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Middle school writing-essays centers for Google Apps
How to Write a Friendly Letter Writing Mini Unit
This Friendly Letter Writing Mini-Unit is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. First, model how to format a letter and envelope and practice with a sample passage. Students will then follow the template to write their own letter.This unit is designed to cover 4 lessons but can be easily adapted to fit your needs. It is appropriate for many upper elementary and middle grade levels. Unit Includes:Teacher lesson plansGoogle Classroom linksSample letter and envelopeSample letter
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Mini Unit BUNDLE for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
5th Grade Text Dependent Analysis - TDA Text Evidence Writing
Are you teaching in South Carolina (SC READY) or another state that is now using Text Dependent Analysis for the writing portion of the state test? These passages and questions were developed with you in mind! This is different from Step-By-Step Text Evidence resource. This resource was designed for 5th grade but would work well for 6th grade too. Now available in PDF, GOOGLE, and POWERPOINT. PDF: This is the printable version. It also has the teacher notes and Google Link.GOOGLE: This is for
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS BUNDLE - TDA Text Evidence Writing - GRADES 3-5
Narrative Writing Personal Narrative for Naplan Test Prep and State Testing
This Narrative writing bundle includes print and digital resources to teach the language and structural components of a Narrative. The print-n-go sheets, editable PowerPoint presentations, guided notes, interactive notebook activities, Scavenger Hunts, flipbooks, anchor charts, posters, checklists, and marking rubrics will teach your students a step-by-step approach to writing effectively. Activities scaffold every stage of the writing process. All components in this pack are designed to facilit
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4th - 8th
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Jamboard™ Templates for Writing
Ready to engage students in meaningful online writing activities? These Jamboard™ templates are the perfect tools to accompany writing mini lessons or provide a discussion springboard. Students can work on everything from pre-writing to peer editing with narrative, informative, and argumentative writing.JAMBOARD™ TEMPLATE CONTENTS:24 image templates with a variety of writing skill fociA link for a Google Slides version of the templates with editable wordingTeaching ideas for each templateA link
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6th - 9th
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Literary Analysis Essay Writing and Thesis Statement With Short Film Activities
Ready to teach a thesis statement centered literary analysis? Using Pixar shorts films is the ONLY way to go! This bundle offers mini lessons with videos for all of the major literary elements and step-by-step workshops to guide students through thesis writing and each paragraph of a literary analysis essay. And of course, analyses of Pixar short films along with a sample literary analysis for the short film The Present. Students can color-code the sample essay with a digital highlighter! Liter
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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Descriptive Writing Unit BUNDLE Sentence Building & Writing Skills
Looking to take your students' descriptive writing to new heights? This comprehensive set of student guides covers six essential skills that will help your students elaborate and expand their writing. The Six Skills: VoiceHooksSentence structure and complexityFigurative languageVivid imagery through word choiceThe art of "show, don't tell" Unlike generic worksheets, this resource offers complete lessons that are ready to use. Each set begins with an engaging hook to capture your students' intere
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5th - 7th
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Narrative Writing The Exposition | Orientation Plot Elements Print & Digital
Are you looking to teach your students how to write the exposition or the orientation in narrative writing? The PowerPoint Show, Student Guided Notes, and Sheets (print pdf, PowerPoint templates, and templates in Google Slides) will provide a comprehensive approach to teaching the exposition in a narrative. US and British English Files included.1. PowerPoint Show and Booklet (folder item 1)Note on Narrative Writing, a Personal Narrative, and a Fictional Narrative.The Exposition: characters and
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3rd - 7th
Comic or Graphic Novel Writing Mini Unit
