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Middle school writing-essays worksheets $5-10
Opinion Writing Essay Persuasive Graphic Organizers Anchor Charts 3rd - 5th
Imagine having a resource with everything you need to help your students write well-written opinion essays. This Opinion Writing Essay Bundle includes step-by-step lessons to target paragraph structure, topic sentences (opinions), transitions, three body paragraphs with supporting reasons and details, and effective conclusion paragraphs with final thoughts or calls to action. You'll love using these easy-to-implement opinion writing lessons and activities. No more spending hours prepping and pla
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3rd - 6th
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Embedding Quotations in Writing - Teaching How to Embed Quotes - PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students how to properly embed, cite, and explain quotes in their writing with this comprehensive teaching lesson! Students will learn four different ways to embed quotes in their writing. This lesson includes ample activities for practice, and students can apply the skill all year long. Includes digital resources!From an extensive editable PowerPoint to multiple worksheets to help students practice the skill to invaluable student references, this embedding quotes teaching resource ha
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ultimate Writing Bundle - Secondary ELA Writing
Essay Writing - Guided and Structured Essay Outline - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing today with this guided essay outline that comes as a PDF print and Google Docs™ teaching resource. This essay graphic organizer includes built-in differentiation, scaffolding, and instruction to help younger writers, struggling writers, and proficient writers improve their writing skills by planning organized, detailed essay outlines.Teaching students how to outline their essays has never been easier with these guided essay outline organizers. Students wi
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6th - 10th
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Snapchat™ Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
In this Snapchat Reading Comprehension Passage, your students will look at the pros and cons of the app, work on reading comprehension questions, and participate in argument writing. This product includes both a higher and lower-level article for differentiation purposes. Included with the article are reading comprehension questions for both levels, as well argument writing extension activities and worksheets.Snapchat™ is a popular app among teenagers, and my middle school students choose this a
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Argument Writing Bundle
Topic Sentence and Body Paragraph Writing - Essay Writing - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master writing a topic sentence and body paragraph with this essay writing unit. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills to write a well-developed and complete topic sentence and body paragraph.This essay writing unit includes information about how to organize the body paragraph, provide supporting evidence, explain the evidence, and transition to the next paragraph. It includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable PowerPoin
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6th - 10th
Expository Writing Unit
Writing doesn't come easily to many students; so to effectively teach expository essay writing we need to GUIDE students through the process. In this comprehensive expository writing pack you will get step-by-step lesson plans, engaging worksheets, helpful handouts and more. ** NOTE: You can now buy this as part of my BUNDLED WRITING PACK and save 20%**OVERVIEW:Over the course of these 4 expository writing mini-units, students will master the techniques required to complete well-structured i
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7th - 10th
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Thesis Statement Mini Lesson - Thesis Statement Slideshow, Templates, Examples
This thesis statement lesson will teach your students how to write powerful thesis statements. Students will analyze thesis statement examples and explore thesis statement structures and formulas to use as templates for their own writing. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Thesis Statement Lesson:✏️ Thesis Statement Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®Defines proper and improper thesis statementsIncludes 3 formulas for writing thesis st
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6th - 12th
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Literary Analysis: Analyzing Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Reading & Writing Unit
Are your students confused about text analysis? You know how to do it yourself, but you're not sure how to make it accessible to students? I know the feeling. Analyzing texts is hard, and it rarely comes naturally. It's a difficult concept to break down into a methodical process. Still, it can be done. I created these analyzing texts materials to help my students practice analyzing a variety of texts, including nonfiction, fiction, paired texts, short films, movies, commercials/advertisements, a
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8th - 11th
Argumentative / Persuasive Writing Tutorial Bundle Resources Mini-Lessons
Teenagers are awesome at arguing, but getting them to get all their thoughts down in a cohesive paper can be difficult sometimes. I have taught argumentative/persuasive writing for many years. I have combined the materials that I have found the most success with in this bundle. It provides everything you need to walk your students through writing an argumentative essay from start to finish. All the products included are listed below. Includes: *Step-by-step tutorial for writing an argumentat
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5th - 7th
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Explaining Evidence Sentence Stems
When students write a constructed response, citing evidence is crucial. However, defending and explaining that evidence becomes key in developing comprehension and assessing knowledge of the text.By providing students with stems to help them explain the evidence they've selected, writers are able to defend their claim and fully describe how the evidence supports their answer. This is, typically, a difficult skill for students to master and these stems provide an outline and a structure to the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing Successful Constructed Responses
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
Writing and Punctuating Dialogue in Narratives (Quote It!)
