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7th grade writing-expository unit plan pdfs
Email Etiquette Lesson Bundle Digital & Print - How to Email a Teacher
Recent global culture and climate has resulted in an increased demand for virtual communication skills. This email etiquette unit is full of engaging, relevant, and rigorous writing opportunities that provide students with skills they will need to succeed in the 21st century.With this writing unit, both teachers and students will observe quick growth and increased command of tone and professionalism.Email Etiquette Bundle Contents:EMAIL ETIQUETTE TRADITIONAL PRINT UNIT: This is the ever-popular,
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7th - 10th
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Opinion Writing - Writing a Persuasive Business Letter (Google Classroom)
In this engaging 10-day Opinion Writing Unit students write a business letter about a school issue. Writing as a concerned student, students will write a letter to their principal (that they do not necessarily need to send to him/her) based on their opinions. The unit begins with building background on opinion writing. Then, students practice how to differentiate between fact and opinion before completing an opinion and support match-up. Next, students select a school issue to write about.
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5th - 8th
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Expository Writing: Informational Historical News Story (Google Classroom)
Expository / Informative Writing: In this 10-day, Common Core - aligned Expository Writing Unit, students will demonstrate a deep understanding of the features, critical elements, and purpose of expository or informative writing. During the unit, students will write an expository news story about a historic event. Through instruction on the news story structure and investigations of sample news stories, students will understand the critical components of a news story so that they can write th
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: October Unit Plans Bundle - 4 ELA Units to Teach All October Long!
Basic Essay Writing Lessons, Activities: Before the 5-Paragraph Essay BUNDLE
From Struggling to Confident: Empower Your Middle School and High School Students with the Basics of Essay Writing! Freshly UPDATED, this Essay Apprentice Writing Program introduces basic writing skills in a fun and effective way, helping students gain confidence in their writing as they learn (or review) the essential basics of writing. Now, completely updated and Google Classroom compatible!Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms. SAVE nearly
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7th - 10th
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Biography Writing Unit: Biographical Sketches about Peers (Google-Compatible)
In this detailed, common-core aligned, 10-day unit, students will learn about biography writing and actively participate in the writing process. Students will write biographical sketches about a classmate. In their biographies they’ll include information about their classmate’s early life, personal life, and accomplishments. They’ll also include critical elements of biography writing. Students will research their subject with interviews, journal entry analysis, and photograph reviews. Throu
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5th - 8th
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Expository Informative Explanatory Writing Bundle
Call it what you will - Expository, Informative, or Explanatory Writing - this bundle includes 12 lessons in planning and drafting writing process steps. Your students will be writing well-organized essays in two-to-three weeks! (Within the unit, the students will see Common Core terminology of Informative/Explanatory Writing as opposed to Expository.)Note: This unit is also sold in a bundle along with the Persuasive/Argument Writing Unit:Essay Writing Lessons BundleKey topics include: Brainsto
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4th - 8th
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Friday Night Lights Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger's study of the impact of football in a Texas town resonates across the country. His discussions of the academics vs. sports debate,race, gender, and class issues, and entitlement will hook middle and high school students. Friday Night Lights speaks to the secondary school experience as well as society's expectations.This complete unit plan, includes: Common Core Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy grade level, time frame, assessments, and detailed daily plans as we
Grades:
7th - 12th
Writing Units BUNDLE! Personal Narrative, Persuasive, & Informative Essay Guides
★★★★★ Do your students struggle with writing multi-paragraph essays? Simplify the writing process with these 3 writing units that break down the steps into easily understandable steps!Get interactive, editable, and no-prep digital resources ready to help your students become more confident writers! ⭐ Cut out the overwhelm and implement this strategy for success! ⭐ WHAT'S INSIDE? 3 complete step-by-step writing guides walking through every step of the writing process for each unit.WRITING GENRES
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4th - 8th
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Informational Writing Unit, Scaffolded 5 paragraph essays
Student writing book pages, complete with graphic organizers, Rough Draft and Final Draft Page. Meant to be OVER ONE MONTH of writing prompts.
Teach Students to:
**Do research on a topic to write a complete Informational essay.
**Create an Interesting Introduction
**Use Transition words
**Write in Paragraphs
**Create an Excellent Ending
**Edit and Revise Writing with an Informational Writing Checklist
Buy This Unit As Part of a BUNDLE and SAVE!
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Restaurant Review - Engaging Persuasive Writing Unit/Project
A huge hit each and every year! The students actually beg to work on it! Easily usable for fourth through eighth grade. A great unit through which to address narrative and expository style writing, developing and supporting a thesis, descriptive writing, similes and metaphors, using mentor texts, composing formal letters, and addressing envelopes. Plus, it is a lot of fun!
Local restaurants have responded really well to the project and have actually written students back (and even sent gift car
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4th - 8th
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Christmas Reading Comprehension Paired Passages
What kid hasn't wished Christmas, their birthday, Hanuka, or the Fourth of July could come around more than once a year? This wonderful, classic short story reminds us that too much of a sweet thing can quickly turn sour!
The story is paired with an article about the waste generated during the holiday season and a video about holiday recycling. This rigorous unit includes guided practice on how to closely read a complex text, as well as how to answer multiple choice, sh
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6th - 8th
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Argumentative Writing - Toulmin Model
This product provides a complete step by step guide for students on argumentative writing.
Each page is a worksheet and practice examples on the following terms as coined by Toulmin:
Claim
Qualifier
Grounds
Warrant
Backing
Rebuttals
Conclusion
This pack also includes project description materials, essay organizer and links to supplemental materials to guide students through the writing of a 5 paragraph argumentative essay.
