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Elementary writing-essays worksheet pdfs
Compare & Contrast Essay - Compare & Contrast Writing - Template / Organizer
This compare and contrast essay writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short paper comparing and contrasting a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make teaching this skill easy! Most of this resource is geared towards helping your students walk through the entire writing process as they write a compare and contrast essay; however, there are a few activities for additional practice included to help your
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2nd - 5th
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Restate the Question Practice | 5 Day Unit
Are you tired of trying to teach your students to restate the question and answer in a complete sentence? This 5 day unit teaches your students to become pros at writing in complete sentences! The restate the question bundle includes everything you need to get your students answering in complete sentences by the end of next week!This writing in complete sentences unit includes anchor charts, whole group activities, scoot games, and assessments all designed to teach students to turn a question in
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1st - 4th
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Movie Vs. Book Activities - No Prep Comparing Books and Movies Worksheets
Watching a movie doesn't have to be wasted time - these no prep activities will help your students think more critically when comparing and contrasting a book with its movie counterpart - as well as write an essay! Use these worksheets over and over again with ANY book that has a movie version. This is a great ending activity after completing a novel study. The following is included in this compare and contrast books and movie resource: 2 printables with questions for students to answer afte
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2nd - 5th
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Transition Words and Phrases
**UPDATE**
After using this for a couple years, I've added two new pages.
This now includes:
1. The original Transition Words and Phrases page detailed below.
2. Transitions for Primary Essay Paragraphs
(This page is what I use on a more day to day basis when teaching writing and appropriate transitions for different places in primary level essays. This page also includes Transitions to Text Evidence and Evidence Elaboration)
3. Ways to Hook Your Reader
This is a compilation of Transition W
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Primary Writing Checklists
Are you looking for a fun way for your students to self assess? These are very simple checklists that will help your young writers to ensure they have covered everything they need while editing. These are great visuals for students to use while editing their writing and can also be used for peer editing! The best part is that they help students to gain independence while working through the writing process. There are two different sizes depending on how you would like to use them. Learn more abo
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K - 3rd
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Step up to Writing Inspired - Writing a Personal Narrative Unit
Looking for a comprehensive and engaging way to teach personal narrative writing for your 3rd or 4th grade students? Look no further! This Step Up to Writing Inspired Personal Narrative Unit has everything you need to help your students write compelling and well-structured personal narratives. This resource will help take the stress out of teaching personal narrative writing!13 lessons complete this writing unit and includes lesson plans, worksheets, reference pages, color posters/anchor charts,
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Step up to Writing Inspired Narrative Writing Bundle
Persuasive Writing- Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers!
In persuasive writing, many students have trouble writing a clear thesis statement on what their essay is truly about. In the lesson Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers, students get to break down what is actually involved in a thesis statement and what happens when the statement is vague- as teachers we feel that we get misled often!
Movie trailers are a good tool to use in teaching thesis statements because it is relatable to almost every student- they have to admit they would feel
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to write a good introduction paragraph 4th & 5th grade, hook your reader
Writing a good introduction paragraph is sometimes the hardest part. Teach 3rd, 4th & 5th graders how to write a good introduction paragraph to hook your reader with this low-prep resource. Writing a strong introduction paragraph makes your reader want to continue to read your paper. Teach your students how to do this. INCLUDED INSIDE:✿ Explanation of what a hook is✿ 8 different introduction styles✿ Examples of each style✿ Printable booklet for students to practiceThis packet is great for ex
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4th - 6th
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Argumentative / Persuasive Writing Tutorial Bundle Resources Mini-Lessons
Teenagers are awesome at arguing, but getting them to get all their thoughts down in a cohesive paper can be difficult sometimes. I have taught argumentative/persuasive writing for many years. I have combined the materials that I have found the most success with in this bundle. It provides everything you need to walk your students through writing an argumentative essay from start to finish. All the products included are listed below. Includes: *Step-by-step tutorial for writing an argumentat
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5th - 7th
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Persuasive Writing Unit - Persuasive Essay Lessons, Examples, Prompts & Rubric
Teach students the elements of persuasive writing and help them breeze through their next persuasive essay! This unit breaks everything down about writing persuasive essays into easy steps and provides practice at each step. Your students will understand what to do and how to do it, so they actually will write! (And you will actually want to read it!) Before I created this unit, my students struggled with persuasive writing. I had made too many assumptions about their understanding of audience a
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4th - 8th
Explaining Evidence Sentence Stems
When students write a constructed response, citing evidence is crucial. However, defending and explaining that evidence becomes key in developing comprehension and assessing knowledge of the text.By providing students with stems to help them explain the evidence they've selected, writers are able to defend their claim and fully describe how the evidence supports their answer. This is, typically, a difficult skill for students to master and these stems provide an outline and a structure to the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing Successful Constructed Responses
WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grades 4-5 No Prep Printables
**Grades 4-5 Version** Level AThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are n
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Transition Words and Phrases Chart and Practice Worksheet with Examples Writing
