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Free adult education writing-essays resources
Writing Guide 1: Essay Thesis Statements (Explanation & Writing Activities)
This is a quick guide for how to write and improve on THESIS STATEMENTS. Package Includes:- Aspects of a good thesis- Examples of common issues and pitfalls when writing theses- A thesis improvement activity (with 10 theses for students to repair and improve)If you like this handout, you should check out our other products! Evidence & MLA Guide: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Quick-Writing-Guide-Incorporating-Evidence-MLA-5098962Essay Writing Guide: https://www.teacherspayteache
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Poetry Close Reading & Analysis FREEBIE
In this FREEBIE by Bespoke ELA, you will find a close reading activity for Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 that includes an answer key to the close reading questions. This activity also asks students to write their own Shakespearean sonnets in which they compare two things (or nouns) in Shakespearean sonnet form-- including 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a shift and rhyming couplet in question/answer format. A student poem example is included.This is a great addition to any unit on Shakespeare!Che
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MLA Works Cited Mini Puzzles, Free Activity for Stations, Centers, Groups
This classroom-tested, interactive, hands-on, game-like activity is excellent for reinforcing MLA external works cited entries for the 8th edition. It is a skills-building practice activity to get students ready to cite their own sources in MLA format.
Following a unit on MLA, just to brush up skills, or as a simple time-filler, these MLA mini puzzles will get your students’ brains and hands active in a meaningful way. These would be perfect in learning stations, centers, and more. Students c
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
M.E.A.L. Plan Paragraph Writing Strategy Graphic Organizer | Digital and Print
Use this graphic organizer as a tool to reinforce the M.E.A.L. Plan Paragraph acronym for writing body paragraphs and short constructed responses. Why use MEAL?This acronym is used in the secondary classrooms and college classrooms as a way to teach students how to respond to writing responses.This process will teach students to reinforce their reasons with text evidence, and to analyze their evidence.This graphic organizer is designed to be a planning guide for students to use when writing body
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: M.E.A.L. Plan Paragraph Writing Strategy BUNDLE
Freebie! Clear & Easy Grammar Copyediting & Proofreading Marks Poster &Handout
Doing proofreading and editing with your students? This poster and handout demonstrates the 13 most common editing and proofreading marks with example sentences.Happy teaching!Looking to do some proofreading paragraphs with your students? Check out my proofreading resources:Full Year of Proofreading Bell Ringers w/ Editing Marks & Slideshow! No Prep!20 September-Themed Proofreading Paragraph Bell Ringers with Editing Marks20 October-Themed Proofreading Paragraph Bell Ringer Worksheets w/ Edi
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer
This page works as a prewriting organizer for argumentative or opinion writing in upper elementary through high school writing classes. Students will plan their writing using this document by stating their topic or guiding question, giving an opinion, supporting the opinion or argument with relevant facts and details, and finally wrapping it all up with a concluding statement.
This is ideal for all students, but may be especially appealing to students with special needs who prefer the structur
How to Write Incredible Introductions and Captivating Conclusions
When writing informational texts, students need to know how to introduce a topic and how to write a concluding statement that supports the information presented in the writing. This handout is useful as a mini-lesson for that purpose. It outlines 7 ways that students can write introductions that grab the reader's attention and 5 ways they can write conclusions without resorting to tired and boring methods. Examples are given for each method, an "Avoid at all costs" suggestions, as well as activi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Argument Pre-Writing Activity- The Cube of Perspective
This Freebie includes two engaging and unique pre-writing activities: ☟1. The Chart Paper Brainstorm and Gallery WalkLesson plan and directions for this activity are included! 2. The Cube of Perspective❀When students have chosen a topic or idea that they are passionate about, I ask them to begin to dig deeper on this subject. The cubing pre-writing activity is a very helpful tool in developing an argument of opinion paper. ❀Students will use the cube to look at their topic from six different per
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Literary Analysis Paragraph Writing Checklist Guide & Rubric FREE
LITERARY ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH
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- Common-core aligned fail-proof "ACEPAPER" mnemonic writing checklist to guide students through every step of the writing process.
