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High school writing-expository study guide pdfs
Textual Evidence Student Handbook: MLA Style In-text Citations
Provides students with a reference for the following. Please note, there are not worksheets or assessments included in this. Just a 10 page reference booklet.1. Lesson 1: Introduction to Textual Evidence -What is it? -When do we use it? -Why does it matter? -Different kinds fo textual evidence (quotes, paraphrasing, reference)2. Lesson 2: Citing your Sources - Intro to MLA style - In-text citation rules for citing books and web pages, with original examples, inc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Study Unit to be used with The Circle by Dave Eggers
This fantastic unit has everything you need to teach Dave Eggers' stunning novel: The Circle.
Included in this packet you will find: An extensive vocabulary list, study guides, quizzes, a test, discussion questions, five (yes, FIVE!) different essay topics and rubrics, a project, and a bonus project for your students to complete.
Your work will be "complete" after purchasing this unit. Enjoy!
* This product was updated on April 6th, 2016. It now includes essay questions on the test and possi
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Source Cards MLA Format Reference Sheets & Practice with Easel Activity
Research skills using Source Cards and Information Required. Handout with Practice Activity. Help students organize notes and write bibliography in MLA format. This handout will help students identify what information they will need to put on their source cards when they take notes for a research paper and use to write a bibliography using MLA format. This is an important step in the research process. Digital Resource and Print: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. A
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6th - 9th
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From Idea to Page-Turner! Learn how to create a plot to thrill your readers!
Hello Teachers! This eBook is an in-depth, comprehensive resource on plot development and how to structure a story arc. Designed for ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING students, most appropriate for those in grades 11 & 12, but possibly 10th grade. Think of those students who are passionate and dedicated to their writing. If you have a student that fits that description then this eBook is for them and you! From Idea to Page-Turner is a comprehensive approach to plot and story arc development. In this
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
MLA Format Reference Guide
MLA reference guide for students writing research papers and essays using Modern Language Association (MLA) format. Includes general guidelines for margins, font and spacing, how the heading, title and page numbers should be formatted, and how to make citations for both long and short quotations, tables, and figures. Includes information on creating a Works Cited page, optional cover page, and body of paper. Handy reference guide on the basics of MLA format. Please see preview. Related Products
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romeo and Juliet - Complete Student Packet
Save yourself plenty of time creating worksheet after worksheet, and running to the copier over and over again. This complete Romeo and Juliet Unit is visually engaging with challenging work that puts the student incharge of understanding the text. The Unit included a long-term writing assignment on quotations from the text with exemplar; Act-by-Act questions; literary terms for plays; prologue activity; note space for characters and their character traits; pre-produced themes with note space;
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Thesis Statements /An Interactive Activity to Develop Effective Writing
Given the definition and components of a thesis statement, along with a sample writing prompt with pre-written thesis statements, students will be able to distinguish the better of three thesis statements by correctly identifying it.This resource is an interactive presentation that guides the students to learn about the good thesis statement and how to write a thesis statement and develop their writing skills.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Thanksgiving Opinion Writing Prompts & Sample Model Paragraph
Introducing our engaging and educational digital product, "Thanksgiving Opinion Writing Prompts & Sample Model Paragraphs." This PDF resource is designed for teachers, parents, and educators seeking to enhance students' opinion paragraph writing skills while exploring Thanksgiving-related topics. With five comprehensive pages, it serves as both a step-by-step guide and a model to facilitate effective and thoughtful writing.Product Features:Two Thoughtful Writing Prompts: This resource includ
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Grades:
K - 12th
Also included in:Â Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle Activities Middle School
Movie Analysis Guide and Workbook - How to critically analyze a movie
Watching movies is fun. Analyzing movies – not so much. But movie analysis has to be a crucial part of your research, especially if you want to use it as a source of information for your research. This workbook-style resource aims at teaching your students how to critically analyze a movie. Studying movies will not only be easy peasy lemon squeezy with this workbook but it will also be a rewarding experience where they learn to think and analyze various aspects of the movie rhetorically.This res
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7th - 10th
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Rhetorical Analysis Terms, Quiz, and Game
This activity consists of an essential list of Rhetorical Analysis terms for AP Language or for General/Honors/ Advanced English, a handout to write answers for a quiz, and a printable maze game with included game cards and game instructions.Teachers can use the list as a handout to give to students and as a guide to give quick review quizzes. The handout for quizzes is set up for three quizzes total. After the quiz(zes), students and the teacher work together to correct the quiz and play the
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9th - 12th
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Constructed Response, Editing, Revising, Text Evidence, Writing Guides
Reminders for Editing using CUPS Capitalization tells you to remember when to put on your Capitalization Cap and state, "Capital" before reading each proper noun orally.Usage is your subject verb agreement, checking for past, present, future, and singular or plural clues within the passage or paragraph.Punctuation allows you to think of periods, exclamations, and questions as red stop signs at the end of streets, which are the words of each complete sentence.The yellow punctuation marks remin
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3rd - 10th
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Helpful Hints / Guidelines for Writing/ The Basics of Writing in a Nutshell
This short precise and good guide will save teachers and learners a lot of time. It presents the basics of the writing process in a nutshell for all the learners. This guide includes the following topics: Four Types of Writing Narrative DescriptivePersuasiveExpository Writing ProcessEssay Structure Forms of Support Creative Beginnings Effective Endings Transition Words ISAT Writing Rubrics ISAT Writing Checklist (Persuasive)ISAT Writing Checklist (Narrative)
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6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writng - Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer
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 in PDF format.For an editable version in Microsoft Word (docx) please use the listing below.Editable Version
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
LISTS OF TRANSITIONAL WORDS BY PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION
THIS POSTER LIST TRANSITIONAL WORDS WHICH ARE SIGNAL WORDS FOR THE WRITER OR READER TO KNOW THE TYPE OF WRITING PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION OUGHT TO FOLLOW. THERE ARE FIVE PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATIONS EACH WITH ITS UNIQUE STYLE AND ITS SIGNAL WORDS. PERFECT FOR THE CLASSROOM LANGUAGE AREA.
