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High school writing-expository lectures for Microsoft OneDrive
Argumentative Essay Writing, Argument Writing How to Guide, Topics, Rubric CCSS
Help your high school and advanced middle school students win their written arguments with these easy-to-follow essay writing materials. This bundle of interactive, step-by-step materials inspires even my most reluctant students to put pen to paper. Activities/handouts featuring modern design elements will guide your students as they learn to craft their own meaningful and effective argumentative essays. Easy prep for you; excellent growth for your students’ writing skills.Just print and teach!I
Grades:
8th - 11th
Logical Fallacies, Tools of Argument & Debate Logical Fallacy PDF & Google Drive
Help students identify logical fallacies with this 40-slide introductory lecture featuring definitions and modern examples relevant to their lives. Slides download as both Prezi and Google Slides versions.Use the optional guided notesheet to help students who need note-taking structure or assistance. Finally, reinforce the lecture content with an application/assessment handout that can be used as a solo or team in-class activity or a traditional quiz. Answer keys to both handouts are included, o
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8th - 11th
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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
Embedding Quotations – How to Embed Quotes Pre-test, Lecture & Reference Sheet
Weary of students who slap quoted material into their essays without any framing or support? Fix this common mistake made by young writers with these interactive lesson materials.Begin with a “pre-test”/skill assessment of students’ knowledge regarding M.L.A. citation formatting and concrete detail/quote framing. Then, work through the answers to the skill assessment pre-test with a dynamic lecture (30 slides) that uses compelling examples and modern design to hold students’ interest. (Let's be
Grades:
8th - 11th
Thesis Statement Writing for Essays - Lesson Presentation, Handout, & Checklist
Thesis Statement Writing for Essays - Lesson Presentation, Handout, & Checklist: Help your students craft the perfect thesis statement for their essay with this ready-to-use lesson. A thesis statement is the main point or argument that will serve as the guide map for your essay. Because the rest of the essay will support your thesis statement, the thesis statement is perhaps the single most important element of any essay. The included presentation, informative handout, and a practical checkl
Grades:
7th - 12th
WRITING - Narrative, Persuasive, & Descriptive Writing Bundle -DIGITAL VERSION
WRITING PACK - DIGITAL VERSION - An easy-to-use set of activities, graphic organizers and templates to help students write persuasive, narrative, descriptive and expository paragraphs digitally using online templates!Includes 5 of my digital writing activities with detailed assignment sheets, marking rubrics, brainstorming worksheets and more! Includes 54 slides to help students learn different styles of writing! Easily adapted to different ages and abilities.Can be used with Google™ Drive, Goog
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7th - 9th
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Journalism Interviewing Techniques and Tools, Yearbook, Complete Teaching Pack
Interviewing is one of the most difficult aspects of the process for student journalists. Your yearbook or newspaper students, however, can be successful and can generate amazing content for your publications if they know how to draw out those stories. This no prep lecture along with tools for students be successful out in the field is just what you need for teaching and practicing interviewing skills. Student Experience: Students will take notes about the proper techniques for interviewing f
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
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 Expository Essays PowerPoint with Printable Graphic Organizer
Expository Essay Writing PowerPoint and Graphic Organizer. Guide students step by step through an expository writing prompt, using a four-square graphic organizer. Students learn how to put ideas in logical order to support a thesis statement, develop an introductory paragraph with a hook, and develop a concluding paragraph that ends with a punch! This digital resource includes a printable graphic organizer template to print (black and white), links to online resources, and a writing prompt for
Grades:
7th - 10th
Annotated Bibliography Bundle- MLA Format- Research- Evaluating Sources- Summary
This is a bundle of my annotated bibliography presentation with guided notes and my annotated bibliography assignment sheets products. Annotated bibliographies are great stand alone assignments or as part of a larger research units. Students are asked to practice their MLA citation, source evaluation, and summarization skills. Require academic journal articles, websites, or even podcasts. Choose how many sources your students have to write and how much information they need to include in their a
Grades:
7th - 11th, Higher Education
Character Analysis for ANY Novel or Short Story - Google / Digital Version
DIGITAL CHARACTER ANALYSIS ACTIVITY - Help your students write a character study or character analysis with this ready-to-use resource. Works with any novel or short story! 17 Google slides to help your students dig deeper into a character's motivation and personality. Works with any novel or short story! This activity is easy to differentiate for students of varying abilities and ages. The resource leads students through the process of writing a paragraph or a full essay - choose which one w
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: DIGITAL Novel Study Bundle - Use with ANY NOVEL
Theme Essay for ANY Literature - DIGITAL Version
Writing a Theme Essay will be motivating with this step-by-step digital resource designed to lead your students through the entire process! Great for classroom or remote teaching, easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs.Students identify two themes evident in the text and devote one paragraph to each theme. In each paragraph, students discuss how a prominent character is involved with the theme topic and what the author wants us to learn or understand.A li
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6th - 9th
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Persuasive Writing - Digital organizers, planning pages, rubrics and more!
Persuasive Writing Digital Resource - Looking for a way to teach your students how to write a persuasive paragraph? or an essay? Everything you need to guide students through the process from brainstorming, planning, revising, peer-editing and more!Great for those teachers working in a 1:1 classroom this writing activity can be shared via Google™ Drive or MS OneDrive! Students can then work directly with the document on a computer, laptop or tablet. They can then print their work or share it
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6th - 9th
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Journalism Newspaper Basics 70-slide Powerpoint!
