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Writing-expository Common Core CCRA.R.1 resources
Writing Interactive Notebooks: Writing Activities {Interactive Writing Notebook}
Writing Interactive Notebooks ~ Sentences and Paragraphs for Common Core 3-8. This Writing Interactive Notebook is a companion to my TpT Best Sellers for Reading Literature and Reading Informational Text.Get the *original* Interactive Writing Notebooks - Over 30,000 copies sold!This resource is now part of an interactive notebook bundle. Find the bundle here.***********************************************Each of the 26 lessons includes a photo of the finished product, teacher’s notes, teacher’s
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3rd - 8th
Also included in:Â Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5
WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grades 4-5 No Prep Printables
**Grades 4-5 Version** Level AThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are n
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Expository Informative Explanatory Writing Unit Editable CCSS Distance Learning
This writing unit focuses on explanatory and informative (expository) writing and is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. It has also been recently updated to include Google Drive / Google Classroom editable handouts (perfect for distance learning!) and MLA 8 style handouts.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.Students will learn to write informative/explanatory essays and research papers by following the step-by-step process. The zipped file in
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Writing instruction has never been easier! This download now includes ALL of my writing resources: argument and persuasive, expository (including journalism), and narrative writing. In addition, I added helpful outlines, prompts, and rubrics. The skills practiced are standards-based, aligned with the Common Core State Standards.This is a MEGA BUNDLE of the following products:*ARGUMENT*Argument Writing Mega Bundle (Includes Unit, Editable Handouts, Rubrics, AND Presentation) (This is included in
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7th - 12th
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Book Reports BUNDLE to Use with ANY Book
56 Book Reports to use with ANY Book, both Fiction and Nonfiction! Using this book report BUNDLE in your classroom will benefit your students' reading comprehension skills:Looking for digital book reports for distance learning? Check out my Digital Book Reports Google Drive Edition.FICTION:Story elementsMaking connections to textQuestioning the textAuthor's purposeCompare & contrastProblem & solution / conflict & resolutionBeginning, Middle & EndSummaryCharacterizationSequencin
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1st - 4th
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AP English Literature Poetry Bellringers for a Full Year | Daily Questions
This resource contains 36 PDF files, each of which walks students through poetry analysis of each poem in five focused steps. Each page asks 2-3 questions focused on one AP Lit Essential Skill® (Characterization, Setting, Structure, Narrator, and Figurative Language). The questions comprise five slides, designed for each day of the week. The lesson ends with a writing or discussion prompt, modeled after the prompts from the AP® English Lit exam. This resource can be used both in the classroom or
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10th - 12th
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Also included in:Â AP English Literature Full Course Year Long Bundle | 3500+ Pages!
Holocaust Themed Nonfiction Readings & Responses - Print & Digital
These ten nonfiction articles and structured writing responses can be used as in class or homework assignments. Each assignment includes two different levels of the reading and six choices of paragraph formats for writing a response to the article. The lower level passages, which include definitions of key terms, and structured writing responses are ideal for support struggling readers and writers and/or special education students.All articles are related to the Holocaust and include topics such
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Holocaust Resource Bundle for ELA, History - Print & Digital
Close Reading Article Review Questions For Any NonFiction Text
Close Reading Questions: Nonfiction Articles Aligned with the Common Core State StandardsNonfiction articles can be used in any content area. Use the handouts to encourage close reading of the passage or article. May be used with any news, feature, informational, explanatory, argument, opinion, editorial, persuasive, narrative, or autobiographical article/text. Explores comparing two texts for compare/contrast. Students will be required to find evidence from the text to support their answers.*LI
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Newspaper Article Summary Form
This is a form students can use to summarize a newspaper article they have read. On the front it asks them to identify heading, subheading, byline, and dateline. It defines these words. It then asks to tell who, what, where and why about the article. On the back of the form they take the information they have gathered on the front and write a summary of the newspaper article. This is a great form for teaching students about reading informational articles and also being able to identify the
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4th - 8th
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Friday Night Lights Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger's study of the impact of football in a Texas town resonates across the country. His discussions of the academics vs. sports debate,race, gender, and class issues, and entitlement will hook middle and high school students. Friday Night Lights speaks to the secondary school experience as well as society's expectations.This complete unit plan, includes: Common Core Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy grade level, time frame, assessments, and detailed daily plans as we
Grades:
7th - 12th
Rhetorical Analysis of Ted Talks Worksheets - Persuasion & Ted Talk Activities
These no-prep TED talk worksheets encourage rhetorical analysis and critical thinking about nonfiction texts! Whether you use these TED talks as a part of an rhetorical analysis and argumentative essay unit, a stand-alone lesson, or a reading and discussion resource, this resource is sure to engage learners while holding them to high expectations! I created this resource for my English 10 students who LOVE all things visual and technology-based. This activity builds nonfiction reading, analysis
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8th - 11th
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Fiction and Nonfiction Test Passages: Practice Assessments
This is a set of 9 text-based assessments that I use to prepare my students for standardized testing. There are 4 fiction passages, 4 nonfiction passages, and 1 poetry passage. Each assessment includes a reading passage with 5 multiple choice questions and 1 writing prompt. The questions are written in the type of language seen on standardized tests to give students exposure to that type of wording. Included:*Print ready PDF, Google Doc, and Google Form versions of each assessment*4 fiction asse
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Assessment Bundle for English Language Arts Skills
Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
Expository Writing Activity: Fact vs. Opinion
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Do your students struggle to identify and correctly write unbiased expository pieces? This activity will help them identify various forms of bias in writing and how to change them to unbiased or factual statements.
