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High school Black History Month writing-expository teacher manuals
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
1029 Writing Prompts for Middle School
With 1029 writing prompts for middle school, this is the last writing prompt resource you'll ever need. This massive compilation includes 20 categories and over 100 pages of fun, engaging and innovative writing prompts that will challenge your middle school students and push them to become better writers.If you're tired of the same old ho-hum writing prompts that cause your students to roll their eyes and groan, then this is the resource you've been looking for. It runs the gamut from the humoro
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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High School Research Class Year Long Scope and Sequence
This is a year's long High School research class scope and sequence with weekly class flow, thematic units with big questions, ideas for individual student research, routines, ideas for how to add joy, writing goals for the class and sources that can pair well with the course.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Writing Workshop for Middle School: Teaching Students to Write Effective Essays
This book gives an in-depth description of 10 expository writing assignments to be used alone or in a writing workshop setting. Each writing assignment includes a description, 3 mini-lessons, an assignment sheet for students (with checkboxes), a rubric, brainstorming sheets and mentor texts (also called sample reading). I also explain how to set up and maintain a writing workshop, and how the 10 assignments and mini-lessons are scaffolded in order to progress in complexity as the year goes on. I
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5th - 9th
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Introduction to Expository Essay Writing | Worksheet Activity
Elevate your students' writing skills with an introductory resource on informative/expository essay writing. Ideal for a one-hour class plus a homework assignment, this resource is a great way to kick-start your unit on informative/ expository essay writing in a clear, no-prep and straightforward way. What's Included:Teacher Notes on Informative/Expository Writing: A list of benefits linked to teaching informative writing to your students to keep in mind, complete with a list of aligned Common C
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Expository Writing Unit Resources Lesson Plans Worksheets 7-12
Introduction to Journalism-Teacher Manual, Lesson Plans, Activities, PPT's
Introduction to Journalism-Teacher Manual is a full course teacher guide provides the tools, strategies and instructional materials to equip you for teaching this subject and preparing your students in the craft. Materials include pacing guide, daily lesson plans, class note PowerPoints, student book and assessments. The course is a basic entrance to the world of journalistic writing and design which can be used with any journalism textbook, or it can serve as a guide to using printed and online
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9th - 12th
Recommendations: How to Write Recommendation Letters for College Applications
When students first began asking me to write letters of recommendation for their college application packets, fear clenched my stomach. What if my letter hurt their chances to get accepted to the college of their dreams instead of helping them? I spent hours and hours on each letter to make sure that I showcased each student honestly and succinctly. The stress mushroomed with each request until I decided to analyze the letters that I had written and compile a How To list along with sample letter
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12th, Staff
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On this day in history...Year long calendar
This makes a great Bellringer or Warm-up activity. Events are listed Jan 1-Dec 31st. Brief enough that students could do research to find out more. Consise and in one place. Used https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history and promotional calendar by WorldStrides Travel Company
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4th - 12th
Black History Month African American Astronauts Presentation | February Activity
This is a classroom resource and activity to engage in and is perfect to celebrate Black History Month which is observed in February, or any time you are studying about African American History. Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Also known as African American History Month. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other cou
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Black History Month | 100 African Americans Biography and Activity.
Expository Writing Bundle Unit 8 Week Pacing Guide Template & Lesson Plans
Looking for a full unit plan to teach Informative / Expository Writing to your students? Look no further! Our comprehensive 8-Week Informative/Expository Writing Pacing Guide is the perfect solution for teachers seeking a structured yet flexible approach to teaching these crucial writing skills. This guide offers a streamlined path to teaching expository writing. All the lesson planning, student engagement strategies have been looked after! All you need to do is download and teach.What's Include
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Expository Writing Unit Resources Lesson Plans Worksheets 7-12
Black Lives Matter: "Shut up and dribble" Instagram Response by LeBron James
An excellent resource to build capacity and understanding around Black Lives Matter.BACKGROUNDER:More than two years ago, Fox News television host Laura Ingraham asked LeBron James to “shut up and dribble” when the NBA player was publicly critical of U.S. President Donald Trump.Here is LeBron James's response to that silencing and to the DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS BY POLICE (May 25th, 2020).In the wake of widespread protests about racial injustices following the death of George Floyd,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teacher's Guide for "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Step into a world of compelling narratives, thought-provoking themes, and profound societal impact with our comprehensive teacher's guide for "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson. This meticulously crafted resource is designed to ignite engaging and enlightening discussions, while providing meaningful activities that foster critical thinking, empathy, and a deep understanding of the complexities within the criminal justice system.Embark on a transformative journey as you guide your students through t
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9th - 12th
How to Teach Writing to Newcomer ESL Students
Gives practical ideas for teaching writing to ESL students with a very limited English vocabulary. This resource is a must for ESL teachers and content area teachers with newcomer ESL students in their classes.
