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Middle school writing-essays homeschool curricula for Microsoft Word
Argumentative Essay Example: Organic Foods: Worth the Hype?
Need an essay for an example of argumentative writing? This is the one for you! I wrote this about organic foods and whether or not they are worth the extra price tag that goes along with them. I made sure that the different parts of an essay and paragraph are very much easy to find and identify.(Introduction, topic sentence, transitions, details, conclusion, etc.) At the end of the piece, students have to color-code the parts of the essay and respond with their own reaction based off the text.
Grades:
5th - 7th
Ultimate Common Core Aligned Argumentative Essay Outline Graphic Organizer
My most popular product has been my argumentative essay outline, and I have wondered if I should mess with a good thing. Well, after using these organizers this year, with great success, I have decided to include this step-by-step collection of outlines.
This packet is different from my original outline. While I really liked using my original outline, I was able to make improvements based on how it worked in my real life classroom, and the final result is this collection.
This download includ
Grades:
6th - 10th
Compare/Contrast Essay Guide/Rubric The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher
Great compare/contrast essay guide and rubric for middle school students. Easy to follow and to explain paragraph by paragraph. Use with Venn diagram after reading the radio play (free versions available online) and watching the Twilight Zone episode (#16-this is not on Youtube, so I had to use my Netflix account). My seventh graders really loved the story....made writing an essay a little less painful for all of us. :)
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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The Sign of the Beaver Book & Movie Compare/Contrast Essay
Based on The Sign of the Beaver, this cumulative assignment breaks down a compare and contrast essay. Step one- using a graphic organizer, student will record information about the film and text. Step two- students will narrow down their findings and outline body paragraphs. Step three- students will outline their personal opinion. Step four- Students write their rough draft using the specific paragraph notes included (a thesis statement is also provided). Step five- students revise/edit essay u
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â The Sign of the Beaver Literature Bundle
Glass Castle Big Ideas/Motifs Analysis Paper Assignment
Included in this product are 4 documents which explain and provide expectations for the assignment. These materials include an overview of the paper, 2 "writing process" help sheets that further outline the expectations and give direction on the structure of the paper, and a final rubric for grading.
This assignment expects that students choose three major motifs or "big ideas" found through their reading of The Glass Castle, provide supportive quotes to substantiate their points, and write an
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"Let It Snow" Novel bundle- Complete Unit w Pacing guide
The following unit is over the novel Let It Snow which includes guided reading packets for each of the 3 novellas that make up the novel. Unit also includes a formative quiz for each novella, a final exam over the novel as a whole, a theme analysis essay (prompt, detailed outline, and rubric), and a novel-movie comparison worksheet.Bonus File includes Literary Circle Expectations handout which includes list of vocab words (for flashcards) as well as a pacing guide/ due date calendar (updated for
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Tuck Everlasting Response to Literature Essay Frame
This resource includes three parts: The first part is a color coded essay frame for teacher demonstration for a Tuck Everlasting Response to Literature with text evidence embedded. The second part is without the color coding for reproducing for student use. The third part is a color coded complete essay sample, 6-9 grade level Response to Literature essay, based upon the short story "Both Sides of the Fence." The original author's text, Teresa Bateman, for this story may be found in Cricket M
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Literary Essay Graphic Organizer *Editable*
This tool will help students organize their ideas about text into a structured literary essay or book review. The graphic organizer is split into five sections to fit a five-paragraph essay structure. Each section lists what information should be included in each paragraph, as well as sentence starters to support struggling writers.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Literary Essay Writing Junior High/Freshman - Beginning Lesson & Example Essay
This lesson is on writing an analytical essay on a work of literature. It is intended as a beginner lesson for 8th graders and high school freshmen, or upper-level 7th graders. After detailed explanation it includes a sample copy of a beginning literary analysis essay based on a prompt from the classic short story "The Monkey's Paw." Writing literary analysis is a very different kind of essay writing, and it is often difficult to get started for junior high or freshman students. Experienced
Grades:
7th - 9th
Fantastic Mr. Fox Book & Movie Compare/Contrast Essay
Based on Fantastic Mr. Fox, this cumulative assignment breaks down a compare and contrast essay. Step one- using a graphic organizer, student will record information about the film and text. Step two- students will narrow down their findings and outline body paragraphs. Step three- students will outline their personal opinion. Step four- Students write their rough draft using the specific paragraph notes included (a thesis statement is also provided). Step five- students revise/edit essay using
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Fantastic Mr. Fox Literature Bundle
A Wrinkle in Time Book & Movie Compare/Contrast Essay
Based on A Wrinkle in Time, this cumulative assignment breaks down a compare and contrast essay. Step one- using a graphic organizer, student will record information about the film and text. Step two- students will narrow down their findings and outline body paragraphs. Step three- students will outline their personal opinion. Step four- Students write their rough draft using the specific paragraph notes included (a thesis statement is also provided). Step five- students revise/edit essay using
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â A Wrinkle in Time Literature Bundle
Help with Essays and Stories FILL-IN the Blank Essays
Helps with learning how to write an essay and learning how to use varied transition sentences.
