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High school writing-essays handouts for Easel Activities
RACES Paragraphs |Text Evidence Writing | Sentence Starters | Graphic Organizer
RACES writing strategy helps students practice and master evidence-based paragraphs with extended information that shows compare and contrast, proof, additional information, or their own examples. Each step of the RACES writing strategy contains a resource page with sentence starters organized into categories to help students create sentence variety. Examples of PERFECT paragraphs are also included. Put your brain in gear and writing in motion! Stop writer block once and for all and increase
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Text Based Evidence Writing Bundle
Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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MLA In-Text Parenthetical Citation 9th Edition Research Writing Printable
Give your students an instant research tool! This foldable handout and one-page "cheat sheet" will help your students use in-text citation correctly! This follows the latest 9th Edition MLA format. Your students will appreciate a compact resource that provides the basics for parenthetical citation questions middle and high school students are most likely to encounter.You will receive two formats for the cheat sheet: a foldable that creates a little book and a one-pager. The information on b
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Persuasive Appeals Activity with Pathos, Logos, and Ethos
Make pathos, logos, and ethos memorable with this fun design-a-billboard activity! Students choose any product or brand to advertise, and they brainstorm emotional, logical, and credible methods of promoting the product. They then design a billboard to include these rhetorical appeals!This product includes the following:✅ Teacher tips page to get you started✅ Brainstorming Sheet ✅ Billboard Design Sheet ✅ Rhetorical Appeals Handout Make the rhetorical appeals fun and memorable with thi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Public Speaking Bundle
Paired Texts: Frederick Douglass & Malala Yousafzai - Close Reading Essay Lesson
This lesson connects three texts: Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, and the New York Times article “Malala Yousafzai, Girl Shot by Taliban, Makes Appeal at U.N.” It also makes learning relevant for your students through real-world connections, while meeting ELA standards by employing nonfiction texts.Use this lesson to give your students practice with close reading and the synthesis of ideas. Activity handouts focus on b
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers: Close Reading, Thesis, Sentence Stems
Teach literary analysis with confidence! Your students will learn a successful pattern for thesis statement writing and close reading with these time-tested literary analysis graphic organizers!*******************************************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:⇒ Students will first learn how to write a three-part analytical thesis statement with examples and non-examples (2 pages).⇒ Then, they will choose and unpack textual evidence using t
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7th - 10th
Argument Thesis Statements: Defend, Challenge, Qualify | AP Lang | PDF & Digital
This product is perfect for introducing and perfecting academic argument thesis statements. Not only will students learn and craft three types of argument thesis statements, but they will also practice writing complex sentences and compound sentences with conjunctive adverbs, advanced structures for maturing writers.Included in this packet are the following items:* Student Handout - defines Defend, Challenge, and Qualify; demonstrates advanced thesis sentence structure in template form* Two AP-
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9th - 12th
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Introduction Paragraph | Text Based Evidence Writing | Thesis Statement
INTRODUCING a fantastic resource that teaches students how to write the Attention Grabber (Hook Sentence), Necessary Information, and Thesis Statement for an introduction paragraph. Students will always remember the correct information to include in an introduction paragraph with this simple strategy.Included:ANT Introduction PosterANT Introduction Resource HandoutInverted Pyramid ResourceInverted Pyramid Graphic OrganizerAttention Grabber ExamplesNecessary Information ExamplesThesis Statement
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Persuasive Argument Essay Writing Prompts with Rubric - Print and Easel Activity
Ten Argument Essay Prompts. Persuasive Writing Tasks with Standards Based Rubric. Writing an argument for an opinion. Practice for students in middle school, high school, or beyond. Includes ten writing prompts and the standards-based rubric. Real world relevant topics such as school safety, TV violence, homework, and more. Suggested lesson: Give out the rubric first and discuss, so students will know what is expected and strive for excellence. Then give them the writing prompt and let them work
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle for Middle Grades
FREE Brainstorming Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer | Writing Prompts
Brainstorm Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer | Writing Prompts Brainstorming for Personal Narrative Writing Unit BundleDo you need an engaging graphic organizer to help your middle school students brainstorm for their personal narrative writing unit? This FREE Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer uses guided brainstorming writing prompts to help your middle school students organize and brainstorm their narratives with ease. (This graphic organizer worksheet is a free sample from my PERSONAL N
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6th - 9th
Text Response ESSAY WRITING UNIT
This complete unit walks Secondary English students step-by-step through their first high-school style TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY. Perfect for most students in High School English when you begin asking them to write on higher-order, double-barrelled questions, and expecting them to quote and reference texts throughout their essays. I know you already have plenty of essay writing sheets, but this is a single, clear, well-formatted and easy to follow guide for students that will give them everything they
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN Novel Study Essays Posters Secondary English
Problem Solution Graphic Organizer and Writing Prompts with Easel Activity
A problem solution graphic organizer for problem solving shaped like a tree and eight writing prompts. At the bottom of the tree is the "root of the problem" and at the top is the "desired outcome." Students can fill in the branches with good and bad consequences to reach a possible solution. Printable and Digital Resource: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. Assign it in Google Classroom or use a link in any LMS. Select the pages to use and even add your own direc
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6th - 9th
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Paired Texts - The Man He Killed and The Sniper - Essay Writing
