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10th grade writing-expository lessons under $5
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
Research-Based Writing for Teens, Use Blog Approach to Practice Research, CCSS
Tired of reading page after page of uninspired research papers? Let’s face it – our kids hate writing research essays, causing us to be exhausted when reading their half-hearted efforts. A far better approach to teach the Common Core informative/explanatory writing skills our students need is to use a blog-style treatment as students practice their research skills on high-interest topics.Begin by introducing the elements of a strong blog post and discussing the unique style of this type of writi
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8th - 11th
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New Year’s 2024 Resolution Writing ELA Activity: Letter to Myself / Goal Setting
NOTE: This project can also be purchased as part of a HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES BUNDLE!!! (CLICK HERE!) ********MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YEAR'S 2024 RESOLUTION ELA ACTIVITY: LETTER TO MYSELF/ GOAL SETTINGReady-to-print, NO-PREP activity for that first day back after break! This thoughtful and engaging activity will have your students working on several things:BrainstormingCreativityWritingGrammarRevision(and most importantly) Self-reflection and self-improvement Have your students reflect on the past year and
Grades:
6th - 11th
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[UPDATED] MLA 8th Format, In-Text Citation, and Works Cited Worksheets + Test
UPDATED MARCH 21, 2019MLA 8th EditionAdded Page Guidelines WorksheetAdded Works Cited Worksheet Added a Scripted Teacher Guide to make teaching the concepts easyIt is essential that students learn how to embed and cite quotations correctly in order to write cohesive paragraphs and essays. A lot of students struggle with correctly embedding their research into their sentences and often rely on using one method, resulting in dull writing. This resource was created to allow students to practice the
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7th - 12th
Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
The Literary Analysis Thesis Statement: SIX Mini-lessons for Essay Success
This lesson contains a step-by-step guide for how to write a thesis statement for the literary analysis essay. It is a part of our Mega Lit. Analysis Essay Bundle, sold separately. Bundle and SAVE! CLICK HERE!The most important part of the writing process is crafting the thesis statement because it is the "road map" or "blueprint" for the entire essay. Because this one, single sentence is so important, I have crafted six mini-lessons to insure that your students will have focused, argumentati
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
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[UPDATED 2019] MLA 8 Format Cheat Sheet
UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2019MLA 8th EditionImportant details about MLA citations and works cited Page guidelines Works Cited Description:Teach your students how to embed and cite text into their expository, persuasive, and argumentative essays correctly. Use this helpful cheat sheets as a reference for different ways of embedding quotes into sentences and cited sources. This Product Includes:Cheat Sheets -MLA 8th Edition Somethings that are covered: What is MLA Citation Page guidelines Types of i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
The Hunger Games Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.
This 11 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "The Hunger Games (2012)" ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★Great introduction to use with a dystopian unit. This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.PART 1 – This is comprised of 2 sets of comprehension questions depending on how much of a challenge you want to give the students.• 50 questions in chronological order. Answer key included• 30 questions (20 removed from the 50 questions) in chronological
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: 2 Pack Bundle - The Hunger Games Movie Guide Questions + Activities
Formal Writing Unit (Don't Write About Your Writing) Distance Learning
This Formal VS Informal Writing Lesson and Activities will help your students with that challenging task of writing formally. My students have such a hard time with letting go of those personal pronouns, and getting rid of the "writing about your writing" language. How many essays have we read where students start with: "have you ever wondered about..." It drives this ELA teacher a little batty. I created this unit to help students get away from that informal language. This lesson is digital and
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6th - 11th
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Embedding Quotes: Quotation Burgers Graphic Organizers
Embedding quotations correctly is SUCH a difficult concept for students to grasp. But it doesn't have to be. If you're tired of writing the same old comments into the margins of student papers dozens of times, get ready for a pleasant change. This activity and graphic organizer set is going to save you some serious time. The quotation burger curriculum set gives you everything you need to teach that oh-so-desirable and oh-so-elusive concept, how to clearly introduce a quotation, quote, and then
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Outsiders Writing Prompts - Video Clips and Journal Writing Topics
The Outsiders Writing Prompts Video Clips is a ready-to-use resource that will help your students make connections to their reading of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Students will watch a short video clip on YouTube that relates to a topic, theme, or idea presented in the novel. A related journal prompt is included and students share their thoughts and ideas in writing. The videos are not specific to the novel, but they relate in a way that allows students to make a text-to-self or text-to-world
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7th - 10th
Also included in: The Outsiders Unit Plan - S.E. Hinton Novel Study Reading Unit
Finding the Main Idea: GIST Summarizing for 6-10 Graders
Summarizing is such a difficult skill for students.
