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6th grade writing-essays Common Core W.8.2b resources
Paragraph Writing How to Write a Paragraph of the Week Grades 6-8 with Digital
❝ This resource is fantastic for teaching paragraph structure, adding details to writing, and supporting opinions with reasoning. My students enjoyed completing the paragraphs each week and I saw growth in their writing by the end of the year. Thank you! ❞ -Molly TParagraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn and practice writing a paragraph.You'll get everything you need for argument
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6th - 8th
Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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Topic Sentence and Body Paragraph Writing - Essay Writing - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master writing a topic sentence and body paragraph with this essay writing unit. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills to write a well-developed and complete topic sentence and body paragraph.This essay writing unit includes information about how to organize the body paragraph, provide supporting evidence, explain the evidence, and transition to the next paragraph. It includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable PowerPoin
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6th - 10th
Informational Writing: 5 Informative Essays w/Guided Writing Templates 6-8
Writing informational essays will be exciting with this complete resource that breaks the process down into manageable steps! Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting their introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.Five original mentor texts are included for modeling, along with topic suggestions, pre-writing organizers, and rubrics. And with five different types of essays, you’ll have everything you need to teach informative writing with differentiation. Perfect for writi
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6th - 8th
Informational Writing Informative Essay Explanatory Expository Unit W. Text
Teaching informative / informational writing just got a lot easier! This digital and printable workshop is logically sequenced and packed with mentor texts, examples, videos and explanations and uses simple language. Students will learn the 7 major types of informational text structures. They will choose a topic, an appropriate text structure, and use the step by step templates to craft each paragraph of a full essay.This workshop includes:Text Structures Anchor Chart2 Fun Informational Essays
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6th - 9th
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Citing Textual Evidence Practice: CLAIM EVIDENCE AND REASONING Elaboration CER
Step-by-step workshop to teach textual evidence and elaboration. Culminating writing: FULL CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES. ARTICLES INCLUDED!This workshop guides students through the process of gathering and quoting evidence and elaboration for argumentative, expository essay writing, and short answer extended responses. Several methods are used for breaking down each element including C.E.R. & R.A.C.E strategy. Students learn each element in chunks, then gradually build the elements into responses,
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6th - 9th
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6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Imagine making one purchase and having your entire middle school writing curriculum DONE for you this school year. Even better? The curriculum has a laid out scope & sequence, is aligned to meet every single standard for persuasive writing, informative/explanatory writing, narrative writing, and research, and uses best teaching practices to highly engage all students in your classroom.What is included in each of the 11 writing units?Unit Plan: an overview of the minilesson statements, each a
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6th - 8th
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Expository Informative Explanatory Writing Unit Editable CCSS Distance Learning
This writing unit focuses on explanatory and informative (expository) writing and is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. It has also been recently updated to include Google Drive / Google Classroom editable handouts (perfect for distance learning!) and MLA 8 style handouts.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.Students will learn to write informative/explanatory essays and research papers by following the step-by-step process. The zipped file in
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Five Paragraph Essay Digital and Printable Graphic Organizer - Essay Writing
Do your students struggle with the writing process when writing five paragraph essays? This five paragraph essay resource walks students through the writing process for a 5 paragraph essay step by step. The unit provides a 5 paragraph essay outline, topic planning guide, graphic organizer for each paragraph, format sample, and final copy directions. This is a great resource to support struggling students and students with IEPs. There's no prep work for you. Just print and go or assign online. Th
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6th - 10th
Argumentative Essay Organizer: Claim, Reasons, Evidence (Includes Fillable PDF)
You've found the perfect graphic organizer—complete with a fillable PDF option—to help students visually and clearly connect the integral elements of any persuasive, argumentative, and informative essay: from the claim, reasons, evidence, and conclusion, students can better organize and map out their thinking while understanding the general essay structure. There is space for three reasons and subsequent evidences in support of these reasons. Language frames between the connections (e.g., becaus
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4th - 12th
Differentiated Essay Graphic Organizer - Guided Writing - Writing Support
Empower your students in their journey to becoming confident essay writers with our Scaffolded Essay Organizer Toolkit. I understand that students often face challenges when it comes to composing formal essays. That's why I've designed this comprehensive resource to help both educators and learners.This toolkit features THREE meticulously crafted and differentiated guided essay writing graphic organizers, each thoughtfully designed to suit various academic levels. Whether you're working with mid
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Skills Bundle
Informative Writing Unit for Middle School Informative Essay Writing Grades 6-8
This UPDATED comprehensive Informative Writing unit was specifically designed for middle school teachers to follow through the WRITING PROCESS with already prepped modeled lessons. Scaffolding through the writing process has proved to be an effective and successful teaching approach. Every lesson builds upon the previous skill within one piece of writing, which gives students a thorough understanding of how to put a piece of writing together. It is also EDITABLE.THE DIGITAL VERSION (GOOGLE AND P
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6th - 8th
Essay Writing BUNDLE, Informational, Narrative, & Argumentative Units Grades 6-8
