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High school writing-expository handouts for Microsoft Word
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
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading Passages
This lesson contains an article about the Jesse Owens four gold medal performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and the struggle and controversy that surrounded the games. The lesson comes with a writing prompt, a graphic organizer and questions to help initiate a discussion. Works very well as non-fiction compliment to a unit on the Holocaust or World War II.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformatio
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6th - 12th
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Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). ► These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
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5th - 12th
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Writing Assignment: Write a Movie Review. Film Critique Handout w/ Rubric
This is a handout for a fun and creative writing assignment, in which students will write their own film review. Page one explains the function of a film review, and the kind of content that should be included in one. The content should be focused on evaluating the film, rather than summarizing. A couple website links are also included so that students can go read some current reviews and get a better understanding of what a good review is before they create their own.Formatting requirements are
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8th - 12th
Autobiography Creative Writing Project
This is a 4-page handout that gives students directions for an autobiography writing assignment for a Creative Writing or Language Arts class. This projects includes the following mini-assignments:
Introductory Letter Assignment
Life Goals
Best Moment So Far
Most Embarrassing Moment So Far
Last Will and Testament
Obituary & Sample Obituary
Epitaph
This project encourages students to look forward, set goals for their lives and finally decide what they want to be remembered for in the futu
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9th - 12th
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Funny, 2-Page Dialogue that Teaches the Rules of Writing Dialogue
“Ahhhh!” A scream pierced the air. It was my English teacher, reading an incorrectly punctuated line of dialogue for the 178th time in two days. Clearly she had reached her breaking point. She put her head on her desk and it appeared she was breathing more heavily than usual.“Should we do something?” whispered Ashley, from the seat next to me.“Well,” I answered, “you did one thing right. You remembered that when writing dialogue, a new speaker always means the start of a new paragraph. That’s ru
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Laughing in Language Arts Class (English Lessons that Incorporate Humor)
College Entrance Essay: Personal Statement Examples/Reflective Writing
This download contains a pair of college entrance essays or personal statements, each effectively illustrating quality exposition, detailed experiences, and moments of reflection or the applicant's ambition. These are ideal for use as examples when teaching juniors or seniors how to craft an intriguing, compelling college essay. SEE FREE DOWNLOAD FOR ONE PAGE FROM THE FIRST ESSAY. Also check out my other materials for grammar and mechanics, literary units, and writing instruction. Please let me
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9th - 12th
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How to Write a Thesis Statement Handout
Teaching students to write an effective thesis statement is one of the most difficult challenges any English teacher will ever face. This step-by-step thesis handout guides students through what thesis statements should look like for a research paper. Examples of both effective and ineffective thesis statements are given.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Persuasion: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos Identification Practice Sheet
Help your students apply what they know about the three categories of persuasion, according to Aristotle, with the Persuasion: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos Identification Practice Sheet. Pages 1 and 2 include 10 items that ask students to label each statement and then provide an explanation as to why they chose the category they did. Pages 3 and 4 include possible responses. This document is also available in the Persuasion: Logos, Pathos, and Ethos Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL. The Sample Ima
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6th - 12th
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Poe's, "The Cask of Amontillado": A Short Story Unit Focused on Pre-AP Skills!
Written to meet the demands of the new Common Core and PARCC test, this one week unit includes engaging and challenging lessons to teach pre-AP skills to your students. You'll find 16 pages of original handouts, including a words and phrases scavenger hunt to teach connotation and mood, an interactive anticipation guide to introduce major thematic elements, an introduction to paraphrasing Poe, engaging lessons on irony, close reading, and annotation, and two key writing assignments. The first
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8th - 11th
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Poetry Close Reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
This is one of my BEST SELLING resources! It's an easy, zero-prep lesson! Your students will benefit from interacting with this deep and meaningful text!Engage your students with vivid imagery in this classic poem by Maya Angelou.Includes an answer key.This product includes the text of the poem as well as 14 well-crafted short response questions that encourage higher level thinking and engaging discussions.Use this as a stand alone product, or look for my Poetry Unit on Tone and Figurative Langu
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5th - 12th
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How to write a Fairy Tale or Fable
This is a step by step process for writing a fairy tale or fable. This 21 page packet contains two stories for the students to read, vocabulary terms to improve their understanding of story elements, a step by step worksheet (with a few examples) to aide in the process of writing a fairy tale or fable, and requirements for the actual written piece. This is a fun way to get students writing. They will have an eye opening experience when they see the characteristics of a fairy tale or fable and ho
Grades:
6th - 12th
Informational Text Article: Bullying Takes Center Stage: Reading Passages
In this lesson, students will read an article about the causes and effects of bullying in school and throughout the process of growing up. Included in the less is a writing prompt and discussion questions that will help start a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic of bullying.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformat
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6th - 12th
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THE ULTIMATE GED ESSAY-WRITING GUIDE WITH SUPPORT AND WORD BANK
SENTENCE-FRAMES WITH FILL-IN-THE-BLANKMODELS THINK-ALOUDWORD BANK COMPARES GOOD/POOR ARGUMENTSDOMAIN-SPECIFIC PERSUASION TERMSCAN BE APPLIED TO ANY TWO ARTICLES
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: GED BUNDLE!
