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Writing-expository Common Core L.11-12.6 resources
The Ultimate Literary Analysis Essay Guide: 20 Mini-lessons for Success
In this bundle, I have compiled 20 mini-lessons that take students through the entire writing process, step-by-step, from reading samples, to brainstorming, to drafting, to editing and revising, and to reflecting. This book bundle of lesson reflects lessons that I've developed throughout my teaching career. I have worked hard to construct a bundle that is practical and easy to follow for both teachers and students. In fact, these lessons are built so that they are reproducible for teachers.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Analysis, Team Activity, CCSS
Make the words of Transcendental philosopher and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson come alive for your students with breath-taking photography in this two-day class group activity with optional independent writing supplement.This packet includes visually stunning images from nature coupled with quotations from Nature and Self-Reliance, two of Emerson's most-noted works. This 17-page PDF also includes a detailed suggested lesson procedure along with 10 half-sheet student handouts for teams to use as the
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9th - 12th
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Avoiding Plagiarism Bundle - Types of Plagiarism Worksheets, Lessons, Activities
This bundle of lessons and activities will support your students in avoiding plagiarism in their writing. Explore different types of plagiarism and develop a classroom plagiarism policy using these informational handouts, worksheets, and activities! Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Avoiding Plagiarism Bundle:✏️ Types of Plagiarism Task Card Activity - Digital & Print✏️ Different Types of Plagiarism Informa
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6th - 12th
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Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for K. Cook
Year of Bell Ringers: Motivational Monday Quotes Prompts Expansion Pack #1
Mondays are hard for students and teachers alike. Ease into the period with an inspirational quote and thought-provoking writing prompts. The quotes I used are meaningful and relevant to students; many of my students said they looked forward to reading and writing about the prompts each Monday. And the best part? They promote a positive growth mindset that is reinforced each week and all week long. This pack is an expansion pack to my first resource; however, it can be used alone or with the oth
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Research Projects- Questions and Guided Organization Worksheets
This file includes the following documents:
#1- Explanation of what a Research Paper is about: 8 page paper that is based on the answer to a question. The students are required to read through the directions, then read through 50 dynamic, interesting questions and highlight 5 that seem interesting to them. The topics range from changing the draft age, to mandatory recycling, to the transition from pagan celebrations into Christian holidays. These are not your typical Research topics!
Once stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Nonfiction Writing Bundle - Information Text Lessons and Writing Activities OLC
Break nonfiction writing down into engaging and approachable steps with this unit! This nonfiction writing bundle includes slideshow lessons, graphic organizers, writing activities, and scaffolding materials to help students master information writing. Includes digital resources for Google Classroom®!⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Nonfiction Writing Bundle:✏️ Summarizing Nonfiction Texts Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint®, Google Slides® & PDF✏️ S
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6th - 12th
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FREE! Thesaurus Abuse Worksheet, Fun Brain Break, Writing Lesson, Word Choice
I often have students who rely too heavily on the thesaurus as they craft their essays, resulting in overwrought sentences that block, rather than illuminate, the writer’s meaning. Using a little humor, this handout helps students see what happens when one abuses the thesaurus. This handout, which can be completed as a solo or team activity/race/game, requires students to match up a series of well-known proverbs and sayings with their overwritten versions. Once students have completed the handou
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7th - 10th
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Identity Mind Map
Versatile resource! With the Identity Mind Map, high school students can get creative in a self-reflective visual that focuses on their identity, OR tie-in this activity to 12th grade ERWC curriculum (fitting for Moldule 8: Language, Gender, Culture)! Resource comes with a slideshow containing directions, samples and images, an editable rubric idea on the last slide, and separate brainstorming document. Can also be completed 100% virtually!! Since the visual aids/artistic portion of the assignme
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9th - 12th
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The Great Gatsby Passage Analysis and Expository Writing Assignment
This assignment takes a two-page passage from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which can be used to lead students through a complete analysis of the passage examining diction, detail, syntax, imagery and figurative language. A handout for students is included that defines terms they need for their analysis. Once the analysis piece is complete, there is a guided expository writing assignment making use of the information they garner from their close reading of the text.
A complete anal
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9th - 12th
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The Hunger Games - Character Charts
Major Character Charts for The Hunger GamesCharacter Charts for:Katniss EverdeenPeeta MellarkHaymitch AbernathyEffie TrinketGale HawthornePrim EverdeenMother EverdeenCatoThreshRueFoxfacePresident SnowCheck out my store @ The Classy Owl - Whom - Whom
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9th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Informational Text Writing Process Posters Expository Guidelines, Bulletin Board
Writing Process for Informational Texts Posters and Banner: Classroom Decor, GuidelinesThis resource reviews the writing process as it pertains to informational texts, and expository writing. These posters outline many of the main points made within the Common Core Standards in informational writing. There are full page posters and half page posters, along with banner letters, so that you will be able to complete your writing bulletin boards with ease. INCLUDED:Color Scheme: BLUES22 Half Page Po
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8th - 12th
All-Purpose Story Rubric for Scholastic Journalism
This is the story rubric that I created, perfected, and used during my 25+ years advising high school newspapers, websites, and broadcast programs.
One of my biggest challenges as a newspaper adviser that I didn't have to face in any other English class I taught was to put the full responsibility for drafting, revising, and editing stories onto the students--especially since everything my students wrote was being published for the whole community to see, or even the whole world for our website
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Editing an Essay: 8 Steps to Improve a Final Draft
This handout works well for al most any formal writing project— it’s not specific to a research paper or a narrative. it ask Qs like “ Did you use an effective and intriguing title, or does your essay merely state the subject of your paper? “ Then it gives suggestions and elaborations.The check list begins with a list of “dead” or simplistic words that students should replace with more specific and interesting diction. The check list prompts students to check the nouns that end in “s” to be sure
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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6 Trait 9 Point Rubric - Argument (compatible with AP Language)
You may also purchase this rubric in a bundle of three rubrics.
This rubric breaks down the holistic description on the essay rubrics provided by the College Board for the AP Language and Composition exam essays into a 6 trait rubric. This allows students to see more specifically where they are doing well and where they need to improve as well as gives them a better idea of which areas of the essay (ideas/content, organization, diction, syntax, style, conventions) are most important. It is simp
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11th - 12th
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Break the "Be" Verb Habit!
Do your students struggle with passive voice? Are those pesky "be" verbs buzzing in your ear as you grade? This cute, bee-themed poster reminds students both to avoid "be" verbs and passive voice and gives students options for creating more active writing! Soon your busy bees will break that "be" verb habit!
Includes a list of "to be" passive verbs, ideas to avoid passive voice, and cute bee illustrations, with black text on a gold poster.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rubric + Example + Teacher Notes_Narrative/Expository_Grades 9-12_English
- This expanded 6-point rubric assesses a student writing product on a specific graduated scale to show students step-by-step what they need to do to improve their writing.
- The rubric can be used for a variety of essay assignments including narrative, expository and descriptive.
- The rubric focuses on four categories (structure and organization, content, language and style, and mechanics) broken down into 12 subcategories (thesis, body, conclusion, introduction, problem, reflection, senten
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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