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Middle school writing-essays scaffolded notes for Microsoft Word
Writing an Introduction Paragraph: Graphic Organizer
Every time my students begin writing their essays, they always get stuck on their introduction paragraphs. They stare at their blinking cursors or unmoving pens and constantly tell me, "I don't know how to start!" It's easy to go over hook sentences, connecting sentences and writing a thesis. It's easy to give practice versions of these three introduction elements (and students seem to get it). But once they are confronted with their own paper, their minds go blank.
This graphic organizer h
Grades:
7th - 12th
Lucy Calkins Readers Workshop-Literary Essay Graphic Organizer Theme & Character
This graphic organizer can be used for a literary argumentative writing unit. The graphic organizer shows students how to plan and organize an argumentative essay with a thesis statement, reasons, evidence and analysis to support the claim.
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4th - 9th
Stamp Act Introduction Web Quest
I created this Web Quest to introduce my students to the Stamp Act. The Web Quest includes 1 video link with questions, 2 websites with questions, a link to an online quiz that follows one of the websites, and an optional essay that can be completed using the information found in the Web Quest. This could be a great stand alone lesson or as an introduction to the Revolutionary War. My students really enjoyed the web quest and better understood the feelings of the colonists and reasons for their
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5th - 8th
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5 Paragraph Argumentative Essay Scaffold With Citation Help
I was inspired by a Kate Kinsella workshop that I attended and created this scaffolded essay template. I wanted my sixth-grade and seventh-grade students to write a five-paragraph argumentative essay that included spaces for citing their research. This template is entirely full of sentence frames, and both gifted, ELL, and SPED students enjoyed this activity.What's great about this template is the fact that you can edit it as needed. I highly recommend providing students with a writing checklist
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5th - 8th
Expository Research Essay Self-Editing and Revising Checklist
This document is strategically made so that the teacher can look at the student's paper at a glance to "check it in" and actually see if it was done or not because there are several steps that involve highlighting, underlining, circling, etc...The teacher can immediately see whether or not it was done, without having to actually read it for revisions-GENIUS! It works AWESOME and it makes reviewing them literally 5 seconds or less per student. If they have it completed, they are advanced to the
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6th - 12th
6th Grade Lucy Calkins Literary Essay Writing Unit Bend 1 'Cheat Sheets'
The Calkins' writer's workshop is a great teaching model to use with students. However, it takes a lot of time to go through each lesson, plan, and organize. The hard work has been done for you! Attached you will find cheat sheets for all of Bend 1 for the Literary Essay Writing Unit.
As teachers, we have limited time! When I was faced with teaching Calkins writing units, I felt overwhelmed by the information. There is a lot to read! This resource was created to help teachers save time when tr
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6th
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Also included in: 6th Grade Lucy Calkins Literary Essay Writing Unit Bundle
COMPLETE UNIT ON LOGIC!
Help your students discover that there is more to arguing than rage and shouting!
This unit is the product of 3 years of writing, revising, experimenting, and more revising. It is a complete unit covering logical syllogisms, fallacies, turning syllogisms into arguments/persuasive essays, refutations, helpful starters and quizzes and notes, and a fun activity with bumper stickers. This is my all-time favorite unit to teach, and it really pushes students to add complexity to their views and to o
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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A Christmas Carol Argumentative Essay Prompt and Sentence Starters
Students will write an argumentative essay arguing which spirit had the greatest influence in changing Scrooge. These sentence starters will assist students to write their essay with clear and relevant evidence and proper transitions.
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7th
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SECONDARY ENGLISH PERSUASIVE ESSAY SCAFFOLDING TOOL
This template was developed to help students who just didn't know where to start when faced with writing a persuasive essay. The prompts allow students to gradually develop each paragraph, follow step-by-step instructions and receive guidance at every stage by submitting one page at a time for teacher or peer feedback. Once the scaffold is complete, the student can remove the teacher-written prompts and be left with a free-standing essay of their very own!
Of course this template can be adapte
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8th - 11th
EDITABLE Opinion/Argument Essay Frame
This is a great way to scaffold argument writing for students at the beginning of a unit. I use it in conjunction with the Lucy Calkins Argument Unit of Study along with the SRSD OREO or TREE strategy. I noticed my students were just plopping down evidence into their essays, but not organizing it at all. This is a great way to give them some help organizing their essay, before asking them to do it on their own!
This can be edited to fit INFORMATIONAL WRITING AS WELL!
