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8th grade Common Core W.11-12.1 resources for Microsoft Word
Writing Prompt Pack, Argumentative Essay on Cyberbullying
With this low-prep, argumentative essay writing prompt pack, you will have everything you need to assign a text-based, full-length argumentative essay to your middle or high school students. Student Experience: With the high-interest topic - Should cyberbullying be illegal? - your teens will be excited to read the nonfiction textual-based stimuli linked in and compose an essay to state their point of view. Students will use the graphic organizer to brainstorm and organize their thoughts. Next,
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
Writing Prompt Pack, Argumentative Essay on Paying Students for Good Grades
With this low-prep, argumentative essay writing prompt pack, you will have everything you need to assign an argumentative essay to your middle or high school students. With the high-interest topic - Should students get paid for grades? - your teens will be excited to read the nonfiction textual-based stimuli included and compose an essay to state their point of view!Student Experience: Students will use the graphic organizer to brainstorm and organize their thoughts. Next, they will read the
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7th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
Figurative Language Worksheets: 15 Picture Prompts with Writing Practice
Looking for a good creative writing practice using figurative language vocabulary?
Included in this 18 page document are picture prompts and instructions for students to create two examples of figurative language and to define which examples they have created. To assist students in their mastery of such terms as simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, irony, alliteration, allusion, symbolism, imagery, and oxymoron, unique pictures have been chosen to inspire creative answer
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6th - 12th
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Julia Alvarez ~ Before We Were Free MASTER PACKET (46 pages)
Aligned to the Common Core this is a 46-page packet of materials and tests (with KEY) over each chapter of the novel, Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. This is all "stuff" I've used in classrooms for nearly a decade of teaching this coming of age novel.
The packet includes:
• Learning Essentials & Expectations
• Chapter Vocabulary
• Quizzes
• Study Guide for Every Chapter
• Essay Rubric
• Final Test with KEY
• Maps
• Character Guide
• Extras!!!
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7th - 12th
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Argumentative Persuasive Template Essay Examples Organize Test Prep 6 7 8 9 10
"What is a claim? What is a counterargument? How do I organize an argumentative or persuasive essay? How do I even start?" Students struggle with how to write a convincing argumentative or persuasive essay. Teach them how to organize it using all of the elements and classic structure. Give them a template to start!
This particular type of writing is typically on state tests, and can go very badly for students if not taught correctly. Students easily slip into just writing their opinions;
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6th - 12th
Quote Integration Mini Lesson
Students are given a claim, an article (along with the author, title and page number), sentence stems and signal phrases, and they are required to integrate the quote properly into their own sentences as well as write an in-text citation.
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8th - 12th
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The BEST Grammar Worksheet (2-Day Lesson): Slaying Grammar Demons Forever!
I do this 4-page grammar packet every year with my students in the first month of school to eliminate the 18 worst writing errors I see over and over in my years of teaching. You can pair this worksheet with the FREE supplementary English lessons -- all with colorful illustrations -- at DrawingsOf.com.We call fixing grammatical errors "slaying grammar demons" to lighten the mood, and it works! You can even spice it up by having students draw pictures of what they think "grammar demons" would loo
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE UNIT PLAN: Lessons, PwPt, Videos, Worksheets!
Teach Congressional Debate in 5 weeks with this detailed unit plan! Product includes:A scale to be used throughout the unit, including Florida standards.Lesson plans complete with bellwork, direct instruction, activities, and exit tickets as well as ideas for modification, enhancement, and VIRTUAL learning.A PowerPoint presentation with 248 slides to take you step by step through the lessons (as well as a PDF version if you prefer that format).Original videos, each appro
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Animal Farm Novel Study
Novel Study for "Animal Farm" by George Orwell Grade Levels: 7th - 12th Grade Product Description: Explore George Orwell's timeless allegory with this novel study for "Animal Farm." Designed to engage and challenge students, this resource provides a thorough exploration of the novel's themes, characters, and events while promoting critical thinking and analytical skills. Included in This Novel Study: Detailed Lesson Plans: Structured plans for each chapter, complete with objectives, activit
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7th - 10th
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Banned Book Independent Reading Project
I've used this assignment with Catcher in the Rye and Huck Finn, but it can used when teaching any banned or challenged book. Students are asked to assert their intellectual freedom and read a banned or challanged book independently. To insure that they do the reading, a reading response is due each week. At the end of the project, students will create a presentation to a fake board of education, explaining why they feel their banned or challenged book should be kept in or taken out of the schoo
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Exploring the parts of an Argumentative Essay
Equip students with a practical understanding of argumentative essay structure using this insightful worksheet. By analyzing a well-constructed essay sample, students gain a clear visual on the fundamental elements required for a cohesive 5-paragraph argumentative (expository) essay. This resource allows students to identify crucial segments like the hook, thesis statement, arguments, counterclaims, rebuttals, and more, providing a comprehensive overview of the necessary components for a compell
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7th - 12th
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THE OUTSIDERS Study Questions & Essay Prompts (review, lecture) on DOCX
