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Higher education writing-expository activities
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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The Hunger Games Book vs. Movie Activities
"The Hunger Games" Movie vs. The Novel Activities
With the availability of the DVD, showing the movie to your class and making it an enriching and educational activity has never been easier. My packet is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it will be easy to justify the lessons, as well. NOTE: there are at least five exercises/handouts that can be done WITHOUT watching the movie. See the free preview download for a list of all the activities.
This packet has multiple activities tha
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
How to Write a Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences
This bundle explains what a thesis statement is and includes step-by-step directions for writing one yourself. It then does the same thing for topic sentences and explains their importance and the differences between them.The bundle includes:1. How to Write a Thesis Statement PowerPoint (17 slides) --> includes an activity where I put students into groups of 3-4 students, give them an essay prompt, and have them come up with a thesis statement together. There are 3 different practice essay p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
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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DISTANCE LEARNING - MLA Format Bundle: Worksheets, Presentation, Task Cards
It is essential that students learn how to embed and cite quotations correctly in order to write cohesive paragraphs and essays. A lot of students struggle with correctly embedding their research into their sentences and often rely on using one method, resulting in dull writing. This resource was created to allow students to practice the many different ways they can embed quotations in their writing. Once they learn how to correctly embed quotes, they learn how to cite their sources, another imp
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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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Expository News Writing Tutorial & Activities
Common Core Expository News Writing Tutorial and Activities: A news writing presentation with several student activities and tons of examples and models for students.
This IS included in my Journalism Writing & Planning Bundle.
When students go out into the "real world" they'll need to be able to write clearly and concisely, restating facts and analyzing data. News writing practices all the skills essential for "real world" writing. If this writing is not your area of expertise, don't worr
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Do your students struggle to identify and correctly write unbiased expository pieces? This activity will help them identify various forms of bias in writing and how to change them to unbiased or factual statements.
I have used this in both English and journalism courses with success.
This IS included in my Journalism Writing & Planning Bundle.
The download has a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
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 (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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Literary Analysis Essay & Elaboration Practice with Lyrics, Spoken Word & Film
Teach literary analysis by writing in response to inspirational and engaging videos! No prep student printables and Google Doc. Perfect for distance learning or google Classroom activities!TEST PREP is FUN with VIDEO CLIPS, SONGS + SPOKEN WORD!WRITING PROMPT: Choose a specific literary element (theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (symbolism, irony, dialogue, figurative language, etc.). In a well-developed paragraph show how the author used that element
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Comparative Essay Writing & Elaboration Practice with Film Clips
Teach comparative essay writing using inspirational and engaging short films and video clips! No prep printable and Google doc - Perfect for Google classroom or distance learning!40 CULTURALLY RELEVANT, INSPIRING WRITING ACTIVITIES (80 VIDEOS)BONUS: All 40 CCSS-ALIGNED writing activities (80 videos) teach emotional intelligence & social emotional curriculum (SEL)NO PREP print and go editable handouts and Google Doc for 40 weekly comparative writing activities (for controlling idea paragraph,
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6th - 12th, Higher 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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Catching Fire Book vs. Movie Activities - Common Core
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Movie vs. The Novel Common Core Activities
The Catching Fire movie is almost here! If you plan to take your students to see it OR wish to give them a homework or extra credit assignment, this download has numerous activities that are ready to go right now! My packet is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it will be easy to justify the lessons, as well. NOTE: there are at least five exercises/handouts that can be done WITHOUT watching the movie.
I
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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1029 Writing Prompts for Middle School
With 1029 writing prompts for middle school, this is the last writing prompt resource you'll ever need. This massive compilation includes 20 categories and over 100 pages of fun, engaging and innovative writing prompts that will challenge your middle school students and push them to become better writers.If you're tired of the same old ho-hum writing prompts that cause your students to roll their eyes and groan, then this is the resource you've been looking for. It runs the gamut from the humoro
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5th - 12th, Higher 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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How to Write an Introduction PowerPoint
This guided 18-slide PowerPoint takes students through the steps of writing an introduction for any essay. The presentation defines each part of the introduction (attention getter, background, tri-part thesis), and gives an example. The presentation directs students to write their own pieces of the introduction as the presentation moves along. Also included are easy-to-remember acronyms that will help students learn how to write an introduction for an essay.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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
MLA Formatting 9th Edition - MLA Interactive Wheel Essay Writing Reference
MLA Formatting 9th Edition - MLA Interactive Wheel Essay Writing Reference: This useful resource offers a creative approach to reviewing and editing MLA essay formatting. Students can print out and assemble the wheel, which includes information on important elements of MLA format, and use it as a handy guide for formatting their essays accurately. Additionally, you have the option to laminate them for continued use in your classroom year after year. This resource provides a fun and practical too
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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