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Middle school writing-essays unit plan pdfs
Five Paragraph Essay Instructional Unit
Five paragraph essays have never been easier to teach! This instructional unit contains everything you need to take your students from sentence writers to five paragraph essay authors! I love the process of teaching writing to my students. They begin the year with short, incomplete sentences but by the time I’m done with them, they can write excellent five paragraph essays. I have had many teachers ask me to share my process for teaching the five paragraph essay. Until this point, I haven’t had
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Writing Bundle
Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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Research Paper - Complete Unit
Research paper complete unit.
Research papers made easy! This complete unit has everything you need to teach writing a research paper from start to finish.
Includes NEW MLA 8th edition citation guidelines.
For the APA version of this unit, click here:
Research Papers Complete Unit - APA Style
Everything here is classroom-tested with hundreds of students who have successfully written a research paper. There are 65 pages of teacher notes, handouts, worksheets, activities and examples, all
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle
DIVERGENT Novel Study Unit Plan Activities - Prereading Projects Writing Quizzes
Get your learners thinking! Our Divergent Novel Study Unit Plan has the activities and quizzes you need to teach a 7-week novel study -- prereading questions, characters, vocabulary, projects, writing, and more. You'll love the "print-and-go" activities in slideshow and .pdf, both fun and rigorous for your learners (200+ pages and slides).Your learners will have fun with the rigor and creativity of our engaging activities built from best teaching practices. We want to make your lesson plan journ
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7th - 9th
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Essay Writing Lesson, Activity Year-Long BUNDLE: 5-Paragraph Essay Writing Unit
Unlock Your Students' Writing Potential: The Ultimate Essay Writing Program for Middle and High Schoolers on TpT! This newly REVISED Bestseller Essay Architect Writing System BUNDLE is chock-full with everything you need to teach a complete 5-paragraph essay. Students will learn everything about writing a great essay, from the essential structure, organization, and terminology of the essay to in-depth practice on the elements of the essay, to reviewing and peer-editing model and non-model essay
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7th - 10th
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Myth Writing Unit - 8 days of writing lessons! (PDF and Digital Versions)
In this eight day, CCSS-aligned Myth Writing Unit, students will demonstrate an understanding of the myth genre as they write their own myths. The unit begins with a review of the characteristics of myths and student analysis of a sample myth. Then, following a step-by-step process that includes pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, conferencing, and then writing a final copy, students will write an original and creative myth. In this unit students create a myth that creatively presents an ex
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: 3 Writing Units BUNDLE - Persuasive, Descriptive, & Myth Writing Units
Argumentative Essay Writing Bundle (6th-8th Grade) (CCSS Aligned)
This bundle includes everything that you need to teach argumentative writing to your middle schoolers!It begins with introducing argumentative writing to students. Then you can teach the writing process. After that, there is a complete 20-lesson unit that guides teachers and students through the entire process with detailed lesson plans, interactive notebook activities, graphic organizers, and so much more! Finally, there are multiple graphic organizers.These resources are Common Core State Stan
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6th - 8th
Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity & Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers
The Literary Analysis resource is a great way to simplify teaching your students how to write a literary essay! The Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity is exactly what you need to teach this challenging writing genre to your 5th-7th grade students. This step-by-step scaffolded literary analysis writing unit includes a rubric and a literary analysis essay example, so all students can succeed. The focus is on analyzing the basic literary elements of plot, setting, character, and theme.✏️ The
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5th - 7th
Essay Writing: Teach your students to write a multi-paragraph essay
This is a fully-planned writing unit. This 2 week structured writing unit uses a color-coding system to help your students successfully structure their writing and produce quality multi-paragraph essays. This unit works great as test prep, too! With original activities to pair with suggested engaging mentor texts, students will be using research-based strategies to improve their writing!Included in this resource:2 weeks of lesson plansFive different original nonfiction passages that will engage
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3rd - 6th
Class Dismissed by Allan Woodrow Literature Guide(w/Answer Key)
Class Dismissed is a high-interest novel for 4th and 5th grade girls and boys alike!
This novel study is not your run-of-the-mill vocab and questions packet! This novel study includes Pre-Reading, During Reading, and After Reading activities and can be tailored to fit the needs of your students. You can assign the entire packet, or pick and choose which activities best fit the needs of your class!
Included in this product is 83 pages (INCLUDES ANSWER KEY)
★Anticipation Guide
★Vocabulary
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4th - 6th
Fahrenheit 451 COMMON CORE Aligned Bundled Inquiry Unit
This unit's free preview will demonstrate a table of contents and unit plan in terms of both time and content in lessons. English Language Arts Common Core State Standards are given thorough attention. It addresses students' needs to work individually and socially. The unit moves at a rigorous pace positioning students with much writing practice and opportunity to question the book's purpose. Both stand-alone activities and teacher-guided discussions surface throughout the read.