This Comic/Graphic Novel Writing Mini-Unit is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. Students will analyze mentor texts and follow the template to write their comic strip.This unit is designed to cover 4 lessons but can be easily adapted to fit your needs. It is appropriate for many upper elementary and middle grade levels. Unit Includes:Teacher lesson plansGoogle Classroom linksLinks to suggested mentor texts Prewriting TemplateFinal Copy PagesGrading RubricStudents will follo
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Mini Unit BUNDLE for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Activity | Print + Digital
This Thanksgiving persuasive writing activity is the perfect November writing project. Students will write from the point of view of a turkey and create a persuasive paragraph or essay to try and convince people NOT to eat them this Thanksgiving. Students love using their creativity to write this assignment and often say it was their favorite of the whole year!This Thanksgiving persuasive writing activity is included in a Thanksgiving ELA Growing Bundle. Click here to purchase will other engagin
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities ELA Growing Bundle | Print & Digital
The Boston Massacre: Paired Reading Passages & Opinion Writing
Who Caused the Boston Massacre? American Revolution Paired Passages & Opinion Writing - Digital & PDFThis is set of leveled paired passages or texts with reading comprehension tests, short response questions, and extended writing prompts. The included texts are non-fiction. Two of the texts are based on the actual testimony given at the trials, although the texts have been rewritten in modern English. The extended writing prompt provided is for opinion writing. Targeted reading levels a
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4th - 6th
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Writing Stations Descriptive Writing Lesson Writing Skills Sentence Building
Looking to increase writing quality? Boot camps will boost their skills quickly! This immersive sentence-building and writing skills boot camp will quickly elevate the quality of their work. Start with the Simple Sentence Basic Training to establish a strong foundation. Once completed, students will journey through 5 station rotations designed to level up their sentence writing. They will master opening adjectives, delayed adjectives, appositives, introductory prepositional phrases, and opening
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5th - 7th
Writing Hooks BUNDLE Types of Hooks for Narrative and Informative Writing
The struggle is real. Students find it difficult to craft the perfect hook for their introduction paragraphs. Help is here! This bundle of resources is designed to help students master the art of hooks and captivating leads.Students study examples written by the pros. They'll learn how to craft effective hooks for expository, argumentative, and narrative writing. The best part? These lessons and activities are completely no-prep, saving you valuable time and energy. What's included in this bundl
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5th - 7th
109 Essay & Writing Prompts for Fall | Middle & High School Writing Topics
Huge collection of over 100 quality writing prompts to celebrate fall and the special celebrations of the months of September through October*! Stop frantically searching Google for writing prompts and essay topics for your students. These high-quality, unique, and fun Writing Prompts for Fall include writing prompts for Research papers, Argumentative/Persuasive Essays, Expository/Informative Essays, Descriptive/Narrative Essays, Response to Quote/Response to Literature-Poetry prompts, and Cre
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7th - 9th
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Writing Choice Boards *with Google Slides Writing Menus
Need a new writing center for your writing workshop time? This resource contains 7 writing choice boards that can be used in grades 3-5 and are perfect for writing centers.About the Writing Choice BoardsEach choice board contains 15 prompts per genre for the students to complete independently or with groups. That is a total of 105 writing prompts in a variety of genres! The writing choice boards are available in two formats: with and without a colored background. The writing genres are:Personal
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4th - 6th
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Show, Don't Tell Descriptive Writing Unit - Dialogue & Sensory Language
Turns out, "said" is NOT dead. Bring your descriptive writing lessons to life with this comprehensive set of resources that focuses on three key elements: emotions, senses, and dialogue. Gone are the days of telling rather than showing as your students master the art of descriptive language. By studying mentor passages from the beloved novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar, students will see showing language in action and discover the impact of using "said" effectively. NOTE! This is a technique I learn
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Amy C.