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5th - 12th
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Expository Essay Quick Reference Guide to organization
UPDATED Dec. 2014! :)
This is a 4 page piece reference guide for writing an expository essay that is NOT text based that:
1. Explains what an expository essay is
2. Gives key tipsand information on what should be in an essay: focus, organization, support, conventions
3. Provides support sentence starters
4. Gives a copyrighted organization checklist that is an outline for an expository essay that is NOT text based.
5. Shows a model essay using the outline.
6. Shows the same model essay
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
APUSH Long Essay Tutorial: French and Indian War
This lesson will introduce students to prewriting and writing strategies with the intent to improve writing scores on the Long Essay.
It is designed for a 90 minute teaching period.
The presentation includes a discussion of the rubric, prewriting strategies, a lesson in context, and an example essay. The only preparation required is to print cut the context cards on the French and Indian War to hand out to students for reading.
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10th - 11th
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Death of a Salesman Student Packet With Teacher Resources
This 33-page document includes the materials needed for a unit on Death of a Salesman. The unit is challenging and packed with rigorous assignments. The unit includes: a student packet with a unit overview of assignments, ranging from required assignments to optional choices; challenging unit questions; and space for note-taking. The materials that are included for the unit: notes on the American Dream theme; 5 different poems that reflect on different parts of the play; teacher notes on char
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Guide to Writing Effective Expository and Persuasive Essays
A complete guide to all aspects of writing expository and persuasive essays!
Takes the student step-by-step through the planning and writing together with plenty of sample prompts and activities which allow students to practice skills and techniques.
The emphasis is on the five-paragraph essay (with particular mention of timed tests), but it is stressed throughout that the skills and techniques covered are the basis of good writing at all levels.
This is a handbook, a compendium, a synthesis o
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8th - 11th, Staff
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Writing Test Prep - 4 Genre Outlines
This one-page worksheet includes outlines for students to review the 4 writing genres (Narrative, Response to Literature, Persuasive, and Summary) in preparation for a writing assessment. Answer key is also provided.
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4th - 9th
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Writing Fundamentals/ A Comprehensive Writing Guide for Intermediate Learners
This is a comprehensive writing guide that can be used by intermediate school learners and it helps them understand and practice the basics of writing in simple direct steps that improve their writing skills and address the problems that they are likely to face in their writing tasks. The contents of this booklet are :Chapter 1 Sentence Review Chapter 2 Purpose of Writing Chapter 3 Steps in the Writing ProcessChapter 4 The ParagraphChapter 5 Paragraph Characteristics Chapter 6 Types of Paragraph
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6th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Rainbow Writing 5-Paragraph Essay Guide
This is a guide for understanding 5-paragraph essay structure using the rainbow writing technique.
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3rd - 9th, Adult Education
Alan King's Swarm: Annotate, Discuss, and Write!
This lesson comes with the following:A suggested poem(5) Highlight and Annotate guides(5) Discussion GuidesA Persuasive Essay promptAn Expository Essay promptYour students can complete this assignment independently or small groups. Once your students read and discuss the poem, they can use their knowledge of the poem and discussion to construct an essay. This is a complete lesson that will make your week easy, engaging, and rigorous. Not to mention, this lesson is culturally responsive, not just
Grades:
7th - 12th
Paragraph Development (Writing)
Defines the term "paragraph" plus how to build paragraphs along with different types of paragraphs and relationship words for each. Included are: General, Analysis, Chronology, Least to most important, Most to least important, Logical, Subordinating, Coordinating. Easy to follow with examples of styles given.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
SAGE Utah State Test Review for 9th & 10th grade English Language Arts Writing
This is a review packet for the Utah State test SAGE for 9th and 10th grade English Language Arts writing standards (writing argumentative and writing informational).
The packet review goes over the general outline of the essays, contains a practice essay, and some questions about formatting.
This could also be used for any writing review for tests or essays
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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