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Argumentative Essay Writing (PowerPoint)
This 26-page PowerPoint Presentation provides comprehensive instruction for your students on how to write an argumentative essay. In accordance with core curriculum content standards, it introduces essential terms, explains the difference between persuasion and argument, explores methods of research, teaches how to craft a counterclaim, as well as provide students with a number of argumentative samples and prompts from the New York Times. With a touch of humor and kinesthetic opportunities, th
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6th - 9th
The Chosen - A Complete Teaching Unit Bundle
This is an extremely thorough, complete teaching unit of Chaim Potok's novel The Chosen. It is suitable for middle and high school.
In this jam-packed bundle, you'll find:
20 Vocabulary Words for each of the three parts (Books) of the novel
30 In-Depth, Analytical Questions for each of the three Books
Definitions of all of the vocabulary words
Answers to all of the questions
A test on Books 1-2 and an answer key
Writing prompts for a 5-paragraph essay
Ten post-reading activities
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8th - 11th
How to Write a Thesis Statement / Guidelines for a Thesis Challenged
A thesis statement (TS) is a guide map to your entire paper. It provides a mini-summary of the paper’s content. It allows the reader to know in advance how the paper is organized. It lets the reader know why he/she should care. (The “So What?”)This presentation gives the teachers and students a practical guide to writing a better thesis statement and essay.This presentation guides the learners through several exercises and activities to distinguish a good thesis statement from a weak one. Thi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Comparison or Contrast Essay / A Complete Guide from Planning to Drafting
This presentation is a complete guide to writing a comparison or contrast essay.This presentation introduces the basics of this type of writing, and it guides the learners through all the steps of pre-writing and choosing the topic to write about.This presentation also introduces the ways of planning and organizing the essay,This presentation also gives the teachers and the students a wide range of topics that they can choose from ranging from literature to art and music in addition to history.
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6th - 10th, Staff
Developing a Thesis Statement / Setting a Purpose for Your Writing
When you write, your mission is to create a focused, clear message, brimming with quality ideas.In information/ expository writing, this focused message can often be captured in a nutshell in your thesis statement.A thesis statement:tells your reader exactly what you are writing aboutkeeps you, the writer, pointed in the right direction.This presentation is a guide for the students that explains to them the thesis statement.This presentation includes several exercises that allow the students
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Thesis Statement / How to State your Opinion Wisely in the Introduction
This presentation is a guide for all the students to explain an important part of the essay which is the thesis statement. Through several activities and exercises, this presentation guides the learners to distinguish a good thesis statement from a broad statement that is not correctly written. This presentation guides the students to sharpen and improve the quality of their writing.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Write-On to an Essay / Taking the First Steps to Writing an Essay.
This resource is a presentation that guides the students through the process of writing.Following a step-by-step approach, this presentation explains each step and allows the students to practice this step and develop their skills. The titles in this presentation include the following:Step 1- Deconstruct the promptDeconstruct the prompt PracticeStep 2- Pre-WritePre-Write PracticeStep 3 Create a ThesisThe Three Rules of a Good ThesisThesis Types to AvoidPractice and exercises about thesis stateme
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
What is a Paragraph? A Guide for Writing a Well-Organized Paragraph
This lesson in writing introduces the basics of writing a paragraph and an essay to middle school students.This presentation guides the learners through examples of well-developed paragraphs to improve their writing skills. This lesson also introduces the components of a paragraphThe topic SentenceThe Main IdeaThe Supporting DetailsThe Sensory DetailsUnity Coherence Elaboration
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6th - 9th
How to Write a Compare Contrast Essay
How to Write a Compare/Contrast Essay
This is a powerpoint that will talk you through how to write a compare/contrast essay following the keyhole essay format. With examples (and pictures!) from "How to Train Your Dragon," students are shown the basic premise/outline of a keyhole essay, work on an outline themselves, look at a rough draft of a compare/contrast essay, and then see how to edit/improve the essay into a better 2nd draft.
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5th - 12th
6th Grade ELA Interactive Notebook: Literary Terms
This PowerPoint Presentation includes notes on all of the literature standards in Georgia's 6th Grade ELA standards. Also included are mini-activities to practice and reinforce the content. I used this as an interactive notebook: input (notes) on the left hand page, output (activities) on the right hand page. When completed, students had a resource to study for the CRCT. I created this and used it in the month prior to the CRCT and had a 100% pass rate on the ELA CRCT and a 96% pass rate on the
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6th
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Relationships Poetry Anthology PowerPoint Slides (CCEA Board).
