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Middle school writing-essays homeschool curricula for GATE
Descriptive Writing Unit - Low-Prep Lesson Plans, Prompts, Sensory Word Lists
This descriptive writing mini unit is super quick to teach and will improve your students' descriptive writing instantly with descriptive writing prompts, sensory word lists, and more! It's got an engaging descriptive writing lesson plan that will launch your students into fabulous descriptive writing so they show, not tell, in addition to other resources you'll return to again and again. In this descriptive writing mini unit, you'll find graphic organizers that will support all learners, with t
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4th - 7th
SBAC PREP VOLCANOES: TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING INTERMEDIATE
With Common Core and SBAC testing, I am now teaching text-based informative writing in my 4th grade classroom. It has been very hard to find appropriate materials to teach students how to write in a manner similar to the performance tasks. This packet is designed to allow students to practice doing text-based writing and a mini-research report. All the materials needed to do a research report, including 5 different types of texts, are included as well as a reference page of links to additiona
Grades:
4th - 8th
Evidence Based Writing - COMPLETE Bundle
This bundle comes with 9 evidence based writing tasks. 1. Fortnite Prompt---> Opinion Prompt: Write an essay in which you give your opinion: should kids be allowed to play Fortnite?---> Informational Prompt: While many adults don't approve of kids playing Fortnite, the popular game can help players build many positive character traits. Write an essay in which you describe some positive character traits kids can gain while playing Fortnite.2. Fidget Spinner Prompt---> Opinion Prompt: Wri
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3rd - 7th
Persuasive Essay Opinion Writing Unit Graphic Organizer Prompts Rubric & Thesis
Thesis statement centered persuasive / opinion essay writing workshopThis digital, Google Slides workshop guides students through every paragraph and element of argument writing and allows for independent, self-paced practice. NO PREP! Perfect for DIFFERENTIATION, SELF-PACING, AND COLLABORATION! Argumentative Essay Writing Complete PAPERLESS WORKSHOP *Works With ANY ESSAY PROMPT* *Teacher Plans Included*GOOGLE SLIDES: Interactive Tutorials for Each Element: HookBackground informationCounter
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6th - 9th
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First and Third Person Point of View Activities Narrative Writing Print Digital
Looking for First Person and Third Person Point of View activities when teaching narrative writing? This comprehensive resource will help your students understand the purpose of the three main points of view: First Person, Second Person and Third Person Limited and Omniscient.Both US and British English spelling (separate files) included.Items IncludedBlack and white (print) templates Color slides digital templates Style 1 (Widescreen 16:9) PowerPoint – upload to your LMS and in Google Slides -
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3rd - 6th
Research Project Template Research Graphic Organizer Essay Outline High School
This is a research graphic organizer essay outline for any research topic with a grading rubric. The intention of this research project template was to give teachers an easy-to-use, tried, and true research essay outline that they could use over and over with any subject or grade level. :) This research project template is designed for high school students needing to practice expository research skills. The step-by-step structure of this essay provides 7th or 8th-grade classroom success with th
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft Checklist
Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft ChecklistThis Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft Checklist is the perfect writing checklist for ANY grade! Students check for capitalization, punctuation, correct spelling, and more! This checklist also requires students to...Read their essay out loud to make sure it makes sense ✓Take out any words or phrases that don't sound right ✓Replace boring adjectives with more exciting ones ✓Check for subject-verb agreement
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K - 12th
Research Essay Writing Guide for Students
This student's guide to writing a research paper walks students new to or not comfortable with writing research papers through each step to creating a great paper and is easy enough for distance learning. Students complete the guide through such activities as identifying their topic, conducting research, and organizing their information. Students write each paragraph of a a 3 – 5 paragraph essay as well as an introduction and conclusion. Students both edit and revise and are guided through t
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Projects Bundle for any subject
TEXT BASED OPINION WRITING (Grades 4-6) Common Core and SBAC Prep
This is an opinion writing unit. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES for text based opinion writing. JUST PRINT AND GO! The focus is on teaching skills that students will need to write strong opinion essays. The prompts and articles are designed to engage and interest students.
Included are mini-lessons on:
thesis statements,
writing claims,
supporting claims with anecdotes,
supporting claims with facts,
reading and using multiple texts
writing strong opinion essays.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Expository Writing Unit | Slideshow, Graphic Organizers, Writer's Handbook
Teach your students how to write a 5-paragraph essay with this digital Expository Writing Unit for in-person or Distance Learning. Your students will learn the basics of informative writing plus how to organize and develop effective essays.Interactive Expository Writing SlideshowIntroduce, reinforce, and review the basics of Informative Writing with the Interactive Google Slideshow. The right-hand margin on the slides is editable, so you can tailor it to meet your students needs. Add questions,
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
The Persuader! A Comic Adventure in Persuasive Writing. Activities Included!
A comic book about a serious subject like persuasive writing? And one that’s actually amusing? It can be done! Award-winning cartoonist David Rickert and award-winning author Cheryl Miller Thurston have joined forces to create an entertaining and instructive comic book that teaches the basics about persuasive writing.It features a female superhero known as “The Persuader” and her sidekick “Bud,” who swoop in to give practical help to two struggling students. The 16 page full color comic also inc
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4th - 9th
WRITING Introductions & Conclusions PPT Slides Examples Practice & Notes 4, 5, 6
NOTE: If you prefer a Google Slides-format for this presentation, and you don't want to have to fix formatting issues, I have that posted separately in my store HERE. All other resources in this product line are also available in Google Slides or Google Docs formats in my store.Thanks for checking out this product! This download includes an editable PowerPoint presentation to instruct students on a simple "formula" to write introductions and conclusions. The PowerPoint is divided into 2 distinc
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Writing Units Bundle for middle school (editable, scaffolded)
This Writing Units Bundle includes the following units:
* Persuasive (Argumentative) Essay
* Historical Fiction
* Process (How-to) Paper
* Compare / Contrast
These units contains everything you need to guide your students through the writing process.
