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Adult education writing-essays worksheets
Persuasive Writing- Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers!
In persuasive writing, many students have trouble writing a clear thesis statement on what their essay is truly about. In the lesson Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers, students get to break down what is actually involved in a thesis statement and what happens when the statement is vague- as teachers we feel that we get misled often!
Movie trailers are a good tool to use in teaching thesis statements because it is relatable to almost every student- they have to admit they would feel
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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THANK A VETERAN! PATRIOTIC THANK YOU LETTER TEMPLATE FOR VETERANS DAY!
THANK A VETERAN FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR US!
HAVE YOUR STUDENTS THANK A VETERAN FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY WITH THIS PATRIOTIC THANK YOU LETTER TEMPLATE.
RELATED PRODUCTS:
VETERANS DAY PROGRAM COVER
THANK YOU SOLDIERS! COLORING POSTER
GOD BLESS AMERICA! COLORING POSTER
PATRIOTIC SONGS POWERPOINT
PATRIOTIC MUSIC QUIZ
I HEAR AMERICA SINGING POWERPOINT
VETERANS DAY PROGRAM INVITATION (HALF SHEET)
VETERANS DAY PROGRAM INVITATION (FULL SHEET)
FOLLOW THE MUSIC TEACHER STORE FOR NEW P
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1st - 6th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Peer Editing Checklist Review and Feedback Sheets for Multiple Writing Genres
Make peer editing and review focused and effective for your students with these feedback sheets. Rather than using checklists that often result in shallow, vague suggestions, teach the elements of writing with focused tasks that challenge your students to find evidence from the paper.Students will provide better peer reviews, understand the writing requirements as they analyze a peer’s paper, and be able to analyze their own writing more effectively. Each editable task sheet focuses on a speci
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Essay introduction: how to write a hook and a thesis statement Distance Learning
Teach your students how to write a solid introduction paragraph with an engaging hook and a clear thesis statement! With the help of this unit, your students will learn:How to analyze a prompt in order to understand what they are supposed to write aboutHow to capture the reader’s attention through a variety of hooksHow to write on-point thesis statements that lay the foundation for the body of the essayHow to logically connect a hook with a thesis statement to create a smooth transitionWell begu
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4th - 6th, Adult Education
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Black Mirror Nosedive Worksheets & Essay (Theme and Character)
Teach with Black Mirror! The product deals with the episode "Nosedive."
This packet of worksheets includes a pre-viewing activity about social media habits. It also includes a viewing quiz and worksheets on theme and complex character. It ends with an essay prompt for writing a character-based essay, and includes a sample exemplar essay.
UPDATED FOR MARCH 2017 to include several pages with less restrictive writing space.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: BLACK MIRROR BUNDLE - 6 Black Mirror Lessons for ELA
In-Text Citation Practice - Citation Machines
This resource will assist your students in practicing MLA in-text citations. This will also help them integrate and explain quotes using the I.C.E. method. **Teachers - you will need to choose articles for your students to read based on the worksheet's activity. However, the topic is common. I left this open, so teachers can choose which grade level to use this for.**
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing In-text (Parenthetical) Citations Practice Worksheet #1
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY SHOP FOR MORE IN THIS SERIES!Worksheet provides practice for students learning how to write MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on a sample Works Cited page for a research essay. Like this resource? Here's a second one: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-In-text-Parenthetical-Citations-Practice-Worksheet-II-8725366
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to Write a Biography
This guide booklet will help students (and teachers) with the step-by-step process of how to write a biography and what to look at.
The booklet includes a template to record facts, a worksheet that outlines basic bibliography sourcing, suggested topics, a rubric (using 6+1 writing traits), a checklist, one-page example and an outline of how to write a proper biography with suggestions of how to make it interesting.
The target audience is at the intermediate and high school levels. Depending
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Argumentative Essay Packet!
This resource includes: one complete model essay four independent model paragraphs annotation questions and activities for model writing lesson and activities for writing a claimlesson and activities for writing a counter-argument and refutationGrammar for writing: topic sentences and transitions Practice prompts for writing claims, counter-arguments, and refutations
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Original Creative Writing Prompts
This is a list of 35 creative writing prompts for your 35 weeks of school. It is perfect for any English teacher that wants to increase writing skills in the classroom and build a trusting relationship with the students. This list has changed the lives of many students and my followers who were inspired to write after many years off. After downloading the 5 Paragraph Essay tips and template from my store, and inspiring them to think deeply about these prompts, your students will be ready to sp
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Grammar & Grace: A Basic Grammar Review & Guide to Writing Improvement
Do you need an easy way to review basic grammar and punctuation with your high school students? Do you want a method to teach basic writing skills before you hold students accountable in their work? Do your students have gaps in their grammar knowledge, or perhaps lack mature writing fundamental skills? This packet of lessons and worksheets will provide a comprehensive, accessible, quick and easy process for reviewing and teaching these foundational rules and techniques! Gleaning from my years o
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
How to Integrate Quotations in Your Writing (Handouts & Worksheet)
Integration of Quotations: Students often just drop full sentence quotations into their writing. Many have difficulty using fully integrated quotations in their writing because they have not been taught in a formal way with models. This handout goes to change that.I have included various guidelines and examples and have laid them out in a two page handout for students as a quick-reference for how to use integrated quotations effectively. (NOTE: This handout, while formatted by me, contains so
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MLA Exercise #2: Parenthetical Citations, Paraphrasing, Integrating Quotes
THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO THE 8TH EDITION OF THE MLA HANDBOOK (published in 2016).
