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Middle school The New Year writing-essays pdfs
"We Are All Connected" All About Me Tessellation | Community Building Activity
This Art with Jenny K. original tessellation project is the perfect "All About Me" community-building activity for your class. It is a great activity for that first week back to school or for any team-building lessons. Works great for Harmony Day!It connects the individual with the group through tessellations where everyone is connected. It has a ton of "wow factor" and presents a powerful message for your bulletin board, wall, or hallway when complete!It's fun for kids and easy for you as the t
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Biography Graphic Organizers Research Project Book Report and Writing Templates
Are your students overwhelmed by the thoughts of a research project? Do they struggle with not knowing how to organize their information and thoughts to create a biography report?These Biography Research Project and Writing Templates are designed to help your students easily complete a biographical research paper, and create a fun final project.Use this easy-to-use project to help your students learn how to write a biographical research paper. Choose from 4 different graphic organizers for stude
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2nd - 6th
Vision Board Student Workbook, Goal Setting, New Year's Resolutions
This Vision Board Student Workbook starts the year with a great goal setting activity for back to school; with plenty of engagement and creativity! Writing for the end of the year reflection? Teachers will love promoting a growth mindset while completing the workbook pages. It gets exciting because the vision board workbook pages turn into a student poster! Your students will love their vision boards! Visual inspiration to kick off the school year! UPDATED: Now includes 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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2024 New Year's Activities - Resolutions Foldables and More! Updated Yearly!
Check out the preview and thumbnails!A new year (or a new school year) is a great time to turn over a new leaf, try new things, and end bad habits. Right around winter break (or at the beginning of a new school year) have a class discussion about resolutions. Brainstorm goals that are attainable and share some of your own. Have students create the foldable and then hang them for others to read.* This activity is great for all students!* Wonderful for goal-setting discussions and character educat
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Informative Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Informative Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of informative writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first informative essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides or PowerPoint.This unit is broken down into 18 lessons and should be used over the course of 5 to 6 weeks:Lesson 1: Diving Into to Informative TextsLesson 2: What is Informative Writing?Lesson 3: Informative Writing T
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
New Years 2024 Goals Hats 3D Writing Activity
2024 New Year's Goals for students is a fun goal-setting activity new year! Students write their goals and decorate the 3-D New Year's Goal Hats! 3-D NEW YEAR'S GOAL HATS...Make goal setting FUN for kidsAre the perfect writing activity for JanuaryCreates the cutest bulletin board for the new yearGets students excited about their goals!WHAT'S INCLUDED?Photo directions for easy use8 different options for the first half of the "Goal Hat"13 different options for the second half of the "Goal Hat"Blan
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Prompts Writing Crafts Writing Activities 3D Writing Bundle
Five Paragraph Essay Instructional Unit
Five paragraph essays have never been easier to teach! This instructional unit contains everything you need to take your students from sentence writers to five paragraph essay authors! I love the process of teaching writing to my students. They begin the year with short, incomplete sentences but by the time I’m done with them, they can write excellent five paragraph essays. I have had many teachers ask me to share my process for teaching the five paragraph essay. Until this point, I haven’t had
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5th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Writing Bundle
Peer Editing Checklist - 3 peer review checklists & forms PRINT + DIGITAL
Make peer editing effective, accessible, and engaging with these peer editing checklists! This peer review resource includes 3 forms for peer editing that help guide students as they complete a thorough and effective peer review. Includes peer editing checklists for argument, narrative, and informative writing! Now available in print and digital! Provide your students with the guidance and tools they need to become better writers and editors with these peer review checklists. With one form for e
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Ultimate Writing Bundle - Secondary ELA Writing
Opinion Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Opinion Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of opinion writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first opinion essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 13 lessons and should be used over the course of 3 to 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is Opinion Writing?Lesson 2: Opinion Writing TopicsLesson 3: Selecting a TopicLesson 4: Brainstorm & OrganizeLesson 5
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Happy New Year Resolutions Pack | Activities, Games, Banners, Book Templates
New Year’s Resolutions are the opportune time to promote growth and change in your classroom! Our students can learn a lot about self-discipline and the value of making goals. This resource includes:Teacher tips/suggestions pagesMore/Less 2024 Goals anchor chartMore/Less 2024 Goals student foldableTop 10 reasons glad to be back at schoolTop 5 reasons glad to be back at school(6) Minute to Win It New Year Games to build teamworkNew Year By the Hour Clock Goal Setting Activity (individual/class ve
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2nd - 6th
Argumentative Writing Unit Argument Essay Thesis Statement Graphic Organizer
Teach argumentative essay writing with a thesis statement centered approach! This COMPLETE workshop w. MENTOR SAMPLES guides students through every paragraph and element of argument writing. Video tutorials (by me) for EVERY section allows for independent, self-paced learning, giving you more time to work with struggling students. ✅ ALIGNS WITH CCSS, TEKS, AND MOST STATES' STANDARDS⭐ 3 FORMATS: Google Slides, 8.5x11 Worksheets, and Easel⭐⭐NOTE: This workshop teaches students how to think like
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6th - 10th
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Paragraph Outlining Color Coding Writing a Single Paragraph Prewriting Outline
Do your students struggle to understand the basic structure of a paragraph? This Paragraph Color Coding and Outlining Packet can help! This print and digital unit will allow you to directly teach your students the organization of a paragraph and help them create better outlines. This paperless and print packet is a nice addition to any writing program and can be used successfully in any classroom. I can't say enough about how much I love teaching basic paragraph writing using the explicit writin
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3rd - 6th
Thesis Statement Practice Worksheets
