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Middle school writing-essays guided reading books for Microsoft OneDrive
Argumentative Essay - DIGITAL Version - Argument Writing
Argument writing will be motivating with this step-by-step DIGITAL resource compatible with Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. The slides are designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process! Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all five paragraphs. Students can self-pace all the way through with the clear directions and prompts. Includes a mentor text to model strong writing. Perfect for the 1:1 classroom! Standards-aligned.A “No Counter
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Argumentative, Narrative, & Informative Writing DIGITAL VERSION Bundle
Memoir Writing Personal Narrative Writing Workshop Mini Lessons Print Digital
Print and Digital Formats! No planning needed! These 20 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching memoir writing a snap! In six weeks, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a thoughtful personal narrative. Because the lessons are already finished, you'll have time to work with them every step of the way! Here's teachers are saying about my mini lessons:"I love how this resource breaks down each step of the process for students to make it more manag
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6th - 9th
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Peak Novel Study
This is a complete novel study for Peak by Roland Smith. You will find everything you need to completely teach and review the plot, characters, setting, themes, etc. with your class.
Included in the Novel Study:
*Introduction to the Book
*Suggested Pacing Calendar
*Author Information with links to videos about the book and author
*Mount Everest Trivia Sheet with link to an age appropriate website
*Map it Out Activity for kids to map camps on Everest
*3 sets of Vocabulary Words in a test format
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5th - 7th
Descriptive Writing Activities and Practice with Mentor Texts
PRINT & DIGITAL! Struggling to teach descriptive writing? This lesson will help your students flex and strengthen their descriptive writing skills. Students analyze, sketch, write, and review mentor texts and their own writing to really dig into what is needed to create descriptive compositions. More than just worksheets!What you'll get:Print, Google Slide, and PowerPoint versions2 examples of descriptive writing to sketchelements of descriptive writing“build your toolbox” reference shee
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5th - 9th
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Writing Expository Essays PowerPoint with Printable Graphic Organizer
Expository Essay Writing PowerPoint and Graphic Organizer. Guide students step by step through an expository writing prompt, using a four-square graphic organizer. Students learn how to put ideas in logical order to support a thesis statement, develop an introductory paragraph with a hook, and develop a concluding paragraph that ends with a punch! This digital resource includes a printable graphic organizer template to print (black and white), links to online resources, and a writing prompt for
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7th - 10th
Informational Writing DIGITAL: 5 Informative Essays for Google Distance Learning
Writing informational essays will be exciting with this complete digital resource that breaks the process down into manageable steps! Easy to follow writing templates guide students in drafting their introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Five original mentor texts are included for modeling, along with topic suggestions, pre-writing organizers, and rubrics. And with five different types of essays, you’ll have everything you need to teach informative writing with differentiation. Perfect
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Argumentative, Narrative, & Informative Writing DIGITAL VERSION Bundle
Argument Writing DIGITAL Interactive Argumentative Essay
Argumentative Essay Writing: Google Classroom for Middle School ELA Remote TeachingTeaching the argument essay is so much easier when you have a step-by-step digital interactive unit that guides kids through the entire process. With just a few clicks of your mouse, multiple interactive lessons will be right in front of your students and remote learning will take place!This can be used as a teacher-directed unit. Or it can be completely student-directed. Instructions are given for both methods o
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6th - 10th
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Silly Opinions | Digital Writing Prompts | Intro to Opinion Writing | Engaging
Opinion writing is one of my favorite units! Giving our students the tools they need to voice their beliefs is one of the most productive skills they will apply in their real world. As you are probably already aware, a solid opinion is most powerful when it is supported and backed by reasons. This is the challenge that many students face when comforted with opinion writing tasks.These digital writing prompts are the perfect introductory tool that guide students into the practice of stating their
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3rd - 6th
20 Mini Lessons Slides Writing Workshop Activities Back to School
Not sure where to start with writing workshop? What do students do when there is extra time? What should they do if they need to use the restroom? How should the noise level of the room be monitored? Teach your students how your writing workshop will run with these 20 mini lessons that will set you up for success by teaching students how to manage workshop time -- from noise level to fast finishers!And what's even better? You'll have 20 mini lesson plans completed, so you're ready to go! Lo
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Back to School Planning Bundle Reading, Writing, Research Activities
Fact Checking Digital Literacy Activities Print and Digital
Print and digital options! Teach this critical thinking skill along with research. This valuable skill helps them navigate the information they're exposed to every day. Teach them to determine the credibility of what they read...from emails to web sites. Fact checking helps students develop the critical thinking skills they need to determine the validity of the information they receive online and through other media sources -- especially when they are conducting research. This resource uses
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5th - 9th
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If I Built A School Writing
Easy and fun first writing assignment for your students! I read the book If I Built A School and use it as a mentor text for students to think like an engineer and write about what their dream school would look like.Product includes:+ Brainstorm Google Jamboard slides+ Brainstorm thinking map+ 2 different final copies.+ Page to draw dream school*Created on a google slide so you can either assign on google classroom and delete the text box of lines, or print to have them write a paper final copy.
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3rd - 8th
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Novel Study
This is a complete novel study for Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein. You will find everything you need to completely teach and review the plot, characters, setting, themes, etc. with your class.
