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Writing-essays projects for Easel
Thanksgiving Writing Activities - Persuasive Opinion Writing for Grades 3-5
Looking for a fun and engaging Thanksgiving writing activity that your students will love? Look no further than this fun, persuasive opinion writing resource. Picture this…. You are a turkey writing an article to the local newspaper trying to convince people to eat beef or chicken...NOT TURKEY! Students will laugh out loud as they enthusiastically participate in this fun project. Included you’ll find a writing prompt, graphic organizers, informational articles and even QR codes with audio! You c
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3rd - 5th
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Research Essay Writing Guide for Students
This student's guide to writing a research paper walks students new to or not comfortable with writing research papers through each step to creating a great paper and is easy enough for distance learning. Students complete the guide through such activities as identifying their topic, conducting research, and organizing their information. Students write each paragraph of a a 3 – 5 paragraph essay as well as an introduction and conclusion. Students both edit and revise and are guided through t
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Projects Bundle for any subject
Opinion Writing 4th and 5th Grade | Graphic Organizers & Reasons and Evidence
This opinion writing unit is for the 4th and 5th grade classroom. If you're looking for an opinion writing graphic organizer with reasons and examples, this is the resource for you! It includes anchor text and all graphic organizers. Use the teacher models to give solid examples during your mini-lesson. This is a "no prep" unit, meaning that all of the organizers and teacher models are included. Print out the pages you need, and you're all set to teach your students how to write incredible opini
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4th - 5th
Biography Research Project Template Graphic Organizer End of the Year Idea
Biography project for Women's History Months OR anytime for any person! This easy-to-implement, engaging, step-by-step project promotes student independence and includes a nonfiction article about Helen Keller to serve as a biography model and example to annotate together.This informative research and writing project is broken down step by step, with templates to help your students write a research project independently. Directions are clear and easy to understand and come in two layouts for stu
Grades:
3rd - 5th
POP BOTTLE Biography Project {Reading/Writing Informational Text} Who Was/Is
My Pop Bottle Biography Projects will truly FOSTER a LOVE of reading and writing informational text among your students while allowing them to be creative thinkers and learners. Your students will LOVE this project because they will have an opportunity to use their imaginations as they learn about an important person in history! This project will also get your students and their families working TOGETHER! How awesome is that?!?As teachers, we all know how important choice in the classroom truly
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2nd - 6th
The Three Little Pigs vs. Mr. A. Wolf (Three-Week Opinion Writing Unit)
In this three-week writing unit, students will read both sides of the Three Little Pigs tale and analyze the different points of view. They will form their own opinion of who is innocent and defend their argument with evidence from the text. This experience gives them the opportunity to practice these important opinion-writing skills using familiar and entertaining texts.This unit includes detailed lesson plans to guide your teaching, graphic organizers to walk students through the opinion-writi
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Zoo Animal Persuasive / Opinion Writing Activity with Graphic Organizer
Teach students about persuasive and opinion writing with this engaging zoo animal and animal captivity writing activity. Students will first find out what a claim is, then read an article about animals in captivity. Then they will be faced with the goal of answering this question: Should animals be held in zoos? This persuasive/opinion writing piece is one that always captures students' attention and engages them from the minute you tell them the topic. Students will then use the persuasive writ
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3rd - 5th
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Famous Abolitionists Research Project – Abolition Movement Writing Activities
Kids explore the lives of famous abolitionists with a differentiated research project. Activities feature 30 people who opposed slavery and promoted the abolition movement. You can display writing with full-page photographs for a beautiful bulletin board. Open the preview to get a closer look.This abolitionist research project is scalable. If you're short on time, you can use less pages. Want a full-blown research project? Use them all. (Or you can do something more in the middle.)For the simple
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4th - 6th
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Biography Templates - Crafts & Research Project for Any Person - 4th & 5th Grade
Looking for some biography projects? Fourth and fifth grade students love the fun activities and crafts. Teachers love the ready-to-print templates, creative ideas, and research project. It's a win-win situation. Open the preview to take a closer look.These resources will work with any book, including the Who Was series. Most student pages are also available as digital Easel Activities. Getting StartedIdeas for using picture booksIdeas for using collective biographiesPrintable questions for disc
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Biography Unit - Genre Study for Fourth and Fifth Grade Students
Publishing Paper FREEBIE
This is a packet of lined and bordered "publishing paper" that students can use when writing the final draft of a piece of writing. It makes their writing look neat and polished, and is especially fun when copied on colored paper.
This freebie includes 5 versions of publishing paper: one with title and author lines, one lined only, one with a drawing box, one with title and author lines and a drawing box, and one lined in a letter template.
