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Middle school writing-essays graphic organizers for Easel Activities
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
Country Research Projects Study Report Countries Around the World Research
Country Research Projects: This newly revised (July 2023) country study worksheet packet will help your 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade social studies students conduct a country study research project for countries around the world. It not only includes country research graphic organizers and templates and for gathering information and conducting country research, but also guidance and skills for country report writing and giving a presentation. Grading rubrics, answer keys, differentiated a
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4th - 7th
Argumentative Writing Unit Argument Essay Thesis Statement Graphic Organizer
Teach argumentative essay writing with a thesis statement centered approach! This COMPLETE workshop w. MENTOR SAMPLES guides students through every paragraph and element of argument writing. Video tutorials (by me) for EVERY section allows for independent, self-paced learning, giving you more time to work with struggling students. ✅ ALIGNS WITH CCSS, TEKS, AND MOST STATES' STANDARDS⭐ 3 FORMATS: Google Slides, 8.5x11 Worksheets, and Easel⭐⭐NOTE: This workshop teaches students how to think like
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6th - 10th
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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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Personal Narrative Essay- Emphasis on the Writing Process- 6th, 7th, 8th Grade
Ignite your students' writing abilities with this personal narrative writing resource, thoughtfully aligned with educational standards to foster growth and proficiency in writing.With the convenience of a printable student workbook, this resource provides a guide that empowers each student on their journey towards crafting a compelling personal narrative essay. Within the workbook, students will navigate through a series of carefully designed activities and exercises, allowing them to develop es
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Personal Narrative Writing Bundle- 6th, 7th, 8th Grade
RACES Paragraphs |Text Evidence Writing | Sentence Starters | Graphic Organizer
RACES writing strategy helps students practice and master evidence-based paragraphs with extended information that shows compare and contrast, proof, additional information, or their own examples. Each step of the RACES writing strategy contains a resource page with sentence starters organized into categories to help students create sentence variety. Examples of PERFECT paragraphs are also included. Put your brain in gear and writing in motion! Stop writer block once and for all and increase
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Text Based Evidence Writing Bundle
Multi-Paragraph Graphic Organizers + Self-Editing Checklist Bookmark
These graphic organizers help your students organize their writing into five paragraphs. There are four versions. Use the editing checklist bookmarks to help students self-check their writing.Included in This Resource:Four multi-paragraph writing templatesThe first version has each box labeled: introduction, body paragraph 1, body paragraph 2, body paragraph 3, and closing. The second version has each box labeled: introduction, second paragraph, third paragraph, fourth paragraph, and closing. Th
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: The Mega Writing Bundle! 50% off M+M Writing Resources
No Prep ELA Lesson for after Spring Break {Welcome Back from Break Writing}
If your students love to ☺chat☺ as much as mine when they return from ⛱ spring break, leverage that excitement for a meaningful and fun day after spring break writing activity! With this no-prep welcome back from break ELA lesson, students talk to their classmates about their vacations to complete a "Find Someone Who" activity. Next, they discuss their vacation and complete a Venn diagram comparing the events of each partner's break. Finally, students write a 2 paragraph comparison & contras
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3rd - 6th
Research Paper Graphic Organizer
Graphic organizer/template for a research project/informational writing assignment to help outline and organize students' 5 paragraph writing pieces. It features an introduction and conclusion paragraph, three body paragraphs that help students turn research questions into topic sentences, and reminders to skip a line and indent where appropriate. It's scaffolded so that even my second graders can write five paragraph papers and would be perfect for organizing thoughts for older students as well
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Informational/Research Writing Graphic Organizers Bundle!
