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Common Core W.8.2 scaffolded notes
Informational Essay Writing and Thesis Statement Workshops w graphic organizers
5 paragraph informative essay writing and thesis statement centered workshops ELIMINATE all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding and learn to craft a perfect thesis statement every time!These workshops are NOT formulaic. Rather, they teach students to expand their thinking! For the complete essay builder, each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person in
Grades:
6th - 9th
Informative Informational Expository Essay Writing Unit THESIS STATEMENT FOCUSED
This 5 paragraph, thesis statement centered, informative essay writing workshop ELIMINATES all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding using this complete resource designed to build a full essay. Each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person instructions, video links for differentiation, and templates for building paragraphs. This workshop is NOT formulaic
Grades:
6th - 9th
5-Paragraph Essay Mini-lessons: Plan, Slideshow, Guided Notes, & Exit Tickets
Get everything you need to introduce (or review!) 5-paragraph essays with these 5-paragraph Essay Mini-Lessons! This PRINTABLE and DIGITAL resource will eliminate your need to prep--so you and your students can get through essay writing quicker!The included lesson plan breaks everything down from prep work (none required!) to day-to-day lessons.Use the EDITABLE slideshow containing five mini-lessons to walk your students through the formatting, structure, and citations of a 5-paragraph essay. Th
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8th - 11th
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Critical Book Review Project | Book Report | Independent Reading Assessment
This critical book review book report project includes everything you need for a no-prep post-reading assessment. A detailed scaffold walks your students through brainstorming their opinions about the work and drafting their review.A completed sample scaffold and full sample final book review are included. You can provide a copy to each student, or project them on the board and go over them together in class.This resource includes everything you need to teach, assign, and grade a critical book r
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Middle or High School Book Report / Post-reading Projects Bundle
Scholarship Letter: Fun and Authentic Persuasive Writing Unit TEL-Con
Persuasive / Argument Writing now has a fun and authentic purpose! Students will 'apply' for a fictional scholarship to a dream high school. They will write a cover letter in which they convince a scholarship review committee that they are an exceptional student and the perfect candidate for their school.
I have found great success with this writing unit for the past 6 years. Students get to write about what they know best: themselves! They are experts of their own content, which frees them up
Grades:
7th - 10th
Informational Writing 4 and 5 Paragraph Essay and Thesis Statement Workshops
This 4 and 5 paragraph informative essay bundle allows differentiation for struggling and more advanced writers. Your struggling students can learn the same skills on a smaller scale. ELIMINATE all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding and learn to craft a perfect thesis statement every time!These workshops are NOT formulaic. Rather, they teach students to expand their thinking! For these complete essay builders, ea
Grades:
6th - 9th
Middle School Novel Study │ Scythe, The Book │ By Neal Shusterman │ 200+ pages
This comprehensive 200+ page novel study resource facilitates a thorough understanding and appreciation of Neal Shusterman's novel Scythe. Filled with various enticing questions and answers for every chapter, this resource will guide your students through the novel in a way that encourages critical thinking and deep analysis.FREE CHAPTER 1 - Try it out with your classroom!THE IMPORTANCE OF NOVEL STUDIESIncorporating novel studies into your lesson plans can be a valuable way to help students deve
Grades:
8th - 10th
Parts of an Essay INB Foldable and Quiz
This is the perfect resource if you are looking to teach your students the different parts of an essay. Included is a foldable for use in an interactive notebook that contains 8 components of an essay (introduction, hook, link, thesis, topic sentence, transition, conclusion, and restated thesis), a page with definitions for each term, a matching quiz to assess students learning, as well as an answer key.
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7th - 9th
Text Dependent Analysis — TDA Evidence Based Writing: Test Prep, Notes, & Rubric
Prepare your students to write a Text Dependent Analysis — TDA Evidence Based Writing! This lesson with cloze notes is great for test prep and includes a rubric that can be used for any TDA essay. Included with this purchase:1. Powerpoint presentation that explains:What is TDA (text-dependent analysis)What is NOT TDAHow to write an effective TDAIntroduction, Body, and Conclusion ParagraphsHow to write a THESIS The 3 C's: Context, Content, ConnectionRACES acronym: Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain,
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6th - 12th
Research Journal - Teach Research, Citations, and Note Taking with Any Topic!
