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Middle school writing-essays lectures
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
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
Grades:
8th - 11th, Higher Education
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
Persuasive Essay Writing - Presentation, Outline, and Topics - Argument Writing
Persuasive Essay Writing - Presentation, Outline, and Topics - Argument Writing: Enhance your students' persuasive writing skills with our comprehensive resource on argument essay writing. Whether you're introducing persuasive writing or reinforcing existing skills, this resource offers a structured and thorough approach to help students excel in writing compelling and effective persuasive essays. This resource provides a detailed presentation guiding you through the entire lesson, an essay plan
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7th - 10th
How To Write A Research Paper and Oral Report PowerPoint
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Grades:
6th - 10th
MLA Format - In Text Citations Flow Chart, Rules, and Power Point
MLA Format - In Text Citations, Flow Chart, Rules, and Power Point Presentation. This MLA guide explains the rules for in-text citations for articles as sources. It contains this 15-slide Power Point:MLA Format in-text Citations Power PointIt also contains a 3-page handout with the basic rules in a logical, clear order, and a flow chart for reference. In-text citations are not complicated, but students sometimes seem overwhelmed by all the rules. The flow chart makes in-text citations for articl
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle
How to Write a Hook Like a Pro
This PowerPoint is a two-day activity. Students learn simple and easy ways to write hooks for many different types of essays. The activity starts out with a bell work prompts asking students what the best pick-up line they've ever heard is. We then talk about what the purpose of a pick-up line is. I then relate pick-up lines to hooks. I have seen a drastic improvement in the quality of my students' hooks and intro paragraphs after going through this activity with them! I'm hoping that you'll se
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7th - 12th
Hooks - Writing Hooks - Handout - 9 Major Types with Examples
This well designed handout provides an introduction to hooks. It describes why hooks are necessary at the top, details the 9 major hooks, and then provides an example of each one. I have personally used this handout every time I introduce introductory paragraphs with my students. It covers: Startling Statement, Anecdote/Scenario, Quote from Literature, Analogy, Quote from Another Source, Philosophical Musing, Rhetorical Question, Humorous Musing, and Shocking Statistic.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Writing the Essay 101: Essay Writing Basics & Structure -PowerPoint Presentation
This fifteen slide PowerPoint presentation is designed to give student writers an overview of the basic components of academic essay writing. It asserts that the essay itself is a type of puzzle, and its three main pieces are the introductory paragraph, the body paragraphs, and the conclusion. This presentation helps students learn how to write and fit these puzzle pieces together. Through it, students will learn information about each puzzle piece to help them write better. The presentation dis
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Grades:
8th - 11th
How to Write an Introductory Paragraph, FREE Slides + Handout, Model Intro.
These mini-lecture slides were designed to help middle school and high school students learn to write strong introductory paragraphs for literary analysis, argument, and research essays. This product includes PDF slides that can be projected as you lead a short lecture on a simple four-step formula to create a smooth, powerful launch to an essay. The download also includes a student reference page designed to be used as an assignment/practice round.If you’d like to view a sample of how I present
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7th - 10th
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Intro to Styles and Conventions: Citing in MLA, APA, or Chicago Style
This Powerpoint will teach you or your students about the basics of why we have styles/conventions and how to cite in those different styles on a references page and as in-text citations. I also include notes and resources (links to web resources) in the notes section.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Informative Essay Writing Review Notes PowerPoint
This is a simple, smooth review of informative essay writing skills, structure and tips. This review PowerPoint is best implemented as direct lecture-based instruction while students take notes. This PowerPoint will take 1-2 class periods to complete, based on the length of your class periods and learning levels of your students.Personally, I recommend this for the ninth and tenth-grade remedial, standard, and honors levels, and any middle school level. I would not recommend this PowerPoint for
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Five Paragraph Essay PowerPoint
The five-paragraph essay - the basis for so much middle school and high school writing... and beyond! This clear and colorful 30-slide PowerPoint slideshow gives a comprehensive overview of all the essential parts of the five-paragraph essay. The presentation could be used easily as an introduction to the essay form, or, for more advanced students, as a reminder or refresher on the elements of a strong essay. Convenient for use in the English/ELA classroom as well as the Social Studies/History c
Grades:
5th - 12th
How to Write a Conclusion Paragraph, FREE Slides + Handout, Model Conclusions
Three-Step Essay Conclusion Paragraph FormatThese mini-lecture slides were designed to help middle school and high school students learn to write strong conclusion paragraphs for literary analysis, argument, and research essays. This product includes PDF slides that can be projected as you lead a short lecture on a simple three-step formula to create a smooth, powerful conclusion to an essay. The download also includes a student handout designed to be used as a reference tool.If you’d like to vi
