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Higher education writing-expository 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
Into the Wild novel test
From Expert ELA, this test on Into the Wild includes thirty multiple choice questions and two written response questions. The multiple choice questions are aligned with Common Core objectives. I have also included an outline template for the first written response.There is a free answer key listed separately.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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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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Also included in:Â American Literature YEAR-LONG BUNDLE: Personalized Curriculum for Natalie T.
Research Paper Proposal Assignment Sheet and Rubric MLA Format- Writing Process
This is an assignment sheet for a research paper proposal. It requires students to explain what they plan on researching, who their audience is, and how they are going to complete the research. It can be used with any parameters you give them in terms of topic. Included are two rubrics. One has point values already assigned, the other has no point values. Use these rubrics as is or use them for ideas to create your own catered specifically for your needs. The rubrics are written with an exp
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Winter Poetry Unit with Annotations, Sample Explication Essays, & MORE!
This unit includes TEN poems by classic authors that involve winter in some respect. Some poems use winter to symbolize absence, others age, and still others unity. Five of these poems have a more positive representation of winter while the remaining five have a more negative representation of winter-- however, this is debatable! And that is exactly what students are going to do! I was feeling inspired by the winter and started researching classic poems about the season. What I came to real
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
AIR Test Bootcamp for 9-10 ELA! Prepare for State Testing!
This product will help your students prepare for the AIR Test. This product is designed so the teacher can choose which readings students will do for each part. Just simply look at the student's directions on whether they are reading informational text, short stories, poetry, or a novel excerpt. This does not only cover the CC reading Info and Lit standards on the test, it also contains two areas where they can practice argumentative writing and expository writing. This is sorted as a packet, bu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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ESSAYS: How to Write Them: A Literary Analysis of a Character Trait
Your complete guide for writing essays and paragraphs.This writing resource has 70 pages of examples, handouts, and how-tos for:thesis statementstopic sentenceshooksevidenceelaboration/analysistransitionsconclusionsThis is a how-to for writing stand-alone paragraphs and complete essays for students in grades 5–10.It also includes:TBEAR definitions, breakdown, and color codingteaching timelineanchor essay and text for the story, "The Emperor and His New Clothes."frames for new conceptsUnderstand
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4th - 10th, Higher Education
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Op-Ed Writing Project: Opinion Column on an Issue (AP Language and Beyond!)
This writing project asks students to choose an issue and write an op-ed (opinion-based column) about that issue, including a call to action or a potential solution. I use this project with my AP Language 11th-grade students as a supplement to the argument essay and to begin to teach rhetorical strategies as well. This could easily work for a journalism class or any English unit that focuses on argumentative writing. It is a FUN project that allows students to write about something they are inte
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing an Annotated Bibliography - Student Guide and Worksheet
Print and go! This resource provides a brief explanation and student model for annotated bibliographies (1 page). Additionally, this resource includes worksheets (8 pages) that guide students in the creation of an annotated bibliography. Annotated bibs are a great tool for helping students to organize research and information. Be sure to check out the preview for more details.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Writing and Research Unit Bundle
Persuasive Writing
Common Core approach to Persuasive writing using step-by-step instructions for students. Includes 20 pages of:
Definition
Persuasive vs. Argumentative
Whole/small group and individual activities
Ethical Writers
Examples of Thesis/Topic Sentences/Details/Facts...
Using Figurative Language
Outlines
Peer Workshopping
Persuasive Scoring Rubric (Revision friendly to master skills)
Extra Resources: video presentations, handouts, and ESL links
Easy to follow and use with students in grades 4 and up.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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100 Point Essay Rubric Google Docs
100 Point Essay Rubric- Printable on One Page!100 Point essay rubric for easy grading! Students will understand their score. You can edit this rubric easily in Google Docs! This is printable on one page. Please preview the FULL rubric to see if it works for you!I use this rubric every year to grade research papers. It is an easy way to judge how well a student did. I usually put comments on the back and discuss the rubric as a full class.I hope you enjoy! Thank you!Sincerely,Digital Dan P.S. (
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Parts of Speech, Pre-Assessment
(answer key included)(FREE post assessment available too!)
** To increase contextual comprehension, the pre-assessment is written in narrative. The FREE post-assessment is the narrative conclusion to the story. It is highly recommended teachers use both the Pre and Post assessment.
