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8th grade Black History Month writing-expository scaffolded notes
Informational Essay Writing and Thesis Statement Workshops w graphic organizers
5 paragraph informative essay writing and thesis statement centered workshops ELIMINATE all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding and learn to craft a perfect thesis statement every time!These workshops are NOT formulaic. Rather, they teach students to expand their thinking! For the complete essay builder, each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person in
Grades:
6th - 9th
BLACKFISH - Print and Go Worksheets for Analysis of the SeaWorld Documentary
This two-page worksheet is a comprehensive way to ensure that students are watching the Blackfish documentary with purpose. The documentary explores SeaWorld's treatment of killer whales and interviews past and present employees and orca trainers.
This information can then be used for informative or persuasive writing outcomes - I like to create a trial scene where Tilikum is given a voice.
Entirely print and go - no preparation needed!
These worksheets are also available as part of my DOCUME
Grades:
6th - 12th
Central Idea Main Idea Central Message Theme PRINTABLE BUNDLE
Everything you need to teach your Middle School students to determine Central Idea and Theme is in this easy-to-use and interactive Printable Bundle!Objective: Middle School students will learn how to determine a theme and/or central idea in 4 steps and then have an opportunity to practice with new text, take a quiz and then participate in remediation or enrichment before taking a final assessment.In this resource, you'll receive ALL of these materials:✅ A link to a video to use as an introduct
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States Chapter Assignments
This packet is designed to accompany Howard Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States. This version of the famous People's History is more accessible to younger students and gives a great background on working class and progressive history. This packet breaks down the book by chapter, excluding chapters 22 - 28 (that many classes will not get to). Each chapter has either a note-taking guide (major vocabulary and themes to help students take notes with purpose) or questions about the c
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Identify The Thesis Statement Worksheet
Each question is an introductory paragraph of an essay. Students are instructed to underline the thesis statement and predict the prompt. I use this as practice in identifying a thesis statement before I have students write their own. It really helps to see student examples of thesis statements first. Three questions are easier, with typical three reason thesis statements at the end of the paragraph. Three questions are a bit trickier because the reasons are in separate sentences from the actual
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Thesis Statement Worksheet Bundle
Writing Graphic Organizer BUNDLE | Informative/Expository |Argumentative/Opinion
Streamline your writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing Graphic Organizers Bundle! This bundle includes resources for both informative/expository and argumentative/opinion essays, providing your students with structured and scaffolded support to enhance their writing skills. Perfect for grades 3-6+, these organizers are designed to help students develop clear, well-organized essays, making them a valuable addition to any writing curriculum.What's Included:Informative/Expository Writin
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Investigación e integridad académica - Secondary Research Paper Unit in Spanish
¡Dile adiós al estrés de enseñar a tus alumnos de nivel secundario a hacer un informe de investigación! Con esta unidad, los podrás guiar por los pasos de la investigación y les enseñarás conceptos de integridad académica como hacer citas directas e indirectas y referencias adecuadas para minimizar las posibilidades de que cometan plagio.Este recurso exhaustivo facilitará tu preparación para enseñar los conceptos más comunes que deben conocer los estudiantes de nivel intermedio y superior sobre
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Grades:
7th - 12th
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLUES for Middle and High School general music
Introduce your middle or high school students to the history of Blues music with this Google Slides™ presentation and note sheets. This mini-unit covers the origins and characteristics of the Blues and notable singers and musicians. Perfect for Black History Month or any time of year.Items included:A 52-page Google Slide™ Presentation with links and embedded videos.A PDF of all the information on the slidesA PDF with blanks for students to fill in as you go through the presentationA digital fil
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7th - 8th
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Also included in:Â SEASONAL BUNDLE for Middle School General Music
Formal Letter Writing - Business Letters
Help your students learn how to write formal (business) letters with this engaging, real-world writing project. Editable Google Doc documents and non-editable PDF versions are included, as well as a step-by-step lesson plan. Your students will be guided while writing letters of compliment or letters of complaint to local businesses. Our students loved this writing project!
This product contains:
Links to Google Doc Documents and Rubric (1 page)
Lesson Plan with Pictures (5 pages)
T-chart - Fri
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Custom Bundle for Viet
Informative Informational Expository Essay Writing Unit THESIS STATEMENT FOCUSED
This 5 paragraph, thesis statement centered, informative essay writing workshop ELIMINATES all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding using this complete resource designed to build a full essay. Each element of every paragraph is broken into manageable steps and scaffolded with mentor samples, 2nd person instructions, video links for differentiation, and templates for building paragraphs. This workshop is NOT formulaic
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â ELA FULL YEAR READING & WRITING CURRICULUM W MAP LESSON PLANS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Scholarship Letter: Fun and Authentic Persuasive Writing Unit TEL-Con
Persuasive / Argument Writing now has a fun and authentic purpose! Students will 'apply' for a fictional scholarship to a dream high school. They will write a cover letter in which they convince a scholarship review committee that they are an exceptional student and the perfect candidate for their school.
