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Free 7th grade writing-expository centers
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------------
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
Grades:
6th - 8th
Thesis Statement Writing
Students learn to write a thesis statement with this interactive presentation. Comes with:
Handouts
Examples
Individual and group writing activities
Peer Workshopping
Answer Key
Supplemental Resources
Easy to understand, implement, and use as introduction, reinforcement, or assessment. Meets CCSS.
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Nonfiction Text Structure Writing / Discussion Prompt Task Cards: Free Sample!
This free preview contains eight task cards to review five text structures (compare/contrast, chronological/sequencing, problem/solution, cause and effect, and description). Each task card contains signal words to remind students how best to show each structure in their writing! This preview also includes a variety of suggestions for classroom use. Check out my full set of non-fiction task cards here!Check out my well-reviewed text structure materials! Save money with my text structure bundles!
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Paragraph Writing Graphic Organizer Freebie
Teach or reinforce how to write a paragraph with this helpful graphic organizer. This great freebie is a great visual for all learners!
Grades:
1st - 8th
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
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Persuasive Writing Techniques Dice Game
A roll the dice game that gets students to use different persuasive writing strategies when sharing their arguments.
In pairs, students select a topic from a pile to argue about. They select whether they are going to be agreeing or disagreeing. One student then rolls the dice. Whichever technique they land on they need to use when they share (verbally) their reasons with their partner.
The techniques include:
- Modality
- Rhetorical Questions
- Fact and Distortion
- Emotive Language
- Technic
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Freebie! 3 Writing Prompts: Expository, Persuasive & Narrative, Grades 6-8
3 Writing Prompts for Expository, Persuasive & Narrative texts. Perfect for on-demand writing, test prep, quick writes or paragraph-writing practice. Complex, cross-curricular writing prompts grown-up enough for middle school & upper elementary. Zero-prep! Printed on lined writing paper with a relevant eye-catching graphic, historic or scientific photo on each page! (Bonus! Includes 3 student-friendly self-assess rubrics.)If you like this freebie, check out my set of 30 writing prompt
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Grades:
6th - 8th
The Toy Car Experiment with the Forces of Gravity & Friction
This worksheet features great essential questions, hypothesis-builders, data organizers, and post-experiment reflection questions to help students think through the data they gathered during the experiment to determine what it means.
A list of the materials you'll need to conduct the experiment, along with a visual of how to construct the experiment are included, as is an assessment format. While the total assessment is partially based on simply completing the experiment and collecting the data
Grades:
4th - 7th
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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Grades:
4th - 8th
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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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Grades:
K - 7th
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Themed Writing Prompts Freebie: Expository, Persuasive & Narrative, Set of 3
3 Writing Prompts for Expository, Persuasive & Narrative texts. Perfect for on-demand writing, test prep, quick writes or paragraph-writing practice. Complex, cross-curricular writing prompts grown-up enough for middle school & upper elementary. Zero-prep! Printed on lined writing paper with a relevant eye-catching graphic, historic or scientific photo on each page! (Bonus! Includes 5 student-friendly self-assess rubrics. 3 writing rubrics, 1 listening rubric, 1 speaking rubric.)The
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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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Grades:
5th - 12th
Shared (Adapted) Writing for Students with Special Needs (At the Farm)
Shared Writing for Students with Special Needs (At the Farm). This product provides words and pictures to have a shared writing activity with your students about things they might see at a farm. Chart paper or a board will be needed. This product may work great for very young writers and students with significant cognitive disabilities. There are words and pictures for sheep, pig, duck, goat, dog, cow, horse, chicken, cat, corn stalk, farmer and barn.
