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Writing-expository Common Core L.9-10.6 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
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
Scholarship Letter: Fun and Authentic Persuasive Writing Unit TEL-Con
Persuasive / Argument Writing now has a fun and authentic purpose! Students will 'apply' for a fictional scholarship to a dream high school. They will write a cover letter in which they convince a scholarship review committee that they are an exceptional student and the perfect candidate for their school.
I have found great success with this writing unit for the past 6 years. Students get to write about what they know best: themselves! They are experts of their own content, which frees them up
Grades:
7th - 10th
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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Editable Plagiarism Policy - Plagiarism Questions, Worksheets, 4-Corner Activity
Avoid plagiarism with this editable plagiarism policy template and plagiarism questionnaire worksheet! This resource facilitates a 4-corner activity to measure students’ views and understanding of plagiarism and establishes classroom guidelines for handling plagiarism.Included with this Plagiarism Lesson:✏️ Plagiarism Questionnaire - Digital & Print✏️ Plagiarism Likert Scale Posters for 4-Corners Activity - Print✏️ Editable Plagiarism Policy Template - Google Docs® and Microsoft Word®✏️ Tea
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7th - 10th
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Student Blogging Unit Plan BUNDLE: Persuasive Writing, Argumentation, Summary
Activate student engagement and inquiry with this unique and engaging blog writing unit focused on cultural criticism! Students will summarize nonfiction texts and respond with persuasive writing, argumentative writing, and analytical writing. They will create a blog to share their thoughts with others! This unit gives you ALL of the resources and links you need for no-prep student blog writing experience. If you're ready for “real world,” authentic assessment, with a ton of activities at your f
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7th - 10th
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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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Inquiry Research Project & Pop Culture Writing Unit Plan for High School English
This research unit gives you EVERYTHING for a no-prep student pop culture inquiry project. This unique and engaging inquiry based learning unit plan focuses on inquiry questions, source evaluation, research process, expository writing, conclusion writing, presentation skills and more! This unit was designed to give students a voice and also a real-world audience in the format of a presentation (or pitch) of their researched findings. It is important for students to think critically, to ask quest
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8th - 11th
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Thesis Statement PowerPoint: Introduction or Review
Following the engaging, interactive style of my other PowerPoints this one introduces the concept of the thesis statement. It includes specific explanation of what a thesis statement is, as well as interactive questioning and activities to hold students accountable for the information being presented. This PowerPoint is a great way to introduce the thesis statement, or to review its concepts with students who may have "forgotten" them somewhere along the way! It can also be easily edited to emph
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7th - 12th
Compare/ Contrast Essay Prompt: “Masque of the Red Death” and “The Black Plague”
This text-based expository essay prompt asks students to compare and contrast a short story with an informational text. Two optional scaffolding resources included: frontloading vocabulary handout and outline Essay rubric based on Florida's Grade 10 B.E.S.T. Expository Rubric may align with other states' standardsSuggested pacing: five (5) 50-minute class periods (two days reading/analyzing texts, one day unpacking the prompt and outlining, one day drafting, one day revising)
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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
Grades:
8th - 12th
Thesis Statement Lesson, Guided Notes, and Differentiated Independent Practice
Designed to accompany my Thesis Statement PowerPoint [available for purchase at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thesis-Statement-PowerPoint-Introduction-or-Review-92464], this product provides a Common Core Standards-Based Lesson Plan, Guided Notes that follow the PowerPoint and include pre-assessment, checks for understanding, and guided practice, as well as three versions of independent practice differentiated for Advanced, On-Level, and Lower-Level learners.
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7th - 12th
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Vocabulary Templates 3rd - 6th Grade Edition ~ homophones, homographs,synonyms
If you prefer the Google docs version, click here. Perfect for individualized learning or whole class activities. These thinksheets allow students to cumulatively create writing resource notebooks or vocabulary books for any words. Aligned with the IDA Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading. - each thinksheet has the standard numbers at the bottom of the page, a classroom signage page is also included at the end of this resource.Included are eight thinksheets:Vocabulary form -
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
Four Hero-Themed Essay Prompts & Exemplars | Great for Struggling Students
This resource contains four prompts which come with example essays. This resource is editable, so you can use it however you wish. Prompt #1: What Makes Someone A HeroWrite an essay about what makes somebody a hero.Be sure to use two examples of true heroes, and give specific examples of what how each hero demonstrated this.At least one of your examples needs to come from a text we have read in class this year.Prompt #2: My Two HeroesWrite an essay about two prominent people in real life who are
Grades:
7th - 11th
Literary Analysis Writing Verbs Word Wall
Do you want to help your students vary their word choice when writing an analysis? Do you get tired of "the author says..." being the only way that students introduce an idea? If so, then this collection of writing verbs is for you! I have made these into a word wall in my classroom, and, when the students are writing about what an author is doing in a text, I ask them to choose a new word from the word wall! Having them present in the classroom has helped improve their word choice variation, an
Grades:
9th - 12th
My History as a Writer
Learn about your students' writing by asking them to reflect on their history as a writer. This will lead to class discussion about writing - its complexities, its value, etc. After answering these questions (as part of a semester or year long journal), you will have a better idea about students' writing experiences.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literary Analysis: Crafting Tone, Mood, and Voice
This packet contains six informational handouts about literary tone, voice, and mood and four accompanying assignments. It was created for ninth and tenth-grade students who have an introduction to literary analysis but are still developing a nuanced picture of how analyses take shape. I recommend digitally assigning the handouts or printing them in color, as color is used throughout to help students understand the complex distinctions between tone, voice, and mood.Students should be familiar wi
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8th - 11th
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