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Writing-expository Common Core L.9-10.1 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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Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Expository Informative Explanatory Writing Unit Editable CCSS Distance Learning
This writing unit focuses on explanatory and informative (expository) writing and is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. It has also been recently updated to include Google Drive / Google Classroom editable handouts (perfect for distance learning!) and MLA 8 style handouts.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.Students will learn to write informative/explanatory essays and research papers by following the step-by-step process. The zipped file in
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
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
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Sentence Structure Activities Bundle | Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences
Are you a middle school language arts teacher looking for exciting and engaging ways to teach sentence structure? Look no further than the sentence structure activities bundle! With this bundle, you'll get an array of hands-on activities that will make teaching simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences fun and efficient. From grammar sorts and presentations to task cards and worksheets, you'll always have the resources available whenever your students need a refresher or introduc
Grades:
7th - 10th
Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Writing instruction has never been easier! This download now includes ALL of my writing resources: argument and persuasive, expository (including journalism), and narrative writing. In addition, I added helpful outlines, prompts, and rubrics. The skills practiced are standards-based, aligned with the Common Core State Standards.This is a MEGA BUNDLE of the following products:*ARGUMENT*Argument Writing Mega Bundle (Includes Unit, Editable Handouts, Rubrics, AND Presentation) (This is included in
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7th - 12th
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Argument Writing that's Real-World Relevant: Activity Set
Argument writing can get old fast when the format is always the same. But repetition helps so much in getting students to understand how to write literary analysis. So what to do?You want your students to know how to make points, give evidence, and analyze that evidence, but you're sick of the groans when you roll out your newest essay assignment. Students focus on issues like word count and number of quotations instead of becoming better writers, and they barely engage with the feedback process
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7th - 10th
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Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Bundle | Grammar Errors in Writing
Do you need a misplaced & dangling modifiers bundle to help your students with writing? You might need to review for a standardized test with questions about misplaced and dangling modifiers. I created this presentation and accompanying activities to help with misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers.This grammar bundle for misplaced and dangling modifiers contains PDFs and digital versions. You will receive Google links to the worksheets, presentation, task cards, note sheets, and answer
Grades:
7th - 10th
Persuasive Essay Outline - Writing Assignment and Graphic Organizer OSSLT OLC4O
Guide students through the writing process with this persuasive essay outline! This assignment includes a persuasive writing graphic organizer, assignment instructions, and an editable rubric. Suitable for online learning with digital files for Google Drive®.Included with this Persuasive Writing Assignment:✏️ Persuasive Essay Assignment Instructions - Digital & Print✏️ Writing Process Graphic Organizers - Digital & PrintPlanning Guide for BrainstormingIntroduction Paragraph OutlineICCER
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Common Grammar Errors Activity Bundle | Identifying Writing Errors Practice
Common grammar errors can keep students from presenting their best writing. These grammar activities are the perfect way to connect grammar to writing and end common grammar and writing errors.With a variety of activities and materials, this bundle for common grammar errors will work throughout the school year for you. Writing problems addressed in this grammar bundle: √ parallelism√ subject-verb agreement√ pronoun-antecedent agreement √ adjective and adverb confusion√ errors in verb moods√ inco
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7th - 10th
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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 Project: Start a Social Media Movement
Want to help your students see how social media can empower young people and make positive change? Want them to research in a context that really matters to them?Try this unique research project. Students will identify an issue they care about, do the research to build a concise and well-informed argument around it, and create the assets to launch a comprehensive social media campaign around it. Along the way, they'll use their critical thinking and develop real-world skills within a context tha
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9th - 12th
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Heroic Journey Project | Finding the Hero's Journey in a Book or Movie You Love
Students choose a book or movie they love and trace the hero's journey throughout. Students also present their findings in a written report and multi-media presentation. This is an authentic assessment of student understanding of the heroic journey and its archetypes. This project pairs perfectly with my Heroic Journey PPT!As I teach the heroic journey, I want students to see it in the world around them. Heroes aren’t just in myths, but they permeate so many aspects of our own modern-day cultur
