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Thesis Statement Writing for Essays - Lesson Presentation, Handout, & Checklist
Thesis Statement Writing for Essays - Lesson Presentation, Handout, & Checklist: Help your students craft the perfect thesis statement for their essay with this ready-to-use lesson. A thesis statement is the main point or argument that will serve as the guide map for your essay. Because the rest of the essay will support your thesis statement, the thesis statement is perhaps the single most important element of any essay. The included presentation, informative handout, and a practical checkl
Grades:
7th - 12th
EMBEDDING QUOTATIONS: Tools for Teaching Writing
Learning how to embed quotations is an important process to teach students, as most ELA curricula stresses the importance of students' ability to analyze texts (both literary and non-fiction), and then respond to them, citing textual evidence when doing so. Therefore, students need to become familiar with embedding quotations within their writing in order to formulate concise and effective arguments, and to help them write mature, fluent essays. ***PLEASE NOTE: The materials contained within thi
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Tools for Improving Writing BUNDLE
PARAGRAPH WRITING STRUCTURE: Tools for Teaching Writing
When writing essays, students often struggle with structure. These resources are designed to help them understand how to correctly structure their paragraphs so that each one deals with a single topic, is clear, well structured and fluent.
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Tools for Improving Writing BUNDLE
Argumentative Text Introduction - Elements of an Argument Graphic Organizer
Lay solid foundations for your argumentative text unit with this simple yet effective introduction to the elements of an argument. The editable PowerPoint presentation will provide an easy-to-teach overview while the doodle note style graphic organizer will offer your students a fun and interactive way to process and record the essential content.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!✎ With this introduction to argumentative texts mini-lesson, you can help your students develop a better under
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5th - 7th
How to Write An Essay Brochure: Intro, Thesis, Body, Conclusion, Word Choice
Support students throughout the writing process with this EDITABLE reference brochure that covers writing the introduction and thesis statement, integrating evidence, using transitions, writing the conclusion, and using effective word choice. This resource works for expository/informational essays, as well as persuasive/argument essays. It is full of tips on how to write, structure, and revise an essay.When you purchase this product, you will receive a 2-slide PowerPoint file that you easily edi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Plagiarism Lesson - Presentation, One Pager Assignment, and MLA Formatting Book
Plagiarism Lesson - Presentation, One Pager Assignment, and MLA Formatting Book: Provide your students with the knowledge and skills to avoid plagiarism and uphold academic integrity with this ready-to-use plagiarism lesson, presentation, and creative assignment! This comprehensive resource includes everything you need to teach students about what plagiarism is, its consequences, and strategies to avoid it. The lesson also includes information on how to use MLA formatting to avoid plagiarism wit
Grades:
6th - 12th
Persuasive Essay Writing - Presentation, Outline, and Topics - Argument Writing
Persuasive Essay Writing - Presentation, Outline, and Topics - Argument Writing: Enhance your students' persuasive writing skills with our comprehensive resource on argument essay writing. Whether you're introducing persuasive writing or reinforcing existing skills, this resource offers a structured and thorough approach to help students excel in writing compelling and effective persuasive essays. This resource provides a detailed presentation guiding you through the entire lesson, an essay plan
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7th - 10th
5 Paragraph Essay Writing Presentation and Essay Graphic Organizers and Rubric
5 Paragraph Essay Writing Presentation and Essay Graphic Organizer Outline - Teach essay structure with this ready-to-use lesson that reviews the most important elements students should know to write and format a 5-paragraph essay. The presentation includes information and clear examples for students and uses a metaphor which compares writing an essay to making a sandwich. Your students will feel totally confident trying their hand at writing an essay after this lesson. Also included are four es
Grades:
7th - 10th
Writing an Introduction Paragraph: Graphic Organizer
Every time my students begin writing their essays, they always get stuck on their introduction paragraphs. They stare at their blinking cursors or unmoving pens and constantly tell me, "I don't know how to start!" It's easy to go over hook sentences, connecting sentences and writing a thesis. It's easy to give practice versions of these three introduction elements (and students seem to get it). But once they are confronted with their own paper, their minds go blank.
