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Writing-expository Common Core W.7.4 pdfs
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
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6th - 8th
Summary Graphic Organizers | Editable | Google Classroom | Summarizing
10 printable, editable, and digital graphic organizers for summary writing! A graphic organizer for summarizing every type of text is included! Summary writing templates for use in your Google Classroom are also included! Make summary writing easier on you and your students with these printable, editable, and digital graphic organizers! **This resource is part of the Writing Graphic Organizers Bundle. It includes 45 different graphic organizers for teaching narrative, summary, argument/opinion,
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4th - 7th
Playlist of My Year: An End-of-the-Year Writing Assignment Digital & Print
May can be a trying month for secondary teachers. This engaging end-of-the-year writing activity is an excellent way to keep students writing without having to take home stacks of research papers to grade when the weather is beautiful! With this Playlist of My Year resource, students will reflect on their school year, examine their growth, identify defining moments and experiences, and choose songs that relate to each of them. Through both short responses consisting of a few sentences and an ext
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7th - 11th
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Email Etiquette Lesson Bundle Digital & Print - How to Email a Teacher
Recent global culture and climate has resulted in an increased demand for virtual communication skills. This email etiquette unit is full of engaging, relevant, and rigorous writing opportunities that provide students with skills they will need to succeed in the 21st century.With this writing unit, both teachers and students will observe quick growth and increased command of tone and professionalism.Email Etiquette Bundle Contents:EMAIL ETIQUETTE TRADITIONAL PRINT UNIT: This is the ever-popular,
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7th - 10th
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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
How to Write a Paragraph | Mini Unit Middle School
Middle school students often need explicit instructions on how to complete seemingly simple tasks--like writing paragraphs! Teachers often assume students can successfully compose a well-written paragraph, when in fact many of them struggle and need extra support. This writing paragraphs mini unit breaks down the process of writing a paragraph (with a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and concluding sentences) into simple, understandable terms to which students can relate. Ample exam
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6th - 8th
Expository Writing: Informational Historical News Story (Google Classroom)
Expository / Informative Writing: In this 10-day, Common Core - aligned Expository Writing Unit, students will demonstrate a deep understanding of the features, critical elements, and purpose of expository or informative writing. During the unit, students will write an expository news story about a historic event. Through instruction on the news story structure and investigations of sample news stories, students will understand the critical components of a news story so that they can write th
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: October Unit Plans Bundle - 4 ELA Units to Teach All October Long!
Thesis Statement Activities - Thesis Statement Worksheets, Templates, Examples
Save with the bundled discount! These thesis statement activities will help your students master thesis statements. This bundle includes an introductory mini lesson, handouts, practice worksheets, thesis statement templates, graphic organizers, and examples written by real students! Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®.⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎ Save over 10% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎Included with these Thesis Statement Activities:✏️ Thesis Statement Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® a
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7th - 12th
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Writing Workshop Mini Lessons: Revision, Editing, Diagnostic Middle School ELA
Writing mini-lessons are the BEST way to teach revision and editing skills! Especially when they're used in conjunction with diagnostic tools for individual needs assessment.This is a tremendously helpful resource that I've wanted (and needed) for a long time. It starts out with a brief writing diagnostic that is easily evaluated using the class recording sheet to determine students' strengths and weaknesses. This data is then used to determine which mini lessons need to be taught. This unit inc
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5th - 8th
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Ugly Christmas Holiday Sweater Descriptive and Persuasive Writing Editable
Keep your students engaged as you wait for the holidays with this fun, creative Ugly Christmas or Holiday Sweater writing challenge. Students will design, describe, recreate based on a description, and persuade.They'll be practicing writing and reading skills in a fun, unique way, and your lesson planning is finished!This resource is completely editable -- you can have students create any kind of holiday sweater.Students will:design an original ugly Christmas or Holiday sweater following a pro
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
How to write a book review writing activity for book or movie virtual and print
A book review is a great way for students to practice concise writing. But often they struggle with the format. Guide your students through the process with this step-by-step resource. Can be used to write any kind of review. Digital and print. What you'll get:print and digital versionsintroduction to review writing & the audiencea review "recipe" that students can use over and over again to write any review graphic organizer for prewritingwriting checklistsample student review for stude
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5th - 8th
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Writing & Reading "PEELS" Anchor Charts & Graphic Organizers
Writing & Reading "PEELS" Anchor Charts and Graphic Organizers - Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for writing (arguments, explanatory/informative, expository) AND for reading (text analysis: showing evidence, evaluating claims, analyzing author's purpose and style, etc.)
