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Common Core W.7.1a dbqs for GATE
Mock Trial: Cinderella and the Case of the Missing Glass Slipper
Are you looking for an engaging and creative way to harness the power of persuasion and argument? Then this activity surely is for you! As a follow-up to my best-selling mock trial about The Three Little Pigs, I've created Cinderella and the Case of the Missing Glass Slipper. It takes approximately five days to complete in class. I have planned out three days of trial preparation and about two days of courtroom action! Students love this activity. It's a favorite every year! Not only does it tea
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Mock Trials: Classic Tales
Create Your Own Utopia - FUN Argumentative Writing Project
This final project is a favorite for my seventh graders. I used it as a summative assessment after studying Utopias - it would be perfect after a reading of The Giver or other utopia/dystopia novels.The project is based on the students creating their own Utopias. However, I wanted to have it tied into Argumentative Writing, so graphic organizers lead students on a step-by-step path to not just create their Utopia, but argue why people should choose to live there. Students use actual sources t
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6th - 8th
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Dystopian Fiction Literature Circles Unit Reading & Writing Workshop Grades 7 +
This 5-6 week unit combines Reading and Writing Workshop into a Literature Circle Genre Study of Dystopian Fiction and hits on a wide array of reading, writing, speaking, and listening standards. Download the preview to read the full lesson plans, purchase the full unit and receive all of the worksheets, directions, models, and rubrics.
This unit has been classroom tested and student approved! My students really loved this unit, largely because dystopian / science fiction is of major interest
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Reading Bundle - Middle School Grades 6 - 8
School Dress Code: An Evidence-Based Argumentative Writing Unit - Google Drive
This argumentative writing unit focuses on utilizing a popular and controversial topic, school dress codes, to spark informal dialogue and debate as well as claim/counterclaim development and evidence-based writing through article and video study. Examining students’ school dress code experiences, students are given many opportunities throughout this unit to discuss their positions with peers. These conversations and informal writings combined with an analysis of the differing viewpoints present
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6th - 12th
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PERSUASIVE WRITING SET BUNDLE! Argument Writing Assessment Sets for Grades 6-9
This bundle includes every text set currently sold in my store. Even better, you will have access to future text sets that are added at no additional cost to you. Let me know if you have any questions!Six great argumentative text sets in one great discounted bundle! With an emphasis on preparing students for state testing and writing assessment tests, all of these argumentative text sets provide (PDF) multiple realistic sources (4-5 each) with a prompt formatted to be much like what your studen
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6th - 9th
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Persuasive Writing Activities Creative Writing Differentiated Upper Elementary
Looking for a fun way to practice persuasive writing? This activity set has everything you need for a terrific persuasive writing experience for your students. They'll create a creature and then persuade their families why they need to keep it as their new pet! How fun! I made it just for those reluctant writers, with a small group game, loads of graphic organizers, and clear instructions so they can all be successful writers. They will sketch out their creature as well, appealing to those stude
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4th - 7th
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McCarthyism/Cold War DBQ
This activity includes the use of 7 primary source texts (speech excerpts, photographs, and comic strip) to engage students and encourage them to interact with text and cite specific evidence. Each document comes with at least 3 questions. The questions build upon each other to help students see both sides of the issue with McCarthyism during America's Cold War Era. At the end, students will take the information they have gained while analyzing the documents and construct an argumentative essay.
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6th - 12th
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Movie Advertisement Book Report (Includes Essay and Movie Poster Assignment)
This Movie Advertisement book report has students analyze any novel or chapter book by writing a multi-paragraph informational essay and creating a movie advertisement poster, imagining how the book would be advertised if it were a movie. The instructions include student-friendly language with paragraph-by-paragraph guidance for the informational essay and sample topic sentences. The instructions also tell specific requirements for the movie poster (including a tag line, movie critic reviews, wh
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2nd - 12th
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The Chinese Exclusion Act: Primary Source Analysis
What factors motivated Americans to pass the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?Students will read & analyze 5 primary sources* to answer the guiding question: "Why did Americans pass the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882?" Students will create a working theory and use historical argumentation skills to write a defense of their historical theory. In this lesson, students will:Create a hypothesis answering the guiding questionRead & analyze 5 primary source documents Take notes in a graphic organi
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â US History Primary Sources for Middle Schoolers
TDA Task Cards (Organizing a Paragraph)
I know that essay writing isn't always the most engaging activity. So, I designed this task card activity to make our essay unit FUN. Get your students up and moving, working and collaborating when it comes to writing! These task cards require students to organize paragraphs and figure out the proper sentence sequence. Add a prize at the end, and students are determined to win.
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7th - 8th
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CER to DBQ Essay Writing Posters and Outline
These simple essay writing posters create visual definitions of the C.E.R. and D.B.Q. writing process. With the writing process building at each grade level and step, these posters will simplify the writing process and allow for easier writing transitions throughout each step of the process. Please click the green PREVIEW button for a closer look at everything that's included.This file includes: 1 Outline of the Writing Process 18 Google Slides Posters of definitions (for both C.E.R. & D.B.
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3rd - 12th
The Write Fit Why English? Performance Task Unit Plan
This product is a Performance Task Unit Plan. This unit was conceived as a Back to School or Beginning of the Year activity to have a student understand why they are in ELA and how the class is important to them. The Unit Plan contains Unit Notes, a Pacing Guide, 4 Lesson Plans, 4 Additional Graphic Organizers, and alternate sources for the Performance Task.This lesson can be used in conjunction with The Write Fit Argumentative Paragraph Resource, The Write Fit Analysis Techniques Mini-Lesson, a
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â The Write Fit Why English? Performance Task Bundle
Counting by 7s & Rain Reign: A Comparison
Two great novels, two talented authors, two best-selling books, two strong characters with diagnoses... Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin have A LOT in common! Created as an independent study, this guide can be used for single students or for an entire class!In this comparison study, students will compare and contrast the plots of the novels, the two main characters, the two diagnoses of the main characters, and perspectives on current research involving gif
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5th - 8th
Evidence Hamburger on Google Classroom
This Evidence Hamburger is a great graphic organizer which will help your students stay organized while writing an argumentative essay. This is a google doc which you can utilize on google classroom and give each student their own copy. It provides a great way to integrate technology into the classroom and allows for a fast reliable way to progress monitor.
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3rd - 10th
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Writing a Literary Analysis
These are detailed instructions on the steps on how to write and parts of a literary analysis
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
Argument Writing RAFT Activity
Use this activity to have learners practice crafting a claim and using relevant support!
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6th - 8th
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