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Middle school writing-essays centers $5-10
RACE to Respond Writing
Help your students write thorough and thoughtful constructed responses with this easy to use method. Broken down in four parts, students are able to clearly respond to any question in all areas of the curriculum. This format is quick for students to understand and they will be able to successfully and independently apply it immediately!Included in this product:-Posters in two varieties-Note-taking pages in full size (excellent size for adhering into spirals) and half page (perfect to glue in c
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Bundle: Everything Constructed Responses
Paragraph Writing Prompts, Essay Writing Prompts, Writing Checklists and Rubrics
Do you need a huge variety of highly engaging writing prompts to get your reluctant writers motivated? You came to the right place! You will find 180 writing prompts that are color-coded, labeled with the type of writing, and numbered for easy organization. You will have easy access to a prompt for EVERY day of the school year OR you can choose from the extensive collection of prompts for Paragraph of the Week or Essay of the Week! The prompts come as cards or whiteboard display and cover 6 TYP
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3rd - 6th
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5th Grade Text Dependent Analysis - TDA Text Evidence Writing
Are you teaching in South Carolina (SC READY) or another state that is now using Text Dependent Analysis for the writing portion of the state test? These passages and questions were developed with you in mind! This is different from Step-By-Step Text Evidence resource. This resource was designed for 5th grade but would work well for 6th grade too. Now available in PDF, GOOGLE, and POWERPOINT. PDF: This is the printable version. It also has the teacher notes and Google Link.GOOGLE: This is for
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS BUNDLE - TDA Text Evidence Writing - GRADES 3-5
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
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3rd - 6th
Getting Started with Text Dependent Analysis - TDA - Bundle
New to TDAs? This product is for you! This BUNDLE includes everything you need to begin teaching TDAs to your students. The products in this bundle are designed to scaffold the learning and instruction to students.Writing TDAs requires strong inference skills. Students need to be able to find evidence when reading a passage that may not be directly stated. The resources already included in this bundle will help your students begin strengthening those skills.Update 12-01-18 Teacher Tips have been
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3rd - 6th
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Writing Workshop Mini Lessons: Revision, Editing, Diagnostic Middle School ELA
Writing mini-lessons are the BEST way to teach revision and editing skills! Especially when they're used in conjunction with diagnostic tools for individual needs assessment.This is a tremendously helpful resource that I've wanted (and needed) for a long time. It starts out with a brief writing diagnostic that is easily evaluated using the class recording sheet to determine students' strengths and weaknesses. This data is then used to determine which mini lessons need to be taught. This unit inc
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5th - 8th
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Essay Writing Homework Essay of the Week
This weekly writing resource is perfect for giving students the tools necessary for writing essays independently. It not only includes the assignments and prompts, but the reference notes needed to complete an essay from the prewriting stage to a final copy. The directions are divided up from Monday-Thursday and show students what they need to do each day to write an effective essay. The directions, along with a student reference booklet and checklist, provide your students with the tools to com
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3rd - 6th
TDA Flip Folder | for TDA Writing Prompt Practice
T-D-A. My learning support students would cringe when I said those three letters during ELA. Honestly, I would too! Having them read, and then re-read, and then make connections, and then state their claim, and then support their claim, and then turn all of that into a written response. Yikes! I didn't want my learning support students, or even the other students in the ELA room I co-teach in, to become discouraged and give up before they started - when having to answer a Text Dependent Analy
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4th - 8th
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OPINION WRITING: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
This resource is included in the writing bundles:
OPINION WRITING/PERSUASIVE WRITING BUNDLEOPINION-NARRATIVE-BIOGRAPHY-INFORMATIONAL WRITING BUNDLE
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OPINION WRITING: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Scaffold the structural components of an Opinion Essay with this comprehensive pack of interactive notebook templates, posters, anchor charts, graphic organizers and an editable flipbook.
FOCUS OF SCAFFOLDED LESSONS:
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3rd - 8th
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Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer ✏️ Personal Narrative Writing Prompts
This unit includes everything you need to teach, practice and assess personal narrative writing! When I first started teaching I found numerous writing resources. I had bookshelves full! However, each of those resources failed to give me a daily, step-by-step plan, as to how to teach writing. After my first few years of floundering, I laid out straight forward plans to share with colleagues and now you! This resource includes a 5 day plan. It provides guidance for direct instruction, gui
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3rd - 6th
Descriptive Writing Unit BUNDLE Sentence Building & Writing Skills
Looking to take your students' descriptive writing to new heights? This comprehensive set of student guides covers six essential skills that will help your students elaborate and expand their writing. The Six Skills: VoiceHooksSentence structure and complexityFigurative languageVivid imagery through word choiceThe art of "show, don't tell" Unlike generic worksheets, this resource offers complete lessons that are ready to use. Each set begins with an engaging hook to capture your students' intere
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5th - 7th
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Narrative Writing The Exposition | Orientation Plot Elements Print & Digital
Are you looking to teach your students how to write the exposition or the orientation in narrative writing? The PowerPoint Show, Student Guided Notes, and Sheets (print pdf, PowerPoint templates, and templates in Google Slides) will provide a comprehensive approach to teaching the exposition in a narrative. US and British English Files included.1. PowerPoint Show and Booklet (folder item 1)Note on Narrative Writing, a Personal Narrative, and a Fictional Narrative.The Exposition: characters and
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3rd - 7th
Essay Revision Activity - Analytical, Argumentative Writing Learning Stations
