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9th grade writing-expository independent works
Argumentative Essay Writing, Argument Writing How to Guide, Topics, Rubric CCSS
Help your high school and advanced middle school students win their written arguments with these easy-to-follow essay writing materials. This bundle of interactive, step-by-step materials inspires even my most reluctant students to put pen to paper. Activities/handouts featuring modern design elements will guide your students as they learn to craft their own meaningful and effective argumentative essays. Easy prep for you; excellent growth for your students’ writing skills.Just print and teach!I
Grades:
8th - 11th
WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Looking for something to help your students with their WRITING? This easy-to-use set of activities, graphic organizers, and templates will help your students write persuasive, narrative, descriptive, and expository pieces. Templates can be used all year for multiple writing assignments and can easily be differentiated for varying grades and abilities. Includes five of my writing packages with detailed assignment sheets, mentor texts, self-assessment rubrics, peer editing activities, grading ru
Grades:
6th - 9th
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
Grades:
8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Embedding Quotations in Writing - Teaching How to Embed Quotes - PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students how to properly embed, cite, and explain quotes in their writing with this comprehensive teaching lesson! Students will learn four different ways to embed quotes in their writing. This lesson includes ample activities for practice, and students can apply the skill all year long. Includes digital resources!From an extensive editable PowerPoint to multiple worksheets to help students practice the skill to invaluable student references, this embedding quotes teaching resource ha
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Ultimate Writing Bundle - Secondary ELA Writing
6 Graphic Organizers for Writing Informational Essays - PDF, PPT, & Google
***NEWLY UPDATED! This product includes the original PDF file along with an editable PowerPoint file and a link to copy the Google Slides Version***Hi! Thanks for stopping by my store and taking a closer look at this product!This product includes a set of graphic organizers to guide students through writing an informational essay. What’s Included?→ Outline – graphic organizer for outlining a complete essay→ Introduction – graphic organizer for introduction paragraph→ Body – 3 numbered graphic or
Grades:
4th - 12th
Argumentative Writing Middle School ELA Argument Essay PRINT & DIGITAL
Q- What makes argument essay writing easier to teach?A- An EDITABLE argumentative writing unit with well-written mentor texts and a step-by-step process! Students will LOVE this argument essay writing unit, as well as the real-life application and mentor texts included here.Update 1: I included 40 editable pages, a Google Drive link to the entire argumentative essay unit, and an extra rubric! As of January 2021, the digital file is even more interactive.Update 2: Buyers have been asking for at-a
Grades:
6th - 10th
Embedding Quotations – How to Embed Quotes Pre-test, Lecture & Reference Sheet
Weary of students who slap quoted material into their essays without any framing or support? Fix this common mistake made by young writers with these interactive lesson materials.Begin with a “pre-test”/skill assessment of students’ knowledge regarding M.L.A. citation formatting and concrete detail/quote framing. Then, work through the answers to the skill assessment pre-test with a dynamic lecture (30 slides) that uses compelling examples and modern design to hold students’ interest. (Let's be
Grades:
8th - 11th
Thesis Statement Tutorial: Write a Thesis Statement in 5 Steps DIGITAL INCLUDED
Thesis Statement Tutorial Write a Thesis Statement in 5 Easy StepsThis thesis statement tutorial will help your students master the persuasive essay thesis is a matter of minutes. Within the product you will find a student graphic organizer as well as a detailed example for students to use as a reference piece. Although this product is simple, it will help your students master the content very quickly. NOTE: As of July 10, 2020, there is a DIGITAL version of this resource included in the file
Grades:
5th - 12th
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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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Expository Writing Unit
Writing doesn't come easily to many students; so to effectively teach expository essay writing we need to GUIDE students through the process. In this comprehensive expository writing pack you will get step-by-step lesson plans, engaging worksheets, helpful handouts and more. ** NOTE: You can now buy this as part of my BUNDLED WRITING PACK and save 20%**OVERVIEW:Over the course of these 4 expository writing mini-units, students will master the techniques required to complete well-structured i
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Movie Review Writing - Presentation and Activities for Writing a Film Review
Movie Review Writing - Presentation and Activities for Writing a Film Review: This movie review writing lesson is a comprehensive resource that covers all aspects of teaching students how to write a compelling movie review. With detailed presentation to guide the lesson and a variety of informational handouts and graphic organizers, students will have everything they need to successfully analyze and critique any film. The resource systematically breaks down the film review writing process, provi
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Character Analysis / Study and Characterization Activity
Help your students write a character study or character analysis with this ready to use resource. Works with any novel or short story! These worksheets are easy to differentiate for students of varying abilities and ages and lead students through the process of writing a paragraph or a full essay. A great way to dig deep into a character in a novel or short story. Uses the STEAL acronym to teach students about indirect characterization (Speech, Thoughts, Effect on other, Actions, Looks).FOR
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Bundle - Activities for ANY Short Story
Graphic Organizer Multi-Pack
** NOW INCLUDES TEMPLATES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMOTE LEARNING (GOOGLE SLIDES ONLY) **This fantastic collection contains everything you need to create beautiful, effective, customized graphic organizers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT'S INSIDE:✔ 15 EDITABLE graphic organizer designs: Change the fonts, edit the text, and resize, add, or delete any element on the page.✔ PowerPoint for Windows and
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6th - 12th
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Five Paragraph Essays Lesson Bundle (DISTANCE LEARNING): Unit for ANY Prompt!
