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Common Core W.11-12.8 handouts
Works Cited and Parenthetical Citation Step by Step MLA Research Project Skills
Here's everything you need to give students practice and confidence in the technical aspects of research skills that are often their biggest stumbling blocks: creating a works cited and using parenthetical citation ( in-text citation ).These four resources offer step-by-step guidance, extra practice, and cheat sheets so students have a ready resource.What teachers are saying about this bundle:"This product is amazing! It covers all of the skills my students are lacking!""Very helpful to have o
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Research Paper - Complete Unit
Research paper complete unit.
Research papers made easy! This complete unit has everything you need to teach writing a research paper from start to finish.
Includes NEW MLA 8th edition citation guidelines.
For the APA version of this unit, click here:
Research Papers Complete Unit - APA Style
Everything here is classroom-tested with hundreds of students who have successfully written a research paper. There are 65 pages of teacher notes, handouts, worksheets, activities and examples, all
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle
AI and Academic Integrity - A Unit about Ethical Artificial Intelligence Use
Teach your students all about proper artificial intelligence (AI) use and academic integrity with this multi-day unit! Have you struggled with students using AI in the classroom to generate entire essays and other portions of their classwork? Have your students struggled to understand why using AI to complete their assignments might not be entirely academically ethical? Are you at your wit’s end, feeling like you are fighting a never-ending battle against AI use, academic dishonesty, and blatant
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9th - 12th
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Writing Commentary for the Literary Analysis Essay: Strategies for Success
In this 38-page bundle, I have provided students with two methods for crafting commentary that will help them not only write analysis but also take it to a deeper level: the "This Shows That Method" and the "LET" Method.Writing commentary is without a doubt the most difficult aspect of the literary analysis essay. It is the ONE part for which there is no formula because it's the part of the essay that contains the writer's original thoughts, or commentary/ analysis, on the evidence of the essa
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Research Paper Unit | MLA Format | Annotated Bibliography | Proposal | Outline
Teach Students the Research Paper Writing Process! From paper proposals to note taking, thesis statement writing, outlining, and writing annotated bibliographies this bundle has it all.There are more than 50 pages of resources! Many assignments have more than one version which allows for customization! Perfect for high school. Useful in first year composition classes. May be used for advanced middle school students. Use everything or pick and choose! Enjoy!This is a bundle of all my other
Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Plagiarism Handouts, Worksheet and Quiz
Plagiarism is a big issue in the classroom. This packet has everything you need to help students understand when to credit sources. The handout explains clearly what plagiarism is and gives examples of how and when to use quotations and paraphrase. After completing the accompanying worksheet, students will understand intentional and unintentional plagiarism. A two-page quiz demonstrates understanding.
**UPDATED*** now includes quiz and both MLA and APA formats
I use this with my first-year col
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8th - 11th
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25 Essential Handouts for Writing Workshop in Secondary ELA
This bundle contains 25 handouts to supplement writing workshop mini-lessons or to use as part of a writing reference center/ writer's toolbox in the classroom. Students can also keep these handouts in their writing folders or notebooks to reference throughout the year as they work on new writing tasks and as you target new writing skills.This bundle includes the following handouts: 1. Edit OUT These Words! 2. Commentary Do’s and Don’ts 3. Topic vs. Theme 4. Transitional Devices 5. Paragraph Fo
Argumentative Essays - Complete Unit
Argumentative Essays - Complete Unit. Writing an argumentative essay is an essential skill for secondary students. This unit is CCSS aligned, with grading rubrics for each grade level 7 - 12 that reflect the standards. This unit has everything you need, in a logical order, with teacher notes, handouts, assignments, instruction, grading rubrics, and supplemental material to support more advanced instruction. There are examples for each concept, and a full sample student essay. Includes updated ML
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle
MLA Format - In Text Citations Flow Chart, Rules, and Power Point
MLA Format - In Text Citations, Flow Chart, Rules, and Power Point Presentation. This MLA guide explains the rules for in-text citations for articles as sources. It contains this 15-slide Power Point:MLA Format in-text Citations Power PointIt also contains a 3-page handout with the basic rules in a logical, clear order, and a flow chart for reference. In-text citations are not complicated, but students sometimes seem overwhelmed by all the rules. The flow chart makes in-text citations for articl
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle
British Poetry Unit: Metaphysical and Romantic Poets
This British poetry unit covers the best metaphysical and Romantic poets including Marvell, Herrick, Donne, Shelley, Byron, Keats, Wordsworth and Browning while addressing all strands of the Common Core State Standards. As a group, students conduct research, analyze poetry, create class handouts or PowerPoints and present their findings to their classmates. Independently, students write a poetry explication. To wrap up the unit, students review with a trivia game followed by a multiple choice an
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10th - 12th
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Note Taking, Paraphrasing, Summarizing for MLA Research Paper, Avoid plagiarism
Research does not come easy to high school students. This product helps your students organize their research notes, learn to paraphrase, summarize and quote. It Includes my Writing Techniques #2 pdf presentation on how to summarize, paraphrase, and quote from outside sources.Also included are3 different strategies for organizing research including charts, documents, and note cards. Assignment sheets for each that have suggested amounts regarding the number of notes required or blanks.Rubrics
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Write Your Own Film Review - Fun Persuasive Writing Assignment, CCSS
This is a fun persuasive writing assignment in which students write a movie review. Students will: Use rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos), cite sources, analyze plot elements, and support their argument with evidence. You can have students analyze their own movie or you can assign a movie that you watch as a class. Product includes: OverviewLesson PlanRhetorical Devices Graphic OrganizerPlot Analysis Graphic OrganizerCriteria handoutWriting sheetsNote: You can also get this item in our Cr