Are your students struggling to understand the steps involved in a research project? Do you want a way to scaffold and differentiate your lesson to give all students the opportunity to show what they know in a fun and engaging way?This Research Journal will increase your students' engagement and knowledge of the concepts of effective research. Scaffolded graphic organizer are a great way for students to have a quick visual of the steps involved in research, and the Venn Diagram and mind map temp
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2nd - 8th
Informational Informative Explanatory Writing Rubric and Mentor Essay FREE
Informative writing kit for easy scoring/feedback, peer evaluation, and mentor sample evaluation. These tools will help your students quickly and thoroughly learn the elements and process of informational writing. Download for FREE. How to use: Students can color-code the sample essay to find all of the elements such as thesis statement, hook, topic sentences, evidence, elaboration, etc. and discuss as a class or in stations.Students can use the rubric expectations to write their own essays.St
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6th - 10th
Literary Essay and Thesis Statement Workshop
Literary Analysis Essay and Thesis Statement Workshop Bundle: Differentiation Made EASY.Includes 3 leveled essay builder workshops and 3 coordinating thesis statement workshops to meet the needs of all of your students. Each workshop teaches the same elements, with the same topics and content, but are differentiated to manageable levels for struggling, at level, and advanced writers. Three, four, and five paragraph workshops are each highly scaffolded with instructions, examples, graphic organi
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6th - 9th
Informational Writing Informative Essay and Thesis Statement Workshops
Engage your students with these digital informative / informational essay writing and thesis statement writing workshops. This bundle includes everything you need and breaks the writing process down into manageable steps! Simple writing templates guide students in drafting a thesis, introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.This workshop includes:Thesis writing activityStep-by-step instructionsMentor samplesTemplatesEmbedded videosRubricSample essay breakdownLessons Plans and moreNEWLY UPDA
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6th - 9th
Reading Passages With Extended Constructed Response Prompt & Resources Digital
The ultimate STAAR test writing prep for high school, designed to supercharge your writing skills and propel you towards success! This file includes everything you need to excel in your STAAR test, from fiction passages to non-fiction passages, paired passages, and multiple writing prompts. This exercise will enhance your student's ability to synthesize information and develop well-rounded arguments. To help you tackle the writing prompts with confidence, differentiated student rubrics are inclu
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6th - 12th
Informational Writing 4 paragraph Essay
This 4 paragraph, thesis statement centered, informative essay writing workshop ELIMINATES all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding using this complete resource designed to build a full essay. Each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person instructions, video links for differentiation, and templates for building paragraphs. This workshop is NOT formulaic
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Informational Writing and Thesis Statement Workshops 4 Paragraph
AVOID PLAGIARISM Writing Lesson Summarize Paraphrase Quote Notes PPT Practice
Help students gain informational writing skills with this no-prep, 27 page/slide How to Avoid Plagiarism-Summarize, Paraphrase, Quote Writing Lesson. The easy-to-follow Guided Notes process will help students understand ways to avoid plagiarism in their writing by summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting the text. A PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Guided Practice, and & Multiple-Choice Practice/Assessment are included making this a scaffolded approach that uses the “I Do, We Do, You Do” method effec
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3rd - 8th
Ellis Island Interactive Webquest Research Writing Project
This webquest takes students on an interactive tour of Ellis Island. The first 3 pages of the webquest includes guiding focus questions for students to answer as they tour all the rooms of the main building of Ellis Island. Students will view photographs, listen to oral histories, and analyze data. A reflective essay is also included at the conclusion of the essay which allows students to use integrate and cite evidence from the webquest.
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4th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Essay
This literary analysis essay bundle includes 3 leveled workshops to meet the needs of all of your students. Each workshop teaches the same elements, with the same topics and content, but are differentiated to manageable levels for struggling, at level, and advanced writers. Three, four, and five paragraph workshops are each highly scaffolded with instructions, examples, graphic organizers, mentor texts, video links, and plenty of space to build each paragraph. Teacher notes throughout the works
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5th - 9th
PARAGRAPH WRITING LESSON Organized On Topic Notes PPT Practice Test Prep
Help students gain informational and opinion writing skills with this no-prep, 25 page/slide Paragraph Writing-How to Write an Organized Paragraph. The easy-to-follow Guided Notes process will help students understand and practice how to write a clear, on-topic paragraph with an introduction, supporting details, and a conclusion. A PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Guided Practice, and & Multiple-Choice Practice/Assessment are included making this an engaging scaffolded approach that uses the “I Do,
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3rd - 8th
Growing Poetry BUNDLE! Templates for Tone, Theme, Mood Across Texts & More!
ADDED 10/3/23: Mood & Tone graphic organizer and two poem comparison task based on poetry by Sara Teasdale.ADDED 7/13/23: Types of Poems graphic organizer!ADDED 10/29/22: Close Reading & Poetry Analysis Practice (good for all high school analysis, but especially Pre-AP English); includes these Cornell Notes with abbreviations for common literary terms and words/marks related to note-taking! Contains scaffolded examples and answer keys.Mood, tone and poetry itself can be challenging, but
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7th - 12th
Expository Essay Graphic Organizer PDF & 60+ Essay Prompts
Need a print or digital resource that provides a solid and easy-to-follow structure to base your teaching of informative / expository essay writing in a clear and concise way? This essay writing organizer has been designed to simplify and streamline the essay writing process for students and for you, teachers! It's completely no-prep, you can print and teach straight away, combining at any stage of an expository / informative writing unit.The organizer is broken down into a 4-step procedure that
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Expository Writing Unit Resources Lesson Plans Worksheets 7-12
Informational Writing 4 and 5 Paragraph Essay Workshops
This 4 and 5 paragraph informative essay builder bundle allows differentiation for struggling and more advanced writers. Your struggling students can learn the same skills on a smaller scale. ELIMINATE all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding and learn to craft a perfect thesis statement every time!These workshops are NOT formulaic. Rather, they teach students to expand their thinking! For these complete essay build
Grades:
6th - 9th
State Testing: How to Breakdown a Written Prompt
Use this PPT to present to students! This Powerpoint highlights the three types of PCRs students will be required to respond to on state assessments. Based on the complexity of the language used, and the "wordiness" of the sample prompts, this PowerPoint provides helpful suggestions for both teachers, and students to break down what is being asked of them.In order to break down, or "unpack" a prompt students should follow four easy steps, highlighted here. This PowerPoint includes three samples,
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Informational Writing and Thesis Statement Workshops 4 Paragraph
These 4 paragraph informative essay writing and thesis statement workshops ELIMINATE all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding and learn to craft a perfect thesis statement every time!These workshops are NOT formulaic. Rather, they teach students to expand their thinking! For the complete essay builder, each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person instr
Grades:
6th - 9th
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