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Writing-expository Common Core RI.8.10 resources
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
Grades:
6th - 8th
Research Paper Bundle: Note Cards, Outlines, MLA 9th Edition | Digital
Make writing a research paper manageable for both you and your students with these easy-to-use digital resources!Digital Source CardsNote CardsGraphic OrganizersOutlines for Every Paragraph of the PaperInteractive Guide to MLA Style 9th EditionHow to Cite SourcesHow to Avoid PlagiarismHow to Paraphrase, Summarize, and QuoteParaphrasing and Summarizing Practice Exercises & Answer Key⭐ No more loose note cards! Manage every step of the research paper online. ⭐These resources will save you time
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
RACE Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts Print & Digital
Practice the RACE Strategy with 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through this helpful writing technique. It is a digital, paperless resources that you will share with your students. Great for independent work during distance learning. This product is located on Google Slides and is 100% digital. A printable PDF is also included in your purchase. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, wit
Grades:
6th - 9th
Expository, Non-Fiction Lesson on Modern Issues: Personal Greed and Sacrifice?
The Common Core has a much-greater focus on non-fiction, informational texts in the English/Language Arts classroom. It’s time to start adding more real-world articles and materials to our literary canon. In this easy-to-deliver narrative non-fiction activity, students will read an essay by acclaimed humorist David Sedaris (link included) and complete a series of deep-thinking questions. Afterward, students will definitely have personal anecdotes and opinions to share about this “Let’s Get Real”
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7th - 10th
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Research Unit for Middle School ELA Writing Reading and Presentations
Teaching research skills and writing in your middle school ELA class is now broken down step-by-step in a scaffolded and differentiated writing unit. This unit includes 20 done-for-you lesson plans and daily teacher lesson slide presentations with all content and examples broken down. Each lesson is quick and easy to set up, and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs. Look at your daily lesson plans and pull up the accompanying teacher slides and you h
Grades:
6th - 8th
DOCUMENTARY BUNDLE - BLACKFISH, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE and SUPER SIZE ME
This is a bundle of lessons covering award-winning documentaries BLACKFISH, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE and SUPER SIZE ME.PLUS - two worksheets - one on Aristotle's Means of Persuasion, and one that introduces students to begin working on their own persuasive campaign.This bundle includes three resources available in my store, plus the two worksheets that are only available in this package.SUPER SIZE ME Obesity is second only to smoking as the biggest killer in the United States. Morgan Spurlock's awa
Grades:
9th - 12th
Artificial Intelligence Podcast Listening and Writing Activities
We can't seem to get away from the "chatter" about AI these days. Capitalize on your students' fascination with artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT with this no-prep, interactive podcast activity. It's the perfect way to get them thinking about and discussing artificial intelligence on a deeper level. The podcast features two middle school students discussing the pros and cons of AI, as well as the possibilities and responsibilities of those who use it. Listen, Learn, Write: Artificial In
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Podcast Listening Skills & Writing No Prep Activities BUNDLE
Writing Response Paragraphs all 8th grade Reading Bundle RI.8.1-8.10 RL.8.1-8.10
This MEGA BUNDLE of teaching resources for Common Core ELA RL.8.1-8.10 Literature and Information RI.8.1-8.10: Writing Paragraph Response breaks down each standard and provides graphic organizers, paragraph frames, sentence starters, and rubrics in both digital and printable worksheets for responding to literature and information for 8th grade English Language Arts.. Middle school students struggle with writing complete and coherent constructive responses to literature and information. The analy
Grades:
8th
COUNTRY RESEARCH PROJECT BUNDLE Report PowerPoint Presentation Around the World
***BUNDLE & SAVE!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 22-page Countries Around the World Online Research Project for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. In this Countries Research Project, students will be assigned or choose a country. They will research the land, people, a current event, and compare/contrast their own traditions to that country using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the informati
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3rd - 12th
Writing Paragraph Responses for Information BUNDLE CCSS.ELA.RI.8.1-8.10 Grade 8
These teaching resources for Common Core ELA RI.8.1-8.10 Reading Information: Writing Paragraph Response breaks down each standard and provides graphic organizers, paragraph frames, sentence starters, and rubrics in both digital and printable worksheets for responding to literature for 8th grade English Language Arts.. Middle school students struggle with writing complete and coherent constructive responses to informational texts. The analysis portion is often a repeat or paraphrase of the cited
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8th
HOW TO RESEARCH Lesson Keywords Skim & Scan Effective Research Skills NO PREP
Introduce or review how to efficiently research using keywords with this no-prep, 24-page/slide How to Research Using Keywords and Skim and Scan Writing Mini-Lesson. The easy-to-follow Guided Notes process will help students develop two research skills to find the information they need: 1. what keywords to search, and 2. how to “skim and scan”. A PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Guided Practice, and a link to online scavenger hunt practice are included making this a scaffolded approach that uses the “I
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3rd - 8th
Veterans Day Remembrance Day Close Reading Activities
Your students will love learning about Veterans Day or Remembrance Day while they practice close reading skills. This informational text will give them the background of this holiday -- and they'll have a chance to share their knowledge by creating an education campaign.Here's what you'll get with this resource:digital and print options -- including TPT Easel Activity & Self-grading Assessmentlesson plansinformational text explaining the holiday and events of World War IClose reading activi
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5th - 8th
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A History of Us: An Age of Extremes: 1880 - 1917 - Chapter Questions PPT
Here is a PowerPoint presentation of paragraph response chapter questions made for the book by Joy Hakim, A History of Us: An Age of Extremes. This is the eighth of a ten volume series on US History. It is a Common Core Exemplar book for fifth grade, but the text can be appropriate for students through high school. The book can be used as a class read aloud, a small group reading text, or as a whole class reading text. It provides a very in depth look at the period of US History invol
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: A History of US Books 1-10 Chapter Paragraph Response PowerPoints
Black History Month "Unsung Heroes" Podcast Project
The teaching product is a project that encourages students to delve into the lives and contributions of lesser-known African American figures in United States history. The project specifically involves creating a podcast that explores the life and impact of a historical African American figure of the student's choice. The chosen figure can come from various fields such as music, literature, arts, sports, education, science, mathematics, or any other domain. The only stipulation is that the selec
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8th - 12th
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Article of the Week (AOW) Bundle
The Lesson: So, what we have created for you are writing Task Cards and lesson ideas for AOWs, aka Articles of the Week. We know, we’re excited about them, too! We have been doing AOW’s for years, ever since we read about them in Kelly Gallagher’s book, Deeper Reading. If you haven’t read that book or any of his books for that matter, they are must reads. If you’re interested, you can check out our AOW lesson. It is awesome! Specifics would be great: We assign an AOW article at the beginning o
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6th - 10th
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Argument Paragraph Writing aligned to the CCSS
This unit was designed for writing an argument paragraph; however, it could easily be expanded to an argument essay. I use this unit before teaching A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. I require the students to use informational reading skills throughout this writing unit.
