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Author's Purpose and Author's Point of View Practice Worksheets and Test
Determining the author's purpose and point of view can be challenging for middle school ELA students. This resource provides helpful worksheets that will help your students learn how to figure out the author's purpose and how to determine the author's perspective.When looking for author's purpose activities, I found that the usual method of using PIE just wasn't enough. So this resource starts with PIE: persuade, inform, and entertain, but then goes into many other reasons authors have for writi
Grades:
6th - 8th
Post Card Template- Editable
This set of post card template is a great addition to any writing center! Have students design a post card from a place you have been studying, have students write postcards to family members or friends describing a topic you have been studying. The options are endless!
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K - 5th
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Nonfiction Central Idea PowerPoint, Notes, Worksheets, Test PRINT & DIGITAL
Finding the main/central idea of nonfiction paragraphs and passages will be easy once your students know exactly what to look for! These resources will also help your students find supporting details and write using text evidence. Students will then complete the collaborative and independent practice and the final assessment.The PowerPoint corresponds with the guided notes that come in Cornell AND folding versions. BOTH are engaging and require interaction!* This now includes links to Google Dri
Grades:
6th - 8th
Persuasive Writing Complete Bundle - Opinion Writing Templates
Are you teaching persuasive writing in the early years and looking for a wide range of engaging, fun activities for teaching persuasive writing?A variety of writing templates and activities are included for the following mentor texts:•The Day the Crayons Quit (includes craft)•I Like Red•Hey, Little Ant•I Wanna Iguana!•What Pet Should I Get?•Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus (includes craft)•Eat Your Peas•A Pig Parade•SpoonAlso included:•Slides: 3 purposes of writing•Slides: Select the purpose-
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Author's Purpose and Author's Point of View PowerPoint and Notes
Determining the author's purpose and point of view can be challenging for middle school ELA students. This resource follows an effective step-by-step process that will help your students learn to figure out the author's purpose and the author's perspective.⭐If you would like the PowerPoint, notes, AND the worksheets and editable test, please check out this resource:• AUTHOR'S PURPOSE AND POINT OF VIEW POWERPOINT, NOTES, TEACH, PRACTICE, TESTWhen looking for author's purpose activities, I found t
Grades:
6th - 8th
Nonfiction Central Idea PowerPoint, Notes, & Writing
Finding the central idea of nonfiction paragraphs and passages will be easy once your students know what to look for! These resources will also help your students find supporting details and write using text evidence.
The PowerPoint corresponds with the guided notes that come in Cornell AND folding versions. BOTH are interactive!
The central idea slide presentation includes 38 animated slides. The pdf file includes folding notes, Cornell notes, AND exit slips for formative assessments. Student
Grades:
6th - 8th
Create a Reptile/Amphibian
I use this activity as an introduction activity for our Reptile chapter in my high school Zoology Class. We are are one-year general level science elective, with a mixture of students from all sorts of backgrounds. I like this activity because it allows the students to bring their background knowledge to the activity, and combine it with a creative flair. Plus, it gets my students working together in small groups. The activity itself can be made as simple or complex as needed, so is probably ver
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7th - 12th
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Energy Bundle
Energy Unit and Interactive Notebook Bundle - Electricity, Light, Thermal, and SoundI created this unit to expand my original energy unit. This unit incorporates informational text, interactive notebooks, and fun exploration of electricity, light energy, thermal energy, and sound energy. I have made power points that match the informational texts to be easy to add to any distance learning platform. Included are anchor charts that could be printed as posters for your classroom. Make sure to check
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Explosive Expository Essay Unit aligned to the Common Core Standards
Included in this 91 page unit are resources to introduce your students to expository/informative essays and lead them through the writing process to publishing their first essay. This unit is aligned to the Common Core Standards.
Here is everything you will get with this unit:
A direction page on how I use this unit in my 3rd grade classroom.
1. 53 page Power point presentation on Expository Essay:
Includes lessons on:
- What is an expository essay
- Brainstorming
- Creating a graphic organ
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Daily Common Core Writing Journal Prompts - Distance Learning
Daily Common Core Journal Prompts - An engaging and thought-provoking way to to get your students writing independently. . ••NOW INCLUDES GOOGLE SLIDE Deck for use in GOOGLE CLASSROOM!••The Common Core Standards require students to: “Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences”. Use “Daily Common Core Writing” for a variety of writing opportuniti
Grades:
4th - 6th
Picture Writing Prompt Bell Ringer Worksheets Distance Learning
Picture Writing Prompts Bell Ringers: 30 PowerPoint Slides, Grades 4-6
At the beginning of the class, use these bell ringer writing one liners that won’t take long to do. Display the PowerPoint or PDF to engage students when they first come in.
The aim of these writing prompts is to spark off a short story. The story prompts will help your students get started with creative writing and break through writing blocks. Use these sentences as a beginning, middle or ending line for a story.
