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High school writing-expository games for GATE
Plagiarism Lecture, Game-Based Approach to Introduce/Reinforce Plagiarism Rules
You know you need to show your students the right way to handle sourced material to prevent plagiarism, but the subject matter can be so dry, causing teens to tune out during your lecture. To fix this, use a lecture disguised as a game to help cover the basics of proper MLA source citation and plagiarism rules.This product includes a projectable “game” of PDF slides (shh...it’s really a lecture – don’t tell our students) with concrete, real-world examples of how source citations should be handle
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Fun Essay Hooks Writing Game and Practice Activity for Middle School ELA
"But I don't know how to start!" Sound familiar? Even when our students have great ideas, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions for their essays. This fun game and activity changes that!First, students are split into five teams. Each team is given 8 game cards with examples of catchy essay hooks. Five types of hooks are included: quote, unexpected fact, anecdote, controversial statement, and kidding around (Q.U.A.C.K.). The teams then race to trade cards wi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
Emily Dickinson Bundle: Poetry Stations, Pennants, Analysis, Style
Looking for unique, engaging resources to teach Emily Dickinson's poetry? This bundle has you totally covered with a fun biography mini escape about her life, poem stations, pennant creation, and poetry/style analysis.WHAT'S INCLUDED . . .All resources in this bundle contain: ⭐Step-by-Step Instructions ⭐Bell Ringer(s)⭐Answer Keys⭐Common Core ELA Aligned✅ Resource 1: EMILY DICKINSON BIO MINI ESCAPE► 3 Puzzles about Emily Dickinson► Optional biographical poem task (example given)► Printable clue
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7th - 12th
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind- A Complete Study
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Young Reader Edition is a compelling story about William who innovates an idea to help bring electricity to his small community in Malawi. His story is inspiring, and TRUE. This story is sure to touch the lives of your students! We have created EVERYTHING you need for a complete study of this book. This product includes:-An engaging virtual field trip-Chapter comprehension questions for each chapter-Three quizzes with answer keys-A comprehensive end of book exam wi
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6th - 9th
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Fun Persuasive Activities BUNDLE - Rhetoric & Argumentative Writing Activity
Practice persuasion techniques with a set of 5 fun persuasion activities! Students will use rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, and/or claim and counterclaim as they convince their target audience! This bundle includes 5 games: 1. "Save this Law" - Students develop an argument for saving a silly law and present to the class. 2. "Complaint Letter" - Students write a fictional complaint letter to share the story behind a faulty object bought with unexpected results.3. "Salesperson" - Students
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7th - 10th
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Strong, Vivid Verbs Discount 3-Pack Bundle
This 3-Pack Verb Unit includes three of my products combined into one economical unit. The triple packet includes the Verb Chart from Part 1; Lesson Plans, Worksheets, and Answer Keys from Part 2; and the Strong Verb Memory Game. Together, these three will strengthen your students' vocabulary as well as encourage and instruct strong verb use in students' s writing. Plenty of practice and fun in this product!Click on the links below to see the 3 separate productsUse Strong, Vivid Verbs Part 1Us
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6th - 10th
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Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Argument Writing Introduction & Argumentative Essay Escape Room Reading Activity
Argument Writing Introduction & Argumentative Essay Escape Room Reading Activity: This argument writing reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of argument writing. The detailed presentation introduces the 5 main parts of an argument like claims, reasons, evidence, counterclaims and rebuttals with clear examples. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original n
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: READING CHALLENGE FULL YEAR PROGRAM ESCAPE CHALLENGES | PRINT VERSION
RACE Writing Review Google Slides Game and Worksheets
R.A.C.E. Writing Review Game and WorksheetsRestate Answer Cite Explain! Teaching R.A.C.E. with a little fun! This is a great, no prep, review game to use while teaching the R.A.C.E. writing strategy. You will also get a Racecar passage and R.A.C.E. practice worksheet.The Google Slides game covers all parts of the R.A.C.E. writing strategy.The Google Slides game also includes bonus questions reviewing how to restate a question while writing. A fun, easy to use, Google Slides game to help teach a
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3rd - 12th
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★ Printable ★ Resources & Citations Customizable Escape Room / Breakout Game
Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!This game was designed to help students learn about creating citations and finding resources.This breakout does require some work on the purchasing teacher’s end before it can be used. The breakout was created for resources that are accessible through my library, so on the guide, I’ve listed exactly what you need to find in your library/databases to customize the clue. Four of the five clues require mi
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Customizable Bundle of 11 ELA (Physical) Escape Room / Breakout Games
Writing STAAR Review Game 2.0- Secondary ELAR
Based on my bestselling Writing STAAR Review Game, this is another Jeopardy-type review game that you can use with your students in the days before the writing test as an overview of skills. It can be edited for use in any grade that has a writing test. The topics covered:- Dictionary Skills- Editing & Revision- Essay Scoring- Spelling- Grab Bag (miscellaneous questions).Check out my other games:Figurative Language Review GameLiterary Elements Review GameReading STAAR Review GamePoetry Revie
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School Grammar Game Bundle- over 25% off individual prices
Paragraph Scramble Game and Text Structure
-assemble puzzle strips to organize paragraph-seven (7) paragraphs with text structure described-answer key included-indentation of paragraphs useful for hinting and reinforcement of structure-includes concept that change in quotations indicate paragraph change -narrative/chronological, procedural/chronological, emphatic, spatial, descriptive by imagery, persuasive
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5th - 12th
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Essay Football: Revision GAME for Secondary ELA
Want to play a revision GAME to take peer feedback to the next level? Play Essay Football to constructively pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of each student’s essay!In this game, 2 players use a system of penalties and compliments to gain yards across the field and score touchdowns. You can either keep game play simple, or you can use the optional scoreboard or playbook graphic organizers to help students keep track of what mistakes they made in the essay (so they know what to go home and r
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7th - 10th
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Virginia English Writing SOL Blackjack Game Review: PRINT & GO! EOC/8th
This simple engaging activity uses Blackjack to encourage review of SOL Writing skills and exposure to possible prompts students may receive on the test.