Do you want a one-stop shop for all of your writing units?! Seriously, look no further! This Writing Unit BUNDLE for middle grade will give you everything you need!This bundle includes an argumentative writing unit, informational writing unit, and a narrative writing unit. There are more than 70 lessons in this BUNDLE, and it is perfect to teach your students each type of writing! There are engaging and high-interest texts, plenty of rigorous activities, rubrics, and so much more!Narrative Writi
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6th - 8th
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The Ultimate Digital Writer's Notebook for Middle School ELA
Imagine everything you need to teach writing in one easy-to-navigate place! The Ultimate Digital Writer's Notebook for Middle School ELA will help your middle school ELA students master ALL the writing standards with everything term, graphic organizer, and rubric they need in one place. The Ultimate Writer's Notebook is standards-based and gives student writers the freedom to work through the writing process independently. Share easily in Google Classroom. It's also completely editable! Digital
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6th - 9th
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Informational Essay Writing Unit for Grades 6-8 (24 Lessons)
Looking for an informational writing unit that covers every part of the essay? This resource guides teachers and students through the informational writing process with detailed lesson plans. There are 24 lessons in all with various engaging and rigorous activities. Students will learn the writing process as well as test taking strategies for the writing portion of their state tests.Students will view a mentor essay before they begin writing. They will also break apart the informational writing
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Informational Writing BUNDLE, Informative Writing Lessons, 6th-8th Grade
ACES Answer Cite Explain Summarize Lesson, Posters, Handouts Digital and Print
ACES StrategyAnswer. Cite. Explain. Summarize. Product DescriptionThis is my go-to strategy to teach my 7th graders how to write organized responses with textual evidence! ACES represents the important pieces of a response and stands for: answer, cite, explain, and summarize. These resources will model the process and allow you to implement the strategy with ease! The instructional slideshow uses a prompt based on "The Ransom of Red Chief". Students DO NOT have to read the story to understand t
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5th - 12th
Informational Informative Explanatory Expository Essay Writing Graphic Organizer
Thesis Statement Centered Expository / Informative Essay Writing Workshop w. Informational Essay Mentor Samples, Rubric, Videos, Templates, and EVERYTHING you need! (SPECIFICALLY FORMATTED FOR BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PAPER)INCLUDES:⭐ Full Informative Essay Workshop Lessons scaffolded with mentor texts mini-lessons, examples, and tutorial videos⭐ Video Tutorials For ALL Of The Major Elements⭐ Full Sample Essay with coding activity and examples used throughout the workshop. Essay: Middle School Li
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6th - 9th
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Writing Our World™ Premium Curriculum: Grades 6th-8th
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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6th - 8th
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SBAC Aligned Rubrics: Informative, Narrative, Opinion Writing (student-friendly)
These multi-use rubrics use student-friendly language, helping you to clearly communicate expectations and scores to students. They can be used for students to self-assess or for you to quickly grade informative, narrative, and opinion writing assignments.This resource is based on performance task rubrics developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). E-Rubrics can be filled out on your computer or printed and completed by hand. Both full color and black & white options are
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3rd - 8th
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Middle School Writing Units Argumentative Research Literary Analysis Narrative
Teach all the middle school ELA writing standards and concepts with this differentiated print and digital 6th, 7th, and 8th grade writing units. This growing bundle currently has narrative writing, literary analysis, argumentative, and rhetorical analysis writing units. A research writing unit and an expository writing unit will be added later. Each unit includes four to five weeks of scaffolded, differentiated, and step-by-step lesson plans and teacher presentations to support and guide middle
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6th - 8th
Citing Text Evidence – PowerPoint with Student Reference Sheet
Looking for a step-by-step tutorial to help students select and cite strong text evidence? This editable PowerPoint includes 33 fully-animated slides that cover everything from choosing the best evidence to crafting and punctuating citations. It covers each of the following in some detail:Judging Credibility & RelevanceDirect QuotesIndirect QuotesSignal Phrase CitationParenthetical Citation An engaging warm-up invites students to compare two short videos* to determine which is more convincin
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5th - 8th
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Thesis Statement Writing - Thesis Statement in a Writing Lead - Essay Writing
Teaching how to evaluate a prompt, choose the best ideas, and write a thesis statement has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of writing a thesis statement for each type of writing. Additionally, writing prompt evaluation with examples of brainstorming ideas and choosing the best ones to include in the essay provide students the opportunity to practice the skills they have learned. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance l
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6th - 8th
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Informational Writing DIGITAL: 5 Informative Essays for Google Distance Learning
Writing informational essays will be exciting with this complete digital resource that breaks the process down into manageable steps! Easy to follow writing templates guide students in drafting their introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Five original mentor texts are included for modeling, along with topic suggestions, pre-writing organizers, and rubrics. And with five different types of essays, you’ll have everything you need to teach informative writing with differentiation. Perfect
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Argumentative, Narrative, & Informative Writing DIGITAL VERSION Bundle
Endangered Animals Infographic - Endangered Species Project with Google Slides
Are you looking for an endangered animal project that allows for creativity while teaching students how to research and organize information? This Low Prep endangered animal infographic includes a how-to video walking students through the process, a Google slide template with icons, and a rubric. There is also an example of an informative essay on an endangered species along with rubrics for the written essay and an oral presentation.Please click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready
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5th - 8th
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5-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
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