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7th - 10th
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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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Essay Writing Google Slides Lessons BUNDLE | Expository and Argumentative
Do you want to provide your middle or high school students with guides on how to write an informative essay such as problem and solution , cause and effect, compare and contrast essays as well as an argumentative essay? This excellent writing Test Prep bundle of No Prep Writing Google Slides Presentations teaches your 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grades the needed guidelines as well as analyzes sample essays. Definitions, structure, organization, detailed description of components, and other informa
Grades:
8th - 11th
Essay Writing Support, Improve Literary Analysis Essays, FREE Slides/Handout
These lecture slides were designed to help middle school and high school students improve the quality of their writing voices when building literary analysis essays. This product includes PDF slides that can be projected as you lead a short lecture on 11 words that rob the power from students’ writing voices. The download also includes a student handout with suggested answer key to be used as an assignment/practice round.If you’d like to view a sample of how I present these slides to my classes,
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8th - 11th
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How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay
This Google Slides will take you step by step through the proper structure of a literary analysis essay. Breaking down the parts of each piece of a lit analysis essay, it focuses on how to develop thesis statements, introductory paragraphs, body paragraphs, and conclusions properly. It also focuses on ways to improve writing style, including strengthening word choice and varying sentence structure. Further, the Google Slides includes tips and links for proper MLA citation. You will find example
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8th - 12th
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How to teach a thesis statement in 1 day - Argument Writing thesis statement
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This lesson is a Google Slides presentation that aligns with a worksheet provided for students to follow along, take notes, and eventually compose a practice thesis statement. This lesson is generally completed in 1 day.
Standard W9-10.1a
Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that establishes clear relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Teacher instructions:
In this lesson, s
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Topic Sentences
Topic Sentences Power Point Presentation - Instruction, Examples, and Exercises
This Power Point presentation will help you teach your students everything they need to know about topic sentences. It is complete with instructions, examples for each point, and three exercises to check for understanding.
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Essay Writing Mega Bundle
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Essay Revision - Error and Progress Logs
Point of View in Academic Writing
Writing Prompts for R
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle
How to Research Lesson
This "How to Research" Lesson is perfect for middle or high school students as an introduction or reminder on how to research properly, avoid plagiarism, and find credible sources online. This lesson includes tons of interactive activities where students will use their laptops, chrome books, or cell phones to practice researching and giving feedback on what they find.This lesson covers: How to get started - narrowing down your topic through focus questions Finding credible sources - examples of
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: First Week of School (Social Studies Classes)
RACE: How to Respond to Constructed Response Questions Using RACE
This presentation started as one for younger grades (grades 3-5), but I quickly found it useful for middle school grades as well.
The RACE presentation takes students step-by-step through the Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain process of constructive response. The process is modeled using one prompt, created for the short story book Step-Stomp-Stride.
This 40-slide presentation includes the following:
★17 pages of instructional slides
★Independent constructed response prompt that also uses Ste
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Using Transition Words in Writing
This PowerPoint shows students what transition words they can use. It goes over the different types of transitions and has examples of them used in sentences. The PowerPoint also has two excerpts that have students identify the transitions to be able to locate transitions used correctly with answers on the next slide. Then, it has a practice activity for students to show that they can correctly use transition words in their writing.
Common Core Standard: ELACC8W3
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6th - 8th
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Source Synthesizer: How to Pick, Paraphrase, Quote, and Cite Your Source in MLA
Every student loves to express their own personal ideas in their essay writing, but they sometimes neglect the importance of incorporating outside sources. When they do incorporate, there may be some technical errors in the execution. This lesson and worksheet helps students to master choosing and incorporating sources into their own original essays. Here is SPECIFICALLY what you'll find in this product: Topics in the How to Pick, Paraphrase, Quote, and In-Text Cite Your Sources PowerPoint: Over
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8th - 12th
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