Cont
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
PERSUASIVE WRITING POWERPOINT | Mentor Text Activities for Opinion Writing
A wide range of engaging, fun activities for teaching persuasive writing in the early years (K-2). A variety of activities are included for the following persuasive writing mentor texts:•The Day the Crayons Quit I Like Red•Hey, Little Ant•I Wanna Iguana!•What Pet Should I Get?•Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus •Eat Your Peas•A Pig Parade•SpoonAlso included:•3 purposes of writing•Select the purpose- entertain, inform or persuade.•A variety of ‘would you rather’ scenario templates. •Convince Me-
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Persuasive Writing Complete Bundle - Opinion Writing Templates
Step Up to Writing PEEL Lesson & Scaffolded Paragraph Outlines
Included in purchase is:
1. Step Up to Writing Mini-Lesson PPT
- Shows connection between PEEL paragraph model & Step Up to Writing model
- Includes example of original color-coded paragraph
2. Scaffolded Paragraph Outline 1: Word Doc
- 1 page Paragraph Outline tool for paragraph planning with students. Easily editable.
3. Scaffolded Paragraph Outline 2: PDF
- Includes brainstorm page, paragraph outline, and space for final paragraph
Grades:
6th - 12th
Step by Step Ratiocination (Revising & Editing) Printable for ANY ESSAY
The revising and editing stage of the writing process can be difficult for students because they don't purposely write with mistakes, therefore they have a hard time spotting them. So, when you announce with enthusiasm, "Okay, now that you've written your first drafts go ahead and revise and edit your essays!" it shouldn't surprise you that magic doesn't automatically happen in the classroom. For the past 3 years I've used ratiocination to provide my students with guidelines on how to revise and
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5th - 12th
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TELPAS samples for students
This product was created with the purpose of showing samples to students on how a TELPAS writing paper looks. It should help by showing the students that they don't need a strong English vocabulary to transmit their message.
The samples were created with some of the prompts provided in the TELPAS manual. There are 7 samples included some written in narrative and other in expository writing form. It is in PowerPoint format and it is an easy way to help students calm their fear of writing in Eng
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1st - 5th
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English and Spanish Version: Ready to Learn & Do Fun Odontology Activities!
This is a very colorful engaging bilingual activity book to explore odontology and allow kids to learn about the basics and importance of dental hygiene. It contains a pictorial glossary and links to learn more about dentistry, forensic odontology, and to learn about the key points describing career options in dental medicine.
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Not Grade Specific
Farm Fun Labeling and Sentence Frames
My Kindergarteners are learning about the Farm and I've decided to include labeling as a fun activity.
There are 14 printables with pictures or the option to draw the object oneself. The packet includes the following:
Farm
Farmer
Sheep
Pig
Goat
Cow
Horse
Rooster
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PreK - 1st
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How to write a Procedural Text | Simplified Unit | Recipes, Rules & Instructions
This five-lesson unit is designed for junior or reluctant writers who are unfamiliar with the essential elements of writing a PROCEDURAL TEXT.It is a proven winner in the classroom, demonstrating to students that anyone can write an engaging procedure using proven strategies and simple steps.It has been designed in a prescriptive manner to walk students ( and teachers ) through the craft of writing an excellent procedure using graphic organizers, videos, examples, writing planners, assessment to
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Biography & Informational Writing Rubric | EDITABLE
There are two EDITABLE rubrics here. A rubric for biographies and a rubric for informational writings. The biography rubric was originally created to go with my Black History Month Assignment. The 2nd one was created to go along with Lucy Calkins writing for the informational book over the Revolution - However, this rubric could be used for any informational book. (I have mine include text features in their books. They can either draw/create the or print them from online).-----------------------
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4th - 6th
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Resource: Biography Report Sentence Starters
Sentence Starters to use when writing a biography report. Geared towards elementary and middle schools students.
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FREE Essay Writing Prompts | Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative
Writing an essay can be a daunting task for teachers and students in terms of creating and crafting a high-quality essay, not to mention editing and grading it. But these Opinion, Expository, Persuasive and Argumentative Essay Prompts and Topics will make this process much more manageable at no expense.It seems that we may have overlooked one of the most challenging steps in writing an essay, selecting an appropriate and interesting topic for your students.This is the number one result of Goog
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Persuasive Text - Arguments FOR and AGAINST
Should Animals Be Kept In Zoos
This document contains a list of arguments that are FOR and AGAINST animals being kept in zoos. Students are to sort them based on whether they are for or against zoos.
Grades:
1st - 5th
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SOAPStone Organizer
SOAPStone is used to analyze literature. The College Board has been promoting this analysis tool for some years. I have created a ready-to-use graphic organizer for students to use as they re-read an expository text. I have left this organizer in .doc form, so teachers can add or change any of its contents.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Writing: Great Beginnings and Endings
This is a power point / writing activity that will teach your students a variety of way to begin and end narrative, opinion, and informative essays. This power point will give your students 3 strategies for each writing mode and an example of that type based upon a prompt they might encounter on a standardized test. There have been slides integrated in throughout that allow the students to interact in pairs or groups and practice the strategies as well.
At the end of the powerpoint students w
Grades:
4th - 6th
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