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Middle school writing-essays project pdfs
Ecosystems and Biomes Project - Lapbook & Informational Writing Activity
This resource provides materials for students to create a Biomes Lapbook. Designed with third through sixth graders in mind, this ecosystems & biomes resource includes materials for students to use while conducting research using informational texts, as well as materials for the presentation of their final writing piece, in a Biomes Lapbook. To complete this project, students:• read nonfiction texts,• use a graphic organizer as a prewriting tool to organize their writing,• write informativ
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2nd - 6th
Comparing Myths & Legends Writing - Greek Myth Medusa & Iroquois No-Faced Doll
Your students will love this reading and writing assignment that compares the Greek Myth of Medusa with the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee legend, The No-Faced Doll”. While Greek Mythology and Native American legends may seem like two very different genres, with little to no similarities, think again! This project asks students to compare myths and legends from two very different cultures, finding both the similarities and differences. Through this common core linked project, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Paired Texts: Comparing Myths & Legends from Across Cultures
End of Year Writing Project
Get students to reflect on themselves at the end of the year as they show their writing skills using this personal narrative project. Students will create a personal memoir to reflect on important moments in their life, explain their significance, and connect the moments to music. Students love to write about themselves and music, so it is a win for everyone. Differentiate your instruction by offering students the option of using printable or digital materials. Both versions are included! Like t
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5th - 7th
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Partner Biography Writing Assignment
Get your students communicating and collaborating with this biography writing project. Included in this product:-Full size and student size anchor charts for biographies, autobiographies, and thesis statements-24 Interview questions-Biography planning graphic organizer-Draft paper-Publishing paper (many options)-Bonus: Autobiography resources, too!-Detailed explanation of how each component can be usedLooking for writing projects each month? Grab the entire bundle and cover the genres with enga
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Bundle: Monthly Writing Projects for Upper Elementary
POP BOTTLE Biography Project {Reading/Writing Informational Text} Who Was/Is
My Pop Bottle Biography Projects will truly FOSTER a LOVE of reading and writing informational text among your students while allowing them to be creative thinkers and learners. Your students will LOVE this project because they will have an opportunity to use their imaginations as they learn about an important person in history! This project will also get your students and their families working TOGETHER! How awesome is that?!?As teachers, we all know how important choice in the classroom truly
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2nd - 6th
50 United States and Capitals Research Project US America History State Report
Are you searching for an engaging and fun way to study and learn about the 50 States of the United States your classroom? Look no further! You will love this easy prep State Research Lapbook Project. This is a wonderful activity to do as your students research and study any US State.INCLUDED:Print and digital version included (see page 3-4 for digital link)Color and BW options providedGrading rubricResearch for lapbook: Actual research is not included, the lapbook is a research template.Cover fo
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3rd - 6th
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Research Process and Plagiarism Flip Book
Introduce the research process with this easy to assemble flip book! No need to cut and no wasted paper. Just print double sided, fold, staple, and teach! The flip book introduces students to the research process by covering how to find appropriate sources, taking notes, paraphrasing, citing sources, and plagiarism.
Printing and assembly instructions are also included.
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GUIDED RESEARCH PROJECTS walk your students through the research process by asking essentia
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Guided Research Project BUNDLE
US State Report Research and Writing
This product aims to help students conduct a simple research project on a state with the end goal being to write a five-paragraph essay. Everything you need is included in this resource to guide students from conducting research to gathering and organizing facts to writing an outline and rough drafts to the final, produced copy. I have found that students write best when provided some level of scaffolding and chunking. This resource does this. Included in this resource:· Book and Internet Source
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3rd - 7th
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Book Report Rubric - 5th/6th grade
This rubric is designed for students doing book reports in 5th & 6th grade. It is very specific & asks students to identify character traits for two main characters with details from the text to support their response, analyze the setting,identify the conflict and resolution, list 5 main events in correct sequence, and support their opinion of the novel all in a five paragraph essay.
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5th - 7th
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Famous Abolitionists Research Project – Abolition Movement Writing Activities
Kids explore the lives of famous abolitionists with a differentiated research project. Activities feature 30 people who opposed slavery and promoted the abolition movement. You can display writing with full-page photographs for a beautiful bulletin board. Open the preview to get a closer look.This abolitionist research project is scalable. If you're short on time, you can use less pages. Want a full-blown research project? Use them all. (Or you can do something more in the middle.)For the simple
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4th - 6th
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State Research Writing Project & Other Activites Common Core Aligned
Get your students writing.....the fun way! I love this project because there are so many different things you can do with it. It comes complete with project guidelines and graphic organizers. There is a sheet with approved websites for research and themed final draft paper. Your students will love taking all the information they have gathered and putting it into a trifold brochure. This makes a super cute classroom display. It can easily be turned into a large poster project. Set aside a day
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2nd - 6th
Also included in:Â Writing Research Projects & Activities - BUNDLE
Biography and Wax Museum Project
A fun, engaging, and rigorous writing project! Each year, my class has done this writing project and we invite the younger grades to our Wax Museum. Then, every year, my new class begs and asks to do the same type of project!
