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Writing-expository task cards under $5
PARAPHRASING Practice Task Cards
Are you looking for a paraphrasing activity to guide your students into restating it in their own words? Do your students tend to copy sentences straight out of a book? These simple yet engaging paraphrasing task cards will grab your students' attention with their high-interest topics and unusual facts. This resource is perfect for mini-lessons, small group instruction, or adding it to a writing center.What's Included:32 High-Interest Paraphrasing CardsParaphrasing How To Poster2 Student Answer
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2nd - 3rd
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Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Worksheets, Task Cards, and Easel Activity
Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Task Cards, and Sorting Activities. Transitional words and transitional phrases are useful in writing clear and fluent paragraphs, but students need to be familiar with when to use them. Includes a Word Splash of Transition Words with a graphic organizer for word sorting, several different handouts with lists of useful transition words, and a categorizing worksheet for groups to work on and discuss, and a set of 36 task cards. Digital and Print: I have also ma
Grades:
5th - 8th
4th and 5th Grade Writing and Grammar Task Card Center Kit
If your school is anything like mine, it's incredibly difficult to find the time for students to practice the necessary grammar and foundational writing skills for expository and creative writing. This kit includes the essential components of a self-contained, no-maintenance center that students can work on throughout the year.
The kit includes 90 task cards focusing on main idea and the construction of an argument, creative brainstorming, word choice, sentence structure, and standard 4th and
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4th - 5th
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Story Starters Creative Writing Prompts
Looking for a FUN and ENGAGING way to captivate your students' interest and enhance their writing skills? Look no further!
Have students who struggle with getting started when writing? Tired or hearing, "but I don't know what to write about!"? Well then, this is the product for you!
"Story Starters" are 24 writing task cards that provide students with the beginning sentence of a story and let their imaginations do the rest!
10-page packet includes:
Teacher directions
24 Prompt Task Cards
Brai
Grades:
1st - 6th
Revising Practice Task Cards
The focus of this resource is ALL REVISING. Provided in three formats: Printable, Google Forms, and TpT Digital Overlay. Perfect for face to face or distance learning because the content is identical in all three formats. Fun test prep! Great practice to master the skill of revising. Use for independent practice in learning stations, playing scoot, or work on the cards individually, in groups, or online. When students are finished with the practice questions, use the bonus free quiz to assess
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Revising and Editing Grammar Practice Bundle
Claim & Evidence Matching Task Cards
These task cards are a great way for students to practice matching claims with accurate evidence. Included in this set are 12 claim cards along with 12 matching evidence cards. All evidence is factual and was found using reliable internet resources. A student sheet and answer key are included.
Use these task cards as a table/partner activity, during classroom stations or as a literacy center task.
To take these cards a step further, once students have matched the cards, you might ask studen
Grades:
5th - 9th
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MLA Review Escape Room
Students will review MLA 8th edition in-text citations and Works Cited entries with these 24 MLA task cards that ask them to find errors in entries and citations, determine information given by a citation, and correctly order Works Cited entries. Correct answer numeric codes give them letters toward the secret phrase, which they'll unscramble to win the game!
This product IS included in my escape room bundle:
Secondary English Escape Room Bundle
Your download includes
* 8 in-text citation tas
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: Secondary English Escape Room Bundle
Transition Word Task Cards
Transitions words and phrases are like traffic signals; they are essential to keeping a smooth "flow!" Without appropriate transitions, the reader may get lost, lose interest, or simply CRASH into confusion! These 15 road trip-themed task cards will help your students identify the best transition words and phrases to connect ideas. I have incorporated a variety of time-order, compare/contrast, cause and effect, and addition/elaboration transition words, such as:- First, next, then, after that, f
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4th - 6th
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100 Writing Prompts
Included are 100 writing prompts. These are perfect for Daily 5, writing centers, early finishers, or morning work. Simply cut (there are 9 per page) and laminate (if you choose). You can either put them in a jar or folder for kids to choose. They simply pick one out and write what the prompt tells them. Students can write their stories in their journal or on writing paper.
Included are opinion, persuasive, narrative, how to, informative expository, and imaginative writing prompts! Also include
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Also included in: 100 Reading & 100 Writing Prompts BUNDLED
Crafting Topic Sentences for Expository Essays
This product is teacher-approved and student-tested. The need for this product developed after observing our 4th graders struggle with expository writing. Also, knowing that this is the first year they are exposed to expository writing and tested on it made it even more important to us. Not only will students practice noticing and/or writing good topic sentences, but it will also allow them to see well supported expository paragraphs. You will find 3 different activities in this unit:-Topic S
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Fortnite Revising Task Cards: Inserting Sentences
These revising task cards focus on inserting sentences into an expository piece of writing about Fortnite. The focus is on TEKS 4.18A, 4.18B, and 4.18C. Your students will be required to insert a sentence that creates a clear central idea, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences in both the paragraph and at the end of the essay. Included:One expository essay about Fortnite8 revising questions that cover inserting sentencesAnswer KeyI chose to use the exact font and verbiage that is used
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Thesis Statement Task Cards
These 20 task cards are perfect for reinforcing thesis statement writing skills.
