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Writing-expository resources for Easel Activities $10 and up
Paragraph Writing How to Write a Paragraph of the Week Grades 6-8 with Digital
❝ This resource is fantastic for teaching paragraph structure, adding details to writing, and supporting opinions with reasoning. My students enjoyed completing the paragraphs each week and I saw growth in their writing by the end of the year. Thank you! ❞ -Molly TParagraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn and practice writing a paragraph.You'll get everything you need for argument
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6th - 8th
Weekly Writing Journal Prompts Digital and Printable for Upper Elementary
Weekly Journal Writing Prompts for 3rd to 5th graders. Each prompt comes with a special word bank and tips for checking the writing prompts. 50 total writing prompts: 42 are general prompts for any time of the year and 8 are seasonal, holiday prompts. The unit also comes with getting started writing mini-lessons, writing rubric options and more.The set now includes a digital version in both Google Slides for Google Classroom and Powerpoint. This resource was designed for a once a week journal wr
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3rd - 5th
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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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Argumentative Writing UNIT Common Core Grades 6-12 Editable
Teach your students to write solid argument essays step-by-step with my Argumentative Writing unit. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12. Newly updated to include EDITABLE handouts and rubrics in Google Drive (using Google Slides). This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES MEGA BUNDLE and is also included in my Argument Essay Writing Bundle + Editable Presentation and Handouts.Students won't struggle writing an argument with my graphic organize
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
My First Journal - Writing Journal with Prompts & Pictures for K - 1st Grade
It is important to get our kiddos writing at an early age. However, writing can be overwhelming when a child can't think of an idea or vocabulary to use. This journal provides students with writing prompts, pictures with words, a box for drawing a picture, and another word bank with a variety of words to use to write a more detailed piece. There are 34 different writing prompts and there are also 2 reference pages: 1 with common beginning sight words and 1 with the alphabet for letter formation.
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: My First Journal Bundle - Writing Prompts for the Youngest Writers
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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Persuasive Writing Workshop Mini Lesson Activities Middle School
No planning needed! These 20 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching persuasive writing a snap! In a month, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a persuasive essay.Mini lessons are a great way to get all the parts of teaching persuasive writing up and running. Bite-sized activities for students make the writing process manageable, and your students feel successful!Because the lessons are already finished and you'll have the examples you need, you'l
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6th - 8th
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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 Based Evidence Writing | Essay | Rubrics| RACES | Organizers
Teach the "write" way with this text-based evidence writing guide. The step-by-step lesson guides students and teachers through 10 detailed steps that teach how to write each sentence of an evidence-based essay. Teachers and students will love the easy-to-remember strategies for writing an introduction paragraph, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. Students will also learn how to improve writing by including a hook sentence with a related effective ending. Apply the
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Text Based Evidence Writing Bundle
Six Traits of Writing Activities for Idea Trait
Trait 1 of my Six Traits of Writing Resource SeriesSix Weeks of "Ideas" Resources for Writing and Convention Practice.*Aligned to the NEW TEKS.*The Six Traits of Writing Include:IdeasOrganizationWord ChoiceSentence FluencyVoice Conventions (built into each trait)This product includes ONLY the IDEA TRAIT. The Ideas Trait Includes:CCSS and TEKS Alignment for 3rd, 4th and 5th GradesComplete Lesson Plan for Monday-Friday (6 Weeks Worth)Complete Instructions for the Teacher for Monday-Friday (6 Weeks
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Literacy Bundle of Resources
Six Traits of Writing Activities for Organization Trait
Trait 2 of my Six Traits of Writing Resource SeriesSix Weeks of "Organization" Resources for Writing and Convention Practice.*Aligned to the NEW TEKS.*The Six Traits of Writing Include:IdeasOrganizationWord ChoiceSentence FluencyVoice Conventions (built into each trait)This product includes ONLY the ORGANIZATION TRAIT. The Organization Trait Includes:CCSS and TEKS Alignment for 3rd, 4th and 5th GradesComplete Lesson Plan for Monday-Friday (6 Weeks Worth)Complete Instructions for the Teacher for
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Literacy Bundle of Resources
Expository Writing Prompts Grade 6-8 STAAR and CC aligned
This complete unit has three parts: Do you need a FANTASTIC informational writing unit? This is it! This unit offers powerful collaborative to independent writing activities with many options for your writing instruction needs.Part 1: Teach the Informational Outline. Provides a prompt and resources to collaboratively write an essay to teach the organization and structure of effective informational essays. Prompt, Outlines, Graphic Organizer, Sample Essay, Introductory and Closing Samples, and C
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6th - 8th
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Six Traits of Writing: Sentence Fluency
Trait 4 of my Six Traits of Writing Resource SeriesSix Weeks of "Sentence Fluency" Resources for Writing and Convention Practice.*Aligned to the NEW TEKS.*The Six Traits of Writing Include:IdeasOrganizationWord ChoiceSentence FluencyVoice Conventions (built into each trait)This product includes ONLY the SENTENCE FLUENCY TRAIT. The Sentence Fluency Trait Includes:CCSS and TEKS Alignment for 3rd, 4th and 5th GradesComplete Lesson Plan for Monday-Friday (6 Weeks Worth)Complete Instructions for the
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Literacy Bundle of Resources
Brave New World Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 101-page plan is a Common Core Standards based unit containing: time frame, day by day lessons, vocabulary, chapter by chapter study guide for discussion ideas, 50+ worksheets, assessments, group and individual projects and much, much more. In this day and age when even a hamburger can be cloned, students are fascinated by the What-ifs of human reproduction. What would happen if people could choose their baby's gender as well as each and every physical, mental and emotional aspect?In this c
