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Writing-expository resources for Microsoft Word and for homeschool
Start Your Own School Newspaper and Newspaper Club
Starting your own school newspaper isn't difficult. I've run (and created) our school newspaper for three years. This document has most of the materials you'll need for set-up. The newspaper club in my school was open to fifth grade students and printed copies were distributed in the school to faulty, staff, classroom libraries, school common areas, and to the newspaper club members. Our newspaper is usually 12 pages long and we use Microsoft Publisher to create it.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th, Staff
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Narrative Persuasive & Expository Essay Outlines
Narrative, Persuasive (Argument), and Expository (Explanatory/Informative) essay outline templates for students offered in editable Microsoft Word .doc so it can be modified to fit your needs.
This IS included in my Essay Writing Resource Bundle: Common Core Aligned.
Created by Tracee Orman
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading Passages
This lesson contains an article about the Jesse Owens four gold medal performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and the struggle and controversy that surrounded the games. The lesson comes with a writing prompt, a graphic organizer and questions to help initiate a discussion. Works very well as non-fiction compliment to a unit on the Holocaust or World War II.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformatio
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â World War 2 Bundle: Reading Passages + Comprehension Activities + Worksheets
Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). â–º These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
Grades:
5th - 12th
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TC Grade 2 TC How to Guide for Nonfiction Writing Unit 3 New Book 2nd Grade
Included are 19 Writing lesson plans for TC Unit 3 How to Guide for Nonfiction Writing Grade 2 New Book. Included in this bundle are 19 TC Unit 3 How to Guide for Nonfiction Writing Grade 2 New Book in TC or Teacher's college. This is the most recent edition. Each lesson plan includes differentiation, scaffolding, and all parts of the mini lesson, use of assessment, and more, including several charts. Save time writing lesson plans, and spend time teaching. The resource is a docx version that is
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2nd
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End of Semester ELA - Self Evaluation Essay / Final Exam Essay
I love using this essay at the end of the year. The grading rubric makes GRADING EASY and FAST! Download once and use YEAR after YEAR. WAIT!!!!!! If you already bought our - COMPLETE English 11-12 Final Exam this Product with the grading rubric is included.This essay asks students to REFLECT on their own work, growth and learning and their future goals for learning reading, writing, speaking, presenting, and group work. This is a GREAT essay for a Final Exam - or - can be used as an end of semes
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6th - 12th
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Autobiography Creative Writing Project
This is a 4-page handout that gives students directions for an autobiography writing assignment for a Creative Writing or Language Arts class. This projects includes the following mini-assignments:
Introductory Letter Assignment
Life Goals
Best Moment So Far
Most Embarrassing Moment So Far
Last Will and Testament
Obituary & Sample Obituary
Epitaph
This project encourages students to look forward, set goals for their lives and finally decide what they want to be remembered for in the futu
Grades:
9th - 12th
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TC K TC Kindergarten Persuasive/Opinion Writing Lesson Plans Teachers College
These are 16 lesson plans for the Opinion/Persuasive Writing Unit in TC. This is Book 4 but Unit 5 in the Curriculum Map. Each lesson plan includes differentiation, scaffolding, use of assessment, and more. Each lesson is editable in word. Included are several charts, by no means do these take the place of your TC user guides, they are simply lesson plans that offer support.
