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Free Common Core W.9-10.2a resources
Informational Informative Explanatory Writing Rubric and Mentor Essay FREE
Informative writing kit for easy scoring/feedback, peer evaluation, and mentor sample evaluation. These tools will help your students quickly and thoroughly learn the elements and process of informational writing. Download for FREE. How to use: Students can color-code the sample essay to find all of the elements such as thesis statement, hook, topic sentences, evidence, elaboration, etc. and discuss as a class or in stations.Students can use the rubric expectations to write their own essays.St
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6th - 10th
C-E-R (claim, evidence, and reasoning) Writing Student Handout FREEBIE
Are your students forever forgetting what C-E-R stands for? Are they struggling with using claim, evidence, and reasoning in their writing? If so, this C-E-R writing handout is just the resource they need!With a quick glance at this two-sided handout, students will have the definitions of claim, evidence, and reasoning, examples, AND writing tips! That means that you will spend less time answering the same questions over and over again. You and your students will also have a common resource to r
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9th - 12th
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Thesis Statement Graphic Organizers | Informative/Explanatory Writing
Make your students initial stages of writing easier with these Thesis Statement Graphic Organizers for Informative/Explanatory Writing! Every year, students seem to struggle with the concept of Thesis Statements. They tend to write three thesis statements instead of one!In this product you will receive two different Thesis Statement graphic organizers for students along with Thesis Statement examples on how to use Thesis Statements. I have used these Thesis Statement graphic organizers in my cla
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6th - 9th
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Essay Outline Writing Basics (Instruction & Practice) - Common Core Aligned
This free lesson on essay outlines includes 3 illustrated instructional printables and 5 practice activity templates. This resource requires no prep from the teacher as it provides everything essential to teaching efficient and effective essay outline technique.
This resource emphasizes the importance of how outlines positively contribute to well written, efficiently organized essays. Upon completion, students should feel confident in their understanding of the purpose outlines play in essay wr
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7th - 12th
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Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer Free Printable Foldable Activity
Enjoy this free introduction to archetypes and the hero's journey. I've included two folding graphic organizers that you can use with any hero's journey. Teach archetypal symbolism with the first foldable, then extend that to the hero and create a representation of eight sections of the journey. I used it with The Odyssey, but it will work for so many others: Harry Potter, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Lord of the Rings,Percy Jackson, or movies that involve the hero's journey Star Wars, Black
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8th - 12th
Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer Rubrics FREE
Please enjoy these FREE argumentative writing and constructed response rubrics to be used with any topic or prompt. Rubrics cover every element and the structure of each type of writing and come in builder-themed and printer-friendly. REMEMBER! Leaving feedback helps ME and YOU! Earn TPT Credit by rating this resource after downloading. Thank you! *Click Here To Leave FEEDBACKWhat you get:Argumentative Essay Writing Rubric with and without descriptorsConstructed Response Writing Rubric with an
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6th - 9th
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FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES LIST 4 ALL GRADES K-12 AND SUBJECTS + TEACHER RESOURCE
Sometimes, you just need a list of websites for everyone. Here it is. FREE EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES Put together by Teach Me, Maria!It takes time to gather this information, figure out the appropriate grade levels, and format, maintain, and update this page. All I ask is for an honest review if this list helps you.
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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Intro to Storytelling Personal Narrative Humans of NY FULL LESSON High School
Looking for a FREE, NO-PREP, EDITABLE, DIGITAL & PRINT Humans of New York Introduction to Storytelling: Narrative & Photojournalism Graphic Organizer? Perfect for high school and middle school, this accessible graphic organizer will serve as an introduction to an engaging Humans of New York unit that prompts students to evaluate the significance of setting, research New York culture, evaluate their own local culture, and explore narrative and photojournalism storytelling.OR: Simply use t
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6th - 12th
FREE -Student Created Podcast Episodes - A Complete Student Guide
You know that every student has something to say! Let them say it with their very own podcast episode. This FREE student created podcast resource will be a favorite for you and your students. No-prep is needed for instruction. The student packet walks students through it all! This product will lead your students through the process for creating a podcast from conception to scripting. Clear and logical steps make for amazing student products. Here's what you'll get:Student PacketTeaching G
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8th - 12th
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CER graphic organizer for ELA and Math
The common core requires a lot of evidence based writing. My students were struggling to write effectively using the CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) format so I made this quick graphic organizer. It helps them get their thoughts down into the correct categories before having to form full paragraphs.There is a second organizer for use with math word problems. This forces students to practice explaining their math using words and academic vocabulary.Check out the CER posters, board game, and A
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Also included in: CER Bundle
CER poster set
The common core requires a lot of evidence based writing. CER: claim, evidence, reasoning, is helpful for getting students to think through their positions and more fully express their thoughts. These posters make great references for students using CER in the classroom. There are two sets of posters here here: a single page poster with CER and the questions to help the students think as well as each letter on it's own page. The top question is the one I use most often in ELA, the bottom in mat
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: CER Bundle
Transition Words in Essays Lesson for High School English Academic Essay Writing
Teach your English students how “repeated word” transitions improve clarity and flow in their essay writing. This transition words strategy works for opinion writing, argumentative writing, informational writing, and analytical writing.If you’ve ever wondered how to break down and teach students how to make their writing flow in a professional way, this resource will help!If you find value in this free resource, I ask you to let me know by leaving a review on TpT, a comment on my YouTube video,
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9th - 12th
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Research Simulation Task Practice (PARCC/NJSLA)
In this ELA lesson plan, students will practice with grade appropriate nonfiction pieces to determine what the prompt is asking and create a thesis statement. This is great practice for NJSLA or PARCC!
