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Writing-essays Common Core WHST.11-12.1a resources
The 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric
What's Included?This is a 4-point, proficiency-based scoring guide for grading middle-school level, five-paragraph essays. This is a complete, holistic essay rubric that follows from the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Body Paragraphs and the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Intro Paragraphs.Pair this rubric with the Five-Paragraph Essay Scoring Sheet to provide students with a clear and easy-to-read peer grading sheet that makes grading for teachers and students a breeze. Easily convert the 4-poin
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5th - 12th
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay - I Have a Dream - Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
Teaching rhetorical analysis essays doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is engaging and easy to use. This rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital Google Slides version
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8th - 11th
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Amending the Constitution Civics Legislative Branch Project - DC Statehood
Should the US amend the Constitution to grant Washington DC statehood status or should it remain a federal district? Have your students take on the role of Presidential advisors and research this legislative branch constitutional issue in this highly-scaffolded research essay PBL.This is the perfect addition to your Civics and Government class to culminate your Three Branches or Legislative Branch units or use as a course capstone project.Research and writing skills can be the hardest to teach w
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Legislative Branch Unit with Activities, PPTs, Card Sorts, & Games
Electoral College - Amending the Constitution Executive Branch Project Civics
Should the US abolish or keep the Electoral College? Have your students take on the role of Presidential advisors and research this constitutional issue in this highly-scaffolded research essay PBL.This is the perfect addition to your Civics and Government class to culminate your Voting & Election or Executive Branch units or use as a course capstone project.Research and writing skills can be the hardest to teach well, which you'll be able to do with so many embedded supports like:Audio reco
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Executive Branch Unit with Activities, PPTs, & Simulations
Supreme Court Term Limits - Amending the Constitution Civics Judicial Project
Should the US impose term limits or mandatory retirement ages for federal judges, including the Supreme Court? Have your students take on the role of Presidential advisors and research this constitutional issue in this highly-scaffolded research essay PBL.This is the perfect addition to your Civics and Government class to culminate your Three Branches or Judicial Branch units or use as a course capstone project.Research and writing skills can be the hardest to teach well, which you'll be able to
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Civics and Government Inquiry Full Course Curriculum for High School
Gettysburg Address Rhetorical Analysis Essay - Abraham Lincoln Speech Analysis
Teaching rhetorical analysis with speeches doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is engaging and easy to use. This Gettysburg Address rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital Goo
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â English 9-10 Full Year Curriculum - Yearlong Pacing Guide and Lessons
History Writing Yearly Program with Writing Tests for Rubric Callibration
This file includes a yearly writing program that can be used or modified for a US II course. The file includes a video explanation, rubric, writing template, Google forms, and thesis preparation worksheets. All files are in Word and PDF for editing and revision to address your individual needs.Topics covered: This is a yearly writing program. Students select a topic and stay with the topic for each new essay (1 per marking period). By the final essay, students will have a deeper understanding of
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9th - 12th
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AICE International History Chapter 1 Writing Workshops BUNDLE
Welcome!This bundle focuses on AICE International History Chapter 1. EACH writing workshop is a multi-day lesson to support students through AICE exam style writing & expectations. The prompt for the Paper 1 (SBQ) part A and B is from Chapter 1.3 on Japan. The prompt for Paper 2 part A and B is from Chapter 1.4 on the U.S.A. If you are using my mini units for Chapter 1, students will have practiced writing skills for each type of essay. If you are using my writing mini lessons... you ca
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10th - 12th
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AP United States History Bundle
This is a full year-long United States History Course aligned to the Advanced Placement course requirements and approved AP U.S. History textbooks. The scaffolded learning activities in this bundle are designed to build the analytical and writing skills necessary to excel on the exam. The lessons will help students to comprehend the massive amount of content required for this course and to develop the critical thinking skills to analyze primary and secondary sources like a historian. This bund
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Rhetorical Analysis - Assassination of Martin Luther King- Robert Kennedy Speech
Teaching rhetorical analysis doesn't have to be tricky. This no-prep rhetorical analysis unit for Robert Kennedy's Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is engaging and easy to use. This rhetorical analysis unit teaches students how to analyze a speech; identify ethos, logos, and pathos; and write a rhetorical analysis essay. Students are supported through the rhetorical analysis essay with prewriting activities and detailed graphic organizers. Both a printable PDF and digital
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â English 9-10 Full Year Curriculum - Yearlong Pacing Guide and Lessons
Multimodal Essay Planner (Google Docs)
This essay planner can be used for argumentative, explanatory, and informative writing. Students can use RAMP (role, audience, mode, and purpose) to analyze any writing prompt, then use the planner below to write a basic thesis, plan each body paragraph, and write a basic conclusion for their essay. The worksheet can be adjusted to analyze model texts or can be used for students to plan out their own writing. Each section can be taught in mini-lessons or the worksheet can be taught as a whole to
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9th - 12th
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Multimodal Essay Planner (Microsoft Word)
This essay planner can be used for argumentative, explanatory, and informative writing. Students can use RAMP (role, audience, mode, and purpose) to analyze any writing prompt, then use the planner below to write a basic thesis, plan each body paragraph, and write a basic conclusion for their essay. The worksheet can be adjusted to analyze model texts or can be used for students to plan out their own writing. Each section can be taught in mini-lessons or the worksheet can be taught as a whole to
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9th - 12th
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The de Medici Family and the Renaissance: A Legacy to Celebrate?