Teaching Parts of Speech is so important as it creates common language for reading and writing between a teacher and student.
I've successfully used a pre/post assessment in my Parts of Speech unit that doesn't
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Macbeth Essay Packet Including Sample Essay, Outline, Brainstorming, & MORE!
This packet is designed to support the writing process for a Macbeth literary analysis essay. It includes documents and exercises to take students through the complete writing process on a Macbeth essay and includes a sample essay.Here's what's included in this assignment packet:Macbeth Topics & Themes ListBrainstorm GuideCommentary BrainstormingOutline FormSample OutlineSample EssayRubric Writing TaskTo write an essay analyzing how literary elements and techniques create thematic meaning i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing an Analytic Essay
Rationale I’ve found that teaching students to write analytically is difficult because they are not in the habit of thinking in a precise manner. To write analytically, a writer must take apart the main traits of something, imagine them in their best state, and imagine them in their worst state. This requires higher-level thinking. I chose an analysis proving that something is best so that students would not require specific knowledge to write the analysis.ContentsTeacher booklet including lesso
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Memo Writing Assignments
Great assignments for a business or technical writing class; the students are asked to first write a request memo, asking a manager to investigate a problem. They are then asked to write a policy memo, explaining a new policy to their staff. Includes rubric.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Complete AP Lang/Crucible mock trial unit (argument assessment)
Why a trial and not a test? By the time your AP Lang. students get through The Crucible (or any large argumentative text) they are likely exhausted. Make their assessment fun and collaborative with a mock trial that imitates an actual courtroom, complete with lawyers, a judge, witnesses, and objections (and the rubrics to grade their oral and written argument skills).This mock trial can be used for ANY culminating assessment, not just The Crucible! It also works well with Antigone, The Great Gat
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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60 High-Interest Persuasive Essay and Research Paper Topics
Each of these topics comes in the form of a question that students can react to immediately; hence they make excellent prompts for on-demand, in-class, timed essays. At the same time, any of them could be used as a springboard for a fully developed research paper, one requiring time spent exploring--and documenting--support for the writer's position. They also make excellent topics for informative or persuasive speeches that you might assign.One of the guiding criteria for this list is that it b
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Introduction To Journalism - Two Final Exam Papers, Lessons, Topics
This is a 14 week course I designed and taught for first semester Journalism students. Included are:Two exam papers for final exams (A and B). The B Paper is in case someone misses the final paper and needs a make-up exam. Answer keys included.Lesson TopicsLesson Plans
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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"The Odyssey" Unit Test
This Unit Test contains character matching, setting matching, plot mutliple choice, short answer questions on literary elements, hero, and hero quest, as well as an essay on the comparison of "The Odyssey" to O Brother Where Art Thou? The packet you download also includes the student answer sheets for easy grading.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Prompt Pack Expository Essay Advantages & Disadvantages of Online School
In this easy-prep expository writing assignment, students will analyze texts that discuss a trending method for delivering education: online schools. They will then write an essay using the expository text structure of compare/contrast after reading those articles. If your state requires students to synthesize from multiple sources for state testing, then this prompt pack meets that requirement. Suggestions for teaching: You could use this as a cold writing task for students. Another idea is
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Explanatory Writing Complete Unit, Bundle
Revision Checklist Worksheet - Six Traits of Writing
English teachers are often frustrated to discover that students' final drafts look similar (or identical) to their rough drafts. Sadly, students give little attention to revision -- perhaps the most crucial phase of the writing process. This comprehensive worksheet, focused on the six traits of writing (ideas, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions), encourages students to focus on details they tend to overlook.
Require your students to complete and submit this work
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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100 Point Essay Rubric PDF
100 Point Essay Rubric PDFOne page printable document for easy grading!Sincerely,Digital Dan P.S. (Be sure to check out my new, innovative Google Classroom products too!)
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Writing Prompt Pack, Expository Essay Causes & Effects of Tech Waste
In this easy-prep expository writing assignment, students will read and analyze articles that discuss a growing problem with technology development: tech waste. They will then write an essay using the expository text structure of cause and effect after reading those articles. If your state requires students to synthesize from multiple sources for state testing, then this prompt pack meets that requirement. Suggestions for teaching: You could use this as a cold writing task for students. Anoth
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
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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