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7th grade writing-expository task cards
Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Worksheets, Task Cards, and Easel Activity
Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Task Cards, and Sorting Activities. Transitional words and transitional phrases are useful in writing clear and fluent paragraphs, but students need to be familiar with when to use them. Includes a Word Splash of Transition Words with a graphic organizer for word sorting, several different handouts with lists of useful transition words, and a categorizing worksheet for groups to work on and discuss, and a set of 36 task cards. Digital and Print: I have also ma
Grades:
5th - 8th
Sentence Structure Activities Bundle | Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences
Are you a middle school language arts teacher looking for exciting and engaging ways to teach sentence structure? Look no further than the sentence structure activities bundle! With this bundle, you'll get an array of hands-on activities that will make teaching simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences fun and efficient. From grammar sorts and presentations to task cards and worksheets, you'll always have the resources available whenever your students need a refresher or introduc
Grades:
7th - 10th
Revising Practice Task Cards
The focus of this resource is ALL REVISING. Provided in three formats: Printable, Google Forms, and TpT Digital Overlay. Perfect for face to face or distance learning because the content is identical in all three formats. Fun test prep! Great practice to master the skill of revising. Use for independent practice in learning stations, playing scoot, or work on the cards individually, in groups, or online. When students are finished with the practice questions, use the bonus free quiz to assess
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Revising and Editing Grammar Practice Bundle
Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Bundle | Grammar Errors in Writing
Do you need a misplaced & dangling modifiers bundle to help your students with writing? You might need to review for a standardized test with questions about misplaced and dangling modifiers. I created this presentation and accompanying activities to help with misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers.This grammar bundle for misplaced and dangling modifiers contains PDFs and digital versions. You will receive Google links to the worksheets, presentation, task cards, note sheets, and answer
Grades:
7th - 10th
Claim & Evidence Matching Task Cards
These task cards are a great way for students to practice matching claims with accurate evidence. Included in this set are 12 claim cards along with 12 matching evidence cards. All evidence is factual and was found using reliable internet resources. A student sheet and answer key are included.
Use these task cards as a table/partner activity, during classroom stations or as a literacy center task.
To take these cards a step further, once students have matched the cards, you might ask studen
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Common Grammar Errors Activity Bundle | Identifying Writing Errors Practice
Common grammar errors can keep students from presenting their best writing. These grammar activities are the perfect way to connect grammar to writing and end common grammar and writing errors.With a variety of activities and materials, this bundle for common grammar errors will work throughout the school year for you. Writing problems addressed in this grammar bundle: √ parallelism√ subject-verb agreement√ pronoun-antecedent agreement √ adjective and adverb confusion√ errors in verb moods√ inco
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Writing Prompts - 105 Journal Writing Prompts Creative Quick Write Bell Ringers
Writing Prompts - 105 Journal Writing Prompts Creative Quick Write Bell Ringers: Unlock the potential of journal writing in your classroom with our ready-to-use resource. This resource not only helps in getting to know your students better but also serves as an effective tool to improve student writing skills. The extensive package includes 4 eye-catching presentations with over 100 slides of writing prompts. Additionally, a printable file is included with the writing prompts in card form. Encou
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCE BUNDLE
Essay Revision Learning Stations Print + Interactive Digital
**Redesigned and added digital option in January 2021**OVERVIEWThis Writer's Desk Revision Stations digital AND/OR print activity is a versatile resource for teaching writing and revision. These revision tasks will guide students through a thorough and engaging peer and self review revision process. This process is highlighted by six key areas of revision: introduction, copy editing, flow, word choice, organization, and conclusion.Students are given background information for each area of revisi
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7th - 12th
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Thesis Statement Task Cards
These 20 task cards are perfect for reinforcing thesis statement writing skills.
Skills addressed:
-Identify is thesis statement is strong or weak & explain why
-Writing thesis statements with three points
-Edit and rewrite poor thesis statements
-Restate thesis statements for conclusion paragraph
-Edit & rewrite thesis statement for verb tense consistency
Recording sheet and answer key with suggested answers are included. I love this specific task card as a small group activity or as
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Main Idea Match & Worksheets
This main idea match set includes the following:
- 20 main idea sets (with main idea sentence and four supporting detail sentences)
- answer key for main idea sets
- 3 individual assessment worksheets with answer keys
The main idea match cards can be used as a center activity for individual students or cooperative learning groups. Students work to sort the cards by topic and either identify the main idea sentence card (when included at the center) or develop their own main idea sentence (when m
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Debate Topics - Task Cards
These Task Cards have 20 high-interest, student-centered Debate Topics that your kids will LOVE arguing over!
Contains:
• Suggested activity for using these task cards in your classroom (full lesson plan included!)
• Materials for suggested activity
• 20 task cards (available in both color and BW for easy printing!) that you can laminate (or not!) and use over and over again!