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Prepare your High School or Middle School students for Literary Analysis reading and writing exams.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Essay Writing & Literary Analysis Paragraph Format
This handout gives students a well-developed body paragraph example for a literary analysis essay that uses textual evidence from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.Below the example paragraph, it outlines the parts of the paragraph as follows: topic sentence, evidence #1, commentary, evidence #2, commentary, summary sentence (each with brief descriptions). The paragraph is ratiocinated to align with the outline at the bottom so that students can easily identify the parts of the paragraph in the exampl
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Language Arts Comprehension Check:Ten Sentence Format CCSS
Should educators tweet, "Good Bye" to proper paragraphs? Are these backbones of formal and informal writing becoming an endangered specie? Do students need to reinforce their basic understanding of the elements of a good paragraph in order to write and develop more in-depth essays? Do students need to learn how to write about the literature that they are reading?This Ten Sentence Format will accomplish all of that. It is perfect for clarifying and reinforcing the parts of an essay, for using a
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Research Fact Strips: A Tool for Organizing Information for Research Projects
Research fact strips are a great tool for helping students of all ages collect and organize information for any research project. Students write one fact on each strip; create a color code based on the categories/topics they should include in their report; use that code to color code their fact strips; and then cut, sort, and organize their facts by color.
This download contains a teacher and student guide for using research fact strips, ready-to-print research fact sheets, and a color code cre
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
The Worst Essay of Your Life: A Diagnostic Essay FREEBIE
This is an excellent way to "diagnose" student writing skills at the beginning of the year in a fun, interactive way that puts students in charge of the diagnostic process!If you like this freebie, be sure to click the green star to follow Bespoke ELA for product alerts, more freebies, and exclusive giveaways! This freebie by Bespoke ELA contains an interactive, high-interest, diagnostic essay writing activity in which students write the worst essay of their lives! They follow this writing acti
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Research Paper Outline Guide for Students
This is a two-page outline for students to fill in when working to organize a research paper. It is designed based on students having a minimum of three supporting points as well as a section that acknowledges the opposing side to their arguments (a concession/refutation section). This outline allows students to easily organize their ideas in preparation for writing. Before completing this outline guide, students should have completed at least some research in order to include sources. Stude
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Using Transitional Phrases in Writing **FREEBIE**
This is a transitional phrase graphic organizer for all grade levels. It is a highly effective tool that you can give to your students to help them elevate their writing to the next level. These are sized to fit in interactive notebooks or hole punched as a resource for writing notebooks.I am currently in the process of getting my masters in Reading Instruction and even I refer back to this list for all my formal essays! ENJOY!!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Research Paper Graphic Organizer
Use this Graphic Organizer to guide students with the structure of their research papers. Can be used independently or in conjunction with the How to Complete a Research Paper PowerPoint for sale in my TPT store.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Essay writing Claims
This is an introduction to argumentative writing and focuses on writing a claim. This three-page resource includes: introduction of claimsexamples of arguments and claimsbrainstorming activities for claimswriting a claim practice
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
R.A.C.E.S. Paragraph Writing Student Bookmarks FREE
Getting students to learn how to write a well-structured and focused paragraph while integrating textual evidence is much more difficult than it sounds. Especially with COVID, many students are coming to higher grade levels still struggling with their paragraph writing skills.These bookmarks will serve as a support for students learning how to write using the R.A.C.E.S. method, an effective writing strategy to teach students how to structure their writing responses while also integrating textual
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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FREE Essay Writing Peer Editing Activity
Reduce your marking load and give students an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the requirements of an essay! This two page activity allows students to analyze and review an essay written by another student in a class.
Students will review:
• Organization
• Content
• Format
• Language
• Vocabulary
• Conventions
Note: This product is a part of a discounted unit bundle containing a variety of Essay Writing Resources.
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Writing Help Sheet: Sentence Starters, Transitions, and Body Paragraph Guide
Use this worksheet to help students with writing response assignments. Print it out, hand it out, and model how to consult this guide to help in writing.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Literary Devices & Elements of Plot Powerpoint
A great powerpoint for introducing elements of plot and literary devices in literature and writing. This powerpoint works perfectly with Cornell notetaking. Can be used to introduce a unit of study in literature, American and European literature, and writing. Be sure to check out the quiz that goes with it!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Essay Planning Templates
✿ What is included?This free download features a 1-page essay planning template with editable elements. 4 colourways are included - pink, teal, orange and black and white. ✿ Editable fields provided in the template include:Essay questionAssignment details (word limit, due date, % of overall grade)Essay titleIntroduction paragraphThesis statement Body paragraphs 1, 2 and 3Concluding paragraph The templates are provided in a PowerPoint format - please ensure you have access to an up-to-date versio
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Transition Words Full Practice
This exceptionally useful worksheet contains multiple practical exercises to mastermind the use of different types transition signals in writing.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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