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Middle school writing-essays handouts for Easel Activities
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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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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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
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
Middle School Research Paper | True Crime Essay Writing Project
This middle school research paper will grab your students' attention with a fascinating and age-appropriate true-crime writing prompt.The Prompt:Over thirty years ago, two men posing as police officers stole thirteen pieces of art worth hundreds of millions of dollars from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. The thieves were never caught. The art was never recovered.To this day, the museum is offering a reward of $10 million to anyone who can give them information that
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6th - 8th
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How to Cite Sources Practice Packet
Product Objective: Students will be able to provide sufficient evidence and elaboration when writing informational/explanatory and opinion/persuasive essays. Grade Level: Grades 4, 5, and 6. How to Use This Product: I recently created this product to prepare my students for their state writing exams because I wasn't satisfied with the existing curriculum. This product is just one part of a small line of products I created to practice isolated writing skills that are deemed important by Common Co
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4th - 6th
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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
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
Christmas STEM Activities - Christmas STEM Challenges - Gingerbread Man Project
Don't Eat the Gingerbread Man - Christmas Persuasive Writing Activities and Christmas STEM Challenge - This Christmas writing unit makes persuasive writing fun and engaging for struggling writers! It includes student writing templates and persuasive writing information. It also contains a fun Christmas STEM Challenge and STEM Challenge Notebook!This is a great unit to pull out during the holidays, as it allows you to seamlessly fit some Christmas themed activities into your already existing cu
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3rd - 6th
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
Figurative Language Stories for Close Reading & Writing: Google Classroom & PDF
Google Classroom digital added in 2020 This product is now available in two formats, printable and Google Classroom. The Google Classroom version includes all student handouts. Answer keys are kept separate on the printable version. The printable version has remained the sameFigurative Language Stories for Close Reading, Writing for Grades 6-8This is a group of four different original stories written to include nine types of figurative language! Perfect for small groups, stations, or assessment
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6th - 8th
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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Cellphone Addiction: Informative Prompt, Outline, and Rubric
Explain the effects of cell phone addiction. This is an informative essay prompt, two articles, a graph, and outline sheet. Your kids will all learn something about cell phones that they may never thought of before. This comes complete with rubric
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Essay Writing
Essay Hooks Writing Practice for Middle School
"But I don't know how to start!" Have you heard that complaint as often as I have? Even when our students have amazing ideas for their essays, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions. These handouts give them the practice that they need!What's included?A helpful page of teacher tips with a recommended schedule and helpful hints for teaching essay hooks5 handouts/worksheets that give your students practice with 5 types of essay hooks, using the Q.U.A.C.K. acro
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6th - 8th
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Christmas STEM Activities - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas STEM Challenges
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas: Christmas Themed Persuasive Writing and Christmas S.T.E.M Challenge - This Christmas writing unit makes persuasive writing fun and engaging for struggling writers! It includes student writing templates, hippo facts, and persuasive writing information. It also contains a complete Christmas STEM Challenge!This is a great unit to pull out during the holidays, as it allows you to seamlessly fit some Christmas themed activities into your already existing curricul
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3rd - 6th
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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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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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
Informational Essay Prompt on Hurricanes and Outline Sheet with articles
This includes two Articles "How do hurricanes form? A step-by-step guide" and "How Do Hurricanes Form?" plus a graph titled "Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale" . After reading these two articles students are given a prompt for an expository essay on how hurricanes are formed. There is also an outline sheet included for students to use in order to help them organize their essay. Plus a rubric for easy grading of final essay.***** Check out my other Writing Resources*****Writing Thesis Statement
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Essay Writing
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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The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles - Supplemental Graphic Organizers
This resource is designed to supplement the text The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles. It can be used during or after reading and can be differentiated to meet your students' needs. This resource includes:Graphic organizers for analyzing charactersGraphic organizers for analyzing settingGraphic organizers for analyzing conflictGraphic organizers for analyzing themeGraphic organizers for planning literary essays (2 options)Rubric for literary essayAll organizers are provided in color and in black a
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6th - 8th
Also included in: The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles - Whole Book BUNDLE
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