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Adult education writing-expository worksheets
Peer Editing Checklist Review and Feedback Sheets for Multiple Writing Genres
Make peer editing and review focused and effective for your students with these feedback sheets. Rather than using checklists that often result in shallow, vague suggestions, teach the elements of writing with focused tasks that challenge your students to find evidence from the paper.Students will provide better peer reviews, understand the writing requirements as they analyze a peer’s paper, and be able to analyze their own writing more effectively. Each editable task sheet focuses on a speci
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Phrases and Clauses Grammar Worksheets, Presentation, Test, Flipping Book
Phrases and clauses can look similar, and my students confuse them. I made these phrase and clause activities to clarify the differences in these units of words. If your students struggle to identify subjects and verbs, sentence structure, or punctuate phrases and clauses correctly, these grammar activities should help. This grammar bundle is in print and digital formats. Overall, these activities to clarify phrases and clauses are great grammar scaffolding tools.This phrase and clause bundle in
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Seventh Grade Grammar Bundle | Sentence Structure, Phrases, Clauses
Exercises on Redundancies, Parallel Structure, and Variety
Do your students understand the importance of word choice and sentence structure in creating coherent essays? With these worksheets, students will begin to recognize redundancies, faulty parallel structure, and lack of sentence variety. They will be able to rewrite problem sentences to make them more effective.The exercises can easily be incorporated into a lesson on essay revision. Answer keys are included.Check out these related products:Practice With TransitionsSuggested Activities for Senten
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Grammar Bundle
Real World Rhetoric #5, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #5 attempts to convince readers that students aren't motivated by cash rewards; they actually crave a surprisingly different prize.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Informative Paragraph Graphic Organizer (Informational)
This is a great graphic organizer for teaching informational paragraphs.
This graphic organizer meets these 3rd and 4th grade Common Core Standards:
3rd Grade
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and de
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3rd - 5th, Adult Education
In-Text Citation Practice - Citation Machines
This resource will assist your students in practicing MLA in-text citations. This will also help them integrate and explain quotes using the I.C.E. method. **Teachers - you will need to choose articles for your students to read based on the worksheet's activity. However, the topic is common. I left this open, so teachers can choose which grade level to use this for.**
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Active & Passive Voice Bundle Sort, Presentation, Notes, Worksheets, Task Cards
Active and passive voice in verbs can confuse students, but using voice correctly matters in student writing. Connect grammar to writing and clarify the differences in active and passive voice! With an editable presentation and numerous practice opportunities, this active and passive voice unit will complete your grammar lessons.I made these active and passive voice activities for middle school and ninth graders. I also use this active and passive voice lesson plan when I review for standardized
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
8 Parts of Speech Presentation & Infographics | Parts of Speech Activities
Teaching the eight parts of speech can be a continual process with middle school and high school students, but the parts of speech activities should be age-appropriate. Even when I move onto other grammatical terms, I need to revisit the definitions and lists associated with the parts of speech. This eight parts of speech presentation and digital infographics make the material meaningful for older students. Students can take notes on the digital note sheets while watching the presentation and ke
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4th - 7th, Adult Education
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How to Write a Thesis Statement Exercise | Printable | Digital | Easel
Thesis statement writing is easy once you know how. One of the most difficult aspects of writing essays about literature is getting started. So often, students will just sit and stare at their blank sheets of paper because they do not know how to begin. This resource will help students develop a thesis statement and is perfect for distance learning.If given enough practice writing thesis statements, students will be confident about how to begin their essays and will have a head start on organizi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Plagiarism Cases of Famous People
15 famous plagiarism cases and students get to "be the judge"! Fact based handouts with real life cases and research component to build critical thinking, plagiarism, and research skills. includes:
15 Famous People:
MLK, Jr.
