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High school writing-essays interactive whiteboards under $5
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:Â 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
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Argument writing bundle- model essay, counter claim task cards, how to write
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:Â 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
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
Write Topic Sentences & Conclusions - Common Core - Middle School
Help middle school students practice writing topic sentences & conclusions for essays. Great review before state tests!
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7th - 9th
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
Also included in:Â The College Application Essay or Personal Statement Writing Process Bundle
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
FSA Writing Informative Essay - Rubrics, Examples, and Group Collaboration
This particular presentation is an overview of the rubrics used during the FSA Writing Assessment in Florida, focusing specifically on the rubrics for the Informative Essay prompt option written in 8th grade. Using the FSA website resources, this is a great group activity to familiarize your 8th grade English students with the FSA informative rubric and includes individual work (reading and highlighting the text) as well as group work (discussing what score you would give the essay within groups
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7th - 9th
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
5 Paragraph Argument Essay Writing Practice
This is a step by step outline students can use to practice writing an argumentative essay. Includes an entire completed sample essay. Pieces of the sample essay are used as examples for each part of the essay. The prompt is, "Do you think that cellphone use in school should be banned? Write an essay explaining why or why not." However, you can change this and make it your own.PLEASE NOTE: I did NOT use actual evidence within the sample essay - this evidence was entirely made up and did not com
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7th - 10th
Prezi - A Guide to Writing Paragraphs
Prezi presentations are a fantastic replacement for or addition to Powerpoints and other more standard presentation material in the classroom. The fluidity or "zooming" nature of these presentations appeal to students sense of novelty, and I have often had literal "oo"s and "ahh"s coming from my students over topics as dull as grammar, rhetoric, and mechanics. This is no small task.
This prezi covers a checklist that can be applied to students working on developing their paragraphs. The checkl
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Grades:
7th - 11th
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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Class Writing Process Tracker - Keep track of where your students are!
This is a tool to help you keep track of where your students are in the writing process. You can use this across all assignments and genres. In the blank at the top, you will add whichever assignment or genre your students are working on. The boxes are a place to type student names. Once they move from one step of the writing process to the next, I would either have my students come tell me so I could move them or they would go to my computer (while it was displaying the tracker) and move themse
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PreK - 12th
Grendel by John Gardner: Motif Analysis Paragraph Slide Guide
This google slide presentation allows you to walk your students through the writing process required to write a successful AP English Literature and Composition literary analysis paragraph for Unit 1:Included in this product:Understanding the 2 important tasks in the prompt.Creating a complex thesis statement.Making an insightful claim.Supporting that claim with textual evidence embedded smoothly into the context of the paragraph.Writing commentary that supports that fully explains the response.
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10th - 12th
Also included in:Â Grendel Motif Analysis Paragraph Writing Lessons and Activities Mini Bundle
Introduction, Body, and Conclusion Paragraph PowerPoint
Editable PowerPoint to help introduce the basics of an essay - introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs! Matching guided notes in a separate purchase.
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6th - 12th
SMARTBoard lesson on the writing process
This is a short SMARTBoard lesson on the steps of the writing process. Students will think about what goes into each step of writing. This is a very helpful mini lesson to use when giving out the first writing assignment, or to help improve the quality of work students are turning in.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Classroom Community - Teamwork/Comm. Blindfolded Potato Head (SmartBoard)
TEACHER'S INSTRUCTIONS
GOAL: To build classroom community by having participants use communication and teamwork to successfully assemble Mrs. Potato Head blindfolded.
COMMON CORE STANDARDS:
SL 6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL 6.2 Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g
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3rd - 12th
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Short Story Mentor Texts
Three short stories that are annotated for elements of the narrative genre. Also includes blank versions for students. These are most effective when done on a Smart Board as whole class instruction.
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â SHORT STORY BUNDLE
Herman Melville - "Shiloh" analysis notes
I used these notes with my AP Literature class after they had written the analysis essay on this poem (prompt is included). Some of the students misinterpreted the poem, so before they revised their essays, I gave them these notes to help their understanding. The notes cover a brief background of Melville and the Battle of Shiloh, and analysis of the title, meter and rhyme, alliteration, tone, irony, and symbolism.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Smart Board - Character Essay - The Outsiders
Guide students through a character analysis with a sample opening and closing paragraph. Students focus on character development and details that bring the character to life. My students enjoy this part of the unit as they get a chance to describe attributes of their favored character. S.E. Hinton is a character author who develops rich characters with depth and complexity. Please view my other products for The Outsiders.
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7th - 9th
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