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Middle school writing-essays homeschool curriculum pdfs
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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Also included in:Â Argumentative Essay Writing Unit Graphic Organizers w Mentor Samples Rubric
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
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 âś“Take out any words or phrases that don't sound right âś“Replace boring adjectives with more exciting ones âś“Check for subject-verb agreement
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K - 12th
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:Â BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
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
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins Book Unit
Gregor the Overlander
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*No Prep!
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*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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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
ELA WRITING 123 Prompts: Descriptive, Explanatory, Narrative, & Persuasive
Thanks for checking out this resource! This is a PDF document of 123 writing prompts in all text types:1) Descriptive2) Expository / Explanatory / Opinion (all prompts ask students to explain REASONS)3) Narrative (Fictional and Personal)4) Persuasive / ArgumentativeThis would be a great resource for helping to prepare students for all text-types and especially for state writing assessments.I use this a ton during my unit of study on WRITING INTRODUCTIONS & CONCLUSIONS. That product line inc
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3rd - 8th
Middle School Five-Paragraph Essay
About this UnitKnowing how to write a 5-paragraph essay is essential, especially when testing week rolls around. This unit is designed to help your students relearn the basic elements of the 5-paragraph essay while enhancing their writing skills. This unit follows the E.P.G.I. strategy! · Examples· Practice· Guidance· IndependenceThis step-by-step E.P.G.I. strategy WORKS in providing just enough scaffolding to get your students from baby steps to long-distance running in NO TIME.Why You’ll Love
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6th - 8th
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
Essay Writing for Home School - Complete Curriculum
Essay Writing for Home School - Complete Curriculum
This 182-page guide is for college-bound secondary home school students. I have adapted my popular essay writing units into one coherent, self-directed home school curriculum.
The curriculum contains step-by-step instructions for writing Narrative, Compare/Contrast, Summary/Response, Research, and Argumentative Essays. There are also sections on MLA formatting, research, avoiding plagiarism, academic sources, and writing prompts. Each section
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Digestion Story Writing Activity with Rubric Human Body
Digestion Story Writing Activity with Rubric
**10/14/15 - Writing paper added to file and activity was given a facelift. Please download the file again for the updates!
This is one of the most popular writing assignments in my class! When we study the human body in science, students complete this writing project. (I do the writing during language arts, but it could be done in science as well.) Students select one of their favorite foods as the character. They then take the food through th
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4th - 6th
Writing 101 A Writing Curriculum
Writing 101 is a complete writing curriculum with three units on Narrative, Expository and Persuasive writing. The curriculum incorporates ELA standards and is aligned to the Common Core. I have created this curriculum for the past fourteen years and use it in my classroom daily.
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Unit 1: Narrative Writing
An overview of the writing process with example essays. Includes 8 narrative prompts
Unit 2: Expository Writing
An overview of expository writing with model essays and 5 prom
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7th - 10th
World War I Weapons & Trench Warfare Battles – WWI American History Lesson
Our World War I Weapons lesson uses nonfiction informational text PLUS engaging hands-on activities and writing assignments to teach about weapons (machine guns, tanks, and poisonous gases) used during World War I:World War I Weapons nonfiction informational text – no additional textbook neededQuestions to assess Informational Text ComprehensionJournal Entries utilizing Close Reading to summarize World War I battlesCircle Chart to Illustrate Weapons used during World War IWorld War I Weapons Ess
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4th - 8th
Legend Writing Mini Unit
This Legend Writing Mini-Unit is perfect for upper elementary and middle school students. Students will analyze a sample legend and follow the template to write their own.This unit is designed to cover 4 lessons but can be easily adapted to fit your needs. It is appropriate for many upper elementary and middle grade levels. Unit Includes:Teacher lesson plansGoogle Classroom linksSuggested prompts and mentor textsSample text to observe and analyzePrewriting templateFinal copy pagesGrading rubricS
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Writing Mini Unit BUNDLE for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
TEXT-BASED INFORMATIVE WRITING (Grades 4-6) Common Core and SBAC Prep
This is an informational writing unit. ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING MULTIPLE ARTICLES for text based informational writing. JUST PRINT AND GO! The focus is on teaching skills that students will need to write strong informational essays. The prompts and articles are designed to engage and interest students. The prompts and articles in this unit focus on animals, so this is an excellent ELA/Science unit.
Included are mini-lessons on:
taking notes
writing topic sentences
using trans
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â BUNDLE: Year-Long Common Core Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
SBAC PREP ENERGY: 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 eleven different pages of research with a variety of different types of texts, are includ
Grades:
4th - 8th
New Year's Resolutions Writing Activity (Grades 6-8)
IF YOU”RE LOOKING FOR AN ENGAGING WRITING AND CHARACTER BUILDING ACTIVITY to use after your long deserved Christmas break, I’ve got you covered with this New Year’s Resolutions Writing Activity. #Ghost2020YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND SPED kids will write personal New Year’s resolutions for themselves, for their family and friends, for school, and for the world around them. It will help them to realize their personal goals, and to feel good about themselves after they’ve achieved them.IN ADDITION
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6th - 8th
Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Response to Literature Grade 5
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, articles, charts, quotes, or poetry.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "response to literature" because the student will be forced to reflect on their interpretation a poem an
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4th - 6th
Daniel's Story (Carol Matas) Complete Novel Study
This Daniel's Story unit study is a great companion for any study of the Holocaust and the sensitive details of the atrocities that took place during WW2. The contents and tasks are age-appropriate, and written to help your students get the most out of this unit.The unit includes the following ELA tasks:* Comprehension: DOK 1,2,3 and 4 (TDQ)* Vocabulary: Denotative and in context* Character development* Plot development* Historical timelines for fictional reference* Chapter by Chapter questions
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5th - 9th
Merchant of Venice Study Guide and Notebook
the Merchant of Venice Notebook and Study guide leads students through studying the Merchant of Venice, by asking questions to unlock the play, as well as looking at:historical contextcharacterizationliterary deviceslanguage and structurethemes.consider the play from a Christian perspectiveAs well as looking at the play, students will also be guided to write about the play. Be guided to compose:a persuasive essay.descriptive writing.report writing.interview writing.
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Grades:
8th - 10th
Disney World Field Trip Student Mapping Activity And Narrative Writing Activity
This file has a narrative writing prompt as well as a webquest & map activity for all four Florida Disney World parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios.
This file includes:
1. Field trip letter/narrative cover sheet with heading only
2. Field trip form with categories (Departure Time, Return Time, etc.)
3. Mapping activity for each park, including an individual component and a group component.
4. A tips page for each park (from personal park experience)
5. Na
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5th - 8th
How To Teach the Paragraph
Writing instruction does NOT need to be difficult. If your student can write a paragraph, your student can write anything from an essay, to a research report, to an in-depth story.It all starts with one simple trick. Teach this trick in minutes, have your students practice it several times, and your students will have a solid grasp for writing paragraphs. Use this trick to write stories, summarize stories, write reports, and more. No assignment is too difficult. You’ll be amazed at how quickly
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3rd - 7th
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Studying the Bible Guided Project
A step-by-step checklist guide to help students really dive deep into The Word and study it more thoroughly. The checklist includes:- pick a verse - read the verse 3 times- write out the verse- read commentary - write down who the author is- tell a little about him- when was this book written?- who was the author writing to?- what was the theme of this book?- was there a sub-theme of this particular chapter?- what did you learn from reading the commentary?- why I picked this verse?- that this v
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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