Supports CCLS:
RL.6.7 RI.5.1 RI.5.2 RI.5.10 W.5.1 RL.5.2a
RL.6
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5th - 7th
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Informative Informational Expository Essay Writing Unit THESIS STATEMENT FOCUSED
This 5 paragraph, thesis statement centered, informative essay writing workshop ELIMINATES all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding using this complete resource designed to build a full essay. Each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person instructions, video links for differentiation, and templates for building paragraphs. This workshop is NOT formulaic
Grades:
6th - 9th
Writing a Memoir Scaffolded Unit and Word Search CCSS Grades 4-7 Print and Easel
Set out on a storytelling adventure with this Memoir Writing Unit, thoughtfully designed for student engagement and the exploration of personal narratives. This step-by-step scaffolded guide ensures that every student (general education, SPED, and ELL) is supported through each phase of the memoir writing process. Unit Highlights Include:Memoir Anchor Chart: Provides an outline of memoir characteristics for easy reference.Inspiring Read-Aloud Recommendations: Dive into the world of memoirs with
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Writing Bundle CCSS Grades 5-6 Print and Teach
Writing to Inform and Explain Unit (Vol. 2) - Digital and Printable
Writing to Inform and Explain (Vol. 2): “How To Survive…” (A Mini-Writer’s Workshop for Grades 6-8) is part of a series of mini-workshops designed to engage even the most reluctant of young writers! This quick-paced, 2-week writer’s workshop is broken down into small, manageable steps which will keep your students interested and excited. This unit comes with a link to an interactive Google Slide "Notebook" that guides students through the lessons and activities, making this perfect for digital/d
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing to Inform and Explain Units: The Bundle
Scholarship Letter: Fun and Authentic Persuasive Writing Unit TEL-Con
Persuasive / Argument Writing now has a fun and authentic purpose! Students will 'apply' for a fictional scholarship to a dream high school. They will write a cover letter in which they convince a scholarship review committee that they are an exceptional student and the perfect candidate for their school.
I have found great success with this writing unit for the past 6 years. Students get to write about what they know best: themselves! They are experts of their own content, which frees them up
Grades:
7th - 10th
SIOP Model Lesson Plan - Recipe For Writing A Persuasive Letter
This is a Middle School level, SIOP Model Lesson Plan for writing a persuasive letter.The lesson plan is carefully prepared following the SIOP model for English Language Learners but can be used in any level of Language Arts classroom. The lesson plans include the following elements:Product Description for "SIOP: Teaching Strategies and Materials for Working Effectively with Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learners"Grade Level: Middle and High School (Grades 6-12)Subject: English Language
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7th - 9th
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Animal Farm Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This thought-provoking Animal Farm unit plan includes Unit Structure, and Activities forms for planning, and a sample calendar agenda. It also offers 15 activities covering the main elements of literature, background information on George Orwell, the Bolshevik Revolution, the allegorical elements regarding major Russian leaders of this period in history, propaganda techniques, vocabulary, literary terms a 100 point test and much, much more. Activities address the Common Core standards as well as
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7th - 9th
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Paragraph Writing (Grades 5-8)
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A New Way to Help Your Students Build Great Paragraphs
The original designed for students grades 4-6 (and all middle school levels).
A new way to help your students write great paragraphs. The key to writing strong, interesting writing is the details. This model helps your student write a paragraph that will blow you and everyone else away. With the new Smarter Balanced Assessments coming, your students will need to be able to write
Grades:
4th - 8th
Memoir Writing Unit Plans and Student Packet
With this memoir unit plan pack, you will have everything you need to teach memoirs in an exciting way! Lesson plans, brainstorming sheets, revision worksheets, and a standards based rubric! What more could you need?
Included in this pack
- 14 days of common core aligned lesson plans
- 6 word memoir plans
- brainstorming
- bracket
- pre-writing
- engaging leads worksheet and examples
- dialogue rules
- show not tell
- self and peer editing sheet
- standards based rubric
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5th - 9th
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Student Blogging Unit Plan BUNDLE: Persuasive Writing, Argumentation, Summary
Activate student engagement and inquiry with this unique and engaging blog writing unit focused on cultural criticism! Students will summarize nonfiction texts and respond with persuasive writing, argumentative writing, and analytical writing. They will create a blog to share their thoughts with others! This unit gives you ALL of the resources and links you need for no-prep student blog writing experience. If you're ready for “real world,” authentic assessment, with a ton of activities at your f
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7th - 10th
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WRITING BUNDLE - Argument - Informational - Narrative - 6-8 Common Core Aligned
This is EVERYTHING you need to teach writing in grades 6-8. This product contains 241 pages of resources for your students to become masterful writers and work at their own pace while doing it. I bundled up the following three items:
Argument Writing Unit
Informational Writing Unit
Narrative Writing Unit
Each unit includes a breakdown of every skill necessary as identified by the Common Core State standards. There are informational guides for teaching, tons of essay examples, and lots of activ
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6th - 8th
The Outsiders - Complete Literature Circle Unit Plan
This unit plan consists of sixty-three pages, the components of which are detailed at the bottom of this description. The Suggested Unit Plan has day-by-day plans for nine weeks or twenty-three classes worth of activities.
The unit plan for The Outsiders literature circles is based on a student-centered reading activity that involves various roles assigned to each student on a weekly basis. The literature circle group workbook gives each of the roles (explained below) weekly activities with w
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6th - 10th
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A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea - CCSS Persuasive Writing Activity
It seems impossible. How can a pig parade be a terrible idea?! However, Ian Michael Black is very persuasive in his book with the same title. I love using children's literature to springboard writing concepts with my third graders all the way up to my AP Lit students. After reading this story, I use this bundle to teach the concept of persuasive writing. Through a series of steps (baby steps!) students will analyze the story to find that while wildly funny, it is actually just a persuasive state
Grades:
3rd - 9th
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