This unit is based around the topic of cancer so we can understand what is happening in the novel. You could easily change the topic to fit your needs. In this unit, to save time, energy, and differentiate for my students, I pr
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7th - 8th
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INFORMATION TEXT: POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS - BUNDLE
This bundle of 6 products (PowerPoint Presentations) is perfect for teaching Information Texts - Description, Sequence, Problem-Solution, Compare-Contrast and Cause-Effect. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-planned exercises that are standardised for student engagement.This bundle includes PowerPoint Presentations about:Sequence - 25 SlidesDescription - 18 slidesCause-Effect - 34 SlidesProblem-Solution - 26 SlidesCompare-Contrast - 26 Sli
Grades:
6th - 8th
Complete Informational Reading Unit for Middle Schoolers: Ready-to-Use Resources
Master Informational Reading with our Comprehensive Middle School UnitComplete Informational Reading Unit for Middle Schoolers: Ready-to-Use ResourcesEnhance middle school students' informational reading skills with our comprehensive unit. This resource includes over 25 accessible Google Doc resources, 8 step-by-step lessons, CCSS-aligned objectives, engaging Google Slides presentations, graphic organizers, activities, assessments, final projects with rubrics, and links to games. Minimal teacher
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6th - 9th
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Article of the Week (AOW) Task Cards for On Demand Writes
The Lesson:So, what we have created for you are 25 writing Task Cards for AOWs, aka Article of the Week. We know, we’re excited about them, too! We have been doing AOW’s for years, ever since we read about them in Kelly Gallagher’s book, Deeper Reading. If you haven’t read that book or any of his books for that matter, they are must reads. If you’re interested, you can check out our AOW lesson. It is awesome! Specifics would be great:We assign an AOW article at the beginning of each week. What’s
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Article of the Week (AOW) Bundle
INFORMATION TEXT - WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS - BUNDLE
This bundle of 6 products (Worksheets with Answers) is perfect for teaching Information Texts - Description, Sequence, Problem-Solution, Compare-Contrast and Cause-Effect. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-planned exercises that are standardised for student engagement.This bundle includes Worksheets on:Sequence - 22 ExercisesDescription - 14 ExercisesCause-Effect - 26 ExercisesProblem-Solution - 18 ExercisesCompare-Contrast - 21 Exercises
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6th - 8th
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INFORMATION TEXT - SCAFFOLDING NOTES - BUNDLE
This bundle of 6 products (Scaffolding Notes) is perfect for teaching Information Texts - Description, Sequence, Problem-Solution, Compare-Contrast and Cause-Effect. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-planned exercises that are standardised for student engagement.This bundle includes Scaffolding Notes on:Sequence - 10 HandoutsDescription - 10 HandoutsCause-Effect - 8 HandoutsProblem-Solution - 9 HandoutsCompare-Contrast - 10 HandoutsInform
Grades:
6th - 8th
Expository Project: The Mini Magazine
CLASSROOM TESTED!
Challenge your students' experience with expository text with this Mini Magazine! Get even your most reluctant writers to write with gusto!
Students generate a topic of choice to write about throughout the duration of the unit.The Mini Magazine Unit requires that students read expository text from varying text structures and then replicate it in their own writing.
Students write through the following text structures and genres:
- description
- cause and effect
- problem
Grades:
6th - 9th
Main Idea! Details! Drawing Conclusions! #21 The Terrible, Beautiful, Merciless
Understanding the stark reality of predation - kill or be killed - in the natural world, gives students and all human beings a chance to think about the wonders of civilization, and to want to continue and promote our cultures and traditions. Well, this accessible, non-fiction piece, written in verse, deals with the gruesome and ruthless life of one of nature's most beautiful insects: the praying mantis. Accompanying the piece are 24 professionally written, evidence based multiple-choice questio
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7th - 11th
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