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9th - 12th
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Narrative Writing Activities with Mentor Texts - The Wind in the Willows
Inspire your students' narrative writing with high quality, differentiated mentor texts. Six excerpts from The Wind in the Willows illustrate effective techniques. Students read, discuss, and then apply the strategies in their own stories. At the end of six sessions, students consider which of their six pieces to publish. They choose one and shape it into a polished story. Open the preview to take a closer look. Part One: Writing Narratives in Response to Mentor TextsIn the first part of the wo
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4th - 5th
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Animal Farm Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This thought-provoking Animal Farm unit plan includes Unit Structure, and Activities forms for planning, and a sample calendar agenda. It also offers 15 activities covering the main elements of literature, background information on George Orwell, the Bolshevik Revolution, the allegorical elements regarding major Russian leaders of this period in history, propaganda techniques, vocabulary, literary terms a 100 point test and much, much more. Activities address the Common Core standards as well as
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7th - 9th
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Six Traits of Writing Activities for Word Choice Trait
Trait 3 of my Six Traits of Writing Resource SeriesSix Weeks of "Word Choice" Resources for Writing and Convention Practice.The Six Traits of Writing Include:IdeasOrganizationWord ChoiceSentence FluencyVoice Conventions (built into each trait)*Aligned to the NEW TEKS.*This product includes ONLY the WORD CHOICE TRAIT. The Word Choice Trait Includes:CCSS and TEKS Alignment for 3rd, 4th and 5th GradesComplete Lesson Plan for Monday-Friday (6 Weeks Worth)Complete Instructions for the Teacher for Mon
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Literacy Bundle of Resources
Six Traits of Writing Activities for Voice Trait
Trait 5 of my Six Traits of Writing Resource SeriesSix Weeks of "Voice" Resources for Writing and Convention Practice.The Six Traits of Writing Include:IdeasOrganizationWord ChoiceSentence FluencyVoice Conventions (built into each trait)*Aligned to the NEW TEKS.*This product includes ONLY the VOICE TRAIT. The Voice Trait Includes:CCSS and TEKS Alignment for 3rd, 4th and 5th GradesComplete Lesson Plan for Monday-Friday (6 Weeks Worth)Complete Instructions for the Teacher for Monday-Friday (6 Week
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Literacy Bundle of Resources
Night Unit Plan - CCSS: Teaching Plans/Lessons/Activities/Assessments
If adolescents are to understand the physical, emotional and spiritual effects of man's inhumanity to man, Night (Elie Wiesel), is a good starting platform for English and Social Studies teachers. This 68-page unit engages the students on an emotional level and pushes them to think and analyze through thought-provoking discussions and writings about some of the principle players of the Third Reich, its victims, philosophies, and the power of propaganda. Aligned with CCS, it has over 30 activitie
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8th - 12th
The Great Gatsby Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans/Lessons/Activities/Assessments
This revamped The Great Gatsby Unit Plan is almost double in size at 95- pages of engaging and thought-provoking activities for High School Distance, Classroom, and Homeschool Learning. Like all of my other units, it offers Common Core Standards, a time frame for a 90-minute block and for 55-minute periods. Handouts and activities include: daily lessons, 25 Introduction to The Great Gatsby research topics, 50+ activities, journal, essay, projects, and exit topics, a final test, and over 6 blank
Grades:
9th - 12th
Expository Writing- CCSS: Essay Parts, Purpose, Tone & Syntax Lessons/Activities
Write Right! Essay Writing Made Easy 2020Writing is a major focus in my classes, second only to teaching middle and high school students to think and analyze what they read and hear. "Writing: Write Right! Essay Writing Made Easy" shares what and how I teach expository writing. The lessons and activities activities included in this packet encourage students to strengthen their writing prowess, confidence and sense of ownership. This detailed handbook addresses how to teach every part of an essay
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6th - 12th
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Matched by Ally Condie (Dystopian Fiction Novel Study, Vocabulary, Project)
What is the cost of having personal freedom in a society? This book club is meant to accompany the amazing novel by Ally Condie. With many dystopian novels hitting the shelves it is hard to sift through which ones might be right for your students. It is hard to know which ones are going to make your students really think about their world and enjoy reading along the way. I was able to cover so many social studies concepts while have students thinking deeply about literature. Students really love
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Dystopian Future Book Club Growing Bundle (9 Book Clubs)
How Cold Can You Go? An Arctic Thematic Unit
If you LOVE teaching thematic units cross-curricular, then this resource is for you! Students will be engaged in fun, creative and hands-on activities in reading, writing, math, science and art! This resource includes lesson plans with question stems, materials, directions and examples, vocabulary cards, anchor charts, interactive notebooks for reading, math and science, expository writing templates, and craftivities. Have a "cool" time with this one! This packet includes:20 Days of Lesson Plans
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Year Round Thematic Units: THE BUNDLE
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book Club (Question Dice, Vocabulary, Project)
Book Clubs (Literature Circles) are a great way to get students thinking about their reading and analyzing author's purpose. Roald Dahl's classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been captivating children around the world for decades. This dice-based book club will get students excited about reading, making book club feel like a game. Everything to cover Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is included!
Included in this book club is:
-Dice Missions (Students roll die and take turns to disc
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Fiction Dice Book Club Growing Bundle (9 Book Clubs)
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