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Adult education writing-essays Common Core CCRA.W.6 resources
The Writer's Notebook Guide-- Handouts, Instructions, Charts, and MORE!
This guide includes explanations on how to organize the writer's notebook as well as the charts, handouts, graphic organizers, rubrics, etc. for students to use with the notebook throughout the school year. It also includes a Google Slides notebook template that you can use for a digital notebook option.The Writer’s Notebook is the heart of the English classroom. It is the place that holds a student’s reflections on literature and life. It is the place where a student goes to record important n
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Gender Roles Unit AP Language High School English 11th 12th BIGGER THAN EVER!
This huge unit is now even more massive! A compendium of canonical and modern gender-focused texts that span many perspectives, time periods, and arguments.Original questions and prompts for writing and discussion PLUSEngaging and creative critical thinking tasks EQUALS Weeks and weeks of fun and challenging content and activities.This unit is designed for AP English Language and Composition course, but is easily suitable to upper-level high school English classes, as well.OVER 25 TEXTS! OVER 80
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
College-Ready Writing Essentials—PDF & Google Docs (Argumentative Essay 11-12th)
**NOW WITH GOOGLE DOCS**Does teaching high school writing have you stressed and confused? This done-for-you, standards-based unit can change everything!Feel amazing about deep-diving into argumentative and persuasive essay writing with your high schoolers instead. Help prepare them with THE key skills research proves most essential for student success in college. WRITING is the #1 skill most linked to positive postsecondary outcomes—and I’ve put all the lessons and tools you need here to get you
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Literary Analysis Essay and the Introduction Paragraph in 5 Mini-lessons
This series of mini-lessons can also be found in our Mega Literary Analysis Essay Bundle, sold separately.Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!The introduction paragraph is arguably one of the most important paragraphs in any essay. It makes the first impression and establishes the focused purpose for the essay.These mini-lessons show students how to go from the attention-grabber (or lead) to the focused thesis statement in an effective way using student examples. No unit on the literary analysis essa
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Complete Academic Writing Course BUNDLE
This file contains the presentation slides for all 9 units of academic writing instruction. Unit 1: Introduction to Academic WritingUnit 2: Process WritingUnit 3: The Process EssayUnit 4: The Opinion EssayUnit 5: The Comparative EssayUnit 6: The Cause-Effect EssayUnit 7: The Problem & Solution EssayUnit 8: The Argumentative EssayUnit 9: The Research ReportUnit 10: Standardized Essay TestingIt includes description of each genre, explanation of how each genre conforms to the five-paragraph ess
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
100 Point Essay Rubric Google Docs
100 Point Essay Rubric- Printable on One Page!100 Point essay rubric for easy grading! Students will understand their score. You can edit this rubric easily in Google Docs! This is printable on one page. Please preview the FULL rubric to see if it works for you!I use this rubric every year to grade research papers. It is an easy way to judge how well a student did. I usually put comments on the back and discuss the rubric as a full class.I hope you enjoy! Thank you!Sincerely,Digital Dan P.S. (
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Lovely Bones Unit: Engaging ELA Common Core Activities/Assessments
A 15-page PDF for an approx. 2-3 week Common Core-driven unit plan for implementing Alice Sebold's marvelously intense SF/mystery-suspense/realistic fiction novel in any ELA course is a must-view, AND a great deal!
This unit plan involves higher-level Bloom's Taxonomy skills, with not only remembering, understanding, and applying, BUT analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing/creating. The reading assessments involved here consistently invite students to reach the higher Bloom's Taxonomy levels,
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thank You For Arguing Bundle
This bundle includes ALL my best-sellers on Thank You for Arguing (TYFA):TYFA Assignments (THREE higher order thinking exercises) plus a projectTYFA Tests (Choice of TWO)TYFA Infographic ProjectPlus a bonus of 50 Ways to Make Your Writing Sound Smart!Related ResourcesHow to Write for AP Lang Sophistication PointAP/IB Teaching Genre AnalysisDistance Learning Rhetorical Situation Podcast ProjectIntroduction to AP Lang Choice BoardDistance Learning: Rhetorical Questions You Should Ask Yourself Wor
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Maus II by Art Spiegelman- Activities, Quizzes, Essays- Full Teaching Unit
I love reading Maus, despite having read it 100 times! This is one of those stories that really teaches so much about humanity and life.Similar to my Maus I package, Maus II is a comprehensive resource for quizzing students and discussing those "deeper" ideas within the novel. Please feel free to expand on what is included. I also highly recommend having students maintain active post-it notes throughout their reading. This really makes going back and finding key moments in Vladek's behavior so m
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Writing Handbook / A Complete Guide to Writing Basics for Middle and High School
This resource is a complete guide for writing essays for middle and High school students, the material in this booklet can be adapted by the teacher to better suit the needs of his/ her students. This booklet includes the basics of the writing, and it introduces the writing process in step-by-step explanations along with the graphic organizers that are needed for each type of writing.The titles in this booklet include the following: PlagiarismTerminologyFormatting Hand-Written EssaysFormatting
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
How to Write a Thesis Statement / Guidelines for a Thesis Challenged
A thesis statement (TS) is a guide map to your entire paper. It provides a mini-summary of the paper’s content. It allows the reader to know in advance how the paper is organized. It lets the reader know why he/she should care. (The “So What?”)This presentation gives the teachers and students a practical guide to writing a better thesis statement and essay.This presentation guides the learners through several exercises and activities to distinguish a good thesis statement from a weak one. Thi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
MLA Format Complete Guide for Students and Teacher (presentation)
MLA Format Complete GuideThis electronic download includes a detailed presentation that explains MLA format entirely. Teaching research writing is hard, especially to students who are new to MLA format. This simplifies the format and is a resource that you can print for your students to reference.This source includes the following:1. Presentation link for teacher to present.2. PDF download of notes for easier student comprehensionHere's what the presentation includes:1. Information on MLA format
