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Adult education writing-expository worksheets under $5
Peer Editing Checklist Review and Feedback Sheets for Multiple Writing Genres
Make peer editing and review focused and effective for your students with these feedback sheets. Rather than using checklists that often result in shallow, vague suggestions, teach the elements of writing with focused tasks that challenge your students to find evidence from the paper.Students will provide better peer reviews, understand the writing requirements as they analyze a peer’s paper, and be able to analyze their own writing more effectively. Each editable task sheet focuses on a speci
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Exercises on Redundancies, Parallel Structure, and Variety
Do your students understand the importance of word choice and sentence structure in creating coherent essays? With these worksheets, students will begin to recognize redundancies, faulty parallel structure, and lack of sentence variety. They will be able to rewrite problem sentences to make them more effective.The exercises can easily be incorporated into a lesson on essay revision. Answer keys are included.Check out these related products:Practice With TransitionsSuggested Activities for Senten
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Grammar Bundle
Real World Rhetoric #5, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #5 attempts to convince readers that students aren't motivated by cash rewards; they actually crave a surprisingly different prize.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Informative Paragraph Graphic Organizer (Informational)
This is a great graphic organizer for teaching informational paragraphs.
This graphic organizer meets these 3rd and 4th grade Common Core Standards:
3rd Grade
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and de
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3rd - 5th, Adult Education
In-Text Citation Practice - Citation Machines
This resource will assist your students in practicing MLA in-text citations. This will also help them integrate and explain quotes using the I.C.E. method. **Teachers - you will need to choose articles for your students to read based on the worksheet's activity. However, the topic is common. I left this open, so teachers can choose which grade level to use this for.**
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to Write a Thesis Statement Exercise | Printable | Digital | Easel
Thesis statement writing is easy once you know how. One of the most difficult aspects of writing essays about literature is getting started. So often, students will just sit and stare at their blank sheets of paper because they do not know how to begin. This resource will help students develop a thesis statement and is perfect for distance learning.If given enough practice writing thesis statements, students will be confident about how to begin their essays and will have a head start on organizi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Plagiarism Cases of Famous People
15 famous plagiarism cases and students get to "be the judge"! Fact based handouts with real life cases and research component to build critical thinking, plagiarism, and research skills. includes:
15 Famous People:
MLK, Jr.
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Ray Parker
Michael Bolton
John Fogerty
George Harrison
T.S. Eliot
Melania Trump
Vanilla Ice
J.K. Rowling
Robin Thicke
Jane Goodall
Johnny Cash
Helen Keller
Handouts include:
15 black and white famous people images (optional: color these)
Backgrounds
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real World Rhetoric #6, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #6 attempts to convince readers that intestinal worms are better than medicine or surgery for a variety of ailments.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argument essay•
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Gerund and Participle Activities, Worksheets, and Presentation
Gerunds and participles can look similar, and my students confuse them. I made these verbals activities to clarify the differences in these verbals. This set includes over 40 practice sentences, an editable Powerpoint, and guided notes. You will receive the standard PDF and Powerpoint as well as links to Google Slides for the presentation, worksheets, and student note sheets for these verbal activities to work on gerunds and participles. Specifically, this verbals activity includes:✩ A grammar P
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE - Print and Go Worksheets for Analysis of the Documentary
The Columbine tragedy affected the world. It was the first in a wave of school shootings and people have fought to understand why and how it could have happened.Michael Moore's award-winning documentary seeks to unearth the background to America's gun crimes and questions everything from causes to culpability.This two-page worksheet is a comprehensive way to ensure that students are watching the 'Bowling for Columbine' documentary with purpose.This information can then be used for informative or
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Real World Rhetoric #7, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #7 attempts to convince healthy pregnant women that they should consider having their babies at home rather than in a hospital.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argu
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Peer Review Worksheet
This is a complete worksheet that students can take to a back table and do on their own while you work with the rest of the class. Make these availible in a folder in the classroom for students to take and use on a regular basis.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Video viewing questions for PBS Documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl"
This is a set of comprehension questions for students to answer while they are watching the PBS documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl." This movie can be found on YouTube or purchased from PBS online store.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Context Clue Practice with SAT Words!
Test-prep isn't just content review. Students need to practice their critical reading skills, and this mini-lesson is perfect for that.
