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Higher education Common Core W.7.9 handouts
ChatGPT: 64 Pages of Engaging Lessons for Using It to Improve Student Writing
ChatGPT is a powerful new tool. Much has already been made of its potential pitfalls, but what about how it can be harnessed in the classroom to actually improve student writing and encourage kids to become more thoughtful and engaged authors?This set of lesson plans is designed to achieve just that. It views ChatGPT as an opportunity to push students to become better writers by leveraging the strengths of ChatGPT and better understanding its weaknesses.Here are the sections you will find in the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Literary Essay Writing Unit - Instruction and Practice (COMMON CORE ALIGNED)
Fantastic for the beginning of the year, this unit instructs the Literary Essay creatively, through informative template graphics and step by step prompts. Upon completion, students will feel confident in their understanding of the importance, applicability and necessity of the literary essay.
What you can expect in The Literary Essay:
- Instructional sections followed by engaging practice opportunities for each component taught.
- A clear and simplistically designed instructional resource th
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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ESSAY on the THEME OF A STORY: Two Templates - Basic and Advanced
This file is aimed at teaching students through modeling, to write about the theme of a story or novel. It uses templates that supply ideas for starting sentences, and instructions for each paragraph that give students guidance for organizing their ideas.
There are two templates here: a basic matrix for writing an essay about the theme of a piece of literature, and a more advanced version that extends the essay somewhat.
The basic template is two pages, and produces a four paragraph essay.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Conversation Starters Package on Fears and Phobias
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on fears and phobias. What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of fears and phobiasActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expr
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Conversation Starters Package on Humor
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on humor.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of humorActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional phras
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5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Conversation Starters Package on Productivity
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on productivity. What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of productivityActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Conversation Starter Package on Bullying
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on bullying.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of bullyingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transit
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Free Twitter Tweet Story or Chapter Summary
Fiction & Non-Fiction Twitter Tweet Common Core Activity: Use the Twitter Concept to Make Connections to the TextUsing Twitter to Make Connections: Do you want to see if your students grasp the main idea or big event in a chapter or story but don't want to assign a boring chapter review? Use this creative "Tweet" activity--it's fun, fast, and you'll be able to tell right away if they read it/got it!Use in social studies for historical figures, science for chapter summary, and so many other
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Conversation Starters Package on Immigration
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on immigration.What's included:A list of 20 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of immigrationActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Conversation Starters Package on The Human Mind & Consciousness
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the human mind and consciousness.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of the human mind and consciousnessActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and re
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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RACER Constructed Response Paragraph Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is the perfect way to teach students how to write a well constructed paragraph for a constructed response task. It breaks down each part of a well-organized paragraph response. It even includes what each letter in R.A.C.E.R. stands for, sentence starters to promote the use of transitional words/phrases, and even MLA in-text citation format for direct quotes used to support the response! This graphic organizer is a great tool to utilize if you are teaching students how to
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Conversation Starters Package on The Internet
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the internet.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of the internetActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer Planner
This graphic organizer is a terrific way to guide students through the writing process of an argumentative essay. This organizer breaks down each paragraph of an argumentative essay, as well as further breaks down the parts of each paragraph. In each box you will find space for the student to write down parts of an argumentative essay such as the intro paragraph box (hook, explanation of issue, and thesis statement), or the body paragraph #1 box (topic sentence, explanation, evidence, analysis
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Conversation Starters Packages on Feelings and Emotions
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on feelings and emotions.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of feelings and emotionsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of usef
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MLA Text Evidence and Citation Rules and Formatting
Handout covers basic rules and formatting guidelines for MLA text evidence and citations. Use of ellipses for cut content, brackets for modified words, quoting dialogue, and proper use of periods, exclamation points, and question marks explained. Includes examples from short story "Popularity" by Adam Bagdasarian.Updated for MLA 9th edition.*Does not cover block quotes, works cited, paraphrasing, or citing poems/plays.
Graphic Organizer for Research | Research Essay | ( ENGLISH, HISTORY, SCIENCE)
This resource replaces the traditional "research note cards" students used to use to gather information about their sources. This 21st-century resource asks for more refined reflection and aids students in the complex and complicated process of conducting research by helping them organize their ideas into a research matrix. The matrix is a chart that asks students to record the title and link of the source, write a direct quote or paraphrased information from it, note which sub-questions from
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
A Long Way from Chicago: Twelve Essay Prompts with Condensed Rubric
Students will go "a long way" in understanding this popular novel when they answer any of these 12 essay prompts which directly pertain to A Long Way from Chicago. Options on this printable focus on plot, setting, conflict, theme, tone, and more. This printable is user-friendly and allows readers to delve deeply into primary aspects of this best-seller. A condensed rubric is included.
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5th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Holocaust Mini-Research Project and Rubric
It's a sensitive subject that needs to be explored on many different levels. Here is the fitting essay prompt that can be used to reinforce the study of the Holocaust as well as help students to investigate various people and events. This one-page printable provides specific directions, 12 prompts, and a detailed rubric that allows readers to continue to advance their knowledge about the occurrences that claimed the lives of six million Jews throughout Europe in WWII.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Analyzing a Memoir worksheet
A worksheet with a set of questions to help students analyze a memoir. It also comes with a checklist and a list of qualities that effective memoirs have.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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LITERARY ANALYSIS GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
The key to excellent writing is strong organization. Student writing is overwhelming for the students and teachers through the lack of organization. Use this resource to organize a student literary analysis from the planning stage to the finished product. Here you will find a graphic organizer that walks your students through their ideas. This graphic organizer will help you see how your students are progressing in their essay planning in an organized, planned fashion.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Inventory
Strong writing has a strong focus. Students find writing frustrating when they do not know where to begin. This resource will allow students to take inventory of their writing before they begin or when they are done.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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