Contains:
Descriptive Essay Oreo fill-in
Westing Game Persuasive Essay fill-in
Transitions for Stories fill-in
Grades:
4th - 8th, Staff
Also included in:Â Best of Christian Homeschool Resources Year-long Curriculum
Argumentative Essay Are Video Games Harmful?
3 articles regarding the effects of video games being harmful or helpful to society and individuals. Each includes room for annotations.
Includes a brainstorming page to begin argumentative essay outline.
Includes detailed 5 paragraph argumentative outline that explains in detail each portion of the paper including each part of individual paragraphs.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Analysis of a Short Story (Writing Assignment) Bundle in Word
This Word document gives you all you need to have your students write detailed Short Story Analyses. Included is:
--a brief introduction to teaching an Analysis of a Short Story,
--a step-by-step assignment/instruction sheet (with checkboxes for each task) that you can give to students,
--a rubric (with categories for Structure, Process, Description, Spelling and Grammar),
--three suggested mini-lessons (How to Analyze Literature, Avoiding "You," and Keeping the Same Tense) with explanation
Grades:
5th - 10th
Essay Writing Unit/Writing Process: Intro, Body and Conclusion Scaffolds, Topics
Parents and Teachers,Teaching good writing has been a passion of mine for over twenty years, whether in a French, Spanish or English classroom. This program is the end product of all my experience and hard work. This product will provide a complete one to two week unit on how to write an essay, taking information from multiple sources and working very kid-friendly examples until gradually releasing the material for them to do. In other words scaffolding the entire process. Non-readers, ESE and a
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Cross Curricular Lesson: Using History Primary Source to Teach Paragraph Writing
This lesson will help students analyze and summarize primary source documents as well as teach them basic paragraph structure.
The lesson includes instructions on how to write a basic paragraph as well as a copy of the Declaration of Independence for students to read but you can use it with any primary source.
This will hopefully aid their critical thinking abilities as well as their writing ability.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Monkey's Paw classic story used to teach Literary Analysis Essay
"The Monkey's Paw" is a classic suspense short story. It can also be used as a vehicle to begin teaching Literary Analysis writing to high school freshmen or upper junior high students.This lesson contains:* a link to the classic horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (public domain)* a one-paragraph introduction to the story and setting* short introduction to literary-analysis writing *explanations of thesis statement and text evidence *a prompt based on the short story *suggestions on how to brainst
Grades:
7th - 9th
Essay Writing: Beginning Literary Analysis for Junior High or Freshman HS
Writing an essay on a selection that they have read is a vital skill for middle schoolers to start learning, especially college-bound middle schoolers. Yet it is difficult to actually teach this skill in a clear and understandable way, and many veteran teachers know that too many middle schoolers just want to summarize the plot!This clear, step-by-step series of lessons uses the short story "Raymond's Run" to teach the art of writing a literary analysis essay. The lesson contains:• a copy of t
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Writing Rubric
Kid Friendly Writing Rubric allows teachers to score their students writing, while keeping the academic language in kid friendly terms. It can be used for any writing purpose and is great for multiple grade levels between 2nd-6th grades. There is a score conversion chart attached as well so you can convert the rubric into a grade-book entry. You will also find a section to add comments or notes to tell the student what they can do better for the next assignment.
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Persuasive Writing Guided Note Sheet
Looking for a quick, easy way to introduce or refresh persuasive writing ? This guided note sheet was created by a certified English teacher and Reading Specialist. It is based on the Persuasive Writing PowerPoint Presentation. This resource can be easily adaptable for online lessons, homework, flipped classroom assignments, etc.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in:Â Persuasive Writing Bundle
Looking for Alaska Novel Packet: Summer Reading, Plot Questions, Essay Topics
First off, let's state the most important part here: KIDS WILL LOVE THIS NOVEL! :)No really, they will LOVE it. Especially boys, who are traditionally the most difficult group to get to read (according to a high effective reading teacher at my school). That's why Hulu picked it up as a mini-series. Buy this packet and you will get them reading and writing right now and without stop until the end.Teachers and especially non-teachers: what if there were a way to ensure young people do some indepen
Grades:
6th - 12th
R.A.C.E Writing strategy
This is a good strategy to teach your students how to write a paragraph, or an essay. This is a simplified version, to introduce them to R.A.C.E. After your students practice and understands the concept, you can teach them and have them elaborate on reinstate, answer a prompt, or question, cite evidence, and explain/elaborate.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
World History Full Year Course
My World History Binder contains a full year of standards-aligned (96 pages) of assignments. Ideal for high school alternative education, homeschool, private school, comprehensive high school, mini-lessons, supplement to a textbook, use as single lessons when teaching specific historical events or for essay/unit assessments.Each assignment may be completed in as little as 2 days or up to one week for research assignments. Engaging, student research-driven, instructions, and a Teacher Key for t
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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