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6th grade writing-essays activities $5-10
Informative Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Informative Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of informative writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first informative essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides or PowerPoint.This unit is broken down into 18 lessons and should be used over the course of 5 to 6 weeks:Lesson 1: Diving Into to Informative TextsLesson 2: What is Informative Writing?Lesson 3: Informative Writing T
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Country Research Projects Study Report Countries Around the World Research
Country Research Projects: This newly revised (July 2023) country study worksheet packet will help your 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade social studies students conduct a country study research project for countries around the world. It not only includes country research graphic organizers and templates and for gathering information and conducting country research, but also guidance and skills for country report writing and giving a presentation. Grading rubrics, answer keys, differentiated a
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4th - 7th
Opinion Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Opinion Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of opinion writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first opinion essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 13 lessons and should be used over the course of 3 to 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is Opinion Writing?Lesson 2: Opinion Writing TopicsLesson 3: Selecting a TopicLesson 4: Brainstorm & OrganizeLesson 5
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Thesis Statement and Essay Introduction - Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of writing an introductory paragraph and thesis statement with this print and digital essay writing unit focusing on the introduction. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills and write a well-developed and complete thesis statement and introduction paragraph for their multi-paragraph essay.This essay writing teaching resource includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable presentation for direct instruction, pr
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6th - 10th
Literary Essay Analysis Writing About Reading 3rd 4th Grade ELA Test Prep
Are baby literary essays or extended constructed responses an expectation for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? This all-in-one print and digital reading pack is exactly what you need to help your upper elementary students succeed with writing essays about the books that they read!Help your grade 3, 4, and 5 students master the skill of writing these reading essays with the included easy-to-use modeled example writing, graphic organizers, templates, tasks, sorts, checklists, rubrics, and mu
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3rd - 6th
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RACE Strategy PowerPoint for Writing Responses with Text Evidence Support
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce the RACE writing strategy to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! Use this student-friendly PowerPoint to teach your students how to write a short response to a passage-based question. After reading a passage, students can use the RACE strategy to construct a formal response to the question that follows the passage. By teaching students this strategy, they learn how to
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4th - 6th
Also included in: RACE Strategy Bundle for Writing Responses with Text Evidence Support
Argumentative Text - Reading Analysis & Writing - Digital + Print
Need a facelift for your argumentative text curriculum? This resource includes multiple activities (printable through PowerPoint and digital version in Google Slides) for analyzing and writing argumentative text! It will have your students thinking critically about valid claims, intended audiences, credible sources, supporting evidence, and opposing claims. Most of the activities are available to print or assign digitally via Google Slides.⭐PERFECT FOR LEARNING IN A DIGITAL CLASSROOM!⭐Included
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4th - 6th
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The Argument Games: Two Week Argument Essay Writing Unit
Engage your middle and high school students in over two weeks of "The Argument Writing Games" that culminate in polished argument writing pieces! Use print or digitally! Events Include: Finding Gold Medal EvidenceDeconstructing ArgumentsFormulating a Winning OutlineMoving from Outline to DraftRevision StationsClosing Ceremonies Publishing PartyIncludes everything you need for easy implementing: 42 slide PowerPointDetailed lesson plansPhotocopy instructionsPrintable Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal
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6th - 10th
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Paragraph Structure - WRITING OREO / TEEL / PEEL
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE — OREO / TEEL / PEEL!... because there is such a range in preference, this resource includes a breakdown of the acronyms: PEEL, TEEL and OREO. These acronyms support students in writing effective paragraphs to ensure they are making a solid point, providing examples and reasons, whilst explaining their thinking and summarising their argument. TEEL: topic, example, explain, linkTEEL: topic, explain, example, linkPEEL: point, example, explain, linkPEEL: point, explain, example,
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Persuasive Writing: Bundle
Explaining Evidence Sentence Stems
When students write a constructed response, citing evidence is crucial. However, defending and explaining that evidence becomes key in developing comprehension and assessing knowledge of the text.By providing students with stems to help them explain the evidence they've selected, writers are able to defend their claim and fully describe how the evidence supports their answer. This is, typically, a difficult skill for students to master and these stems provide an outline and a structure to the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing Successful Constructed Responses
Information Report Writing Prompts
Set up an Information Report writing activity with these 10 Informative Writing Prompts. Your students will love learning about various animals while planning their text.Each prompt card includes a photo and information that can be used to write an Information Report about an animal.Like this? Check out the Australian Animal version, here and the Mini Beasts Version!Have a question? Use the Product Q & A or email me at talesfrommissd@gmail.comInformation Report ResourcesInformation Report Wr
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2nd - 6th
Author's Purpose
Author's Purpose: this packet will help your students practice determining the purpose of the author: PIE= Persuade, Inform and Entertain. The activities are meant to be additional and should be used once your students have been presented to author's purpose.