High School Journalism Newspaper Basics:70 slides!Teach your students all the basics of Newspaper writing by taking them through this powerpoint presentation that alternates between lecture/notes slides and student practice activities based on info given in notes slides. This slideshow provides notes and activities for the following:-Newspaper terms-Newspaper story types-Inverted Pyramid-What Makes News-Headline Do's and Dont's-Writing Breaking News Stories-Interviewing Basics-Quotations/Attrib
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9th - 12th
Essay Writing Basics: Essay Structure 101 - Handouts, Lecture Notes, Quiz & Key
How often have your students been confused by the parts of the standard, academic essay? If you are like me, the answer to this is quite often. Use this product to help reduce the confusion that accompanies essay writing instruction. Here, I have included a number of useful resources:→A handout for students to use during an interactive lecture (p. 1). The handout is organized around sections of the essay: introduction, body paragraphs, and the conclusion. For each section, students have to recor
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7th - 10th
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Annotated Bibliography Presentation and Guided Notes- Research- MLA format
Annotated bibliographies help students learn to summarize and paraphrase while also assessing the credibility of resources. This presentation provides an overview of annotated bibliographies. The presentation provides a definition for annotated bibliographies, reasons to write an annotated bibliography, how to write an annotated bibliography, and examples of poorly-written and well-written samples. The guided notes pages walk students through the presentation; three levels of guided notes are pr
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
ELA TEST PREP Understanding Prompts for State Writing Tests PowerPoint
Understanding Prompts for State Writing Tests PowerPoint for ELA test prep. Taking a state writing test or preparing for the writing portion of a state test? This digital resource helps students prepare for state tests by learning how to understand what type of essay they are expected to write. Students need to understand how to answer constructed response questions and make their argument with support from a text. Learn the differences between what is expected for a persuasive and expository w
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
Personal Narrative: Writing the Introduction PowerPoint
This PowerPoint can provide a much needed scaffolding tool for students, as they begin the process of writing their introduction. After choosing a topic and brainstorming their selected topic, students can often struggle with how to begin this personal writing piece. I have provided questions that will explicitly direct students with engaging their readers through a hook and/ or lead, as well as what belongs in the remainder of the introduction. Sample introductions are provided that allow st
Grades:
4th - 12th
Basic Tips for Writing a Literary Analysis -AP Exam or General Essay PPT
Check out this PPT for writing a Literary AnalysisBasic Tips for Writing a Literary Analysis Strategies for the AP ExamTo StartIdentify the author(s) and title(s) of the work(s) you are studying in the opening paragraph. Write in the present tense. EXAMPLE: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visit Emily Grierson's house because it smells bad.NOT: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visited Emily Grierson's house because it smelled bad.Write about literature in the pr
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Writing PowerPoints Bundle
Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" Annotation Activity
William Wordsworth's famous poem "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is rich with nostalgia, nature and nuanced ideas. Students can hone their analytical skills with this gorgeous Romantic period English poem that expresses the poet's emotional response to a walk in the woods. This assignment is a fabulous formative assessment to see how students apply their knowledge of poetic devices and literary analysis.
For added enrichment, students may meet CCSS Speaking and Listening stand
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9th - 12th
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Thesis Statement Presentation
Thesis statements are hard to master. Help your students master the different types of thesis statements by using this presentation to introduce the concept.Included is a 20 page PDF presentation with examples embedded! Expository, Analytical, Evaluative, and Argumentative thesis statements are covered. Interested in Other Writing Resources?See all of them here:Writing Resources.Want to teach students how to write a whole research paper? But this bundle! Research Paper Writing Process Bundl
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Bibliography and Works Cited PowerPoint
MLA rules, MLA format and getting students to understand the many, many rules of setting up a Works Cited page can be frustrating. This PPT is designed to help teachers go other those many rules in a way that is visually appealing and will allow students to see a "hanging indent" and see source being used in a Works Cited page or bibliography.Please also consider viewing this larger, 81 slide version of the product that features many more elements of MLA formatting and research here: MLA Jumbo
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Research Paper Bundle
New Year's Goal Essay for Google Drive - Distance Learning
Have your students write about their New Year's goals with this digital interactive writing activity. It's a Google resource!SMARTePlans are digital, Google-based, interactive lessons for the technology-driven classroom.Why Choose SMARTePlans?- Create a digital, paperless classroom- Incorporate technology into the classroom- Compatible with Chromebooks, Tablets, Desktops, and Smart Devices- Prepares students for 21st Century Tech Demands- Engaging- Interactive- FUN!This digital interactive ePlan
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6th - 9th
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The Outsiders - Digital Newspaper Project
OUTSIDERS - DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROJECT - Google Version - Your students will have fun creating a newspaper about the conflict between the Socs and the Greasers in the classic teen novel, The Outsiders. Working with templates online this digital activity is a great way to engage your students!Includes creative and unique assignment page with clear instructions / expectations. Also includes a detailed rubric, two assignment-specific brainstorming sheets and three newspaper templates. Students wo
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: The Outsiders Novel Study Bundle - DIGITAL VERSION
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