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Middle school writing-essays centers for Microsoft Word
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:Â Essay Writing
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
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
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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Elaboration Collaboration
Help students learn to elaborate on their text evidence when writing essays. Students can collaborate in groups to discuss ideas for elaborating on their evidence. Each person can share an idea for elaboration, then they can decide which elaboration ties in best with the evidence.
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4th - 8th
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Antes de Ser Libres theme essay guided notes
SPANISH- Students look at a sample essay of themes that Julia Alvarez develops in the book, Antes de ser libres (Before We Were Free) and students use the same format to finish the third paragraph (more evidence of the coming of age theme.)
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6th - 9th
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Free Write: Future Letter to Yourself
I love completing free writes with students. This is by far one of my favorites that I have implemented! Now that I have been teaching for a while, I have actually had students who have held onto their letters, in a sealed envelope and have opened them once they reached high school and into adulthood. It is amazing to see and hear what they thought about their letters when they were written in middle school. I have included a handout and rubric.
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5th - 8th
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Bing Bang Bongo Large Essay 5 paragraph
5 Paragraph Essay Bing Bang Bongo Large Print
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K - 8th
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Thesis/Claim - Reasons - Evidence Paragraph Writing Practice Pack
Step-by-step practice of several of the steps needed to create a complete multi-paragraph essay with thesis/claims, reasons, and supporting evidence.
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- Sentence sort where students identify a reason and related evidence (3 reasons/related evidence for 2 paragraphs on two different pages). One essay is about Mr. Smith, a principal, and the other is about Ms. Hill, a classroom teacher. After sorting, students glue slips of paper on accompanying graphic organizer and write a thes
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3rd - 6th
Developing a Critical Character
This file is all about developing critical characters in writing. There are several examples of authors developing their characters and a list of possible ways for students to develop their critical character. Included you will find several practices for the students and a rubric for grading. There are several lists of character traits as well. My students' writing improved greatly after these activities.
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3rd - 6th
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Literary Essay Graphic Organizer *Editable*
This tool will help students organize their ideas about text into a structured literary essay or book review. The graphic organizer is split into five sections to fit a five-paragraph essay structure. Each section lists what information should be included in each paragraph, as well as sentence starters to support struggling writers.
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3rd - 6th
Tartuffe Exam
A fully editable and in-depth 65-question multiple choice exam with essay prompts on the comedic classic play of the Enlightenment Era -- Tartuffe by Moliere. The focus of the questions include plot, characters, symbolism, tone, themes, literary devices, and author background. A strong culminating exam after thorough study of the play.
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8th - 12th
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Writing Assignment for Pantomime
This essay-writing assignment allows your students to explain the importance of pantomime within the field of acting. The assignment handout explains the topic and illustrates how to write an essay using an introduction, body, and conclusion. It also explains what should be found in each part of the essay and defines terms like "thesis statement." A rubric is included for easy scoring of the assignment. Writing across the curriculum in increasingly important, and this handout allows you to p
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Pantomime Unit Bundle
Narrative Writing Prompt SPANISH
This is a narrative writing prompt asking students to write about a moment when they were proud of themselves and why. It's a great pre-assessment for narrative writing in Spanish!
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3rd - 12th
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Expository Writing Prompts
These expository writing prompts are set up to be printed on 3.5 index cards. The set contains 55 different prompts each on a separate card. Included is a two-card explanation of how to write an expository paper. It is recommended that you print this set on a colored index card. I will be posting additional sets in different genres. It will be much easier to keep the various genres organized if each is on a different color. Have fun!
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4th - 8th
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Writing Grammar Checklist
This checklist has all of the main points, and is also appealing to look at. It covers everything from the correct form of your/you're, their/there/they're, and our/are, to correct tense, adding sensory detail, etc.
Great for 4th and beyond! Students can use this on their own when reading over their papers of any length.
Bonus: 2nd page includes topics that are good for conferencing with students about.
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4th - 12th
Essay 4 Square Cut and Glue Practice
This assignment will help your students practice creating a 4 square pre-write. They are given parts of the 4 square (thesis, transitions, main ideas, details, and vivid descriptors for the details, as well as a concluding statement), and the assignment calls for them to cut out the parts and glue them onto a blank 4 square that they folded themselves. It is a great practice activity that helps students see how the parts of an essay fit together like a puzzle!
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5th - 8th
Opinion Writing - Are Videos Games Good/Bad
Help your students develop their opinion about video games. Guide students through brainstorming, researching and writing their opinion on if video games are good or bad for you.
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2nd - 12th
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Thesis Statement GUIDE
Every research paper should make a point about its topic. To do this, you will need to develop your own argument about the historical impact of the person, event, pattern, or idea you are studying. The point you make is called a thesis statement. It is NOT the same as a topic. Your thesis statement explains what you believe to be the impact and significance of your topic. THIS PRODUCT GUIDES YOU THROUGH CONSTRUCTING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.
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5th - 12th
Moon - Should we be Going Back to the Moon in 2024 (Project Artemis)?
Going Back to the Moon? or Not - A essay prompt for distance Did you know that America is planning on going back to the moon? It’s true. NASA Project Artemis plans to go to land on the moon in 2024. Artemis in mythology is the sister of Apollo the moon goddess. The preliminary cost of such a mission is ballparked upwards of $600 billion. But should we go back? We certainly have plenty of needs on our current planet that requires this money. Take a stand, should we go back to the moon or not? Wri
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6th - 12th
Writing Prompt about Constellation
This is a great quick writing prompt about making up your own constellation. Goes with writing or science.
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3rd - 6th
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Time Travel with Inventors
This is a writing prompt for students in grades 4-6. I've always wondered what it would be like to go back in time and bring a famous inventor into the future, to show him, or her, how his/her invention has evolved over time. This first prompt is centered on inventor Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone. This can be used in class, or as a homework assignment. With common core standards coming into place, it helps students focus on real people and events, but will also allow t
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4th - 6th
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THE ECLIPSE
USE this original and profound allegory by the poet Alex Avram to teach your students the POEM STYLES and METAPHORS. When your students ANALYZE the poem you see how they perceive its main ideas. Use it in your CREATIVE WRITING class.This tender piece of LITERATURE can be an inspiration for your students to express their own thoughts and feelings in an artistic way. Use it for HOMEWORK or/and start your SCIENCE class with this poem as you teach about the ECLIPSE, the MOON and the SUN. PRINT it an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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