This handout/ worksheet includes exercises for students that give them practice using parenthetical citations in MLA format, integrating quotes into sentences, and paraphrasing sources effectively. It can also be used as a quiz or test.
This handout goes well with my presentation on MLA Format for Parenthetical (In-Text) Citations.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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APA 7 References List and In-Text Citation Notes and Worksheets Bundle
This bundle is the perfect resource to both introduce your students to the format of the APA references list and in-text citations, and to provide them with easy-to-follow notes as they create their own authentic references as part of their research assignments.This lesson provides:Thorough lecture notes covering the main concepts found in every APA reference and detailed examples for all common print and media references.Thorough lecture notes covering the big ideas of parenthetical and narrati
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Cause and Effect Essay Writing Packet
This is a 10-page packet for cause/effect writing that will get your students reading model texts, brainstorming, collaborating with peers, using grammar for transitions and topic sentences, and writing an outline. It includes: One complete essay model text activityThree separate examples of paragraphsBrainstorming activities "Wordy Writing" - one page about redundancy and wordiness in writing Language for body paragraphs: grammar and sentence starters for topic sentences and transitionsOutline
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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LETTER TO SANTA - CHRISTMAS TEMPLATES
This pdf includes 10 sheets for your students to write a letter to Santa. The theme is Christmas/Holidays/Seasonal. More specifically, there are:5 different coloured templates for more proficient English students3 different coloured templates for intermediate/middle-school students2 different coloured templates for beginner English students
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
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Compare Contrast Essay Outline (Skeleton)
Break the structure of a five paragraph compare-contrast essay down sentence-by-sentence for your students with this essay skeleton. The general prompts are able to use with any compare-contrast five paragraph essay.
This purchase includes an essay skeleton with just the prompts (formatted two per page) and an essay skeleton with blanks. I like to handout the first version when I start a writing unit to give students an overview of what we are working towards. I use the second version for
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Narrative Writing- Eyewitness Account Activity!
#Narrative #NarrativeWriting #Writing #EyewitnessReport
Get your students thinking like a witness in their own memories when participating in the Narrative Writing - Eyewitness Account Activity! In this unit, read about a real eyewitness account from D-Day (introductory video link included if your students need a reminder of the historic event). After the reading, have your student answer Critical Thinking questions based on the writing- NOT the event (they become a story-construction critic!)
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HOW TO WRITE A BLOG POST - SHORT RESEARCH & INFORMATIVE WRITING
Perfect way to get your tech-savvy students engaged: blogging! This lesson covers research-based writing skills through learning how to write a successful blog post. After writing their posts, students collaborate with their peers by sharing and writing comments. Grading Rubric and Teacher Instructions included. Need help teaching the MLA Format? Check out this MLA FORMATTING GUIDE For regular teaching ideas and free resources, sign up for our newsletters!
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
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Poem Analysis and TDA Essay, Text Dependent Analysis — "Out Out" by Robert Frost
In this Poem Analysis and TDA Essay (Text Dependent Analysis), students will first read and answer questions for the poem "Out Out—" by Robert Frost. Students will then write a TDA based on themes and figurative language in the poem. In this lesson plan:Full Poem "Out Out—" by Robert Frost (1916)Poem Analysis Questions that concentrate on poetic devices (alliteration, allusion, theme, mood, tone, dialogue, connotation, rhyme scheme, juxtaposition) with ANSWER KEYTDA Text Dependent Analysis Promp
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argument Essay Graphic Organizers
This resource will help your students plan and edit and entire argument essay.The resource includes the following pages:-- Essay planning sheet-- Introduction planning sheet-- Citing Evidence Correctly guide-- Thesis Statement/Claim Creation sheet-- Explaining Quotes Correctly sheet-- Using the I.C.E. method guide-- 4 pages of body paragraph organization (includes guide on what to include)-- Counterargument organization sheet-- Conclusion planning sheet-- Self + Peer Editing ChecklistsFonts:http
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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College-Ready Writing Essentials—PDF & Google Docs (Argumentative Essay 11-12th)
**NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS**Does teaching high school writing have you stressed and confused? This done-for-you, standards-based unit can change everything!Feel amazing about deep-diving into argumentative and persuasive essay writing with your high schoolers instead. Help prepare them with THE key skills research proves most essential for student success in college. WRITING is the #1 skill most linked to positive postsecondary outcomes—and I’ve put all the lessons and tools you need here to get you
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Guide 5: Editing for Clarity and Concision
A quick writing guide on editing for clear and concise writing!Teaching your classes to edit their work for clarity and concision means that everything you read of theirs will be better!This package comes complete with a 1-2 hour tone writing activity where students discuss an example of editing for clarity and concision, they then group edit some examples, and are then given the chance to practice editing independently.THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES:Explanation of Clarity and ConcisionEditing Tips for c
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Poetry Close Reading & Analysis FREEBIE
In this FREEBIE by Bespoke ELA, you will find a close reading activity for Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 that includes an answer key to the close reading questions. This activity also asks students to write their own Shakespearean sonnets in which they compare two things (or nouns) in Shakespearean sonnet form-- including 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a shift and rhyming couplet in question/answer format. A student poem example is included.This is a great addition to any unit on Shakespeare!Che
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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