I have found great success with this writing unit for the past 6 years. Students get to write about what they know best: themselves! They are experts of their own content, which frees them up
Grades:
7th - 10th
Informational Writing 4 and 5 Paragraph Essay and Thesis Statement Workshops
This 4 and 5 paragraph informative essay bundle allows differentiation for struggling and more advanced writers. Your struggling students can learn the same skills on a smaller scale. ELIMINATE all of the hard work of planning and prepping! Students will learn practical writing techniques with intense scaffolding and learn to craft a perfect thesis statement every time!These workshops are NOT formulaic. Rather, they teach students to expand their thinking! For these complete essay builders, ea
Grades:
6th - 9th
Writing a Personal Narrative Essay - Distance Learning Compatible
In a personal narrative essay, a writer shares his or her thoughts and feelings about an event in his or her past with an audience. In this pack, students will move through the writing process to compose a personal narrative essay.The pack includes a step-by-step process, brainstorm/planing page, peer edit checklist, suggested marking rubric, and example essay.UPDATE: This includes both a printable PDF version and a digital version using Google Slides.See also my Writing a Persuasive Essay pack
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Parts of an Essay INB Foldable and Quiz
This is the perfect resource if you are looking to teach your students the different parts of an essay. Included is a foldable for use in an interactive notebook that contains 8 components of an essay (introduction, hook, link, thesis, topic sentence, transition, conclusion, and restated thesis), a page with definitions for each term, a matching quiz to assess students learning, as well as an answer key.
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Informative Essay Writing with Texts Notes Interactive Notebook
Teach your middle school students the organization of text-based informative essays with Cornell-style notes, interactive notebook foldables, examples, and graphic organizers!It is laid out in a "chunked" fashion so that you can go through the process step-by-step. It's perfect for introducing informative essay writing!What's included:★ TWO texts - one non-fiction text at a 7.1 reading level and one fiction text at a 5.6 reading level.★ text mapping graphic organizer★ an informative prompt base
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â How to Write Informative Essays and Parts of an Essay Visual System BUNDLE
Writing Non-Fiction: Sentence Starters_One-Pager!!!
The document is a graphic organizer that includes non-fiction writing sentence staters when incorporating concrete details and analysis. Transitions and a how to for integrating in-text MLA citations are also included on the one-pager. Great for the front of students' binders!
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Pitchforking - Bernabei sentence writing practice
This is a sentence writing practice using Gretchen Bernabei's pitchforking strategy. This activity can be used as a station or independent practice. Included in this file is 2 different station directions, 1 pitchforking essay revision worksheet, 2 pitchforking practice worksheets, and 1 sheet of pitchforking notes.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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The CRAP Test (Finding Credible Internet Sources)
Want to help your students find credible, reliable, and relevant sources for a research project? Then this is the perfect resource for you!
Helps students organize their information in a visual way.
Helps them see if their sites are legitimate.
Gets them started with accurate and quality websites for research!
Connects well with the HOW DO I RESEARCH PRESENTATION.
Grades:
6th - 10th
Tupac, LeBron James, Bob Dylan & Two Distant Strangers: Black Lives Matter Study
Here is a wonderful opportunity to explore with your students four powerful popular culture texts:1. Tupac Shakur's compact and vivid poem, "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" explores the concept of thriving despite economic, racial and social inequities. 2. LeBron James' Instagram post "Shut Up and Dribble" is a rebuttal to an offensive directive to keep dribbling on the court and stay out of race politics. 3. Songwriter, Bob Dylan's masterpiece, "Hurricane," is a protest song documenting the l
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Informational Writing Informative Essay and Thesis Statement Workshops
Engage your students with these digital informative / informational essay writing and thesis statement writing workshops. This bundle includes everything you need and breaks the writing process down into manageable steps! Simple writing templates guide students in drafting a thesis, introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.This workshop includes:Thesis writing activityStep-by-step instructionsMentor samplesTemplatesEmbedded videosRubricSample essay breakdownLessons Plans and moreNEWLY UPDA
Grades:
6th - 9th
Formal vs. Informal writing style - a 1-day lesson for grades 6-10
Are your history students writing "lol" in their essays? Are their lab reports riddled with emojis? Take a day to define what formal, academic writing looks like and avoid these headaches all year.
This lesson is appropriate for middle and high school students and takes only one class period. Students explore when and why certain styles of writing are appropriate depending on purpose and audience, take notes during a discussion about academic writing rules, and work with a partner or small grou
Grades:
6th - 10th
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MLK "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from th
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
WRITING SKILLS LESSONS BUNDLE Informational Research Unit PPT Notes Practice
***BUNDLE & SAVE 25%!*** Help students gain informational writing skills with this no-prep, 321 page/slide, 12-unit Informational & Research Writing Skills Lessons Bundle. PowerPoints, Guided Notes, Guided Practice, Teacher Directions, CCSS-alignment, and Answer Keys are included for all skills, and most skills include additional practice, activities, and/or assessments. This TWELVE LESSON BUNDLE provide 10+ weeks of scaffolded lessons for your ELA classroom!The easy-to-follow Guided Not
Grades:
4th - 8th
How to Write Argumentative and Informative Essays Parts of an Essay BUNDLE
Get all 3 of my best essay writing resources in one BIG Bundle:★ How to write a Text-Based Argumentative Essay: Step-by-step organization lessons with Cornell Notes, graphic organizers, models and interactive notebook activities. There are two original texts about Easter Island included.★ How to write a Text-Based Informative Essay with step-by-step organization lessons complete with graphic organizers, models, interactive notebook foldables and Cornell notes all along the way. Two original
Grades:
6th - 8th
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