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8th grade test preparation 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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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: 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
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: Custom Bundle for Viet
TSI 2.0 Test Prep Bundle
Texas Success Initiative (TSI) 2.0 Assessment Test Prep: Notes & SlidesThis bag is packed with a scaffolded student note-taking sheet and correlating slide presentation to prepare students for the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) 2.0 Assessment. Designed to help students with the math, reading, writing, and essay TSI basics, and it includes information about the TSI 2.0 and test taking strategies specific to a computer-based test. Before your students take the TSI 2.0, have them “explore” th
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Study Skills Worksheet | Studying for tests | How to study for tests worksheet
Are you a study skills teacher wondering how to teach your students how to study for tests? Are your students struggling to manage study time? Want to teach your students skills for studying for tests? Make teaching students study skills easy with our worksheets and the Crash Course Study Skills videos on YouTube. Our Crash Course Study Skills worksheet for episode seven about studying for tests is a fast, easy way to teach or review how to study for tests. If you’ve ever wondered how to teach
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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
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
Text Structure Activities - Foldable Style Notes with PowerPoint - Game
This complete, interactive lesson will make teaching middle school students how to identify the 5 structures easy! The students will learn the 5 text structures of any nonfiction text: description, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, and sequence. Click here for the digital version!Objective: Students will learn the definitions of each of these structures, graphic organizers that can be used to represent them, and clue words that signal the type of structure the text exhibits.In
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Reading and Writing Vocabulary Interactive Guided Notes BUNDLE
How To Study Flipbook Teaching Study Skills Studying
This purchase contains a 6 page flipbook covering the topic of how to study. Most often we want our students to study for upcoming assessments, but have to taught them how to prepare for quizzes and tests? Use this flipbook to introduce the idea of studying to students. Various examples and ideas on how to study is reviewed.What does this flipbook cover?✓ Why students should study✓ The importance of time management✓ Using mnemonic devices to help remember information✓ Creating your own study res
Grades:
4th - 8th
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
Study Skills Worksheet | Crash Course Memory | Study Skills Memory Worksheet
Are you a study skills teacher wondering how to teach study skills to your students? Wondering how to teach your students to study or how to improve study skills and memory in your students? Try our Crash Course Study Skills worksheets with the free videos on YouTube and make teaching study skills easy. Our Crash Course Study Skills worksheet for episode three about memory is a fast, easy way to teach students to study effectively. If you’ve ever wondered how to teach study skills and memory
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Grades:
8th - 10th
TSI 2.0 Test Prep: Reading Basics
This bag is packed with informational slides about the TSI 2.0 Reading questions and a scaffolded student note sheet to help students learn how to conquer the TSI 2.0 Reading questions. Designed to help students with the TSI 2.0 Reading questions, it incorporates basic information on the test section, test taking strategies specific to the TSI 2.0 Reading section, and example test questions. Learning what is on the test and what is expected will help prepare students for a testing experience o
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: TSI 2.0 Test Prep Bundle
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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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
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
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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