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Middle school writing-essays activities for SMART Notebook
How to Write An Essay: Steps in the Writing Process - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
**THIS is a SMART Notebook Version**
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In this Steps in the Writing Process Graphic Organizer, students will learn how to write a great essay. Students touch each step in the writing process to reveal helpful tips about completing a great essay. Our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Libraries Face Sad Chapter
This SmartBoard presentation includes slides that contain vocabulary words, key terms definitions as well as the key elements of a writing a persuasive essay -- It also covers the terms ethos. pathos. logos and includes a link to a short video making it easy for students to understand these terms There are quick writes and vocabulary word images to keep students engaged and everything needed to project and provide direct instruction for the nonfiction persuasive essay "Libraries Face Sad Chap
Grades:
6th - 12th
Classroom Community - Teamwork/Comm. Blindfolded Potato Head (SmartBoard)
TEACHER'S INSTRUCTIONS
GOAL: To build classroom community by having participants use communication and teamwork to successfully assemble Mrs. Potato Head blindfolded.
COMMON CORE STANDARDS:
SL 6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL 6.2 Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
Narrative Newspaper
This writing activity is a great back to school activity or even a culminating writing assessment for a unit for using media. Students are asked to create a Newspaper featuring two articles a narrative and an editorial, an advertisement,a nameplate, a masthead, and dateline. I suggest using Microsoft Publisher to complete this activity. Challenge you stuents to use technology and integrate media words into your lessons. This SMART Notebook lesson includes 10 pages with some student interacti
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Grades:
6th - 8th
How to Write An Essay: Pro and Con T-Chart - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
**THIS is a SMART Notebook Version**
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In this Pro and Con T-Chart Graphic Organizer, students will learn how to compare pros and cons of a certain topic. Students drag the pros and cons from the list to their correct position on the pro and con t-chart for the topic, "should school be 2 hours longer each day?". Our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Blo
Grades:
5th - 8th
How to Write An Essay: Proofreading Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation - NOTEBOOK
**THIS is a SMART Notebook Version**
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In this Proofreading Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Graphic Organizer, students will learn how to accurately proofread an essay for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. Students touch the errors in spelling and grammar in the essay about the Life Cycle if Frogs; then drag the correct words and punctuations marks to the essay to complete
Grades:
5th - 8th
How to Write An Essay: Narrative Essay - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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In this Narrative Essay Storyboard Graphic Organizer, students will learn how to complete a narrative essay. Students drag the images representing verbs to their correct position in the storyboard to complete the essay. Our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
How to Write An Essay: Descriptive Essay - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
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In this Descriptive Essay Fill-In-The-Blanks Graphic Organizer, students will learn how to complete the body paragraph of a descriptive essay. Students drag the adjectives from the list to fill in the blanks in the provided unfinished descriptive essay. Our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
How to Write An Essay: Informative Fact-Based Essays - NOTEBOOK Gr. 5-8
**THIS is a SMART Notebook Version**
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In this Informative Fact-Based Essays Graphic Organizer, students will learn how to distinguish between opinions and facts. Students replace all the sentences that are opinions in the provided informative essay about California Movie Studios with facts. Our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Step by Step Theme Essay In Groups
Students will read the picture book Pink and Say. Once the story is complete students will be taken step by step throughout the process of writing an essay. Each individual step will be discussed and reviewed starting with a thesis statement to the final draft. Instruction will allowed for differentiation based on needs and abilities. Students can then show their ability to write an essay by working on their own based on the novel of their choice.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Write Steps: Conjunctions
SMART Notebook activity teaching students how to use conjunctions in their narrative writing.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Analyzying a Quote by Ray Bradbury with a 1 Paragraph Essay (smartboard)
Quick bell work activity
Could easily be adjusted to a longer essay
Smartboard program
I do not own the rights to the quote or the photo used
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
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