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Tarasiuk Park

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GIVER Essay/Discussion Questions for Every Chapter

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Common Core Literature Circles Bundle

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CCSS Aligned Informative Essay Outline and Guide

By Tarasiuk Park

This informative essay outline, guide, and rubric will help students develop a well written essay that includes a thesis, details that support their thesis, a creative introduction, and a thought provoking conclusion. This guide is a great tool to

Subjects:

Writing-Expository, Music Composition, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Outlines, Graphic Organizers

$2.00

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The Outsiders Essay Bundle-3 CCSS aligned Informative Essay Topics

By Tarasiuk Park

These essays are designed for students to think deeply about The Outsiders by completing a step by step outline prior to writing the essay. The 3 topics are Symbolism, Dramatic Narration, and Themes/Society. Statements from the CCSS aligned

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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CCSS:

W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.2

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The Outsiders-Informative Essay-Society/Themes

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay is designed for students to think deeply about The Outsiders by completing a step by step outline prior to writing the essay. This essay guides students to think and write about how the themes in the book reflect society's issues.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

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$2.00

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Essay Writing-On Demand Writing-BRACES PLUS BLUEPRINT

By Tarasiuk Park

DEVELOP YOUR STUDENTS TEXT ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION SKILLS BRACES PLUS INCLUDES *70 question stems that lead to analysis and interpretation of text. *Task Cards for additional support. BRACES will prepare students for constructed response

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Task Cards

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.6, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8, CCRA.W.9

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Touching Spirit Bear Essay on The Circle of Life

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay includes a multiple part question to guide students in their thinking and writing about Cole's relationships with others in Touching Spirit Bear. The bottom of the first page is a bookmark that students can cut out and use to guide them

Subjects:

Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Outlines, Printables

CCSS:

W.5.2, W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.2

$2.00

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Essay Writing-On Demand Writing- BRACES BLUEPRINT

By Tarasiuk Park

DEVELOP YOUR STUDENTS TEXT ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION SKILLS BRACES will prepare students for constructed response questions that require evidence. These are the types of writing exercises they will see on new standardized tests. This also helps

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.W.3, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.6, CCRA.W.7, CCRA.W.8

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Touching Spirit Bear-Essay on Symbolism and Theme

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay includes a multiple part question to guide students in their thinking and writing about symbolism and theme. The bottom of the first page is a bookmark that students can cut out and use to guide them as they annotate their books. A

Subjects:

Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Outlines, Printables

$2.00

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GIVER Essay/Discussion Questions for Every Chapter

By Tarasiuk Park

The Giver-Text Dependent Discussion Questions These questions are designed to help students answer text dependent discussion questions using the BRACES format. Using BRACES will help your students develop their skills for essay and on-demand

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2...

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Common Core Literature Circles Bundle

By Tarasiuk Park

Literature Circles that address the standards, engage students, and make each circle member more accountable. Revised classics and new jobs that help teachers address some of the trickier objectives in the CCSS. Each circle member has more

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Close Reading

Grades:

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

Types:

Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.6

$5.00

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Edgar Allan Poe-Suspense and Mood-NO PREP CCSS Aligned Informative Essay

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay is designed for students to analyze an author's craft by writing about Poe's use of words to create suspense and mood in any of his short stories and poems. Students prepare for this essay by completing a step by step outline prior to

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

W.7.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.2

$2.00

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Edgar Allan Poe-The Insane Narrator-NO PREP CCSS Aligned Informative Essay-

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay is designed for students to think deeply about Poe's use of the insane narrator in any of his poems and short stories. Students prepare for this essay by completing a step by step outline prior to writing the essay. Statements from the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

W.7.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.2

$2.00

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Edgar Allan Poe NO PREP Essay Bundle- Set of 4 CCSS Aligned Essays

By Tarasiuk Park

These essays are designed to guide students through the development and writing of informative and narrative essays after the reading of any of Poe's work. Students prepare for each essay by completing a step by step outline prior to writing. Essay

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

W.7.2, W.7.3, W.8.2, W.8.3, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.3, W.11-12.2, W.11-12.3

$6.00

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Close Reading Bookmark

By Tarasiuk Park

*After having used this resource for little over a year I've updated it. This zip file contains the original version and the updated version. The updated version includes: *Notice and Note signposts *Question stems that students can use to form

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables

$1.00

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Informative Essay Bundle

By Tarasiuk Park

Choice is motivating! This bundle contains three different essay topics for any novel. These tools are all you need to guide your students to develop an effective essay about the conflict, point of view, or theme in any book they are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2

$5.00

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The Outsiders-Informative Essay-SE Hinton's use of Symbolism

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay is designed for students to think deeply about The Outsiders by completing a step by step outline prior to writing the essay. For this essay students will be required to identify and write about symbols in the novel. Statements from

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

CCSS:

W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.2

$2.00

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The Outsiders-Informative Essay-Is Ponyboy a reliable narrator?

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay is designed for students to think deeply about The Outsiders by completing a step by step outline prior to writing the essay. For this essay students will need to determine if Ponyboy is a reliable narrator and use the text to support

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

$2.00

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Close Reading Flip Book/Interactive Notebook Lesson-NON FICTION

By Tarasiuk Park

This resource can be used as a stand alone flip book that students keep with them in their folders, or glued into an interactive notebook for easy reference. Use this resource to encourage and guide your students to read non fiction texts closely.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Printables, Interactive Notebooks

CCSS:

RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, RI.5.4, RI.5.5, RI.5.6, RI.5.7, RI.5.8, RI.5.9, RI.5.10

$2.00

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Personal Narrative Writing Stations

By Tarasiuk Park

These stations will give your students several opportunities to write deeply about themselves: -You can present this as a google slideshow to your whole class, where everyone works on the same stations.-You can easily share this google slideshow

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Google Apps, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.5, CCRA.W.6

$3.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Essay on Theme-CCSS ELA Informative Aligned

By Tarasiuk Park

This tool is all you need to guide your students to develop an effective essay about the theme in any book they are reading. Included in this downloadable PDF are: *A guide that explains all the different parts of an essay *A bookmark that students

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

CCSS:

CCRA.W.2

$2.00

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Touching Spirit Bear Essay on Author's Craft

By Tarasiuk Park

This essay includes a multiple part question to guide students in their thinking and writing about flashbacks and point of view in Touching Spirit Bear. The bottom of the first page is a bookmark that students can cut out and use to guide them as

Subjects:

Writing-Essays

Grades:

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

Types:

Outlines, Printables

CCSS:

W.5.2, W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2, W.9-10.2, W.11-12.2

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (0.16 MB)

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