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5th grade writing-expository Common Core W.8.1a resources
Writing Workshop Checklists and Conference Activity Sheets
Differentiation is easy in Writing Workshop with with these quick "Note from Your Teacher" conference checklists. On one side of the page, you assign exactly what students need to focus on in workshop, and students respond back on the other side. Make assessments easier and writing workshop more productive. Editable.What you'll get:editable checklists for the following modes of writing:NarrativeOpinionArgumentInformative/explanatoryResearchBlank form you can customizePlus, a note-taker sheet
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Rubrics, checklists, and feedback forms for Writing Activities and Workshop
Writing Opening and Closing Paragraphs Bundle
Teach students to write outstanding introduction and conclusion paragraphs for persuasive essays and informative, explanatory, or expository essays.No matter what type of writing you are doing, writing opening and closing paragraphs can be extremely challenging. This lesson breaks down the parts of each and provides practice. It makes it much easier for students to understand what to do and how to do it, so they actually write!These lessons include three parts for both opening and closing paragr
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4th - 8th
Essay Writing (Expository, Persuasive/Argument & Literary Analysis) Common Core
Perfect for the beginning of the year, this common core aligned complete essay writing unit includes extensive instruction coupled with concept specific practice opportunities on the expository, persuasive and literary essays. Over 66 pages in length, this essay writing unit can be broken down into ~13-16 lesson plans and offers printable practice activities on the following topics:- Essay at a Glance (Visual illustrations of essay writing in its simplest form, including the Funnel Model.)- Outl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
Your students will love these fun, creative writing prompts that are perfect for the crazy days before the holidays!You'll have everything you need to keep your students engaged and writing! And as a bonus, you'll get a set of editable lesson plans.How will this bundle help you do this?This what you'll get in the "Dear Santa" resource:writing prompt that sets the purpose for the letterfriendly letter format for easy referenceprewriting: audience & purposeprewriting: what is your evidence th
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3rd - 8th
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Topic Sentences Activity BUNDLE | Digital Lesson, Practice, & Assessment
Do your student struggle with writing claims/topic sentences for their paragraphs? Teach your students the difference between strong versus weak topic sentences with these tools. Whether you are teaching your students to write strong paragraphs on fiction/literature or informational/expository nonfiction, these products will expose your students to tons of examples before they have to write paragraphs of their own!Related Products:Thesis Statements BUNDLE | Digital Lesson, Practice, & Forma
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5th - 10th
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Weekly Writing Sets BUNDLE: Daily Writing practice for the ENTIRE YEAR!
This Weekly Writing Set BUNDLE includes four quarters (36 weeks- 9 months) of daily writing practice and will last you the whole school year. Students practice all four types of writing (expository, informative, argumentative, and narrative/creative) each week. Writing tips, CCSS aligned rubric, & reflections are included to help them write effectively. Each set is designed to have students write 10-15 minutes each day, including the pre-write/brainstorm section. The last day of the week is
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5th - 8th
News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
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5th - 9th
Also included in:Â NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY BUNDLE | ANALYSIS & CREATION OF NEWS | COMPLETE UNITS
How to write a strong HOOKS for literary analysis essays
Middle schoolers CAN do literary analysis!Help your 6th, 7th, and 8th graders move beyond the typical "question" hook by teaching them dynamic strategies for capturing their reader's attention right away in a literary essay. This handout and accompanying PowerPoint presentation will give you all the tools you'll need to teach your students 5 effective hook strategies. It also includes a highly engaging animated short film with example hooks using each strategy. Concepts covered include:What is a
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5th - 9th
Also included in:Â Literary Analysis Essay BUNDLE
MARCH TEST PREP ESCAPE ROOM ELA ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING RACE STRATEGY PASSAGES
Need help motivating students who are burnt out on test prep? This St. Patrick's Day March 360 ELA TEST PREP digital escape room will do the trick! CCSS AND COMPATIBLE WITH MOST STATE STANDARDS.The escape room is divided into thematic forest scenes, each designed to simulate a different part of the test. Students will read passages, compose ECR/SCR (constructed responses) and an argumentative essay, analyze writing samples, solve puzzles, and crack ELA codes all while scrolling through an immers
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â MARCH ELA 360 TEST PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM & BELL RINGER GRAMMAR BUNDLE
Weekly Writing Set: Daily Writing Practice for middle school grades
This Weekly Writing Set (Volume 1) includes one quarter of the year (9 weeks- 3 months) of daily writing practice. Students are exposed to all four types of writing (expository, informative, argumentative, and narrative/creative) each week, with writing tips, rubrics, & reflections to help write effectively. Each set is designed to have students write 10-15 minutes each day, including the pre-write/brainstorm section. The last day of the week is designed for reflection, using the CCSS aligne
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Weekly Writing Sets BUNDLE: Daily Writing practice for the ENTIRE YEAR!
Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Math, Reading, Writing, and Trivia
This bundle contains several fun and NO PREP activities to use to celebrate Leap Day 2024 (Leap Year 2024). Many contain a customizable digital resource (Google Document) and a printable resource (Canva) that contain the same directions and activity. These activities were designed for students in middle school, but could be used for upper elementary and high school students in Pre Algebra, Pre-Algebra, or Algebra.For more details on each product, click on the individual product to see the previe
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4th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Person I Admire Guided Planning for Essay or Talk Preparation
This pack guides students in a focused study of a person a student admires or looks up to. Quick print, low-prep!Includes...Materials for starting discussion around the concept of admirationPlanning and research sheets in questionnaire formatBody biography diagram and guided promptsAccompanying PowerPoint...plus a previous version with editable Word documents and Google forms.You might also like...Six Word Memoir | Icebreaker | Differentiated | Middle and High SchoolPeer Assessment Carousel | Es
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5th - 8th
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Claim Versus Counterclaim Activity
A simple worksheet to help students create counterclaims from given claims. Great resource to use before teaching students how to delineate author's claim and counterclaim as well as writing an argumentative essay.
