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High school writing-essays task card pdfs
Writing an Argumentative Claim or Thesis Statement: Lesson and Activities
The thesis statement or argumentative claim is the backbone of solid writing! If your students' claims are lacking in confidence, knowledge, clarity, or formality, this mini unit is what you need!This thesis statement (argumentative claim) lesson focuses specifically on writing solid, effective thesis statements for argumentative essays. I use it as part of the pre-writing process as students are researching their topic.ARGUMENTATIVE CLAIM / THESIS STATEMENT MINI UNIT CONTENTS:*This mini unit us
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Argumentative Writing Unit Bundle for Middle and High School
Embedding Quotations in Research Papers - MLA and Writing Practice Activities
Students can ALWAYS use more practice when it comes to citing and embedding direct quotes in research papers. These stations are flexibly designed to give students the practice they need to level up blending MLA direct quotes. WHAT THIS IS:Flexible!Consider this a big practice bundle, full of everything you can think of for integrating MLA direct quotes in research writing. You can use these as stations, but they are not intended to all be used in one day! Allow students to choose the skills the
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8th - 10th
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Counter-Claim Rebuttal Task Cards
These task cards give students quick practice writing counter-claims and rebuttals. I have used this to begin writing CC's and Rebuttals before starting an essay and as a review activity. With enough cards for a standard class, this activity can be done individually or in groups. This package included 30 task cards; 15 counter claim cards and 15 rebuttal cards. An optional student response sheet is available for purchase as well (95 cents).
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7th - 10th
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Peer Feedback Essay Revision Activity
Do your students struggle to revise their writing or offer meaningful peer-feedback? This revision activity guides students in providing peer feedback through the use of color-coding, checklists, and task cards to improve their essay writing! With a clear outline of "Feedback Do's and Don'ts" and steps to providing feedback, students can successfully collaborate to enhance their literary analysis, research, or explanatory essays.With specific colors representing each line of the essay, both teac
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle for Literary Analysis
Find The Claim! Digital Task Card Activities Google Slides and Google Classroom
***** Click here to see this item in printable form: Find the Claim! Task CardsIn the Common Core State Standards middle and high school students are being asked to write arguments where they can write a claim that is supported by evidence. Many students find this difficult. To help them, it is easier to teach them to identify a claim and its evidence before they are asked to create one.Enclosed you will find 16 digital task cards. Each task card contains a controversial topic and evidence fr
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Claim, Counterclaim, and Evidence Bundle!!!!
Writing Arguments (Persuasive) Task Cards {CCSS}
Dear Teacher,
This is a collection of task cards meant to assist in the practice the essential elements of a successful persuasive letter or essay. They are meant for students who are already familiar with persuasive writing, and who need a refresher before beginning writing. I hope your students get a feel for how to best utilize all the ways they can make their writing more convincing, and learn how to write for or against something, even if they don’t agree with it (one of the hardest things
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7th - 10th
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Thesis Statement Scoot Game/Task Cards
This game is the best way to give students intensive practice writing thesis statements. The game format and creative topics lend entertainment to a skill most students don't enjoy learning or practicing. It's easy to set up and easy to play. The cards can also be used as task cards. High school students give it a thumbs up!
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8th - 12th
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Middle School Journal Prompt Task Cards
This packet includes 100 journal writing task cards for middle school students!These can be assigned to students in class or as an out of class assignment each nine weeks. They can be used as early finishers or station work!Middle school students need an opportunity to write freely without fear of correction or judgement, and this is the perfect way to accomplish that goal!Simply print, laminate, and use throughout the school year!Let's be Friends!Oh So Simple ELA BlogOh So Simple ELA PinterestO
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6th - 9th
Persuasive Writing Prompts for Argument Essays with Checklist
Persuasive and Argument Essay Writing Prompts Handouts. Use this 4-page handout to give students many different choices for writing an argument or opinion piece. Use the essay prompts separately for different writing assignments. 30 persuasive writing prompts that gets them writing. Has the persuasive essay writing prompts in a list on the handout sheets and on 30 separate cards with two editable blank ones. Add your own, just type in the form. Also has a handout with 40 additional prompts for
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle for Middle Grades
Writing TASKS to Improve CC SKILLS, SET ONE. Grades 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
WRITING TASKS To IMPROVE ALL CC SKILLS – SET ONE – is part of our WRITE ALL YEAR SERIES. These 35 Skills-BASED Writing Task cards are student centered. They allow for 7 weeks of writing opportunities, all in a nifty Task Card package.These “Writing Tasks to Improve all CC Skills” Cards INCLUDE: VARIED ESSAY, WRITING, RESEARCH, NOTATION, and even CREATIVE TASKS for well-rounded students.Practice makes perfect! This resource - SET ONE - is themed “Wacky Holiday Observances” and includes interesti
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7th - 12th
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Citing and Embedding Text Evidence Choice Board Assessments
This creative assessment for citing text evidence is a fun way to get your students practicing their in-text citations! There are two boards, one for citing text evidence and one for embedding quotations within writing! This choice board is part of my Citing Text Evidence Unit! Click here to learn more about this full unit! This choice board is also explained further in my blog post: No lonely quotes! Engaging and Creative Ways to Teach Citing and Embedding Quotations. Follow my store by clickin
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6th - 11th
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Revision Stations for any Essay
Students work through six essay revision stations including content and analysis, command of evidence, organization and style, control of conventions, peer conference, and teacher conference. Each station includes a task card checklist so students can independently work to improve their writing. A teacher conference stations allows you to work with each student over the course of two class days, which can save you grading time later on! For more great products from Read it. Write it. Learn it. c
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Writing Revision Stations Bundle for Every Genre
Personal Narrative Writing Checklist for High School - PDF and digital!!