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Bundle - 8 Fun & Engaging Resources to Practice Writing
Media Literacy: Fact, Opinion, and Bias
This 2-3 day, editable Word document mini-unit is geared toward high school students, specifically in language arts, but also for any class in which students will be researching. We assume that older students can easily distinguish between fact and opinion and detect bias in sources, but that is not necessarily the case, especially in today's confusing multimedia landscape. This unit includes a pre-assessment to introduce students to the subtleties of distinguishing fact from opinion and determi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Media Literacy Complete, No-Prep Unit Bundle
MLA In-Text Citation Practice Bell-Ringers - Paraphrasing & Embedding
Students overwhelmed with all the rules for how to do MLA in-text citations? Set students up for success with MLA format by practicing in small chunks with these MLA in-text citation bell-ringers. These lessons provide scaffolded practice for paraphrasing and embedding quotes so that students can gradually gain mastery.Here's how it works:Start by using the PowerPoint to give guided notes on the basics of introducing quotes, paraphrasing, and MLA in-text citation rulesFor 11 days, students comp
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8th - 12th
AP Literature Poetry Bundle
****SAVE 25%**** The 2019 Updates to the AP curriculum has made it pretty clear that poetry is equally important as full length texts. This is a bundle that includes units for teaching poetry at the AP level.This bundle includes****NEW*** What is Poetry--Introduction to Poetry BootcampThis unit includes:Hook Lesson: What is Poetry? An Introduction to Poetry for AP LiteratureLesson 1: Speaker & Title--Langston Hughes's "Aunt Sue's Stories"Lesson 2: Character--Edgar Lee Master's "Theodore the
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11th - 12th
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Thematic Unit: Immigration & The American Dream | Lit. & Synthesis Essay Writing
Want your students to feel more empathy for people whose lives are not like their own? Even though they might know that opening the “golden door” for those “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” is a foundational value of this country, many students don’t have first-hand experience with immigration. Seeing the stories in the news or knowing some facts and figures won’t help them relate to the human beings who are working so hard to make it here and won’t challenge them to care about what hap
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9th - 12th
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Writing a Personal Narrative Essay - Distance Learning Compatible
In a personal narrative essay, a writer shares his or her thoughts and feelings about an event in his or her past with an audience. In this pack, students will move through the writing process to compose a personal narrative essay.The pack includes a step-by-step process, brainstorm/planing page, peer edit checklist, suggested marking rubric, and example essay.UPDATE: This includes both a printable PDF version and a digital version using Google Slides.See also my Writing a Persuasive Essay pack
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7th - 12th
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Research Diagnostic Test: MLA 9th Edition (Grades 6-12) - GOOGLE Included
Discover what your students already know (or where they need more review) with this research diagnostic test. This 50-question test is an easy-to-grade way to quickly find out what topics need further instruction before you move on to a research unit, paper, or project so you can save time and teach only what is needed. All questions are true and false, which opens up fascinating in-class discussion opportunities as students find out the answers to misconceptions they may have about Google searc
ChatGPT: 64 Pages of Engaging Lessons for Using It to Improve Student Writing
ChatGPT is a powerful new tool. Much has already been made of its potential pitfalls, but what about how it can be harnessed in the classroom to actually improve student writing and encourage kids to become more thoughtful and engaged authors?This set of lesson plans is designed to achieve just that. It views ChatGPT as an opportunity to push students to become better writers by leveraging the strengths of ChatGPT and better understanding its weaknesses.Here are the sections you will find in the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Summary and Response Essays - Complete Unit
Summary and Response Essays - Complete Unit. This packet is a step-by-step, in-depth process for writing a summary and response essay.
This packet contains a full sample article and a full sample essay that are used throughout to demonstrate the necessary skills.
Each step is broken down into manageable pieces with tips, organizers, and samples.
The packet starts with teaching students how to write a solid summary, then moves into how to write an effective response.
I assign a summary and
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle
Ultimate Argumentative Essay Bundle
Save big with this mega bundle that includes everything students need to know to write argumentative essays:Writing IntroductionsHelp students craft strong introductions for their essays by mastering the hook, transition, and thesis statement. Students will take notes on each and then color code an example introduction on the use of similes in the Odyssey. Multiple examples and explanations are included throughout, as well as links to additional video support.Writing Body ParagraphsStudents will
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6th - 12th
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Paired Texts Fiction and Nonfiction - Choice Board Writing Activities - Bundle
With these lessons, guide your students through close readings of texts that vary by genre, time period, and author; then help them construct connections with relevant nonfiction texts that can be accessed online. Because of the text variety, these resources are also great for differentiating and meeting the needs of diverse learners.Each lesson culminates in a writing task; students select from a menu of activities that are creative and differentiate for students’ interests and abilities. Thes
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
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Shakespeare Sonnets Units Bundle: Love, Death, & Lies | Poetry Activities
Looking for Shakespeare units that will engage even the most reluctant learners? By combining TED Talks, pop music, Shakespeare sonnets, and non-fiction articles, the innovative Shakespeare units in this bundle will make Shakespeare’s sonnets relevant to your students.The variety of materials, real-life connections, and innovative approaches to the information will keep students engaged and excited about learning. Additionally, the concrete text-based questions and unique sources discourage che
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9th - 12th
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