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Common Core W.11-12.2 scaffolded notes
5-Paragraph Essay Mini-lessons: Plan, Slideshow, Guided Notes, & Exit Tickets
Get everything you need to introduce (or review!) 5-paragraph essays with these 5-paragraph Essay Mini-Lessons! This PRINTABLE and DIGITAL resource will eliminate your need to prep--so you and your students can get through essay writing quicker!The included lesson plan breaks everything down from prep work (none required!) to day-to-day lessons.Use the EDITABLE slideshow containing five mini-lessons to walk your students through the formatting, structure, and citations of a 5-paragraph essay. Th
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8th - 11th
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Native American Literature - Indigenous Stories - 2 Week Unit
In just 2 weeks, teach your students about older and modern Native American and their literature!What's Included in this Native Literature Unit:Unit-at-a-glance suggested calendarDetailed lesson plansBinder cover for material organization4 engaging presentations (over 60 slides)Collaborative posters for students research about 7 different regionsLinks to engaging, relevant, and modern videos to incorporate into the lessonsGuided notes about Indigenous literature - key providedLinks to stories yo
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8th - 12th
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Antigone Character Analysis Essay Writing Pack | Worksheets & Graphic Organizers
Make approaching Antigone accessible and engaging with this great tool for character analysis and crafting character analysis essays. If you're aiming to show students the intricate dynamics and moral dilemmas contained within Sophocle's tragedy, this resource saves you time and energy. The prep work is done!What's In This Resource?This resource guides students towards an in-depth discovery of the characters with a 3-page graphic organizer for each main character and then a full 7-page graphic o
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9th - 12th
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Growing Poetry BUNDLE! Templates for Tone, Theme, Mood Across Texts & More!
ADDED 10/3/23: Mood & Tone graphic organizer and two poem comparison task based on poetry by Sara Teasdale.ADDED 7/13/23: Types of Poems graphic organizer!ADDED 10/29/22: Close Reading & Poetry Analysis Practice (good for all high school analysis, but especially Pre-AP English); includes these Cornell Notes with abbreviations for common literary terms and words/marks related to note-taking! Contains scaffolded examples and answer keys.Mood, tone and poetry itself can be challenging, but
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7th - 12th
Expository Essay Graphic Organizer PDF & 60+ Essay Prompts
Need a print or digital resource that provides a solid and easy-to-follow structure to base your teaching of informative / expository essay writing in a clear and concise way? This essay writing organizer has been designed to simplify and streamline the essay writing process for students and for you, teachers! It's completely no-prep, you can print and teach straight away, combining at any stage of an expository / informative writing unit.The organizer is broken down into a 4-step procedure that
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Expository Writing Unit Resources Lesson Plans Worksheets 7-12
Informative Writing Transition Words and Phrases Handout | Virtual Learning
Do your students struggle with transition words when writing informative/explanatory essays? Use this handout to help them start to integrate different transition words and phrases in their informative/explanatory essays.Included in this product is a PDF of common transition words in phrases. There is a version with colorful titles and a black and white version you can use to print out on colorful paper!
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7th - 10th
Night by Elie Wiesel - Symbolism Essay
Night is Elie Wiesel's haunting and poignant memoir, rich with symbolism and historical context. We know that night is a prominent symbol in the story, but what other symbols are also present?Have students write a comprehensive, 5 paragraph essay in formulaic writing style to investigate symbolism in the book, find supporting evidence, expand on their topic, and make a claim about symbolism in the novel with this essay resource.What you get in this resource:Formulaic Writing Terms - Handout with
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Night by Elie Wiesel - Novel Unit Bundle
Checklists for Editing Stories. Possible Assessment Tools
Included in this upload are a series of checklists for planning, structuring, for characterisation, point of view, narrative voice, language, dialogue, context and world. There are also general checklists which include less specific information on each of these features. In the checklists there are activities for discussion and planned paragraph writing which should consolidate written exposition. There are also a series of questions which need written responses, underlined choices, a series
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Not Grade Specific
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Essay Writing Graphic Organizer | Brainstorming to Final Draft | 7th-12th
Essay Writing Graphic Organizer for Any Type of EssayWhether it's argumentative, descriptive, narrative, or expository essays, this organizer has got you covered! Ideal for high school students but is also adaptable and effective for middle school learners. This essay writing organizer has been designed to simplify and streamline the essay writing process for students and for you, teachers! It's completely no-prep, you can print and teach straight away, combining with whatever unit you're doing
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7th - 12th
Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Essay Activity Pack Grades 9th-12th
Character Analysis Essay Activity Pack Empower your students to delve deeply into character exploration with this comprehensive Character Analysis Essay Activity Pack! Ideal for ANY novel or short story, this pack aligns with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts for Grades 9-12, ensuring a rigorous approach to character study. What’s Included? This resource guides students through a four-stage process of character analysis, each stage meticulously crafted to enhance
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9th - 12th
Argumentative / Persuasive Writing Packet
Do your students struggle with the structure of argumentative writing? Are they grasping the process of writing a counterargument and a rebuttal? This product is made for their success! Transform your students into persuasive powerhouses with our Argumentative Writing Packet—a must-have tool for educators committed to honing their students' persuasive writing skills. This meticulously crafted resource is tailored to guide students through the art of crafting compelling arguments, providing a str
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8th - 12th
JANE EYRE Independent Reading Journal! Guided Character Evals., Vocab., Review!
