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Free high school writing-essays pdfs
FREE Five Paragraph Essay Outline
Help your students write better essays with this structured essay outline resource. This FREE teaching resource includes two different five paragraph essay outlines. One outline requires students to include two examples per body paragraph, and the other one requires students to include three examples per body paragraph.Looking for resources for the ENTIRE year?Secondary English Curriculum: Common Core - Grades 7-10Ultimate Writing Bundle for Secondary EnglishUseful Writing Lessons That Might Int
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6th - 12th
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Argumentative Writing Mentor Text FREEBIE Activity, Graphic Organizers, CCSS
This is a sample for my argumentative writing unit and bundle!This mentor text activity is perfect for modeling argumentative essays! It is also great practice for students to identify the parts of an argument essay!Included:Mentor Text: "The Dangers of Trash in the Ocean"Graphic organizer/handout to go with the text--students identify the parts of the text (claim, reasons, evidence, counterclaim, refute of counterclaim, re-state claim). There are two organizers--one for higher and one for lower
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Grades:
6th - 9th
New Year & End of Year Writing Prompt- Dear Future Self...
Have your students write a letter to themselves in 10 years. They can place the letters inside of a time capsule, or you can mail it to them in 10 years!Students will reflect of their goals and dreams for the future. What will they be doing? What will they have accomplished? This freebie can be used as a:-First day of school activity-Last day of school activity-New Year activity-Writing CenterEnjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: SweetToothTeaching@gmail.com------------
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2nd - 12th
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Transition Words Print Out Anchor Chart Writing
This resource was designed to be used by students to help them in adding transition words in their writing. This word list can be used as an anchor chart, added to a student's writing folder, or as a homework helper. Please enjoy this freebie and make sure to leave a review!Follow me for more product uploads!
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K - 12th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Resources: Persuasive Essay Graphic Organizer
This activity is designed to help scaffold the argumentative or persuasive essay. Graphic organizers with writing checklists help students organize a five paragraph essay, with reminders to introduce a thesis statement, provide facts and examples, and introduce a counterclaim. De-mystify the argumentative essay once and for all!Check out the full product here:Argumentative Essay Writing Resources : Graphic Organizer and Sample Essay This Download Contains graphic organizer for five-paragraph ess
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Essay Writing: Free Comprehensive Essay Checklist
This one-page essay writing checklist will help your students write better essays today! This checklist is broken down by paragraph and includes essential elements for writing stronger essays.This checklist is a preview of my comprehensive writing series:Essay Writing Unit: Teach Your Students to Master the EssayLooking for resources for the ENTIRE year?Secondary English Curriculum: Common Core - Grades 7-10Ultimate Writing Bundle for Secondary EnglishHelpful Tools and Resources for Secondary En
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Grades:
6th - 12th
How to Write an Introductory Paragraph, FREE Slides + Handout, Model Intro.
These mini-lecture slides were designed to help middle school and high school students learn to write strong introductory paragraphs for literary analysis, argument, and research essays. This product includes PDF slides that can be projected as you lead a short lecture on a simple four-step formula to create a smooth, powerful launch to an essay. The download also includes a student reference page designed to be used as an assignment/practice round.If you’d like to view a sample of how I present
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7th - 10th
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ESL Writing Activities FREEBIE | Paragraph Builder Freebie
Paragraph writing for English Language Learners are the foundation they need to be successful writers. ESL writing activities can help your English Language Learners succeed in their writing. The Step-by-Step Paragraph is a way your ELLs can practice their writing every day in the classroom. In this writing activity for ELLs there is a sample of Narrative Writing, Informational Writing, and Persuasive Writing for your ELLs!Purchase the FULL Year of the Step-by-Step Paragraph Builder Bundle!This
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4th - 12th
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FREE Brainstorming Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer | Writing Prompts
Brainstorm Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer | Writing Prompts Brainstorming for Personal Narrative Writing Unit BundleDo you need an engaging graphic organizer to help your middle school students brainstorm for their personal narrative writing unit? This FREE Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer uses guided brainstorming writing prompts to help your middle school students organize and brainstorm their narratives with ease. (This graphic organizer worksheet is a free sample from my PERSONAL N
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Grades:
6th - 9th
How to Write a Conclusion Paragraph, FREE Slides + Handout, Model Conclusions
Three-Step Essay Conclusion Paragraph FormatThese mini-lecture slides were designed to help middle school and high school students learn to write strong conclusion paragraphs for literary analysis, argument, and research essays. This product includes PDF slides that can be projected as you lead a short lecture on a simple three-step formula to create a smooth, powerful conclusion to an essay. The download also includes a student handout designed to be used as a reference tool.If you’d like to vi
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Venn Diagram Template with Lines
This Venn Diagram Worksheet is an excellent tool to understand unions, intersections, and complements.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Essay Writing Support, Improve Literary Analysis Essays, FREE Slides/Handout
These lecture slides were designed to help middle school and high school students improve the quality of their writing voices when building literary analysis essays. This product includes PDF slides that can be projected as you lead a short lecture on 11 words that rob the power from students’ writing voices. The download also includes a student handout with suggested answer key to be used as an assignment/practice round.If you’d like to view a sample of how I present these slides to my classes,
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8th - 11th
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Persuasive Essay Rubric (Common Core Aligned)
This persuasive essay rubric uses standards based grading (1-4) to assess the student writers in the following categories.-Introduction-Reasons-Transitions-Conclusion-Structure-Spelling/Grammar/PunctuationGRAMMAR PARTY!Complete Grammar Bundle (Save Over 50%) Includes everything below!Nouns Worksheet + TestPrepositions Packet + TestAdjectives Worksheet + TestVerbs/Adverbs Worksheet + TestFact or Opinion Worksheet + TestNouns, Verbs,Adjectives Worksheet + TestDirect Quotes Worksheet + TestColons a
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Also included in: The Complete Persuasive Essay Practice Bundle!