This assignment, including the detailed writing rubric, can serve as a valuable resource for other educators in several ways:Ready-to-Use Assignment: It offers a comprehensive, ready-to-use assignment package that can be easily integrated into any world history curriculum focusing on the Renaissance. This saves educators time in planning and developing materials.Critical Thinking Development: The assignment prompts students to engage in critical thinking and analysis, skills that are crucial acr
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9th - 12th
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11.5 - Document lesson: How do I research my question (using databases)?
At nomadicprofessor.com you'll find this session under US2: The Noise of Democracy, Session 1.5. This file includes a full, detailed, step-by-step lesson on doing research in online databases, with examples and organizers for individual notes:Detailed handouts (A, B, and C) that INSTRUCT, MODEL, and provide organizers for student PRACTICEHANDOUT A: this is where students get instruction in the steps of the research processHANDOUT B: this is where students see a model following the instructions g
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Unit 11 - 1789 to 1797
TREATY OF VERSAILLES vs. WILSON'S 14 PTS - DIFFERENTIATED WRITING IN THE CONTENT
Topic: A Compare and Contrast of the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson's 14 PointsThe Product: A differentiated writing in the content area assignment with a wealth of embedded tools that are easily transferrable to future writing content.Pull this project out for your next observation!NO MORE WASTED WEEKENDS POURING OVER ESSAYS! WITH THE INCLUDED TOOLS, YOU CAN GRADE AS YOU GO!Aligned to Ohio Content StandardsAligned with popular writing programs like The Writing Revolution and Collins Writing.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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How to Write a History Essay Step-By-Step Guide
This will help your students generically work through the writing process in terms of how to write a history paper with areas that they tend to struggle in more than others.1. How to highlight: This document explains the art of highlighting. The key is to have the students read through it and then use it as a practice in proper highlighting technique. You can have them share their final products to see the differences and then have one that you have made that hits the mark for what you think is
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9th - 12th
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Unit 11 - 1789 to 1797
This bundle includes a full unit of content covering the Birth of the Union to the formation of the Federalist and Republican parties. (The original text of this unit can be found at nomadicprofessor.com in US2: The Noise of Democracy.) Sessions 11.1-11.4 include the following resources:The full text of each Session from the Nomadic Professor's online American History course (nomadicprofessor.com)Exclusive on-location mini-lectures from the Nomadic Professor (the thumbnails for each video in the
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Argumentative Letter to the Editor on a Candidate or Mandatory Voting and Rubric
Are you looking for an easy-prep, argumentative essay topic to energize your students for the 2024 election? Argumentative Letter to the Editor on a Candidate or Mandatory Voting and Rubric is just what you need for your middle and high school students. This 21-page editable resource provides your students, including ELL, RSP, and GATE, with everything they need to write a letter to the editor in which they express their stance on a presidential candidate or whether we should implement mandato
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Every Four Years...The Presidential Election Unit Bundle
STEM Focused Rhetorical Analysis Prompts AP English Language
Writing Prompts are based on the AP English Language ExamNonfiction: Critical Reading and WritingText AnalysisTest Prep SAT, End of Course Exams, and Advanced PlacementSIX STEM Question 2 Practice Rhetorical Analysis Prompts! Provide much needed practice for the 2021 AP English Language Exam.These SIX prompts provide an opportunity to practice individual skills as outlined in the Units and Topics in the updated CED.Prompts provide the opportunity for instruction and practice for text analysis sk
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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10.6 - Document lesson: What does a good research question look like?
This file includes a full document-based lesson:Actual student papersExcerpts from D.H. Fischer's Historians' Fallacies, offering 11 rules for writing good research questionsA handout on historical literacy (sourcing, contextualizing, reading and inferring, and corroborating)A graphic organizer for focusing attention on key information, organizing ideas, and drawing attention to similarities and differences between the sourcesSupport for students working virtually and/or independently:Model answ
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Unit 10 - Constitutions
Demystifying the Research Paper - Activity Set
This sequence of activities has three overarching goals: To provide any individual with a formal approach to research-writing that is easily-grasped, easily-practiced, and effective.To help reluctant students actually appreciate the value of using other people’s sources when making a case.To help reluctant students perceive for themselves that a research paper need not feel alien nor onerous.
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9th - 12th
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Ace Critical Thinking for Success: ANALYTICAL Thinking
This file focuses on analytical thinking skills. It can help learners to develop an independent ability to conduct original analysis. The file aims to help learners achieve these:Understand the relevance and importance of analysis in decision-making and problem-solving. Know how to dig for key causes through thoughtful and deep analysis.Know how to design an ideal solution to target one key cause.Know how to present analysis products in an organized analysis essay. Specifically, the file covers
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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12.5 - Document lesson: How do I do research using a search engine?
At nomadicprofessor.com you'll find this session under US2: The Noise of Democracy, Session 2.5.This file includes a full, detailed, step-by-step lesson on doing research using search engines, with examples and organizers for individual notes:Detailed handouts (A, B, and C) that INSTRUCT, MODEL, and provide organizers for student PRACTICEHANDOUT A: this is where students get instruction in the steps of the research process (what's covered: click restraint, original reporting, lateral reading, li
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Unit 12 - 1798-1806
5 Prewriting Templates
These writing templates help students of various ages organize their ideas for writing assignments. The templates provided cover the following writing types:* Narrative essays* Descriptive essays* Expository essays* Persuasive essays* Short storiesThey divide writing projects into sections as well as individual elements and details that need to be included. I hope you enjoy!
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5th - 12th
Also included in:Â Writing Bundle
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