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Writing-expository Common Core RI.5.8 worksheets
Earth Day Opinion Writing Mini-Unit: Lessons, Writing Templates, Writing Rubric
Try out this mini opinion writing unit out this year on Earth Day! Teachers will love the done-for-you lesson plans and students will enjoy reading a variety of high-interest texts that help teach conservation.This writing unit is perfect to tie into the spring season while still addressing critical writing skills like researching, using graphic organizers and templates to help students arrange what they've learned about Earth's conservation into a strong opinion writing piece.Students will exp
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3rd - 5th
Claim Versus Counterclaim Activity
A simple worksheet to help students create counterclaims from given claims. Great resource to use before teaching students how to delineate author's claim and counterclaim as well as writing an argumentative essay.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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RI 3.6 & RI 3.8 Author's Point, Reasons, & Point of View
Teach & practice finding author's point, reasons, and distinguishing point of view with these passages about video games! Connect & engage your students by using these differentiated letters written to Principal Wilson about allowing video games (or not) in school.
This product includes:
- 3 leveled versions of one letter for video games
- 3 leveled versions of one letter against video games
- leveled comprehension questions for each letter
- writing & language standards question
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3rd - 5th
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RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should books be banned from school libraries?
Want to discuss book banning with your upper elementary students, but need to provide balance in your approach? This resource is a great starting point for thoughtful conversations and writing that approach the issue from both sides.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one with a "pro" book banning perspective, and one with a "con" book banning perspective.Each passage includes three reading comprehension questions that focus on Craft and St
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Are Video Games Good for Kids?
Are your upper elementary students obsessed with video games? This resource allows them to explore video games and their impact on kids' health with argumentative writing and the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports the idea that video games are good for kids, and one that supports the idea that video games are bad for kids. Passages are written at approximately a 700 Lexile level and aimed at 5th graders.Ea
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should humans climb Mt. Everest?
Climbing Mt. Everest sounds like the ultimate challenge, but there are many potential consequences, some of them surprising. Using this resource, students will explore the pros and cons of climbing Mt. Everest, culminating in an argumentative writing piece that employs the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports climbing Mt. Everest, and one that opposes climbing Mt. Everest. Passages are written at approximatel
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should middle schoolers own cell phones?
Adults have lots of thoughts about students' cell phone use, but what do middle schoolers think? Using this resource, students will explore the pros and cons of tweens owning cell phones, culminating in an argumentative writing piece that employs the RACES strategy. The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports middle schoolers owning phones, and one that opposes middle schoolers owning phones. Passages are written at approximately
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should humans return to the moon?
Are you studying space or the solar system? Want a resource that allows students to explore a controversial issue in space? This resource allows them to explore the Artemis mission to return humans to the moon with argumentative writing and the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports humans returning to the moon, and one that opposes returning to the moon. Passages are written at approximately a 700 Lexile level
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Do axolotls make good pets?
Due to social media and video games, axolotls' popularity has skyrocketed. Using this resource, students will explore the pros and cons of owning an axolotl as a pet, culminating in an argumentative writing piece that employs the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports owning axolotls as pets, and one that opposes owning axolotls as pets. Passages are written at approximately a 700 Lexile level and aimed at 5th
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
5th Grade Lexile 1000 Planets Reading Comprehension Passage (Great Test Prep!)
Do your students know WHY Pluto is not a planet anymore? Are you teaching a unit on the Solar System, Planets, or coordinating conjunctions? Your students will love learning new and interesting scientific information about the basics of the planets in our Solar System in these reading and writing activities. For example, did you known scientists are studying a hypothetical planet in our Solar System? This product has at least 3 hours worth of work for your students to enhance their reading info
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5th
Nutrition Bundle: Cause & Effect Reading Comprehension (Great Test Prep)
Do your students know the difference in protein and carbohydrates? Are you teaching a unit on Food Science or Nutrition? Your students will love learning new and interesting scientific information about the basics of nutrition in this bundle of reading and writing activities. For example, did you know there are two categories of nutrients: macronutrients and micronutrients? This product has at least 2 hours worth of work for your students to enhance their reading information skills, informative
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3rd - 5th
5th Grade Lexile 1000 Nutrition Passage Cause & Effect Comprehension & Vocab
Do your students know the difference in protein and carbohydrates? Are you teaching a unit on Food Science or Nutrition? Your students will love learning new and interesting scientific information about the basics of nutrition in these reading and writing activities. For example, did you know there are two categories of nutrients: macronutrients and micronutrients? This product has at least 2 hours worth of work for your students to enhance their reading information skills, informative essay wri
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5th
Also included in:Â Nutrition Bundle: Cause & Effect Reading Comprehension (Great Test Prep)
Determine The Author's Argument Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer supports students in determining an author's argument in a text, and identifying the reasons and evidence the author provides to support that argument. Students first identify the author's overall position in the text and then analyze the reasons and evidence given to support that position. This aligns with 4th and 5th grade standards RI.4.8 and RI.5.8. I have often used this graphic organizer as a springboard for evidence-based writing in response to an informational text
Grades:
4th - 5th
The Big 3 Writing Method: Paragraph Writing with main idea and supporting detail
Students are introduced to the concept of "The Big 3" and how it should be in every paragraph writing piece. Included in this bundle is an interactive notebook insert and graphic organizer. Students grasp the concept because it is an easy phrase to remember.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Springtime Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Grammar Discuss Vocab Essay
This springtime expository text freebie is exactly what you've been looking for! Your students will love learning new and interesting information about the basics of springtime in these reading, writing, grammar, and discussion activities. For example, did your students know that springtime happens at opposite times of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere? This product has at least 3 hours worth of work for your students to enhance their reading information skills, inf
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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