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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
NARRATIVE WRITING: ELEMENTS OF A PLOT
NARRATIVE WRITING: ELEMENTS OF A PLOT
This resource is included in the writing bundles:
♦NARRATIVE WRITING BUNDLE
♦MEGA WRITING BUNDLE: OPINION-NARRATIVE-INFORMATIONAL
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Scaffold the writing of the parts of a narrative that include the elements of a plot (exposition, inciting incident, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution) with this comprehensive pack comprising of 40 editable Power Point presentation
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3rd - 8th
Revising and Editing Task Cards, Any Essay Mode
These revising and editing task cards are perfect for any mode of writing to help you help your students work through the process of putting on the finishing touches to their essays. I truly believe in being proactive during the writing process to teach students how to actively engage with revising and editing, so they don’t make it all the way through the essay – and submit – before it’s too late. Plus, allowing time to revise and edit before the deadline day can make your job of grading so mu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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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
Should Schools Ban Soda? - Argumentative prompt, articles, and outline sheet
Should schools ban soda? This is an argumentative essay prompt, three articles, and outline sheet. Your kids will all have their own opinions about sugary drinks and whether or not schools should ban soda. This comes complete with rubric. Google Drive Version can be found hereLooking for more argumentative prompts with articles? Cell phones in School: Argumentative prompt, articles, and outline sheetFacebook: Argumentative prompt, articles, and outline sheetDid Shakespeare write his own stuff?:A
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Essay Writing
Narrative Essay Writing PPT-Focus on Suspense & Foreshadowing
Power Point is 16 slides explaining what a narrative essay is, components it should contain, what a "hook" is, suggestions for a hook, and the grading criteria (each component broken down on 4 point scale).
The grading criteria is in a 4-point rubric style for these categories: development; organization; word choice; story elements; suspense & foreshadowing; grammar, usage, & mechanics
This narrative assignment is perfect for October, around Halloween.
After taking students
Grades:
5th - 10th
Recount Writing Unit | Literary | Factual | Personal | Imaginative | Memoir Etc.
So your students have been writing recounts for years now... But do they understand the FINER DETAILS that separate the rookies from the all-stars in producing high-quality writing? Do they know recounts come in many styles to suit different AUDIENCES and PURPOSES?They most certainly will after working this FIVE-LESSON UNIT covering the following.Revisiting the FUNDAMENTALS OF RECOUNT WRITING and what an experienced recount writer should include in their essays.Writing an engaging PERSONAL REC
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6th - 8th
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Step by Step Ratiocination (Revising & Editing) Printable for ANY ESSAY
The revising and editing stage of the writing process can be difficult for students because they don't purposely write with mistakes, therefore they have a hard time spotting them. So, when you announce with enthusiasm, "Okay, now that you've written your first drafts go ahead and revise and edit your essays!" it shouldn't surprise you that magic doesn't automatically happen in the classroom. For the past 3 years I've used ratiocination to provide my students with guidelines on how to revise and
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5th - 12th
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Opinion Essay Package
This package works effectively for all modes of teaching/learning (in-person, hybrid, remote) and for switching between the modes if required.As an English teacher and literacy coach, I have used this package successfully with hundred and hundreds of students. Originally developed for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, the package is wonderful for teaching the opinion essay at any high school level. Package includes an example assignment, a graphic organizer, an example completed graphi
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7th - 12th
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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Until We Meet Again Blueford High Series Novel Unit Study with Chapter Questions
This product is a novel study of Until We Meet Again by Anne Schraff. It is a novel in the Bluford Series. This book is a great read for students in middle or high school who struggle with reading. The book would also be an easier and interesting read for those students who choose not to read. The subject matter is relatable.The questions were taken directly from the book. The students should be able to answer the questions while reading or right after reading each chapter. There are a tot
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7th - 12th
Sample Essays Analysis Task Cards, Peer or Self Evaluation, Any Mode
If you are looking to take your writing program to the next level and increase the quality of your students' writing, model papers are an extremely effective strategy. The questions on these cards correlate directly with not only CCSS anchor standards, but also with higher-level thinking analysis skills. There are so many ways to use task cards in your class. You can have these ready and pull them out a moment's notice to conduct an amazingly in-depth lesson. Your students will love that the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Biography & Informational Writing Rubric | EDITABLE
