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Free writing-essays thematic unit plans
DIGITAL WRITING PORTFOLIO INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK: ARGUMENT, INFORMATIVE, & MORE
SHARE, COLLABORATE, AND GRADE WITH ELA WRITING DIGITAL PORTFOLIO! Elevate your writing instruction with this innovative Digital Writing Portfolio, designed specifically for the modern classroom. This dynamic resource empowers students to compile and showcase their writing tasks in a user-friendly digital format, fostering both creativity and organization.ALSO CHECK OUT THE FULL YEAR WRITING BUNDLE! This bundle has EVERYTHING you need for an engaging year of writing! Pairs perfectly with this dig
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6th - 9th
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Sharks vs. Whales ELA and Science Freebie
This freebie is meant as a preview to my Sharks Vs. Whales ELA unit. The freebie includes links to several educational videos about sharks and whales, coloring sheets, and a writing page.
The whole unit includes graphic organizers that help writers organize thoughts to write an essay. It also includes a template that beginner writers could use to help teach essay writing. Your kids will find this to be fun and exciting. You might even catch them loving those dreaded essays!! :-) You can find t
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K - 3rd
FREE Astronaut Craftivity
FREE Astronaut Craftivity is a great addition to your Space Unit. I used this when doing the Exploring Space Unit found in the shop. Students wrote about what it would be like in space and used the astronaut printable to create themselves.
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K - 3rd
Ocean Themed Journal {Fish For a Prompt: Volume Two}
This FREE Under the Sea {Ocean} Themed Journal Set includes Expository, Descriptive, Narrative, Persuasive, and Opinion based prompts! Simply choose between colorful or black and white sea creatures and plants to cut out, glue the given prompts to each, laminate, and then throw your images within a fish bowl (or whatever)! Included is a writing journal that has a cover, 2 levels of writing lines to choose between (each with a space for illustrations), and an author's page. These work great for j
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2nd - 5th
Paragraph Writing Unit {{freebie}}
This is a sneak peek at my Paragraph Writing Unit! Use these free pages to help you begin planning out your paragraph unit. The full pack, found here, includes:A 2 week unit made up of mini-lessons that are “tried and true” in a second grade classroom.. * Lesson Plans* Posters* Examples* Writing Pages
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1st - 3rd
Narrative Memoir Writing for Middle School Students
Perfect week-long lesson to use for memoir writing and as an introduction to more in-depth narrative writing in the upper-elementary and middle school levels. This is a perfect lesson to use in late September and early October when your writing curriculum is being developed and students are becoming more comfortable with each other and the classroom. This lesson also utilizes writer's workshop in a way that gets students and the teacher familiar with the process if it has not been used before. T
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5th - 8th
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DIGITAL WRITING PORTFOLIO STAAR PRACTICE REVISING EDITING ARGUMENTATIVE RUBRICS
SHARE, COLLABORATE, AND GRADE WITH ELA WRITING DIGITAL PORTFOLIO! Elevate your writing instruction with this innovative Digital Writing Portfolio, designed specifically for TEXAS STAAR WRITING: SCR, ECR, ARGUMENTATIVE, OPINION, INFORMATIONAL, LITERARY ANALYSIS, AND NARRATIVE. This amazing resource empowers students to compile and showcase their writing tasks in a user-friendly digital format, fostering both creativity and organization, all while allowing you to access collaborate with students i
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5th - 12th
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DIGITAL WRITING PORTFOLIO CCSS & TEKS RUBRICS STAAR TEST PREP ECR SCR REVIEW
SHARE, COLLABORATE, AND GRADE WITH ELA WRITING DIGITAL PORTFOLIO! Elevate your writing instruction with this innovative Digital Writing Portfolio, designed specifically for CCSS AND TEXAS STAAR WRITING: SCR, ECR, ARGUMENTATIVE, OPINION, INFORMATIONAL, LITERARY ANALYSIS, AND NARRATIVE. This amazing resource empowers students to compile and showcase their writing tasks in a user-friendly digital format, fostering both creativity and organization, all while allowing you to access collaborate with s
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5th - 12th
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Four Hero-Themed Essay Prompts & Exemplars | Great for Struggling Students
This resource contains four prompts which come with example essays. This resource is editable, so you can use it however you wish. Prompt #1: What Makes Someone A HeroWrite an essay about what makes somebody a hero.Be sure to use two examples of true heroes, and give specific examples of what how each hero demonstrated this.At least one of your examples needs to come from a text we have read in class this year.Prompt #2: My Two HeroesWrite an essay about two prominent people in real life who are
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7th - 11th
The Discovery of New Worlds Christopher Columbus
How this pack gets used largely depends upon what grade level it is used for.
For grades 1 - 4
Use the reading passage as a read aloud in the classroom.
Follow through with the vocabulary and worksheets as provided.
For grades 5 - 7
Use the passage for outlining and writing their own essay.
It will take 2 - 4 lesson times to complete. This is a History / Essay lesson.
