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Higher education writing-essays handouts
Transition Words and Phrases
**UPDATE**
After using this for a couple years, I've added two new pages.
This now includes:
1. The original Transition Words and Phrases page detailed below.
2. Transitions for Primary Essay Paragraphs
(This page is what I use on a more day to day basis when teaching writing and appropriate transitions for different places in primary level essays. This page also includes Transitions to Text Evidence and Evidence Elaboration)
3. Ways to Hook Your Reader
This is a compilation of Transition W
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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How to Write An Essay Brochure: Intro, Thesis, Body, Conclusion, Word Choice
Support students throughout the writing process with this EDITABLE reference brochure that covers writing the introduction and thesis statement, integrating evidence, using transitions, writing the conclusion, and using effective word choice. This resource works for expository/informational essays, as well as persuasive/argument essays. It is full of tips on how to write, structure, and revise an essay.When you purchase this product, you will receive a 2-slide PowerPoint file that you easily edi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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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The Literary Analysis Thesis Statement: SIX Mini-lessons for Essay Success
This lesson contains a step-by-step guide for how to write a thesis statement for the literary analysis essay. It is a part of our Mega Lit. Analysis Essay Bundle, sold separately. Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!The most important part of the writing process is crafting the thesis statement because it is the "road map" or "blueprint" for the entire essay. Because this one, single sentence is so important, I have crafted six mini-lessons to insure that your students will have focused, argumentati
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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[UPDATED 2019] MLA 8 Format Cheat Sheet
UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2019MLA 8th EditionImportant details about MLA citations and works cited Page guidelines Works Cited Description:Teach your students how to embed and cite text into their expository, persuasive, and argumentative essays correctly. Use this helpful cheat sheets as a reference for different ways of embedding quotes into sentences and cited sources. This Product Includes:Cheat Sheets -MLA 8th Edition Somethings that are covered: What is MLA Citation Page guidelines Types of i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â DISTANCE LEARNING - MLA Format Bundle: Worksheets, Presentation, Task Cards
Peer Edit Checklist for Middle School and High School
Assign an in-class Peer Edit Checklist activity where students need to find one person to read their story and fill out this checklist. They will then make corrections and implement the ideas on how to improve their essay or story. Then the student will do the same for them.
User friendly! Looks really nice printed.
I've used this peer edit checklist during 5 paragraph essays, persuasive writing, creative writing, expository, and research papers.
One page.
Come Together! Connect with Me!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Research Paper Pack - Paragraph by Paragraph
Effective scaffolding for students with writing accommodations and modifications or first-time writers! These handouts model sentence-by-sentence, paragraph-by-paragraph the basic structure of a five paragraph research paper.There are seven separate handouts that take students through the process of writing a research paper. The seven handouts include: 3 Main Points, Thesis, Introduction, Body Paragraph 1, Body Paragraph 2, Body Paragraph 3, and Conclusion. Each handout breaks the process do
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
MLA In-Text Citation Worksheets
We can talk every day about citation style and still see students struggle to work out how to create correct MLA citations. Practice is essential, regardless of how many samples we share with students. This resource provides 8 worksheets to help students practice the skills of creating in-text citations in MLA. With worksheets dealing with signal phrases, selecting material to cite, direct quotations and paraphrased citations, these exercises offer an opportunity for student practice while also
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Credible Reliable Sources Online Handout Notebook Poster
This is a single page file that reminds and reviews credible and reliable online sources for student reference on research projects.
