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Middle school ELA test prep outlines
Informative Essay Outline - Bing, Bang, Boom Method
This fill-in-the-blank outline in an invaluable aid to students as they begin to write informative essays. The outline uses the bing, bang, boom method to help students convey their ideas in a clear and concise manner. Check out my informative essay Power Points for more on bing, bang, boom!
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7th - 11th
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Informative Writing: Step-By-Step
This PDF spans and paces a full week's worth of informative writing lessons. It begins with a systematized way to "unpack the prompt" and continues with step-by-step procedures for fact-based writing.
This PDF includes the following:
- 5 day guide to pace lessons
- a sample Social Studies informative prompt
- explanation of how to break down the given prompt
- step-by-step instructions on graphic organizer and writing organization
- "Iffy The Infofish" blank graphic organizer
- "Iffy The Inf
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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6th Grade Common Core Standards I Can Statements Posters
Save a ton of time by buying our FULL PAGE SIZE pre-made Common Core I Can Statements. Get a head start on next school year by conquering the Common Core Standards and enjoying the worry free summer that you deserve.These posters provide a quick, easy and effective way to show administrators, fellow teachers and students what common core standards are being taught for the day/week/month. The illustrations do more than just make the posters cute, they actually further enhance comprehension and e
Grades:
6th
Verbs Cheat Sheet: Grammar Resource for Interactive Notebooks or Binders
This helpful resource is a handy tool to include in writing notebooks, folders, or binders. It's a quick reference to action, linking and helping verbs.If you download this resource, please leave much-appreciated feedback. Thank you! If you want more handy reference sheets, check these out: **Noun Jobs Cheat Sheet**Writing Handbook for Students**Grammar (Parts of Speech) Handout**Dynamite Dialogue Handout**Pronouns Resource Sheet**FREEBIE: Synonyms for Said**Text Structure Clue Words**Transition
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Verb Task Cards and Printables Bundle {Action, Helping, & Linking Verbs}
Informative Writing: Introduction
Informative writing can be very nerve-wracking for students. Have no fear!! This PDF can be used as an introduction to informative writing to ease the transition into fact-based writing.
It includes the following information:
- student-friendly definition of information writing
- compares informative writing to writing styles they have been familiar with in the past
- a sample informative writing task (water cycle)
- an informative writing graphic organizer
- sentence stems examples
Enjoy!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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House on Mango Street Themes - Study Guide
This is an awesome study guide for the themes in House on Mango Street. It includes not only a list of themes, but vignettes that correspond with each theme. Great study tool for students! Perfect for a theme-related project! Great for a teacher resource while reading the novel!
**Connects with House on Mango Street Resources:
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**Connects with Theme/Note-Taking Guide
Connects with the following resources for the Final Vignette-Writing Project:
1. House on Mango Street Final
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: House On Mango Street Bundle
Figurative Language, Literary Devices, and Sound Device Quick Reference
WHAT'S THE CONTENT?
★ Overview and definitions of literary device, figurative language, and sound device
★ 14 terms and definitions organized in 3 easy-to-reference tables
★ Examples provided for all 14 terms as a scaffold to help students understand and apply the definitions while reading a text
HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO COMMON CORE?
Reading Literature standards include “Craft and Structure” standards and “Key Ideas and Details” standards. This quick reference provides students with a simple sca
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5th - 10th
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay Writing Practice with Google Drive - AP Test Prep!
Do your students struggle with identifying a speaker's argument? Have you gone over ethos, pathos, and logos (and other rhetorical devices) but need some practice writing prompts to help students apply their knowledge? Do you need to help prep your students for the AP Language Test? This is the resource for you! This resource includes: Four speeches which require students to annotate for rhetorical devicesLinks for students to view/listen to each speech A link to a MEGA list of rhetorical device
Grades:
8th - 12th
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FSA Writing- Text-based Argumentative Essay Format
Bundled in the FSA Writing / Common Core Writing Packet.
Raise scores! I've geared this for the writing portion of the FSA.
Writing an argumentative essay has never been so easy. Backing up thinking with text evidence- no problem! Where to address opposing claims- it's there! Each sentence is explained. Begin using this now, and your students will be will prepared by test time. I came up with this checklist to initially show my students how to smoothly integrate their text evidence into their
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Grades:
6th - 11th
Argumentative Essay: Fill-in-the-Blank Outline (Graphic Organizer)
Argumentative Essays are important to an ELA curriculum because they are a focus of the Common Core Standards. This resource is a generic outline that can help middle school student organize an argumentative essay on any topic.
On the left side, there are prompts which match up to corresponding, color-coded blank spaces on the right side, where students can craft the bones of their essay. Below each paragraph's outline, the student is prompted to turn their outline into a paragraph. The packet
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Digital Persuasive Essay Outline - Graphic Organizer for Google Docs OLC4O OSSLT
Scaffold persuasive writing with this digital essay outline! This graphic organizer will outline students’ 5-paragraph persuasive essay and prompt them to organize their introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Suitable for online learning and formatted for Google Drive®! How to use this Digital Persuasive Essay Outline:This persuasive essay outline can be used with upper middle school or junior high school students. They can apply this outline to a persuasive essay on any topic. This
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7th - 10th
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PERSUASIVE WRITING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER - WITH SELF CHECKLIST
BUNDLE ALERT! Designed specifically for middle and high school level persuasive essay writing. Students often have difficulty in finding body paragraph examples that support their thesis. This template gives you step-by-step instructions that will make writing so much easier. You will see great results using this template consistently. Includes a self checklist which is also a helpful resource for students to become self-sufficient writers.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Claim - Counterclaim Graphic Organizer - NYS Common Core Regents
This 1-page document is a graphic organizer outline for a claim - counterclaim essay. While this is helpful for practice for the New York State Common Core Regents, it could be especially helpful for anyone work on an argumentative essay or research paper. Thanks for your interest!
