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Free 7th grade writing-essays centers
{FREE!} Persuasive Writing Prompts
Here are 24 thought-provoking prompts to jump-start persuasive writing. The Common Core standards put a strong emphasis on persuasive writing skills. These prompts allow students to experiment with a variety of types of writing with a common purpose.
Print on card stock, laminate, and cut apart and you're ready to use these in a variety of ways! I've used them in my own classroom successfully in a few different ways:
•daily "do now" at the start of writing workshop
•independent center activi
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2nd - 8th
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FREE Graphic Organizers for Writing
Graphic Organizers for Free! These 10 Graphic Organizers are helpful for writing paragraphs and essays for any type of writing. They are based on brainstorming 3 topics, ideas or details or as I call it- the power of 3! Please be kind enough to leave feedback when downloading a free product! Thank you for visiting my store!PamRockin ResourcesARE YOU INTERESTED IN 90+ GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS DESIGNED FOR DIFFERENTIATION? CLICK HERE!★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Check out our best selling STEP-BY-STEP writing programs k
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2nd - 8th
New Year & End of Year Writing Prompt- Dear Future Self...
Have your students write a letter to themselves in 10 years. They can place the letters inside of a time capsule, or you can mail it to them in 10 years!Students will reflect of their goals and dreams for the future. What will they be doing? What will they have accomplished? This freebie can be used as a:-First day of school activity-Last day of school activity-New Year activity-Writing CenterEnjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: SweetToothTeaching@gmail.com------------
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2nd - 12th
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OREO Opinion Writing Organizer - TRIPLE STUFFED!
I love the "OREO" acronym for opinion writing but couldn't find an organizer for the traditional five paragraph essay. Thus, the triple stuffed organizer was born!
Fonts: KG First Time in Forever, KG Second Chances Solid
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2nd - 7th
Checklist/Rubric for RACE Writing Strategy
Use this checklist for students when peer editing responses using the RACE writing strategy. For an added visual effect, students can color code the bullets and use crayons to color code a writing piece. Discuss with students the benefit of having a "colorful" essay.
Download the "RACE Graphic Organizer" that accompanies this checklist.
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5th - 8th
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Editing and Proofreading Worksheets FREE
Editing and proofreading can be boring for most students! Make it interesting and fun for your classes with this free sample peer editing activity. It covers the revision skill and inferences. In this activity, your students have applied to the following companies: -Capitalization World -The Understanding Store (Not included in free sample.) -The Punctuation Matters (Not included in free sample.) -The Spelling Bee Shop (Not included in free sample.)These companies have sent your stude
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6th - 9th
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FREE Essay Writing Prompts | Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative
Writing an essay can be a daunting task for teachers and students in terms of creating and crafting a high-quality essay, not to mention editing and grading it. But these Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative Essay Prompts and Topics will make this process much more manageable at no expense.It seems that we may have overlooked one of the most challenging steps in writing an essay, selecting an appropriate and interesting topic for your students.This is the number one result of Goog
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Argumentative Essay Template with Sentence Starters (Middle School)
This argumentative essay writing template should be incredibly helpful to middle school students learning to create an essay! The introduction paragraph, which is the biggest part of the essay, is thoroughly explained with examples and sentence starters. Sentence starters are also provided throughout the template so the students can learn alternate ways to start their paragraphs. Each piece of the template provides an explanation.
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5th - 8th
Writing Center Starter Kit
Everything you need to create a successful writing center for your students. Get the first page for FREE to sample my quality. If you want the entire packet it's only $5.00 at my teacher store WWW.TEACHPEEK.COM. Use coupon code: NEWYEARSALE for 10% off. This is a great tool for students who are learning expository and narrative writing or for continued reinforcement and practice in enhancing your students writing skills.The writing center includes lots of important pieces that make a great write
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3rd - 7th
Persuasive Writing Prompts High School & Middle School
FREEBIE: 52 Weekly Persuasive Writing Prompts for Middle or High SchoolEnjoy engaging, culturally-relevant, persuasive topics for teenagers!Persuasive writing ideas and debate topics for the entire year!Spark interesting and enthusiastic discussion!WANT A NO PREP PERSUASIVE WRITING UNIT?- DOWNLOAD MY PERSUASIVE WRITING PACKETYOU MAY ALSO LIKE ;)Teach Reading Standards with Videos: 18 LESSON FUN BUNDLECritical Lens Essay with 40 Inspirational Quotes FUN BUNDLELiterary Analysis Paragraph with Lyri
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5th - 12th
FREE Plot Graphic Organizer l Brainstorming l Plot Diagram l Problem & Solution
What's Included:This product includes a one-page PDF graphic organizer for writing a narrative. It will guide students on the brainstorming process of establishing events that will lead to resolving the story's problem. If you purchase this product, please leave feedback....even if it's just two words...thank you. I would really appreciate that. Before leaving anything less than a 5 star review, please utilize the Q&A section to see if I can help with anything. I am quick to respond and very
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Fairy Tale Writing Packet UNIT BUNDLE
NGSS MS-LS1-3 Human Body Systems Writing Assignment and Rubric
This two-week writing assignment is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core ELA/Literacy Standards. My students really enjoyed researching for this project because they chose to focus on a disease that affected someone close to them. It was great for them to see how the systems are connected. They found that disease, illness and injury are not confined to one system.
