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Higher education writing-expository internet activities
Citations and Cite Sources for Research Essays
Updated to Edition 8 citations!
An 18 page, easy-to-follow, illustrated, quick-start guide on how-to build a BIbliography/Works Cited page using Easy Bib, an online citation builder website. Are you tired of repeating directions for how-to build a Bibiography/Works Cited page and how to properly cite research resources? Then, this is just what you need to help students visualize and work through the process! Includes:
How-to build citations using any online citation site
Differences between B
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Inquiry based research essay project template research reflections {EDITABLE}
Inquiry Based Research Project In this project brainstorm topics and ask questions about what they know. Throughout the research process they reflect on their question, findings, and the research process. This project isn’t just about finding the answer to a research question, but evaluating, reflecting, and internalizing the research process. What's Included:Make sure you see the preview for a complete understanding of everything that is involved in the resources.brainstorming pagehow to write
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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60 High-Interest Persuasive Essay and Research Paper Topics
Each of these topics comes in the form of a question that students can react to immediately; hence they make excellent prompts for on-demand, in-class, timed essays. At the same time, any of them could be used as a springboard for a fully developed research paper, one requiring time spent exploring--and documenting--support for the writer's position. They also make excellent topics for informative or persuasive speeches that you might assign.One of the guiding criteria for this list is that it b
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Middle-High School Paraphrasing and Citation Activity, Writing and Research
Teachers and/or Parents,As we know, far too many kids think it's OK just to copy and paste material straight from the Internet and hand it in as their own these days. With this product you will help show them otherwise and give them invaluable practice restating simple ideas in their own words.Simply put, this product will kick-start any unit you would like to teach on the writing process. Content-area teachers tell you can show your principals that you are doing your part to support school read
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Distance Learning: Full Semester Writing Digital Interactive Notebook Pack
This product is a digital interactive notebook that focuses on various elements of style and a variety of writing practices. Included in this product (see Preview for complete overview): 30 "Voice Lessons": 6 on diction; 6 on detail; 6 on syntax; 6 on imagery; and 6 on toneIncludes one quote from a renown literary workAsks two questions focusing on styleProvides space for style application6 journal entries that vary in style of writing (i.e., narrative, argumentative, persuasive, expository)2 St
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Full Semester of Writing Bundle
Op-Ed Analysis Project (AP Lang./Comp.)
In this project, students select a prominent, current op-ed columnist whose views on contemporary issues they find engaging. Students then color-code and annotate 3 of their chosen writer's columns, analyzing the writer's rhetorical choices. Finally, students synthesize information from their annotated columns to craft a letter addressed to a public official or other stakeholder in a position of power to urge a particular course of action or policy change.
I typically use this assignment in th
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Reading and Writing Newsreels for Secondary Students
This detailed unit plan may be used for several content areas such as: Reading, ELA, Social Studies, History, ROTC, Science, and Math. It provides a five-lesson unit with discussion and details.
keywords: literacy, lesson plans, current events, current events, nonfiction text, relevance, background knowledge, making connections, informational text, paraphrasing, citing sources, reliable sources, author bias.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Distance Learning: Make Writing a Formal Introduction Easy
This digital product provides a step-by-step overview for your online classroom of how to formulate a strong formal introduction for any composition. I have used this method of paragraph formatting to teach writing in my English classes for 10 years. I now use it for my intro-level college writing courses. It removes the abstraction of writing an introduction and provides students with a clear path to follow to compose a strong formal introduction. This product includes:16 slides explaining th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Full Semester of Writing Bundle
Resilience Journal (Part I): Digital Interactive Notebook - Distance Learning
Resilience Digital Journal: Part 1 of 2Purpose:Created as an Expository Reading & Writing resource, this eJournal includes nonfiction stories & accompanying writing prompts with real life / real world application, & with personal introspection as the intent.Description:Nonfiction stories of resilienceCurated from OptionB.orgWriting prompts to compliment each storyCustomize the prompts as you wishGreat for:Distance LearningSomething purposeful, timely, & introspectiveOnline Learni
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Resilience Journal (Part II): Digital Interactive Notebook - Distance Learning
Resilience Digital Journal: Part 2 of 2Purpose:Created as an Expository Reading & Writing resource, this eJournal includes nonfiction stories & accompanying writing prompts with real life / real world application, & with personal introspection as the intent.NOTE: Some stories contained in this journal include topics pertaining to: eating disorders, death/grief, anxiety, depression, etc.Description:Nonfiction stories of resilienceCurated from OptionB.orgWriting prompts to compliment e
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Bibliography Workshop
Students use www.easybib.com (or a similar site) to create a bibliography using the provided information for ten different sources. The types of sources include book, article in an anthology, lecture, article from a database, dictionary definition, etc.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Olympic Sport Outline and Writing Activity
Use this outline and writing activity to have students research and write. The internet would be a great place to do the research. The outline contains important information about the sport. There is a writing template to go with this expository writing piece. It's great for any time of the year, but particularly during the Olympics (summer or winter).