Personal narrative writing checklist to help ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders through the narrative writing process.Includes:-A PDF version to print and copy-A digital version that can be directly assigned on Google Classroom and completed on a device to support distance learningSupports self-monitoring and self-reflection.Includes student-friendly word bank of transition words.Aligned to 9th grade through 12th grade writing standards.SAVE 50% when you buy the FULL YEAR high school wr
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9th - 12th
Also included in: High School Writing Checklists FULL YEAR BUNDLE! - PDF or digital
Problem/Conflict Task Cards for Pre-Writing/Planning in Narrative Writing
These task cards are the perfect solution for giving students a place to start, plan, or set their Narrative Short Story, Realistic Fiction Essay, free write and more! With over 40 problems/conflicts a main character could be placed in, the options for using these cards are unlimited - writers will love turning their main character into a wild animal or explain what happens when their character gets trapped in a school overnight! They're super simple- Just print, copy on cardstock, laminate and
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4th - 12th
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Informative Essay Outline | Guided Text-Based Informative Writing
Informative Writing, Writing Practice, Writing Process, Writing Checklist, Writing Paper, Writing Activities, Writing Center, Writing, Writing Template, Informational Writing✨ Elevate your students' essay-writing skills with this comprehensive resource, which includes task cards and an adaptable graphic organizer: Walk students through each step of crafting a well-structured informative text-dependent essay, from deconstructing the prompt to formulating a powerful thesis, constructing body para
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7th - 12th
Argumentative Writing Activity - Persuasive Essay Task Cards
Are you working on writing argumentative essays in your middle school classroom and are wanting something engaging and easy to gain your students attention? This resource will engage students by assigning them a task card with a student-centered topic, encouraging peer discussion, and then ending with a writing activity.An example and step-by-step instructions are included. This is a perfect introduction to an argumentative or persuasive essay unit. Task cards could also be used to assign writin
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5th - 9th
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30 Text Evidence Sentence Starter Cards
If you're teaching students to cite text evidence when writing constructed responses, you need this set of 30 sentence starter cards. There are thirty, so each student in your class will have a different sentence starter to use for practice. The cards come with directions for games and activities like Line-up Limbo and Read a Round. Do more than just post a list! Use these cards to put get students to interact with the sentence starters in ways that will help these sentence starters become part
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3rd - 12th
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Essay Writing Task Cards with Practice Activities for Cause and Effect Writing
Looking for writing activities for your students to practice their essay skills? Try this set of 20 practical writing activities that are perfect for practicing different parts of essay writing. Designed on task cards for easy integration into your teaching routine, each card features a different activity to help students practice key essay elements like brainstorming, restating, summarizing, and supporting ideas. Perfectly tailored for Cause and Effect Essays, this set is your go-to resource fo
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Deconstruct An Argumentative Research Essay
Challenge your students with these task cards to deconstruct an argumentative research essay. They can match them up and put them in order to apply what they will need to include in their own writing to an example essay. Students can do this in groups or individually.
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5th - 9th
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Thesis Statement Sort Level I
At the end of this activity, students will have:Read and analyzed 14 SOL writing promptsSorted 14 thesis statementsMatched 14 out of 14 claims and details to the appropriate thesis statement topicsActivity Ideas:Race to the finish! Have students compete to finish this activity with 100% accuracy before the other groups.Create a Smartboard matching game. Use in remediation for struggling writers.Levels 2 & 3 also available!
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6th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Thesis Statement: Lesson, Practice, and Task Cards
Are you looking for a simplified way to teach your students how to craft a literary thesis statement? This incredibly difficult process is made easy and includes everything you need from start to finish. Starting with an introduction to thesis statements, students learn all of the necessary components of one before seeing some exemplars. Three pages consisting of differently formatted statements provide specific models for students to view and try themselves. From there, students may respond to
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6th - 9th
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Food Narrative Writing: Mentor text lesson, task cards, creative essay
If you're interested in having students write narrative pieces in a culturally relevant way, a food narrative is a great way to allow their interests, experiences, and backgrounds to shine. This resource coaches students through the narrative writing process by having them analyze 3 mentor texts in small groups before they work on creating a narrative essay of their own. RESOURCE INCLUDES:- Editable copy of 20 Google slides that coach and support students through the narrative writing process -
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9th - 12th
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Argument Writing Process Cards
Argument Writing Process Cards
A wonderful companion for any argumentative writing unit. Each process card explains to students what they should incorporate for each element of an argumentative essay (preferably while writing their essay).
If these cards are laminated, students can write on them with dry erase markers to check off what they have completed and what needs to be completed.
Each copy of the product can make 4 sets of process cards.
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7th - 12th
Thesis Statement Task Cards
This is a great resource for students who need to practice developing thesis statements. On each card there is a prompt and a guide, the prompt is read aloud and the partner creates a thesis statement based on the read prompt, they can check their work to see if it aligns with the guided wording on the card. It is also an impactful way to encourage the ELL students to practice those verbal skills as well. Can be used in a variety of ways: congo line, cooperative learning strategies, task cards.
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6th - 12th
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