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8th grade writing-essays tools for common cores for Microsoft Publisher
Organized Paragraph Writing for Struggling Writers
I use this with my students with learning disabilities to help them write organized paragraphs. Often they are simply asked to write and don't know how to start or what to include. It keeps them on track and prevents them from rambling or adding unnecessary details.
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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Venn Diagram with Lines
This was developed because my students had a problem getting the information in the appropiate places.
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Feel free to email me with requests for alternate programs.
Most pages are black and white so they can be easily printed or copied.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education
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How to Format Titles in MLA Format
This cheat sheet will remind students how to format their titles in MLA format for both handwritten and typed essays. Print out the cheat sheet in poster size and hang it in your classroom as a helpful reminder. Thank you for purchasing this product!Please leave a review below! -Booking Literature
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Academic Discussion Placemat
Create a placemat for each student in your class to use during Socratic Seminars, formal and informal discussions. Teach sentence frames to students and watch them appear in discussion and writing,.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Meet the Teacher Letter
I created this letter to send home the first day to give parent's a great first impression of their child's new teacher. If you don't require the cut-off at the bottom, simply change the page size to a regular 8.5"x11" sheet. Completely editable! (Click Hyperlink of Word Cloud to go directly to website to create your own!)
NOTE: Editable file is in a .pub format so please ensure you have access to Microsoft Publisher before purchasing this item!
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Compare and Contrast (Alternate T Chart)
This was developed due to my students not being able to fit their thoughts into the typicall diagram for compare and contrast.
Just add a title and label each section.
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Feel free to email me with requests for alternate programs.
Most pages are black and white so they can be easily printed or copied.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Research Paper in an Alternate Media
This year we wrote our research papers in a different form. We made a "dossier." Using Microsoft Publisher or a similar software, we wrote the same paper but it looked different. I found that by allowing them the use of graphics, design, illustration and color, I had better papers and a higher number of students turned in the paper.
The preview file is the assignment sheet and a sample. The product file is the template that I gave the students--no easy task to create, but it's done and made
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
PAT the prompt writing prompt breakdown
Use PAT to help students understand how to unpack a writing prompt.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Distance/Remote learning WEEKLY WRITING PROMPTS! INFORMATIONAL-NARRATIVE-OPINION
INFORMATIONAL-NARRATIVE-OPINION writing for the whole year! 36 weeks of fun and intentional prompts to help your students succeed!
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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ELA CCSS Book Studies: Argument Writing, Text Complexity, Subjects Matter
Are you looking for resources to have teachers think deeply about next steps for instruction in regards to the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts?
This resource is an advertisement for three book studies and the moderating questions to facilitate discussions amongst participants. The file is a publisher file that can be edited to fit your needs. The titles addressed in this are: Teaching Argument Writing, Text Complexity, and Subjects Matter.
Subjects Matter is a great book if
Grades:
6th - 12th
CER Argumentative Paper Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use while writing an argumentative paper.
We use CER in my district (I've heard other other use ICE) so I have that along the bottom of the page. You can easily edit this out if you don't use this particular method.
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Grades:
6th - 11th
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Argument Writing Rubric - Fully Editable!
Use this argument essay rubric with grades 7-12. This rubric is designed for a five paragraph essay and is very specific which allows you to give better feedback on your students' strengths and weaknesses. This rubric is fully editable, so once you download it, you can customize it to fit your needs!
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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Argumentative Paragraph Graphic Organizer- INTRODUCTION ONLY!
This INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH example was built for my 8th grade ELA class, specifically my standard, ELL, and EC kids. A graphic organizer that is visually appealing for kids, easy to follow, and broken down into multiple components for more direct instruction. Enjoy!
Grades:
5th - 9th
MEL-Con Writing Graphic Organizer Black and White Publisher File - 2 versions
Based on the MEL-Con graphic organizer designed by Jim Schiferl, this MEL-Con has been cleaned up to create more writing space for students, include a writing prompt box, and eliminate the color-coded boxes so that it can be readable after duplicated. As a graphic organizer, MEL-Con helps students organize their thoughts to write a thorough paragraph.
In this Microsoft Publisher file, you get 2 versions of the MEL-Con that you can personalize with your writing prompt, teacher's name, and class
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Informative Writing Rubric
This rubric is a condensed version of the CAASP rubric. The categories and bullet points align with the format on the end of the year state test.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Persuasive Strategies FRIES exercise
This half sheet exercise challenges students to find the persuasive strategies used in a persuasive paragraph (FRIES: Facts, Reasons, Illustrations, Examples, and Statistics) and underline them in different colors. Then, students are challenged to write their own persuasive paragraph using FRIES. This activity was originally used in 7th grade language arts to review persuasive stratigies, but would be great for any middle grades class learning persuasive stratigies.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Teacher Conference Informational Writing Checklist
This document can serve as guidance during a student-teacher writing conference for informational writing.
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Revising and Editing Guide for Composition Notebook
I used this for my students to include in their composition notebooks for help when revising and editing their writings.
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Weekly Homework
This is an editable homework assignment for each night of the week. It can be used to review Common Core Standards taught that week, review questions for test, pre-test, skills practice, etc.
Grades:
K - 12th
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Goal setting organizer
This organizer can be used with students to set personal goals. The document takes them through the process of setting an objective, determining their steps for mastering the objective, what resources they will need for this goal, and how they will demonstrate mastery of the goal.
Grades:
1st - 9th, Staff
Basic 5 paragraph informative essay graphic organizer
This is a graphic organizer for students to use when writing a simple 5 paragraph informative essay. The first page has all sections on it while the following pages are broken down by paragraphs. Some students do well with the one page while other students benefit from the larger spaces. There is a place to track page numbers. The last sheet has a place to put notes for citations. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Fun Pairing Cards Make Partners without fuss
I found some partners cards one day when I was searching for ideas and loved them so much I made some of my own. These are Australian Based as we have rugby with an Australian rugby player, australian basketballers, meat pies with sauce, fish and chips. I love using these in class and the children love them too
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Rubric Collection
This is a collection of rubrics that I have used over the years. They are predominately for Language Arts/English. There are rubrics for essays, myth writing, oral presentations, etc.
Feel free to use or edit them for your own purposes.
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Informational Writing Student Checklist
This document is a student checklist for informational writing.
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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