The phrases included are:
Beginning ph
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
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Connections Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to World
Download these three free mini posters that can be displayed at centers or around the classroom. They help students connect what they read and write, to themselves, to other text and the world. Displayed is the cover of the packet and one poster.Connecting is an essential strategy of close reading.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
A Letter to My Future Teacher
The children will write a letter to their future teacher to inform the teacher of their future student's strengths and weaknesses.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Writer's Workshop & Writer's Notebook Restaurant-Themed Choice Menus
This is a complimentary preview of one of eight menus we designed to complement our classroom writer's notebook and writer's workshop routines. If your students find use with this sample from the set--The Italian Menu of Writing Ideas--then we invite you to consider purchasing our entire set of EIGHT RESTAURANT-THEMED WRITER'S CHOICE MENUS. The eight restaurant-themed menus are: Italian, Greek, Mexican, Russian, Australian, Japanese, Irish, and Indian.Each day in class begins with our students
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Science Writing Prompts
Think you don't have time to actually write in science? It doesn't have to be hard! This resource provides an effective way to implement writing across the curriculum.
Using Gretchen Bernabei's kernel essay strategy, it is fun, easy and practical to create quality writing in any subject. When you download this packet, you will find a link to Gretchen Bernabei's website which will teach you all you need to know about this awesome strategy.
One of the best aspects of kernel essay writing is t
Grades:
4th - 7th
Narrative, Opinion, and Expository Writing Prompts--Sample Writer's Notebook
These sample writing resources are included in my 300 + page Writer's NotebookIn this mini-bundle you will receive three writing prompts: ✔ THREE Engaging Paragraph Prompts: 1 Narrative, 1 Opinion, 1 Expository✔ Each prompt includes a page for brainstorming, a reminder checklist, a page for the rough draft, and a page for a final draft THE ORIGINAL COMPLETE WRITER'S NOTEBOOK INCLUDES: ✔ 302 pages of material ✔ 90 Engaging Paragraph Prompts: 30 Narrative, 30 Opinion, 30 Expository✔ Each prompt in
Grades:
4th - 8th
Middle School Writing Choice Board
This Tic-Tac-Toe style choice board gives students the power of selection in their writing. Each prompt requires a paragraph response and focuses on the expository writing staples of topic sentence, supporting details, and concluding sentence. Teachers can use it for:
-Writing Centers
-Morning Bell Work
-Independent Writing Assignments
-Part of a larger Writing Unit
by Sarah Wright
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5th - 8th
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Class Made Books EASY Writing Activities
Learn easy, efficient ways to create class made books! If students know that they will be publishing a piece of writing for others to view and enjoy, they will be more excited about writing! Plus you will have great books to showcase during open house!Includes instructions to make* File Folder Books* 2 Pocket Folder with Prongs Books* 3 Ring View Binder Books* Binding Machine BooksPages included: * Draw and Write Primary Lined Page* Just Write Primary Lined Page* Draw and Write Regular Lined Pag
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Grades:
PreK - 7th
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"Hook" Guidelines and Examples for Essays and Papers
Do your students struggle with coming up with a "hook" for their papers and writing? Give them this handy hand-out to give them several ideas and examples of how to catch their readers attention!
5 types of hooks are provided, as well as a general definition and examples of each.
Great for a writing workshop or station!
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Story Starter/Writing Prompts Cards
This no-prep set of 20 printable cards is designed to ignite creativity and inspire storytelling in young writers. Each card features a unique writing prompt, ranging from intriguing settings to quirky characters and exciting plot twists. These are great for brainstorming, warm-ups, centers, and creative writing exercises. Simply print, cut, and laminate to ensure they stay nice for years to come! This FREE version includes a selection of starter cards to get students excited about writing! Visi
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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Spanish Language Writing Center Sign: Centro de Escribir
¿Cansado de los mismos viejos diseños gráficos? Yo usaba imágenes reales para crear etiquetas para los centros de enseñanza en su clase. Esto es parte de una serie. Imágenes incluyen fotos y frases de Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez. También incluye una sección de la constitución de Los Estados Unidos.Tired of the cookie-cutter designs? I used thought provoking images and words taken from real life to create a series of labels for teaching stations. This PDF is one in series. It includes ima
Grades:
K - 12th
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