I have used this in both English and journalism courses with success.
This IS included in my Journalism Writing & Planning Bundle.
The download has a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Fossil Record Research Project and CER for Middle School Life Science - MS-LS4-1
Are you looking for an engaging way to teach your middle school students about the fossil record? Let them solve a mystery! In this fossil record research project, your students will learn about fossilized whale remains discovered in a Chilean desert. Then they will gather information from text and video sources and craft a CER response explaining why marine fossils are sometimes found in the desert.The lesson meets science, reading, and writing standards. Students begin with gathering evidence
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6th - 8th
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MS-LS4-1
Animal Research Reports
Animal Research Reports Made EasyThis informative writing and informational text unit is more than just templates, it includes everything you need for researching, drafting, and publishing rigorous animal reports. With the Common Core’s emphasis on informational text and informative writing, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire researching and writing process. Check out the preview to see everything included in this unit.Immersion•Text Features Help Me Understand•Ho
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2nd - 5th
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Edgar Allan Poe Biography Stations Reading Comprehension and Objective Summary
The Life of Edgar Allan Poe: Editable Reading and Writing Stations
This resource is a complete set of student materials designed to introduce students to the life of Edgar Allan Poe and to practice objective summary. In this lesson, students learn about objective summaries, practice summary whole group and then work their way through four stations featuring original short passages on Edgar Allan Poe’s life, each one with multiple-choice questions for comprehension and to practice summary. This
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7th - 9th
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Into the Wild Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 46-page Into the Wild Unit Plan includes detailed teaching plans along with numerous links to inspire your ninth to twelfth grade students to read Jon Krakauer's extraordinary book. All of the literary analysis activities and teaching ideas are aligned with the Common Core Standards. A plethora of character and plot analysis activities and four open-ended writing forms fuel students' interest in Chris McCandless's Alaskan odyssey. Teachers may use the digitally enhanced or PDF formats to
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9th - 12th
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Text Evidence Stems Bulletin Board and Student Notes
Text evidence and accountable talk stems for middle school and upper elementary students will look beautiful on a bulletin board, while helping students communicate using specific details. Middle school classroom decor has never been so useful! Research shows that displaying text evidence stems encourages students to provide more evidence when speaking and writing. This bulletin board decor set includes the language that we like older students to use. That means NO personal pronoun terminology,
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5th - 10th
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On-Demand Writing Strategies for AP Lit | Time-Saving Scoring Tips & Strategies
This resource is a must-have for any new or struggling AP Lit/ AP English Literature teacher. It includes: A 2-page student handout of 10 tips for on-demand writing, based on insights from experienced AP® readers (myself included)3 guides for teacher use, one for each essay type. Each guide includes advice on the question from the College Board®, common student pitfalls, and suggested resources for in-class instructionA page of on-demand writing time-saving tips and teaching strategies for teach
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11th - 12th
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Also included in:Â AP English Literature Full Course Year Long Bundle | 3500+ Pages!
Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Custom Bundle for K. Cook
How to Write a CER Paragraph -- Handout, Sentence Frames, and Rubric
This versatile resource offers the necessary scaffolding to help students write a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning paragraph independently!1. Save time as students can use the checklist to make certain they have included each of the necessary components for each part of the paragraph. 2. The sentence frames can be used to scaffold and differentiate for students needing support as they begin3. Refer to the color-coded example from the commonly read text, The Hunger Games, to help students envisio
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7th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Ain't I a Woman and Phenomenal Woman - Essay Writing Test Prep
In this lesson, students complete close readings of a speech by Sojourner Truth and a poem by Maya Angelou. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts and write a short analytical essay requiring them to consider and compare central ideas and themes. This 20-page resource includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual reading guides-think aloud with sample annotation passage-text of the speech-links to aud
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7th - 11th
Also included in:Â Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Lord of the Flies Close Reading: Theme, Character and Symbolism
Materials for Close Reading and Analysis of 13 Key Passages from Lord of the Flies
This resource focuses on close reading and analysis of 13 key passages in William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies. Each passage contains directions for detailed, guided annotations designed to help students begin to see patterns and deeper meanings within the text. Each passage also contains multiple choice questions on skills such as theme, character, symbolism and inferencing. Finally, there are seve
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8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Lord of the Flies Analysis and Close Reading Bundle
Christmas Reading Comprehension Paired Passages
What kid hasn't wished Christmas, their birthday, Hanuka, or the Fourth of July could come around more than once a year? This wonderful, classic short story reminds us that too much of a sweet thing can quickly turn sour!
The story is paired with an article about the waste generated during the holiday season and a video about holiday recycling. This rigorous unit includes guided practice on how to closely read a complex text, as well as how to answer multiple choice, sh
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6th - 8th
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