In this project, the students will research (using the outline) a person who has made a difference in the world. They can choose from a list or a different option (with your approval). Then, they will write a biography based on their outline. Finally, they will create a sh
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5th - 8th
Sweet Candy Opinion and Persuasive Writing Unit
This is a complete writing unit aligned with Common Core writing standards for 3rd through 6th grades (3.W.1, 4.W.1, 5.W.1, and 6.W.1)
This unit includes:
My Favorite Candy graphic organizer
Sensory Details graphic organizer
Figurative Language graphic organizer
Candy Persuasive Advertising graphic organizer
My Favorite Candy advertisement poster instructions & rubric
My Favorite Candy opinion graphic organizer, editing checklist, & weighted grading rubric
My Favorite Candy persuasive
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3rd - 6th
Restaurant Review - Engaging Persuasive Writing Unit/Project
A huge hit each and every year! The students actually beg to work on it! Easily usable for fourth through eighth grade. A great unit through which to address narrative and expository style writing, developing and supporting a thesis, descriptive writing, similes and metaphors, using mentor texts, composing formal letters, and addressing envelopes. Plus, it is a lot of fun!
Local restaurants have responded really well to the project and have actually written students back (and even sent gift car
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4th - 8th
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Cole's Transformation Poster Project (Touching Spirit Bear)
This project requires students to demonstrate in what ways Cole has transformed over the course of the novel, Touching Spirit Bear.
First students justify in what ways Cole has changed using evidence from the text. Then they must decide how to best SHOW his transformation by creating a visual poster. On the poster students must justify why they have included certain symbolic elements and list what these elements say about Cole.
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A pre-work evidence worksheet
An assignment descrip
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Textual Evidence-Based Novel Study for Touching Spirit Bear (BUNDLED!)
Animal Report | Animal Research Report & Display | Animal Research Project
Animal Research Project: Animal Report & Visual Display Project includes: Animal Research Report Project description, 5-page Guided Notes (to use as an Animal Research Template), Example Photos, Animal Report Writing Paper and Grading Rubric. Students choose an animal to research and write a 5-paragraph report and create a visual display showcasing what they have learned about their animal! This Animal Report and Display Project is great to both teach and reinforce how to use the Internet an
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Animals Activities Bundle: 9 Resources at a 30% Off Savings
Op-Ed Essay - Opinion Argumentative Writing - Civics ELA Research Project
Use this complete op-ed argumentative essay kit to upgrade your Social Studies or ELA class with an authentic project that makes your students real agents of change in their local community!Cultivating great writing skills isn’t hard. You just need the scaffolded, step-by-step directions and models in one low-prep, everything's-included project kit.This resource comes in both print PDF and paperless Google files for your flexibility!Greatness is sharing one's ideas with the real world to create
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Essay Writing Curriculum - How to Write Opinion Narrative College Essays
Animal Research Project with Infographic Extension
This differentiated animal research and writing project give students the structure and support needed to direct their own research and write a descriptive report with an optional infographic extension. This resource is differentiated at 3 different levels (little to no support with 5 paragraphs, sentence stem support with 5 paragraphs, sentence stems with 3 paragraphs) to ensure all writers in your room are supported and able to complete the project independently. Resource Includes: Research Pa
Greek Myth- Comparing the Myth Icarus and Native American Legend - Grades 4-6
Greek Mythology and Native American legends may seem like the two very different genres, with little to no similarities, but you'd be wrong! This pack compares the Greek myth Icarus and the Native American tale of "The Warrior and the Eagle."This project asks students to compare myths and legends from two very different cultures, finding both the similarities and differences. Through this common core linked project, students will read two myths, one about the myth Icarus, and the other a Lenni L
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Paired Texts: Comparing Myths & Legends from Across Cultures
State Research Project for Upper Elementary
This product is a complete research project that can be used for upper elementary or middle school. This project includes everything you need to implement this project in your classroom, and even plan a parent involvement event. Students will research a state, write a five paragraph essay, create a tri-fold project board, and present to the class and parents.This resource includes:State Project ChecklistState Research Notes OrganizerWorks Cited SheetState Essay Prewrite TemplateState Project Rub
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3rd - 6th
Planets: A Research Writing Project - Common Core Aligned
This is a fun and exciting way to get your students writing! They will love having to do their own research to learn about their planet! There is a graphic organizer that will guide them through the research process. There is a sheet with approved websites for research and a space themed final draft paper. Your students will love taking all the information they have gathered and putting it into a trifold brochure. This makes a super cute classroom display. Set aside a day for the students to rea
Biography 5 Paragraph Essay Research Report Outline
This research project and outline guides your students into writing a 5 paragraph report on an important person of history. This packet is ready to print and handout to help your students research, record information, and write their paper, as well as ideas for optional creative presentations!For more resources on teaching the biography, check out the Biography Teaching Notes and Activities.If you are teaching the autobiography as well, you may also be interested in the Autobiography Research Re
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3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â Research Report Writing Bundle
October Writing Projects CCSS aligned for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Grades
These mini-interactive essays are perfect for the month of October!
There are 3 essay projects to cover the three main writing types in the common core.
The Common Core has three main writing types for 3rd to 6th grade. First opinion writing for 3rd-5th (argumentative for 6th), then informative/explanatory writing, and last, narrative writing. In this product, there are three writing projects, with one project for each writing type!
Opinion or Argumentative Writing Project: What is the best H
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3rd - 6th
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Fahrenheit 451 Final Explanatory Essay
This common core aligned final explanatory essay for Ray Bradbury’s novel "Fahrenheit 451" includes two prompts. One prompt asks students to identify Bradbury's warnings, and the other asks students to identify the lessons society can learn from this novel. This essay includes:- Student handout with 2 prompts- Essay outline- Graphic Organizer- Peer editing form- 2 different 100 point rubricsThis essay is CCSS aligned and covers the below standards:CCSS.ELA-Literacy W2a.b.c.d.e (grades 7-12)CCSS.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Fahrenheit 451 Teaching Unit and Novel Study
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