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Essay Writing Scavenger Hunt - How to Write a 5 Paragraph Essay
This scavenger hunt is a great pre-essay writing activity. Students will go on a color-coding scavenger hunt after reviewing all of the information required to write an essay, such as the requirements of a thesis statement, the placement of the topic sentence, where to include transition words, etc. Teacher instructions, sample essays, and answer keys are provided. This activity would be appropriate for:• Elementary students who need experience• Middle school students who need guidance• High sch
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5th - 10th
Also included in:Â Essay Writing Resources BUNDLE
Opinion Writing - Opinions, Arguments, and Persuasive Texts | Writing Practice
Opnion Writing is Common Core Aligned and will get your students writing their own opinions, arguments, and persuasive texts; weighing positive and negative points; and agreeing or disagreeing with other kids’ viewpoints on up-to-date subjects. Included are 52 separate worksheets that will get your students expressing their opinions, coming up with reasons and examples for their opinions, and writing short passages to explain their thought processes. Also great for distance learning!Types of que
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3rd - 8th
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Middle School Research Paper | True Crime Essay Writing Project
This middle school research paper will grab your students' attention with a fascinating and age-appropriate true-crime writing prompt.The Prompt:Over thirty years ago, two men posing as police officers stole thirteen pieces of art worth hundreds of millions of dollars from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. The thieves were never caught. The art was never recovered.To this day, the museum is offering a reward of $10 million to anyone who can give them information that
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Fun Middle School ELA Mega Bundle - Activities Games Projects Posters Essays
Essay Writing Homework Essay of the Week
This weekly writing resource is perfect for giving students the tools necessary for writing essays independently. It not only includes the assignments and prompts, but the reference notes needed to complete an essay from the prewriting stage to a final copy. The directions are divided up from Monday-Thursday and show students what they need to do each day to write an effective essay. The directions, along with a student reference booklet and checklist, provide your students with the tools to com
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3rd - 6th
Concluding Sentences Differentiated Lesson with Digital & Printable Activities
This concluding sentence resource is just what you need if your students are struggling with identifying concluding sentences in paragraphs. The concluding sentence resource allows for easy planning, easy teaching that leads to effective learning. It is no prep and can be used as DIGITAL or PRINTABLE worksheets making it versatile when grabbing on the go.This resource includes differentiated high-interest non-fiction texts with multiple choice and open response, graphic organizers, anchor charts
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3rd - 6th
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March Writing Bundle
In this March Writing Bundle, you will find 7 writing assignments for the month of March! There are a variety of March-related topics and everything you need to give instructions, create the activities, write the final copies, and assess them!1. THAT’S BLARNEY NONFICTION NEWSPAPER WRITING- Read the informational text about the Blarney Stone or send the students to the website if you wish to read it through technology. Students choose one of the topics to write about the stone and create a news
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2nd - 5th
Supporting Details Graphic Organizers Main Idea & Key Details Worksheets
This differentiated supporting details resource is your answer if your students are struggling with identifying main idea and key details in paragraphs. This no-prep resource will help your students identify supporting details in writing. The supporting details resource allows opportunities for targeted practice as well as working on identifying topic sentences. The Supporting Details resource is no prep and can be used as DIGITAL or PRINTABLE worksheets making it versatile when grabbing on the
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3rd - 6th
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AP Literature FRQ1: AP Lit Poetry Analysis Essay | Assignment, Models, & Rubric
This 40-page EDITABLE resource will help your students write high-quality Poem Analysis Essays. Learning how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem will enable your students excel on Free Response Question #1 (FRQ1) from the AP Literature and Composition Exam. Because most students find the genre of the Poem Analysis Essay to be new and unfamiliar, the primary purpose of this resource is to provide students with models or exemplars of well-written essays on a wide range of poems. But the res
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10th - 12th
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The Last Lecture- Reading Guide and Assessment
This 52 page packet, to be used with the novel The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch includes:
- Vocabulary: broken down by section. Chart requires students to write the sentence from the book and the definition. Chart provides chapter # and page #.
-Chapter questions for each chapter
-Journal prompts, article and song lyric reflections
-5 vocab quizzes (one for each section)
-Test: vocab, multiple choice, short answer, essay
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Argument Essay Practice Discount Bundle
This is a bundle of five products designed to help students practice the necessary skills for writing an argument essay. You save 20% by buying these items as a bundle!