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1st - 6th
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3D Printing Research Project for Middle School STEM and Sub Plans
Are you a STEM teacher starting a unit on 3D printing? Are your students curious about this rapidly growing and evolving technology? Introduce your students to the basics of 3D printing and its future uses and impacts with this low-prep research project. Students will gather information from text and video sources. Then they will craft an argumentative essay using the CER format.Get all 4 STEM Research Projects here and save 20%!The lesson meets science, reading, and writing standards. Students
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6th - 9th
Robots and Society Research Project and CER Writing Activity for STEM
With the advancement of technology, robots are playing an increasingly important role in our society. Give your students a chance to take part in this timely debate and explore the impact of robots on human society. Students will gather information from text and video sources. Then they will craft an argumentative essay using the CER format.Get all the Intro to Robotics resources here and SAVE!The lesson meets science, reading, and writing standards. Students begin by gathering evidence from a v
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7th - 9th
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Civil War Project "Fortunately & Unfortunately Book"
No-Prep, "Fortunately & Unfortunately Book" Civil War project! Your students will have an opportunity to show their understanding of the Civil War in a fun, creative, relevant a authentic way. With this project, your students will follow the guidelines provided in the directions using critical thinking skills to brainstorm the pros and cons of important Civil War topics and create a book to display their information.Perfect for distance learning as well.Great "end of the unit" culminating p
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5th - 8th
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Rikki Tikki Tavi Constructed Response Writing Prompt with Rubric and Easel
Rikki Tikki Tavi Constructed Response Based on Common Core Standards. Writing assignment based on the short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling. Emphasis on using text evidence for support a response to literature. Students must analyze the theme of the short story. Includes: a writing prompt with instructions for writing an argument that uses textual support for claim (portrait and landscape), a sample essay for students to use as a model for their writing that demonstrates how to use evi
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
Research Worksheets | Finding Reliable Sources | Researching Graphic Organizer
★★★★★ Simple, effective worksheets to guide students through researching with reliable sources on ANY topic! This 2-page resource is ready to just print-and-go with NO prep at all. The perfect pre-writing activity for a research-based essay! OR a simple research activity guide for finding information on any topic.►► Research-based Essay Step-by-Step Guide!This front and back page worksheet is a great starting point for a larger research project on any topic.Best for upper elementary and middle s
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4th - 7th
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Progressive Era and Gilded Age Project and Role Play
Meet John D. Rockefeller, Jane Addams, Teddy Roosevelt and more through your students' discovery of them. In this inquiry-based project, students research a major figure of the Progressive Era and Gilded Age and then embody that person at a culminating party. This project, a favorite among my students, puts students literally in the lives of historical figures. This project includes:● How to use this resource and complete timeline within the teacher’s guide● Suggested figures of 30+ individua
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10th - 12th
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Persuasive Appeals Christmas Activity with Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
This fun project gives middle school students engaging practice with ethos, logos, and pathos as they use these persuasive appeals to sell products in their very own festive holiday commercials.The weeks before Christmas can be a tricky time for teachers; our students are thinking only of winter break, but we have content we have to cover! This activity brings the perfect blend of holiday cheer and class content to our classrooms as students use the persuasive appeals to create a holiday commerc
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Fun ELA Christmas Activities for Middle School
What's in a Name? Research and Narrative Essay
This packet will guide your students through the steps to research their names, and then write a five paragraph essay. I have used this project as a librarian, in collaboration with the classroom teacher. Students are so excited and motivated to learn about their names! This would be a fun way to start the year and get to know your students.
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4th - 6th
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ELA Who Kidnapped the Principal? Inference Practice, Mystery Narrative Writing
Test student inferencing skills in an engaging way by solving a real-world problem at the Parts of Speech High School. The principal has been kidnapped. Students must read the case file and case report while analyzing the evidence to determine the culprit, reason, and method. Then, students will write a narrative, telling the story of who, why, and how. The product includes:ChecklistCase FileSuspect Collection SheetEvidence CollectionPre-write (Freytag's Pyramid)Case Report (Narrative)
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7th - 12th
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Martin Luther King Projects, Writing and Research Enrichment And Biography
Martin Luther King projects, thought-provoking, creative and fun writing and research projects! From writing an editorial, a picture timeline or a compare and contrast paper, the no-prep projects provide creative engaging opportunities to celebrate this amazing American figure. A biography handout is included.Nine engaging writing projects regarding to the Civil Rights movement and the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Also included is a biography handout of Dr. King in order t
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4th - 6th
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1984 Unit Plan: Brainwashing and Propaganda
This resource is a full unit plan for the study of 1984 by George Orwell, with a focus on brainwashing techniques, their psychological roots, and their historical and modern realities. Then, students apply their learning by trying to brainwash each other in competing propaganda campaigns! Because this PDF resource is written for students, teachers skip the planning stage and can directly print, project, or post this document however you post assignments (Canvas, Google Classroom, etc.) Easel mak
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: 1984 MEGA Bundle: Full Unit + Reader Responses, Journal, and Game!
December Writing Projects for Upper Elementary Students
NO-PREP, December themed creative writing projects for upper elementary students that focuses on special December holidays, famous December birthdays and important December dates in history! An authentic way to get your students excited about writing.Nine creative writing activities with a "December" theme. From writing about underdogs, people who change their mind at the last minute, and everything covered chocolate; the engaging writing activities in this resource will keep your students moti
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Monthly Writing Projects "BUNDLE", HOMEWORK for Every Month of the Year!
Opinion Writing: Favorite Candy-poem, opinion paragraph/ use after Halloween
Students will choose their favorite candy.They will write an opinion paragraph about their favorite candy. This would be great to use right after Halloween or around Christmas or Easter. You could choose to have them turn their opinion paragraphs into a speech that they could read in front of their class. . They will also write a poem about their favorite candy.Student Planning Sheet – page 4Directions for Opinion Paragraph- page 5Grading Rubric for Opinion Paragraph- page 6Opinion Organize-
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2nd - 3rd
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Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer : Classwork / Homework - writing project
This opinion writing project includes student pages for preparing a speech which shares their opinion with the class. There are graphic organizers for writing their speech or their project. Students will determine an idea to write about and then plan out their project or their speech. This project includes planning sheets which will help students determine opinion ideas for writing. They could write about their favorite food or pet. They could also write about why something is important to
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Writing Projects - 2nd and 3rd grade - Classwork / Homework
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