This fun essay revision learning stations activity can be used for revising and editing practice with any essay writing assignment, including expository, argumentative, literary analysis essay, and more! If you're looking for a structured way to practice critical writing and essay revision skills in a hands-on and interactive way, this is the activity for you! Choose from 7 different revision checklist menus, including MLA format, sentence style, introduction and conclusion, paragraph writing,
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7th - 10th
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First and Third Person Point of View Activities Narrative Writing Print Digital
Looking for First Person and Third Person Point of View activities when teaching narrative writing? This comprehensive resource will help your students understand the purpose of the three main points of view: First Person, Second Person and Third Person Limited and Omniscient.Both US and British English spelling (separate files) included.Items IncludedBlack and white (print) templates Color slides digital templates Style 1 (Widescreen 16:9) PowerPoint – upload to your LMS and in Google Slides -
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3rd - 6th
NARRATIVE WRITING: ELEMENTS OF A PLOT
NARRATIVE WRITING: ELEMENTS OF A PLOT
This resource is included in the writing bundles:
♦NARRATIVE WRITING BUNDLE
♦MEGA WRITING BUNDLE: OPINION-NARRATIVE-INFORMATIONAL
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Scaffold the writing of the parts of a narrative that include the elements of a plot (exposition, inciting incident, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution) with this comprehensive pack comprising of 40 editable Power Point presentation
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3rd - 8th
NARRATIVE/OPINION/BIOGRAPHY WRITING BUNDLE: FLIPBOOKS/INB: EDITABLE
This resource is included in the mega bundle:
OPINION/NARRATIVE/BIOGRAPHY WRITING MEGA BUNDLE
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NARRATIVE/OPINION/BIOGRAPHY WRITING BUNDLE: FLIPBOOKS/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK: EDITABLE
Adhering to structure specific to a writing genre is necessary to generate a cohesive whole. These three flipbooks will scaffold the structural components of an OPINION, a NARRATIVE and a BIOGRAPHY at every stage of the writing process. S
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3rd - 8th
INFORMATIONAL/INFORMATIVE ESSAY WRITING: COMPARE AND CONTRAST CCSS ALIGNED
Scaffold the structure of a compare and contrast essay through each stage of the writing process with this interactive notebook and flipbook resource. Students will be trained to write both in point-by-point style and block style.*********************************************************************This resource is included in the mega writing (growing) bundle:OPINION/NARRATIVE/BIOGRAPHY/INFORMATIVE COMMON CORE WRITING BUNDLE********************************************************************WHA
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4th - 8th
Opinion writing with mentor texts: engaging nonfiction passages
This is a set of highly engaging nonfiction passages that are perfect for teaching and practicing opinion writing. These days students are expected to write opinion essays that are based on ideas and information from articles they read beforehand. The problem is finding quality articles that discuss important issues in student-friendly language are hard to come by. That is why I wrote these passages myself. I made sure to write about topics that are both entertaining and important. You will find
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4th - 6th
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Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Activity | Print + Digital
This Thanksgiving persuasive writing activity is the perfect November writing project. Students will write from the point of view of a turkey and create a persuasive paragraph or essay to try and convince people NOT to eat them this Thanksgiving. Students love using their creativity to write this assignment and often say it was their favorite of the whole year!This Thanksgiving persuasive writing activity is included in a Thanksgiving ELA Growing Bundle. Click here to purchase will other engagin
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities ELA Growing Bundle | Print & Digital
The Boston Massacre: Paired Reading Passages & Opinion Writing
Who Caused the Boston Massacre? American Revolution Paired Passages & Opinion Writing - Digital & PDFThis is set of leveled paired passages or texts with reading comprehension tests, short response questions, and extended writing prompts. The included texts are non-fiction. Two of the texts are based on the actual testimony given at the trials, although the texts have been rewritten in modern English. The extended writing prompt provided is for opinion writing. Targeted reading levels a
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4th - 6th
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Persuasive Essay Project, Writing About Social & Political Issues
Persuasive Writing Essays that Teach Students About Important Social and Political Issues in Our Country! With this resource I have provided a brief grade level appropriate overview of two sides of common social and political issues that many Americans are discussing. The students are then asked to create their own persuasive essay stating which side they most agree with.Perfect for distance learning as well!It is important to encourage students to “take a stand” and get involved in issues tha
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4th - 6th
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Writing Prompts Fan Bundle for fun picture prompt narrative writing prompts
In this product you will find two writing prompts fans. The original writing prompt fan has a large variety of prompts while the common core fan was designed with the three main type of writing as outlined in the common core: informational, opinion, and narrative, for all prompts. 300+ WRITING PROMPTS SAVE 20% by purchasing the bundle!Check out free prompts of each to try either one out first: Free Fun Prompts Sample: 20 Free PromptsFree Common Core Prompts Sample: 13 Free PromptsCOMMON CORE PRO
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3rd - 6th
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Writing Hooks BUNDLE Types of Hooks for Narrative and Informative Writing
The struggle is real. Students find it difficult to craft the perfect hook for their introduction paragraphs. Help is here! This bundle of resources is designed to help students master the art of hooks and captivating leads.Students study examples written by the pros. They'll learn how to craft effective hooks for expository, argumentative, and narrative writing. The best part? These lessons and activities are completely no-prep, saving you valuable time and energy. What's included in this bundl
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5th - 7th
POETRY UNIT - COMPARATIVE ESSAY Lesson Plan BUNDLE - Indigenous - FNMI Theme
This engaging unit plan consisting of 12 lessons explores Indigenous issues in Canada. Unit focuses on reading and analyzing poetry, and writing a Comparative Essay. Poetry included:Wet Our Lips by Kayla TraceExplorers as Seen by the Natives by Douglas FetherlingWalking Both Sides of an Invisible Border by Alootook IpellieWar by Lee MaradeBorders Within Borders by Kaylan WangI Lost My Talk by Rita JoeMonster Poem by Dennis SaddlemanThe Second Time by Rosanna DeerchildNiya by Lindsay NixonI Am Gr
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7th - 12th
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