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10th grade writing-expository scaffolded notes for Google Apps
Writing a Personal Narrative Essay - Distance Learning Compatible
In a personal narrative essay, a writer shares his or her thoughts and feelings about an event in his or her past with an audience. In this pack, students will move through the writing process to compose a personal narrative essay.The pack includes a step-by-step process, brainstorm/planing page, peer edit checklist, suggested marking rubric, and example essay.UPDATE: This includes both a printable PDF version and a digital version using Google Slides.See also my Writing a Persuasive Essay pack
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Introduction to Thesis Statements Notes + Guided Practice
Use this product to introduce thesis statements with a guided notes sheet (digital and printable) that also includes a practice you can work through with your students.
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5th - 12th
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Trauma Trackers Lesson: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (text + film analysis)
Thank you for your download of this resource to help you teach ELIC! After reading up to page 173 in our text, chapter titled, “Heavier Boots,” I realized that students may not have time to finish the full novel. As a result, we started watching the first half of the film and tracking the main character(s) responses to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s “5 Stages of Grief.” The goal of this process (and included activities) is to help students gather information to write a final, explanatory essay, based o
Grades:
9th - 12th
Memoir Unit: Notes,Author Research/PACO Pre-Reading Slides + Handout - Editable!
Are you starting a memoir unit? Use this resource as a way to help students understand the definition of a memoir, learn how bias plays a role in memoirs, and explore how to conduct author research using P.A.C.O. (Purpose, Audience, Content, Organization)!These slides are editable, and a handout to the author research assignment is linked.
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6th - 12th
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Quoting Evidence Within Writing/Essay, How to Format Quotes Lecture & Notes
This is a Google Presentation designed to guide students on the proper usage of quotes from external sources in their essays.The presentation covers essential punctuation marks such as quotation marks, brackets, commas, and ellipsis to correctly integrate outside evidence into their writing. It also provides guidelines on how to cite online sources using the author's name, title, and paragraph number. The final slide offers a practice exercise to reinforce the concepts covered in the presentatio
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Annotated Bibliography Graphic Organizer - Scaffolded and Chunked Pre-Write!
Annotated bibliographies can be overwhelming for students.YOU can help by providing this simple, straightforward graphic organizer!This annotated bib graphic organizer provides scaffolding and chunking for students as well as a reference example.With this organizer, annotated bibs will be a breeze!Enjoy!
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Annotated Bibliography Formatting and Writing Guide + GRAPHIC ORGANIZER!
AICE International History Chapter 1.2 Mini Unit
Welcome AICE International Teachers!This is a 7 day mini unit on Chapter 1.2 “What was the impact of imperial expansion on international relations?”The 5th day is reserved for an expository essay. My Paper 2 Part A Mini Lesson is included in this mini unit. The 8th day is reserved for a 12 multiple choice question quiz.As teachers we cover a lot at the beginning of the school year, not just content. $2.50 a day for bell work, direct instruction, and student work with answer keys keeps your yea
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Yellow Journalism Then & Now: EDITABLE Guided Notes & Discussion Activity
Engage your students in a lesson about Yellow Journalism and how it has evolved over the years. This EDITABLE resource provides a detailed presentation and a guided notes sheet for students. In addition to note-taking, students will engage in critical discussion about the impact of misinformation and "fake news".Students begin the lesson with an opening writing prompt, then record guided notes about the history of Yellow Journalism and its connections to the Spanish-American War. Their notes the
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Hot Zone - Informative Paragraph: Disease Emergence
This resource guides students through reading three nonfiction sources on where new diseases come from, including one excerpt from Richard Preston's The Hot Zone. Students summarize each source by using notes to answer the basic questions about each text (who/what/when/where/how) and then combining their notes into complete sentences. Finally, students combine the information from at least two of the sources into an informative paragraph with in-text citations and a Works Cited. Skills involved:
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Informative Writing: Viruses and Infectious Disease
Quote Sandwich Notes and Practice
Help students master seamlessly integrating text evidence with the quote sandwich. This bundle includes a Google Slides presentation and preformatted notes (printable and Google Doc versions included). Concepts covered and/or modeled include:Introductory statements with active verbsAppropriate punctuation when quotingCiting page numbers with parenthetical citations (MLA)Explanation and elaborationA practice exercise with answer model is included.