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3rd - 12th
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Journal Prompts & Topics for a Year
I have collected and written over 200 journal prompts that can be used at any time during the school year. Prompt categories are: reflective, cause and effect, persuasive, expository/comparative, descriptive, narrative, quote-based, freewriting, and picture-based prompts. No more worrying about filler activities or creating weekly journal prompts!
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5th - 12th
History Research Project (Jigsaw)
With pressing time constraints, covering social studies curriculum can be a challenge. Using a jigsaw project can help you cover more ground in less time while promoting cooperative learning in groups. This project provides you with various organizers that can be used to study ANY historical event or time period. Also included is an example jigsaw project aligned with 4th & 5th grade Social Studies standards about the Road to the Revolution.
Enjoy!
- Jocelyn
History Research Jigsaw Projec
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4th - 12th
Hamilton: The Musical - "Immigrants - We get the job done!"
This lesson utilizes only about the first 15 min of "Hamilton: The Musical" to discuss immigrants in the US. Students are encouraged to think critically about and share their experiences as descendants of immigrants or immigrants themselves, as the teacher provides prompts for listening and discussion with each song. A follow-along handout is provided.Optional homework assignment is provided that asks students to learn about their family's immigration story.
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7th - 12th
Expository Essay Writing Start to Finish
This powerpoint guides students from start to finish in how to write an expository essay. It begins with a sample prompt and takes students from brainstorming to webbing and then from outlining to writing. There is even a quick edit. For struggling students there is an essay that can be modeled. Thanks for viewing and happy writing.
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6th - 11th
Literary Analysis Task Essay - Teacher Model Exemplar with Outline
This is a great example of a Teacher's Model of a Literary Analysis Task essay. Teachers may use this packet with students to help them pre-write and write their own LAT essay.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Easy Research Paper - You Can Do It!
Writing a research paper can seem as impossible as eating an entire elephant, but it can be done if you take it one bite at a time. Author Ceil Humphreys shares over 25 years’ experience in teaching and editing research papers. Her students end up teaching their friends how to write, as they take this booklet with them to high school and college. This light-hearted and encouraging book is for teachers, students, homeschool moms, college professors, or anyone else who wants students to learn how
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
19th Century African American History ONLINE Workshop Series PREVIEW
19th Century African American History ONLINE Workshop Series PREVIEWFor Home SchoolingJust About Everything That You Need To Know About the lives of African Americans in the 19th century“Study the Past”On 7th Street in Washington, D.C., there is a statue, depicting "Study the Past," that sits on the Pennsylvania Avenue side at the National Archives BuildingThis is where our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights are on display, the cornerstone documents of the United State
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Things Fall Apart Learning Plan
This is a fully flushed out unit plan of the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. It includes paired readings, pacing guides, discussion questions, and paired activities that complement the themes and topics of the book.
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9th - 12th
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Journal Writing Prompts
This file is a list of journal prompts that will last you the whole year for daily journal writing. This will work for grade levels 3 and up. For older grade levels, you can ask more specific questions or add to the prompt to make it more detailed for them.
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3rd - 12th
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Rubric + Example + Teacher Notes_Narrative/Expository_Grades 9-12_English
- This expanded 6-point rubric assesses a student writing product on a specific graduated scale to show students step-by-step what they need to do to improve their writing.
- The rubric can be used for a variety of essay assignments including narrative, expository and descriptive.
- The rubric focuses on four categories (structure and organization, content, language and style, and mechanics) broken down into 12 subcategories (thesis, body, conclusion, introduction, problem, reflection, senten
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing Our World™ Premium Curriculum FREE SAMPLE BUNDLE
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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Grades:
K - 12th
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