This products gives students practice with transition words and phrases. I have included an anchor chart of several examples of transition words by category. An argumentative essay example has students highlight transitions. In addition, two practice paragraphs have students plug in transition words using the chart. INCLUDES:*Chart with several examples by category *Argumentative Essay Example for students to highlight transitions*Two practice paragraphs to plug in transition words*Color and BW
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5th - 7th
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Narrative Writing Transitions & Linking Words for Beginning Middle and End
This reference page includes a list of transition words that are most commonly used in Narrative Writing pieces. The list is categorized by beginning, middle, and end words. Students can glue this into a writing journal for a reference or it can be included in a narrative writing packet. Don’t forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits for future purchases! Every 20 credits is worth $1! Please take a moment to give a 5 star rating and comment. If you have any issues with your purchase, please
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Personal Narrative Writing Unit Packet BUNDLE Upper Elementary
Persuasive Essay Writing Graphic Organizer + Sample Essay Argumentative Writing
Persuasive essay graphic organizers are a great way to help scaffold the argumentative or persuasive essay. Graphic organizers with writing checklists help students organize a five paragraph essay, with reminders to introduce a thesis statement, provide facts and examples, and introduce a counterclaim. Also included is a sample argumentative essay for students to analyze, with a reflection sheet to go with it. Finally, a peer editing response sheet and rubric are included. De-mystify the argumen
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5th - 8th
Argumentative Essay Writing Sample Analysis Worksheet Activity Middle School
Teaching writing can always be challenging! I have found that showing my students an example is very helpful for them to see all the necessary parts. In this product, students will read an example argumentative essay on cell phones in school. Students color-code the essay based on the different parts on an effective argumentative essay and answer questions for analysis I've also included a handout explaining the necessary parts of each paragraph. This is such a powerful tool for students to
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5th - 7th
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Test Prep Reading and Writing ELA Performance Task BUNDLE 1
This is a bundle of NINE ELA performance tasks designed to help prepare your students for what they'll see on the test. Save 30% by purchasing the bundle!Included are:* 2 PTs for 2nd-3rd Grades (States of Matter and Special Needs - 2 sources)* 2 PTs for 3rd-4th Grades (Civil Rights/Justice, Thanksgiving)* 5 PTs for 4th-5th Grades (Energy, Plant Parts, Animal Adaptations, Special Needs - 3 sources, E-Books vs Printed Books)All PTs in the bundle include:- Part 1 directions- 2-3 sources with notes
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2nd - 5th
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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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FAST Writing Activities 4th and 5th Grade | Text Based Writing
Are you looking for guided writing lessons to help prepare your students for FAST (FSA) Writing (or any text based writing) activities? This resource includes reading passages, writing prompts, planning essays, writing introductions, writing body paragraphs, and writing conclusions for opinion and informational essays. Other states also teach text based writing such as: OAA in Ohio, RISE in Utah, AzMerit in Arizona, and PARCC in New Jersey. Check out my FREE product to see if this works for you
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4th - 5th
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Opinion Writing Template - Scaffolded Essay, Paragraph Frames
This opinion writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short essay explaining an opinion and providing reasons and examples on a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make teaching this skill easy! Most of this resource is geared towards helping your students walk through the entire writing process as they write a 4 paragraph opinion essay; however, there are a few activities for additional practice included
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Scaffolded Writing Templates Bundle - Templates, Paragraph Frames, More
Opinion Writing Transitions & Linking Words
What's Included:This worksheet includes a list of transition words that are most commonly used in Opinion Writing pieces. The list is categorized by opinion sentence starters, transitions when providing reasons, transitions when providing examples, and conclusion transitions. Students can glue this into a writing journal for a reference or it can be included in an opinion writing packet. If you purchase this product, please leave feedback....even if it's just two words...thank you. I would reall
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Opinion Writing Unit Packet BUNDLE
Exemplars {Mentor Texts} for CCSS Opinion, Narrative & Informational Writing
This pack includes six mentor texts designed to use with your writing workshop mini-lessons. Also included are several graphic organizers, checklists and worksheets to facilitate classroom discussions when analyzing different text types.This pack includes 6 mentor texts that you can use with your writing mini-lessons. Included is one narrative, three opinion (persuasive essay, persuasive letter, and literary essay), and two informational texts (article and book). These writing samples were cr
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2nd - 4th
Movie Guide made for Inside Out | EQ | Social Learning (PG - 2015)
This Inside Out Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet (PG - 2015) is a must have if you are showing this movie in class. Challenge your students to think about how their emotions affect their behavior. Discover the hidden gems and important life lessons in this film!Check the preview file for high resolution sample questions to see if this movie guide is suitable for your students. This resource consists of 13 high-level, short answer reflection and essay questions that will do more than just ask
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: DIFFERENTIATED Movie Guide Bundle made for Inside Out | SAVE OVER 25%
Writing Our World™ Premium Curriculum: Grades 3rd-5th
Are you looking to help your students with dyslexia unlock their writing potential? Do your students…• have a lot of ideas, but struggle to get them on the page?• tend to write in run-on sentences?• become overwhelmed with longer writing assignments?• produce disorganized pieces of writing? • write short, unelaborated paragraphs?• resist writing altogether? Cultivate confident writing and critical thinking skills in your students with Writing Our World™.Through this curriculum, students will lea
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3rd - 5th
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