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5th - 8th
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Persuasive, Narrative and Descriptive Writing Lessons & Activities BUNDLE
Teaching writing can be fun! This bundle of lessons (and an entire mini-unit) will guide you in great lessons featuring descriptive writing, persuasive writing, and narrative writing. You will also get end-of-year writing prompts to give your students one last chance to show off how much writing progress they've made. You'll get sensory word lists, prompts, rubrics, and so much more.There are four resources included (along with a fabulous BONUS!) and the individual components can be used over an
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4th - 7th
Argument Writing Anchor Chart and Worksheet
Helps students organize their thoughts for writing arguments and use supporting claims with evidence. The house graphic organizer helps them visualize the process. This argument essay anchor chart comes with a 5 paragraph essay outline.The lesson breaks it down into 5 paragraphs beginning with a hook (question, story or statistic) and a thesis with 3 supporting reasons. The 3 sections of the house are the "support" for the thesis. They urge the writer to include 3 items of evidence and use detai
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5th - 8th
Writing prompts Argumentative Writing Paragraph Writing Narrative Writing
This resource is perfect for encouraging students to write. Many of the prompts also include information about different writing tools. Some of the subjects and tools included are:*Argumentative essay writing*Narrative essay writing*Brainstorming*Clustering*Idiom*Points of View*Main Idea*Analyzing quotes*Editing paragraphs with grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes*Commas*Free writing*Eight parts of speech*Logical Fallacy*Analyzing photographs*Metaphors*Similes*Expository Writing*Di
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4th - 8th
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Editable Writing Rubrics for Middle School
Rubrics make grading so easy! Create ones you want and need with these editable rubrics. You'll have nine to choose from -- CCSS based and ready to use as is. Or customize them in a snap. From narrative to journal responses.Here are the rubrics you'll get:nine editable rubricsnarrativeexpository/ informationalopinionargumentcreative writingpoetry writingjournal prompt responseblankTake the guess work out of creating rubrics. These are standards aligned with 4-8 writing tasks. Plus, creativ
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Rubrics, checklists, and feedback forms for Writing Activities and Workshop
Ultimate Writing Checklist + Teacher Rubric BUNDLE *Editable* | 10 Genres
This bundle of student checklists and teacher rubrics for TEN different writing genres can be used to help guide students in the writing, revising, and editing process, and to help guide you in the grading process! Each of the completely editable checklists cover both the elements of each genre, as well as the conventions of writing that elementary/middle school students should know. The goal statements are written from the perspective of the student, and in language that the student can easily
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1st - 8th
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Complete Expository Essay Writing Unit (differentiated)
This is a complete Expository Essay Writing Unit, from introduction of this type of writing to the final independent product and rubric. Having worked for over a decade as a special education & English teacher, I have compiled this unit throughout the years– with many modifications and adjustments. This unit includes multiple differentiated graphic organizers, notes for students, charts, outlines, and much more. Please be mindful that while this is an entire Expository Writing Unit, every
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5th - 11th
DISTANCE LEARNING: Digital Writing Prompt Test Prep Unit Bundle (ILEARN)
Google Classroom Users: After 3 years of developing, revising, and adapting each lesson, we are finally ready to present this 9-week mega digital interactive test prep writing prompt bundle which includes Constructed Response, and Narrative, Explanatory/Informational, and Argumentative writing prompt units. Take care of nearly all of your writing standards and test prep with this mega bundle.Each unit consists of Google Slideshows, lesson plans, teacher notes, writing prompt practice, and more.P
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5th - 8th
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How To Write An Essay Introduction Paragraph
Are you teaching argumentative, expository, or essay writing? Are you trying to teach your students how to write an essay introduction paragraph? This HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH teaches how to write introductions in a systematic way. Students will learn parts of an introduction paragraph that include hooks, background information, and thesis statements through mini-lessons and corresponding materials. This product is part of my HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY unit.Click here for the Powe
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4th - 8th
Persuasive Writing Bundle | Opinion | Debating | Advertising & Influence
Teach your students to write persuasive arguments, win debates, and sell ideas and products successfully with this bundle of best-selling resources at a heavily discounted rate.
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5th - 8th
Leap Day (Leap Year) 2024 Alternative Options Passage, Questions, and CER
This activity is a fun NO PREP activity to do to celebrate Leap Day 2024 (Leap Year 2024). There is a digital resource (Google Document) and a printable resource (Canva) that contain the same directions and activity. This was designed for students in middle school, but could be used for upper elementary and high school students. In this assignment, students are asked to read a passage (5th/6th grade reading level) about Leap Day/Leap Year. The passages includes the reasoning behind adding a Leap
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4th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Math, Reading, Writing, and Trivia
Persuasive Letter Writing THE COMPLETE BUNDLE
This bundle includes three editable PowerPoint lessons on the Persuasive Letter. It introduces the format and structure of a formal letter and evaluates three model letters.The ZIP folder contains the Terms of Use with a link to the Google Slides.This resource covers:A model letter that explains each part of the letter.Heading, inside address, greeting, body, closing, & signatureExpressing and Supporting an Opinion in a Formal LetterThe 'Call to Action' in Persuasive LettersStyle & Voice
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5th - 8th
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