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10th grade writing-expository homework under $5
Thesis Statement Mini-lesson - Argumentative Essay
These worksheets will help students understand the formula to creating a strong thesis statement for an argumentative essay. The directions are clear and simple to understand; just print and go!Here is what is included:★Worksheets (3 pages)★Answer Key Thank you so much for stopping by my store.  I hope you are enjoying my products. I appreciate you providing feedback and you even earn free TPT credits every time you do!Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded.If you have a
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6th - 12th
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Internet Activities - Rockets, Space Shuttles, Satellites and Rovers
28 printable or digital internet investigations on space exploration. Students use a laptop, tablet or smart phone to search online for information about... NASA, space suits, accidents in space, animals in space (dog, monkey, rabbits, mice, spiders, flies…), people in space, rockets, the Apollo space program, space shuttles, SpaceX, going to the Moon, going to Mars, Luna 1, Sputnik 1, Explorer 1, Voyager 1, Messenger, the lunar rover, Sojourner, Chang’e 4, Hubble telescope, Chandra, satellites
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in:Â Space BUNDLE
Langston Hughes's 10 BEST Poems | "Harlem," "Mother to Son," "Let America..."
NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-Based! This 45-page EDITABLE poetry curriculum promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The literary devices quizzes, discussion prompts, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!! Here are some highlights from this 45-page curriculum:• 10 Poems by Langston Hughes: The 10 poems
Grades:
8th - 12th
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: Discussion Questions/Prompts
This series of 46 questions asks students to analyze the rhetorical strategies, themes, and literary techniques used by Margaret Atwood in The Handmaid's Tale. Questions also include prompts regarding characterization, imagery, themes, mood, and symbolism.
Questions are broken into four sections for reading assignments appropriate for grades 10-12 or college-level analysis.
Also look for my quiz packets for classics and contemporaries, such as Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Khaled Hosseini's T
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Family Values Bundle - 20 Questions, Defining Roles, Parent-Teenager Assessment
Family Values. This is a combination package that combines three activities regarding families and family values. Activity #1: 20 Questions About FamilyAre you looking for a way for your students to open up about life in their family and how they fit into their family structure? This activity has always been helpful for me to start the discussion with students about the institution of family in either an Writing class, a Psychology Unit, or a Sociology Unit. Geared toward middle school or high
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7th - 12th
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
Answering How Questions Scaffolded Sequence of Events Worksheets
These no-prep sequence of events worksheets include 3 types of worksheets for scaffolding with special education and speech therapy students, and 18 different how-to scenarios. These worksheets are age-appropriate for middle school and high school students who do not need visual support, but still need extra guidance with sequencing and answering how questions, such as, "How do you get ready for school?" They can also help teach temporal concepts and procedural writing skills. The three types of
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3rd - 12th
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Self-Grading Grammar and Writing Errors Editable Quiz | Google Drive Activity
This self-grading Google Form has twenty questions that cover standard grammar and writing errors. I use this grammar quiz to evaluate where I need to target grammar and writing practice for English test preparation. The quiz asks students to identify the error in each sentence, and then it grades itself. 20 sentences total.Common errors in this quiz include: * Incorrect punctuation choice: commas, quotes, apostrophes, ellipse, semicolons.* Misplaced and dangling modifiers.* Run-ons, incomplete
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Grammar Bell Ringers ENTIRE School Year Grammar & Writing Grades 7-10
Dialectical Journals for Literary Analysis and Non-fiction analysis (w/rubric)
This resource ensures that students are practicing comprehension, summary, questioning, textual evidence, citations, and analysis (including context/explanation, significance and connecting to literary elements, and prediction). And the best part is, it can be used for ANY text, fiction or non-fiction! This assessment includes the following: Assignment sheet with sample responseTemplate for students to fill out in print or on google docsComplete Rubric All components delivered as pdfs (in a zip
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7th - 12th
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Movie Review: Extra Credit or Class Assignment
Students are required to write a movie review in a professional manner, which can be a challenge since they are used to just telling friends if they liked a movie or not! In this assignment, they must think more deeply and explain why thy like or dislike a film. They are to consider elements such as similar films, connections to movie trends, the director's prior work, casting suitability, etc.
I offer this as an extra credit assignment, but it could easily be changed to a regular assignment.
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7th - 12th
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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
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7th - 12th
The Boys in the Boat Journal Prompts & Essay Topics / Nonfiction Resource
The Boys in the Boat YRE by Daniel James Brown is one of my favorite nonfiction books to teach my high school students. My students love this true story of rowing, resilience, athleticism, and teamwork; they are shocked by the obstacles that Joe Rantz faced in his life, and they are hopeful when they learn how Joe overcame them. Although my students are familiar with Nazi Germany, they really didn't know much about the 1936 Olympics until they read this book. Students glean so much from this qui
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Boys in the Boat UNIT BUNDLE / Top Nonfiction Resource / Online-Ready!
