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Middle school writing-essays activities
Informative Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Informative Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of informative writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first informative essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides or PowerPoint.This unit is broken down into 18 lessons and should be used over the course of 5 to 6 weeks:Lesson 1: Diving Into to Informative TextsLesson 2: What is Informative Writing?Lesson 3: Informative Writing T
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Country Research Projects Study Report Countries Around the World Research
Country Research Projects: This newly revised (July 2023) country study worksheet packet will help your 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade social studies students conduct a country study research project for countries around the world. It not only includes country research graphic organizers and templates and for gathering information and conducting country research, but also guidance and skills for country report writing and giving a presentation. Grading rubrics, answer keys, differentiated a
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4th - 7th
Ethos, Pathos, Logos - Rhetorical Appeals Analysis and Persuasive Language Unit
Make teaching ethos, pathos, and logos fun and engaging with this rhetorical appeals unit! This comprehensive rhetorical appeals unit includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about the different, effective persuasive and argumentative writing strategies, including ethos, pathos, and logos. ⭐️ 2023 UPDATE: Now includes PRINT AND DIGITAL! Teach your students about rhetorical appeals using the engaging and interactive multi-day instructional slide. Students follow
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7th - 12th
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Opinion Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Opinion Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of opinion writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first opinion essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 13 lessons and should be used over the course of 3 to 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is Opinion Writing?Lesson 2: Opinion Writing TopicsLesson 3: Selecting a TopicLesson 4: Brainstorm & OrganizeLesson 5
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Paraphrasing, Quoting, & Summarizing: Informative Writing Skills PRINT + DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing by focusing on three key skills: paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing. This unit teaches students how to improve their writing skills by focusing on learning how to paraphrase, quote, and summarize text in their own writing! By learning the crucial skill of paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing, students will improve their writing drastically!In this informational writing mini-unit, your students will learn the differences between paraphrasing, quoting
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7th - 10th
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Writing a Research Paper Unit Project & Portfolio for Research Writing EDITABLE
This research writing unit and portfolio has everything you need to teach the research process in an organized and engaging way! Your students will strengthen their reading, writing, and researching skills throughout the research project.This comprehensive portfolio will help your students master the research writing process in 6 steps-- indicated by organized tabs (topic selection, research, annotated bibliography, research outline, the writing process, and reflection).The portfolio is made up
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8th - 12th
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Research Paper Writing Unit - Lessons, PowerPoint, Handouts, Research Bundle
This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes five resources to help make teaching resource paper writing a breeze. This research writing unit includes lessons on paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing, 9th edition MLA format and citations, research paper writing, and academic vocabulary. This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes everything you will need to help your students master research writing.The main research paper writing unit includes:An engaging and editable, 72-slide PowerPoint
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7th - 10th
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Argumentative Writing - A Complete Argument Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of argumentative writing with this argument writing teaching unit! I created this argumentative essay writing teaching unit with secondary ELA students in mind, and it includes step-by-step and engaging writing instructional materials. This argument essay writing unit includes everything you need for a complete argumentative writing instructional unit, including the print & digital materials. This essay writing instructional unit includes an editable instruc
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7th - 10th
The Outsiders Novel Study and Activity Unit - Comprehension, Quizzes, More
Engage your students in this five-week teaching unit for The Outsiders. This teaching unit for S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders contains engaging activities that will help your students understand and analyze the text. This unit plan will help challenge all learners in your classroom with built-in differentiation and scaffolding. As you read The Outsiders, students will use the comprehension and analysis bookmarks to better understand the story. The foldable bookmarks also align with The Outsid
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7th - 10th
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Thesis Statement and Essay Introduction - Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of writing an introductory paragraph and thesis statement with this print and digital essay writing unit focusing on the introduction. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills and write a well-developed and complete thesis statement and introduction paragraph for their multi-paragraph essay.This essay writing teaching resource includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable presentation for direct instruction, pr
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6th - 10th
Literary Essay Analysis Writing About Reading 3rd 4th Grade ELA Test Prep
Are baby literary essays or extended constructed responses an expectation for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? This all-in-one print and digital reading pack is exactly what you need to help your upper elementary students succeed with writing essays about the books that they read!Help your grade 3, 4, and 5 students master the skill of writing these reading essays with the included easy-to-use modeled example writing, graphic organizers, templates, tasks, sorts, checklists, rubrics, and mu
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3rd - 6th
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Explanatory and Informational Writing Unit for Secondary ELA
Engage your students in an informational and expository essay unit that will help them learn how to write academically! This explanatory, expository, and informational writing unit includes everything you need to teach informational and explanatory writing to your middle and high school students. Plus, all of the digital and print materials are included!There is an editable PowerPoint presentation and supplementary teaching materials that contain assignments, activities, and an essay. This writi