Worksheets and
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8th - 12th
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Opinion and Persuasive Writing Essay Unit
This is a fully-planned opinion or persuasive writing unit. This 2 week structured writing unit uses a color-coding system to help your students successfully structure their writing and produce quality opinion and persuasive essays! This unit works great as test prep, too! With original activities to pair with suggested engaging mentor texts, students will be using research-based strategies to improve their writing!Included in this resource:2 weeks of lesson plansThree different original nonfict
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3rd - 6th
How To Write an Argumentative Essay Writing Workshop Common Core
This 20 page lesson includes everything needed to teach 5th-8th graders the art of argumentative essay writing. A scaffolded lesson about Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem current event issue is included! Along with:1. Teacher Direction and Standards2. Student Checklist for Writing Argumentative Essay3. A Scaffolded Lesson on A Hot Topic: Is not standing for The National Anthem an abuse of First Amendment Rights?4. Background Information on the Hot Topic5. Step by Step Writing Template to
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5th - 8th
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Narrative Essay - Complete Unit
Writing a Narrative Essay:
This unit has everything you need to teach a narrative essay from start to finish. It is meant to align with all the objectives of common core standard Text Types and Purposes for 8th - 10th grade (8.W.3; 9.W.3; 10.W.3), but is useful for narrative writing for all grades seventh and up. There 29 pages jam-packed with lesson plans, worksheets, handouts, group work, picture writing prompts, graphic organizers and more! A sample essay is included and used in examples thro
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle
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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Bundle: Monthly Writing Projects for Upper Elementary
Lead your students in monthly writing projects that are relatable, challenging, and engaging with these resources!Each month, students will learn and practice a genre that gets them writing and thinking about topics that are interesting and dynamic.While the order of the projects does not matter, a guide is included that shows which projects fit well with each month.
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4th - 6th
How to Write a Research Paper
As a middle school teacher, I believe that teaching students to write a research paper is the most important skill that I can give them. This unit is meant to have students go step by step through The Writing Process in order to write a MLA-Style Research Paper! This 29 page student handbook will make Research Paper Writing a breeze. Teaching Tip: When I teach this unit, I model and we discuss each step as we go through the workbook together. Students are so proud of their typed MLA format
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle~ FIVE Writing Units at a DISCOUNTED Price!!!
Opinion Writing in Spanish - Escritura de opinion - Ensayo de opinión
Este producto guiara a tus estudiantes durante el proceso de escribir un ensayo de opinión. Incluye versión para imprimir y versión digital (Google Slides).Incluye: Organizadores gráficos para escribir un ensayo de 6 párrafos (introducción, 3 párrafos de apoyo, contra-argumento y conclusión), cada organizador gráfico tiene una lista para que los estudiantes evalúen su trabajo.Papel para escribir el borradorLista de palabras y frases de transiciónUn ensayo que puedes usar como ejemploObjectivos p
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3rd - 6th
Fantasy Writing Unit
A full five week, Fantasy Writing Unit geared towards Upper Elementary students. This 86 page resource includes:Full 25 Day Unit PlanTeaching Plans that match student handouts to minimize confusion while you are instructingVideo links to accompany lessons at all stages of the planning process to assist students with skills such as understanding the Fantasy Genre, developing characters, crafting a storyline, and more. Planning, Drafting, Revising, Self Edit, Peer Edit, Mini-Lessons, and Final Dr
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4th - 7th
MLA Format Source Cards Reference Sheet and Graphic Organizer
Updated for 8th Edition MLA Format, this source cards student reference sheet (double-sided) and graphic organizer (double-sided) helps students keep track of their research and properly cite their sources in MLA format. Print the handout sheet on brightly colored paper or cardstock, and your students will keep it and use it all year long.This resource is included in a BUNDLE:Ultimate Research Writing Bundle (Grades 8-12)Keywords: CCSS, common core, informational texts, informational text, infor
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: MLA Format Bundle: PowerPoint, Escape Room, Mini Flip Book, Source Cards
So, You Want to Buy a Car? -- Argumentative Writing + Simple & Compound Interest
This unit requires students to use their research skills and basic math skills (using simple and compound interest) to choose and "pitch" their dream car to their parents.
The teacher randomly assigns each student a job, hourly wage, and two interest rate options: a simple interest loan from your parents, and a compound interest rate from the bank. Then, using the auto sales booklets (which you can pick up at most grocery stores), they will choose two cars to compare. They will do that math, fi
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7th - 10th
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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
A Christmas Carol: Novel Unit with Cause/Effect Essay and other assignments
Christmas Carol Novel Unit - This Christmas Carol pack has everything you need while reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The focus is on the cause/effect essay which proves Scrooge changes throughout his experience. Other concepts covered in unit include persuasive techniques and letter writing, symbols, character analysis (traits), and note taking.
Materials Included:
-Ghost Synonym Poster for display during reading of text
- Group Character Traits Poster Project describing Scrooge
Grades:
7th - 9th
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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