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10th grade writing-expository independent work packets for Google Apps
High School Writing Prompts Argumentative, Narrative, Informative with Images
Do you need an easy way to review writing standards with your high school language arts classes? Look no further than writing prompts for secondary ELA! This digital packet contains 63 individual writing prompts—21 narrative, 21 expository, and 21 argumentative—all designed to make excellent bell-ringers or review. Each prompt comes with a corresponding image to spark your students’ imaginations and provide a solid jumping off point for each prompt. Plus, these prompts are designed to easily fit
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Ultimate Writing Bundle for Freshman & Sophomores | High School Writing Unit
What to the Slave is Fourth of July and Rhetoric
This resource focuses on analyzing Frederick Douglass's renowned speech, "What to the Slave is Fourth of July." Students will engage in activities such as reviewing concept vocabulary, exploring Douglass's life, reading background information on the speech, and answering close reading questions. They will also identify and analyze examples of ethos, pathos, and logos, define unfamiliar terms, and identify Douglass's main argument and call to action. In the extended version of this resource, stud
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Rhetoric in American Speeches: Henry, Paine, Lincoln, and Douglass
Review Critic Writing: Students practice writing on high interest topics!
Do you struggle with getting students to write? Need to address Informational + Argumentative writing standards? Or have to practice showing not telling details in their drafts?This mini-unit asks students to review content that they find to be interesting!From Video/Online Games, Musical Albums, Products and more. Students practice voicing their opinions and sharing their interests via writing skill. This document includes access to: ✨ Practice Template for Review Writing✨Mentor Texts written b
Grades:
7th - 10th
Expository Essay Compare and Contrast Informative Essay
Use this 5 step by step writing process for an expository/informative compare and contrast essay! This is a guided lesson that students can do independently. Here are the 5 steps:1. Choose a prompt from the four choices in the document.2. Research the prompt, organizing ideas and information in a detailed graphic organizer.3. Create in-text citations.4. Fill in the Expository Essay Outline. 5. Write a rough draft. In this activity, there are detailed instructions for each of these steps, guiding
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Middle School English Language Arts Activities| HUGE GROWING BUNDLE
Synthesizing Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" and Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
In this mini-unit, students will read and analyze both “Ain’t I a Woman?” and “The Story of an Hour” and make thematic connections between them. Their analysis will conclude with a written response that synthesizes the two works. Before reading Truth's speech, students will read a brief or extended biography of Truth, depending on how much time you would like to spend in class, and/or watch a brief animated video about Truth’s life (2 minutes). In addition, they will define several literary term
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â American Literature Full Year Unit
Health Module: "Love Your Brain by Loving Your Gut" with Writing Prompts
The free video is embedded in the slide deck, but you can also view it directly YouTube: https://youtu.be/mE67fcxRCtsRecent scientific reports explain a definite connection between what we eat and how inflammation negatively impacts our mental health. Students will view video and respond to the writing prompts that review the science and help them reflect on their own eating habits. Hopefully, students who are experiencing anxiety and/or depression will be motivated to reconsider what they eat a
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Writing Prompts for Critical and Reflective Thinking
Financial Literacy: Money is a Tool Free Video + Writing Prompts
The free video, "Money as a Tool," is also available separately from this module at: https://youtu.be/vpyamMTar-c?si=M-bETlzmw-IXqWOUThis video explains three concepts of how money is a tool, not an identity. It offers a deeper understanding of money that supports a healthy financial literacy mindset so that the learner can navigate around financial struggles now and in the future. The writing prompts provide practice in determining personal values and how money as a tool can help them achieve w
Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Writing Prompts for Critical and Reflective Thinking
Introduction to Journalism
ELA teaching activities for an introduction to journalism. This unit has a heavy focus on using critical thinking skills.This teaching packet is also available for Google Apps here.Included in the introduction to news and journalism learning packet:Teacher background information30+ Discussion Questions and/or Task CardsAnalyzing the news activitiesAnalyzing trending news activitiesCompare and contract news then and nowLearning to recognize good leads and write good leadsInverted Pyramid Poster
Grades:
7th - 10th
Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance
Great for Black History Month (or any time of year). It's time our students learn about Black American history beyond slavery and Civil Rights. Let's learn about and celebrate the incredible literature, art, and music created during the Harlem Renaissance that shaped modern American culture.The unit provides 6 lessons on Google docs: 1. Video Introduction of the Harlem Renaissance2. Background of the Harlem Renaissance (nonfiction/vocabulary/analysis)3. What is Jazz? (listening skills)4. Poetry
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Grades:
7th - 12th
American Renaissance Poetry: Dickinson, Poe, and Whitman
In this lesson, students will study poetry by three different poets of the American Renaissance (Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman) and analyze their poems individually as well as look for thematic connections between them. They will read up to six poems and analyze the poems by completing close reading questions and identifying imagery, figurative language, style, and theme within each poem. They will conclude their analysis of the poems with a short essay designed to draw the
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â American Poetry: Dickinson, Hughes, Dunbar, Whitman, McKay, Poe
Works Cited Webquest
This resource encourages students to "deep dive" into the Purdue Owl MLA Citation website. It is a challenging handout that WILL require them to read through a lot of the material! I designed it this way to challenge students to read and absorb information as well as explore all of the MLA information Purdue Owl has to offer.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Middle School ELA Test Prep Persuasive & Expository On-Demand Writing Prompts
Preparing students for writing essays on-demand for state tests is crucial. Check out these 30 persuasive & expository essay prompts & planning organizers to support your ELA test prep with students. Students find the prompts highly engaging and teachers find they mimic the test and save planning time.This NO PREP On-Demand 5 Paragraph Essay Test Prep Journal gives students access to 30 persuasive & expository prompts & essay practice organizers in a Google Doc file. On-Demand wr
Grades:
6th - 10th
NO PREP EASY ASSIGN Feature Article Project Create Your Own TIME Magazine
I made this assignment when we were learning about Feature Articles and non-fiction text features.My 7th grade students LOVED this assignment, and thought my fake Twilight article was hilarious. They got to be creative and choose their own topic, come up with an interesting title, decorate their cover, and write a small snippet of their article. Included are a few samples, the TIME template, and instructions.I printed out their TIME covers and displayed them, and they were so excited to see what
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Claim, Counter-claim, Reasons, and Evidence Practice
Use this practice to help students practice elements of argument. Students will identify claim and counter claim.Students will select reasons and evidence that connect to the claim.
