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11th grade writing-expository homework
Thesis Statement Mini-lesson - Argumentative Essay
These worksheets will help students understand the formula to creating a strong thesis statement for an argumentative essay. The directions are clear and simple to understand; just print and go!Here is what is included:★Worksheets (3 pages)★Answer Key Thank you so much for stopping by my store.  I hope you are enjoying my products. I appreciate you providing feedback and you even earn free TPT credits every time you do!Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded.If you have a
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6th - 12th
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Langston Hughes's 10 BEST Poems | "Harlem," "Mother to Son," "Let America..."
NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-Based! This 45-page EDITABLE poetry curriculum promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The literary devices quizzes, discussion prompts, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!! Here are some highlights from this 45-page curriculum:• 10 Poems by Langston Hughes: The 10 poems
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8th - 12th
Also included in:Â American Literature YEAR-LONG BUNDLE: Personalized Curriculum for Natalie T.
Writing Assignment: Write a Movie Review. Film Critique Handout w/ Rubric
This is a handout for a fun and creative writing assignment, in which students will write their own film review. Page one explains the function of a film review, and the kind of content that should be included in one. The content should be focused on evaluating the film, rather than summarizing. A couple website links are also included so that students can go read some current reviews and get a better understanding of what a good review is before they create their own.Formatting requirements are
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8th - 12th
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: Discussion Questions/Prompts
This series of 46 questions asks students to analyze the rhetorical strategies, themes, and literary techniques used by Margaret Atwood in The Handmaid's Tale. Questions also include prompts regarding characterization, imagery, themes, mood, and symbolism.
Questions are broken into four sections for reading assignments appropriate for grades 10-12 or college-level analysis.
Also look for my quiz packets for classics and contemporaries, such as Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Khaled Hosseini's T
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Family Values Bundle - 20 Questions, Defining Roles, Parent-Teenager Assessment
Family Values. This is a combination package that combines three activities regarding families and family values. Activity #1: 20 Questions About FamilyAre you looking for a way for your students to open up about life in their family and how they fit into their family structure? This activity has always been helpful for me to start the discussion with students about the institution of family in either an Writing class, a Psychology Unit, or a Sociology Unit. Geared toward middle school or high
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7th - 12th
Answering How Questions Scaffolded Sequence of Events Worksheets
These no-prep sequence of events worksheets include 3 types of worksheets for scaffolding with special education and speech therapy students, and 18 different how-to scenarios. These worksheets are age-appropriate for middle school and high school students who do not need visual support, but still need extra guidance with sequencing and answering how questions, such as, "How do you get ready for school?" They can also help teach temporal concepts and procedural writing skills. The three types of
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3rd - 12th
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Dialectical Journals for Literary Analysis and Non-fiction analysis (w/rubric)
This resource ensures that students are practicing comprehension, summary, questioning, textual evidence, citations, and analysis (including context/explanation, significance and connecting to literary elements, and prediction). And the best part is, it can be used for ANY text, fiction or non-fiction! This assessment includes the following: Assignment sheet with sample responseTemplate for students to fill out in print or on google docsComplete Rubric All components delivered as pdfs (in a zip
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7th - 12th
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Powerful Paragraphs Bundle: Topic, Detail and Concluding Sentences for ESL & ELA
Do your students struggle to write a powerful paragraph? Mine too! I made this series to help them master writing a simple paragraph. I saw real improvements when I started using it once a week.The series "Powerful Paragraphs" is designed to boost your students' writing skills. It was made for both ESL students (English Language Learners), and native English speakers who need help structuring a powerful paragraph.The process is simple. For each activity, look at the image together and brainstorm
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Movie Review: Extra Credit or Class Assignment
Students are required to write a movie review in a professional manner, which can be a challenge since they are used to just telling friends if they liked a movie or not! In this assignment, they must think more deeply and explain why thy like or dislike a film. They are to consider elements such as similar films, connections to movie trends, the director's prior work, casting suitability, etc.
I offer this as an extra credit assignment, but it could easily be changed to a regular assignment.
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7th - 12th
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Handout for ELA English: Extra Credit Opportunities; 5 choices; Broad Options
This is a handout for students that inquire about extra credit opportunities in English or Language Arts class. It offers 5 options (2 options for an explanatory essay, creative writing - poetry, creative writing - short story, and a book report). I've used this handout for both middle school and high school. It's a quick go-to to give to students that ask me about earning extra points in class. The requirements are general and broad enough to use in any class that focuses on ELA skills. The han
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7th - 12th
Parts of Speech, Pre-Assessment
(answer key included)(FREE post assessment available too!)
** To increase contextual comprehension, the pre-assessment is written in narrative. The FREE post-assessment is the narrative conclusion to the story. It is highly recommended teachers use both the Pre and Post assessment.
Teaching Parts of Speech is so important as it creates common language for reading and writing between a teacher and student.
