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Writing-expository Common Core W.8.3d resources for homeschool
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
Descriptive Writing Activities and Practice with Mentor Texts
PRINT & DIGITAL! Struggling to teach descriptive writing? This lesson will help your students flex and strengthen their descriptive writing skills. Students analyze, sketch, write, and review mentor texts and their own writing to really dig into what is needed to create descriptive compositions. More than just worksheets!What you'll get:Print, Google Slide, and PowerPoint versions2 examples of descriptive writing to sketchelements of descriptive writing“build your toolbox” reference shee
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5th - 9th
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Writing Workshop Checklists and Conference Activity Sheets
Differentiation is easy in Writing Workshop with with these quick "Note from Your Teacher" conference checklists. On one side of the page, you assign exactly what students need to focus on in workshop, and students respond back on the other side. Make assessments easier and writing workshop more productive. Editable.What you'll get:editable checklists for the following modes of writing:NarrativeOpinionArgumentInformative/explanatoryResearchBlank form you can customizePlus, a note-taker sheet
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4th - 8th
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Narrative, Argument, Informative, and Research Writing Makerspace Bundle
Digital Resource! This writer's workshop for Secondary ELA is perfect for distance learning and includes all the tools students need to work independently through the writing process for argument, informative, research, and narrative writing. Tools for analyzing mentor texts, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing, revising, conferencing, polishing a final copy, and grading are all here in one digital work space. Linked tabs make navigating through the writing process easy and paperless. Li
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7th - 12th
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Personal Narrative Writing Common Core Mini Lessons Grade 8
No planning needed! These 21 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching narrative writing a snap! In one month, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a full narrative. And you'll have time to work with them every step of the way! Here's teachers are saying about my mini lessons:"I love how this resource breaks down each step of the process for students to make it more manageable.""Your organization is outstanding, and your thorough planning (with AL
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7th - 9th
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EXPOSITORY WRITING PERSONAL NARRATIVE ESSAY 6 - 8th Grade - CC Aligned
This 6 - 8th-grade CC aligned narrative essay asks students to write about a significant event in their lives. In the lesson students will be covering:1. Introduction - hook and conflict2. Body - holds interest, rising action, falling action3. Resolution - wraps up by following experiences and events4. Narrator and or protagonist/antagonist with character traits 5. Use of dialogue where appropriate and pacing and description to develop experiences and events6. Vocabulary - uses transiti
Grades:
6th - 8th
Essay Writing Bundle: Narrative, Expository, and Argumentative/Persuasive
Prepare your students to succeed on writing assessment tests! These middle school graphic organizers and anchor charts make writing essays manageable (and less stressful!) for your students and you. These practice writing prompts, graphic organizers, and revision strategies will give your students confidence and help them succeed.Ideal for writing assessment tests and portfolios, these tools walk students through every step of the writing process.Notes on the basic elements of each mode of writi
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8th - 10th
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.
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6th - 12th
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Dead Verbs PowerPoint for Halloween Writing
Dead Verbs PowerPoint. Good Halloween writing activity to teach about dead words in sentence and how to correct them. Bury those verbs that have lost their life and teach kids to use vivacious words in their essays and stories! Have a dead word funeral and give your students some practical strategies to revise their writing and remove dead and overused verbs to create more lively writing. Students can apply these writing strategies to engage the reader. Four useful strategies with examples provi
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Parts of Speech BUNDLE
Writing Test Bank - Editable Writing Test or Quiz Questions
This writing test contains 42 pages of tests and their answers—OVER 150 questions questions! This document is COMPLETELY EDITABLE, meaning that you are able to copy and paste, rearrange, and tweak for your individual needs! You will be able to differentiate with the multiple questions - just copy and paste.The writing tests have multiple questioning formats and cover diverse topics. The formats include multiple choice, short answer, listing, matching, true-false, and organizing from a word bank.