Do your students need extra practice writing thesis statements? Then this printable worksheet packet is for you! Included are seven practice sheets perfect for bellwork, stations, remediation, homework, subwork, extra practice, and more! Simply print and go - answer keys included!This product includes:•Create a Thesis Statement •Thesis: Strong or Weak?•Why Is It Weak?•Attention Grabber or Thesis?•Thesis Test Prep Practice•Good vs. Bad Thesis•Essay Planning•Answer keysYou may also be interested
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6th - 9th
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Dandelion Wish Craft | New Years and End of the Year Writing
This fun dandelion craft comes with:- Dandelion image with quote- Dandelion image without quoteWriting Prompts include: - "My Wish for This Year is..." - "My Wish for Next Year is..." - "I Wish My Teacher Knew..."- Includes differentiated writing line options- Includes blank writing page options
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PreK - 12th
Topic Sentences in Paragraph Writing Activity - How to Write a Topic Sentence
Do your students struggle to create effective topic sentences? Since directly teaching my students five basic types of topic sentences and having them practice these types in a variety of ways, I've been amazed at their progress! This Topic Sentence resource includes two formats: print and digital, to give you greater teacher flexibility. Besides guided activities and review sheets for each of the five types of topic sentences presented, there's a topic sentence sorting game, posters, and more t
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3rd - 6th
Conclusion Sentences for Paragraph Writing - How to Write Paragraph Conclusions
Ever feel like writing conclusions may be the hardest part of paragraph writing for your students? This Conclusions Packet can help! It comes in both print and digital and has targeted worksheets, posters, and detailed Teacher Notes all about writing conclusions! My favorite part? It has sample conclusions to discuss together as a class. By directly teaching conclusions, your students will have a much stronger idea of how to create a variety of conclusions to create improved paragraphs and essay
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3rd - 6th
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Transitions Words Paragraph Writing Anchor Chart Printable Transition Word List
Help your students improve their paragraph writing with this Transitions in Paragraph Writing resource that comes in print and digital. This packet will help your students learn how to write paragraphs more successfully by mastering transitions.TEACHERS ARE SAYING:"My students were having difficulty with transitions, and this resource really helped them. It provided great practice. I highly recommend!"- Andrea, 4th Grade Teacher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"I love the variety of practice in this packet. Has helped my
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3rd - 6th
Essay Writing - Guided and Structured Essay Outline - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing today with this guided essay outline that comes as a PDF print and Google Docs™ teaching resource. This essay graphic organizer includes built-in differentiation, scaffolding, and instruction to help younger writers, struggling writers, and proficient writers improve their writing skills by planning organized, detailed essay outlines.Teaching students how to outline their essays has never been easier with these guided essay outline organizers. Students wi
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6th - 10th
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Plagiarism Lecture, Game-Based Approach to Introduce/Reinforce Plagiarism Rules
You know you need to show your students the right way to handle sourced material to prevent plagiarism, but the subject matter can be so dry, causing teens to tune out during your lecture. To fix this, use a lecture disguised as a game to help cover the basics of proper MLA source citation and plagiarism rules.This product includes a projectable “game” of PDF slides (shh...it’s really a lecture – don’t tell our students) with concrete, real-world examples of how source citations should be handle
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
New Year's Resolution Activities and Writing with Growth Mindset + Sticky Notes
Kickstart the new year in your classroom with engaging growth mindset activities using sticky notes. These activities prompt students to reflect on their experiences in 2023 and set meaningful goals for 2024. The activities in this growth mindset New Year resource provide an excellent way to help students kick off the new school year with a positive mindset after the winter break!This Growth Mindset New Year's Activity set for 2024 includes:A Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset Student HandoutNew Y
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Ultimate Growth Mindset Bundle for Secondary
New Years Resolution 2024: Happy New Year Activities & 2024 Goal Setting
Perfect for the first day back from winter break, celebrate new years 2024 with your middle school and high school students with this EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES reflection and goal setting one pager activity! This fun, creative, and engaging new year's resolution activity encourages students to reflect on the people, experiences, and accomplishments that made this year GREAT while setting goals for the new year. ***This New Year's activity is fully editable, so you can edit the years on th
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6th - 12th
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"Goal Blocks" Student Goal-Setting, New Year's Resolutions
Goal Blocks is a meaningful and memorable goal-setting activity for students (with eye-popping display options!), perfect for setting New Year's resolutions or for a back to school activity at the beginning of the year. Students use the letters of the word "GOAL" to break down the goal-setting process: G represents the Guts of the goal, which includes writing a goal statement, setting a standard for success, and setting a time frame.O represents the Obstacles that stand in the way of reaching th
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3rd - 8th
New Year Reflection & Goal Setting | In my 2024 Era | Craftivity
Are you ready for your 2024 era?! Students will reflect on 2023 and create goals for 2024 with this disco ball themed craftivity! Wanting to use for a bulletin board, check out the "In our 2024 Era" BUNDLE option! Once students complete the writing portion of the activity, they will color, cut and glue the disco ball on top creating two flaps so you are able to read what is underneath. Perfect activity for that first week back from break! Want to turn this into a bulletin board kit?!Check out th
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: New Year | In my 2024 Era | Bulletin Board + Craftivity BUNDLE
Ecosystems and Biomes Project - Lapbook & Informational Writing Activity
This resource provides materials for students to create a Biomes Lapbook. Designed with third through sixth graders in mind, this ecosystems & biomes resource includes materials for students to use while conducting research using informational texts, as well as materials for the presentation of their final writing piece, in a Biomes Lapbook. To complete this project, students:• read nonfiction texts,• use a graphic organizer as a prewriting tool to organize their writing,• write informativ
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2nd - 6th
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