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Autobiography Lessons
Slides that can make an entire autobiography unit. From start to finish. Help your students plan and organise their information to assist them in writing an autobiography. You can share the whole slide show with your students and at the end they will be able to complete the task on their own! Lessons run for an hour per 2 slides!
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4th - 8th, Higher Education
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Fun Facts & Further Research Class Starter Activity
This PowerPoint Presentation offers 8 weeks of fun facts to prompt further research and discussion at the start of class. This would work well during a research unit, to promote inquiry, investigation, analysis of sources, and further discussion of topics beyond what is first found. Each slide shows a fun fact (about animals, the human body, science, history, food, etc.), and the procedure is for students to read the fact and then to do further research, finding a new related fact and analyzing
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Animated Stickers/GIFs on Essay Organization-- Distance Learning
What are they?I created original animated stickers/GIFs that focus on organizational elements in essays. The gifs/animated stickers include parts of an essay, where to place topic sentences, how to write a topic sentence, how to organize an introduction, a body paragraph, and a conclusion. Click here to preview and get one of the GIFs in this pack for FREE!Why should I use them?Animated stickers/GIFs are all over social media and students use them on a daily basis, With transparent backgrounds,
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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TEDTalk Worksheet
This worksheet was created for Adam Foss' TED Talk: "A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system"
I created this for my senior, ERWC students preparing to write an argumentative essay for the Juvenile Justice Module.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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My Barcelona; Design Your Own City Tour
This is an exercise and assignment for any class, history, geography or even an English class. Develop a 5 minute walking tour of one of the many splendid neighborhoods of Barcelona !!!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Easy Way To Write Your First Ebook
Many people who have never sat down to write an actual article think that writing as a craft is simple. You just start with one word, and you follow that with another. It's also usually all in your native language. How hard can that be, right?Well, once they start to write, they may find that they don't have a clue about where to start. If they've never written an e-book, they may not understand how to properly organize their thoughts so that enough information is conveyed in an easy and highly
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Website Validity Comparison
This handout provides two website URLs for students to explore. Students answer a series of questions about the websites and then decide which of the two sites is a valid source for researching and which website is a hoax. Students are required to look "beyond the basics" to come up with the correct answer.
See also: Website Validity Key
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Animated Sticker/GIF on how to write paragraphs--Distance Learning
What is it? I created an original animated stickers/GIFs that focus on how to write and organize a body paragraph. This is one of the GIFs that is included in my pack of GIFs on essay organizationWhy should I use them?Animated stickers/GIFs are all over social media and students use them on a daily basis, With transparent backgrounds, this GIF can be used to spice up a Google Slide or PowerPoint lesson on Organization. Creating engaging content is even more important now with distance learning
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Incorporate Technology- Use Google Drive with Students
How to use Google Drive
With Students!
step by Step Instructions
-Collaboration
-Adding Pictures
-Using the Research tools
Simple Instructions with PICTURES of each step to get your students using Google drive.
You can attach these instructions to book reports or other writing assignments to get your students to incorporate technology in the process of their writing!
This is a great teaching tool that brings the instructions down to a younger level.
I use it with THIRD GRADERS!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Discussion Board Tips & Tricks
Here is a guide for high school and college students who are using discussion boards. It includes samples, tips for success, and a rubric.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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