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High school writing-expository teacher manuals for parents
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
1029 Writing Prompts for Middle School
With 1029 writing prompts for middle school, this is the last writing prompt resource you'll ever need. This massive compilation includes 20 categories and over 100 pages of fun, engaging and innovative writing prompts that will challenge your middle school students and push them to become better writers.If you're tired of the same old ho-hum writing prompts that cause your students to roll their eyes and groan, then this is the resource you've been looking for. It runs the gamut from the humoro
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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High School Research Class Year Long Scope and Sequence
This is a year's long High School research class scope and sequence with weekly class flow, thematic units with big questions, ideas for individual student research, routines, ideas for how to add joy, writing goals for the class and sources that can pair well with the course.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Writing Workshop for Middle School: Teaching Students to Write Effective Essays
This book gives an in-depth description of 10 expository writing assignments to be used alone or in a writing workshop setting. Each writing assignment includes a description, 3 mini-lessons, an assignment sheet for students (with checkboxes), a rubric, brainstorming sheets and mentor texts (also called sample reading). I also explain how to set up and maintain a writing workshop, and how the 10 assignments and mini-lessons are scaffolded in order to progress in complexity as the year goes on. I
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5th - 9th
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Writing Intervention
I have developed a 13-step writing intervention program. I use these steps to improve my students' writing and I have found that it really makes a big difference. Some of the steps are from "Prevention and Intervention of Writing Difficulties for Students with Learning Disabilities," a research article by Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, and Lynn Larsen. Some of the steps are originals, which I felt were important enough to include. Students are motivated throughout the process because the interve
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1st - 12th
Introduction to Expository Essay Writing | Worksheet Activity
Elevate your students' writing skills with an introductory resource on informative/expository essay writing. Ideal for a one-hour class plus a homework assignment, this resource is a great way to kick-start your unit on informative/ expository essay writing in a clear, no-prep and straightforward way. What's Included:Teacher Notes on Informative/Expository Writing: A list of benefits linked to teaching informative writing to your students to keep in mind, complete with a list of aligned Common C
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Expository Writing Unit Resources Lesson Plans Worksheets 7-12
Journalism Syllabus - Beginning and Advanced Classes
These two syllabus templates - one for rookie Journalism students and the other for veteran adolescents who are continuing with this elective offer teachers the guidelines to plan the year.Each one leads with an Introduction. Here are the first paragraphs of both the Beginning and Advanced versions:BEGINNING:In this class students will learn the language of journalism, and will study research, reporting and interviewing techniques.They will write a variety of articles (news, feature, editorial,
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Journalism Activities & Lessons Bundle: Beginning & Advanced Students
Introduction to Journalism-Teacher Manual, Lesson Plans, Activities, PPT's
Introduction to Journalism-Teacher Manual is a full course teacher guide provides the tools, strategies and instructional materials to equip you for teaching this subject and preparing your students in the craft. Materials include pacing guide, daily lesson plans, class note PowerPoints, student book and assessments. The course is a basic entrance to the world of journalistic writing and design which can be used with any journalism textbook, or it can serve as a guide to using printed and online
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9th - 12th
Conquer Expository Essay Writing Grades 6-9 -- 15-page Complete Lesson
This packet shows your students how to write a good expository composition, from scratch, under time pressure. I have taught expository composition writing for years, and I have helped many students achieve mastery on the state test and also high school and college-entrance compositions. For college-bound students, improving their expository writing skill is worth the time and effort. Expository writing prompts are the go-to writing assignments for junior and senior-level AP tests, the ACT,
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7th - 12th
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Recommendations: How to Write Recommendation Letters for College Applications
When students first began asking me to write letters of recommendation for their college application packets, fear clenched my stomach. What if my letter hurt their chances to get accepted to the college of their dreams instead of helping them? I spent hours and hours on each letter to make sure that I showcased each student honestly and succinctly. The stress mushroomed with each request until I decided to analyze the letters that I had written and compile a How To list along with sample letter
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12th, Staff
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Expository Writing Bundle Unit 8 Week Pacing Guide Template & Lesson Plans
Looking for a full unit plan to teach Informative / Expository Writing to your students? Look no further! Our comprehensive 8-Week Informative/Expository Writing Pacing Guide is the perfect solution for teachers seeking a structured yet flexible approach to teaching these crucial writing skills. This guide offers a streamlined path to teaching expository writing. All the lesson planning, student engagement strategies have been looked after! All you need to do is download and teach.What's Include
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Expository Writing Unit Resources Lesson Plans Worksheets 7-12
Unpacking the STAAR EOC English 1 Prompt
This is an amazing strategy to use to help students pass the EOC STAAR Expository Essay. This is a proven method, that helps students develop a thesis, create ideas and organize the essay.