Now with Google Slides versions of lessons for distance learning! Students need to learn the rules in order to break them. Teach students about five paragraph essay structure with this bundle of lessons, ready to use before or during ANY essay assignment (or before standardized testing!).Each lesson is intended to be concise and occur in one class period. They are introductory in nature so that you can teach the skill for the very first time, OR use as a quick review to get all of your students
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Informational Writing Informative Essay Explanatory Expository Unit W. Text
Teaching informative / informational writing just got a lot easier! This digital and printable workshop is logically sequenced and packed with mentor texts, examples, videos and explanations and uses simple language. Students will learn the 7 major types of informational text structures. They will choose a topic, an appropriate text structure, and use the step by step templates to craft each paragraph of a full essay.This workshop includes:Text Structures Anchor Chart2 Fun Informational Essays
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6th - 9th
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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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Informational/Research Writing Graphic Organizers Bundle!
Buying this bundle will give you three versions of graphic organizers to help guide your students through writing 5 paragraph essays. It also includes an outline for writing a single paragraph for our developing writers + to reinforce paragraph writing fundamentals.The first version is a simple 5 paragraph outline with reminders to skip a line and indent- perfect for starting your kiddos out and giving them the foundation of organizing a 5 paragraph writing/research piece. The next two versions
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Research-Based Writing for Teens, Use Blog Approach to Practice Research, CCSS
Tired of reading page after page of uninspired research papers? Let’s face it – our kids hate writing research essays, causing us to be exhausted when reading their half-hearted efforts. A far better approach to teach the Common Core informative/explanatory writing skills our students need is to use a blog-style treatment as students practice their research skills on high-interest topics.Begin by introducing the elements of a strong blog post and discussing the unique style of this type of writi
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Annotated Bibliography MLA Format | Evaluate Sources | Summarize Articles
An annotated bibliography helps you make sure your students are reading their source material. This pack contains4 assignment sheets which allow you to choose whether to require one paragraph or 2 paragraph annotations and to choose either a standard 5 source annotated bibliography or fill in your own number of sources.2 Rubrics with and without suggested point values Sample 1 and 2 paragraph annotated bibliography entries.A reference sheet that explains what an annotated bibliography is and ho
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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RACE Short Answer Writing Stations for Middle School
Elevate your middle school ELA students' short answer writing skills with RACE (or RACCE) Short Answer Writing Stations. Our comprehensive stations provide a structured, step-by-step approach to help students master the art of clear, concise short responses.Each station is designed to hone specific skills, including restating, answering, citing, and explaining short answers. The six carefully crafted stations guide students through the process, ensuring they understand how to score and evaluate
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Yearlong Curriculum, Lesson Plans, and Pacing Guide
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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Peer Editing Checklist Review and Feedback Sheets for Multiple Writing Genres
Make peer editing and review focused and effective for your students with these feedback sheets. Rather than using checklists that often result in shallow, vague suggestions, teach the elements of writing with focused tasks that challenge your students to find evidence from the paper.Students will provide better peer reviews, understand the writing requirements as they analyze a peer’s paper, and be able to analyze their own writing more effectively. Each editable task sheet focuses on a speci
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Top 10 End of the Year Writing Activities- 6th, 7th, 8th Grade
Celebrate the end of the school year with this Google Drive resource that invites your middle school students to reflect upon their educational journey and cherish the memories created along the way. Designed to foster introspection and engagement, this activity serves as a perfect finale for the academic year.Upon purchasing this resource, you will gain access to teacher instructions and a convenient link to download the activity in Google Slides. With no preparation required, you can seamlessl
Grades:
6th - 12th
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