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ELA test prep rubrics for Easel Activities
Cats or Dogs Opinion Writing Prompt with Paired Passages - Graphic Organizer
This cats or dogs opinion writing prompt is the perfect way to practice using paired passages with writing prompts. It comes with an opinion writing prompt, two informational texts, an opinion writing graphic organizer, a sample opinion essay (one for each side), a rubric, and more! Everything that's included helps your students write an organized, evidence-based opinion essay and prepare for the state test. If your students have to take a standardized writing test that comes with passages, then
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3rd - 5th
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Coronavirus vs Spanish Flu Compare Contrast Essay Writing Test Prep Text Based
Get your students ready for state writing tests with these two paired passages and an expository writing prompt that will take your students back to 1918 so they can compare and contrast the Spanish Flu with their own experiences with COVID-19. Assign this resource digitally through Easel for TpT or print out the PDF for in-person learning. Either way, students will perform a close reading of both expository articles -- one for each pandemic -- fill out a Venn diagram, organize their writing wi
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Compare and Contrast Essay Bundle, Text Dependent Writing
Text Dependent Opinion Writing Text Based Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Mars
Get your students ready for state writing tests with these differentiated paired passages, mentor texts, and writing prompts that are perfect for opinion, persuasive, or argumentative essays. Both articles have been updated for 2024. One article is a first-person reflection on space flight by an author who grew up in Florida during the Space Shuttle era. The second article is informational, explaining what NASA is doing to get ready for a Mars mission. During close reading, your students pick
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Opinion or Persuasive Writing Bundle, Text Dependent Writing, Easel
Paired Passages with Writing Prompts Fictional Narrative on Dog Sled Mail
Your students will used text dependent analysis to write a fictional narrative about dog sledding mail carriers who delivered mail to the gold diggers in Alaska in the early 20th century. The set of paired passages on differentiated reading levels will provide tons of facts about dog sledding and gold miners. Students will do a close reading, analyze the writing prompt, and use a graphic organizer to outline their stories. It's great practice for state writing tests, and it's also available as
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5th - 6th
ELA Performance Task SBAC Prep... TPT Digital Beta Ready
This packet includes 3 different performance tasks. Each task has two texts, 3 questions and 3 detailed self correcting sheets for students to be able to identify their own strengths and weaknesses. This packet is a great way to prepare students for the format of the SBAC performance task, citing sources, comparing multiple texts, along with giving them a better understanding of what they should be looking for when completing the tasks. The set includes 2 opinion tasks, and 1 informational task.
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: ELA Performance Task SBAC Bundle
Lion vs. House Cat Text-Dependent Essay, Compare and Contrast, Expository, Easel
These paired passages about lions their house cat cousins with an expository writing prompt will get your students comparing and contrasting felines. You can assign it digitally using Easel for TpT or print out the PDF for in-person learning. During close reading, your students will highlight details, fill in a Venn Diagram, and complete graphic organizers -- either digitally on a device or in person with pen and paper.This resource includes:A no-prep, editable digital version for use with Easel
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Expository Text-Dependent Essay Bundle, Lions, Bees, and Africa, Easel
How to Write a Summary OLC4O OSSLT - Article Included!
This How to Write a Summary resource provides students with the information necessary to write a summary of their own. Use the note to discuss the steps of writing a summary and what to include. The summary writing task can be used as practice or to assess student skill before writing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. In OLC4O this writing task can be used as a summative task for the students' portfolio. Applicable to ENG1L, 1P, 1D, 2L, and 2P as well. Download, print, and assign! ☺️In
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Descriptive Writing Paragraph Structure Unit Lesson Plans Print and Digital
Teach your kids how to organize a paragraph with a topic sentence, three details, and a closing sentence, but while you are doing that -- teach them to use descriptive language. Spice up their writing with sensory details and creative similes and metaphors as you lead them through several mentor texts and scaffold a paragraph about their favorite foods. Then, set their creativity loose with six descriptive writing prompts. This mini-unit can be taught in just one week. It includes detailed les
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: Paragraph Writing Bundle with Rubric and Prompts, Paragraph Structure
Paired passages with writing prompts informational Writing Prompt Africa
Get your 5th grade or 6th grade students ready for state ELA writing tests while they learn some of the culture of Africa. A mentor text will give them examples of text based writing. Differentiated paired passages in two reading levels will introduce them to some of the customs of Ivory Coast. An expository writing prompt asks students to write an informational essay about how Ivorian customs are different from their own. Graphic organizers will help your writers keep themselves organized, a
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5th - 6th
How to Write a Summary OLC4O OSSLT - Article included!
This Writing a Summary resource provides students with the information necessary on how to write a summary of their own. Use the note to discuss the steps of writing a summary and what to include. The summary writing task can be used as practice or to assess student skill before writing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test. In OLC4O this writing task can be used as a summative task for the students' portfolio. Applicable to ENG1L, 1P, 1D, 2L, and 2P as well. Download, print, and assign! ☺️
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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