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Middle school writing-essays activity videos
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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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
6 Traits of Writing: Conventions Lesson
Save money when you bundle! 6 Trait Unit:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Interactive-Learner-6-Traits-Portfolio-Unit-1936406
This lesson was designed as part of a unit to teach the 6 traits of writing. It includes:
*Detailed PowerPoint with Instructions:
-Topic/Do
-Anticipatory Set
-Definition of Word Choice
-Bad Example of Word Choice
-Good Example of Word Choice
-Real World Mistakes Activity
-Proofreading Symbols Practice
-Carousel Activity
-Video
-Conventions Activity/Asse
Grades:
4th - 8th
Digital Introduction to Argument Writing Lesson & Activity for High School
Do your high school students struggle with argument writing, creating claims, counterclaims and using text evidence? Teach them the pieces of argument writing, how to include proper text evidence and how to create a claim, counterclaim, and challenge sentence. Students then put together their pieces by writing a body paragraph. This NO PREP digital lesson can be used for your students in high school, or middle school and includes a rubric! This lesson includes three teaching videos for students,
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in:Â High School Writing Skills Digital Lessons & Activities NO PREP Bundle
Freak the Mighty - Text Based Evidence - Text Analysis Essay Writing Lesson
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a compare and contrast essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an compare and contrast writing graphic organizer, rubric, compare and contrast writing quiz, and a comparison contrast writing template.All aspects of text evidence
Grades:
6th - 8th
0:59
Video Form Transition Word Presentation
This is a video form of a transition word PowerPoint I created to introduce students to using transition words. It helps them to recognize the different categories of transitions as well. Can be used with the Transition word exit tickets on my storefront. Regular presentation is also available on the storefront.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
6:17
R.A.C.E Writing Technique
R.A.C.E is an acronym which stands for Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Explain. As you may have guessed, RACE is not just for literature responses! However, it does make a great tool to help learners construct their answers in a clear, logical format. Hi, I'm Mr. O and I love teaching the writing technique to our top scholars. Please view this video and I hope students will love it! @thehiphopteacher #englishgrammer#englishwriting#ELA#teachersresources#teacherspayteachers#race#r.a.c.e #schoo
Grades:
4th - 12th
CCSS:
Interactive Introduction to Personal Narratives Featuring Story Corps
This resource is available to use with the Pear Deck Add-On in Google Slides/Powerpoint. It begins with a bell-ringer about oral tradition, which I've found most middle schoolers don't know about! From there, the students are lead through an interactive discussion about storytelling, why stories are vital to our humanity, and how oral tradition eventually led to our writing down our stories. This resource features a number of personal, animated stories from Story Corps (all around 2-3 minutes lo
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Evidence Based Claims
This is a fun interactive video introducing evidence-based claims. Students will have to determine "who dun-it" in the "Mystery of the Missing Easter Bunny. "This should be paired with the evidence based organizer found on my page. The video is about 5:30 long.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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1:22
Mini Lesson:The Importance of Punctuation using Lesson Story Connections (video)
Do your students need a little refresher about why punctuation is so very important to their writing?Do you need the "refresher" to be both exciting and impactful? Do you want to try something new and innovative for both you and your students?Try my new idea known as: LESSON STORY CONNECTIONS (LSC). What is it? It "connects" a familiar/relatable story to an instructional teaching concept/topic. Another way to look at it is using prior knowledge to probe new knowledge, but in a story-telling way.
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
6:51
Persuasive Writing Masterclass: Unlocking the Power of Words
"Persuasive Writing Masterclass: Unlocking the Power of Words" is a comprehensive resource that aligns with the domains of Bloom's taxonomy, designed to teach students the art of persuasive writing. This resource offers a systematic approach to mastering persuasive techniques, understanding the structure of persuasive essays, critically analysing persuasive texts, evaluating arguments, and ultimately creating original persuasive works. This resource not only equips students with a solid underst
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Persuasive Writing Masterclass - Bundle
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
6:08
Mastering Argumentative Writing: Building Strong and Persuasive Arguments
"Mastering Argumentative Writing" is an engaging and comprehensive resource designed to teach students the art of constructing persuasive arguments. Aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy, the resource focuses on developing students' skills across various levels of cognitive understanding, from remembering key components to creating well-structured and compelling essays. The learning objectives and student outcomes cover a range of cognitive levels, progressing from basic recall and understanding to high
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Mastering Argumentative Writing - Bundle
11:38
11 Words to Strike from Student Writing, FREE Literary Analysis Writing Advice
An experienced high school English teacher shares tips and tricks to make your teaching life easier. Today, let’s talk about 11 words that steal the power from our students' literary analysis essays.
Click here for a free copy of the Power of Words slides and handout shown in the video:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Essay-Writing-Support-Improve-Literary-Analysis-Essays-FREE-SlidesHandout-3522407
Lots of advice and free resources for secondary teachers at https://laurarandazzo.co
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Grades:
8th - 11th
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6:58
Writing Lesson- R.A.C.E.R.- RECORDED Instruction
Virtual Online Instruction- RECORDED lesson that teaches students how to organize a text-dependent written response by using a visual with puzzle pieces. I have successfully taught my students how to construct a well-organized essay using this lesson. The R.A.C.E.R. format is used to teach students how each section of an essay connects. Using color-coded sections, the students are able to clearly see the different parts. This lesson can easily be uploaded to Google Classroom for virtual le
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3rd - 10th
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Argumentative Writing Prompt- opening activity for essay
This is the opening activity I use with students during our final argumentative writing assignment. Students love this activity! You can simply do this little assignment together or use it as a segway into the super fun argumentative essay! The entire bundle can be found @ Lanie's Library :)
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Argumentative Essay Bundle!! (Space vs Ocean)
4:00
Basics of Google Docs - Video and PowerPoint
Perfect for any teacher who is accepting digital submissions (and who isn't this year?), this combination video and Google Slides presentation covers the basics of putting together a Google Document so that it looks professional. Students are shown how to give a document a proper file name and heading, which fonts and sizes are ideal, how to align text to the left, right, and center, and how to break up paragraphs and make sure they all align neatly for a document that's easy on the eyes and won
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Label Parts of the Paragraph and Essay Stickers Activity - Digital Use
Use these stickers for a simple activity where students label parts of a paragraph and an essay. Students often do not realize they need to be aware of the different parts of their writing and how they work together. Learning about this can be boring, stickers help it be a little less so.Included are four different sticker designs (with different animations). Each design includes the following stickers;Topic Sentence - 1Supporting Sentence - 5Concluding Sentence - 1Introduction - 1Hook - 1Thesis
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â All Stickers
Pre-Write Video
This is how I introduce writing to my students. This video helps struggling writers identify how to begin the set-up of a five paragraph essay.
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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17:41
Grading Hacks #5 Manage & Grade Papers FASTER, Tips & Tricks to Handle Paperload
High school & middle school teachers! Don't get buried by the ever-growing stack of student papers. Instead, borrow these tips from an experienced high school English teacher who has reclaimed her life while still giving rich, meaningful feedback to her students. Episode 5 (the bonus episode!) takes you into the nitty-gritty of how to run a writing contest in your classroom. The writing contest gives your students authentic, meaningful feedback on their writing while giving you some breathin
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Video Lecture Reflection Questions
This page can be used for any of my videos if you want to get a constructed response from students for documentation as to what the students feel/think about them. I have had to do this before to justify to administration why my students needed headphones on occasion, since I use these videos any day I am going to be absent. That way, my students still get a lesson from "me," even though I am not physically in the room.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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