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a classic of AP Literature, English Lit. and college English classes, and now you have an easy way to hold students accountable for reading it! An excellent tool for summer reading or winter vacation, this journal also brings in cross-text reflections and asks students to consider character development and foils.* I have numbered the chapters 1-38 with normal digits, but some versions use Roman numerals! Please ensure that students can “translate” the following f
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Unit: Romeo and Juliet- 6 Bundles- ELA 9-10 (EDITABLE)
Profile:Grade Levels: 9-10Creator: Erica VilliloStandards: 19My Original Products: 48Links: 73Activities: 112Agendas: 6Exemplar Texts: 37Thematic Topics and Text Sets: 5CCSS Writing Prompts: 5Writing Skills: 3Reading Skills: 5Keys: 46Assessments: 18
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7th - 12th
Understanding a Prompt: Anchor Chart
Do your students struggle with decoding complicated prompts? Use this anchor chart to help them isolate key words in order to define their purpose for writing and choose their evidence/reasoning/details. This chart can be projected for whole class work or printed 4:1 page to find on the corner of a desk on in an interactive notebook.Take the guess work out of decoding prompts and help students
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3rd - 12th
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Crucible Character Essay: Scaffolding Introduction, Body, & Conclusion
Want to assess your students' knowledge of characters in The Crucible along with their writing skills without having to start from scratch? The Crucible Character Essay is the perfect task to accomplish this goal. What's included . . . â–ş Gallery Walk Competition where students list traits, actions, and quotes for the character they are assigned. Then, groups rotate and continue listing information not already written for the characters. To do this, they have to read what other groups wrote firs
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9th - 12th
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Engaging and Practical Research Skills Unit - Use With Any Research Paper!
Are your students lost when it's time to do research? Is your current research unit a struggle to get through, or you don't know where to start?Bring some engaging and hands-on research skills to your class with this research skills unit! With real-world examples, engaging presentations, and guided notes, take your class from stuck students to competent researchers.What is included in this resource:4 visually engaging presentations (65 slides)12 page guided notes booklet to scaffold research and
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Research Paper Bundle - 3 Week Unit - 3 Interchangeable Topics and Examples
CLOSE READING & Writing for Pre-AP POETRY ANALYSIS! *Two Poems + Cornell Notes!*
This product picks up where this related lesson on mood, tone and theme leaves off. It also uses Claude McKay's "America" but includes "The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes for students' guided and independent practice.First, students are given Cornell Notes that equip them with abbreviated terms for literature and note-taking. Next, they are provided texts (also in Cornell Notes-style) to practice close reading on, and the teacher has pre-annotated copies that can help guide students to identify
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Growing *MEGA-LITERATURE BUNDLE!* Cornell Notes, Graphic Orgs., MS/HS!
Analyze TONE in Two Poems by Sara Teasdale! Early 1900’s Compare & Contrast
This product can complement the one that uses Claude McKay's "America” and "The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes, as well as this lesson on mood, tone and theme. It is an extension or can serve as a complement to this mood and tone introduction.These two poems by Sara Teasdale feature markedly different tones and serve as a useful way to look at how the author’s attitude towards the subject can be very different.After each poem, there is space to summarize the poem, and there is a homework task
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â Growing *MEGA-LITERATURE BUNDLE!* Cornell Notes, Graphic Orgs., MS/HS!
Film Review Editable Scaffold
Use this editable scaffold to help students write film reviews - students just need to fill in the yellow highlights, just like an advanced cloze activity. The editable Word document includes sections on:release details, director and musicplot summarycharacters and actinghighlights and criticismsthemerating and recommendation Who is this for?students who struggle to organise and produce extended responses I've used this many times successfully with students with challenging learning needs from Y
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6th - 11th
BUNDLE: Nonfiction- An Introduction to the Unit (EDITABLE)
Profile:Subject: ELAGrade Level: 9-10Creator: Erica VilliloGenre: NonfictionAnchor Standards: 10Steps: 23MY ORIGINAL Products: 10Links to Resources: 4
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9th - 10th
Topic Sentence-Writing Mini-Unit for Secondary and Middle School English
Help your students grow as writers with a mini-unit over topic sentences. This mini-unit is meant to prevent take-home work for the teacher and increase skill levels in writing topic sentences concisely; this purchase includes slide decks, guided notes, and practice your students need to master concise topic sentences. This unit includes:Slide Deck Notes: Notes with audio or without, in Google Sheets and in PowerPoint. Practice: After one short practice at the end of the notes, teachers may opt
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7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Full Essay Structure Unit, complete with notes, practice, and more!
Thesis Statement Guided Notes
Strong informative writing rests heavily on a solid thesis statement. These guided notes allow students to explore the elements of quality thesis statements by providing instruction on dos, don'ts, and common characteristics. The presentation ends with a formula students can use to create strong thesis statements for any prompt.
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â THESIS STATEMENTS
Research Writing Notes: A Step-by-Step Guide
This PPT contains notes on the research writing process, including outlining, citations, plagiarism, the content of body paragraphs and more. This is most useful for explicitly teaching the do's and don'ts of writing research. There are examples and student tasks included.
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7th - 12th
Distance Learning for Narrative Writing, Literary Devices, and Anaphora
Independent Learning Packet. This fun, refreshing narrative and creative writing activity can be used any day: Use with the text the class is reading OR with students’ own narratives. Resources teaches students how to use an *anaphora for three purposes: (*Anaphora = the intentional repetition of the first part of a series of sentences for effect). 1. Narrative Writing: Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities begins with an anaphora to develop the setting. If Dickens used an anaphora, then your creative w
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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