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12th grade writing-essays interactive whiteboards
ENGLISH 1 & 2 STAAR | Extended Contructed Response (ECR) or Expository Essay
This unit focuses on the UPDATED STAAR extended constructed response or ECR. This was formally the expository and persuasive essay. To ensure student STAAR success, this unit comes with simplified steps and interactive notes and activities that step struggling students through the writing process. To save you time, each lesson comes with detailed instructions, speaker notes with TEA information, answer keys that show possible responses, notes on how to adjust with time contraints, and ready to p
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9th - 12th
Writing: TTQA - Turn The Question Around Poster (English & Español)
One of the most frustrating things a teacher sees when grading writing of any kind is when students do not properly respond to the question or writing prompt. Usually, the response is a very painful to read sentence fragment.My attempt to address this is a somewhat simple strategy; TTQA: Turn the Question Around. When employed and reviewed religiously, it is my hope that your students begin to respond to any writing prompt in the proper manner. Included in the resourceThere are color-coded "help
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3rd - 12th
Personal Narrative Essay Mini-lesson: Adding VOICE-- EDITABLE
In this activity, students are guided through SIX revision steps in which they add voice to their personal narrative or college essay drafts. Voice is one of the most important skills of the personal narrative/ college essay, and this activity challenges students to inject imagery into their writing through making associations and brainstorming similes, metaphors, and personification-- all based on those over-used abstract words. It also guides students through revising their diction to be mor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: The Ultimate Personal Narrative Bundle for Grades 6-12
Counter argument/counter claim handout and slides- Argumentative writing
This handout and accompanying smart board lesson slides works for teaching counter argument AKA counter claim writing. I created it for an honors level 7th grade class, but it would work all the way up to grade 12. It contains two examples of counter argument paragraphs broken down into sections so students can understand how to write a strong counter claim paragraph. This lesson is original and works for any argumentative or persuasive writing, but I used it with expeditionary learning grade
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7th - 12th
Personal Narrative Essay Brainstorming Activity
This PowerPoint activity takes students through a brainstorming exercise in which students are presented with various categories and quickly list memories/ thoughts that come to mind.At the end of the brainstorming exercise, students have a nice bank of ideas from which to select a personal narrative story topic. I typically have my students do this activity at the start of a personal narrative unit and then have them draft 3-5 different stories from their lists. This activity is an excellent,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: The Ultimate Personal Narrative Bundle for Grades 6-12
5 Paragraph Essay Planner - Common Core - Middle School, High School
This is a great visual aid for students to write a 5 paragraph essay. Step by step directions are included in each box. Great for middle school and high school students. Includes prompts for introduction, paragraph support, and transitions.
Grades:
7th - 12th
High School Weekly Writing Unit - PDF
Elevate your students' writing skills with this Comprehensive Weekly Writing Unit! Designed specifically for educators on Teachers Pay Teachers, this unit provides a structured approach to developing strong, confident writers through consistent practice.Product Highlights:Structured Weekly Format: Almost every week, students will complete a short three-paragraph writing assignment, fostering a routine that enhances their writing skills over time. Breaks are included to help give students space b
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9th - 12th
The College Application Essay or Personal Statement Writing Process Bundle
Writing a personal statement for a college application essay or a job application is tough. As educators, our greatest achievement is making our students successful in life. The activities in this bundle facilitate the writing process from brainstorming, drafting, revisions, and publication to produce a work of which students can be proud, helping them to achieve their future goals. Included in this product:Teaching guides and grading rubrics for each lesson.Google slide lessons Brainstorming ac
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
DBQ Step by Step
This is a robust hypermedia program, built in MS PowerPoint, explaining in detail strategies to write a DBQ. The hypermedia program is more than just a slideshow, as the homepage slide includes buttons linking users to other sections of the presentation explaining how to write an introduction paragraph (using the GET method), body paragraphs, citing documents, conclusion sentences (using the RIC method), a DBQ rulebook and an interactive skills. Students love using this resource especially if th
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4th - 12th
Adding Rhetorical Devices to Essay Writing for Persuasive Power
This PowerPoint presentation takes students through a revision of the introduction and conclusion paragraphs of any essay. It guides them through sampling different rhetorical devices as well as rhetorical punctuation including:--Parallel Structure--Antithesis--Epistrophe--Anaphora--Conjunctive Adverbs--Dash --Short SentenceThis Power Point presentation provides definitions, includes revision exercises, and gives examples of each device. At the end of the revision activity, students select rhe
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8th - 12th
Thesis Statement Notes (for research-based persuasive essays)
Use this colorful PPT to teach your students how to write a thesis statement for a research-based persuasive essay. PPT includes what a thesis statement is, what it should do, and 3 models of good thesis statement formulas. This PPT goes beyond the formulaic 3-pronged thesis and allows more independence in crafting a thesis. This PPT is great for students to copy notes from, and then afterward, they can work on creating their thesis.
