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Free writing-essays resources for Microsoft PowerPoint
Essay Writing: Free Comprehensive Essay Checklist
This one-page essay writing checklist will help your students write better essays today! This checklist is broken down by paragraph and includes essential elements for writing stronger essays.This checklist is a preview of my comprehensive writing series:Essay Writing Unit: Teach Your Students to Master the EssayLooking for resources for the ENTIRE year?Secondary English Curriculum: Common Core - Grades 7-10Ultimate Writing Bundle for Secondary EnglishHelpful Tools and Resources for Secondary En
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6th - 12th
How to Write A Paragraph
Provided in this FREE download, you will get1. PowerPoint presentation that will introduce your students to the parts of a paragraph, how it is structured, and why it is important. 2. Sample lesson plans- It is intended to be taught over several days- about five 30 minute blocks over 1 week.3. Basic paragraph rubric4. Sample paragraphs 5. A list of 5 topics for practicing how to write their own paragraphsStudents learn- 1. The parts of a paragraph (topic sentence, details, and closing sentence
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2nd - 5th
Opinion Writing Unit FREE Sample Lessons
Opinion writing is the focus of this complete Common Core unit. The first four lessons are included in this 30 page sample.The unit guides students through the writing of a five paragraph essay with many handouts, graphic organizers, and PowerPoint slides. In each lesson, the step of the writing process is introduced and explained thoroughly with an interactive and engaging PowerPoint mini-lesson. There are then corresponding handouts that allow students to practice and graphic organizers that g
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3rd - 7th
MLA Works Cited Mini Puzzles, Free Activity for Stations, Centers, Groups
This classroom-tested, interactive, hands-on, game-like activity is excellent for reinforcing MLA external works cited entries for the 8th edition. It is a skills-building practice activity to get students ready to cite their own sources in MLA format.
Following a unit on MLA, just to brush up skills, or as a simple time-filler, these MLA mini puzzles will get your students’ brains and hands active in a meaningful way. These would be perfect in learning stations, centers, and more. Students c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Editing and Proofreading Worksheets FREE
Editing and proofreading can be boring for most students! Make it interesting and fun for your classes with this free sample peer editing activity. It covers the revision skill and inferences. In this activity, your students have applied to the following companies: -Capitalization World -The Understanding Store (Not included in free sample.) -The Punctuation Matters (Not included in free sample.) -The Spelling Bee Shop (Not included in free sample.)These companies have sent your stude
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6th - 9th
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Finding Credible Sources PowerPoint
This 12-page presentation takes students through the process of finding credible sources starting from the definition and ending with a practice activity. Last slide includes a graphic to help students ask questions about sources as they research.
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6th - 12th
Persuasive Writing Unit FREE sample lessons
Persuasive writing is the focus of this complete unit. The first four lessons are included in this 30 page sample.
The unit guides students through the writing of a five paragraph essay with many handouts, graphic organizers, and PowerPoint slides. In each lesson, the step of the writing process is introduced and explained thoroughly with an interactive and engaging PowerPoint mini-lesson. There are then corresponding handouts that allow students to practice and graphic organizers that guide th
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4th - 7th
FREE Essay Writing Prompts | Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative
Writing an essay can be a daunting task for teachers and students in terms of creating and crafting a high-quality essay, not to mention editing and grading it. But these Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative Essay Prompts and Topics will make this process much more manageable at no expense.It seems that we may have overlooked one of the most challenging steps in writing an essay, selecting an appropriate and interesting topic for your students.This is the number one result of Goog
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Argumentative Writing PowerPoint
Defines an argument, walks through the different pats of argumentative writing, then ends with how to break down the standards of learning prompts.
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6th - 12th
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4th Grade Opinion Writing/Text Based Writing
This opinion writing prompt is based on two passages written for fourth or fifth grade students. The prompt is similar to the FSA style of questioning and will get students ready for the upcoming state test. Students must read both passages and form an opinion based on the evidence they find. Using this high-interest topic will engage even reluctant writers!
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4th - 5th
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Personal Narrative Writing Paper
This paper can be used by students to write personal narratives. Included are two pages. The first page has an area for students to draw a picture to support their narrative. The second page has an area to write the page number in case students need multiple pages.
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1st - 4th
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Argument Writing Unit FREE Sample Lessons
Argument writing is the focus of this complete Common Core unit.
The first 30 pages are included in this free sample.