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Growing Greek Mythology Mega Bundle
Gerund and Participle Activities, Worksheets, and Presentation
Gerunds and participles can look similar, and my students confuse them. I made these verbals activities to clarify the differences in these verbals. This set includes over 40 practice sentences, an editable Powerpoint, and guided notes. You will receive the standard PDF and Powerpoint as well as links to Google Slides for the presentation, worksheets, and student note sheets for these verbal activities to work on gerunds and participles. Specifically, this verbals activity includes:✩ A grammar P
Grades:
7th - 10th, Adult Education
Self-Grading Grammar and Writing Errors Editable Quiz | Google Drive Activity
This self-grading Google Form has twenty questions that cover standard grammar and writing errors. I use this grammar quiz to evaluate where I need to target grammar and writing practice for English test preparation. The quiz asks students to identify the error in each sentence, and then it grades itself. 20 sentences total.Common errors in this quiz include: * Incorrect punctuation choice: commas, quotes, apostrophes, ellipse, semicolons.* Misplaced and dangling modifiers.* Run-ons, incomplete
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Grammar Bell Ringers ENTIRE School Year Grammar & Writing Grades 7-10
Advanced Argument Writing Unit: Counterargument, Voice, Sources, and more
Writing a quality argument is a creative process, but it can be hard when kids are spread across different levels. Some of your students leave their quotations hanging with no analysis, while others are ready for counterargument and bringing more of their voice into their writing - so what are you supposed to do?With this advanced argument unit, meet kids where they are. Through varied graphic organizers, mini-lessons, writing prompts, and argument hexagonal thinking, you can guide your students
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9th - 12th
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CCSS:
Informational Text for Secondary Students: Do School Suspensions Work?
This informational text and subsequent questions are perfect for secondary students. This nonfiction reading response activity includes a link to a nonfiction article (about school suspensions and their effectiveness), close reading options, writing prompts, extension activities, and a complete lesson plan. You will have student buy-in with the current topic of restorative justice in schools!Responding to nonfiction is a lifelong skill. Students need to understand a writer's purpose, the publish
Grades:
9th - 12th
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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
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Peer Editing Group Activity For Research Papers | Editable Google Doc
Have you struggled with how to structure Peer Editing time in a meaningful way? This Peer Editing Checklist and rotation activity helps MS and HS students optimize their time, collaborate effectively, and give (and accept) constructive criticism during a Research Paper unit.Can be used digitally of course, but I have found that nothing works quite as well as printing out their papers and editing by hand in a group. With this activity, students have one printed copy of their paper and one editing
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8th - 11th
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Writing In-text (Parenthetical) Citations Practice Worksheet #2
Worksheet provides practice for students learning how to write MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on a sample Works Cited page for a research essay.Like my other resource, this worksheet gives students the opportunity to practice writing MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on sample Works Cited entries on print and web sources. In this version, students must make the judgment whether or not to omit the author's name in some of the items. Answer sheet provided.Note: t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Writing: Writing Introductions
Writing introductions for argumentative essays is so important for students! Once they've nailed a few easy steps, writing argument gets so much easier. If you want students to have a clear roadmap to a great paper, this curriculum set will give it to them. Why leave them guessing? After teaching all the high school grades, I've found that when kids can write a clear introduction with a clear hook, thesis, and organizing sentence, their papers get SO MUCH BETTER. And so does grading them. By ta
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7th - 10th
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Divergent Creative Activity: Faction & Manifesto
Divergent Creative Activity: Faction & Manifesto - Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for grades 7-12
This creative activity is designed for the young adult dystopian novel "Divergent" by Veronica Roth. Students are asked to create a new faction and write a manifesto (example manifestos included). Includes the planning process, drawing activity, sample manifestos, and writing prompt.
This IS included in my Divergent Novel Unit.
You might be interested in these activities for Diver
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7th - 12th
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CCSS:
Also included in: Divergent Novel Unit Bundle Common Core Aligned {Editable}
Writing Journalism Self Editing Self Check Handout {Editable}
Journalism Writing Self-Editing/Self-Check Handout for Students - offered in Microsoft Word so you can customize it!
Do you have time to edit students' rough drafts? Isn't reading & grading final drafts time consuming enough? Do math teachers pre-grade homework & tests, turn them back to the student so the student can make corrections, then read & grade them all over again? Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it!?
That's why I'm a firm believer in self-checking and self-editing, as well
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
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