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Common Core W.9-10.2a resources for Easel
RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets : 10 RACE Writing Prompts Text Evidence
This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy for text evidence. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. This Download Contains:PRINTStudent resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionssuggested a
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6th - 8th
Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
Informational Writing Informative Essay Explanatory Expository Unit W. Text
Teaching informative / informational writing just got a lot easier! This digital and printable workshop is logically sequenced and packed with mentor texts, examples, videos and explanations and uses simple language. Students will learn the 7 major types of informational text structures. They will choose a topic, an appropriate text structure, and use the step by step templates to craft each paragraph of a full essay.This workshop includes:Text Structures Anchor Chart2 Fun Informational Essays
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6th - 9th
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Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Informational Informative Explanatory Expository Essay Writing Graphic Organizer
Thesis Statement Centered Expository / Informative Essay Writing Workshop w. Informational Essay Mentor Samples, Rubric, Videos, Templates, and EVERYTHING you need! (SPECIFICALLY FORMATTED FOR BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PAPER)INCLUDES:⭐ Full Informative Essay Workshop Lessons scaffolded with mentor texts mini-lessons, examples, and tutorial videos⭐ Video Tutorials For ALL Of The Major Elements⭐ Full Sample Essay with coding activity and examples used throughout the workshop. Essay: Middle School Li
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6th - 9th
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Feed by M.T. Anderson Novel Workbook
This product will assist teachers and students in understanding analyzing, the novel, Feed. If you have never checked this book out - do it now! It's a hilarious, yet mind-boggling and tragic exploration into the future where all people have a "feed" in their brain which helps them communicate and acts as their internet. This unit was designed for a 10th grade classroom; however, any grade 9-12 could read this book.This product includes:- Title page- Multi-Genre Project with Rubric- Notes and ac
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Paired Texts Lesson with Short Stories - The Most Dangerous Game and The Lottery
This "paired passages" lesson encourages students to practice annotation, story analysis, synthesis, and essay writing. Students complete close readings of Richard Connell’s story “The Most Dangerous Game” and Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery.” Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings, consider and compare themes, and write a short literary analysis essay. The lesson includes handouts with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies, which provide scaffolding for diverse
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9th - 12th
Paired Texts: Frederick Douglass & Malala Yousafzai - Close Reading Essay Lesson
This lesson connects three texts: Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, and the New York Times article “Malala Yousafzai, Girl Shot by Taliban, Makes Appeal at U.N.” It also makes learning relevant for your students through real-world connections, while meeting ELA standards by employing nonfiction texts.Use this lesson to give your students practice with close reading and the synthesis of ideas. Activity handouts focus on b
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Real-World Nonfiction Connections Bundle: Thoreau, Douglass & Chopin
Paired Texts - We Wear the Mask and I'm Nobody! - Essay Writing Activity
Guide students through close readings of two poems: "We Wear the Mask" by pre- Harlem Renaissance poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson. Then facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the poems. The lesson engages students with an icebreaker opening game of "Two Truths and a Lie" and culminates in a writing task that imitates the style of a standardized assessment. Additionally, this
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7th - 10th
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Expository Essay Rubric also for Explanatory & Informative Writing w/ Google
Use this common core aligned essay rubric to guide students through the objective writing standards for expository, explanatory and informative writing. This resource includes two different rubrics. The first is traditional with five categories: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Ideas/Content, and Conventions/Word Choice. The second rubric is designed for expedited grading with boxes to check for areas of growth. When I used the expedited rubric in my own classroom, I averaged 3-5 minut
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8th - 11th
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Paired Texts - Naming Myself and My Name - Essay Writing
Prepare students to write a literary analysis essay with this lesson. Students first complete close readings of the poem "Naming Myself" by Barbara Kingsolver and the excerpt "My Name" from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts, consider and compare themes, and complete a prose constructed response.This resource includes the following: explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidethink aloud
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Thesis Statements & Writing Leads in Essay Writing - Essay Introduction Lesson
Teaching how to evaluate a prompt, choose the best ideas, and write a thesisl statement in a writing lead has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of writing a thesis statement and topic sentences for different types of writing and color-coded anchor paragraphs to demonstrate the writing process. Additionally, writing prompt evaluation with examples of brainstorming ideas and choosing the best ones to include in the essay provide students the opportu
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9th - 12th
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Main Idea Supporting Details - Citing Evidence - Quotes as Supporting Evidence
Teaching how to use quotes as supporting details has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of how to incorporate quotes used as supporting evidence in an essay. Additionally, anchor paragraphs using a quote as supporting evidence provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for di