NEW RESOURCE:This resource contains 24 study questions (two for each chapter) and 18 essay prompts (for a total of 42 questions) on S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders. Sample paragraph responses are given for each question and sample thesis statements given for each essay prompt.These questions require students to THINK DEEPLY regarding the central themes and conflicts found in the novel as they read.These questions can be used as jumping off points for small group or class-wide discussions of t
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7th - 11th, Higher Education
Compare and Contrast Essay Handouts
Compare and Contrast Essay Handouts – This WORD document includes two handouts, two sample essays, and an essay activity. The brainstorming handout encourages students to find subtle, legitimate points of contrast by focusing on broad similarities first. The outline handout models the basic format of the four paragraph compare and contrast essay. The essay activity, which could be broken up into paragraph-stations, asks students to place the sample sentences in the correct order. These Essay
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Research Paper Rubric
This rubric is helpful when grading research papers. Assesses development, organization, word choice, grammar, in-text citations, works cited page and format. Includes explanation of criteria and a space to write comments.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Catcher in the Rye - Persuasive/Argumentative Essay - ACT Prep/Summative
This includes a persuasive essay prompt connected to the novel Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger along with an outline that labels and describes each sentence in an essay. The nature of the prompt requires students to have a deep understanding of the story and characters so that they can synthesize an opinion and find textual support. Great for ACT preparation or simply an end-of-unit summative.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Catcher in the Rye - Entire Unit - All Plans, Activities and Assessments
200+ Chapter questions for To Kill a Mockingbird
200+ Chapter questions for every last chapter of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Most questions grouped into two chapter bundles. Assign two chapters for reading, assign the questions either for homework, classwork (great sub plan!) or for an academic discourse activity (fewer papers to grade!) With this purchase you get every single well thought-out question.
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7th - 12th
Poetry Packet for teaching The Odyssey
7 poems for student analysis and synthesis with The Odyssey "Penelope" by Dorothy Parker"Odysseus to Telemachus" by Joseph Brodsky"Circe's Power" by Louise Gluck"Circe's Torment" by Louise Gluck"Circe's Grief" by Louise Gluck"Circe" by Walter Wykes"Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord TennysonPoems inlclude:guided reading questionsguided annotationAP-style SOAPSTone graphic organizer for poem analysismultiple formative assessments + summative assessment (thesis writing + 1 pager)target vocabulary with defi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Teaching the Odyssey with a Feminist Lens
Short Story Unit - Summative/Final Choice Essay - Prompt/Outline
This includes 3 different essay prompts, argumentative, informative, and narrative, which increases student choice (which has been proven to increase engagement), along with two outlines, (one for the narrative that explains the parts of a story and gives space for student notes, and another that lists and describes each sentence of an essay). The nature of the prompts allows for lots of teacher choice as well! These prompts are not naturally tied to any one short story but can be applied after
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Short Story Unit - Summative and Unit Presenation - All Lessons
Animal Farm: Podcasting Project
This podcasting assignment serves as a final project for Animal Farm. Included are fully editable directions, a graphic organizer, and a scoring guide for the final project. I suggest that students use FlipGrid for podcasting, but other applications may be used.
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7th - 12th
Common Core Argumentative Essay Boot Camp Survival Guide (33 pages, editable)
Whether you're prepping your students for a rigorous state exam or teaching an argumentative writing unit for 3-4 weeks, this 33-page fully editable Survival Guide for the Common Core Argumentative Essay is packed with proven strategies, methods, organizers, models and checklists that will lead both you and your students through every step of the argumentative writing process.
The many resources will make teaching the argument a stress-free breeze. ALL the work is DONE for you! Ideal for high
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Is College Worth It? Socratic Seminar Questions
This worksheet consists of questions to be answered prior to a Socratic seminar on the costs/benefits of attending college. Each question requires a citation of the evidence. Citation format depends on the teacher's preferences and citation style (i.e. Chicago, APA, MLA).
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8th - 11th
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Lord of the Flies - Arg. Res. Essay - Summative/Final Assess - Social Justice
This includes a research-based argumentative essay prompt connected to Lord of the Flies (in my classroom I also include Hamlet as my students have read that although you could edit that out or include your own secondary novel) along with an outline that labels and describes each sentence in an essay. The nature of the prompt requires students to have a deep understanding of the story and characters so that they can synthesize an opinion and find textual support. The prompt also requires student
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Lord of the Flies - Entire Unit - All Lessons, Activities, and Assessments
Restaurant Wars Project
Restaurant Wars is an engaging group project and debate designed to introduce the basic structure of an argument (claim, counterclaim, rebuttal). Students work in teams to design a concept for a restaurant, then debate one another about which concept is best. At the end, they use their notes on the debate to write a claim, counterclaim, and rebuttal. Works well as an introduction to formal argumentative writing. Total class time: 1-2 weeks.
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7th - 12th
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Interactive Literary Activity--Extra Credit
This is an activity designed to be completed in spare time in class when students have completed their work, but could be used as a singular activity to practice deductive reasoning and inferences.There is a case given to the students. When the students solve one clue, they will be given another to complete until they have gathered all of the information to solve the case. They will demonstrate their understanding through an argumentative response that uses details to support the reasoning.
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8th - 12th
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