Parts of Speech, Pre-Assessment
(answer key included)(FREE post assessment available too!)
** To increase contextual comprehension, the pre-assessment is written in narrative. The FREE post-assessment is the narrative conclusion to the story. It is highly recommended teachers use both the Pre and Post assessment.
Teaching Parts of Speech is so important as it creates common language for reading and writing between a teacher and student.
I've successfully used a pre/post assessment in my Parts of Speech unit that doesn't
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Monroe's Motivated Sequence Project
This memorable and engaging project helps students understand Monroe's Motivated Sequence and put it into practice!Every year in my public speaking class, I teach a motivational speech unit to my students using Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Because my students have already had several years of serious essay topics and formal presentations, I take this opportunity to practice important persuasive skills with a fun and informal twist. Instead of presenting their motivational speech at the front of
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Public Speaking Bundle
Thesis Statement Practice
This worksheet is designed to help students practice revising and editing thesis statements for an expository essay. It also includes basic reminders about thesis statements. It was created for an academic 10th grade English class, and it focuses on the three-prong thesis style.
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9th - 11th
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"The Odyssey" Journal Prompts
Includes at least one prompt for each of the episodes excerpted in Holt's "Elements of Literature": Calypso, the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, Polyphemus the Cyclops, Circe, the Land of the Dead, the Sirens and Scylla/Charybdis, the Cattle of the Sun God, the Meeting of Odysseus and Telemachus, the Test of the Great Bow, and Death of the Suitors. Questions are designed to have students make personal connections to the characters and conflicts in "The Odyssey."
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9th - 12th
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The Diary of Anne Frank - Personal Narrative Diary Writing
Everyone has a story but each of our stories is different. Your story is important too.
14 diary writing topics to choose from that mirror those that Anne wrote about.
Connect to The Diary of Anne Frank through an on-going anchor activity that students can work on in a writing center, when they have finished other assignments, or for homework. Students will be asked to observe the people around them and their environment as Anne did. They should take the time to think about the topics and pl
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5th - 12th
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Pen Pal permission letter
A generic/editable pen pal permission letter to send home to parents
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
American Authors Research Project
This is a group assignment. In groups, students will choose from a list (or alternative is acceptable with approval) of American authors. Together they will write an expository research paper detailing the life, works, and societal contributions of these authors. They must use and properly cite at least 3 sources in their paper. Then, they will take the information they learned in while researching their author and create a 5-8 minute presentation to be presented to the class. This is a great op
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10th - 12th
Exploring the parts of an Argumentative Essay
Equip students with a practical understanding of argumentative essay structure using this insightful worksheet. By analyzing a well-constructed essay sample, students gain a clear visual on the fundamental elements required for a cohesive 5-paragraph argumentative (expository) essay. This resource allows students to identify crucial segments like the hook, thesis statement, arguments, counterclaims, rebuttals, and more, providing a comprehensive overview of the necessary components for a compell
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7th - 12th
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The Importance of Being Earnest Satire Study
This two page activity includes a detailed answer key. Working with a partner or as a homework assignment, students will work through the play to analyze the satirical targets of Wilde's play. Skills include: citing textual evidence, relating author's purpose to comedic devices and making a larger connection to Aestheticism and to Victorian society as a whole. Though a challenging activity, students begin to recognize how comedy can question societal norms as much as tragedy can.Related Reso
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Importance of Being Earnest Resource Bundle
Paragraph Coherence Using Spatial Arrangment Paragraph Scramble
Let students practice their critical thinking skills by placing the supporting sentences from this descriptive paragraph in order using spatial arrangement. Students are given a topic sentence and then asked to arrange the remaining sentences in the most logical order. Clues are given through the use of transitional or placement words such as "to the left," "in front of," etc. The handout is typed where it could easily be cut and students handed strips of paper if you want to use it in class. I
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Big Fish Essay Resources
These are the expository essay resources I use when I assign an essay after students read Daniel Wallace's Big Fish. The bundle includes: Prompts, Checklist, Outline, and Rubric. Students in 6th-12th grade could use this framework to support them as they write their expository essay.
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6th - 12th
Mesopotamia and Egypt Compare and Contrast Activity with Added Thesis Activity
As a high school teacher, my students have done Venn Diagrams for years, so I decided to add more complexity to it so I know they are really thinking about their answers. I created a chart using the PERSIA and another chart using the GRAPES acronyms for the students to then compare and contrast at least one item in each category. For example, for Geography (GRAPES) or Area (PERSIA) the students could write something about natural barriers for defense or about both being river civilizations or
Grades:
7th - 12th
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