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Bundle: Argumentative Essay Packets & Lesson Plans: Tablets vs. Textbooks
This is a bundle of all the Common Core Tablets versus Textbooks Packets we have in our store. We used all of these packets with our students and found our students wrote very thorough argumentative essays inclusive of textual evidence, analysis of the evidence, and the counterclaim argument. These are excellent resources and something that you can work on with your students for an extended period of time (3-5 months in total teaching time). We have also included a lesson plan for each packet.
Grades:
7th - 12th
RADD Writing Strategy 4 Graphic Organizers
Use this graphic organizer to help your students with their short-constructed responses using the RADD (restate, answer, detail, detail). This product contains both single and 3-lined options.
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2nd - 6th
Common Core Standards I Can Statements for 6th Grade ELA
Save a ton of time by buying our sixth grade FULL PAGE SIZE pre-made common core posters. BUY 6th GRADE MATH & ELA COMMON CORE POSTERS BUNDLE AT THE LINK BELOW:6th Grade Common Core Standards "I Can Statements" Full Page - Math & ELA BundleThese sixth grade common core posters provide a quick, easy and effective way to show administrators, fellow sixth grade teachers and students what sixth grade common core standards are being taught for the day/week/month. The illustrations do more th
Grades:
6th
ELA Regents Test Prep Bundle
This bundle includes the following resources that address the tasks from the New York State ELA Regents:Argumentative Essay ChecklistArgumentative Essay Outline with Sentence-Starters (can be used as scaffold for ELLs and SWDs)ELA Regents "Bootcamp Packet"ELA Regents Multiple Choice Practice (deconstructing questions & answers)Text Analysis Essay Outline (2 versions - 1 with Sentence-Starters, 1 without)Text Analysis Essay Task Analysis
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8th - 11th
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Notes & Outline Standardize Test Writing Prompts LEAP 2025 PARCC English 9-10
It is that time of year again. You know the time of year when you are pulling out your hair and trying to find the most concise way to review strategies for responding to standardized test writing prompts with students. This document was born out of a desire to provide my students with as much support and examples as in a single document. I wanted to give them something they could use in their future English courses. I created this document through active research in my classroom and by identify
Grades:
8th - 10th
RACES and RACE Strategy Student Planning Sheet - TDA
Whether you use RACE or RACES strategy to answer Text Dependent Analysis questions, this planning guide will help your students that are struggling with how to write a TDA response!
This resource has sections for Restate the Question, Answer the Question, Cite your Evidence, Explain your Thinking, and Summarize your Answer. There is also a version without the summary section to fit your needs.
This is differentiated with two versions: One with extra guidance (the name for what each letter repr
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Mastering the ELA PT_ Mini-Lesson
Understanding the three core writing genres and putting time and energy into writing excellent academic essays boosts knowledge and confidence. Knowledge is useful, but active practice separates students who think they can write an essay from students who know how to write an academic essay. In this 12-page packet, teachers and home educators will be given all the tools and instruction needed to demonstrate mastery of the English essay for children in elementary and middle school. Included with
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Reading Checklist | Test Prep | Scaffolding | Reading Comprehension | Annotate
This reading checklist is perfect for preparing your kids for the end of level reading test or you weekly check for understanding. The students fill out this checklist as they read a informational or literature text. It helps them to comprehend what the text was about and discover what the question is asking them to do. It is evidenced based and requires multiple readings to complete. What’s Included6 checklist versions range from extreme support to little to no support.The checklist includes th
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2nd - 10th
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PEEL Essay Kit Graphic Organizer Outline STAAR
I have completely revamped this product! It is now 12 pages instead of 6!
This contains graphic organizers for writing an essay along with an outline, handouts that explain how to write an expository essay and a persuasive essay, a list of suggested essay topics, etc. I created a graphic organizer for the PEEL acronym for body paragraphs (Point, Evidence, Explain, Link). The graphic organizers include a model with an example filled in.
I teach in Texas and use these to prepare my students for
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Writing Bundle Kit Expository Persuasive PEEL ACE Graphic Organizers
Rhetorical Analysis Essay Revision Board Activity - AP Language Printable
Looking for a way to support students in targeted, actionable rhetorical analysis essay revision? This Revision Board activity takes students through targeted focus correction areas, helping students "zone in" on rhetorical essay "must-haves." By working through a colorful visual "Revision Board," students can self-edit independently with clear focus and outcomes towards a revised essay. This activity works equally as well with a guided whole-class revision instruction using the accompanying sli
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Citing Text Evidence
This is a great "cheat sheet" to help kids learn how to properly cite text evidence in the context of a written response. Using 4 simple steps, kids will learn how to compose a written response with a personal reaction and evidence from the text. Supports CCSS!
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3rd - 8th
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