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6th - 9th
Narrative Writing Teaching Unit for secondary ELA (presentation, essay & more)
Engage your students in an exciting and comprehensive narrative writing unit with this resource! This standards-based narrative writing unit includes materials for both a personal narrative and a fictional narrative and includes everything you need to teach narrative writing to your middle and high school students, including both the print and digital files!Walk your students step-by-step through the writing process with the materials in this unit. From brainstorming and organizing to peer editi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Narrative Writing and Short Story Unit Bundle
Avoiding Plagiarism Unit: Engaging Plagiarism Lessons - Academic Integrity
Plagiarism...what a "downer" topic! For years, I dreaded teaching it because students thought I was the Wicked Witch who was out to get them for every missing quotation mark in their essays (or at least that's how I felt as I taught them about the rules of citing sources). In an effort to make writing in general more fun and accessible to students, I came up with fun, engaging, non-intimidating ways to approach plagiarism lessons. Teachers can convey the importance of plagiarism without putting
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7th - 10th
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Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments
Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments: This essay bundle contains all the documents you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging PowerPoint presentations, fun activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.What Teachers Are Saying About This Essay Writing Unit: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great package. As a new teacher so
Grades:
7th - 12th
Argumentative Writing Unit - Grades 7-10 - Teaching Argument Essay Writing
Argument Writing Unit: This unit is common core aligned and includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about argumentative writing including persuasive strategies, ethos, pathos, and logos, and more.This unit focuses on building better arguments and stronger writers by understanding and analyzing arguments in informational text, as well as studying key academic vocabulary.This resource includes:- A detailed, standards-based unit outline- Four editable PowerPoint p
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7th - 12th
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Short Story Unit - Intro to Literature for ANY Fiction - PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students all about short stories and literary elements with a short story unit that works with any piece of fiction. This short story teaching lesson introduces students to short stories, fiction, and literary devices. It includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about short stories, and you can use these organizers over and over again. This short story unit includes both the print and digital files! Teaching short stories is a breeze with this unit. B
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Narrative Writing and Short Story Unit Bundle
RACE Strategy PowerPoint for Writing Responses with Text Evidence Support
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce the RACE writing strategy to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! Use this student-friendly PowerPoint to teach your students how to write a short response to a passage-based question. After reading a passage, students can use the RACE strategy to construct a formal response to the question that follows the passage. By teaching students this strategy, they learn how to
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4th - 6th
Also included in: RACE Strategy Bundle for Writing Responses with Text Evidence Support
Writing Spotlight Mini-Unit - Mastering Quote Analysis
Empower your middle school and high school ELA students to elevate their essay writing skills with this Writing Spotlight Mini-Unit. Designed to target the art of writing about quotes, this resource equips students with the tools and knowledge they need to craft insightful and engaging commentary. Say goodbye to repetitive phrases like "This quote shows..." and "This shows..."—this unit is here to transform your students into more confident writers.What's Inside:Editable PowerPoint Presentation:
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7th - 11th
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Persuasive Writing- Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers!
In persuasive writing, many students have trouble writing a clear thesis statement on what their essay is truly about. In the lesson Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers, students get to break down what is actually involved in a thesis statement and what happens when the statement is vague- as teachers we feel that we get misled often!
Movie trailers are a good tool to use in teaching thesis statements because it is relatable to almost every student- they have to admit they would feel
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Text - Reading Analysis & Writing - Digital + Print
Need a facelift for your argumentative text curriculum? This resource includes multiple activities (printable through PowerPoint and digital version in Google Slides) for analyzing and writing argumentative text! It will have your students thinking critically about valid claims, intended audiences, credible sources, supporting evidence, and opposing claims. Most of the activities are available to print or assign digitally via Google Slides.⭐PERFECT FOR LEARNING IN A DIGITAL CLASSROOM!⭐Included
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4th - 6th
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Narrative Writing and Short Story Unit Bundle
Narrative Writing/Short Story Unit: This common core aligned bundle is perfect for back to school and it includes everything you need to teach narrative writing, narrative strategies, and short stories to your middle and high school students. This unit focuses on writing better narratives by understanding and analyzing narrative elements within short stories. The unit begins with vocabulary and ends with a fictional or personal narrative.There are three file types in the zipped download.- Three
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7th - 10th
Classroom Debate Outline: How to organize a friendly class debate on ANY topic!
This classroom debate outline is designed to help teachers organize effective inquiry-based classroom debates. The documents within this file gives students a step-by-step outline of what they need to include in their debate, what they need to say, and when they need to say it! Debate is an important life skill, and students will learn the foundation to an educated debate. If you're looking for a new and interactive way to teach your students about everything that goes into the debate process (b
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7th - 12th, Staff
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The Argument Games: Two Week Argument Essay Writing Unit
Engage your middle and high school students in over two weeks of "The Argument Writing Games" that culminate in polished argument writing pieces! Use print or digitally! Events Include: Finding Gold Medal EvidenceDeconstructing ArgumentsFormulating a Winning OutlineMoving from Outline to DraftRevision StationsClosing Ceremonies Publishing PartyIncludes everything you need for easy implementing: 42 slide PowerPointDetailed lesson plansPhotocopy instructionsPrintable Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal
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6th - 10th
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