It guides students through the writing of a five (or six) paragraph essay with many handouts, graphic organizers, and PowerPoint slides. In each lesson, the step of the writing process is introduced and explained thoroughly with an interactive and engaging PowerPoint mini-lesson. There are then corresponding handouts that allow students to practice and graphic organizers that
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5th - 10th
Personal Narrative Color Coding Slideshow
Personal Narratives are my favorite essays to teach, and I love reading my students stories! I was struggling with a way for students to make sure that they had every element and standard covered in their personal narrative essays and finally figured out a hands-on way to do this!It has worked like a dream for my students and their final essays are so much better! I have included a link to a slideshow that will walk students through the color coding system and gives examples of each item they
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3rd - 12th
Also included in: Personal Narrative Writing Bundle- 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade
How to Write an Essay Template
This AMAZING FREE template will help your students write an organized essay. It begins with brainstorming your topic, then moves into finding the main idea and 3 supporting details for each paragraph. It ends with guiding your students to write a powerful closing paragraph.
I hope this helps you as much as it helped me!
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1st - 4th
Main Ideas and Supporting Details PPT with Embedded Videos!
This lesson teaches students the difference between main idea and supporting details in informational text. It includes explanations of the concepts, video examples, text examples and a summary at the end. Students will learn what main idea means, watch a video and write down the main idea, then read two informational texts and identify their main ideas. Then, they will learn what supporting details are, watch a video where the main idea is already provided, and take notes on what the supportin
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4th - 12th
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Topic Sentence Powerpoint - Teaching Four Types of Topic Sentences
Want to strengthen your students' topic sentences? Check out this editable powerpoint lesson on four different types of topic sentences that your students can master in order to improve their writing. Click here for blog post with lesson info! :D
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2nd - 6th
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How to Write an Introduction Paragraph
These slides offer a simple introduction to writing introductions for a literary analysis essay. They are simple enough for middle schoolers but we also serve as a helpful refresher for high schoolers. Students will learn how to write a hook, a TAG (title, author, genre), and a thesis.
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6th - 12th
Essay Planning Outline & Template - FREE PowerPoint & Essay Planners
Creating an essay outline is essential to an interesting, well-constructed, well-supported essay. This essay planning resource provides an easy 4-step process to creating an outline that will result in an organized, logical essay along with a longer essay template that guides students through paragraph-by-paragraph and sentence-by-sentence how to write an effective essay. This free essay planning resource includes: A quick 8-slide fully editable PowerPoint that emphasizes the importance of pla
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7th - 12th
Literary Devices & Elements of Plot Powerpoint
A great powerpoint for introducing elements of plot and literary devices in literature and writing. This powerpoint works perfectly with Cornell notetaking. Can be used to introduce a unit of study in literature, American and European literature, and writing. Be sure to check out the quiz that goes with it!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
A Long Walk To Water
A Long Walk to Water, is a novel of historical fiction by Linda Sue Park. It is based on a true story of Salva Dut- one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. These discussion questions, activities, and writing prompts are paired by chapter. It is aligned with Common Core English Language Arts and Literacy Standards for grades 3-5, and with proper guidance, students in grades 3-5 will be able to navigate a higher level text. Through reading and discussion students will become aware of the history of con
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3rd - 5th
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Essay Planning Templates
✿ What is included?This free download features a 1-page essay planning template with editable elements. 4 colourways are included - pink, teal, orange and black and white. ✿ Editable fields provided in the template include:Essay questionAssignment details (word limit, due date, % of overall grade)Essay titleIntroduction paragraphThesis statement Body paragraphs 1, 2 and 3Concluding paragraph The templates are provided in a PowerPoint format - please ensure you have access to an up-to-date versio
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Story Starters - Writing Image Prompts
Beautiful & inspiring photos to get students excited about writing. Collection includes 60 images for them to create imaginative stories. Students may use these for journal ideas when they cannot think of what to write about or story starters at creative writing time. Alternatively, They can use them when they have completed their work or there's last minute substitute. These visual prompts work well with students of all abilities. Although the story starters can be used by grades 4-8, stude
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3rd - 7th
RACES - A Guide to Constructed Responses with Text Evidence
RACES is a guide for students in writing constructed responses loaded with text evidence for support.
R – Restate the question
A – Answer the question
C – Cite specific evidence from text(s)
E – Explain your thinking
S – Sum it up
It can be used for single or multi-paragraph responses.
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5th - 8th
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Lucy Calkins Grade 1 Narrative Writing
I made powerpoint lessons to go with the first 5 lessons ( bend 1 ) of the Narrative Writing Unit. My district is using the 2013 edition. There are 3 more "bends" but I wanted to add them as I go and let you guys check them out.
This unit is titled "Fiction Writers Set Out to Write Realistic Fiction"
I like making the lessons into powerpoints so I don't have to rely on the book so much. Even if you don't have the teacher's manual you can use these easily.
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1. Serious writers do some
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1st
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