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Ray Parker
Michael Bolton
John Fogerty
George Harrison
T.S. Eliot
Melania Trump
Vanilla Ice
J.K. Rowling
Robin Thicke
Jane Goodall
Johnny Cash
Helen Keller
Handouts include:
15 black and white famous people images (optional: color these)
Backgrounds
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Real World Rhetoric #6, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #6 attempts to convince readers that intestinal worms are better than medicine or surgery for a variety of ailments.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argument essay•
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Gerund and Participle Activities, Worksheets, and Presentation
Gerunds and participles can look similar, and my students confuse them. I made these verbals activities to clarify the differences in these verbals. This set includes over 40 practice sentences, an editable Powerpoint, and guided notes. You will receive the standard PDF and Powerpoint as well as links to Google Slides for the presentation, worksheets, and student note sheets for these verbal activities to work on gerunds and participles. Specifically, this verbals activity includes:✩ A grammar P
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE - Print and Go Worksheets for Analysis of the Documentary
The Columbine tragedy affected the world. It was the first in a wave of school shootings and people have fought to understand why and how it could have happened.Michael Moore's award-winning documentary seeks to unearth the background to America's gun crimes and questions everything from causes to culpability.This two-page worksheet is a comprehensive way to ensure that students are watching the 'Bowling for Columbine' documentary with purpose.This information can then be used for informative or
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Real World Rhetoric #7, Argument Analysis of Modern Essay, Critical Thinking
What does it take to win an argument? With these real-world rhetorical analysis materials, students will examine a short essay on a high-interest topic, identify specific rhetorical tools, and determine whether the writer is ultimately effective in swaying the reader.The essay in Real World Rhetoric #7 attempts to convince healthy pregnant women that they should consider having their babies at home rather than in a hospital.This 5-page download includes:• A full-text copy of a public domain argu
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Leap Day (Leap Year) 2024 Activity Crossword Puzzle - Printable
This activity is a fun NO PREP activity to do around or on Leap Day (February 29, 2024) to celebrate that this is a leap year! This is a printable resource (Canva). This was designed for students in middle school, but could be used for upper elementary and high school students.This is included in a Best-Selling Bundle: Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Reading, Writing, and Math Tasks Looking for more February/March Activities for Middle School? Try these?Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 True or False
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Math, Reading, Writing, and Trivia
Peer Review Worksheet
This is a complete worksheet that students can take to a back table and do on their own while you work with the rest of the class. Make these availible in a folder in the classroom for students to take and use on a regular basis.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Video viewing questions for PBS Documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl"
This is a set of comprehension questions for students to answer while they are watching the PBS documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl." This movie can be found on YouTube or purchased from PBS online store.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
How to Write Powerful Thesis Statements
Do your students have trouble writing effective thesis statements? With this classroom tested lesson, students will be able to formulate powerful thesis statements which lead to sound arguments. Included are the following:• Power Point Presentation• Vocabulary words and definitions• Fact vs. opinion worksheet• Narrow the Focus worksheet• Topic/Comment Structure worksheet• Create an Assertion worksheet• Quiz• Answer keysClick on this link to view and download free products from my store. These wi
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing In-text (Parenthetical) Citations Practice Worksheet #2
Worksheet provides practice for students learning how to write MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on a sample Works Cited page for a research essay.Like my other resource, this worksheet gives students the opportunity to practice writing MLA-style in-text (parenthetical) citations based on sample Works Cited entries on print and web sources. In this version, students must make the judgment whether or not to omit the author's name in some of the items. Answer sheet provided.Note: t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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March Madness 2024 - Math, Reading, Writing Tasks - Bundle of 23 Activities
This bundle currently contains 23 activities! Every time I add a resource, the price will go up! Make sure to purchase early so you can get muliple additional resources for free! Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Math Activities included!Current Activities:March Madness Crossword Puzzle - FREEBIEMarch Madness Coloring Pages - FREEBIEMarch Madness Research and Data Analysis - Men's (Pre-Selection Sunday)March Madness Research and Data Analysis - Women's (Pre-Selection Sunday)March Madness Me
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Context Clue Practice with SAT Words!
Test-prep isn't just content review. Students need to practice their critical reading skills, and this mini-lesson is perfect for that.
This set has:
--Projector ready PPT to teach/review types of context clues, and practice the skills. PPT also has all the sentences from the worksheet!
--Fifteen challenging sentences to practice context clue skills on; the worksheet asks students to define the words AND identify the type of clue used. Some have more than one type, so discussions and debat
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Introduction to Paragraph Writing Using Sequence Words
This handout/worksheet is a great introduction to transition words in the context of animals. This worksheet follows my ESL teaching philosophy of explicit teaching - identification - production. Sections of worksheet include:
1. Guided notes
2. Paragraph structure/organization
3. Sequence word identification in a paragraph about Giant Pandas
4. Expository writing outline/graphic organizer (about favorite animal) with sections for topic sentence, details, examples, and concluding sentence. S
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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How to Teach Essays | Digital Options
How to Teach Essays is a systematic approach to teaching multi-paragraph essays. This step-by-step program provides all the resources that upper elementary, middle school, and high school teachers need to teach students how to write the CCSS W.1 argumentative and W.2 informational/explanatory essays. Students complete 42 skill-based essay strategy worksheets, beginning with simple 3-word paragraphs and proceeding to complex multi-paragraph essays. By the end of the program, students will have co
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â TEACHING ESSAYS BUNDLE | Digital Options
"The Odyssey" Unit Test
This Unit Test contains character matching, setting matching, plot mutliple choice, short answer questions on literary elements, hero, and hero quest, as well as an essay on the comparison of "The Odyssey" to O Brother Where Art Thou? The packet you download also includes the student answer sheets for easy grading.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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