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K
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Beginning and End of year Nonfiction Reading Assessments (SLOs)
This resource includes two reading assessments and two writing assessments, in ready-to-copy form. The questions and prompts are based on nonfiction articles. I have tried to write them in a style that addresses the Common Core standards and the few sample PARCC questions (the proposed new standardized test to assess CCSS). Included are the questions that accompany the articles, answers to the questions, links to the articles I use, writing prompts, and the writing rubric I use. In Ohio, we hav
Grades:
9th - 12th
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How to Write a Thesis Statement Handout
Teaching students to write an effective thesis statement is one of the most difficult challenges any English teacher will ever face. This step-by-step thesis handout guides students through what thesis statements should look like for a research paper. Examples of both effective and ineffective thesis statements are given.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Writing a Topic Sentence
This worksheet contains six different ways you could teach your students how to write an effective 'topic sentence'. There is also some advice on what phrases should not be included in topic sentences.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Into the Wild Krakauer Student Study Guide
This 35-page document contains the materials necessary for a great discussion on perspectives and viewpoints. Who was Chris McCandless? Was he wise beyond his years? Was he an arrogant upper class young 20 something? Was he a messiah? Was he plain stupid and unprepared? There are so many unanswered questions, and the student packet will take the upper level student through this intellectual discovery. The document includes a student study guide, some teacher materials, essay topics, and a
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poetry Close Reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
This is one of my BEST SELLING resources! It's an easy, zero-prep lesson! Your students will benefit from interacting with this deep and meaningful text!Engage your students with vivid imagery in this classic poem by Maya Angelou.Includes an answer key.This product includes the text of the poem as well as 14 well-crafted short response questions that encourage higher level thinking and engaging discussions.Use this as a stand alone product, or look for my Poetry Unit on Tone and Figurative Langu
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5th - 12th
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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.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Writing Bundle for Freshman & Sophomores | High School Writing Unit
Informational Writing Sample
Teaching informational writing? It is always helpful to share with the students a sample for what informational writing looks like. This is a sample of a 4 paragraph essay on Labrador Retrievers. This writing piece follows the format: introduction (hook & thesis), 2 body paragraphs (sub topics with facts and explanations), and a conclusion! *** Love this sample? In my store you can purchase the checklist to go with the format of this writing piece! ***
Grades:
3rd - 6th, Adult Education
CCSS:
Senior Project - Research, Paper, Multi-Media Presentation
Time to tackle research? Twenty-four pages of structure and a fist full of grades for you and your students should help a LOT! This document focuses on choosing and organizing a controversial topic, producing a formal paper, and turning the paper into a colorful, powerful Powerpoint Presentation. (Paper section absolutely can stand alone.) PERFECT for an end-of-the-year showcase for your students. Three types of papers are included: Process Analysis, Persuasion, or Controversial issue. FORMS fo
Grades:
10th - 12th
Video viewing questions for PBS Documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl"
This is a set of comprehension questions for students to answer while they are watching the PBS documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl." This movie can be found on YouTube or purchased from PBS online store.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Movie Review: Extra Credit or Class Assignment
Students are required to write a movie review in a professional manner, which can be a challenge since they are used to just telling friends if they liked a movie or not! In this assignment, they must think more deeply and explain why thy like or dislike a film. They are to consider elements such as similar films, connections to movie trends, the director's prior work, casting suitability, etc.
I offer this as an extra credit assignment, but it could easily be changed to a regular assignment.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Informational Writing: Personal Definition Essay Assignment
This file includes 21 pages of material related to teaching an informational writing assignment based on students' personal definitions of words that go beyond the dictionary's definition. Prewriting activities, rubric, revision activities, an example essay, and several sample student paragraphs are provided. This assignment helps students practice their informational writing skills, which is tested on most state standardized assessments, while also allowing them to choose a topic that interests
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9th - 12th
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Informational Text Article: Bullying Takes Center Stage: Reading Passages
In this lesson, students will read an article about the causes and effects of bullying in school and throughout the process of growing up. Included in the less is a writing prompt and discussion questions that will help start a meaningful and necessary discussion on the topic of bullying.Check out all other informational articles below!Informational Article: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Reading PassagesInformational Article: Should the Minimum Wage Be Raised? Reading PassagesInformat
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6th - 12th
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2nd and 3rd grade Writer's Workshop minilessons
This is a comprehensive list of mini lesson ideas I have used with my 2nd and 3rd graders for Writer's Workshop. They are sorted into categories: procedural, topic choice, getting started, conventions, conferencing, revision, tighten/brighten/sharpen. I keep this list in my plan book and refer to it every day when planning my minilesson. I choose minilessons from different categories and also deviate from my plan when I can see something that my students especially need to work on.Can be used fo
Grades:
1st - 3rd
End of Year ABC Book
I use this book at the end of the year to make books for next year's class to read. We title these How to Survive ::insert your name:: class. Students then fill in each page giving the students insight into their teacher, what that grade is like, and their favorite parts of the school year. This book includes...
1. a title page
2. a letter to the incoming students
3. a list of the top 10 things about that grade
4. get to know your teacher page
5. favorite memories page
6. most popular things fro
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Research Paper Outline Template
Use this template to help students structure their research writing.
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Grades:
7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Research Writing Resources
TC 1st Grade 1 Teachers College Writing Nonfiction Chapter Books Lessons
TC 1st Grade 1 Teachers College Writing lesson plans for TC Unit 3 Writing Nonfiction Chapter Books. Included in this bundle are 22 lesson plans for the Grade 1 TC Writing Nonfiction Chapter Books for TC or Teacher's college. This is the most recent edition for Writing Nonfiction Chapter Books. Each lesson plan includes differentiation, scaffolding, and all parts of the mini lesson, use of assessment, and more. Save time writing lesson plans, and spend time teaching. Also included are the pre an
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Grades:
1st
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