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Writing-essays Common Core W.6.5 activities
Interactive Research Papers & Essays for Common Core Writing Grades 4-6
This is the companion to my Interactive Writing Notebooks, picking up where it leaves off with more advanced writing assignments. Just like my other products, all of these lessons are differentiated and scaffolded to meet ALL of your students' needs.
This product includes 5 very detailed writing units that will likely take between 1-2 weeks to complete each one. These units can be done in any order but do increase in difficulty with each one.
You do not have to have my Interactive Writing Note
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4th - 6th
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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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Edit Sentences and Paragraphs with COPS
Are you tired of reminding your students to edit their sentences and paragraphs? If so, then edit writing with COPS is what you need. Your students will enjoy editing as they learn and use the COPS strategy! This unit is engaging and effective, and your students will learn to "Patrol Your Writing with COPS!" Skills included in COPS:CapitalizationOrganizationPunctuationSpelling ❤️ Here's what you get: ✅ TEACHING RESOURCES COPS Mini-Lesson PlanCommon Core & 'I Can' StatementsTeacher TipsPock
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1st - 4th
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Argumentative Writing UNIT Common Core Grades 6-12 Editable
Teach your students to write solid argument essays step-by-step with my Argumentative Writing unit. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12. Newly updated to include EDITABLE handouts and rubrics in Google Drive (using Google Slides). This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES MEGA BUNDLE and is also included in my Argument Essay Writing Bundle + Editable Presentation and Handouts.Students won't struggle writing an argument with my graphic organize
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Character Traits Essay - Literary Essay Writing for ANY Text
Character Traits Essay – Informative Writing - Here’s a literary essay made easy and ready to use with ANY text! This step-by-step resource is designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process of writing a character analysis essay. Easy-to-follow templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs! Includes a model essay, motivating pre-writing activities, rubric, and character traits list. Standards-aligned with differentiation.NOTE: This is a print resour
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5th - 8th
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Unit - Argumentative Writing Task
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and encourage their curiosity while reading "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury? How about a dystopian short story set in a futuristic society where technology can replace even the most basic of human activities and has one of the most jaw-dropping endings in literature? Look no further than this “The Veldt” Short Story Unit that is is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA . This two week
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6th - 9th
Essay Writing BUNDLE, Informational, Narrative, & Argumentative Units Grades 6-8
Do you want a one-stop shop for all of your writing units?! Seriously, look no further! This Writing Unit BUNDLE for middle grade will give you everything you need!This bundle includes an argumentative writing unit, informational writing unit, and a narrative writing unit. There are more than 70 lessons in this BUNDLE, and it is perfect to teach your students each type of writing! There are engaging and high-interest texts, plenty of rigorous activities, rubrics, and so much more!Narrative Writi
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6th - 8th
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The Writing Process Digital Writing Workshop Activity
Students often tend to rush through the writing process, throwing together a rough draft and crying out, "I'm done!" This digital writing process activity is an interactive way to help them focus on truly digging into the writing process and its importance. Students will spend time working through writing workshop mini lessons and activities in a way that is manageable and meaningful. Instead of writing a lot and being DONE, students will really dig into one sentence, learning how less is more.
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6th - 9th
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Revise and Edit Writing with ARMS & COPS - Anchor Posters - Lessons - Rubrics
Editing & Revising BundleHere are cute, catchy, engaging, and effective ways for students to remember to edit and revise their writing! The packs may easily be used for self, peer, or teacher editing and revising. I love hearing my students exclaim, “My writing is so much better now!” “It’s so much more interesting.”******************************************************Click on each set below to see what is included in the bundle. Patrol Your Writing Edit with 'COPS'Revise with ARMS********
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1st - 6th
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Essay Editing Checklist & Task Cards (UPDATED)
Few students take the time (or know how) to truly revise their essays. Editing checklists are helpful for some students, but are overwhelming for others. Break down the work and model the process with this interactive editing checklist and card set!This kit helps students learn how to become independent editors, rereading drafts multiple times for specific elements to authentically practice the revision process. • Visual learners can use the traditional editing checklist to complete each task an
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6th - 10th
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Writing Our World™ Premium Curriculum: Grades 6th-8th
Are you looking to help your students with dyslexia unlock their writing potential? Do your students…• have a lot of ideas, but struggle to get them on the page?• tend to write in run-on sentences?• become overwhelmed with longer writing assignments?• produce disorganized pieces of writing? • write short, unelaborated paragraphs?• resist writing altogether? Cultivate confident writing and critical thinking skills in your students with Writing Our World™.Through this curriculum, students will lea
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6th - 8th
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Peer Editing Feedback | Writing Workshop & Conferences | Checklists & Forms
Looking for a resource to help your students give peer editing & feedback on writing assignments? This resource gives your students a writing checklist, choice board menus & fill-in forms that can be used for reflection, peer editing & writing conferences. The resources will help your students offer quick and effective feedback. It also is a great way to increase motivation & writing effort when your students know it will be read by their peers. What's included:• Suggestions &am
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Peer Editing Writing Feedback Bundle Checklists Task Cards Posters
Peer Editing Checklist - 3 Informative/Expository Writing Peer Review Checklists