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Informational Essay Outline- Extended Response
This is an outline and guideline to help guide students while writing a five paragraph informational essay. I created this to help my students visualize what to needs to go next when they are writing their essays and what needs to go in each paragraph and also each sentence. I hope this helps your kids as much as it has helped mine! :)
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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3 Paragraph Argumentative Essay Scaffold
I was inspired by a Kate Kinsella workshop that I attended and created this scaffolded essay template. I wanted my sixth-grade and seventh-grade students who are designated ELLs and those with an IEP to write an argumentative essay that included spaces for citing their research. I found that five paragraphs could be too long for some of my students with special needs, so I created a three paragraph version. This template is entirely full of sentence frames for ELL and SPED students who need shor
Grades:
5th - 8th
Literary Analysis Word Bank
This resource provides students with a condensed and manageable list of analytical words. Instead of students repeating the same analytical verbs and words to describe analysis, this resource allows students to have options. I have my students put a sheet protector around each page and then place it in the front of their binder. I have found that by having this handy resource available and organized into easy categories, my students experiment with new analytical words. My students love this res
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: AP Lang Tools for 2020 online Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Developing and Creating Research Questions
This is a great group of lesson worksheets that will help students understand the definition of a research question why a research question is necessary.
1. Students will take guided notes on research questions (all answers are Tracking Markup notes on the side--Review-->Original Showing Markup)
2. Students will see examples of good and bad research questions and write what they notice about each.
3. Students will see examples and turn each example into a great research question
4. Student
Grades:
8th - 12th
Informational/Expository Essay Graphic Organizer
Editable! This graphic organizer has sections for the introduction (hook, background information, thesis), body paragraphs (topic sentence, evidence, analysis, closing sentence), and conclusion (restated thesis statement, summarize main points, look to the future).
Grades:
4th - 6th
Practicing "Argument" through TED Talks
This is just a template for students to analyze an argument given in a persuasive (argumentative) speech. Basically, you as the teacher go onto ted.com and pick 3 talks that are relevant for your students to listen to. They range in length from 6-45 minutes, so be careful on the ones that you choose to show them. These speeches are easy to follow, and most of them are given by engaging people using an argumentative structure. It really helps kids to figure out what an argument is, and how it wor
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8th - 12th
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Thesis Statements for Argumentative Essays
Use Argumentative Essays to explore the components of a good Thesis Statement…topic+opinion+claim to answer a question.
Use an essay skeleton to examine the overall role of a Thesis.
Analyze the difference between a Thesis Statement and a Topic Sentence, using a Venn Diagram.
Use three methods to transfer a 1st person argument (I say) into a 3rd person, objective argument (They say) to create a convincing Thesis.
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6th - 12th
Character Analysis Essay Graphic Organizer
Teaching students to write remains the most challenging task that secondary teachers encounter. I have had great success with this chart, and it may help you as well.
This graphic organizer offers prompts that students may follow that show the purpose of every sentence in an essay.
It is uploaded as a Word document so you may scaffold or mold to your curriculum and instruction.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
ALARM Exam Written Response Matrix for Physical Education
ALARM stands for “A Learning And Responding Matrix”
It is a very helpful scaffold that provides a framework for learning, breaking down of tasks, feedback and reflection for students and teachers. Students can use this technique to help with their abilities in writing extended written responses for assessment tasks and in examination questions
One emphasis of ALARM is empowering students to identify the Board of Studies key words. By understanding the key words, students will then know what is
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7th - 12th, Staff
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Writing - Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer (Editable)
This Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Organizer allows students to follow a sequence of steps for writing those essays. Great for ELA or Social Studies or any subject for this type of essay. This version is formatted in Microsoft Word (docx) so it is editable for your use.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Crabbe by William Bell - Summative Assignment - Opinion Essay
Crabbe by William Bell - Summative Assignment - Opinion Essay(editable Word doc)This summative assignment is designed to be completed once the novel is completed. Students have two choices in terms of what they'd like to write about: changes/growth in Crabbe or how teenagers deal with their problems. This product also includes the following:- Clear instructions and steps to follow- Essay requirements- Due Date Schedule (for every step required to take in the writing process)- Structured brainst
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Crabbe by William Bell - Novel Unit Resources
Editable Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer
Hello Super Teachers! Are you looking for a graphic organizer to help students write their drafts with more detail and structure? Well, here it is! This is an editable Microsoft Word file that can be made into as many paragraphs as you would like. The original file is for a 5-paragraph opinion essay (introduction, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion). I used this with my third grade class so I kept the terms simple. Feel free to make this file fit your needs. Enjoy!
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3rd - 8th
5 Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizer Outline With Directions and Supports
This is a 5 paragraph essay graphic organizer that walks the students through the brainstorming process with helpful hints as they go. The body paragraphs have spots to fill in to ensure all supporting details are used. This organizer helps students to be more independent in the writing process. This is helpful for the emergent learner. I use this with my middle school Language Arts classes.
Grades:
5th - 8th
The Giver - Model Body Paragraph essay
A model body paragraph response to the essay question - How does Lory explore the importance of emotions in The Giver? The paragraph is colour-coded, aiding students to see the use of signposting for textual evidence and the textual evidence to support discussion, identification of the topic and linking sentence, the integration of relevant context, explicit engagement with the question etc. The purchase includes a student copy and a teacher's answer sheet.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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