FREE! Analyzing Theme: a common core essay for ANY novel
This essay is aligned with the common core standards and works as a final essay for any novel or fictional text. This essay asks students to analyze how the theme of the story emerges, how it is refined, and how it is fully developed by the end of the novel.
This download includes a student handout sheet with room for brainstorming, an essay outline, and a graphic organizer.
This essay is CCSS aligned and covers the below standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy W2a.b.c.d.e (grades 7-12)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy
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7th - 12th
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Free Writing Prompts! Informative, Argumentative, Persuasive! Rubrics INCLUDED!
This free PDF contains 45 essay prompts! There are 15 well laid out prompts for argumentative, informative and persuasive. Each format also includes a rubric for easy grading! These prompts are versatile and can be used to fill a variety of needs! They make wonderful beginning of the year diagnostics to discover where your students’ writing abilities are, and are great to use as a summative assessment after going over a specific writing format. Additionally, they can be used for an independent
Grades:
7th - 12th
FREE - Rubric and Outline for Expository or Persuasive Essay Writing
These materials are an easy way to help students organize their ideas before writing an expository or persuasive essay. Students fill out the graphic organizer while they research and use the information to guide them through the writing process.
This resource includes:
1) a rubric for grading 5-paragraph essays
2) a visual outline format
3) a linear outline format
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Grades:
5th - 10th
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Free
This graphic organizer allows students to organize their thoughts before writing an opinion writing. This resource is very simply organized by using the following categories:
- Topic
- Audience
- My Opinion / Main Idea
- Reason 1
- Reason 2
- Reason 3
- Support/Evidence/Proof (For each reason)
But wait.. there is more!! This graphic organizer is just a small part of a larger resource. Please take a moment to preview the entire Common Core Aligned Opinion Writing Unit. CLICK HERE for the e
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Evidence Based Terminology
Evidence Based Terminology
These Evidence Based Terminology guides include the formal language students must use when citing text evidence, as well as references from fiction and nonfiction.
If your students struggle to use the proper transition words and phrases necessary to present evidence, these posters and handouts should help.
They started out as anchor charts in my classroom, but when I found the kids continually using them as reference guides, I created the (more specific) posters
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4th - 10th
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Revision and Editing Checklist for High School Essay Writing in High School
When students are finished drafting, this is a perfect essay checklist to help them revise and edit their essays. Students can use it on their own or have a partner comb through their essays. Use with multiple modes of writing. Looking for more? Check out the following writing units: ⭐ Argumentative Writing Unit⭐ Compare & Contrast Essay Unit⭐ Expository Writing Unit ⭐ Literary Analysis Essay UnitPlease contact me with questions and visit my store for additional teaching materials: Love and
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7th - 12th
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Essay Writing ESCAPE ROOM Activity (Parts of an Essay) FREE!
This FREE essay activity is a sample activity from my Essay Writing Escape Room! This activity reviews the parts of an essay in a fun, engaging way!
This activity would be appropriate for:
• Elementary students who need essay writing experience
• Middle school students who need essay writing guidance
• High school students who need essay writing practice
Note: Aside from the materials that you would already have in your classroom, no additional supplies are needed! This escape room-style gam
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5th - 10th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan Free
Do your students struggle with providing strong, credible evidence for their claims? These two free Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any argument, opinion, persuasive, or research essay to help students gather and analyze arguments and evidence that they need to support a claim.Students gain critical thinking skills as they justify the use of their evidence and the evidence checker graphic organizers allow them to see exactly what kind of evidence they are using.This freebie includes
Grades:
5th - 9th
Transition Words Reference Sheet FREEBIE
This list is the perfect reminder for students when they are writing paragraphs or essays! They can keep this in a binder, folder, or even folded in half for an interactive notebook! I created this for my students to keep handy when they are working on their essays, and by the end of the school year, they have many of them memorized and ready to use on the writing portion of the state test!
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
How to Cite Textual Evidence in MLA Format - Digital Anchor Chart
Help your students learn the basics of citing textual evidence in their literary writing with this digital anchor chart.
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Free Thesis Statement Anchor Chart - Bookmark-Style Thesis Statement Checklist
Are your students learning how to write a thesis statement? Scaffold thesis statements using this FREE thesis statement checklist! This personal anchor chart can be printed as a double-sided bookmark for students to use while they write research papers or persuasive essays. There are so many ways to implement this thesis statement checklist in your classroom! Students can use this bookmark as a...↠ Self-evaluation anchor chart while writing research papers or persuasive essays↠ Peer-evaluation
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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