This 155-slide PPT contains all of the poems in the CCEA Relationships cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet.There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the PPT contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and d
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8th - 12th
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Ready Made Presentation - Understanding Context - 20 Minute Lesson Ready To Edit
Ready Made Presentation - Understanding Context Book and School Theme - Ready to Edit! Fully Customizable -This product includes 23 slides - type to edit and add your details.Also included are digital stickers that you may use for district, campus, classroom, marketing, flyers, and parent, and teacher meetings.Save Time, and work Smarter! Ready to Edit, type in your information.This product is available for immediate download as a PowerPoint file.This product also comes with multiple education-
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Essay Writing Tips/ A Guide for Writing Essays for Students
Is this you????You don’t answer the question – you use a one-size-fits-all essay and pretend that it answers the question, or you just waffle on about anything vaguely related to the topic.You have a ‘good understanding’ of the subject – but you still can’t write an essay.You write ‘too little’ – what you write is good, but how can you be given top marks if you don’t say half as much as another student?You keep repeating yourself instead of developing your ideas further - you’ve got nothing more
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Conflict Poetry Anthology PowerPoint Slides (CCEA Board).
This 141-page slide PPT contains all of the poems in the Conflict cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the PPT contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discu
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8th - 12th
The One and Only Ivan RACE SCR and ECR Novel Study Guide Practice Questions
This companion guide to The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate includes:✅ 18 short constructed response questions ✅ 2 informational extended constructed response questions✅ 1 argumentative extended constructed response questionThe question stems are modeled after STAAR and are written for every few chapters. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I appreciate honest feedback so much! TPT gives you credits in exchange for reviews to lower the cost of future purchases. Click on the Provide Feedback button and give a rating
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3rd - 6th
Thesis Statement / The Key to a Coherent Essay
This presentation is a guide to the students for writing a clear and strong thesis statement that will enhance their writing and improve the quality of their writing.This presentation explains to the students what a thesis statement is and how to improve the quality of this thesis statement.This presentation allows the students the chance to practice writing and developing strong thesis statements.
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Thesis Statement / The Road Map to your Essay
This resource is a lesson in writing the thesis statement which is the key sentence and the most important sentence in the essay.The thesis statement is the road map of the essay.This is a guide that teaches the students and guides them to write clear and effective thesis statements.Through a number of activities and exercises that teach the students about the thesis statement and how to recognize a thesis statement and later to write and place it correctly in the paragraph
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Thesis Statement / A Sentence Worth More Than a Thousand Words
This presentation is a guide to the students for writing a clear and strong thesis statement that will enhance their writing and improve the quality of their writing. This presentation explains to the students what a thesis statement is and how to improve the quality of this thesis statement. This presentation allows the students the chance to practice writing and developing strong thesis statements.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements
This presentation introduces the students to the process of choosing and writing a valid thesis statementThis presentation addresses middle and high school students.This presentation includes tips and examples that explain the process of writing a thesis statement.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
How to Write an Effective Thesis Statement? A Practical Guide for Students
This presentation is meant to teach the students an important and basic skill to develop their writing which is writing a thesis statement. This presentation guides the students to learn about the thesis statement and its function in an essay. This presentation explains what a valid thesis statement and it provide the students with the opportunity to distinguish thesis statements from other sentences.Then this presentation gives the students the opportunity to write their thesis statements.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Thesis Statement / What is it? How to Write it? A Practical Guide
The Thesis statement is the central, controlling idea of a paper.It is a statement that someone wants to discuss or prove.It commits a writer to:– stay within the bounds of his main idea.– support it with either concrete evidence or sound logic.– follow a predicated order and emphasis in organizing his essay.This writing presentation explains to the students what the thesis statement is and how to write a clear and strong thesis statement.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing The Thesis Statement / An Interactive Presentation to Teach Writing
This presentation teaches the students the skill of writing a clear thesis statement.The Thesis Statement is the guide or the road map of the essay, as it tells the reader where the essay is going and what are the ideas or topics that will be discussed in the body paragraphs. This presentation teaches the students the basics of a good thesis statement and how it functions in the essay. This presentation also includes a quiz that tests the students understanding of what the thesis is through aski
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Basics of Essay Writing for Middle School Students / Guidelines & Sample
This presentation introduces the basics of essay writing to middle school students. This presentation includes the guidelines for writing a well-organized and coherent paragraph. This presentation also includes samples of well-written paragraphs.
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5th - 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! :)
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3rd - 8th
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