It is based on Common Core Writing Standard 1 sub-standards a-e. There is an activity tailored to each standard, including:
*Writing a claim/counterclaim
*Choosing relevant and credible evidence
*Using effective vocabulary for claims, reasons, evidence, and rebuttals
*Establishing and maintaining a formal style
*Writing a concl
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6th - 12th
Fun Literary Analysis Essay Assignment for Middle School with Sample
The words literary analysis essay can sound super intimidating to middle school students, but this engaging assignment actually makes writing literary essays FUN!Bon Appetit!Your middle school students have been hired as chefs at the most prestigious restaurant in town, and they have been tasked with creating a literary-themed menu for its high-brow patrons.For their latest menu addition, they must design a sandwich that perfectly captures the essence of a character from the book they most recen
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Response to Literature for Any Novel | Middle School
Middle School Argumentative Essay with Rubric and Sample | Pizza Writing Prompt
This argumentative essay will grab your middle school students' attention as they write about one of their favorite foods: pizza.A Slice of Controversy:It's lunchtime at school and you're faced with a dilemma: should you choose the slice of pizza, with its cheesy goodness and savory sauce, or the boring old salad with its wilted greens and lackluster dressing? You should obviously pick the veggies. Right?But what if I told you that pizza could be considered a vegetable? That's right. Some people
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Fun Middle School ELA Mega Bundle - Activities Games Projects Posters Essays
Descriptive Essay Writing for Middle School with a Sample Paper and Rubrics
This descriptive essay will engage your middle school students and bring empathy to your classroom as your students write about a meaningful topic: each other.Beyond the SurfaceEvery morning, as your students step into school, they are greeted by a bustling sea of classmates. Some of these people they know really well, while others they might not know much about. But here's something important for your students to remember: each person is so much more than what meets the eye.Behind their smiles,
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Fun Descriptive Writing Activities for Middle School
Argumentative 5 Paragraph Essay with Rubric and Sample | Mythical Creatures
This argumentative essay will engage your middle school students as they write about a fun literary topic: which mythical creature would have the best chance of survival in today's world?Who would survive?Imagine a world where mythical creatures roam freely alongside humans. You have been tasked with selecting the creature with the best chance of surviving in our world. Which creature would you choose, and why? Would the majestic unicorn, with its healing powers, survive in a world of pollution
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Fun Middle School ELA Mega Bundle - Activities Games Projects Posters Essays
Personal Narrative Weekly Writing Homework
Looking for extra practice to get your kiddos writing more? This is the product for you! This Personal Narrative pack includes 12 weeks worth of prompts in a Monday to Thursday format to help your students practice their writing skills piece by piece, each day. This product is great for in class writing or for sending home as homework!
Below is the format for the week:
Monday: Pre-writing and Brainstorming
Tuesday: Writing a hook and a closing sentence
Wednesday: Rough Draft, Editing, and Re
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â STAAR Writing Prep Weekly Essay Homework BUNDLE- Narratives & Expository
Fun Literary Analysis Essay Assignment for Middle School | Theme Park Ride
Say the words literary analysis essay in front of your middle school students and watch their faces turn ashen. I don't blame them; writing with textual evidence sounds super intimidating! But in reality, it doesn't have to be. Writing literary essays can actually be . . . fun!The Ride of a LifetimeYour students have been hired at their favorite theme park to design its newest attraction.Using their most recently read books as inspiration, they will design a ride that will make park-goers feel a
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6th - 8th
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Definition Essay Notes and Activities
Looking for a good definition writing unit?Included in this 8 page document are lecture and/or handout notes giving tips and topics to assist students in their prewriting process for a definition essay. First use the notes defining the three types of definitions: Synonym, Class, and Negation to brainstorm points and to see example topics before synthesizing all three into the next handout: Definition Practice. This document allows for class discussion, working with a partner, homework for yo
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7th - 12th
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Middle School Argumentative Essay with Rubric and Sample | The Cringiest Gift
This argumentative essay will engage your middle school students as they write about a fun and silly topic: the worst gift you could give for under five dollars.The Quest for the Cringiest Gift:Gift-giving is a tricky concept. It's so difficult to find the perfect gift for someone without being weird or awkward.But what if being weird and awkward was the whole point?What if your entire task was to find the worst gift you could possibly buy someone for five dollars or less?Is it a stick of deodor
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Fun Middle School ELA Mega Bundle - Activities Games Projects Posters Essays
BLESS ME, ULTIMA Novel Study Lessons
This unit includes study questions for every chapter of Bless Me, Ultima: cause and effect, character analysis, personal reflection, and more.Activities include an art project, vocabulary assignments with quiz, comprehensive lessons on figures of speech using Bless Me, Ultima quotes in part, and puzzles. All are classroom tested and high-quality handouts. No answer keys.An essay assignment which gives students the choice of three topics is the final exam. A student handout lists the three pro
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6th - 10th
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Finding Credible Sources, Internet Bias, and Fake News (Full Lesson)
This 11-page Google Doc. gives you a complete set of learning activities for one of my initial lessons on finding credible sources, internet bias, and fake news: lesson objective, opening activities, explicit teaching notes, developmental (higher order) thinking questions, and workshop and/or homework tasks. I came up with some neat entry points to introduce students and young writers to the concept of internet bias and fake news. For example, this lesson will have students evaluate different
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7th - 12th
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4th, 5th Grade Writing - Elaboration Practice
No prep, just print and distribute for kids to write on.7 Writing Centers activities focusing on elaboration in an paragraph/essay format.This product is intended to help kids who need practice with elaboration. It was written with students taking the 4th and 5th grade Florida Writing portion of the FSA test in mind. Students are given a topic sentence and a sentence with evidence taken from a text. Their job is to elaborate on the sentences given. There are ideas for students who may be str
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4th - 6th
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Fun Book Report Essay for Middle School | Design a Video Game
Book reports have a bad rap in middle school, but this book response is far from boring. In fact, this report is actually . . . fun! Your students have been hired as the new developers on the hottest video game platform.Their task is to develop a book-based video game that will keep gamers glued to their screens AND to pitch it to the executives as the best new game of the century!Using their most recently read books as inspiration, your students will write video game pitches with tons of text e
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Fun Middle School ELA Mega Bundle - Activities Games Projects Posters Essays
The Chosen by Chiam Potok/CCSS Aligned Novel Study
This resource for the FANTASTIC book written by Chiam Potok, is a Common Core aligned chapter-by-chapter inference question bundle. These questions can be used as independent work or as a springboard for classroom discussions. I have used these resources in my classroom with great success, and my suggestion would be to assign the questions for homework, and then use the students' answers to begin a discussion. As students answer and discuss these questions, they should also be asking their own q
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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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
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