Grades:
8th - 12th
Product Placement: Informational Writing Task: Self Guided/ Google Classroom
This is an informational/explanatory writing assignment. Common Core aligned and self-guided with step-by-step directions so that students are not overwhelmed if they are working on this from home. It also helps teacher's focus more on doing mini-lessons on thesis statements etc. versus trying to create the entire process and assignment themselves. This is ready to be uploaded to Google Classroom Video Links and Source is included. This includes: Writing Prompt: Directions on how to analyze and
Grades:
6th - 10th
100 Word Memoir Writing Practice
Finding a way to get students writing after a summer off is never easy so adding a word limit is a good way into making the first assignment less intimidating. This assignment has two examples, one weak and one strong, with both labeled. Both examples are the same event to show how to word choice makes a big impact. This also gives you a chance to get to know your students in quick bites.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Expository Essay Outline | Google Doc
An Expository Essay Outline for middle school and high school English Langauge Arts classes. This Google Document is editable with Google Drive and holds a standard five paragraph essay form. Each part of each paragraph is carefully labeled with corresponding blocks for students to fill in. It is very straight forward and easy to use!If you like this you should also check out my Brother's Grimm Fairy Tale Analysis Assignment. Don't Forget:1. Follow my storefor fun and engaging activities! I se
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in:Â Middle School English Language Arts Activities| HUGE GROWING BUNDLE
Middle School Writer's Notebook- Digital or Printable
Ideal for virtual learning and fully customizable! A digital OR print writer's notebook with 36 engaging prompts on a variety of topics. Includes a customizable student cover page with fun stickers, slides about expectations, a rubric, and an example response. This is a writer's notebook that is designed to be used digitally using Google Slides, but is formatted in size 8.5x11 so that it can be printed and used in print as well. I will be using this with my students weekly for Writer Wednesdays,
Grades:
1st - 12th
Thanksgiving Expository Essay Mini Research Paper
As your students approach fall breaks, this expository writing practice can be an engaging option to increase rigor and acknowledge the holiday season. The students have the autonomy to choose from four different topics.Because the purpose of this lesson is to practice text-based writing and integrate source material, each mini-research topic is complete with four links to possible sources for students to use. You might want to ask your students to expand the source list, but the available links
Grades:
8th - 12th
Theme in Night by Elie Wiesel - Digital for Google Apps - Distance Learning
* Google Apps & Print-ready * Updated for DIGITAL & DISTANCE LEARNING *This resource can be used as an independent or collaborative study packet for virtual or in-person learning."Night" is a work which defies the neat classification of genre. It has been referred to as autobiographical narrative, memoir, testimony, and more.Your students will:work closely with the text to identify and analyze themeswork independently and/or collaboratively to share their findingswrite about theme in Ni
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Finding the Main Idea Interactive Notebook Google Slides
Promote media literacy skills as well as encouraging students to practice finding the main idea in a variety of texts in this scaffolded interactive notebook. Students will watch embedded videos, read through a number of articles, and practice identifying the main idea in this 9-slide activity. Extension activities also included to start to bridge to the next step of writing their own news reports at the end of the activity pack. Bundle with the other paragraph-writing activities in my shop to e
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Senior Capstone Assignment
As the semester winds down, this selection of activities will help your senior students reflect on their last year of high school and prepare them for the emotions that accompany that most exciting of times. This includes three activities: Soundtrack of Senior Year, Letter to Self/Teacher, and the Senior Farewell Address.
Grades:
9th - 12th
20 Virtual Interactive Journal Prompts and Editing Tasks
This is a great resource! 20 WEEKS of Journal prompts with interactive editing checklists/tasks. All prompts/tasks are editable! Great for IEP work, differentiated work, and documenting student revision! Can simply print for documentation purposes!Each task includes an example to aid in student understanding. Tasks can be modified to fit learner's needs!In this resource you will get:A copy of Google slides that contain20 journal prompt slidesEach slide has various editing checklists/tasks, inclu
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Grades:
6th - 12th
GOOGLE Classroom™ Paperless Kindness Journal Responses for Distance Learning
These digital kindness journal responses are perfect students for students in a variety of grades. Perfect for distance learning!Students work directly in the file by typing in the text boxes. There are 40 different fillable slides included in this file. Consider assigning a page per day or one per week. Every page includes a unique quote for students to respond and reflect upon. These journal responses will help students dig deep into their understanding of how to be kind to others and why it
Grades:
4th - 10th
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