I've successfully used a pre/post assessment in my Parts of Speech unit that doesn't
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thesis Statement Practice
This worksheet is designed to help students practice revising and editing thesis statements for an expository essay. It also includes basic reminders about thesis statements. It was created for an academic 10th grade English class, and it focuses on the three-prong thesis style.
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9th - 11th
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Memo Writing Assignments
Great assignments for a business or technical writing class; the students are asked to first write a request memo, asking a manager to investigate a problem. They are then asked to write a policy memo, explaining a new policy to their staff. Includes rubric.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Boys in the Boat Journal Prompts & Essay Topics / Nonfiction Resource
The Boys in the Boat YRE by Daniel James Brown is one of my favorite nonfiction books to teach my high school students. My students love this true story of rowing, resilience, athleticism, and teamwork; they are shocked by the obstacles that Joe Rantz faced in his life, and they are hopeful when they learn how Joe overcame them. Although my students are familiar with Nazi Germany, they really didn't know much about the 1936 Olympics until they read this book. Students glean so much from this qui
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Boys in the Boat UNIT BUNDLE / Top Nonfiction Resource / Online-Ready!
Essay Development For High School
Unlock the secrets to crafting compelling and well-developed essays with this comprehensive unit designed for 8th-grade through high school students. Whether your students are beginners or seasoned writers, this resource provides a structured approach to essay development that will elevate their writing skills to new heights.This unit covers every aspect of essay writing, from understanding essay terminology to producing polished final drafts. Students will learn how to generate strong thesis st
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Essay Writing Bundle For High School
"The Odyssey" Journal Prompts
Includes at least one prompt for each of the episodes excerpted in Holt's "Elements of Literature": Calypso, the Cicones, the Lotus Eaters, Polyphemus the Cyclops, Circe, the Land of the Dead, the Sirens and Scylla/Charybdis, the Cattle of the Sun God, the Meeting of Odysseus and Telemachus, the Test of the Great Bow, and Death of the Suitors. Questions are designed to have students make personal connections to the characters and conflicts in "The Odyssey."
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9th - 12th
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The Diary of Anne Frank - Personal Narrative Diary Writing
Everyone has a story but each of our stories is different. Your story is important too.
14 diary writing topics to choose from that mirror those that Anne wrote about.
Connect to The Diary of Anne Frank through an on-going anchor activity that students can work on in a writing center, when they have finished other assignments, or for homework. Students will be asked to observe the people around them and their environment as Anne did. They should take the time to think about the topics and pl
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5th - 12th
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How to Write an Argumentative Essay in 5 days! (Teacher and Student Bundle)
Argumentative Essay Writing Packet- Broken Down in 5 DaysStudent copy has all the notes blank to be filled out. This document goes with Teacher Argumentative Essay Example and the Argumentative Essay Writing Packet- Teacher Edition which has guided note taking for students to complete while explaining each step. Each section is broken down step by step by days as follows: Day 1: Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences Day 2: Examples + Analysis ** Write Descriptive Examples**Day 3: Editing and T
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Hound of the Baskervilles Homeworks and Unit Exam
Ten homework assignments for Arthur Conan Doyle's Hound of the Baskerville plus very comprehensive exam.
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9th - 12th
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Pen Pal permission letter
A generic/editable pen pal permission letter to send home to parents
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
American Authors Research Project
This is a group assignment. In groups, students will choose from a list (or alternative is acceptable with approval) of American authors. Together they will write an expository research paper detailing the life, works, and societal contributions of these authors. They must use and properly cite at least 3 sources in their paper. Then, they will take the information they learned in while researching their author and create a 5-8 minute presentation to be presented to the class. This is a great op
Grades:
10th - 12th
Fahrenheit 451 Non-Literary Censorship Current Event Reports
To better connect the realities of censorship as portrayed in Fahrenheit 451, this self-driven task allows the student to select any NON-LITERARY work or idea that is being/has been challenged or censored within the last twelve months by identifying an authored article in which that piece is discussed (any English language source from around the world).Students will read the source article and then summarize its key points at no more than 50% of the length, and then respond to specific prompts r
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9th - 12th
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Exploring the parts of an Argumentative Essay
Equip students with a practical understanding of argumentative essay structure using this insightful worksheet. By analyzing a well-constructed essay sample, students gain a clear visual on the fundamental elements required for a cohesive 5-paragraph argumentative (expository) essay. This resource allows students to identify crucial segments like the hook, thesis statement, arguments, counterclaims, rebuttals, and more, providing a comprehensive overview of the necessary components for a compell
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7th - 12th
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Big Fish Essay Resources
These are the expository essay resources I use when I assign an essay after students read Daniel Wallace's Big Fish. The bundle includes: Prompts, Checklist, Outline, and Rubric. Students in 6th-12th grade could use this framework to support them as they write their expository essay.
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6th - 12th
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