s of school. New information as the balloons go for a spin! Fun to do, easy to assemble and colorful when done! Your students do a self-portrait or attach their photo, talk about their family, their favorite things, their school and many more. This can also fit to your back to school un
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K - 3rd
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Famous Athlete Research Project | A Fun Summer Olympics 2024 Activity for Kids
Summer Olympics Project: Athlete Research Project: Perfect for the Summer Olympics 2024 in Paris. Students research and write an athlete biography and then may also create a display if you choose! This FUN Olympics research project has many steps: choosing a person, researching, taking notes, writing a rough draft, proofreading and writing a final draft. This Athlete Biography Activity includes:- Sample List of Famous Athletes- Project Directions Page: 2 options, Report only or Report with Dis
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3rd - 7th
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Biographies Research Paper Writing Graphic Organizers Biography Unit Templates
Biography Research Writing: Have you been searching for easy ways to engage and teach your students Biographies Writing? This packet will be one that you love and will be wonderful to grow your students. It provides tools to assist you in teaching this skill! I have gathered components to support your class.This packet contains activities that you can utilize in any biography for your students needs. You will decide which pages will work for your biography research projects! My students grew as
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3rd - 5th
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Opinion Writing Transitions & Linking Words
What's Included:This worksheet includes a list of transition words that are most commonly used in Opinion Writing pieces. The list is categorized by opinion sentence starters, transitions when providing reasons, transitions when providing examples, and conclusion transitions. Students can glue this into a writing journal for a reference or it can be included in an opinion writing packet. If you purchase this product, please leave feedback....even if it's just two words...thank you. I would reall
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Opinion Writing Unit Packet BUNDLE
Benchmark Advance 2nd Grade Writing bundle with Grammar incl Unit 7 and 8
Simplify your Benchmark Advance writing routine and support your 2nd grade writers. This yearlong bundle includes 30 weeks of resources following your first 20 days of review and routines. It has everything you need! - prompts, graphic organizers, writing checklists, and grammar challenges for each week! It can be used in centers, or whole group. *Aligned to California (2017/2018) Edition of Benchmark Advance ONLY* Please make sure you have this edition before purchasing.Meeting all your student
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2nd
Text-Based Informative Writing Practice--Animal Adaptations
This is an informative prompt with three original sources for text-based, text-dependent, or evidence based writing as required for the FSA writing test in Florida. The three original passages explore animal adaptations. The combined word count of the paired passages is 1,300 words. Included:-Notes to Teacher-Source 1: Four Unique Animal Adaptations-Source 2: Brrr! Animals Survive the Cold-Source 3: Predator vs. Prey Adaptations-Informative Writing Prompt-Writing Paper -Planning Sheet(all format
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Text-Based Writing Prompts Bundle #2
Argumentative Writing UNIT Common Core Grades 6-12 Editable
Teach your students to write solid argument essays step-by-step with my Argumentative Writing unit. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12. Newly updated to include EDITABLE handouts and rubrics in Google Drive (using Google Slides). This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES MEGA BUNDLE and is also included in my Argument Essay Writing Bundle + Editable Presentation and Handouts.Students won't struggle writing an argument with my graphic organize
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
5 Paragraph Opinion Essay - Opinion Writing Flipbook, Organizers, and Lessons
Opinion writing can be a really fun way for students to express themselves. Once it is time to move to a more formal five paragraph opinion essay, some students really struggle. This resource is geared to helping teachers and students “see” the components of a simple opinion essay, study a simple essay, plan an essay using either a graphic organizer or the included flip book, and then actually draft the complete essay.The opinion writing graphic organizer is geared toward helping students reco
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3rd - 5th
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Narrative Writing Transitions & Linking Words for Beginning Middle and End
This reference page includes a list of transition words that are most commonly used in Narrative Writing pieces. The list is categorized by beginning, middle, and end words. Students can glue this into a writing journal for a reference or it can be included in a narrative writing packet. Don’t forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits for future purchases! Every 20 credits is worth $1! Please take a moment to give a 5 star rating and comment. If you have any issues with your purchase, please
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Personal Narrative Writing Unit Packet BUNDLE Upper Elementary
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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