Lesson 1 - Read the passage, do the worksheets
Lesson 2 - Write an outline
Lesson 3 - Write an essay based on the outline
Grades:
1st - 7th
5-Paragraph Essay Pacing & Teaching Guide
Are your students writing a 5-paragraph essay for the first time? Make putting together your 5-paragraph essay unit easier with this FREE 5-Paragraph Essay Pacing & Teaching Guide! These five pages cover unit objectives, learning targets and standards, suggested lesson sequence, and include tips and supplemental resources. The suggested lesson sequence uses It's Lit Teaching 5-paragraph essay resources. With tips for additional scaffolding, you can easily make these lessons fit into your cla
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8th - 11th
California Mission Research Project - FREEBIE for La Purísima Concepción
This product includes a two page FREEBIE from the California Mission Research Project for Mission La Purísima Concepción. These two poster pages can be pasted to a file folder to create a stand up project.
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2nd - 5th
PreK-2nd Grade President's Day White House Essay Writing and Coloring Worksheet
Hello Smile Big Dream Bigger friends!Engage your students with the "President of the Day" essay writing and coloring book. Encourage creativity and civic learning as students imagine being President for a day. Download this free worksheet to spark lively discussions and artistic expression in your classroom.
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PreK - 2nd
Children's Author Writing Prompts (EDITABLE)
One of my favorite things I do in my classroom is have a "Featured Author" every month. My students love learning about the creator behind some of their favorite books. If you choose to do "Featured Author" in your classroom,don't limit yourself to just one book! For example, Mo Willems create many, many, many books that children love. I encourage you to use them all! This product allows you to do just that as you can CUSTOMIZE the writing prompts to meet the needs of their students. Do you want
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PreK - 6th
January 2024 Daily Creative Writing Prompts, Space-themed Writing Prompts
This is 1 page of the 300 Creative Writing Prompts Product! It includes daily writing prompts (Monday-Friday) for all of January 2024. All of the prompts are space-themed. I'm giving away January for free! If you like this and want a FULL YEAR for 2024, check out the full package.Creative writing promptsMonthly themed writing promptsEngaging writing activities for kidsImaginative writing exercisesChildren's writing inspirationDiverse writing themesKid-friendly story startersDaily creative writin
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3rd - 5th
Big Bad Wolf Opinion / Persuasive Writing
This graphic organizer / writing planner supports opinion / persuasive writing. After several versions of The Three Little Pigs, they will use this organizer to write their opinion on whether the wolf is innocent or guilty.
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1st - 3rd
Black History Month-Famous African Americans
Smartboard presentation about Black History Month. Briefly discusses the history of Black History Month. Short biographies of 20 influential African Americans followed by a 1 page outline, 1 page organized semantic map and sample for an essay on one famous African American.
27 slides long. Interactive. Suitable for grades 3-6.
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3rd - 5th
Differentiation Planning Template
Use WIDA and all 4 language modalities to plan for instruction across the week!
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PreK - 12th
Farmer Boy Chapters 1 and 2 PowerPoint using Common Core Standards
I developed this PowerPoint as part of a course I developed using the Common Core Standards. You will find close reading strategies, vocabulary development with focus on Tier Two Vocabulary words, and integrated lessons with Science and Social Studies. My students LOVE these lessons. I am using the Expeditionary Learning Modules for whole group instruction, and this unit for my On-level and Above level readers. I have also successfully used this as my whole-group instruction prior to impleme
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3rd - 5th
Illmatic/Rap Poetry Compare & Contrast 9-Week Unit
There are 9 weeks of lessons here to teach Illmatic (rap), comparing it with traditional poetry. In general the weeks follow a pattern:MON-TUE: Activities, games, lessonsWED: Elements of Poetry (metaphor, rhyme, irony, etc.)THUR: Poetry DiscussionsFRI: WritingThe first week is kind of empty because I'm sure you all have different ways of starting the year, but the rest is fairly comprehensive. Included are: 6 poetry lessons8 short poems w. homework questions14 poems + songs with discussion que
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Not Grade Specific
Day of the Dead Essay/Expository Writing Prompts
Select from five prompts for Day of the Dead reflective writing written in collaboration with English Language Arts teachers.Students have the options to write about themselves, others, the world, or from a fictional perspective. Three of the questions apply to any learning of the Day of the Dead, and two refer to the film, "Book of Life".
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7th - 12th
The Crucible: Feminist Perspective Unit Map
A unit map for reading the play "The Crucible" from a feminist perspective
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Struggle for Sea Power Captain Cook
How this pack gets used is largely depending upon what grade level it is used for.
For grades 1 - 4
Use the reading passage as a read aloud in the classroom.
Follow through with the vocabulary and worksheets as provided.
For grades 5 - 7
Use the passage for outlining and writing their own essay.
It will take 2 - 4 lesson times to complete. This is a History / Essay lesson.
Lesson 1 - Read the passage, do the worksheets
Lesson 2 - Write an outline
Lesson 3 - Write an essay based on the ou
Grades:
1st - 7th
Writing: My American Dream
This is a writing assignment that could be used with any literature unit dealing with the American Dream. It was created originally for resource English 3 students. It can be used with a wide range of ages.
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6th - 12th
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