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Free higher education writing-essays resources
Writing Guide 1: Essay Thesis Statements (Explanation & Writing Activities)
This is a quick guide for how to write and improve on THESIS STATEMENTS. Package Includes:- Aspects of a good thesis- Examples of common issues and pitfalls when writing theses- A thesis improvement activity (with 10 theses for students to repair and improve)If you like this handout, you should check out our other products! Evidence & MLA Guide: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Quick-Writing-Guide-Incorporating-Evidence-MLA-5098962Essay Writing Guide: https://www.teacherspayteache
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Free
This graphic organizer allows students to organize their thoughts before writing an opinion writing. This resource is very simply organized by using the following categories:
- Topic
- Audience
- My Opinion / Main Idea
- Reason 1
- Reason 2
- Reason 3
- Support/Evidence/Proof (For each reason)
But wait.. there is more!! This graphic organizer is just a small part of a larger resource. Please take a moment to preview the entire Common Core Aligned Opinion Writing Unit. CLICK HERE for the e
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Self-Evaluation Reflection Forms for Students, Editable, FREE
Reflection is one of the most powerful research-based strategies for use in the classroom. How many times have you poured over student essays only to hand them back and watch as students take one look at the letter grade and never look back? Or maybe you offer a revision policy but never get the results you want? This is the perfect tool for students to use to actually go back and revisit and reflect on their writing after they have received feedback and a score. It doesn't do for them to just
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Poetry Close Reading & Analysis FREEBIE
In this FREEBIE by Bespoke ELA, you will find a close reading activity for Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 that includes an answer key to the close reading questions. This activity also asks students to write their own Shakespearean sonnets in which they compare two things (or nouns) in Shakespearean sonnet form-- including 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a shift and rhyming couplet in question/answer format. A student poem example is included.This is a great addition to any unit on Shakespeare!Che
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MLA Works Cited Mini Puzzles, Free Activity for Stations, Centers, Groups
This classroom-tested, interactive, hands-on, game-like activity is excellent for reinforcing MLA external works cited entries for the 8th edition. It is a skills-building practice activity to get students ready to cite their own sources in MLA format.
Following a unit on MLA, just to brush up skills, or as a simple time-filler, these MLA mini puzzles will get your students’ brains and hands active in a meaningful way. These would be perfect in learning stations, centers, and more. Students c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Freebie! Clear & Easy Grammar Copyediting & Proofreading Marks Poster &Handout
Doing proofreading and editing with your students? This poster and handout demonstrates the 13 most common editing and proofreading marks with example sentences.Happy teaching!Looking to do some proofreading paragraphs with your students? Check out my proofreading resources:Full Year of Proofreading Bell Ringers w/ Editing Marks & Slideshow! No Prep!20 September-Themed Proofreading Paragraph Bell Ringers with Editing Marks20 October-Themed Proofreading Paragraph Bell Ringer Worksheets w/ Edi
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer
This page works as a prewriting organizer for argumentative or opinion writing in upper elementary through high school writing classes. Students will plan their writing using this document by stating their topic or guiding question, giving an opinion, supporting the opinion or argument with relevant facts and details, and finally wrapping it all up with a concluding statement.
This is ideal for all students, but may be especially appealing to students with special needs who prefer the structur
How to Write Incredible Introductions and Captivating Conclusions
When writing informational texts, students need to know how to introduce a topic and how to write a concluding statement that supports the information presented in the writing. This handout is useful as a mini-lesson for that purpose. It outlines 7 ways that students can write introductions that grab the reader's attention and 5 ways they can write conclusions without resorting to tired and boring methods. Examples are given for each method, an "Avoid at all costs" suggestions, as well as activi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argument Essay Rubric and Score Card
This rubric is aligned with the College and Career Readiness/ Common Core State Standards-- specifically for 7th grade writing. This is not a fast-paced grading rubric; instead, it should follow deep-level instruction in each of the areas it assesses. Feel free to shorten it to your liking, as some students may not find the information as accessible as others. Two of my classes used a less detailed rubric instead.
