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Writing-expository games for Microsoft Word
Paragraph Scramble Game and Text Structure
-assemble puzzle strips to organize paragraph-seven (7) paragraphs with text structure described-answer key included-indentation of paragraphs useful for hinting and reinforcement of structure-includes concept that change in quotations indicate paragraph change -narrative/chronological, procedural/chronological, emphatic, spatial, descriptive by imagery, persuasive
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5th - 12th
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Wuthering Heights Activity Package
The novel, Wuthering Heights, can be confusing to students for a variety of reasons: similar character names; multiple narratives; timelines w/flashbacks; etc. This package has been designed primarily to supplement a teacher's existing Wuthering Height's knowledge. In other words, the teacher's ability to relate the general story is assumed. The items in this package are tools to make students' understanding of this complex text easier. These tools include: characters & their relationships;
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Subordinating Conjunctions- AWUBIS words
AWUBIS words are subordinating conjunctions. There are the terms that combine two clauses into one sentence- making one statement dependent on the other. Use this gallery walk to practice writing complex sentences using common AWUBIS words. Includes 12 common subordinating conjunctions. Would make a great assessment of the appropriate use of these terms.
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6th - 8th
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Paragraph Organization Practice Puzzle
This activity helps students identify the parts of a chunk paragraph. The paragraph is an analysis of "The Three Little Pigs". I cut the paragraph into sentence strips and scrambled them in an envelope. Students then had to put the paragraph in correct chunk paragraph order, and identify the concrete details and commentary correctly. Of course, I made a competition out of it, and the students had a blast (even my 10th graders)
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5th - 10th
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10 Debate Topics that Middle School Students with Etiquette and Rules Pack A
10 Debate Topics that Middle School Students Will Love (Pack A) There are multiple packs available for teachers looking for even more vetted debate topics for middle school students. As a free bonus, I included 3 extra topics, my 5 keys to winning debate (saving you $1 separate purchase), and the suggested format for Parliamentary Debate. This is all you need to teach the fundamentals of debate, have some interesting topics to engage students, and the timings of the speeches to begin preparing y
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6th - 9th
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Main Idea and Details Matching Game/Room in a House
Enjoy teaching about main idea and details with this interactive matching game. Students lay out the pictures of all the rooms found in a house. From there, the teacher explains that the headings or names of the rooms are the main ideas. Students match the detail card that matches an activity or action that could take place in a specific room in a house under that heading. Hope this helps!! It is not PDF, so make changes as needed. Students can be assessed using the worksheet attached in which t
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Main Idea/Supporting Details- Apples to Apples
Make several copies of the entire deck of cards (red and green). Group students into small groups (no more than 4). Give each group a deck of apples to apples cards, being sure to separate the red cards into one pile and the green cards into another pile.
Each student will get 3 red cards to place in their hard.
The student who's birthday is nearest will be the "judge" first.
The "judge" will draw one green apple card and lay it face up in the middle of the group. This card will be the main i
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2nd - 5th
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Persuasion: 25,000 Persuasion Vocab Pyramid Team Activity
Help your students make connections between Language Arts/English and Social Studies/History with the Persuasion: 25,000 Persuasion Vocab Pyramid Team Activity. Students will enjoy playing this game that also requires them to use their speaking and thinking skills as they review words from the current unit. Pages 1 and 2 include directions that can be printed onto transparencies or passed out as handouts, page 3 includes the pyramid with words that relate to the units on persuasion and Hammura
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Board Game WITH Rubric
Creating a board game is a creative, fun, and rigorous way to assess student understanding of literature. I use this mainly with larger pieces of literature that allow the students to take advantage of all aspects of the plot and structure. The rubric goes with each required aspect of the game and makes creation and assessment a breeze!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Topic Sentence Detectives
Included are three bundled activities for students to learn about topic sentences:
-The first is studying the topic sentence by coding key words and stating our prediction about what the article will talk about. Getting into the habit of recognizing a topic sentence and predicting is key to active reading and comprehending text.
-The second is cutting out topic sentences and matching them with a paragraph. This helps with critical thinking about whether the content matches a topic/main idea.
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3rd - 5th
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Fact Check
Practice choosing relevant facts to support your main idea or topic for an expository text. Sort the relevant and irrelevant facts into groups.
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3rd - 5th
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Mardi Gras Crown Word Match
Print the files on cardstock and laminate. For lower level students, match the word and the picture. For higher level students, spell the word under the picture.
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K
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Expository Terms and Definition Game
This resource can be great to use for an in class game activity to see how quickly students can match the expository terms to their correct definitions. Make a booklet. Or, you can cut the terms out and ask students to place the term where it belong on a blank expository essay handout.
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3rd - 10th
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Companion Book Bingo!
Celebrate student work with COMPANION BOOK BINGO! This is a great way for students to share their work with an audience while having some fun!***Coincides with COMPANION BOOK WRITER'S NOTEBOOK in my store!***Be sure to check out the SAMPLE CHAPTERS in my store!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Companion Book Bundle
Brown Bag Hook Sentences Center
Have a writing center set up? Do your students need help with hook sentences? Well here is a freebie just for you!
When I was first tried teaching hook sentences it was quite a challenge. So in order to make it fun for my students, I created this brown bag writing center that my students couldn't get enough of! I always edited and added new prompts every few weeks to give the kids as much practice as possible. This activity was made on Microsoft word to make it easier for editing! You can add
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3rd - 7th
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The Amazing Writing Chips
The objective of this game is to teach your students the connection between evidence and elaboration in writing. Additionally it will teach your students the importance of choosing relevant evidence, that is evidence that directly supports a thesis or a claim.It has been written for 6th grade, but could be adapted to any grade level.Game file includes:Student DirectionsTeacher Instructional Guide (with suggested objectives, helpful hints, and pacing)Game Cards (Some thesis statements are tied t
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6th - 8th
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Game of Concrete Nouns
The students play with the differences between abstractions and concrete nouns. Writing concretely is an important step toward writing vividly. See my Atlantic article on the subject. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/the-secret-to-good-writing-its-about-objects-not-ideas/263113/
This game helps train students to be vivid and specific and keeps them from floating away on a tide of abstract ideas.It requires a white board and an actively listening instructor.
You do it after
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Expository Essay Matching Game-Worksheet
B/I...D/J....F/E....G/C....A/HAssignment to pair with the writing samples posted.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Expository Essay Matching Activity
Expository Relay
This is a fun activity to do when preparing for the writing state exam like STAAR. Kids compete with each other to brainstorm and create a graphic organizer. Make them think harder by putting them into a team and have them work together. This is a fun relay type activity that has them building that graphic organizer. Practice, practice, practice!
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4th - 6th
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