The page includes:
Definitions of primary and secondary sources
How to "ICE" a quote: Introduce, Cite, and Explain
Websites to NEVER EVER USE (Wikipedia, blogging and opinion-based sites)
Website that are good, better, and best including the domains (.com, .org, .net, .gov, .edu)
Use this handout to blow up as a poster, print for students to keep in a folder
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Informative or Expository Writing Graphic Organizer and Outline
This is great for grades that do expository or informative papers. This will help them sort their thoughts as they read the informational articles and develop a well thought out essay. It transfers over to a four paragraph paper and I have seen tremendous results with it in my classroom. It can be turned into a self made graphic organizer so they can prepare themselves to be tested on this type of writing. It includes topics, claim, evidence, cite evidence, explain evidence, conclusion, summariz
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Writing Graphic Organizer *BUNDLE* Informative and Argumentative
Real World Rhetoric #3, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short article on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools (ethos, pathos, and logos), and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader. The essay in Real World Rhetoric #3 attempts to convince readers that the college admissions process would be improved by using a lottery-based system. This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult 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 a Thesis Statement: Scaffolded Organizers Perfect for Differentiation
Help your students master the art of writing a thesis statement with these two organizers, complete with clear instructions and mentor texts to guide students. This resource comes with a print version AND a digital Google slides version. The first organizer shows students how to write a formulaic 3-pronged thesis. This is helpful for students who NEED structure (or...dare I say it, standardized testing). I often require that my students demonstrate mastery of this basic thesis before they can mo
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Writing Workshop Minilessons GROWING BUNDLE!!! - Distance Learning
MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources TEMPLATE - Perfect scaffolding for students
Scaffold your students in the sometimes daunting task of an MLA Works Cited page with this fill-in-the-blank template that guides students through the information needed to cite an electronic source.I've always struggled with teaching MLA Works Cited and this resource is the BEST thing that's helped my students! I hope it helps yours as well. :)When you purchase, you will receive an editable PowerPoint file AND a Google Slides version!
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Writing Workshop Minilessons GROWING BUNDLE!!! - Distance Learning
Blending Quotes for ESSAY WRITING with TCS (Transition, Context, Speaker)
This mini-lesson introduces students to blending quotations using the TCS method. This method asks students to integrate quotations into their own sentences with a transition that smoothly moves the reader into the evidence and then also includes the context/ speaker for the quotation to help the reader recall the quotation from the original text. Find this mini-lesson as part of our Literary Analysis MEGA BUNDLE, sold separately!Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!I use this method with my students
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hooks/Opening Lines/Attention-Getters, Introductions Writing Lesson
Writing a catchy hook or crafting an appropriate attention-getter for any mode of writing can be tricky for students. It's, after all, the first piece of the essay that everybody reads, so it's certainly one of the most crucial tools in an author’s toolbox. In this no-prep lesson plan for teaching students to write a successful opening line, students will see examples of some of the best opening lines from the "real world" and how those can be translated into their own writing. Student Experie
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
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:Â THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
AP Literature Essays and Exam Prep BUNDLE
This is a bundle that includes a bunch of general resources that relate to AP English Literature and Composition and the AP Literature Exam -- all of which are up to date with the 2019 changes. It includes many sheets and activities that relate to the essays (free response questions), as well as some "study tips" sheets.All the documents should work well as printable handouts, but along with PDF versions, I've also included in this download editable DOC files, just in case you want to edit or a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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In Cold Blood, TEDTalk: Death Penalty
This handout, with key, requires that students analyze a TEDTalk (argument) about the death penalty. They must analyze how the speaker appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos. They must also identify logical fallacies (though specific terminology is not required). They must identify author's purpose and rhetorical strategies.
The TEDTalk covers themes very similar to In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (how an unstable upbringing can "result" in murderers). This source would work well in a synthesis or
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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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How to Write College Application Essays with Example and Assignment
Looking for the Do's and Don'ts, the How's and Why's of college application essays?This is a 20 page guide of handouts, examples, and an assignment that I use when giving a college application essay writing unit to 11th and 12th graders. It goes over general tips and strategies as well as specific prompts for the new Common App (2013) and University of Wisconsin system. If you are outside of Wisconsin, it is easy to add your own college-specific prompts, but with the "You", "Why Us", and "Creati
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Integrating Quotes: The "Guest Speakers" - Minilesson for Writing Workshop
Teach your students how to effectively integrate quotes into their writing with this easy to understand minilesson that frames quotes/evidence as the "guest speakers" of one's essay. Students will learn how to "pass the mic" to their sources by introducing the evidence and citing it.If you are sick of seeing quotes just thrown into essays, with no introduction, then you and your students need this helpful EDITABLE minilesson. My students always find this presentation helpful, especially the sli
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Writing Workshop Minilessons GROWING BUNDLE!!! - Distance Learning
Argument Structure Overview
This one-page handout breaks down the three major argument structures: Classical, Toulmin and Rogerian. Each element of the argument structure offers a brief description for student reference. This is helpful when students are first learning about the three major arguments and as quick reference later on.Print this out on brightly colored paper and slip it into a plastic sheet protector. Students can snap it into their binder and find it easily when necessary.Hope this is helpful!~Dawn
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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