Personal Narrative Writing Unit | Brainstorm Graphic Organizer Checklist Rubric
Personal Narrative Unit | Brainstorming, Graphic Organizers, Templates, Checklist, Rubric with PowerPoint & Google Slides for Narrative Writing Unit BundleTeaching the Personal Narrative Unit is easy, fun, engaging, and NO PREP with this Personal Narrative Complete Unit Bundle for your middle school classroom. Start with the narrative writing steps in the PowerPoint or Google Slides. Students will learn how to brainstorm personal narrative writing with guided graphic organizers and templates
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7th - 10th
Biography Research Project
This step-by-step biography research project is a fun and creative way to teach students about any remarkable individual. Allow students to choose an interesting person to research or assign one to them. The directions and graphic organizers are easy to follow. This project was created for my advanced ELL students and they love it! Click on the preview button to see examples of the completed project.Here is what is included:★Biography Project Outline★Information Gathering Organizer★Introduct
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5th - 9th
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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Writing Hooks, Leads, and Introductions
Interesting leads are a great way for students to grab a reader's attention. Good writers make use of strong leads to add interest to their writing. Students who know how to engage their audience often find it easier to organize their writing and add better details. Get your students hooked on better writing habits. Included in this resource:• A handy anchor chart• 3 sheets of examples and student practice (10 total types of leads)• 3 sheets of "Collection Jars" for reading connection and inte
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4th - 6th
Argumentative Essay Writing Thesis Statement Graphic Organizer Passages & Text
THESIS STATEMENT CENTERED: Argumentative essay writing workshop for middle school. PRINTABLE OR USE WITH EASEL.Teach students to construct all of the elements of argument writing, brick by brick, to complete a full, perfectly sequenced essay. Every section is thoroughly explained with videos, mentor texts, instructions, examples, links, and tips, allowing students to work at their own pace, and freeing you to work closely with struggling writers. Whole class teaching is a breeze with this builde
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6th - 9th
Literary Analysis Essay: Devices Elements & Techniques Using Pixar Short Films
This step by step literary analysis workshop teaches students the elements and structure of literary analysis using outline, fun sticky notes, graphic organizers, instructions, mentor texts, video links, an analysis of the short film THE PRESENT, and plenty of space to build each paragraph. USE WITH ANY OF THESE FORMATS: GOOGLE SLIDES, PAPER, EASEL!⭐ Students will be guided through the entire process with clear, user friendly instructions. Each paragraph is a color-coded workshop of its own, ma
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6th - 9th
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Text Dependent Opinion Writing Text Based Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Mars
Get your students ready for state writing tests with these differentiated paired passages, mentor texts, and writing prompts that are perfect for opinion, persuasive, or argumentative essays. Both articles have been updated for 2024. One article is a first-person reflection on space flight by an author who grew up in Florida during the Space Shuttle era. The second article is informational, explaining what NASA is doing to get ready for a Mars mission. During close reading, your students pick
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Opinion or Persuasive Writing Bundle, Text Dependent Writing, Easel
Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft Checklist
Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft ChecklistThis Writing Editing & Revising Rough Draft to Final Draft Checklist is the perfect writing checklist for ANY grade! Students check for capitalization, punctuation, correct spelling, and more! This checklist also requires students to...Read their essay out loud to make sure it makes sense ✓Take out any words or phrases that don't sound right ✓Replace boring adjectives with more exciting ones ✓Check for subject-verb agreement
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K - 12th
5 Paragraph Essay Graphic Organizers
5 Paragraph Essay graphic organizers for
•Opinion Writing
•Informational Writing
•Narrative writing
In fourth grade, as well as other grades, using graphic organizers to plan writing is an important skill for students. This resource contains a 4-square organizer for each of the above writing genres. Each organizer contains a section for students to add an ideas for Introductions, paragraph topics, details, and transitions, and conclusions.
Also includes example organizer to explain wha
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3rd - 6th
Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers: Close Reading, Thesis, Sentence Stems
Teach literary analysis with confidence! Your students will learn a successful pattern for thesis statement writing and close reading with these time-tested literary analysis graphic organizers!*******************************************************************************Here’s what you’ll receive in this resource:⇒ Students will first learn how to write a three-part analytical thesis statement with examples and non-examples (2 pages).⇒ Then, they will choose and unpack textual evidence using t
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7th - 10th
How to Write a 5-Paragraph Essay Step-by-Step
Does your learner need help with writing essays?Do your students believe they can write an excellent essay?This practical workbook teaches your students how to write a 5-paragraph essay using a foolproof step-by-step process. Each mini-lesson lesson teaches one step and contains practice examples to build your learner’s writing skills and confidence.Every student will benefit from this confidence-building, reliable process that can be reused for any type of essay or assignment in any class.In Pa
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Introducing the Literary Analysis Essay: Complete Step-By-Step Guide
Guide your upper middle and high school students step-by-step through writing the Literary Analysis Essay with these easy-to-use resources. Students will learn all the basics of strong thesis statements, clear topic sentences, specific evidence, and thorough elaboration. Graphic organizers include writing tips to help your students succeed. Revision strategies help students take ownership of their own writing.Color-coded samples help you model the expectations of formal, academic writing. This "
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Expository, Literary, and Research Writing for Middle School
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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6th - 9th
Christmas STEM Activities - Christmas STEM Challenges - Gingerbread Man Project
Don't Eat the Gingerbread Man - Christmas Persuasive Writing Activities and Christmas STEM Challenge - This Christmas writing unit makes persuasive writing fun and engaging for struggling writers! It includes student writing templates and persuasive writing information. It also contains a fun Christmas STEM Challenge and STEM Challenge Notebook!This is a great unit to pull out during the holidays, as it allows you to seamlessly fit some Christmas themed activities into your already existing cu
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3rd - 6th
Text Based Essay Informational Writing on Bees Differentiated Paired Passages
Do you need state writing test prep? Your students will do a close reading of two articles on bees and beekeeping with an expository writing prompt. Both texts come in two reading levels, allowing you to differentiate instruction. Then, your kids will fill out graphic organizers for either five paragraph, four paragraph, or one paragraph essays. A teacher's guide gives you instruction tips and an editable rubric makes grading easier. You can print them all or assign them digitally through TPT
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5th - 6th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Also included in: Expository Text-Dependent Essay Bundle, Lions, Bees, and Africa, Easel
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