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Building on my popular Common Core Writing Paragraphs “PEEL" Anchor Chart, I've updated this resource to add the "S" for style and
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5th - 12th
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jen W.
6 + 1 TRAITS of WRITING Quick Study With Ancillaries
❤️ BUYER COMMENTS:• Student-friendly; Extremely helpful; Wonderfully organized; Straight to the point!• Impressed with embedded lessons on each trait.• Great purchase...this will add great dimension to our student-made 6+1 Traits of Writing Resource books. Thank you!• Thank you! This has helped Me understand the 6 traits :)• Such a complete set of scoring rubrics. I like that you have created separate sheets for each trait. The transition sheet is very helpful too.• This is going to be so very h
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4th - 7th
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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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Writing Our World™ Premium Curriculum: Grades 6th-8th
Are you looking to help your students with dyslexia unlock their writing potential? Do your students…• have a lot of ideas, but struggle to get them on the page?• tend to write in run-on sentences?• become overwhelmed with longer writing assignments?• produce disorganized pieces of writing? • write short, unelaborated paragraphs?• resist writing altogether? Cultivate confident writing and critical thinking skills in your students with Writing Our World™.Through this curriculum, students will lea
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6th - 8th
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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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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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Inquiry-Based Country Research Project
Inquiry-based learning is a student-centered and teacher-guided instructional approach. It empowers students to become critical thinkers. It increases students’ ability to develop a deep understanding of content while increasing students’ intellectual engagement.
Students start by thinking of countries they would like to research and why. Then, students pose questions about their country. Students go through the research process by finding sources and information about the country they ch
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4th - 8th
Scholarship Letter: Fun and Authentic Persuasive Writing Unit TEL-Con
Persuasive / Argument Writing now has a fun and authentic purpose! Students will 'apply' for a fictional scholarship to a dream high school. They will write a cover letter in which they convince a scholarship review committee that they are an exceptional student and the perfect candidate for their school.
I have found great success with this writing unit for the past 6 years. Students get to write about what they know best: themselves! They are experts of their own content, which frees them up
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7th - 10th
Inquiry Based Learning Project: Step-by-Step Student Booklet
Inquiry Based Learning: Everything teachers need to know to get started includes over 25 pages. A step-by-step student booklet allows for teachers to guide students through the process of developing and researching an inquiry based question to engage all learners in higher order critical thinking skills.
A How-To for Teachers
Inquiry based learning is a pedagogical approach to learning that is gaining momentum in mainstream education in many countries. It is not a new approach but rather a mor
Grades:
4th - 8th
Writing a Personal Narrative Essay - Distance Learning Compatible
In a personal narrative essay, a writer shares his or her thoughts and feelings about an event in his or her past with an audience. In this pack, students will move through the writing process to compose a personal narrative essay.The pack includes a step-by-step process, brainstorm/planing page, peer edit checklist, suggested marking rubric, and example essay.UPDATE: This includes both a printable PDF version and a digital version using Google Slides.See also my Writing a Persuasive Essay pack
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7th - 12th
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Expository Writing Lesson Plan - WRITING A FRIENDLY LETTER
WRITING A FRIENDLY LETTER This expository writing lesson is student directed because it guides the students through the process of writing a friendly letter to someone they know. They will be grading their own final papers before turning them in for teacher evaluation. The lesson includes:1. How to begin teaching essay writing2. How to present the lesson3. How to grade the final paper4. Instruction on writing the essay5. The purpose, the parts, and the steps for writing a friendly letter6. Exam
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Expository Writing Lessons 1-16 Bundled, Grades 5-8
Biography Writing with Peers! {Classmate Interviews & Text Features}
Biography Writing! Students interview their peers to make their very own fold-able Biography Booklet! They will practice the use of Text Features! A great Get-To-Know-You Project!
I used this project with my 6th graders after completing an expository writing unit. It would also work great as an assessment after a text feature unit! My students loved being able to work with a partner during the interview process. The class did a Biography Swap at the end of the unit in order to share their “pub
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5th - 7th
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