This is a 2-week mini-unit on summarizing and finding the main idea (called finding the GIST) with expository text. I have used this in my classroom for the past 5 years, and students find this worksheet exceedingly helpful in scaffolding their acquisition of this difficult skill. The best part about this unit plan is that you get to choose your own texts, individualized for your own students' interests and reading levels. I suggest using news
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Bundle - Middle School Grades 6 - 8
Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Do your students struggle to identify and correctly write unbiased expository pieces? This activity will help them identify various forms of bias in writing and how to change them to unbiased or factual statements.
I have used this in both English and journalism courses with success.
This IS included in my Journalism Writing & Planning Bundle.
The download has a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Quotations in Essay Writing - Integrating and Embedding Quotes in MLA Format
Quotations in Essay Writing - Integrating and Embedding Quotes in MLA Format: Help your students understand how to properly embed and integrate quotations into their academic essay writing with this ready-to-use resource. Use the included eye-catching presentation slides to guide you through the lesson that is a guide for students in seamlessly integrating and embedding quotes in MLA format, empowering them to strengthen their arguments with proper citation. Also included is a detailed student h
Grades:
7th - 12th
High School Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages and questions, plus writing
This Christmas Informational Text lesson for high school students includes an engaging 3 page text passage: "Anti-Claus? Confessions of a Santa Dissenter" A one page handout that can be printed or projected includes: --discussion starters/free write prompts about students' background and opinions on the cultural impact of Santa or "The Santa Myth." --reading and vocabulary questions that lead students to identify the author's claim and reasoning for his stance on Christmas. A fully printable wri
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Punctuation Mini-Book (A Perfect Addition to an ELA Interactive Notebook)
This mini-book is a great addition to any English Language Arts classroom and suitable for upper elementary, middle school and high school students. Students no longer have an excuse for misplacing their notes or not knowing how to properly use the various punctuation marks. Give students this mini-book, so that students can easily store it in their binders (approximately 3.5 x 2 ¼ inches) as a reference when completing any form of writing (interactive, cut and paste storage pockets are included
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Punctuation Bundle for Middle and High School English
Elaboration Practice - Writing (Informative or Argumentative)
Elaboration is one of the most difficult things for my middle schoolers to grasp. They want to just recite facts from the text and be done. I created this elaboration practice with that in mind. The PPT walks students through the basic requirements of writing a body paragraph (this is editable if you want to add or take away anything based on how you teach them to write one). Then it walks them through the four steps of elaboration, defines what elaboration is, and gives them inference/elaborati
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6th - 10th
Thesis Statement Mini-lesson - Argumentative Essay
These worksheets will help students understand the formula to creating a strong thesis statement for an argumentative essay. The directions are clear and simple to understand; just print and go!Here is what is included:★Worksheets (3 pages)★Answer Key Thank you so much for stopping by my store. I hope you are enjoying my products. I appreciate you providing feedback and you even earn free TPT credits every time you do!Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded.If you have a
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6th - 12th
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MLA Formatting and Citations PowerPoint, Google Slides
81 slides! Updated and revised. Setting up your paper with MLA format can be a daunting task. This PowerPoint presentation is helpful for BOTH students and teachers when it comes to getting students to know how important it is to accurately use citations in their papers and construct a proper Works Cited page. This is a fun PowerPoint for a subject that some students can find dull. A must for anyone starting to do research!! Google slides links provided.This is product is also included in t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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
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6th - 12th
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Journalism Syllabus - Beginning and Advanced Classes Teaching Plans
This 16 page posting offers a chronological order of lessons, by quarter, to teach beginning journalism students the basic concepts of journalistic writing such as What is News?, the various structures and genres of journalistic writing, interviewing, learning layout and design and studying media ethics. It offers lessons and activities that reinforce these concepts and prepares students to write and publish a top-quality high school newspaper. For veteran journalism students who publish a schoo
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Journalism Activities & Lessons Bundle: Beginning & Advanced Students
Life Skills - How to Write and Send an Email - Middle School Chromebooks NO PREP
NO PREP TIME REQUIRED! Simply project or share the slides and go! This lesson is designed to fill 40 minutes. Students will engage with the material by taking notes and participating in whole group discussion. The lesson starts with a discussion on the importance of sending professional emails. Then walks students through the main parts of an email while providing opportunities to practice crafting each part. Sum it all up with a formative assessment to assess student mastery before an indepe
Grades:
4th - 12th
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