In this lesson, students complete close readings of Thomas Hardy's poem "The Man He Killed" and Liam O'Flaherty's story "The Sniper." Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings, compare themes, and write a short literary analysis essay.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for distance learning with EASEL by TpT.The 24-page resource includes the following:-explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual
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8th - 12th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan Free
Do your students struggle with providing strong, credible evidence for their claims? These two free Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any argument, opinion, persuasive, or research essay to help students gather and analyze arguments and evidence that they need to support a claim.Students gain critical thinking skills as they justify the use of their evidence and the evidence checker graphic organizers allow them to see exactly what kind of evidence they are using.This freebie includes
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5th - 9th
Revision and Editing Checklist for High School Essay Writing in High School
When students are finished drafting, this is a perfect essay checklist to help them revise and edit their essays. Students can use it on their own or have a partner comb through their essays. Use with multiple modes of writing. Looking for more? Check out the following writing units: ⭐ Argumentative Writing Unit⭐ Compare & Contrast Essay Unit⭐ Expository Writing Unit ⭐ Literary Analysis Essay UnitPlease contact me with questions and visit my store for additional teaching materials: Love and
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7th - 12th
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Identifying Hooks in Introduction Paragraphs Worksheet
Includes four introduction paragraph examples in which students can practice identifying the hook, and what type of technique was used to write the hook. Great for reinforcing a lesson on the different types of hooks in informational or argumentative writing!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Graphic Organizers-Personal Narrative
"Graphic Organizers-Personal Narratives" includes differentiated organizers and templates to help all students plan and draft their compositions.With your purchase of "Graphic Organizers-Personal Narratives," you'll receive the following: 3 graphic organizers for planning (Use Freytag's Pyramid when you're studying plot development or use the BME chart when you're using a beginning-middle-end strategy for reading. To differentiate, try a personal narrative plot diagram for advanced students, a c
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6th - 9th
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Avoiding Redundancies - A Revision Technique -Print | Google| Easel
"We all use redundancies when speaking and writing. This resource makes students aware of this common problem. It seems like an easy fix, but these worksheets are challenging." Rating: 5/5 (extremely satisfied)This is a revision technique that will improve students' writing. Examples of redundancy can be found in news articles and on television. This writing error is so common, it is hard to recognize. For example, I warn you in advance that it will be difficult to completely eliminate examples
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Proofreading and Revision Activities Bundle
Macbeth Guided Literary Analysis Essay with Prompts Templates and Examples
Do your high school ELA students have difficulty organizing literary essays? This Macbeth Themes guided essay activity provides an outline template with content, development, and organization hints throughout. Students choose from two topics: Ambition and Free Will, create a thesis statement, determine main points and specific points, identify and cite illustrative quotes, and discuss quotes in relation to the thesis statement. After completing the outline, they draft, edit, and perfect. No prep
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9th - 12th
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MLA In-Text Citations Instructions, Examples, & Practice - Free Resource
Creating MLA in-text citations for research essays and projects is often a challenging task for high school students. Use this free In-Text Citation instruction, examples, and practice activity to show your students the fundamental process and have them practice to become confident with the skill. No prep.First, there is a sample Work Cited page with different types of bibliographic citations. Following is a practice activity that requires kids to circle the first word of the citation then proce
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9th - 12th
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Personal Narrative Writing Checklist for High School - PDF and digital!!
Personal narrative writing checklist to help ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders through the narrative writing process.Includes:-A PDF version to print and copy-A digital version that can be directly assigned on Google Classroom and completed on a device to support distance learningSupports self-monitoring and self-reflection.Includes student-friendly word bank of transition words.Aligned to 9th grade through 12th grade writing standards.SAVE 50% when you buy the FULL YEAR high school wr
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9th - 12th
Also included in: High School Writing Checklists FULL YEAR BUNDLE! - PDF or digital
RACER Constructed Response Paragraph Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is the perfect way to teach students how to write a well constructed paragraph for a constructed response task. It breaks down each part of a well-organized paragraph response. It even includes what each letter in R.A.C.E.R. stands for, sentence starters to promote the use of transitional words/phrases, and even MLA in-text citation format for direct quotes used to support the response! This graphic organizer is a great tool to utilize if you are teaching students how to
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
How to Write a Conclusion Paragraph
This mini-lesson is all you need to teach your secondary students how to write a conclusion paragraph. Written especially for the secondary student, it is straight-forward, broken down and written in a way they will understand. This starts with a lesson and then has worksheets for students to follow and will take 1 - class or less depending on the level of your students and your class time. You can teach the lesson then have them complete the worksheets or, all the information is in the lesson i
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9th - 12th
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Conquer Expository Essay Writing Grades 6-9 -- 15-page Complete Lesson
This packet shows your students how to write a good expository composition, from scratch, under time pressure. I have taught expository composition writing for years, and I have helped many students achieve mastery on the state test and also high school and college-entrance compositions. For college-bound students, improving their expository writing skill is worth the time and effort. Expository writing prompts are the go-to writing assignments for junior and senior-level AP tests, the ACT,
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7th - 12th
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