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7th grade writing-expository task cards under $5
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
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
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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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
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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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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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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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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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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Grades:
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
MLA Format (8th Edition) Task Cards - Print & Digital
Practice how to embed and cite quotations in their writing with these common core aligned task cards. This set of 28 task cards allow students to think critically about the concepts they learned about MLA 8th Edition. Print and Digital: You can print the task cards for class use OR assign them individually to students via your Google Classroom using the Google Slides version of the Task Cards.In this product, students practice: How to properly embed a quote How to find mistakes inside an embedde
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4th - 11th
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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
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6th - 8th
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32 Persuasive writing topic cards, games and sentence structure
To have your students writing a persuasive piece successfully, ensure they can speak persuasively first! With the common arguments provided, never again will you hear students say that they can't think of an argument. The common arguments poster includes an easy mnemonic device to ensure students will always remember the 4 common arguments for persuasive writing.In this download:Page 1: What’s includedPages 2-6: Game suggestions—5 different ways to play with the included cards.Pages 7-10: 8 di
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3rd - 7th
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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
Introduction to Journalism for Google Apps
Introduction to Journalism for Google Apps. This ELA is suitable for Gr 7-10 and aligns with the standards in most educational jurisdictions. This Introduction to Journalism Teaching Packet is also available inPDF here.</a>Included in this resource Journalism/News unit for Google Slides:Introductory media activities that focus on critical thinking skills.Tasks focusing on analyzing news and news trends.Compare and contrast tasks that focus on past and present and various media sources. Ta
Grades:
7th - 10th
December, Narrative, Argumentative, and Informative Writing Task Cards
Why should younger kids be the only ones who have fun around the holidays? These writing prompts will be sure to get your students thinking creatively! Some of them will even result in a few chuckles!
There are many ways to use the prompts and task cards:
~ Copy, cut, laminate, place on a ring, and then pass cards
around the room to have students choose a task.
~ Copy and glue into a writer’s notebook.
~ Display on an interactive whiteboard.
~ Use as bell-ringers or quick-writes.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Writing Workshop Conference Cards-narrative-opinion-information units of study
Elevate your students' writing conferences and writing workshop partner work! Set up a student writing center to compliment your Writing Workshop, keep students engaged and increase accountability when working with partners. Narrative, Opinion, and Informational cards are included. Each set includes 24 conference cards, for a total of 72 different cards. The cards are closely aligned with the standards in the Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study, grades 3-5, however, they can be used in any Writi
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2nd - 8th
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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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Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle for Middle Grades
Personal Essay Writing Prompts
22 interesting and reflective writing prompts for students, displayed in an aesthetically pleasing manner in two ways: all on an A4 sheet for convenience or individually as high-quality images with abstract textural backgrounds! Each prompt is completely different, giving a unique feel and eliciting a unique response every single time.
Open the preview to check out the product!
Contents
1. All prompts on one A4 page: prompts are in different fonts.
2. Individual images for each prompt: saved a
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Organizers & Activities Bundle
Persuasive Opinion Writing Prompts - CER Writing - Writing Centers
I was so thrilled with the level of student engagement and writing product this activity produced! Use these student-friendly prompts as a way for students to learn how to take a stance and develop their opinion/persuasive writing abilities... they will certainly have an opinion about the prompts! Each prompt is given a specific audience that the student is trying to persuade. Also included are "FOR" and "AGAINST" cards. These can be used to assign opinion, show opinions during whole class discu
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Writing Strong Conclusions {Middle Grades 5-8}
Teacher: Write a conclusionStudent: That is why [topic] + [stance]. Problem: How do we stop students from writing this bland, redundant conclusion? The truth is… our teaching needs to change. Just telling kids “wrap it up” or “restate your thesis” does not give them the HOW. They need more support and scaffolding to be successful conclusion crafters! I have created a 26-page resource for teachers struggling to get students to think of meaningful conclusions that avoid the classic this is why/th
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Writing Bundle! {Topic and Conclusion Sentences}
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