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9th - 12th
"Justinian and Theodora" - Article, Power Point, Activities, Assessments (DL)
The illustrated Article and PowerPoint demonstrate Theodora's influence on many of Justinian's decisions and accomplishments during his rule of the Byzantine Empire in the sixth century...Activities and Assessments included.Lesson includes: - 6-Page Illustrated Article - 38-Slide PowerPoint Presentation + Notes- Multiple Choice Assessment + Answer Key - Scaffolded Paragraph Writing Activity + Scoring Rubric - Document-Based Question Assessment + Answer Key- DBQ Scoring Rubric (allows
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5th - 9th
Bell Ringers Middle School ELA Writing Prompts Using Quotes
Bell Ringers for Middle school. Use these Writing Prompts to teach Literary Devices. Daily Exercises using motivational quotations. 50 inspirational quotes for your students to write about. Explanations of literary devices and figurative language (such as similes, metaphors, symbolism, and analogy) used on the first twenty quotes for instruction. Use for warmups, bellringers, or daily journal activities. Good discussion starters. Have students copy the quote and paraphrase what it means to them
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6th - 9th
Paired Texts - The Man He Killed and The Sniper - Essay Writing
In this lesson, students complete close readings of Thomas Hardy's poem "The Man He Killed" and Liam O'Flaherty's story "The Sniper." Then, they synthesize their understanding of the readings, compare themes, and write a short literary analysis essay.In addition to the printable lesson, this resource may be used for distance learning with EASEL by TpT.The 24-page resource includes the following:-explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual
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8th - 12th
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Writing Leads - Creative Writing Hook Leads and Endings - Intros and Conclusions
Teaching how to write a writing lead - creative writing hook has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of how to write a writing hook and summary. Additionally, writing lead and conclusion anchor paragraphs provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone. The no prep lesson can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as inde
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9th - 12th
Identifying Hooks in Introduction Paragraphs Worksheet
Includes four introduction paragraph examples in which students can practice identifying the hook, and what type of technique was used to write the hook. Great for reinforcing a lesson on the different types of hooks in informational or argumentative writing!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Writing Leads and Endings -Several Methods for Essay Introductions & Conclusions
Teaching how to write a writing hook and writing lead has never been easier! This lesson includes an introduction and thorough explanation of how to write a writing lead and summary. Additionally, writing lead and conclusion anchor paragraphs provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone. The types of writing leads, writing hooks, summaries, and conclusions included in the le
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9th - 12th
Paired Texts - First Lesson and Those Winter Sundays - Essay Writing
Help your students practice close reading and essay writing by guiding them through two poems: “First Lesson" by Philip Booth and "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden. Then, facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the poems and practice writing literary analysis essays.This 20-page resource includes the following: explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidecontextual reading
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6th - 10th
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NEW Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit (Allende, Esquivel, Márquez)
In this fantastic Latin Folktales and Magical Realism unit, you will study characteristics of Latin folktales, analyze Latin cautionary folktales (El Silbón, El Sombrerón, La Llorona, La Siguanaba) and Latin animal folktales (Boitatá, El Cóndor y El Colibri, El Zorro, Jukumari), then explore genre elements of Magical Realism, and identify elements of Latin folktales and Magical Realism in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Gabriel García Márquez, short story), Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Es
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8th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
The Crucible: Writing Prompts Constructed Response Practice CCSS
Let me make your life easier. Use these 13 constructed responses to test knowledge of the CCSS standards for The Crucible. They include questions about: theme, characterization, text structure, word use, literary devices, comparison and contrast, conflict, and more. I've also included a handy rubric for easy grading. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Related Products⛔ The Crucible Bundle Common Core Based⛔ The Cru
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: The Crucible Bundle Common Core Based Distance Learning
RACER Constructed Response Paragraph Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is the perfect way to teach students how to write a well constructed paragraph for a constructed response task. It breaks down each part of a well-organized paragraph response. It even includes what each letter in R.A.C.E.R. stands for, sentence starters to promote the use of transitional words/phrases, and even MLA in-text citation format for direct quotes used to support the response! This graphic organizer is a great tool to utilize if you are teaching students how to
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Snapchat Debate Middle & High School No Prep ESL Sub Activity Packet
Do your students love Snapchat? Do they know about the "dark side" of this popular social media platform? This Snapchat themed resource will capture your students' attention and have them taking sides. Students will read about the positive and negative aspects of this popular social media app., take a position, and support it with evidence they have have gathered from the provided text. Like most of my resources, this multi-skill activity is ready to go--no prep.How to Use: This is a flexible re
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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