Skills addressed:
-Identify is thesis statement is strong or weak & explain why
-Writing thesis statements with three points
-Edit and rewrite poor thesis statements
-Restate thesis statements for conclusion paragraph
-Edit & rewrite thesis statement for verb tense consistency
Recording sheet and answer key with suggested answers are included. I love this specific task card as a small group activity or as
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Main Idea Match & Worksheets
This main idea match set includes the following:
- 20 main idea sets (with main idea sentence and four supporting detail sentences)
- answer key for main idea sets
- 3 individual assessment worksheets with answer keys
The main idea match cards can be used as a center activity for individual students or cooperative learning groups. Students work to sort the cards by topic and either identify the main idea sentence card (when included at the center) or develop their own main idea sentence (when m
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Debate Topics - Task Cards
These Task Cards have 20 high-interest, student-centered Debate Topics that your kids will LOVE arguing over!
Contains:
• Suggested activity for using these task cards in your classroom (full lesson plan included!)
• Materials for suggested activity
• 20 task cards (available in both color and BW for easy printing!) that you can laminate (or not!) and use over and over again!
The perfect addition to any opinion writing, persuasive writing, argument writing, or debating unit that you use!
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Writing Instruction Bundle for Middle School
Elaboration Practice - Hands-on Activity / Worksheet
Elaboration is one of the more difficult writing skills to teach. Repeated exposure to different examples is imperative. In this activity, students analyze twenty different examples of commentary and try to classify each as one of the six given types of elaboration or explanation : Fact, Example, Definition, Reason, Importance, or Process. It includes a handout/reference sheet that defines and gives an exemplar of each type and lists “look fors,” signal words or traits that will help student
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Persuasive Opinion Writing Prompt Task Cards - Black and White Ink Friendly
These Persuasive Writing Prompt Task Cards include 40 different persuasive writing prompts. They have been designed to make opinion writing fun and interesting. They can be used in multiple ways including whole class activities or in literacy groups. This pack also includes 2 opinion writing planner templates which can be used with the task cards. They are a perfect scaffold to help writers organize their ideas and opinions. They are Black and White and look super cute when printed on bright col
Grades:
PreK - 6th
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Nonfiction Text Structures: Writing / Discussion Prompt Task Cards
Four task cards are provided for each of the five main text structures (cause and effect, chronological/sequencing, compare/contrast, problem/solution, description). Twenty task cards total. Each card reminds students of the "signal words" that can be used to show each specific text structure. Each card includes a prompt for writing/discussion/graphic organizing that can be easily applied to the given text structure.
Several ideas for classroom use included!
Ink-saver (border-free) version p
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Sentence Structure Manipulatives Build Sentences with Grammar Pieces
Practice sentence structure and punctuation rules with this hands-on grammar activity. Do you want students to remember punctuation rules with simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences—and apply those ideas to their writing? This sentence structure download will help meet language standards. Students will "build" sentences with pre-made clauses practicing compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Included in this sentence structure activity:1· Powerpoint, editable with c
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Paraphrasing Lesson and Task Card Activity
Do your students need help with paraphrasing? What exactly does it mean to paraphrase?This lesson consists of some guided practice as well as a group hands-on activity with task cards and answer sheets. Each set of cards contains an original quote, each with 3 paraphrase options. Groups will work together to figure out which paraphrase option is the best! There are 8 quotes all together. You can cut them out into individual cards or keep them as whole sheets-- I've done both!A black and white op
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4th - 8th
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST TASK CARDS
48 Compare and Contrast Task Cards, PowerPoint and Google Slides. Perfect for distance learning and Google Classroom!2 products for the price of one!24 reading response task cards: 24 compare contrast passages and questions24 comparative writing prompt task cards (using prior knowledge).Zip Includes:Task Card Set 1: 24 Compare and Contrast Passages with Reading Response Question.Task Card Set 2: 24 Comparative Writing Prompts (using prior knowledge).48 PowerPoint Slides48 Google SlidesStudent An
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: ELA TASK CARDS BUNDLE: Grades 3, 4, 5, 6
Edit & Revise Workshop for Elementary Writers
Edit and Revise Workshop! Teach your elementary writers "focused revision" through this step-by-step editing and revising workshop! Students take their pieces through the editing and revising process one station at a time, focusing on a specific writing skill/convention at each station. The workshop breaks the overwhelming task of editing/revising down into manageable steps for young writers!
Check out the PREVIEW to see what is included in this comprehensive workshop that supports Common Cor
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Halloween Writing Task Cards & Rubrics
Happy Halloween!
Task cards are so versatile; they can be used for writing stations, bell ringers, exit slips, or timed writing exercises.
These Halloween writing task cards offer 28 prompts: 8 argument/persuasive, 12 informative/explanatory (expository), and 8 narrative. Your students can choose from a variety of different prompts and story starters.
Rubrics aligned with the Common Core State Standards are included!
You might like these additional Halloween and fall resources:
FREE Hallow
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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Persuasive Writing Prompts Would You Rather
“I don’t know how to start.”“I don’t know what to write about.”“I hate writing!” Writing can be difficult when inspiration is nowhere to be found. Luckily, it doesn’t have to be this way! Use prompt cards to get the creativity flowing.This unit includes 40 writing prompt cards with response sheets. Use these prompts for opinion/persuasive/argumentative writing lessons.Students use critical thinking skills to choose between two positive situations (Would you rather be invisible or able to read m
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Persuasive Writing Prompts Would You Rather BUNDLE
From Prompt To Thesis Statement - Keep Essay Focused - PowerPoint/Task Cards
Help your students have a strong introduction and keep their essays focused. I created this resource when my students were struggling with having a clear and focused thesis statement in their introduction paragraphs. I taught them how to turn words from the prompt into a thesis statement. What You are Getting in this Resource:1. 12 Slide Instructional Power pointdefinition of thesis statementtwo types of thesis statements (Opinion and Expository/Informative)instructions on how to turn the pro
Grades:
4th - 5th
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