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11th grade writing-expository activities for Microsoft PowerPoint
Debate - Slides, Organizers, Worksheets, Handout, & Topics for Classroom Debates
Debate - Slides, Organizers, Worksheets, Handout, & Topics for Classroom Debates: Elevate your classroom debates with this ready-to-use resource that has absolutely everything you need to set up and implement formal debates in your classroom. Debates are an excellent tool to enhance your students' research, writing, speaking, and listening skills. This resource provides a complete package, featuring slides, organizers, worksheets, handouts, and a selection of engaging debate topics. You will
Grades:
8th - 12th
CCSS:
Plagiarism Lesson - Presentation, One Pager Assignment, and MLA Formatting Book
Plagiarism Lesson - Presentation, One Pager Assignment, and MLA Formatting Book: Provide your students with the knowledge and skills to avoid plagiarism and uphold academic integrity with this ready-to-use plagiarism lesson, presentation, and creative assignment! This comprehensive resource includes everything you need to teach students about what plagiarism is, its consequences, and strategies to avoid it. The lesson also includes information on how to use MLA formatting to avoid plagiarism wit
Grades:
6th - 12th
Ultimate Writing Bundle for Freshman & Sophomores | High School Writing Unit
This writing bundle contains everything I use for writing throughout the year with my freshmen and sophomores. The preview contains a detailed map for using all of these products, which I have created to address different learners and needs. The material in this writing bundle is available in digital and print formats While creating these writing activities, I kept the overarching idea in mind that students can and should take responsibility in for their learning and writing. Many points through
Grades:
8th - 11th
How to Write a Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences
This bundle explains what a thesis statement is and includes step-by-step directions for writing one yourself. It then does the same thing for topic sentences and explains their importance and the differences between them.The bundle includes:1. How to Write a Thesis Statement PowerPoint (17 slides) --> includes an activity where I put students into groups of 3-4 students, give them an essay prompt, and have them come up with a thesis statement together. There are 3 different practice essay p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
MLA Formatting 9th Ed. Presentation, Activity, Citation Practice, and Task Cards
MLA Formatting 9th Ed. Presentation, Activity, Citation Practice, and Task Cards: Help empower your students with a comprehensive understanding of MLA formatting with this ready-to-use resource tailored to the 9th edition. This bundle includes a dynamic presentation, engaging activities, citation practice exercises, and task cards - all designed to guide students through the style of MLA formatting. Whether they are mastering the art of in-text citations during your essay unit or perfecting the
Grades:
7th - 12th
Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
DISTANCE LEARNING - MLA Format Bundle: Worksheets, Presentation, Task Cards
It is essential that students learn how to embed and cite quotations correctly in order to write cohesive paragraphs and essays. A lot of students struggle with correctly embedding their research into their sentences and often rely on using one method, resulting in dull writing. This resource was created to allow students to practice the many different ways they can embed quotations in their writing. Once they learn how to correctly embed quotes, they learn how to cite their sources, another imp
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Expository News Writing Tutorial & Activities
Common Core Expository News Writing Tutorial and Activities: A news writing presentation with several student activities and tons of examples and models for students.
This IS included in my Journalism Writing & Planning Bundle.
When students go out into the "real world" they'll need to be able to write clearly and concisely, restating facts and analyzing data. News writing practices all the skills essential for "real world" writing. If this writing is not your area of expertise, don't worr
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Essay Writing Resources BUNDLE
This bundle includes everything you need to teach your students how to write an effective essay. The various activities can be used for beginner, intermediate, and advanced essay writers.What's included in the file?• Essay Scavenger Hunt • Essay Writing Interactive Notebook • Essay Mini-Book • Essay Writing (High school version) • Essay Writing (Middle school version)• Peer Editing Activity (Scavenger Hunt)• Paragraph Writing (How to Write an Introduction)• Paragraph Writing (How to Write a Body
Grades:
5th - 12th
Logical Fallacies Lesson and Activity
Teenagers love to argue, and that's not necessarily a bad thing! As teachers, it is our responsibility to teach our students how to argue -- and how to recognize faulty logic in the arguments of others.In this lesson, students learn 7 types of logical fallacies and use their new knowledge to film a staged, illogical argument.This product includes the following:1 Page Teaching Suggestions1 Page Assignment Sheet / Rubric8 Slides Logical Fallacy PowerPoint Presentation(This project is part of a lar
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Public Speaking Bundle
Formal Writing Style - Academic Essay Writing Presentation, Handouts, & Activity
Formal Writing Style - Academic Essay Writing Presentation, Handouts, & Activity: This resource was designed to enhance your students' writing by helping them employ a more formal writing style in their essays! The lesson will allow students to learn practical and effective strategies to improve their academic writing style! Use the included presentation to guide the lesson, the handouts on formal writing to give students a reference to use while writing their essays, and a fun practice assi
Grades:
7th - 12th
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50 Photos to Inspire Analytical Writing with Prompts-- Great for Bell-Ringers
In this Google Slides bundle, you will find 50 photos with analytical prompts that will help students practice their analysis in a visual context, which is an effective way to reinforce literary elements and techniques in order to segue into literary analysis-- or support literary analysis.Analyzing visual media provides an excellent way to target analytical skills in smaller/shorter contexts that are not as overwhelming for students when introducing new concepts or practicing former concepts fo
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Grades:
6th - 12th
The Giver Lois Lowry Unit Novel Literature Study Guide
Completely Updated and Revised. This The Giver Study Unit Literature Guide is packed with over 140 PPT slides and 180 pages of literary analysis and writing activities. Guided PPT lectures, student notes, engaging activities, and writing workshops make this unit a simple and easy to use "print and teach" resource. All activities are standard aligned and access a variety of different learning modalities. An added bonus of 29 Literary Elements Posters is included.Unit Plan Includes:Introduction A
Grades:
6th - 12th
Literary Elements Bundle Analysis and Writing (use with any novel)
This Literary Elements and Devices Bundle has over 150 slides and 120 pages of analysis and writing activities that you can apply to any novel or short story. Characterization, symbolism, setting, internal and external conflict, theme, mood, imagery figurative language, etc. PPT lectures aligned with student notes make it easy to provide direct instruction. Graphic Organizers provide scaffolding to aid students in identifying and organizing literary elements found within a text. Writing task
Grades:
6th - 12th
Caption It! 2 More Creative & Expository Writing Exercises
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features 30 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.
Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fostering c
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Journalism Newspaper Basics 70-slide Powerpoint!
High School Journalism Newspaper Basics:70 slides!Teach your students all the basics of Newspaper writing by taking them through this powerpoint presentation that alternates between lecture/notes slides and student practice activities based on info given in notes slides. This slideshow provides notes and activities for the following:-Newspaper terms-Newspaper story types-Inverted Pyramid-What Makes News-Headline Do's and Dont's-Writing Breaking News Stories-Interviewing Basics-Quotations/Attrib
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Textual Evidence Scavenger Hunt
This is an excellent activity to help your students practice selecting the best evidence to support claims. Hang the 20 posters throughout your classroom and ask students to visit each one to determine the best piece of evidence to support the claim. Once they select the best piece of evidence, they will uncover a message. This bundle includes:Google Slides Presentation on Evaluating Effective EvidenceClassroom Posters: Indicators of Effective EvidenceTextual Evidence Exit TicketTextual Evidence
Grades:
9th - 12th
Paraphrasing vs. Commentary: A Guide for Literary Analysis
In this activity, students will review examples of paraphrasing vs. commentary as well as how to write an analytical "chunk" that includes a quote plus commentary. They will then apply these concepts to their own writing and go back to revise their commentary for analysis/ commentary. All examples use Hamlet as the guiding text.Too often, students get stuck simply paraphrasing their textual evidence. They think they are writing analysis, but in fact, all they are writing is plot summary. Pa
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Formal Letters, Informal Letters and Email Writing - Big Bundle!
These engaging and detailed resources have been designed to make the learning of formal letter, informal letter, and email writing easily accessible, engaging and interesting for all children. Throughout each lesson, students learn to improve their skill at using appropriate and imaginative content, language and structural choices depending upon the purpsoe and audience of different letters/ emails. Each lesson contains a comprehensive whole lesson PowerPoint, all the resources that you will nee
Grades:
3rd - 11th
How to Write an Introduction PowerPoint
This guided 18-slide PowerPoint takes students through the steps of writing an introduction for any essay. The presentation defines each part of the introduction (attention getter, background, tri-part thesis), and gives an example. The presentation directs students to write their own pieces of the introduction as the presentation moves along. Also included are easy-to-remember acronyms that will help students learn how to write an introduction for an essay.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Basic Tips for Writing a Literary Analysis -AP Exam or General Essay PPT
Check out this PPT for writing a Literary AnalysisBasic Tips for Writing a Literary Analysis Strategies for the AP ExamTo StartIdentify the author(s) and title(s) of the work(s) you are studying in the opening paragraph. Write in the present tense. EXAMPLE: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visit Emily Grierson's house because it smells bad.NOT: In Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," the townspeople visited Emily Grierson's house because it smelled bad.Write about literature in the pr
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Writing PowerPoints Bundle
Lowell Mill Girls Document Base Question and Lesson
The purpose of this activity is to familiarize students with life at Lowell Mills and the causes and effects of the strike. Students will use primary sources to compare and contrast accounts of life at Lowell. Students will examine documents from the Lowell Mill and also documents about the strike. Then students will analyze the documents to determine if the accounts are exaggerated. Finally, students will evaluate the strike's impact on the labor union movement and the women's rights moveme
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Grades:
8th - 11th
New Years Resolution Digital Presentation and Activity
Available in Google or PowerPoint! Welcome your students back to school after the winter break with this fun, creative, and beneficial New Year's Resolution assignment! In this interactive presentation students will engage in groups to brainstorm possible areas of improvement. They will then develop those ideas into writing. This presentation is interactive, uses fun cartoons to emphasize points, and possibly could make a lasting impact on a student. Start the New Year in style with your cl
Grades:
6th - 12th
Hunger Games Hero's Journey Activity
This Hunger games resource provides activities and worksheets to facilitate students' understanding and application Katniss's character and how she reflects Joseph Campbell's theory of The Hero's Journey. Editable PPT lecture (can be used with any novel) and Student Notes guide students in analyzing any novel and how the plot resembles Campbell's Hero's Journey.
This resource is part of our Hunger Games Bundle
Hunger Games Bundle
For the close reading bundle with 3 excerpts from the novel
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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