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Five Paragraph Essays Lesson Bundle (DISTANCE LEARNING): Unit for ANY Prompt!

By Secondary Sara

Now with Google Slides versions of lessons for distance learning! Students need to learn the rules in order to break them. Teach students about five paragraph essay structure with this bundle of lessons, ready to use before or during ANY essay

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, Homeschool

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Essay Writing Mega Bundle: ALL of my Current and Future Essay Lessons!

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My students spend a lot of time mastering the foundations of essay writing so they are well-prepared for upper grade levels, standardized tests, and college. Download ALL of my best essay-writing lessons and save yourself TONS of time with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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Analysis Booklets & Writing Mini-Unit: Use with ANY Essay!

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Do your students struggle to choose, lead into, cite, and analyze evidence? Need them to give more detail in their answers or explain data, direct quotes, and facts in writing? Use this booklet and quiz set to give them a crash course on analysis

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays, Test Preparation

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

W.7.8, W.7.9, W.8.8, W.8.9, W.9-10.8, W.9-10.9, W.11-12.8, W.11-12.9

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Writing Menus for Teens Bundle: A Year of 400 Seasonal/Monthly Prompts

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Need a writing system for older students that is unique, easy to differentiate, and accomplishes SEVERAL genres of writing? Use this series of choice menus to keep students consistently writing! This set of activities is ideal for... • Sub

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Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Projects, Activities

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Introductions are like Free Samples (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

By Secondary Sara

Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Introduction paragraphs are like free samples of food – it’s your one chance to grab a customer (reader) and convince them to “buy in” and keep reading. This lesson teaches students that it’s

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Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1a, W.6.2a, W.7.1a, W.7.2a, W.8.1a, W.8.2a, W.9-10.1a, W.9-10.2a

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Transitions are like Waiters (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

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Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Transitional words, phrases, or sentences are like great waiters: they improve the timing and flow of the entire meal (essay) to control your satisfaction. Use this easy simile to teach your students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1c, W.6.2c, W.7.1c, W.7.2c, W.8.1c, W.8.2c, W.9-10.1c, W.9-10.2c

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Essay Structure Unit & Flipbook: Cause/Effect, Problem/Solution, & More!

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Want to stretch students into new structures of essay writing? Need a quick, practical overview of essays, especially to break out of the five-paragraph-essay rut?Use this flipbook and its accompanying resources to give students a keepsake reference

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$7.50

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Prompt Analysis & Brainstorming Lesson

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It's one thing to UNDERSTAND a prompt: the true question, the action verbs, and all parts of the directions. It's something else to brainstorm all of the perspectives, counterarguments, and connections possible to come up with a complex

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts

CCSS:

W.6.5, W.7.5, W.8.5, W.9-10.5, W.11-12.5

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Evidence is like Seasoning (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!

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Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Evidence in a paragraph is like a well-seasoned meal: it’s more exciting, appeals more to the consumer, and fully finishes the meal. Use this easy simile to teach your students why essays NEED

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Handouts, Google Apps, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.2b, W.7.2b, W.8.2b, W.9-10.2b

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FREE Conclusions are like Dessert: 45-Minute Essay Writing Lesson

By Secondary Sara

Conclusions can be tough to write, but they are so critical to an essay: the equivalent of a dessert after a meal, leaving a final impression on the reader.This *EDITABLE* 45-minute lesson introduces students to conclusion paragraphs through a

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.1e, W.6.2f, W.7.1e, W.7.2f, W.8.1e, W.8.2f, W.9-10.1e, W.9-10.2f, W.11-12.1e, W.11-12.2f

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Essay Football: Revision GAME for Secondary ELA

By Secondary Sara

Want to play a revision GAME to take peer feedback to the next level? Play Essay Football to constructively pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of each student’s essay!In this game, 2 players use a system of penalties and compliments to gain yards

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Games

$4.99

$3.50

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FREE Writing Quote of the Week Collection

By Secondary Sara

This collection of 41 writing quotes gives you one quote per week in the school year, with a few to spare! Inspire your writers with fresh "food for thought" on why writing is important and enjoyable. The quotes are mostly general thoughts on

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

6 years of teaching 7th & 8th grade ELA, and 8 years of high school tutoring experience. I'm also a National Writing Project consultant and writing team coach. I'm constantly involved with both the middle and high school "worlds", and I love all of these grade levels and their quirks!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I teach with a lot of technology and student-centered projects! I flip my ELA curriculum when I can, and create units in which students drive their own learning. Student motivation is very important to me, and we spend time in class talking about why the lesson matters to their futures.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Writing Project Teacher Consultant; Conference presenter; Kappa Phi Kappa Award 2010

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor's degree with honors in English Pre-Education, with minors in Professional Writing and Music. Master's degree in Integrated English Language Arts 7-12. Both degrees are from THE Ohio State University!

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Check out my blog at secondarysara.com! You can also interact with me on Facebook and Pinterest.

GRADES

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Social Studies, World Languages, Latin, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Study Skills, Short Stories, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Classroom Community