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Free middle school writing-essays handouts
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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6th - 9th
Lined Paper - Full page of lines & half page for drawing and writing {FREEBIE}
Put these pages in your writing center and your students will love the freedom to write! You can also give them writing prompts to get their minds working. My students love these pages!There are three pages to this document.1) A full page of primary lines (10 lines)2) Primary lines with half of the page for writing and the other half to draw (7 lines)3) Primary lined half writing pages that can turn into a mini book (3 lines)4) Full page of secondary lines (15 lines) 5) Secondary lines with spac
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PreK - 6th
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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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6th - 9th
Writing Guide 1: Essay Thesis Statements (Explanation & Writing Activities)
This is a quick guide for how to write and improve on THESIS STATEMENTS. Package Includes:- Aspects of a good thesis- Examples of common issues and pitfalls when writing theses- A thesis improvement activity (with 10 theses for students to repair and improve)If you like this handout, you should check out our other products! Evidence & MLA Guide: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Quick-Writing-Guide-Incorporating-Evidence-MLA-5098962Essay Writing Guide: https://www.teacherspayteache
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
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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7th - 10th
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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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Peer and Self Editing Checklist
It is important to emphasize the need for students to go back over their work and check for mistakes both by themselves and with a peer. This two-in-one checklist allows for that. The self editing checklist asks students to READ to Revise their own writing, focusing on rearranging details, exchanging weak words for strong words, adding new details, and deleting unnecessary details. The peer editing checklist then asks another student to use CUPS to Edit with a focus on capitalization, usage, pun
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3rd - 8th
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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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5th - 10th
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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FREE Conclusions are like Dessert: 45-Minute Essay Writing Lesson
Conclusions can be tough to write, but they are so critical to an essay: the equivalent of a dessert after a meal, leaving a final impression on the reader.This *EDITABLE* 45-minute lesson introduces students to conclusion paragraphs through a relatable metaphor and the analysis of two sample paragraphs as mentor texts. Students then learn about the “recipe” for an effective and engaging conclusion before attempting to write their own. Applicable to ANY informative or argumentative essay, this h
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6th - 12th
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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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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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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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6th - 10th
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
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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7th - 10th
Argument Writing Practice Activity - FREE - Standards-Aligned
Give your students practice with the argumentative process with this fun Pre-writing activity that also engages students in peer discussion. Your students will become familiarized with terms and concepts they need to understand in order to be successful writing full argumentative essays. Using an imagined situation, students make a claim and cite reasons along with examples to support their reasons. They also get practice with counterclaim and conclusion. Includes teacher guidelines and an Exit
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5th - 8th
Sensory Words Lists
These lists of sensory words are a great resource for narrative writing. These will help students improve their writing. Using sensory words can help students provide more details and examples in their writing.-Includes both Powerpoint Presentation and PDF Version
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5th - 12th
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Thesis Statement Graphic Organizers | Informative/Explanatory Writing
Make your students initial stages of writing easier with these Thesis Statement Graphic Organizers for Informative/Explanatory Writing! Every year, students seem to struggle with the concept of Thesis Statements. They tend to write three thesis statements instead of one!In this product you will receive two different Thesis Statement graphic organizers for students along with Thesis Statement examples on how to use Thesis Statements. I have used these Thesis Statement graphic organizers in my cla
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6th - 9th
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5 Paragraph Essay Outline - PDF File
Print off this easy-to-use five paragraph essay outline and make copies for your class!
This is a great tool for students who are just learning how to write a five paragraph essay. It includes sections for an introduction paragraph, thesis statement, 3X body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Paragraph/Essay Structure Topic/Closing Sentence Introduction/Conclusion Sheet
An anchor chart to help with topic sentences, closing sentences, introductions, and conclusions!
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2nd - 8th
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Citing Text Evidence - Practice Page
Review or reinforce the selection and citing of text-evidence with this student activity page. It includes two passages about young Olympians, a quick reference on how-to cite text evidence, and opportunities to practice four techniques for citing text evidence, including:Direct QuoteIndirect Quote (paraphrasing)Signal-phrase citationParenthetical citationIt was designed to accompany my Citing Text Evidence PowerPoint lesson. If you like this, you might also enjoy my one-page Easy Reference stu
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5th - 8th
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Editing Marks Mini Anchor Chart
A simple editing marks chart with an image, meaning, and example of each mark!Print and hang in your classroom or print 4 per page and have students keep them at their desks while writing! :)
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2nd - 8th
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