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Writing-essays resources for Easel and for staff
Letter of Recommendation for College With Samples
How important are the letters of recommendation? Very! The way you showcase a student’s academic performance in your class is crucial to the college application process. But is it okay to refer to a student's racial or ethnic background, especially in light of the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action? What is the most effective language to use when describing a student's character and work ethic? This resource answers these questions. It includes guidelines and numerous examples from my
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12th, Staff
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Theme Essay Workshop For Any Literary Work – ELA – Analysis, CCSS Rubric
Theme essays are one of the core types of literary analysis, as well as one of the most difficult to master. This workshop guides students from the development of a theme statement for any literary work to the completion of a polished 5-paragraph literary analysis theme essay.Included in your purchase (SEE PREVIEW):A PowerPoint presentation that takes students through the steps of creating their own theme thesis statementAn “Identifying Theme in a Literary Work” activity that includes a definiti
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7th - 12th, Staff
STAAR ECR Essay Frames
ECR Essay Frames are like MadLibs© for ECR essays! Essay frames are great for introducing ECR essay writing and/or as a scaffold for kids who need more support with ECR essay writing. Project them on your smartboard for classroom modeling or allow students to type in the frame when practicing their ECR essay writing. There are 4 different types of frames. 1 for informational writing, 1 for argumentative writing, and then 2 that can be used for either informational or argumentative with less s
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3rd - 6th, Staff
Informational Pre-Writing Organizers
This freebie features informational pre-writing organizers in both color and back & white. I hope you enjoy this freebie :)Thank You,KristinaThis product includes both a print and DIGITAL copy. The digital copy is great for DISTANCE LEARNING! You can access the digital copy via TPT Digital Activities which allows students to complete the activity on any device. Benefits of having both Print and Digital Copies of this product:You can easily assign to students via Google Classroom.Students can
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2nd - 12th, Staff
STAAR ECR Essay Practice - How to Write a Claim/Central Idea Sentence
The claim/central idea sentence is the most important part of the ECR Essay. This slide deck has everything you need to get your students to ace writing a claim/central idea sentence. There are slides that address what prompts ask, what words to use from the prompt, and even 3 practice slides for students to write in or type in.
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3rd - 6th, Staff
ESSAY OF PRACTICE UNIT 6 AP SPANISH EXAM | GUIDE STUDY FOR TEACHER & ACTIVITIES
Dear Teacher, the argumentative essay is a great theme in AP Spanish Language & Culture test.Is very important to plan the process of writing with enough time, during the school year, even before beginning the practice on the AP platform.The preparation of essays includes preparing, practicing, and evaluating the process of writing essays one and again, in the regular classes and sessions for preparation for the AP exam for getting a good score.This resource proposes an integral overview of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
ESSAY OF PRACTICE UNIT 3 AP SPANISH EXAM | GUIDE STUDY FOR TEACHER & ACTIVITIES
Dear Teacher, the argumentative essay is a great theme in AP Spanish Language & Culture test.Is very important to plan the process of writing with enough time, during the school year, even before beginning the practice on the AP platform.The preparation of essays includes preparing, practicing, and evaluating the process of writing essays one and again, in the regular classes and sessions for preparation for the AP exam for getting a good score.This resource proposes an integral overview of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
ESSAY OF PRACTICE UNIT 1 AP SPANISH EXAM | GUIDE STUDY FOR TEACHER & ACTIVITIES
Dear Teacher, the argumentative essay is a great theme in AP Spanish Language & Culture test.Is very important to plan the process of writing with enough time, during the school year, even before beginning the practice on the AP platform.The preparation of essays includes preparing, practicing, and evaluating the process of writing essays one and again, in the regular classes and sessions for preparation for the AP exam for getting a good score.This resource proposes an integral overview of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
ELA Essays Peer Edits Collection — High School Partner Work — CCSS Aligned
This no-prep collection of ELA peer edit activities will work with nearly any essay assignment. Covering the essay formats of Argument, Research, Literary Analysis, and Narrative writing, these peer edit worksheets provide straightforward student guidance on what to look for while reviewing a peer's essay draft. Designed to work with any essay assignment (and their corresponding rubric), these worksheets require students to record their work that will ease teacher peer edit assessments (the incl
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9th - 12th, Staff
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January Ideas and Activities for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing Practice
"Start Now!"
Begin the school year with small increments of this type of writing; at least once a month.
Great product to begin review or prep for State testing. Use the month of January to brush up on writing skills you have been teaching all year long. Activities are described for whole class,individual students, groups and pairs of students. Practice is key, along with using student sample activities.
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5th - 8th, Staff
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A Writer's Workshop in 40 minutes for Middle School Students
Here is a great product that shows how to fit writer's workshop in a 40 minute session [product is developed for a 5 day spread which can be adapted to any type of writing]. This product is especially useful for teachers who are just starting out because it very specifically scaffolds the lesson [building each paragraph one day at a time, and utilizes "how" to work with sample works].
Once students understand the structure of an essay, it is a simple case of using various new samples and new pr
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6th - 10th, Staff
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Explanatory Writing Student Work Center
Here is a product for Explanatory Writing where students can visit this center throughout the year and target any one or all skill areas presented. Information can then be displayed on a poster or collected digitally. Total of 13 steps are displayed. This works well for beginners or advanced writers. Students follow the samples given and then craft their own papers. Included are 11 Explanatory Writing prompts.