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
THE SCARLET LETTER Analysis Webs -- Motifs → Symbolism → Theme → Essay
NEW RESOURCE:In this lesson, students choose a set of interrelated recurring images (motifs) found in The Scarlet Letter and assemble quotes from the text that involve those images in some way. They then explore the symbolic possibilities behind the motif, constructing a graphic organizer that ties the quotes to the symbolic significance of the motif and ultimately to an overarching theme that can be proven with a culminating essay.It's tough guiding students in the process of moving from readin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Guide for Writing a Personal Identity Essay: Prompts, Organizers, Rubrics
This step-by-step guide includes directions, organizers, and assessments for a personal identity essay. The assignment will show students the value of using a writing process and help them become more skillful at expressing their personal beliefs. The plan can be adapted to different skill levels or learning styles in middle or high school classes. The goal is to engage students in developing an interesting, well-supported essay with focus on individual traits and beliefs. A variety of prompts a
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
How to Teach Essays | Digital Options
How to Teach Essays is a systematic approach to teaching multi-paragraph essays. This step-by-step program provides all the resources that upper elementary, middle school, and high school teachers need to teach students how to write the CCSS W.1 argumentative and W.2 informational/explanatory essays. Students complete 42 skill-based essay strategy worksheets, beginning with simple 3-word paragraphs and proceeding to complex multi-paragraph essays. By the end of the program, students will have co
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: TEACHING ESSAYS BUNDLE | Digital Options
Developing a Thesis Statement / Setting a Purpose for Your Writing
When you write, your mission is to create a focused, clear message, brimming with quality ideas.In information/ expository writing, this focused message can often be captured in a nutshell in your thesis statement.A thesis statement:tells your reader exactly what you are writing aboutkeeps you, the writer, pointed in the right direction.This presentation is a guide for the students that explains to them the thesis statement.This presentation includes several exercises that allow the students
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Thesis Statement Booklet / A Writing Booklet for High School Students
This resource is a writing booklet with exercises that aim at sharpening the writing skills of high school students. This booklet introduces the thesis statement to the students, and it guides them through exercises and practice to develop the skills of recognizing a well-written thesis statement and writing their own great thesis statements that will improve and develop the quality of their essays and make the process of writing an essay more meaningful and more enjoyable. This booklet also sav
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Thesis Statement / How to State your Opinion Wisely in the Introduction
This presentation is a guide for all the students to explain an important part of the essay which is the thesis statement. Through several activities and exercises, this presentation guides the learners to distinguish a good thesis statement from a broad statement that is not correctly written. This presentation guides the students to sharpen and improve the quality of their writing.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Write-On to an Essay / Taking the First Steps to Writing an Essay.
This resource is a presentation that guides the students through the process of writing.Following a step-by-step approach, this presentation explains each step and allows the students to practice this step and develop their skills. The titles in this presentation include the following:Step 1- Deconstruct the promptDeconstruct the prompt PracticeStep 2- Pre-WritePre-Write PracticeStep 3 Create a ThesisThe Three Rules of a Good ThesisThesis Types to AvoidPractice and exercises about thesis stateme
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing Transition Worksheets | Printables and Google Slides
The 11 Writing Transition Worksheets are organized by writing purpose. Students are required to identify, select, and apply the correct word or phrase within the context of sentences and paragraphs. Answers included. Use as stand-alone lessons, in literacy groups (stations), or as mini-lessons. Learning to use precise writing transitions can significantly improve writing coherence and help the reader understand the writing as a unified whole. Developing writers must know both the denotative and
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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"Marigolds" | Supporting Claims | Using Text Evidence | Literary Analysis | ELA
This Google Slide Deck provides three individual activities based on Eugenia Collier's short story "Marigolds," which is appropriate for students of many levels and ages. The text has some incredibly deep themes but with simplified language that allows readers of all levels to become engaged. The activities included will help students learn how to: select supporting text evidenceintroduce and contextualize text evidence *analyze text evidence *craft literary analysis claimsformat MLA citations
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Persuasive Writing / The Basics and The Steps to A Great Piece of Writing
This resource is a complete guide to the writing of a persuasive essay for high school students and college students. This resource explains the basic steps of writing a persuasive piece of writing to narrowing the topic and the divisions of the essay.The titles in this presentation include the following: Persuasion in Everyday LifeWhat is a Persuasive Essay?Types of Persuasive EssaysPrewriting—Choosing Your TopicTopic Bank Narrowing your Topic Considering Your Audience & PurposeWrite for Va
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Essay Writing Tips/ A Guide for Writing Essays for Students
Is this you????You don’t answer the question – you use a one-size-fits-all essay and pretend that it answers the question, or you just waffle on about anything vaguely related to the topic.You have a ‘good understanding’ of the subject – but you still can’t write an essay.You write ‘too little’ – what you write is good, but how can you be given top marks if you don’t say half as much as another student?You keep repeating yourself instead of developing your ideas further - you’ve got nothing more
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Character Analysis: Disney Movie "Up" Common Core Essay Synthesis!
This 2-page document is a character analysis step-by-step directions set is to be used alongside viewing the Disney/Pixar film Up, but it can be easily altered for any film of your choosing with a specific focus on character development/character analysis.
The first page is the assignment directions, paragraph-by-paragraph, for students to have in mind as they view the film and take notes according to the specific directions, including adjectives to describe the character at length, focusing o
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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