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Higher education writing-essays assessments
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
COLLEGE ESSAY Writing Unit: Personal Narrative Advice, Examples, & Assignment
Updated for the 2024-2025 COMMON APP: This 30-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need to help your students write phenomenal college application essays. Here are some highlights from the 30-page curriculum: • How to Get Started (Handout #1): Tips for how to get started on one's college essay and overcome writer's block. (1 page)• Strategies for Crafting Vivid & Lively Prose (Handout #2): While the question of what students choose to write about will be important, the question of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Mockingjay Novel Teaching Unit Tests, Questions, Projects, Vocab
Mockingjay Literature Guide Teaching Novel Unit
Complete teaching unit/literature guide for Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins from teacher author Tracee Orman.
This unit contains the following files:
Mockingjay Check Questions Quizzes and Discussion Questions
Mockingjay Alternative Discussion Questions Handouts and Answer Key
Mockingjay Supplemental and Enrichment Activities
Mockingjay Vocabulary Activities
Mockingjay Part I Test and Study Guide (includes Word version for editing)
Mockingjay
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Put a STOP Plagiarism in Essay Writing with this Bundle
Plagiarism is an issue that we face as English teachers. That's where this bundle comes in to help put a stop to this problem. In this bundle, you will find 15 resources, activities, games, and lessons to make sure your students know what plagiarism is and is not as well as how to check their own writing for plagiarized material.Here is what's included: Plagiarism Stations Activity Plagiarism Review Power Point & PDF Version Plagiarism Animated Slideshow for Students— Power Point Types
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Writer's Notebook Guide-- Handouts, Instructions, Charts, and MORE!
This guide includes explanations on how to organize the writer's notebook as well as the charts, handouts, graphic organizers, rubrics, etc. for students to use with the notebook throughout the school year. It also includes a Google Slides notebook template that you can use for a digital notebook option.The Writer’s Notebook is the heart of the English classroom. It is the place that holds a student’s reflections on literature and life. It is the place where a student goes to record important n
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Writing Analytical Papers | How to Write Essays: Hook, Thesis, & Body Paragraphs
NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Inspiring! This 25-page EDITABLE writing curriculum has everything you'll need to help your students write high-quality analytical papers on any literary text. This unit was originally designed for 11th- and 12th-grade English teachers who want to help students improve their analytical writing; but it could also be used by history teachers to deliver lessons on how to write high-quality expository essays. Here are some highlights from this 25-page unit on analytical/exposi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Persuasive/ Argumentative Essay Rubric (Middle and High School ESL ELLs)
This rubric consists of 5 grading criteria: Structure, Quotation and Elaboration, Position and Support, Quality of Language & Mechanics and Resources.I've used this for my high school ENL students for our Persuasive Essay Unit, and the detailed descriptions of each criteria allow students to know my expectations, and understand their strengths and weaknesses. This rubric would be useful for you if you expect your students to:1. write an organized essay with introduction (hook, background inf
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Thesis Statement Independent Practice - Writing Prompts - Quiz - ELA Exit Ticket
Need to help your students write effective thesis statements? Use this activity to print and practice away! I love using this quick and simple resource to check for understanding. I have multiple prompts presented in multiple ways, so you can use what works best for your kids. Enjoy!This product includes:A Teacher's Guide The Activity
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Writing Skills Bundle
Macbeth Scavenger Hunt: Making Real World Thematic Connections
This activity has students making connections between Shakespeare's play Macbeth and the real world through the topic of corruption. In this scavenger hunt activity, students are to locate three Real World Macbeth figures who became corrupt as a result of their ambition. Students are then to write paragraphs that explain their connections using textual evidence from the play and from nonfiction articles.Included in this product you will find:The Scavenger Hunt Assignment Page with Common Core
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MLA Format Test with Answer Key (and Explanations)
**THIS TEST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO COMPORT WITH THE 8TH EDITION OF THE MLA HANDBOOK**This test covers MLA Formatting for:1. Setting Up a Basic Document2. Parenthetical/ In-Text Citations3. Integrating Quotes4. Paraphrasing Effectively5. Works Cited CitationsThe test is multiple choice, but it is challenging because it asks students to apply what they have learned. Included with the test is a one-page answer sheet that is ready to print and hand out to students. This will save you a lot of time and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
RESEARCH SYNTHESIS ESSAY Bundle Handouts Rubric Digital Graphic Organizer
Teach the AP Language and Composition Synthesis Essay using this research project. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®. Includes rubric, worksheets, handouts, graphic organizers, and a student exemplar to model an example of research writing.READY-TO-PRINT SCAFFOLDING WORKSHEETS INCLUDED5-LEVEL RUBRIC ALIGNED W/ COLLEGE BOARD EXPECTATIONSDIGITAL SLIDE DECKS FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM®This resource includes an overview of the Synthesis Essay Prompt on the AP Exam, as well as assignme
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Short stories with comprehension questions, Tell-Tale Heart, ELA activities
Short stories with comprehension questions, Tell-Tale Heart, ELA activities CUSTOMER REVIEW: I appreciate this seller's application of legal, moral & philosophical implications of the story, as well as references to outside works and real-life situations (as she does in all of her products!). This is yet another of her products that I will use every time I read this story with a class--very helpful in taking literary analysis to a slightly higher level than an ordinary discussion would do.