The perfect addition to any opinion writing, persuasive writing, argument writing, or debating unit that you use!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Writing Instruction Bundle for Middle School
MLA Citation Task Card Stations
In this MLA citation activity, your students will learn and practice how to properly cite videos, articles (online and in print), websites, and books using MLA citation format in a bibliography. This task can be adapted to ANY content requiring MLA citation of websites, books, videos, and articles. Set up as 4 stations, students will rotate and complete 2 task cards per station following the master citation sheet (MLA anchor chart) for that station. The activity can be repeated multiple times du
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Fourth Grade Mega Bundle of Resources
Elaboration Practice - Hands-on Activity / Worksheet
Elaboration is one of the more difficult writing skills to teach. Repeated exposure to different examples is imperative. In this activity, students analyze twenty different examples of commentary and try to classify each as one of the six given types of elaboration or explanation : Fact, Example, Definition, Reason, Importance, or Process. It includes a handout/reference sheet that defines and gives an exemplar of each type and lists “look fors,” signal words or traits that will help student
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5th - 7th
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Sentence Structure Manipulatives Build Sentences with Grammar Pieces
Practice sentence structure and punctuation rules with this hands-on grammar activity. Do you want students to remember punctuation rules with simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences—and apply those ideas to their writing? This sentence structure download will help meet language standards. Students will "build" sentences with pre-made clauses practicing compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Included in this sentence structure activity:1· Powerpoint, editable with c
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7th - 10th
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Informative Essay Writing Collaborative Activity Printable and Digital
Use these printable and digital task cards to review informative essay writing structure with your middle school students that's EASY to grade! The students will work in groups, review what they know about the parts of an essay, and even write an essay with this interactive resource.What's included:✅ Informative Writing Prompt✅ TWO texts about Machu Picchu✅ One Informative organizer/checklist✅ Answer sheet✅ THIRTY Task Cards✅ Answers to the task cards and a fully filled-out answer sheet fo
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6th - 8th, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Also included in: Reading and Writing Curriculum for Middle School - Printable and Digital
Nonfiction Text Structures: Writing / Discussion Prompt Task Cards
Four task cards are provided for each of the five main text structures (cause and effect, chronological/sequencing, compare/contrast, problem/solution, description). Twenty task cards total. Each card reminds students of the "signal words" that can be used to show each specific text structure. Each card includes a prompt for writing/discussion/graphic organizing that can be easily applied to the given text structure.
Several ideas for classroom use included!
Ink-saver (border-free) version p
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4th - 7th
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Active and Passive Voice Multimedia Unit: Video, Task Cards, Sort Verb Voice
Stop active and passive voice in verbs from stumping your students! This multimedia bundle includes a grammar video to teach active and passive voice, plus practice activities. The task cards, exit ticket, student note sheets, and grammar sort are in PDF form AND digital format. See the preview for pictures of the digital activities. I made this grammar video and the activities for older students to build active and passive voice lessons. I also use these activities when I review for standardize
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Paraphrasing Lesson and Task Card Activity
Do your students need help with paraphrasing? What exactly does it mean to paraphrase?This lesson consists of some guided practice as well as a group hands-on activity with task cards and answer sheets. Each set of cards contains an original quote, each with 3 paraphrase options. Groups will work together to figure out which paraphrase option is the best! There are 8 quotes all together. You can cut them out into individual cards or keep them as whole sheets-- I've done both!A black and white op
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4th - 8th
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THE FIGHTING GROUND by Avi, Quick Quizzes & Task Cards
CCSS ELA aligned, for this story set in the American Revolution, here is a novel study that includes the following. Note: I separated the novel into 10 parts - twelve to fifteen pages each part. No time period was divided.- Quick Quizzes - one for each part, with answer keys- Recording page for Quick Quiz answers - use like exit tickets- 12 Task Cards - usable for writing or discussion, in groups or independent - including their CCSS ELA alignment- Venn diagram comparing characters- One p
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5th - 8th
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST TASK CARDS
48 Compare and Contrast Task Cards, PowerPoint and Google Slides. Perfect for distance learning and Google Classroom!2 products for the price of one!24 reading response task cards: 24 compare contrast passages and questions24 comparative writing prompt task cards (using prior knowledge).Zip Includes:Task Card Set 1: 24 Compare and Contrast Passages with Reading Response Question.Task Card Set 2: 24 Comparative Writing Prompts (using prior knowledge).48 PowerPoint Slides48 Google SlidesStudent An
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: ELA TASK CARDS BUNDLE: Grades 3, 4, 5, 6
Halloween Writing Task Cards & Rubrics
Happy Halloween!
Task cards are so versatile; they can be used for writing stations, bell ringers, exit slips, or timed writing exercises.
These Halloween writing task cards offer 28 prompts: 8 argument/persuasive, 12 informative/explanatory (expository), and 8 narrative. Your students can choose from a variety of different prompts and story starters.
Rubrics aligned with the Common Core State Standards are included!
You might like these additional Halloween and fall resources:
FREE Hallow
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6th - 9th
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ESL ELL Newcomer Informational Reading, Writing & Speaking Enter/Emerg Levels
This is the perfect ESL ELD lesson to teach your Newcomer ELL students about Informational Writing! You will get a reading passage, two sets of writing scaffolds for Entering and Emerging levels, tons of vocabulary, and a student writing checklist all in this one resource!This resource includes: A professional visual for the Informational genre with a checklist8 Google Doc pages of resources for Informational Reading, Writing, and Speaking3 Speaking prompts to get kids engaged in the topic of sh
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: ESL Newcomer Curriculum - Year Long - Lesson Plans Included
Informative Essay Task Cards Text Based Printable AND Digital
Use these time-saving task cards to give your middle school students engaging practice with identifying introduction components like hook, "arch" (transition sentence between hook and thesis), and thesis as well as relevant and irrelevant evidence and commentary! Printable AND Digital!Students read the two texts and then use these cards to practice with the vocabulary. You can do this in many ways in the face to face classroom, but my two favorites are playing Scoot and Scatter. (Directions fo
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Write a Paragraph - Task Cards
52 task cards to improve your students writing: expository, narrative, opinion and comparing. Each task card has a writing prompt, a funny image that supports the prompt, and directions for the task. EXPOSITORY: Students describe how to play a particular sport, or how become a fire-fighter, or what a typical day for a frog might be like. NARRATIVE: Students write a story about a bull that got angry, or a tornado that liked to steal, or a scorpion that liked to sing and sting. OPINION: St
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Prompts BUNDLE
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