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6th - 9th
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A Wrinkle in Time Writing Prompts -5 Essay Writing Activities Graphic Organizers
Introducing text evidence writing for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 5 complete essay lessons - argumentative, compare and contrast, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.All aspects of argumentative writing, compar
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6th - 8th
Editable Writing Rubrics for Middle School
Rubrics make grading so easy! Create ones you want and need with these editable rubrics. You'll have nine to choose from -- CCSS based and ready to use as is. Or customize them in a snap. From narrative to journal responses.Here are the rubrics you'll get:nine editable rubricsnarrativeexpository/ informationalopinionargumentcreative writingpoetry writingjournal prompt responseblankTake the guess work out of creating rubrics. These are standards aligned with 4-8 writing tasks. Plus, creativ
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4th - 8th
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Expository Writing Lesson Plan -WRITING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE ESSAY
WRITING A PERSONAL NARRATIVE ESSAYThis expository personal narrative essay writing lesson asks students to write about a personal event in their lives. It guides students through the process of breaking their writing down into paragraphs. It uses brainstorming, paragraphing and scoring rubrics to guide students through the process of writing their essay about their personal event or experience. It includes having students grade their own final paper before turning it in for teacher evaluation.Th
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Expository Writing Lessons 1-16 Bundled, Grades 5-8
Historical Fiction Writing Activity | Creative Writing for Historical Fiction
Write historical fiction with your young creative and narrative writers! This creative writing download includes multiple activities to engage students in writing historical fiction. This historical fiction download provides teachers, parents, and homeschoolers with a fun and engaging way to get students excited about writing. Included in this historical fiction download: √ Editable lesson plan. This file includes ideas and a link to an overview of historical fiction. It also has suggestions for
Grades:
8th - 11th
DISTANCE LEARNING: Digital Writing Prompt Test Prep Unit Bundle (ILEARN)
Google Classroom Users: After 3 years of developing, revising, and adapting each lesson, we are finally ready to present this 9-week mega digital interactive test prep writing prompt bundle which includes Constructed Response, and Narrative, Explanatory/Informational, and Argumentative writing prompt units. Take care of nearly all of your writing standards and test prep with this mega bundle.Each unit consists of Google Slideshows, lesson plans, teacher notes, writing prompt practice, and more.P
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5th - 8th
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Five Interactive Writing Notebook Lessons, Grades 6 - 8 CC Aligned
INTERACTIVE WRITING NOTEBOOK containing five extensive student-directed and graded lessons.This Interactive Writing Notebook has been Common Core aligned for students in grades 6 – 8 if your state requires it, and is an excellent way to turn on students to writing regardless of CC. It may also be used for high school level students who need to review writing.Students find this notebook fun and challenging. They like cutting and pasting the materials into the notebook, then turning in a compl
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6th - 8th
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Fun Valentines Day Descriptive Writing Activity for Middle School ELA
Need a fun 1-day lesson for Valentines Day? Don't want to sacrifice academic standards? This printable, CCSS-aligned, no-prep description writing activity will walk your students through brainstorming, drafting, editing, and writing a colorful description of a person, pet, or thing that they love.It's print-and-go and totally self-explanatory, so this holiday writing lesson would make a perfect Valentines sub plan, if needed.What's included: 3 graphic organizers for brainstorming details: for a
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6th - 8th
Photo Journal Prompts for Creative Writing | Personal Narratives | Task Cards
Digital and Print Photo Writing Prompts for Personal Narrative lessons. Use as Task Cards for Do Now, Writing Prompt, Journal Prompt, or Creative Writing Lesson. Google Slides allows for a whole-class presentation. Download individual images to assign as a "Question" in Google Classroom or print task cards for activity stations.Each activity includes a photo and a corresponding writing prompt. Prompts focus on personal narratives, point of view, defending an argument, descriptive writing, or goa
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5th - 12th
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Write a Tabloid for Creative Writing | Creative Writing Tabloid Activity
Engage creative writers with this tabloid writing activity. Through various graphic organizers and brainstorming sheets, students will write a tabloid about a beloved childhood character. To ensure a "clean" approach to writing a tabloid, students will base their tabloid off a character from a childhood story. Contents of this tabloid writing activity:√ Editable lesson plan. √ Editable example of a finished tabloid.√ Two graphic organizers.√ Two brainstorming sheets—PDF and editable version incl
Grades:
8th - 11th
Add Descriptive Writing & Eliminate Cliches, Wordiness, & Redundancy
Help your students to eliminate cliches, wordiness, and redundancy in their writing. Too often, students use a cliche or excess language when they intend to add descriptive language to their writing. Unfortunately, the opposite occurs! I created this Powerpoint and activities to give students the power to encourage conciseness and power in writing. I have included PDFs and digital links for you to upload to your Google Drive. Included in this descriptive writing activity for secondary students:C
Grades:
8th - 11th
Middle School Writing Notebook
Give students the skill-building practice they need with these skill-based lessons! This workbook includes more than 40 ready-to-reproduce practice pages. Perfect for interactive notebooking without the fuss of cutting and pasting. Intended for use with middle school students (6-8th grade). These practice activities are classroom-tested and have been used, and created, by a Middle School Writing Teacher. Activities can be used to introduce, practice, and assess student skill proficiency in every
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6th - 12th
Invisible Novella Study
Invisible, is a novella written for grades eight through ten about a young girl who runs away from home to get away from an abusive dad. She leaves behind her friends, her school and all that is familiar. What she becomes entangled in, however, is even more impossible than what she is running from. Included in this package is a novella study based on the book. For each chapter there are vocabulary exercises, comprehension/discussion questions and a think and write activity. This is followed by a
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Grades:
8th - 10th
5 Paragraph Essay - Label the Parts
Students will read through an essay on childhood obesity and then label the parts to a 5 Paragraph Essay. Also see my 5 Paragraph Essay Notes I have for sell. They are labeled below 5 Paragraph Essay - Introduction Notes 5 Paragraph Essay - Thesis Statement Notes 5 Paragraph Essay - Body Paragraph Notes 5 Paragraph Essay - Conclusion Notes
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Morning Work & Essay Prompt-Use Personification to Create Letter "L" Characters
Description of ProductThis writing prompt requires students to use adjectives and personification as they create food or drink characters starting with the letter "L." Examples are provided with the prompt to help students get started. Lined writing pages are included as well. It's a great composition prompt for middle school, high school, or college-level English Language Arts & writing students. This is the perfect no-prep activity for your writing class! What you see here is one of many E
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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