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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STANDARDS-ALIGNED UNIT FOR KAFKA'S 'THE METAMORPHOSIS'
This unit for Franz Kafka's famous novella, "The Metamorphosis" is a fantastic, standards-aligned unit that has students immediately digging into the text in a variety of different ways. This unit is flexible and easy to adapt into your classroom. Included are over 40 PAGES and slides of:
-lesson plans
-helpful resources and ideas about how to approach teaching "The Metamorphosis"
-handouts and study guide questions for students
-group activities for students (with rubric)
-a translation activit
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Essay Writing: Personal Essay Assignment
Personal essays are an amazing way to tap into student writing! As open structure pieces of persuasive writing, they use techniques and content from a variety of other writing formats without the rigidity of formal literary essay style and structure. Instead, they allow students to use evidence they are more than familiar with (their own lives) and a natural voice (their voice) to develop their thesis. This is the kind of writing students see and do daily; in conversations, in ads, in emails, i
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
AP Lit: Teach the Three Essays - Step by Step Slideshows (Q1, Q2, Q3)
Whether you are just beginning to teach your students the various essays on the AP English Literature and Composition exam or merely looking for another resource to guarantee your students the thesis point AND set them up to earn sophistication - this bundle is calling to you!This bundle includes all you need to introduce the three AP Lit essays: Q1 Poetry, Q2 Prose, and Q3 Theme. Each essay is focused around the following prompts/passages:Q1: "XIV" by Derek Walcott (2015)Q2: Johnny Got his Gun
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
“The Most Dangerous Game” Character Analysis Unit -Digital for Distance Learning
✐Help your students fully understand the characterization in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Students will receive a digital or printable student interactive notebook to develop their understanding of these characters and ultimately create a full character analysis essay.✎This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. This unit will contain a Google File Link Page that will provide you with a Google Doc/Slides for each activity. ✨Included in th
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Research Paper Rubric - EDITABLE
This rubric will help teachers evaluate student research papers using a point system. It includes the following categories:WRITING SKILLSMECHANICSRESEARCH SKILLSIt is quick and easy to quantify. FEEL FREE TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA AS IT APPLIES TO YOUR STUDENTS.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP Literature Writing Resources: Preparation for the Q1, Q2, & Q3 Essays
Take a second to imagine your students actively engaged in discussion, movement, and activity as they prepare for the poetry, prose, and free choice essay on the AP Literature and Composition exam. Wouldn't that be lovely? This growing bundle includes a variety of my best writing resources: reciprocal teaching activities to boost comprehension and analysis of difficult texts, discussion carousels to prepare for analyzing poetry, a powerpoint breaking down the Q2 essay on the exam and what's expe
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ensayo Persuasivo Argumentativo: Presentation, Rubrics & Handouts bundle!
Everything you need to teach the Argumentative or Persuasive Essay in Spanish for any class, but especially for AP Spanish Language & Culture exam.Product includes:2019 version PowerPoint that guides students to know what they need to do when they have to write the persuasive essay now known as the argumentative essay on the Presentational Writing part of the AP exam.Includes examples, instructions and advice to help you students score a 5 on the AP exam!Presentational Writing: Write an argu
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Teaching MLA Format: A Comprehensive Teaching Bundle of MLA Resources
**THIS ENTIRE UNIT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO CONFORM TO THE 8TH EDITION OF THE MLA HANDBOOK!**This unit includes all of my MLA materials in one package. Save more by buying the entire bundle. Because there are a total of 124 slides/pages in this unit, please see my individual MLA materials in my store for good previews of each item (all of which are included in this package).The unit includes:1. MLA Format: Setting Up a Basic Document (Presentation)2. MLA Template Exercise3. MLA Format: Parenthetical
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Diagnostic Essay Prompts with Famous Quotes
Diagnose Your Students' Writing! Pre and Post assess! This product includes 5 essay writing prompts for students to respond to, extra sheets of lined paper, grading guidelines, and ideas for classroom use! By using these diagnostic essays at the beginning of the year you can see what areas your classes, as a whole, and as individuals struggle in and adjust your teaching to address those issues! This product is included in my Back to School Bundle.Check out some of my other writing products: Re
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Back To School Bundle For Secondary Teachers- English Focus
The Last Lecture- Reading Guide and Assessment
This 52 page packet, to be used with the novel The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch includes:
- Vocabulary: broken down by section. Chart requires students to write the sentence from the book and the definition. Chart provides chapter # and page #.
-Chapter questions for each chapter
-Journal prompts, article and song lyric reflections
-5 vocab quizzes (one for each section)
-Test: vocab, multiple choice, short answer, essay
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Holocaust, activity for Night by Elie Wiesel, textual analysis, writing prompts
Pre-reading activity for Night by Elie Wiesel, analysis HOPE, DESPAIR AND MEMORY This is one part of a larger lesson on Elie Wiesel. There are some common elements between the two, but my second product goes beyond the scope of this product, so if you like what you see here please have a look at the following: ❤️❤️Elie Wiesel: Hope, Despair and Memory ❤️❤️This is a self-contained product on textual analysis; everything you need is here. This product focuses on a small section of the Nobel Peace
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Life of Pi | Life of Pi teacher notes, test in Google Forms & print, plot graph
If you are looking for educational resources to accompany your study of Yann Martel's novel, LIFE OF PI, look no further! Our product provides comprehensive teacher notes and suggested answers. In addition, this product contains a test in Google Forms and Print to evaluate comprehension of the text. There is also a plot graph that helps students analyze the text's plot development, making it easier for them to identify key turning points and understand the overall narrative structure.If you woul
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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