*No prep needed. Everything is already assembled!
*Guided, step-by-step instructions for both you and your students
*Rewriting & editing checklists
*Holistic and rubric grading forms
*Editable Word document included
Help your students
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Essay Template aligned with Lucy Calkins Boxes and Bullets
Students can use this template to plan and organize their essays for Informative, Persuasive, and Expository essays.
It includes Sentence Starters and Language Frames and lined paper to start their essays on.
The C_ O_ P_ S_ S_ is a checklist for students to check their writing for Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling, and Sentence structure.
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4th - 8th
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American History Paired Reading Passages BUNDLE: Informational & Opinion Writing
American History Paired Reading Passages Bundle: Informational & Opinion/Argumentative WritingThis bundle of 7 paired passages units focuses on topics in American History from U.S. geography through westward expansion (1860s.) The bundle includes 4 informational writing units and 3 opinion writing units. All units are included in both PDF and Google Slides formats.The included texts are non-fiction. Three or four texts are included in each unit. The texts are included on three reading level
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4th - 6th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Complete Unit, Bundle
Welcome to my Argumentative Essay Writing Complete Unit! This classroom-tested, low prep, standards-based unit is designed to help you teach students to write argumentatively from beginning to end. What is it? It's not only a bundle of my best-selling, classroom-tested units and resources for argumentative writing, but also with this set of resources, you will have a full unit's worth of materials for teaching an argumentative essay.Why do you need it? If you are looking for a unit and a process
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8th - 11th
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Should People Have Migrated West?: Paired Reading Passages & Opinion Writing
Westward Expansion - Should People Have Migrated West?: Paired Passages & Opinion Writing - PDF & DigitalThis is set of leveled paired passages or texts with reading comprehension tests, short response questions, and extended writing prompts. This unit can be used in reading, writing, or social studies. The included texts are non-fiction. Four texts are included. Each one focuses on a different topic related to westward expansion. The extended writing prompts provided are for opinion or
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4th - 6th
Argumentative Writing Middle School
SHARE AND GO THESIS STATEMENT AND ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY WORKSHOP GREAT NEWS FOR VIRTUAL TEACHERS!The hard work of planning, prepping and printing, distributing and collecting papers is eliminated forever with this workshop. All you have to do is click, share, and begin teaching. The SLIDES for each element of the essay are color coded, making it super simple to keep your class on track. Slides are perfectly sequenced, so students can work from top to bottom, building their essays. Works great for
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6th - 10th
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What Problem Will You Solve: A Critical Thinking and Writing Activity
So often, we ask students what they want to be when they grow up but let's shift the mindset. Instead, pose the question of, "What problem will you solve?" This project encourages students to think both critically and globally to help solve issues in our world today. Included in this product are multiple ways for students to brainstorm problems, vocabulary, and processes. There is also draft and final publishing paper that can be used to write a culminating essay.This is a great beginning OR
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Bundle: Monthly Writing Projects for Upper Elementary
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins Book Unit
Gregor the Overlander
*Save Time!
*No Prep!
*Ready to Use!!!
*Great for Whole Class, Guided Reading Groups, Literature Circles, and More!
This is a novel study for Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins. Over 25 pages of student work, plus an answer key!
Gregor the Overlander is divided into fourteen sections (every two chapters) for study with a Common Core Standard taught in each section and comprehension questions and vocabulary for every three chapters.
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4th - 6th
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Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
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4th - 8th
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ELA Home Learning Middle School BUNDLE — Full Reading & Writing Units, CCSS
This no-prep packet of Language Arts learning projects and activities will keep a homeschooled or home-bound middle schooler engaged for up to 6 months. Teachers or parents will find these activities easy to distribute and explain to home-bound students, and homeschool teacher-parents looking for ELA curriculum will find these resources easy to administer and assess.Included in this bundle are the following activities:Daily Travel Writing Prompts: Start each day by researching and exploring a ne
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5th - 8th
Sensory Details/Words Slide Show - (Interactive)
Teach your students to properly use sensory details and words with this fun slide show presentation!Includes:A definition & function of a sensory details.Slides covering all five senses (definitions, descriptions, and lists of commonly used words).2 examples (slide 13 & 14) to walk-through/complete together as a class.2 Independent examples (slides 15 & 16) for students to complete on their own.Make sure to create a copy for each student in the class so may independently complete the
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
ESSAYS: How to Write Informational Essays ~ It Begins Here...
A HOW-TO for writing strong essays for students in grades 5–10.Students research using two paired, high-interest, leveled articles."The Life in Antarctica""The Marvelous Manta"This is your definitive guide for teaching how to research and write essays and paragraphs;using a step-by-step process; building strong, independent writers.Do your students need a little more work on stand-alone paragraphs? This guide also explains how to write strong paragraphs.This writing resource has:125 pages of pro
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5th - 11th, Adult Education
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