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6th - 10th
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MLA Ninth Edition Reference Guide - MLA Booklet and Presentation
Are your students making the same MLA mistakes in their essays? Do you want a simple way to teach students and give them a reference they can use all year? Try this MLA booklet!This MLA Guide Ninth Edition resource helps you teach the following:What is MLA?How to format a paper in MLA (including some Google Doc shortcuts)Basics of in-text citations (books, short stories, websites, poems and songs, video and audio clips, plays and long quotes)Formatting a works cited page and annotated bibliograp
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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AICE History Paper 2 Part A Mini Lesson w/ Fill in Notes
Welcome!This resource is similar to my Paper 1 Part A (FREEBIE) and B Mini Lessons (PURCHASE).It is also in my AICE International Ch 1.2 Mini Unit.This Mini Lesson focuses on Paper 2 Part A - expository essay ONLY. It can be used for any of the AICE History topics in the exam series. (European, US History, or International).LOW PREP:There are some minor edits required to the slides & fill in notes. I have a slide/image for each course. For the slide deck... simply delete the image and res
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: AICE International Ch 1 MEGA BUNDLE: Empires & Emergence of World Powers
Expository Essay Resources | Format | Transitions | Types of Leads/Hooks | PDF
Searching for printable resources your students can access while writing an expository essay? Look no further!These visuals are extremely helpful to your students and provide them the scaffold to be able to write a beautiful and organized expository essay. They can search through the organized list of transition words and phrases, follow the formatting page step-by-step to draft a cohesive essay, and determine which lead is relevant for hooking their reader in.In this resource, you will resource
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Grades:
4th - 12th
The Hot Zone - Informative Paragraph: What is a virus?
This resource guides students through reading three short nonfiction sources on viruses, including one from Richard Preston's The Hot Zone. Students then summarize each source by using notes to answer the basic questions about each text (who/what/when/where/how) and then combining their notes into complete sentences. Finally, students combine the information from at least two of the sources into an informative paragraph with in-text citations and a Works Cited. Scaffolding informative writing in
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Informative Writing: Viruses and Infectious Disease
Thesis Statement Think Sheet for an Expository/Informational essay.
The purpose of this thesis statement think sheet is to help students explore their essay prompt, brainstorm ideas, and formulate a thesis statement. This is a fully-editable 7-page google doc. This think sheet can target 4th - 12th grade standards (wide range, I know!). I have used this for a 5th grade and 10th-grade classroom. As a frame of reference, making our way as a class through this thesis statement think sheet took approximately 1 hour and 15 min with my 5th-grade classroom. Please enjo
Grades:
4th - 12th
3-paragraph ELA Essay Outline
Table provides explicit break down of Intro, Body Paragraph, and Conclusion. One column provides directions, the other column provides the space for students to write their response. A sentence frame for the thesis is provided, along with appropriate transition words. Once completed, I have students copy and paste their answers onto a new document to create a correctly formatted and polished final draft.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
"Walden" Excerpt and Quote Analysis Activity
Students are to read and annotate the Walden excerpt (hyperlinked in the title of the Quote Analysis document). Either independently or in small groups, student are then directed to select two of the five provided quotations and write an analysis explaining how the quotation exemplifies the Transcendental philosophy.
Grades:
9th - 12th
How to Write an Essay Guided Notes
This Guided Notes Compliments the How to Write an Essay Presentation 100%. The guided notes helps student know what is important as well as how to write notes. They are structured by the slides and have some word structure to help them keep on track. However, you can alter it to fit your student's needs.
Grades:
8th - 11th
Complete Unit on Essay Writing PLUS Proofreading Unit
Do your students write rambling, repetitive, disorganized essays that have no structure or focus? Do they freeze up when asked to write an essay because they don't know where to start? Do they have no earthly idea how to proofread effectively?Do you want your students to learn to organize their ideas logically and support their claims with evidence? Then this unit is for you!This product contains EVERYTHING you need to teach your students how to write an organized essay, and it's structured as a
Grades:
5th - 10th
The House on Mango Street | Literary Devices | Worksheet | Graphic Organizer
This document includes blank charts your students can use to annotate their thoughts as they read through Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street. It asks them to consider :Motifs: Identity, Gender, Cultural Identity, Hopes, Dreams, Growing UpCharacter Development: Changes, Traits, RelationshipsOther Literary Devices Used (and their purpose!)There is a space for the vignette title, a space for MLA cited text evidence, and a space for their analytical thinking work. This would work perfectly
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Grades:
7th - 10th
How to Avoid Using First and Second Person in Writing (Google Slides)
This is the GOOGLE SLIDES version of this presentation. This presentation is newly updated and seriously GREAT for teaching students to stop using first and second person in their writing. It goes through everything they'll need to do to make corrections. Simple and to the point with practice slides! REMOTE FRIENDLY. GOOGLE APPS. Can be printed out, as well!
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Evaluating Quality of Evidence • Students Notes or Reference Sheet
This is a reference sheet that includes many criteria for students to think about when evaluating the quality of evidence (for research papers, composition, etc). This can be used as lecture notes or reference notes to keep throughout the school year for writing. Designed for Middle School High School Student English Writing / Composition / Essay Writing class use.Extra Activity / Notes / Supplements / Reference
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Text Structures Review - ELL/ELD Support
The text structures slides review the 5 common nonfiction text structures; compare and contrast, description, cause and effect, sequence, and problem and solution. The slides are written in English and Spanish to support ELL/ELD students. The slides also include graphic organizers for students to visualize each text structure.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Text Structures and Expository Writing Practice
Outline for Informative Essay: The Hero's Journey in Star Wars
Use this outline to teach students how to write an informative essay! They will need to have been introduced to the Hero's Journey and watched Star Wars- check out the unit plan on my dashboard for TONS of resources including a complete unit plan with 80 Google Slides and so many resources. One of the favorite units for teaching middle school informative writing!
Grades:
6th - 10th
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