I included the calendar I used in my classroom but left the dates blank so you can personalize it for
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5th - 8th
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Persuasive Writing Checklist {Self-Assessment}
This interactive resource can be used over and over in your classroom. It's a simplistic list of what to include when students are writing a persuasive piece.Included is both colour/color and black and white versions as well as single-use and reusable versions.I have used this checklist for students to tick once they have completed a persuasive writing piece. Alternatively, the students can have this in front of them while they are writing.For a more comprehensive persuasive checklist see my oth
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1st - 7th
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Revise and Edit Checklist
Use ARMS and CUPS to help students keep track of their revisions and edits! This resource can be used independently or when peer editing.
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3rd - 8th
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Inference and Citing Textual Evidence (Short Cycle Assessment) Distance Learning
Short Cycle Assessment:The Short Cycle Assessment is made to analyze student reading comprehension and writing proficiency in a mock- State Testing environment. The questions have been peer reviewed by Ohio Teaching Licensed Staff and should be administered while recording the testing time. Consider 20-30 minutes (Grades 6-8) of testing time to be appropriate but allow for accommodations when necessary. Use this as the pretest AND test assessment to analyze growth.Six questions4 multiple Choice,
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6th - 10th, Staff
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Paragraphing FREE
Paragraphing is a challenging concept for middle grade students to grasp. If you’re like me, you hate struggling through rough drafts that resemble a GIANT wall of words!
To solve that problem, I started teaching mini-lessons exclusively on paragraphing. By the time we complete the scaffolded instruction, I feel confident that my students can use their notes to break their writing up into logical paragraphs.
I've included the following:
★ a suggested lesson
★ two practice worksheets
★ a mini
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4th - 8th
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Informative Expository Non Fiction Writing Graphic Organizer Grades 4-8
Informational writing can be challenging for students, especially when they are used to writing narratives and fiction. This graphic organizer breaks down the information sentence by sentence, allowing students to apply what they know about a topic and create cohesive writing. On the last page you will find examples of paragraph transition words and examples of ways to end the essay (or "final say"). You will also find a space for student to include sources that they used. This section is great
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4th - 8th
Writing Goals Display
Use these editable writing goals to map your students learning. Reflective learning practices boost student participation. Let your students reflect and practice the skills they need to excel in writing!Want to edit this document? The download will come as a .ppt file, with the premade writing goal displays saved on each slide. There is one additional slide (which you can duplicate if needed) where you can insert your own text book ontop to type your own goals in.Updated 17/02/18Use in conjuncti
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K - 7th
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Daily Writing slides: Argumentative Essays -- Template/Example
This is a week's worth of daily writing prompts asking students to write arguments. I have included sample prompts and directions on each slide. I also included supporting questions to help students develop argumentative essay skills, like supporting claims and anticipating counter-claims.Some of the preview pictures may look a little funky, but they should look normal when opened with PowerPoint.
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5th - 12th
The Writing Process Anchor Chart, Green Polka Dot
Anchor chart for teaching Cause & Effect.
Great for:
- Mini-Lessons
- Review
- Classroom Reference
- Test Prep
This poster is easy to blow up and hang in your classroom for easy reference to an important reading strategy!
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
List of Persuasive Writing Topics
Free List of Persuasive Writing Topics
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3rd - 9th
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4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Grade: Persuasive Opinion Writing Choice Board Center
A fun addition to a writing center! Let students choose the topic of their persuasive/ opinion writing piece! Use as classwork, homework, or even in literacy centers.
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4th - 8th
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Four Square Writing Template
This Four Square writing template is used for organizing paragraphs. Use the center area for a topic sentence. The first three squares should be used for reasons, ideas, and details. The last box is a great feeling or conclusion box. This will help your students to organize their thoughts before writing out their paragraphs.
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K - 12th
Practice with Identifying Strong Evidence Analysis
With this packet, students will practice identifying strong analysis and explaining what the author did that made the analysis strong.
Answers are as follows:
Drake Passage:
B is correct.
A is just an explanation
C is not really analyzing the evidence, just restating the reason.
D is not a plausible analysis based on the evidence given.
Wrestling Passage:
A is just restating the reason
B only focuses on Dan Gable's career and doesn't tie back to the idea that wrestlers need to be more dedicat
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7th - 10th
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