There are two EDITABLE rubrics here. A rubric for biographies and a rubric for informational writings. The biography rubric was originally created to go with my Black History Month Assignment. The 2nd one was created to go along with Lucy Calkins writing for the informational book over the Revolution - However, this rubric could be used for any informational book. (I have mine include text features in their books. They can either draw/create the or print them from online).-----------------------
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4th - 6th
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Argument Writing Revision Stations | Editing & Revising | Customizable
Editing and revising is such an important part of the writing process, but where to begin? And how to change it up from the same old peer editing and revision checklist?These Argument Writing Revision Stations make editing and revising an engaging and differentiated process. Use the Argument Writing Revision Stations following the completion of an argumentative essay rough draft and watch students take ownership of their writing! Revision stations meet students where they are in the writing pro
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5th - 8th
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ECR and SEL Daily Writing Prompts and Activities- First Six Weeks
Product Description:Introducing SEL & ECR Daily Writing Prompts: "Write a Little, Learn a Lot!" This engaging and interactive writing product is designed to help students build skills that will transfer to their writing as they explain their answers for the ECR prompts on STAAR. This resource is also designed to foster social-emotional learning through positive quotes and sayings, helping students build character while having fun with daily writing practice. Unlocking the potential of small
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3rd - 6th
COMPARATIVE ESSAY - Unit Plan
This engaging unit plan for Writing a Comparative Essay consists of 9 lessons. It uses 3 poems to model for students how to write a comparative essay:Niya by Lindsay NixonI Am Graffiti by Leanne Betasamosake SimpsonHowlin at the Moon by Wayne KeonLinks to the 3 poems (which explore the effects of cultural genocide on Indigenous peoples in Canada) are included.The unit includes:44 PowerPoint slides for use with studentsComparative Essay Stations activitywriter's craft analysis (theme, mood, liter
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7th - 12th
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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 Analysis: Animal Testing
Reinforce the elements of an argumentative writing with this essay on animal testing. Students will be asked to annotate the article as they identify the author's claim, evidence, opposing view, and rebuttal. Students will also be asked to take a stand on animal testing and use evidence from the text to support their own claims.
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5th - 10th
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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
Procedural Text Writing Unit | Recipes, Instructions, Rules | Digital Lessons
This Procedural Text Writing Unit provides everything you need to make teaching instructional writing a breeze. These comprehensive digital lessons cover everything from recipes to instructions, game rules and more. With step-by-step instructions and examples, your students will quickly master the art of procedural writing. Plus, with the convenience of digital lessons, you'll be able to easily incorporate this unit into your lesson plans without worrying about printing or prep work. They most c
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6th - 8th
Argumentative Writing - Examples and Non-Examples
Examples of Non-Examples of Argumentative Essays using the topic of Wild and Exotic Animals for high engagement. There are 10 essays of various writing levels here for your students to critique and edit to practice their writing skills. Use these texts to project for the whole class to work through together, discussing positives and negatives, work in small groups and edit chosen pieces, or model these examples for practice in peer editing. There are many ways to use these ten essay examples.
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6th - 8th
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How to Write a Great Opinion Essay Two Resource BUNDLE with Virtual Notebook
Some things are just better together. Like these two resources for writing great opinion essays. Both resources are packed with hours of activities, tasks, questions, and presentations, and come fully planned with detailed instructions that help you give the best class without the stress.Follow up one with the other. Teach a memorable lecture on writing and follow it up it with another class on masterful opinion essay writing.What’s included:1. How to Write a Great Essay & Virtual Notebook2.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing: Great Beginnings and Endings
This is a power point / writing activity that will teach your students a variety of way to begin and end narrative, opinion, and informative essays. This power point will give your students 3 strategies for each writing mode and an example of that type based upon a prompt they might encounter on a standardized test. There have been slides integrated in throughout that allow the students to interact in pairs or groups and practice the strategies as well.
At the end of the powerpoint students w
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4th - 6th
English Curriculum Lessons Complete for Middle School
English Curriculum for High School is 155 pages of rigorous, engaging, lengthy package of high quality products that can be reused for years. This bundle includes: a literary analysis essay, narrative essay, expository essay, extensive mentor sentences from modern novels, journal prompts, grammar guide, one-pager activity, philosophical chairs unit, novel study template. Your learners will enjoy the rigor and creativity of these engaging activities built from best teaching practices.Featured:✔ 1
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6th - 8th
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