Handout for ELA English: Extra Credit Opportunities; 5 choices; Broad Options
This is a handout for students that inquire about extra credit opportunities in English or Language Arts class. It offers 5 options (2 options for an explanatory essay, creative writing - poetry, creative writing - short story, and a book report). I've used this handout for both middle school and high school. It's a quick go-to to give to students that ask me about earning extra points in class. The requirements are general and broad enough to use in any class that focuses on ELA skills. The han
Grades:
7th - 12th
Informational Text Article: Driving While Distracted: Reading Passages Questions
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the dangers and consequences of driving while distracted (specifically, mobile-devices). The lesson includes a writing response, graphic organizers, comprehension questions and room for written students responses to initiate a discussion.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInfor
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6th - 12th
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MLA Citation Rules and Practice Worksheet
Used in conjunction with 11th grade research papers, where students are required to cite sources in the text of the paper.
The first page is a chart that lists all the kinds of in-text citations, an explanation of the rule and an example. For instance, the first one on the chart is:
- type of citation: basic in-text citation
- rule: Author’s last name and page number in parentheses
- example: Huge cranes removed the debris piece by piece (Smith 24).
It gives 8 others including what to do wit
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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A Generic Five Paragraph Essay Template and Example
Look, formulaic writing isn't the ideal scenario, especially when we work so hard to empower students and their expression through writing, but the fact remains that some students have to start with structure before they know what to do or where to go next in their writing. This five paragraph essay explains the purpose for each individual sentence in an essay and stylistic suggestions for those left-brained students who have to see how it all could fit together.
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9th - 12th
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6 High School Writing Rubrics
This product contains 6 high school wriing rubrics for the following genres:
* Personal Narrative
* Persuasive
* Literary Response
* Editorial
* Poetry
* Short Story
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9th - 12th
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Writing Introduction Paragraphs - an intro with samples and practice evaluating
This worksheet provides an introduction to writing a strong introduction paragraph. It includes work on grabbing the reader's attention and stating a claim or thesis. It gives a list of grabber sentences, suggestions for important information to include in an introduction, and then ends with three sample introductions that students must rate and then justify their rating.
A great way to introduce writing introductions. The samples use ideas from the novels The Giver by Lois Lowry and others.
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6th - 9th
Lord of the Flies and Mean Girls Comparison Unit
This unit is a 21 page package of resources for a comparison unit that focuses on the texts, The Lord of the Flies (novel by William Golding) and Mean Girls (2004 Film by director Mark Waters). The unit includes reading comprehension and higher level thinking skill activities (setting, characterization, symbolism, theme) for the study of the novel, as well as a handout to accompany the viewing of the film. There is also a comparison chart for students to work on comparing the two texts, as well
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9th - 12th
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"The Diary of Anne Frank" Analytical Essay Writing Prompt
This is an excellent writing prompt for a "Diary of Anne Frank" and Holocaust unit. More than just a prompt, this is an entire packet that takes students through the entire planning process. It includes the prompt itself, an outline of what should be included in each of the five paragraphs, as well as planning pages for every paragraph except the conclusion. I use this in 8th grade with multiple sources - "The Diary of Anne Frank" the play and movie and a Holocaust documentary we view in clas
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8th - 12th
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Simple Sentences and Sentence Fluency
The is the first in a series of explanation worksheets on sentence fluency and sentence construction. It introduces six techniques showing students how to write more advanced simple sentence openings. It begins by stating which words should be avoided when opening simple sentences; then, it models six techniques for creating more engaging and advancved simple sentence openings (e.g. use of adverbs, participle phrases and infinitives). The recommended use is as a drafting sheet after students ha
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Profile Articles: Journalism assignment, good intro activity
Whether as an introductory article for a Journalism class, to teach a different form of writing in any class, or as a getting-to-know-you activity by interviewing and writing about a classmate, writing a profile article can be an excellent way for students to practice talking to others, listening, organizing ideas, and expressing themselves clearly.
Included:
* “How to Write a Profile Article” 3 page step-by-step guide (with journalistic terms defined)
* How to Conduct an Interview guide
* Wri
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6th - 12th
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