Note: 6th grade does not need to include the Counterargument & Rebuttal
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Essay Writing & Literary Analysis Paragraph Format
This handout gives students a well-developed body paragraph example for a literary analysis essay that uses textual evidence from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.Below the example paragraph, it outlines the parts of the paragraph as follows: topic sentence, evidence #1, commentary, evidence #2, commentary, summary sentence (each with brief descriptions). The paragraph is ratiocinated to align with the outline at the bottom so that students can easily identify the parts of the paragraph in the exampl
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Language Arts Comprehension Check:Ten Sentence Format CCSS
Should educators tweet, "Good Bye" to proper paragraphs? Are these backbones of formal and informal writing becoming an endangered specie? Do students need to reinforce their basic understanding of the elements of a good paragraph in order to write and develop more in-depth essays? Do students need to learn how to write about the literature that they are reading?This Ten Sentence Format will accomplish all of that. It is perfect for clarifying and reinforcing the parts of an essay, for using a
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Worst Essay of Your Life: A Diagnostic Essay FREEBIE
This is an excellent way to "diagnose" student writing skills at the beginning of the year in a fun, interactive way that puts students in charge of the diagnostic process!If you like this freebie, be sure to click the green star to follow Bespoke ELA for product alerts, more freebies, and exclusive giveaways! This freebie by Bespoke ELA contains an interactive, high-interest, diagnostic essay writing activity in which students write the worst essay of their lives! They follow this writing acti
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Using Transitional Phrases in Writing **FREEBIE**
This is a transitional phrase graphic organizer for all grade levels. It is a highly effective tool that you can give to your students to help them elevate their writing to the next level. These are sized to fit in interactive notebooks or hole punched as a resource for writing notebooks.I am currently in the process of getting my masters in Reading Instruction and even I refer back to this list for all my formal essays! ENJOY!!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Research Paper Graphic Organizer
Use this Graphic Organizer to guide students with the structure of their research papers. Can be used independently or in conjunction with the How to Complete a Research Paper PowerPoint for sale in my TPT store.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Essay writing Claims
This is an introduction to argumentative writing and focuses on writing a claim. This three-page resource includes: introduction of claimsexamples of arguments and claimsbrainstorming activities for claimswriting a claim practice
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
R.A.C.E.S. Paragraph Writing Student Bookmarks FREE
Getting students to learn how to write a well-structured and focused paragraph while integrating textual evidence is much more difficult than it sounds. Especially with COVID, many students are coming to higher grade levels still struggling with their paragraph writing skills.These bookmarks will serve as a support for students learning how to write using the R.A.C.E.S. method, an effective writing strategy to teach students how to structure their writing responses while also integrating textual
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Most Common Grammar Mistakes for Middle and High School English
With so many grammar rules in English, it's no wonder many students feel overwhelmed. Your students might be surprised to learn that writers make the same grammatical errors over and over again. By focusing on only the most common errors, this handout makes it easy for students to immediately improve the readability of their work and to demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English.Please take a look at this related product:How to Fix Run-on Sentences and Comma SplicesClick on this
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Self & Peer Editing Checklist for Argumentative/Persuasive Writing
This basic checklist looks at key components needed in argumentative writing. This checklist allows for the students to edit work themselves and then allow for a peer to review and check that they included the components as well. It is helpful to compare checklists, to see if the student and their peer's editing matches up and if not they can discuss why/what needs to be changed/more clear in their writing. This can be used for a paragraph or an entire essay. There is room for comments, so the p
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7th - 10th, Higher Education
Persuasive writing templates and worksheets
Worksheets include persuasive writing PLAN, TOPIC IDEAS, WRITING STRUCTURE, MIND MAPPING, sentence STARTERS/FRAMES and CHECKLIST.Simply print and it's ready for use.Created by: (c) Speech Therapy Space, 2019Fonts by: Teaches Third in Georgia
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing Help Sheet: Sentence Starters, Transitions, and Body Paragraph Guide
Use this worksheet to help students with writing response assignments. Print it out, hand it out, and model how to consult this guide to help in writing.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literary Devices & Elements of Plot Powerpoint
A great powerpoint for introducing elements of plot and literary devices in literature and writing. This powerpoint works perfectly with Cornell notetaking. Can be used to introduce a unit of study in literature, American and European literature, and writing. Be sure to check out the quiz that goes with it!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Essay Planning Templates
✿ What is included?This free download features a 1-page essay planning template with editable elements. 4 colourways are included - pink, teal, orange and black and white. ✿ Editable fields provided in the template include:Essay questionAssignment details (word limit, due date, % of overall grade)Essay titleIntroduction paragraphThesis statement Body paragraphs 1, 2 and 3Concluding paragraph The templates are provided in a PowerPoint format - please ensure you have access to an up-to-date versio
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Transition Words Full Practice
This exceptionally useful worksheet contains multiple practical exercises to mastermind the use of different types transition signals in writing.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Writing Graphic Organizer
Graphic organizer that helps students generate argumentative essay. Great scaffold for struggling students!
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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