Get your students to peer edit like pros with these engaging and organized Informational / Explanatory peer review editing checklists! These revising checklists have differentiated levels for 5, 7, & 9 paragraphs so that you can reach every learner in your class. This standards aligned resource includes 3 print-and-go peer editing checklists already planned and prepped for you. Teachers can use them all school year long to help students know what to edit in their essays. The reusable peer ed
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6th - 12th
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Argumentative, Informational, & Narrative Essays & RACES Writing Strategy Bundle
Students will be able to easily write a strong argumentative, informational, and narrative essay as well as the RACES writing strategy with constructive responses. These easy to follow, step-by-step directions walk students through the essay writing & RACES process. Each resource comes in printable and digital format. SAVE 20% when you purchase this bundle!Argumentative Essay UnitSuggested Lesson PlanMentor texts - 2 model argumentative essays- one on why students should be in school during
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5th - 8th
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Revise and Edit Practice - Informational Essays
Revise and Edit Practice - Informational EssaysThis resource provides your students with two essays to practice revising and editing.You can use it as an introduction lesson or a review lesson.The essays paragraphs can be printed at a large scale and laminated to use in groups or use the PowerPoint in a whole group lesson.Student worksheets are included. There is a reference to the ARMS and CUPS methods. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR RUN INTO ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT: pencilsbooksandcurls
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3rd - 8th
Peer Editing Checklists for Informative, Argumentative and Literary Analysis
Looking for a way to make peer review or peer editing simple, engaging and impactful? Use these peer editing checklists for your argumentative, informative or literary analysis writing pieces to help guide your students through the revision process in a simple and productive manner. ⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Included in this resource you will find-★ Argumentative Essay peer review editing checklist★ Informative Essay peer review editing checklist★ Literary Analysis peer re
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6th - 10th
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7 Essay Alternatives BUNDLE - Independent/Group Novel Study Projects
This bundle includes 7 essay alternatives to using during and/or after reading. They are perfect for individual, group, and whole class novels, and can even work for short stories!In these projects, students use key essay skills to analyze the elements of story, including character, plot, conflict, theme, and setting. By highlighting important parts of the story, providing textual evidence, and arguing a point, students will be working on their essay skills with creative twists.Assign the projec
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6th - 8th
The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty - Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and engage them in critical thinking skills? How about a short story that takes place during the Irish Civil War and features a pair of snipers? Look no further than “The Sniper” by Liam O'Flaherty. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activities to accompany this thought-provoking short story. Students will LOVE that they are engaged in an ongoing discussion of t
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6th - 9th
Prompt Analysis & Brainstorming Lesson
It's one thing to UNDERSTAND a prompt: the true question, the action verbs, and all parts of the directions. It's something else to brainstorm all of the perspectives, counterarguments, and connections possible to come up with a complex response!Enter my brainstorming activity. This CCSS-aligned handout (W.5), adaptable for multiple grade levels and writing strands/assignments, challenges students to think beyond personal experience to the rest of what's possible within a prompt, using the acron
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle: ALL of my Current and Future Essay Lessons!
Transition Words Writing Activities and Revision for Writers Workshop
Students struggling with transitions? Is their writing choppy? Then they will benefit from this lesson on identifying, analyzing, and applying transitions to their writing. The lesson moves from teaching students to notice transitions in writing, determining how they are used, and then applying transition writing techniques to their own writing.Your students will get the practice they need in examining the writer's craft in creating writing that flows!By the end of this week-long lesson, your
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5th - 8th
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Argumentative Writing Who's To Blame? The Titanic
These passages are great for learning all about the Titanic! The text allows students to pick a side and argue who was mostly at fault for the sinking of the Titanic!! These high-interest passages are made to stretch your 3rd through 7th graders reading comprehension, and to help students use information to guide their writing. The slides are set up to read as a whole group and discuss, then allow students to decide who they believe is mostly at fault for the Titanic never reaching its destinati
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3rd - 7th
Argumentative Writing Unit - Middle School Argumentative Essay - 4 Day Week
This Common Core aligned resource is the perfect way to teach your students how to compose a multi-paragraph argumentative composition. This debate centers around whether students believe that a four-day school week is a better option than a traditional five-day school week. It will allow your students to take part in a real world project that includes the use of technology and several research based strategies. Teachers will love that this product contains teacher models for each task, a Power
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5th - 8th
47 Writer's Workshop Assignment Sheets for Middle School
If you are looking at this product listing, you probably know that writer's workshop is the best way to teach writing in middle school/junior high. The problem is, it's a tremendous amount of work!
Well, I've solved that problem for you...this listing is for 47 writer's workshop assignment sheets! You will receive four folders with assignments sheets for Narrative, Expository, Argumentative, and Poetry writing. I keep these assignment sheets in a binder in my room and my students flip throug
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5th - 9th
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Paired Texts - Close Reading and Essay Writing Lessons - Middle School Bundle
This bundle includes six of my paired texts lessons appropriate for middle school students. These lessons require students to think critically and synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas across texts. Each lesson guides them through close readings of texts that vary by genre, time period, and author; then, detailed before-, during-, and post-reading strategies help them construct connections between the texts. At the end of each lesson, students write a short essay.The following te
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6th - 9th
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