OCEAN ANIMALS RESEARCH TEMPLATES: PRINT & DIGITAL- GOOGLE DRIVE-BOOM CARDS
⭐ 26 Boom Cards now included: Identifying Ocean Animals (pre-research)⭐⭐ Print and Digital Ocean Animal Report File (Google Slides) included. Link in Pdf.⭐⭐⭐Separate sheets featuring U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics and Checklists.***********************************************************************Scaffold the writing of an Informational Report on 20 Ocean Animals with this bundled pack of templates both in print and digital format (google slides). Students wi
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Animal Research Templates Animal Reports Bundle Print & Digital
RAINFOREST ANIMALS REPORT: INFORMATIVE RESEARCH TEMPLATES PRINT & DIGITAL
⭐ 22 Boom Cards now included: Identifying Rainforest Animals (pre-research)⭐⭐Print and Digital Rainforest Animal Report File (Google Slides) included. Link in Pdf.⭐⭐⭐Separate sheets featuring U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics and Checklists.***********************************************************************Scaffold the writing of an Informational Report on 20 Rainforest Animals with this bundled pack of templates both in print and digital format (google slides
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Animal Research Templates Animal Reports Bundle Print & Digital
Daily Common Core Writing Journal Prompts - Distance Learning
Daily Common Core Journal Prompts - An engaging and thought-provoking way to to get your students writing independently. . ••NOW INCLUDES GOOGLE SLIDE Deck for use in GOOGLE CLASSROOM!••The Common Core Standards require students to: “Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences”. Use “Daily Common Core Writing” for a variety of writing opportuniti
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4th - 6th
Vivid Verbs Descriptive Writing Unit - Strong Verbs, Adjectives, Specific Nouns
Teaching descriptive writing? This set of lessons will guide students through 3 types of word choice: strong verbs, specific adjectives, and leveled-up adjectives. Students will NOT ONLY identify vivid imagery, but master WRITING with vivid imagery. Through guided practice, students will write their own vivid verbs, nouns, and adjectives. Mastering these three types will make their writing POP!By studying mentor passages from The Westing Game, students will see vivid imagery in action by a pro!
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Amy C.
Memoir Writing and Personal Expository Essay DIGITAL
This is the digital interactive version of Memoir and Personal Expository Essay: Writing About Me! "Writing About Me!" is a fun mini-unit that can be used to teach memoir or personal expository essay writing. I've included lesson plans for 3 different ways to use these resources, but you will probably think of even more! Your students will enjoy sharing memories and "snapshots" from their lives. And you will enjoy the fact that your students will learn about memoir writing with no prep required.
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4th - 8th
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DISTANCE LEARNING Argumentative Writing: Supporting Claims with Reasons
E-LEARNING / VIRTUAL LEARNING DIGITAL LESSON --Google Classroom Users: We see the value of breaking the process of writing an Argumentative essay down into the individual parts. This lesson focuses on how to develop reasons to support a claim. Students begin this 2-day lesson by finding the reasons recorded in an exemplary text as well as finding the top 3 reasons that support a given claim. From there, students begin to think about the reasons being different levels of strength. The next step o
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5th - 7th
Also included in: DISTANCE LEARNING Argumentative Writing Unit: Digital Test Prep Bundle
Writing Traits VOICE Bundle for Writer's Workshop Mini Lessons
Amplify your students' writing with this bundle designed to develop their unique writing voice. Packed with engaging activities and interactive elements, these resources will transform their descriptive writing and personal narratives. By focusing on precise descriptions and injecting emotional reactions, students will learn how to captivate readers and make their writing come alive.Here's what you'll get in this bundle:Amplify Your Writing: Voice - These slides guide students through the proces
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4th - 7th
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Roll-to-Choose Creative Writing Mini Unit
This creative writing mini-unit is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. Students are encouraged to brainstorm with a roll-to-choose activity to select their main character, supporting characters, setting, and basic plot. Students will then follow the template to write their own creative story.This unit is designed to cover 4 lessons but can be easily adapted to fit your needs. It is appropriate for many upper elementary and middle grade levels. Unit Includes:Teacher lesson pl
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Mini Unit BUNDLE for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
Figurative Language Activities - Descriptive Writing Similes Metaphors Hyperbole
This interactive student guide teaches your students to NOT ONLY identify figurative language, but to master WRITING with figurative language. Through guided practice, students will write their own similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification. Mastering these four types will make their writing POP!By studying mentor passages from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, students will see figurative language in action by the pros! Students see definiti
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Amy C.
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