This pack includes:
6 posters
3 Graphic organizers
28 Task Cards
The Great P.I.E. Hunt Activity
3 Writing Activities Using Each Purpose
3 Picture Activities
5 Writing Activities Using the 3 Purposes
1 Blank Writing Sheet
Answer Key
Othe
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3rd - 6th
Informative and Explanatory Essay Writing Unit - Teacher Guide - Print & Digital
Informative Essay (aka Explanatory Essay) Writing Unit includes everything you need to help students grasp the concept of informational writing, the structure and organization of an Informative/Explanatory Essay, sample essays for peer-editing practice, rubrics, notes, and more! Designed for middle or high school students. Includes Teacher Notes/Instructions, Notes on the elements of an Informative Essay, handouts on the organization and structure, writing a Compare/Contrast Thesis, a Peer-Editi
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6th - 9th
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Logical Fallacies Meme Lesson Rhetorical Fallacies Handout and Google Slides
LOGICAL FALLACY MEMESYour students will get a fun and engaging introductory lesson to 10 of the most common logical / rhetorical fallacies using memes and the included handout.The interactive slide show allows students to play along and try to determine which fallacy is represented by each meme before you reveal the answer. The included handout has a description and an example for all 10 featured fallacies.Fallacies covered in this lesson include: Slippery SlopeAd HominemBandwagon Appeal or Ad P
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6th - 12th
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Opinion Writing Prompts with Graphic Organizers: Persuasive Writing Prompts
Persuasive Writing Prompts & Graphic Organizers: Opinion Writing PromptsSay goodbye to boring persuasive writing prompts! These opinion writing prompts are FUN and ENGAGING for students!These no-prep persuasive writing prompts worksheets are standards-aligned for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. This file includes the following:A brief overview of the purpose of persuasive writing on reference pages 24 persuasive writing prompts with built-in graphic organizersNOTE: Each prompt includes a pre
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3rd - 6th
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Writing Hooks Practice Activities Argumentative Opinion Writing Digital Escape
Writing a hook is FUN with a Digital 360 Escape Room for Argumentative Writing. Students dive under the sea to discover the methods and process of writing a great hook! Includes: 4 interactive scenes, games, examples, clues, escape codes, and puzzles. Students also venture into Bad Hook Swamp to learn what NOT to do when writing hooks and leads. Guaranteed FUN and ENGAGEMENT! NO PREP! NO ACCOUNTS NEEDED!!HERE'S HOW IT WORKS! (with sound effects in ALL scenes)SCENE #1: UNDER THE SEA- Students e
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5th - 8th
Wait, Wait! Don't Shoot! A Persuasive Writing Thanksgiving Activity!
Teach Persuasive Writing with this fun activity where the students act like they are the turkey and they try to persuade the farmer not to eat them for Thanksgiving Dinner!
Your students will be engaged in the writing process with a variety of whole class, partner and small group activities that help them formulate their stance, come up with reasons and alternatives and review persuasive language as well as personal pronouns.
Common Core Aligned! ELACC4W1a-d
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- 1 Writing
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3rd - 6th
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Information Report Writing Prompts Australian Animals
Set up an Information Report writing activity with these 10 Informative Writing Prompts. Your students will love learning about Australian animals while planning their text.Each prompt card includes a photo and information that can be used to write an Information Report about an animal.Like this? check out the other Animal version, here and the Mini Beasts Version!Have a question? Use the Product Q & A or email me at talesfrommissd@gmail.comInformation Report ResourcesInformation Report Writ
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2nd - 6th
Fun Essay Hooks Writing Game and Practice Activity for Middle School ELA
"But I don't know how to start!" Sound familiar? Even when our students have great ideas, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions for their essays. This fun game and activity changes that!First, students are split into five teams. Each team is given 8 game cards with examples of catchy essay hooks. Five types of hooks are included: quote, unexpected fact, anecdote, controversial statement, and kidding around (Q.U.A.C.K.). The teams then race to trade cards wi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
Hound Dog True: a Literature Study
“Hound Dog True” is the story of soon-to-be fifth grader Mattie Breen. Mattie and her mother move a lot; the two have just moved in with Mattie’s uncle. Uncle Potluck is a custodian at the local elementary school and Mattie helps him with custodial duties in the weeks before school starts. This work of realistic fiction allows readers to connect with Mattie and follow her as she changes and grows.
In this literature study you will find a variety of resources to help your students read deeper a
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4th - 8th
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RACE Writing Strategy: 12 Nonfiction Practice Passages with Test Prep Questions
Are you searching for practice passages that can be used to review the RACE writing strategy? You've come to the right place! Your students will have many opportunities to practice how to write a short response to a passage-based question. After reading a nonfiction passage, students use the RACE strategy to construct a formal response to the short-answer question that follows the passage. As an added bonus, each nonfiction passage is also followed by a worksheet that features four multiple-choi
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACE Strategy Bundle for Writing Responses with Text Evidence Support
Argument Writing Student Visual Guide Common Core 6-12
Argument Writing Common Core-Aligned STUDENT VISUAL GUIDE for Grades 6-12
*This printable visual guide is only a part of my Argument writing unit. It does NOT include the student graphic organizers/handouts.
This guide IS included in the following bundles:
Common Core Argument Writing Unit Grades 6-12
Argument Essay Writing Bundle + Editable Presentation and Handouts
and ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE
USING THE VISUAL GUIDE
Students won't struggle writing an argument with my
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Character Traits Essay - Literary Essay Writing for ANY Text
Character Traits Essay – Informative Writing - Here’s a literary essay made easy and ready to use with ANY text! This step-by-step resource is designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process of writing a character analysis essay. Easy-to-follow templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs! Includes a model essay, motivating pre-writing activities, rubric, and character traits list. Standards-aligned with differentiation.NOTE: This is a print resour
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5th - 8th
Essay Writing: Teach your students to write a multi-paragraph essay
This is a fully-planned writing unit. This 2 week structured writing unit uses a color-coding system to help your students successfully structure their writing and produce quality multi-paragraph essays. This unit works great as test prep, too! With original activities to pair with suggested engaging mentor texts, students will be using research-based strategies to improve their writing!Included in this resource:2 weeks of lesson plansFive different original nonfiction passages that will engage
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3rd - 6th
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