Included in the Novel Study:
*Introduction to the Book
*Suggested Pacing Calendar
*Author Information with links to videos about the book and author
*Puzzles and Solutions section with suggested rebus, pictogram and anagram puzzles with solutions
*Alliteration Summary and Examp
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4th - 6th
Theme Essay for ANY Literature - DIGITAL Version
Writing a Theme Essay will be motivating with this step-by-step digital resource designed to lead your students through the entire process! Great for classroom or remote teaching, easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs.Students identify two themes evident in the text and devote one paragraph to each theme. In each paragraph, students discuss how a prominent character is involved with the theme topic and what the author wants us to learn or understand.A li
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6th - 9th
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Writing Good Beginnings: Narrative Writing Hooks to Engage the Reader PowerPoint
Writing narrative hooks that engage the reader is a great writing skill. PowerPoint lesson focuses on writing hooks using three strategies to lead into a story and hook the reader, with student and professional examples. Three different writing strategies to engage the reader, grab their attention, and create great beginnings for a narrative account or expository essay, and will help students overcome writer's block, especially when preparing for state writing tests. Includes a slide with severa
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6th - 9th
Memoir Writing and Personal Expository Essay DIGITAL
This is the digital interactive version of Memoir and Personal Expository Essay: Writing About Me! "Writing About Me!" is a fun mini-unit that can be used to teach memoir or personal expository essay writing. I've included lesson plans for 3 different ways to use these resources, but you will probably think of even more! Your students will enjoy sharing memories and "snapshots" from their lives. And you will enjoy the fact that your students will learn about memoir writing with no prep required.
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4th - 8th
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Prewriting Activities Notebook for Writing Workshop
If your students struggle to pick a topic, narrow it, and organize their thoughts -- they will benefit from more prewriting activities -- and I've got 11 for you!This resource couldn't be easier to use -- just download the digital file, save to your drive, and use. You can share the whole digital notebook or just one activity at a time. Easy-cheesy for mini lessons! Just project the slides and model (or use the student example). Reflection questions help guide discussion -- because students
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5th - 8th
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The Lost Hero Novel Study
This is a complete novel study for The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. You will find everything you need to completely teach and review the plot, characters, setting, themes, etc. with your class. There are also pre and post reading activities that will introduce/review Greek myths and gods.
Included in the Novel Study:
* Introduction to the Book
* Suggested Pacing Calendar
* Greek Creation Myth article and activities
* 14 major Greek gods and goddesses chart and quiz (Zeus, Hades, Poseidon,
He
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5th - 7th
A Persuasive Writing Recipe PowerPoint
Persuasive Writing PowerPoint teaches students how to write to persuade an audience. It gives students a "recipe" to follow when writing a persuasive essay and the basic framework for a persuasive writing piece, starting with an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement, at least three well-supported paragraphs that have a topic sentence related to the thesis statement, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and calls the reader to agree and take action. This digital resource teaches how
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle for Middle Grades
Character Traits Essay - Literary Essay Writing - DIGITAL Version
Character Traits Essay – Informative Writing - Here’s the DIGITAL version of a literary essay made easy and ready to use with ANY text! This step-by-step resource is designed to lead your students through the entire process of writing a character analysis essay. Great for distance learning, students can self-pace all the way through with the clear directions and prompts. Perfect for the 1:1 classroom! Easy-to-follow templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs! Includes a mentor text
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5th - 8th
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Expository Writing Process Journal Activities
Your students will gain writing confidence with this easy-to-use digital writing notebook! Guide them through the expository writing process -- and as they write, their ideas and thoughts are automatically saved to their drives.
You'll be able to use this resource all year!
Pair with your favorite writing assignment, or let your students choose their own topic.
This lesson includes:
• graphic organizers to help students generate ideas
• thesis statement generator
• supporting detail chart
•
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Front Desk Novel Study
The Front Desk Novel Study is a comprehensive novel study for teaching Front Desk by Kelly Yang. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel through this 6-WEEK unit. The fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, pre-reading resources, vocabulary, assessments, argumentative writing unit, and essays will all provide opportunities for your students to practice and apply what will be their gr
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5th - 6th
Serafina and the Twisted Staff
Serafina and the Twisted Staff complete novel pack.
Includes the following:
45 short answer and essay questions
Graphic organizers for theme, character traits, and research project
letter to author template
25 context clue multiple choice questions
book and self reflection template
Biltmore Estate brochure template
Serafina diagram template
This product requires students to make inferences, build vocabulary, make predictions, explictly answer questions from text, and explain answers.
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4th - 8th
Short Fantasy Story w/ Analysis Activities – Secondary ELA – CCSS Rubric
Looking for the perfect no-prep short fantasy genre mini-lesson? This complete fantasy story lesson with analysis activities is perfect for a 1-2 day reading activity or as an introduction to a broader fantasy writing unit on story-genre and creative writing. Richard Post’s “The Lost Room” will appropriately introduce the elements of allegory, theme, and character development to your students, and the included analysis questions and response essay assignment are designed to build strong analysis
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7th - 10th
Derek Jeter- Reading Comprehension Passage and Activities
Derek Jeter- Reading Comprehension Passage and Activities
Gr. 3-6
A descriptive passage about baseball legend Derek Jeter, highlighting his childhood, rookie years, and his many accomplishments while playing for the Yankees.
This packet includes:
• 3 Page Biographical Passage
• Questions
• Essay
• Writing prompt
• Vocabulary
Great for guided reading, centers, or independent work.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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