This set has:
--Projector ready PPT to teach/review types of context clues, and practice the skills. PPT also has all the sentences from the worksheet!
--Fifteen challenging sentences to practice context clue skills on; the worksheet asks students to define the words AND identify the type of clue used. Some have more than one type, so discussions and debat
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Writing In-text (Parenthetical) Citations Practice Worksheet #2
Worksheet provides practice for students learning how to write MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on a sample Works Cited page for a research essay.Like my other resource, this worksheet gives students the opportunity to practice writing MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on sample Works Cited entries on print and web sources. In this version, students must make the judgment whether or not to omit the author's name in some of the items. Answer sheet provided.Note: t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"The Odyssey" Unit Test
This Unit Test contains character matching, setting matching, plot mutliple choice, short answer questions on literary elements, hero, and hero quest, as well as an essay on the comparison of "The Odyssey" to O Brother Where Art Thou? The packet you download also includes the student answer sheets for easy grading.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing an Objective Summary
This is a universal worksheet that aligns with Reading Information standard 2 - "Write an objective summary of the text,"
It is applicable to any story, article, or text.
Simply have the students read the text, fill in the graphic organizer on the assignment provided, and students will compose an objective summary from the information they've gathered.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Prompts: Agree or Disagree PRINT and EASEL
This resource includes writing prompts/discussion activities that run the gamut from Classroom Rules to Fashion. Others are: the Environment, Honesty, Study Habits and Motivation, Discrimination, and Advertising. Please see my Free product for an eighth topic - Education. Each topic has nine statements on a chart that students can record their answers. Designed as group work but could be done individually. Great writing prompts for middle and secondary students. Excellent for secondary or
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Sentence Variety—4 Methods for Varying Sentence Beginnings;Excellent Worksheets!
This packet is from my Looking Good on Paper line and focuses on the following methods for varying sentence beginnings:* Introductory Appositive Phrases* Introductory Infinitive Phrases* Introductory Participial Phrases* Introductory Prepositional PhrasesFor each of the four phrases, there is an Understand It section, a Practice It section, and an Apply It section. Also included are a comprehensive practice activity, a thorough answer key, and a final test--everything teachers need to teach this
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Practice With Transitions
This Power Point presentation outlines 10 categories of transitional words and their functions. It also gives word lists for and examples of each category. Exercises for student practice and answer keys are included.Other products you may find useful:Sentence FluencyMerry Mix-Up Paragraph OrganizationClick on this link to view and download free products from my store. These will give you an idea of the quality of my work. Dianne Mason’s Free ProductsClick on the green star next to my picture on
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Grammar Bundle
Peer Editing Stations & Checklist, High School Writing Review, PDF
This Peer Editing Station & Checklist activity is written for my dual-enrollment, college Composition students, but can be used with students in grades 7 - 12, as well. Peer review is an important part of the writing process, but students can sometimes struggle to move past basic feedback like, "You Did Great!" These stations focus students in on specific elements of a writing assignment, and each station overview sheet contains a checklist of questions students should ask themselves as th
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Problem-Solution Essay Paragraph Frames for Struggling Writers
For students who struggle with writing, these paragraph frames provide sentence starters in an essay format. Students who are several grade levels behind in reading/writing can fill it in and then rewrite it on a separate sheet of paper, or use the computer to type it up.
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Literary Thesis Worksheet and Key based on "The Story of an Hour"
This worksheet is designed to help students who already have some background in basic theses develop their critical thinking and analytical writing skills so they can move from the basic, simplistic thesis to one that is complex, sophisticated and most importantly reflective of a mature, investigative line of thought. It is based on Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," the text of which is also included in this package. The worksheet provides extensive practice for students analyzing and writin
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Steve Jobs' Stanford Speech Analysis, Reflection, Writing High School Discussion
This engaging resource, designed for high school educators, focuses on analyzing and reflecting upon Steve Jobs' influential 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. The 5-page worksheet, streamlined for ease of use, combines thought-provoking questions with key quotes from the speech, accompanied by a page dedicated to facilitating classroom discussions.What’s Included:Worksheet with Analytical Questions: Four pages filled with 10 carefully crafted questions, each designed to prompt students to refl
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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