Writing Dialogue in Narratives: Teach your students how to properly write and punctuate dialogue in their narrative writing with this common core aligned lesson!This resource includes:- a 26 slide EDITABLE PowerPoint presentation- supplementary teaching materials, handouts, and class activitiesThis resource includes:- A 26 slide EDITABLE PowerPoint presentation that directly instructs students how to punctuate and include dialogue in their writing. - A punctuation student reference sheet - An in
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ultimate Writing Bundle - Secondary ELA Writing
Literature: Writing a Literary Essay Unit
Writing doesn't come easily to many students; so to effectively teach literary analysis writing we need to GUIDE students through the process. In this comprehensive literature essay writing pack you will get step-by-step lesson plans, engaging worksheets, helpful handouts and more. ** NOTE: You can now buy this as part of my BUNDLED WRITING PACK and save 20%**OVERVIEW:Think of this as literary analysis boot-camp: over the course of the unit, students will be introduced to the concept of anal
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8th - 11th
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Elaboration BUNDLE, Teaching Elaboration, Writing, Paragraph Writing
Are you looking for your students to elaborate more in their writing? Here is an Elaboration Bundle that will help your students write more sophisticatedly.ELABORATION ANCHOR CHART:Students have a very difficult elaborating on their thoughts and in their writing, and I have found a system that works for my students in stretching their thinking. With this, I created an ELABORATION ANCHOR CHART for you to hang in your classroom for your students to reference. Anchor charts are all the rave, but no
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4th - 9th
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Thesis Statement Spiral Review Activities - Thesis Statement Practice Worksheets
These thesis statement worksheets include one month’s worth of practice activities to help your students master writing thesis statements. These bell ringers feature thesis statement templates, examples, and graphic organizers to prompt students to analyze thesis statements and practice argumentative writing. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®!Included with these Thesis Statement Activities:✏️ 20 Thesis Statement Bell Ringer Worksheets - Digital & Print✏️ 3 Thesis Statemen
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7th - 12th
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6 Traits of Writing™, Six Traits of Writing™ - Essay Writing Introduction Lesson
Teaching how to Identify and use the six traits of writing™ has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of each trait and its role in writing. Additionally, an anchor essay with examples of each trait identified in the paragraphs provides students the opportunity to practice the skills they have learned. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as independent student work with Google™ Links provided. The instructional vid
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6th - 8th
Wait, Wait! Don't Shoot! A Persuasive Writing Thanksgiving Activity!
Teach Persuasive Writing with this fun activity where the students act like they are the turkey and they try to persuade the farmer not to eat them for Thanksgiving Dinner!
Your students will be engaged in the writing process with a variety of whole class, partner and small group activities that help them formulate their stance, come up with reasons and alternatives and review persuasive language as well as personal pronouns.
Common Core Aligned! ELACC4W1a-d
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- 1 Writing
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3rd - 6th
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Middle School Research Paper | True Crime Essay Writing Project
This middle school research paper will grab your students' attention with a fascinating and age-appropriate true-crime writing prompt.The Prompt:Over thirty years ago, two men posing as police officers stole thirteen pieces of art worth hundreds of millions of dollars from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. The thieves were never caught. The art was never recovered.To this day, the museum is offering a reward of $10 million to anyone who can give them information that
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6th - 8th
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Writing an Essay Conclusion - Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of conclusion paragraph writing with this essay writing unit focusing on the concluding paragraph. This lesson will help your students improve their essay-writing skills and write a well-developed and complete essay conclusion.This essay writing teaching resource includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable PowerPoint presentation and student handouts to help guide them through the thesis statement writing process.Here is what this writing
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6th - 10th
In-Text Citations Worksheets and Activities - MLA 9 - How to Write Citations
Updated for MLA 9th Edition! Teach students how to write in-text citations using MLA 9 with these scaffolding worksheets and activities. Includes anchor charts with in-text citation examples! Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.Included with these In-Text Citations Worksheets for MLA 9:✏️ “Skeleton of a Citation” Reference Poster with MLA Citation Examples✏️ Anchor charts for Parenthetical and Narrative In-Text Citations✏️ Multiple-Choice Questions: For
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7th - 12th
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RACE Writing Strategy: 12 Nonfiction Practice Passages with Test Prep Questions
Are you searching for practice passages that can be used to review the RACE writing strategy? You've come to the right place! Your students will have many opportunities to practice how to write a short response to a passage-based question. After reading a nonfiction passage, students use the RACE strategy to construct a formal response to the short-answer question that follows the passage. As an added bonus, each nonfiction passage is also followed by a worksheet that features four multiple-choi
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACE Strategy Bundle for Writing Responses with Text Evidence Support
Five Paragraph Essay - How to Write a 5 Paragraph Essay - Intro to Essay Writing
Teaching how to evaluate a prompt, choose the best ideas, and write a 5 paragraph essay has never been easier! This lesson focuses on how to organize and structure a 5 paragraph essay. The students will be introduced to how to identify the parts of a paragraph - including writing leads and summaries, transition words and phrases, supporting evidence, sentence structure, etc.The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as independent student work with Google™ Links
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6th - 8th
Writing Intro & Conclusion Paragraphs (Literary Analysis Essay) - High School
Over 800 sold! One of my students recently claimed that these handouts are "GOLD." That's high praise from a 16-year-old! I hope these introduction and conclusion paragraph drafting materials are as helpful to your students as they are to my own. These materials work best for a literary analysis essay but could be adapted for other types of essays. And good news... this best-selling resource is now editable! Both the PDF and Word doc version are included.Resources Included:Introduction para
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7th - 12th
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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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