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Higher education writing-expository resources
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Plagiarism Lecture, Game-Based Approach to Introduce/Reinforce Plagiarism Rules
You know you need to show your students the right way to handle sourced material to prevent plagiarism, but the subject matter can be so dry, causing teens to tune out during your lecture. To fix this, use a lecture disguised as a game to help cover the basics of proper MLA source citation and plagiarism rules.This product includes a projectable “game” of PDF slides (shh...it’s really a lecture – don’t tell our students) with concrete, real-world examples of how source citations should be handle
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
The Ultimate Literary Analysis Essay Guide: 20 Mini-lessons for Success
In this bundle, I have compiled 20 mini-lessons that take students through the entire writing process, step-by-step, from reading samples, to brainstorming, to drafting, to editing and revising, and to reflecting. This book bundle of lesson reflects lessons that I've developed throughout my teaching career. I have worked hard to construct a bundle that is practical and easy to follow for both teachers and students. In fact, these lessons are built so that they are reproducible for teachers.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Feedback Comments for Student Writing
BEST SELLER!! Does it seem like you give students the same generic compliments on their writing over and over? Do you struggle to find kind, supportive ways to suggest improvements? Have you given up on detailed feedback because it's just too time-consuming to provide?This document contains hundreds of comment suggestions to help you give meaningful feedback to students on their writing assignments. You can use these comments to help guide your conversations during writing workshop and writing c
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Transition Words and Phrases
**UPDATE**
After using this for a couple years, I've added two new pages.
This now includes:
1. The original Transition Words and Phrases page detailed below.
2. Transitions for Primary Essay Paragraphs
(This page is what I use on a more day to day basis when teaching writing and appropriate transitions for different places in primary level essays. This page also includes Transitions to Text Evidence and Evidence Elaboration)
3. Ways to Hook Your Reader
This is a compilation of Transition W
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing Commentary for the Literary Analysis Essay: Strategies for Success
In this 38-page bundle, I have provided students with two methods for crafting commentary that will help them not only write analysis but also take it to a deeper level: the "This Shows That Method" and the "LET" Method.Writing commentary is without a doubt the most difficult aspect of the literary analysis essay. It is the ONE part for which there is no formula because it's the part of the essay that contains the writer's original thoughts, or commentary/ analysis, on the evidence of the essa
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Hunger Games Book vs. Movie Activities
"The Hunger Games" Movie vs. The Novel Activities
With the availability of the DVD, showing the movie to your class and making it an enriching and educational activity has never been easier. My packet is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it will be easy to justify the lessons, as well. NOTE: there are at least five exercises/handouts that can be done WITHOUT watching the movie. See the free preview download for a list of all the activities.
This packet has multiple activities tha
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Annotated Bibliography MLA Format | Evaluate Sources | Summarize Articles
An annotated bibliography helps you make sure your students are reading their source material. This pack contains4 assignment sheets which allow you to choose whether to require one paragraph or 2 paragraph annotations and to choose either a standard 5 source annotated bibliography or fill in your own number of sources.2 Rubrics with and without suggested point values Sample 1 and 2 paragraph annotated bibliography entries.A reference sheet that explains what an annotated bibliography is and ho
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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How to Write a Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences
This bundle explains what a thesis statement is and includes step-by-step directions for writing one yourself. It then does the same thing for topic sentences and explains their importance and the differences between them.The bundle includes:1. How to Write a Thesis Statement PowerPoint (17 slides) --> includes an activity where I put students into groups of 3-4 students, give them an essay prompt, and have them come up with a thesis statement together. There are 3 different practice essay p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Research Paper Unit | MLA Format | Annotated Bibliography | Proposal | Outline
Teach Students the Research Paper Writing Process! From paper proposals to note taking, thesis statement writing, outlining, and writing annotated bibliographies this bundle has it all.There are more than 50 pages of resources! Many assignments have more than one version which allows for customization! Perfect for high school. Useful in first year composition classes. May be used for advanced middle school students. Use everything or pick and choose! Enjoy!This is a bundle of all my other
Research Paper Bundle: Note Cards, Outlines, MLA 9th Edition | Digital
Make writing a research paper manageable for both you and your students with these easy-to-use digital resources!Digital Source CardsNote CardsGraphic OrganizersOutlines for Every Paragraph of the PaperInteractive Guide to MLA Style 9th EditionHow to Cite SourcesHow to Avoid PlagiarismHow to Paraphrase, Summarize, and QuoteParaphrasing and Summarizing Practice Exercises & Answer Key⭐ No more loose note cards! Manage every step of the research paper online. ⭐These resources will save you time
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Journalism Interviewing Techniques and Tools, Yearbook, Complete Teaching Pack