Last, print as a poster, enlarge to 120%, and the sheets should orient themselves wel
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Planning and Organizing Writing: The Cake Paragraph Graphic Organizer
The Cake Paragraph is a fun way for students to plan and organize their writing for five sentence paragraphs and other similar writing formats (also available as part of The Awakening Potential for Writing Success program). This planner helps students to plan and construct a complete 5 sentence paragraph:-Topic Sentence-First Detail Sentence-Second Detail Sentence-Third Detail Sentence-Conclusion SentenceThey love to 'eat the cake' (cross off with an erasable marker) on each section as they com
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1st - 6th, Staff
ESSAY OF PRACTICE UNIT 5 AP SPANISH EXAM | GUIDE STUDY FOR TEACHER & ACTIVITIES
Dear Teacher, the argumentative essay is a great theme in AP Spanish Language & Culture test.Is very important to plan the process of writing with enough time, during the school year, even before beginning the practice on the AP platform.The preparation of essays includes preparing, practicing, and evaluating the process of writing essays one and again, in the regular classes and sessions for preparation for the AP exam for getting a good score.This resource proposes an integral overview of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
ESSAY OF PRACTICE UNIT 4 AP SPANISH EXAM | GUIDE STUDY FOR TEACHER & ACTIVITIES
Dear Teacher, the argumentative essay is a great theme in AP Spanish Language & Culture test.Is very important to plan the process of writing with enough time, during the school year, even before beginning the practice on the AP platform.The preparation of essays includes preparing, practicing, and evaluating the process of writing essays one and again, in the regular classes and sessions for preparation for the AP exam for getting a good score.This resource proposes an integral overview of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
ESSAY OF PRACTICE UNIT 2 AP SPANISH EXAM | GUIDE STUDY FOR TEACHER & ACTIVITIES
Dear Teacher, the argumentative essay is a great theme in AP Spanish Language & Culture test.Is very important to plan the process of writing with enough time, during the school year, even before beginning the practice on the AP platform.The preparation of essays includes preparing, practicing, and evaluating the process of writing essays one and again, in the regular classes and sessions for preparation for the AP exam for getting a good score.This resource proposes an integral overview of
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
February Ideas and Activities for Explanatory Writing Practice
"Start Now!"
Begin the school year with small increments of this type of writing; at least once a month.
Great product to begin review or prep for State testing and in light of PARCC's recommendation to include 28+ writing pieces a year across all classes, here's an opportunity to write 9 different pieces within a month's time. What could be better!
This product is void of whistles, and bells, and gimmicks.
The fact is kids need to practice, generate and identify strong words, and phrases
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5th - 8th, Staff
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Cake Paragraph Essay: 5 Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizer for Writing
The Cake Paragraph Essay is an incredibly helpful graphic organizer for supporting students with planning and organizing their writing for the 5 paragraph essay format (also available as part of the Awakening Potential for Writing Success program). All of the elements of each paragraph correspond to different parts of the cake (which makes it a wonderful transition from the Cake Paragraph organizer. Students can use this organizer for planning out their ideas before writing their rough draft.
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4th - 9th, Staff
Expository Research Essay Writing Rubric
[KindieToEight Fav!] This product is a personal favourite of mine--highly recommended!This no-prep expository research essay writing rubric is perfect for introducing intermediate/middle school students to essay writing. It also works well as a review for those who are beginner essay writers as well as a thorough rubric for more advanced writers.This activity is aligned with the Ontario Language Arts Curriculum but can also be used as a cross-curricular activity.Highlights:Breaks down the assess
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Space Shuttle Challenger (Reagan) AP Collaborative Rhetorical Essay Google Easel
(1986) Space Shuttle Challenger Address to the Nationby President Ronald W. ReaganAP Collaborative Activity Group Rhetorical EssayGroup Rhetorical Essay Assignment Activity (50 Point AA)English Grade 11 and 12Standards/Honors/AP Language PracticeIncluded:Link to President Bush speechLink to Google™ Doc Link to Rhetoric Review and TipsLink to and Easel™ DocBUNDLE INCLUDESSeries of Seven Rhetorical Speeches in a Collaborative Essay Easy to extract files (Zip files see below)English Grade 11 and 12
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: BUNDLE 7 Rhetoric Speeches Google™ Digital Collaborative Essays Practice
Steve Jobs Commencement Speech AP Collaborative Rhetorical Essay Google Easel
(2005) Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech (Steve Jobs)AP Collaborative Activity Group Rhetorical EssayDirections: After you have read over "Commencement Speech" by Steve Jobs You and your group will collaborate to write a Rhetorical Analysis essay via this Google Docs [COPY SHARE DOC] template. Please use the “Rhetorical Analysis: Writing Tools & Tips'' to help you before you begin writing. Included:Link to Steve Jobs speechLink to Google™ DocLink to Rhetoric Review and TipsLink to and Easel™ D
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: BUNDLE 7 Rhetoric Speeches Google™ Digital Collaborative Essays Practice
How to write an explanation (Printable student copy)
How to write an explanation. Includes: Structure of an explanation, language features explained, steps, planning sheet, first draft sheet, final draft sheet and NOTES.
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4th - 12th, Staff
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Speech At The March On Washington AP Collaborative Rhetorical Essay Google Easel
(1963) JOSEPHINE BAKER, “SPEECH AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON.”AP Collaborative Activity Group Rhetorical EssayIncluded:Link to Josephine Baker's speechLink to Google™ Doc Link to Rhetoric Review and TipsLink to and Easel™ DocRubricPrompt: Write an essay in which you analyze how the George Bush administration uses rhetorical devices in the speech. Group Rhetorical Essay Assignment Activity (50 Point AA)BUNDLE INCLUDESSeries of Seven Rhetorical Speeches in a Collaborative Essay Easy to extract file
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: BUNDLE 7 Rhetoric Speeches Google™ Digital Collaborative Essays Practice
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