Depending upon the number of the hand dealt, the HOW TO PLAY task card tells each student what s/he should do for a specific prompt!
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Printable task cards (2 per page)
Procedure
YOU WILL NEED A DECK OF CARDS (or more) DEPENDING UPON CLASS SIZE
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6th - 12th
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Avengers Theme - Revising Coloring Page OR GAME | Commas - Fragments | #Gamified
High-rigor can still mean high-engagement! In reviewing data from our benchmarks, I noticed my kids needed more practice identifying fragments, comma splices, and comma mistakes with sentences that actually use high-level vocabulary--lengthy sentences with statistics and numbers and prepositional and appositive phrases. My kids know dates and lists, but still struggle to eliminate errors on tests. And, of course, they are bored of worksheets and test prep yet obsessed with The Avengers. So... he
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Top 20 TeachRamos {Full Year BUNDLE} - Every skill in 8th Grade Reading!
Intro to MLA Works Cited - Lesson Pack
What makes teaching MLA Works Cited format more interesting and hands-on? Cool museums! Sports metaphors! Puzzle manipulatives! This teaching bundle will make it happen for your students!This pack contains two awesome MLA teaching resources. I usually do both of these activities within the same 90-minute class period when I first introduce MLA citation format. The engaging slideshow lesson (with guided notes) gets students thinking and relating MLA format to concepts that they already understand
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8th - 12th
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Primary Sources Collection -- Complete Lessons with All You Need! 144 Pages
Best practices in history and 21st Century learning through primary sources, the Common Core, critical thinking, expository writing, public speaking, creative projects—they’re all here!THIS IS A VERY POPULAR, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE.You get five sets of bundled primary sources lessons—145 pages of lessons and materials in all—and a nice savings over buying the bundles individually. Each activity comes with explanations, guides, ready-to-print activity sheets, graphic
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4th - 12th
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Standards Based 6-Traits Writing Elements (revising/editing)
NEWLY UPDATED!!
An Interactive student Guide to build self-efficacy in 6-Trait Text Revising and Editing. Ready to use for lessons with printables for Students. The guides includes a process with steps that will guide students through each of the 6 traits of writing (i.e., ideas & content, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, voice, conventions) for 6-8th grade.
The new updated version includes both color and black and white pages, a fun design, and all the same helpful content!
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5th - 10th
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Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Argumentative Grade 8
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, charts, quotations, environmental print, fiction, or poetry. In line with PARCC demands.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "argumentative" because the student will be forced to establi
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7th - 9th
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Memoirs Family Heritage Project ~ Distance Learning ELA
Oral history is lost forever if not uncovered and recorded. This beautiful project engages students as historians - creating a family heirloom heritage collection box, doing comprehensive interviews of an older relative with a large given bank of intriguing questions, creating a newspaper full of various modes and forms of writing showcasing the research of family history. Finally, the student prepares and presents their findings in an engaging oral presentation - sharing snippets of best lear
Grades:
4th - 9th
SHOWING CHARACTERS--NOT TELLING ABOUT THEM--with Description, Action, & Dialogue
"Show, don't tell!" Those oft-repeated words drive detail-oriented writing in all genres. Not only is "showing" writing more memorable, but it also gives credit to one's readers that they have sufficient interpretive skills to figure out what the writer is implying via the chosen details--the kind of interpretive skills associated with CRITICAL THINKING. This lesson teaches student writers to think like their readers, to anticipate what their readers will infer from their descriptions, act
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6th - 10th
Assertion Journal Bundle #3: A Year of Quotations for Analysis and Response
Challenge your students to blend close reading and argumentation skills as they broaden their world views! Assertion journals--written responses to pithy quotations--are an integral part of my classroom. Through them, students learn to think critically, analyze, and argue. They are frequently cited by my students as one of the most helpful and enjoyable assignments of the entire year. This product contains ten topical collections of quotations, presented attractively with unique pictures and bac
Grades:
9th - 12th
Class Research Games
Need a fun way to get your students practicing their research skills? This set of 10 games will take your class from thesis statements all the way to references all while having fun.This set of games covers research skills like:Building 3-prong thesis statementsUsing specific search termsAssessing the credibility of sourcesExpanding on relevant evidenceChecking the efficacy of research paragraphsCreating accurate APA citationsChecking APA formattingYou'll get fun class games like:Thesis SwapSour
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6th - 12th
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Ancient Greek Architecture Project
This is a printable independent study project that requires students to research Greek and Roman architecture. Some of the tasks will require students to draw and label Greek columns, find modern day examples, and compare the two architectural styles.
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