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Writing-expository Common Core W.7.9 lessons
Expository Writing: Informational Historical News Story (Google Classroom)
Expository / Informative Writing: In this 10-day, Common Core - aligned Expository Writing Unit, students will demonstrate a deep understanding of the features, critical elements, and purpose of expository or informative writing. During the unit, students will write an expository news story about a historic event. Through instruction on the news story structure and investigations of sample news stories, students will understand the critical components of a news story so that they can write th
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â October Unit Plans Bundle - 4 ELA Units to Teach All October Long!
A Year of Writing -includes Narrative, Informative, Persuasive Google-Compatible
Save BIG with this set of 12 writing units! Meet every single writing standard as students progress through 12 engaging and detailed units. This writing unit bundle includes units for Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, Descriptive, Memoir, Biography, Speech, Opinion, Poetry, Letter, Myth, and Fable Writing! Each unit brings students through every step of the writing process! Together, the units total over 725 pages! Units cover 5 months of instruction! Cover every Common Core State Standar
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5th - 8th
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RACE Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts Print & Digital
Practice the RACE Strategy with 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through this helpful writing technique. It is a digital, paperless resources that you will share with your students. Great for independent work during distance learning. This product is located on Google Slides and is 100% digital. A printable PDF is also included in your purchase. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, wit
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6th - 9th
Persuasive Writing Workshop Mini Lesson Activities Middle School
No planning needed! These 20 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching persuasive writing a snap! In a month, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a persuasive essay.Mini lessons are a great way to get all the parts of teaching persuasive writing up and running. Bite-sized activities for students make the writing process manageable, and your students feel successful!Because the lessons are already finished and you'll have the examples you need, you'l
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6th - 8th
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Writing Our Worldâ„¢ Premium Curriculum: Grades 6th-8th
Are you looking to help your students with dyslexia unlock their writing potential? Do your students…• have a lot of ideas, but struggle to get them on the page?• tend to write in run-on sentences?• become overwhelmed with longer writing assignments?• produce disorganized pieces of writing? • write short, unelaborated paragraphs?• resist writing altogether? Cultivate confident writing and critical thinking skills in your students with Writing Our World™.Through this curriculum, students will lea
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6th - 8th
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Essay Writing (Expository, Persuasive/Argument & Literary Analysis) Common Core
Perfect for the beginning of the year, this common core aligned complete essay writing unit includes extensive instruction coupled with concept specific practice opportunities on the expository, persuasive and literary essays. Over 66 pages in length, this essay writing unit can be broken down into ~13-16 lesson plans and offers printable practice activities on the following topics:- Essay at a Glance (Visual illustrations of essay writing in its simplest form, including the Funnel Model.)- Outl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Introduction to Research PowerPoint
Introduce a writing a research paper and completing a research project with this PowerPoint presentation that teaches research skills. Starts with an activating strategy where students have to guess and check. The next slides relate to where students can find information about their topic. Includes interactive activities such as a 2 Minute Brainstorm. General information on how to choose a topic and not plagiarize by citing sources. Use to introduce writing a research paper to students who have
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6th - 8th
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DISTANCE LEARNING Credible Sources vs Non-Credible: 4-Day Digital Unit
E-LEARNING / VIRTUAL LEARNING DIGITAL LESSON --RESOURCE FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM USERS:Kick-off your Nonfiction Writing or Reading Unit with this resource! Students will be talking about this product for days as they discover that not all nonfiction resources are true and credible. This unit is an absolute blast for our students each year as they discover the crazy things they may find on the Internet. In addition to the fun, students will be reading nonfiction as a skeptic reader and have the neces
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5th - 7th
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Complete Writing Bundle for Middle and High School
Here is our complete writing bundle with all of our units on writing.
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6th - 10th
MLA Citation Station Practice
Helping middle schoolers learn how to create in-text citations can be difficult! There are so many rules they must follow. From learning how to format the signal phrase, the evidence, and the citation. To learning the necessary punctuation, sentence structure, and organization, it can be overwhelming!These stations are designed to help students practice editing a wide-range of in-text citation errors. From incomplete signal phrases, to seeing the wrong information in the citation, students are l
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â MLA In-Text Citation Writing Bundle Activities
Civil Rights Movement 1960s Research Project: MLK Jr. & Black History
Civil Rights Movement 1960s is a choice board research project that guides students through the writing process as they learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. Civil Rights Movement 1960s gives students the chance to become an expert on one part of this huge, history-changing movement. Students will discuss reliable sources, what they already know about the Civil Rights Movement before diving into research. Students will take the Civil Rights Movement facts they gather and choose from 9 pro
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
Informational Writing Bundle
Informational Writing Bundle includes several informational writing topics and projects. Informational Writing bundle has research writing projects for holidays and historical events. These informational writing topics make informational wriitng more fun and interesting for your students. Learn how to research and write without always writing an essay.
Famous People in Black History Research Project
This choice board research project guides students through the writing process as they learn more about famous people from Black History. Students will research about Black History leaders, Black History inventors, and more to learn about this important part of history.There is a mini-lesson about reliable and unreliable resources. Students will also discuss what they already know about Black History and their historical figure. They will pick a topic to research and use the graphic organizer
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5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
What's the History of Valentine's Day?
What’s the History of Valentine’s Day? is a great way to have your students to practice informational writing, while celebrating Valentine’s Day. What’s the History of Valentine’s Day? is a research Valentine’s Day activity in which students will work as a group to learn the history behind Valentine’s Day. What’s the History of Valentine’s Day? Will have your students practicing research and writing skills and collaborative learning. Students will work together to discover some of the events
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5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Valentine's Day Activities for School
Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement: Class Project
Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement is a class project where students will work together to create a timeline of the Civil Rights Movement of 1960. Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement guides students through the writing process as they learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement gives students the chance to learn more about one part of this huge, history-changing movement. Students will discuss reliable sources, what they already know about the Civil Ri
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
Women's History Biography Project
This choice board research project guides students through the writing process as they learn more about a historical figure of Women’s History. Students will review reliable and unreliable resources and discuss who they are interested in researching or a field of study they are interested in.  They will pick a topic to research and use the graphic organizer to record research and sources. The choice board allows them to choose a method for sharing their research and they will inform the teache
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5th - 7th
Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
PEEL Strategy Student Notes
The PEEL strategy is a great way to support expository writing. While designed to help form structured paragraphs, it can expand to support writing an entire essay. This sheet provides writers with a clear explanation of each step and some pointers to help their writing sound more natural.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Film Review - A Reading & A Writing Lesson
Over the course of 2 lessons students will develop their review writing skills. These lessons are the ideal way to finish an end of school year film, or simply practice writing pieces in the review genre. Students will learn new vocabulary, read an exemplar text, answer questions, and use the format to plan, write, and reflect on their review.This student centered lesson is aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy and is ideal for students in upper-elementary school, middle school, and homeschool. The voca
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4th - 7th
What is History of Halloween?
What is History of Halloween? is the perfect Halloween writing prompt to use this fall. Your students will research what is history of Halloween for their collaborative writing project. Your students will learn the history of Halloween while they practice the writing process from researching to sharing. Your students will learn the how Halloween start while supporting each other through collaborative work and learning the history of Halloween.Related Resources Spooky Halloween Poems Halloween R
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Informational Writing Bundle
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