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8th - 12th
Introduction Paragraphs: PowerPoint Presentation
A must for secondary ELA teachers.> 43 slides, sound and motion effects throughoutWalks students through the following central ideas, then goes into detail about each:> Purposes of an introduction> Parts of an introduction (thesis, supporting topics, hook, restatement of thesis)> Hooks (what are they, examples of)> Among others, it answers the following essential questions: Why should you practice writing introductions? What is the purpose of an introduction? How can
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Writing Thesis Statements /An Interactive Activity to Develop Effective Writing
Given the definition and components of a thesis statement, along with a sample writing prompt with pre-written thesis statements, students will be able to distinguish the better of three thesis statements by correctly identifying it.This resource is an interactive presentation that guides the students to learn about the good thesis statement and how to write a thesis statement and develop their writing skills.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Research Paper - How To Guide - Powerpoint
This powerpoint is used to preview and prepare your students for the first steps of research:1. Brainstorming2. How to choose sub-topics3. How to choose keywords from the subtopics4. Credible and non-credible sites (with websites to access)5. Preview and tutorial of bookmarking or note taking website: diigo.comThis powerpoint has Olympic background pictures and examples from the 2014 Winter Olympics, but you could change out the examples for your class topic. I added a duplicate of the en
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5th - 12th
College Application Essay or Personal Statement: The Writing Process Slide Guide
"Will you help me with my college application essay? I don't even know how to get started." This is a great opportunity to get to know your students, review the writing process, and make some parents happy. If your students have different plans than college, a biographical personal statement is still a valuable work to have for scholarships and job applications. This slide presentation is a guide of the writing process from brainstorming to publication, enriched by links to popular media. Includ
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
AP Language Synthesis Essay notes
This PPT introduces students to the Synthesis Essay on the AP Language exam -- includes the format of the prompt and tips for writing an effective essay. Great for students to take notes from.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Transitional Words Interactive Game: Kids love it!
Very fun, interactive game with animation and sounds, students love it! Every student will be fully engaged. Don't use it until the end of the lesson though as it gets them so excited and worked up that anything afterward might disappoint!> Most appropriate for about grades 7-11> Great for use as a group reward> 20 slides>>>>NOTE: There is no password -- after downloading, click "read only" and it will open.Purchase this resource for $2 LESS: Transitional Words Interactive G
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7th - 12th
The Writing Process - In 5 Steps
Although you may see this represented elsewhere as a 4-step, 6 or even 7-step process, I’ve chosen to represent the Writing Process as a 5-step process (brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, & publishing); focusing on these steps in particular without getting too granular.Brainstorming, Research, and Prewriting are sometimes listed as distinct steps, whereas I am of the thought that anything you do prior to the actual writing falls into the prewriting category. Research and Note-taking
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3rd - 12th
Plagiarism & Citing Sources PPT
This ppt focuses on the importance of citing sources, what plagiarism is, and shows how to create in-text citations and to create a works cited page.
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7th - 12th
Writing Process Interactive Tracker
I don't know about you, but I have ZERO wall space left for writing wall charts, and personal student charts make it difficult for me to track each student's progress.
This customizable Smart Notebook file allows students to move their name across the different steps in the writing process giving them a visual method of charting their process as well as ensuring student accountability. Teachers can watch this tracker daily (be sure to save everyday!) and make decisions about who to conference
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K - 12th
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Thesis Statement Lessons Slides
If your students can't write a thesis statement, then you can't move on. This is the #1 essential skill that students need in high school. If our students can't create a thesis, then they can't write a paper! Use this tried and true lesson that I made for an observation - so you know it has all the bells and whistles. Use this to guide your students in learning: put students into groups and give them a whiteboard and an Expo marker and you are set!
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10th - 12th
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Analytical Essay Writing Process: A Smart Notebook Presentation #edtech
This presentation provides step-by-step instruction for writing an analytical essay (multi-page; not five-paragraph). Each stage is color-coded throughout all of the presentations so that examples can be highlighted to emphasize the different components of the piece. Most examples in this presentation come from The Great Gatsby.
Two ways to use this presentation
1. Use this for whole-group instruction for each stage of the writing process.
2. Use the Smart Notebook recorder and record yours
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9th - 12th
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Activity Packet
This packet contains an array of learning experiences for Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, including:
• Introductory Character Sheet
• Full Unit Multiple-Choice / Fill-in Test
• Three Check-up Reading Quizzes
• Five Packets of Homework Reading Questions
• A Mini-Research Project about Autistic Spectrum Disorder and how it applies to Christopher (including 5 slides of SmartBoard notes)
• Compare/Contrast Essay assignment and brainstorming formats for The Curious In
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9th - 12th
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Analytical Five-Paragraph Essay : 13 Smart Notebook Files. OVER 100 SLIDES! #ed
Don't have SMART Notebook? These files can be opened with SMART Notebook Express http://express.smarttech.com/#
This bundle includes the following 13 Smart Notebook presentations to help walk your students through the writing process for a five paragraph essay:
Writing the Thesis Statement
Writing Topic Sentences
Finding Evidence
Interpreting Evidence
Interpreting Evidence Practice
Interpreting Evidence Remediation
Writing Paragraphs
Writing Paragraphs Practice
Writing Paragraphs Remediat
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8th - 12th
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