Grades:
9th - 10th
How to Teach Writing to Newcomer ESL Students
Gives practical ideas for teaching writing to ESL students with a very limited English vocabulary. This resource is a must for ESL teachers and content area teachers with newcomer ESL students in their classes.
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3rd - 12th
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Colorful Pattern Designs - Home & Office Pads - 4 Assorted Designs Note Pads
About this itemEach page measures 8.5 x 11inches and has 50 sheets.Great small gift ideaFun patterns for reminders, honey-do list, shopping list and more.Office notepads and home notepads.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Journal Prompts & Topics for a Year
I have collected and written over 200 journal prompts that can be used at any time during the school year. Prompt categories are: reflective, cause and effect, persuasive, expository/comparative, descriptive, narrative, quote-based, freewriting, and picture-based prompts. No more worrying about filler activities or creating weekly journal prompts!
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5th - 12th
Book Report Rubric
Book report rubric to help aid teachers and parents with grading their student's book report
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2nd - 12th
Template for Writing a Speech
A user-friendly template for writing a speech. Students simply fill in the gaps.
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6th - 9th
History Research Project (Jigsaw)
With pressing time constraints, covering social studies curriculum can be a challenge. Using a jigsaw project can help you cover more ground in less time while promoting cooperative learning in groups. This project provides you with various organizers that can be used to study ANY historical event or time period. Also included is an example jigsaw project aligned with 4th & 5th grade Social Studies standards about the Road to the Revolution.
Enjoy!
- Jocelyn
History Research Jigsaw Projec
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4th - 12th
Sample Critical Essay Response on Teaching English Language Learners
Feel free to use this essay as a template for teaching critical short answer responses. I used this in graduate school in response to a self-selected strategy on how I teach my subject to my students.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Expository Essay Writing Start to Finish
This powerpoint guides students from start to finish in how to write an expository essay. It begins with a sample prompt and takes students from brainstorming to webbing and then from outlining to writing. There is even a quick edit. For struggling students there is an essay that can be modeled. Thanks for viewing and happy writing.
Grades:
6th - 11th
Spanish: Produce Your Own Cooking Show
From Michele Jeanmarie, take your students on a journey in producing their own TV cooking show in Spanish. As you guide them through this lesson idea, students will learn about expository writing in a second language, Spanish. This step-by-step lesson will imbue camera shy students with the confidence needed for oral language communications, in Spanish. Students learn about the process of cooking, learn to say the words in Spanish as they produce their own TV show.
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5th - 12th
Spanish Mother's Day Digital Learning Google Slides Template
This SPANISH template is ready, editable, and easy to assign to your students in Google Classroom!2 Different Designs to choose from:Pastel ColorsBright Colors6 Slides Each:CoverFavorites PageStudents type a letter or composition (essay)2 Slides for memorable moments and captionsEnding quoteStudents can completely customize this presentation by adding photographs, illustrations, videos, and/or text. I hope you enjoy!XOXO,Bilingual Diaries
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2nd - 12th
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Literary Analysis Task Essay - Teacher Model Exemplar with Outline
This is a great example of a Teacher's Model of a Literary Analysis Task essay. Teachers may use this packet with students to help them pre-write and write their own LAT essay.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Easy Research Paper - You Can Do It!
Writing a research paper can seem as impossible as eating an entire elephant, but it can be done if you take it one bite at a time. Author Ceil Humphreys shares over 25 years’ experience in teaching and editing research papers. Her students end up teaching their friends how to write, as they take this booklet with them to high school and college. This light-hearted and encouraging book is for teachers, students, homeschool moms, college professors, or anyone else who wants students to learn how
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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