Interviewing is one of the most difficult aspects of the process for student journalists. Your yearbook or newspaper students, however, can be successful and can generate amazing content for your publications if they know how to draw out those stories. This no prep lecture along with tools for students be successful out in the field is just what you need for teaching and practicing interviewing skills. Student Experience: Students will take notes about the proper techniques for interviewing f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
The Literary Analysis Thesis Statement: SIX Mini-lessons for Essay Success
This lesson contains a step-by-step guide for how to write a thesis statement for the literary analysis essay. It is a part of our Mega Lit. Analysis Essay Bundle, sold separately. Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!The most important part of the writing process is crafting the thesis statement because it is the "road map" or "blueprint" for the entire essay. Because this one, single sentence is so important, I have crafted six mini-lessons to insure that your students will have focused, argumentati
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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[UPDATED 2019] MLA 8 Format Cheat Sheet
UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2019MLA 8th EditionImportant details about MLA citations and works cited Page guidelines Works Cited Description:Teach your students how to embed and cite text into their expository, persuasive, and argumentative essays correctly. Use this helpful cheat sheets as a reference for different ways of embedding quotes into sentences and cited sources. This Product Includes:Cheat Sheets -MLA 8th Edition Somethings that are covered: What is MLA Citation Page guidelines Types of i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Real-World Rhetoric Bundle Argument Analysis of Modern Essays, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With this bundle of seven real-world rhetorical analysis lessons, students will examine short articles on high-interest topics, identify specific rhetorical tools including ethos, pathos, and logos, and determine whether each writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.Each of these real-world rhetoric lessons include:• A full-text copy of a public domain argument essay• A paper-saving handout of short-answer questions• A Google Drive version of the
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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DISTANCE LEARNING - MLA Format Bundle: Worksheets, Presentation, Task Cards
It is essential that students learn how to embed and cite quotations correctly in order to write cohesive paragraphs and essays. A lot of students struggle with correctly embedding their research into their sentences and often rely on using one method, resulting in dull writing. This resource was created to allow students to practice the many different ways they can embed quotations in their writing. Once they learn how to correctly embed quotes, they learn how to cite their sources, another imp
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
MLA Style 9th Edition Works Cited Flipbook
Do your students need to learn the latest MLA style (9th edition)? This handy foldable flip book (NO cutting involved) is an excellent tool for your students to use while researching and citing sources. This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.It goes over the core elements in the new MLA format and then gives plenty of examples for numerous types of sources, including:• Books (print and Kindle/electronic editions)• Periodicals (magazines, newspapers, journa
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Interactive Reading Notebook Fiction and Nonfiction Mega Bundle
Autobiography Project - The Story of Me
This is a year-long autobiography writing project where students tell the story of their life. Included are: parent letter, student introduction sheet, list of requirements, project checklist, and twelve chapters, each with guiding questions to help students complete this project.
Chapter titles include: A Little Bit About Me, Before I Was Born, You Make an Entrance...and You're Here to Stay!, The Early Years, Childhood Memories, School Days, School Days, Special Times in Your Life, Your F
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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APA Parenthetical Citation Guide Student Handout
APA formatting is one of the most difficult citation formats that students need to learn. This two page handout will guide your students with correctly formatting their parenthetical citations in APA format in the 5 most basic situations that could arise.
Direct quotes from current nonfiction texts are used as examples under each of the basic situations that may arise including:
*Stating the authors name in the sentence starter
*Stating the authors name in the parenthetical citation
*Two auth
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: APA Parenthetical Citations BUNDLE
Narrative Persuasive & Expository Essay Outlines
Narrative, Persuasive (Argument), and Expository (Explanatory/Informative) essay outline templates for students offered in editable Microsoft Word .doc so it can be modified to fit your needs.
This IS included in my Essay Writing Resource Bundle: Common Core Aligned.
Created by Tracee Orman
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Expository News Writing Tutorial & Activities
Common Core Expository News Writing Tutorial and Activities: A news writing presentation with several student activities and tons of examples and models for students.
This IS included in my Journalism Writing & Planning Bundle.
When students go out into the "real world" they'll need to be able to write clearly and concisely, restating facts and analyzing data. News writing practices all the skills essential for "real world" writing. If this writing is not your area of expertise, don't worr
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
College Essay | Personal Statement College Writing Guide
College Essay Worksheets, PowerPoint, Google Slides and Sample Personal Statement Essays. Perfect for Google Classroom and distance learning!Get your students started on their college application essay or personal statement writing! With NO PREP, spend 20 minutes, 75 minutes or 2 weeks jumpstarting your students' personal statement writing.Use the included lesson plan, student handouts and an PowerPoint and Google Slides to introduce students to the personal statement essay prompts, 5 sample ess
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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