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3rd - 11th
TAG Peer Feedback Handout Printable: Tell, Ask, Give, FREE
This printable handout breaks down TAG Peer Feedback: Tell, Ask Give. When students peer edit, peer revise, or peer review, they can follow this guideline for peer feedback. Definitions, sentence stems, and examples are provided to support students in improving each other's writing!Additional information:This google docs resource can be used digitally or printed.This unit is suitable for 6th-grade English, 7th-grade English, 8th-grade English, 9th-grade English, 10th-grade English, 11th-grade En
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6th - 12th
ELA Curriculum Map Pacing Guide for 9th & 10th English Quarter 1 of Full Year
This curriculum map resource includes a suggested pacing guide for 9-weeks of ELA curriculum for grades 9-10. You can use it to help plan your own year of ELA lessons and/or get a better sense of the materials included in my ELA Quarter 1 Curriculum Grades 9-10.The Quarter 1 curriculum resource is intended for both new English teachers as well as experienced English teachers looking for new ideas and creative lessons to add to their mix. This 9-week curriculum plan focuses on short fiction and n
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8th - 11th
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Paragraph Organizer: MEAL Plan
This is a one-page organizer designed to provide the basic elements and order of a persuasive or explanatory paragraph. It also includes a space for teachers to add a word bank, a checklist for sentence variety, and a checklist for common errors.
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9th - 12th
CSI Argument/Analysis Writing Template and Revision Checklist (6-12)
CSI stands for CLAIM, SUPPORT, & INFERENCE! Download this impactful anchor charts to display in your classroom or make copies for your class to help your students draft insightful inference/analysis paragraphs for their persuasive and argumentative writing. It's been a game changer for all of my students!
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6th - 12th
SOAPStone Posters (or Presentations)- FREE Analysis Tool
SOAPStone is a diverse strategy that can be used to dissect the work of professional writers as well as help students develop their own writing. This FREE product consists of two slide shows that break down the SOAPStone acronym and provides questions to guide students through the analysis or writing process. The slides are intended to be printed out and used as classroom posters, but they are also perfect to use as visuals during an introductory lesson.If you enjoy this resource, you and your s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Argumentative Writing/Research Paper Topic Proposal
Students can use this to help further develop ideas about an argumentative writing or research paper topic. This also allows parents/guardians to gain insight about what the student will spend a significant amount of time researching and either permit or deny the student to conduct further research.
Essay Writing Process Handout, "Steps to a Fabulous Essay" Free Resource
High school ELA students have heard of the writing process: pre-write, write, edit; however, they may not realize there are several additional steps that would enhance their writing and guide them to great essays. This free Step-By-Step to a Fabulous Literary Analysis Essay handout is a great reference tool for kids to have on hand during their writing assignments.This engaging handout addresses the following steps:participating in classchoosing a promptpre-writingplanningwritingconcludingpost-w
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9th - 12th
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FREE Of Mice and Men Pre-Reading Activity - Editable Google Form!
Use this as a way to help students begin to think about their own opinions about different thematic statements that will be covered in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. This is a great way to engage students before they start reading the novella.Please check out my store, LiteratureandLanguageLove, for more resources!
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Of Mice and Men Unit BUNDLE - Editable!
The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs Materials
Materials for the short story, "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs. I've used these materials two years in a row and they always make this lesson go smoothly. We tend to focus on foreshadowing, irony, and plot structure. I introduce the students to the vocabulary terms through PowerPoint while they take the notes down on the vocabulary worksheet provided. We read the story together and pause to answer the guided questions. I have the students complete a writing assignment or draw a full page pictu
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8th - 10th
Journal Writing Response Prompts Middle High School English Themes: Freedom FREE
Looking for a FREE LOW-PREP, EDITABLE, and DIGITAL journal writing response prompts on themes of freedom for middle and high school? Perfect to supplement any reading or writing unit related to themes of freedom, equality, sacrifice, activism, and morals.INCLUDED:Learning goals100% EDITABLE google & slides5 Journal response promptsTerm definitionsGuiding questionsPersonal reflection questionsAdditional information:- This resource can be used as print PDF and digital google docs.Implementatio
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6th - 12th
Persuasive Writing for Special Ed - Writing Chops: The Cell Phone Debate
Mad Libs meets persuasive writing to help students with intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, or ELL students participate in the challenging task of writing persuasive essays. Students are provided sentence stems and fill-in-the blank segments that guide them through THEIR opinion choice of the persuasive topic of whether or not cell phones should be permitted in the classroom or not. A summary of "research" is also provided so these students can focus on the task of writing.
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9th - 12th
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