This graphic organizer h
Grades:
7th - 12th
How to Write a Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences
This bundle explains what a thesis statement is and includes step-by-step directions for writing one yourself. It then does the same thing for topic sentences and explains their importance and the differences between them.The bundle includes:1. How to Write a Thesis Statement PowerPoint (17 slides) --> includes an activity where I put students into groups of 3-4 students, give them an essay prompt, and have them come up with a thesis statement together. There are 3 different practice essay p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Narrativa personal - Personal Narrative Writing in Spanish
Enseña a tus estudiantes cómo se hace una narrativa personal. Este recurso tiene la explicación y ofrece un ejemplo de lo que es contar una experiencia personal.Se incluye una versión digital para usarse en plataformas de educación a distancia.Incluye:Guía sugerida o pacingPresentación en PowerPoint (Incluye versión en PPT con texto editable).Ejemplo de una narrativa con recomendaciones enfatizando detalles y descripciones.Tres mini anchor chart o mini carteles para que peguen en la libreta y l
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4th - 6th
How to Write a Compare and Contrast Essay
This multi-lesson product makes for a totally prep free way to teach writing a compare and contrast essay. Walk the students through the Powerpoint and use the set of printables provided! A sample essay is also provided for analysis and discussion. This product contains: 1. A PowerPoint lesson introducing what a compare and contrast essay is and how to write it. The slides include.... - Definitions - How to know when to compare and contrast - Several brainstorming techniques with example
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4th - 7th
Writing Lessons: Variety in Sentence Structure, Length & Openings
Do your students need more variety in their sentence structure? This resource takes students on a step-by-step process that shows them how they can use sentence variety to spice up their writing. The slides (pdf) are designed to help you introduce the concept and to illustrate different methods that students can use to add variety to their sentence structure, lengths and beginnings ( this sentence expanding resource is more in-depth - and a student favorite too)The first few slides teach studen
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Secondary ELA Mega Bundle
Peer Feedback Speed Dating - Engaging, Meaningful Peer Feedback Activity
Tired of peer feedback flopping? Facilitate meaningful peer feedback and engage ALL students with this unique speed dating peer feedback activity. This peer feedback lesson will teach students to think like writers and allow them to revise before you even glance at their essays to give feedback! Speed dating peer feedback provides just the right amount of structure and guidance to scaffold your writers throughout the revision process.This activity takes students through 13 different rotations (o
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Workshop Minilessons GROWING BUNDLE!!! - Distance Learning
Rhetorical/Persuasive Appeals: Ethos Pathos & Logos PowerPoint
Although they may be ancient, Aristotle's three persuasive appeals do not have to be boring! Engage your students and improve their rhetorical analysis and persuasive writing skills by teaching them about ethos, pathos, and logos with this 23-slide PowerPoint (in PDF form to preserve fonts/formatting). The PowerPoint is complete with a lecture that explains each appeal, as well as how to use each appeal in writing. The lecture is followed by an example paragraph, three excerpts from famous speec
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7th - 12th
FORMAL and INFORMAL Writing Styles
When teaching writing, it is vital that students learn about formal and informal writing styles. Too often, students do not fully understand the subtle differences in register (or even the more obvious ones) that are required by different genres of writing. As a result, their essays are often too colloquial or casual. These resources will help you teach the basics of formal and informal writing styles.
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Tools for Improving Writing BUNDLE
COMPLETE English 9 - 10 Semester Pre / Post FINAL EXAM & ESSAY Test EDITABLE
This EDITABLE semester exam, final test or pretest includes: 60 multiple choice questions + 3 Essay Topics - Key and Essay Grading Rubric Ready-to-use, but customizable! Questions written with skills in mind, not specific literatureThis final exam is ready to use by anyone!Use as a pre-test, question bank, final / semester exam, or for review. Questions are about:story structure terms, character terms, figurative language, reading skills comprehension, vocabulary in context, basic sentence struc
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8th - 10th
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Topic Sentence
How to Write a Topic Sentence is a complete lesson with practice designed to engage and strengthen your student's writing skills. This product is ideal for middle elementary writers who need an introduction to the topic sentence. What's Inside⭐ A detailed PowerPoint lesson designed to walk you through a whole group lesson that explains a topic sentence, how to write one, and gives several examples. ⭐ A printable reference sheet for the students⭐ Two activities for practicing how to write a to
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Topic Sentence Bundle
Writing an Essay Introduction PPT & Activities - Hook, Bridge & Thesis Statement
Writing an essay is hard enough for students, but the most difficult part? Where to begin. Students struggle mightily with writing an introduction, and so often they just want to give up before they even get started.This resource provides everything you need to teach students the basics of writing an effective essay introduction, including the hook, bridge and thesis statement. Usable with both informative and argumentative essays, this introductory paragraph how-to includes definitions; explic
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7th - 12th
Writing Body Paragraphs - ICE your Evidence - PPT, Guided Notes & Activities
Writing a body paragraph that is well-constructed and soundly supported by textual evidence is fundamental to academic essay writing. And yet, so many students struggle with this foundational writing skill, even well into their high school years.This 30+ page resource provides a simple, proven method to help students develop organized, well-supported body paragraphs within their essays using the I.C.E method (Introduce claim, Cite evidence and Explain). It includes thorough, easy-to-follow instr
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7th - 12th
English Class Research Essay (common core) (grades 7-12)
Research Essay: This common core research paper includes the research assignment, possible research topics, a detailed research essay writing guideline, a research essay outline, graphic organizer, peer edit form, and rubric.
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Introduction to Research Writing: a CCSS aligned mini-u
Grades:
7th - 12th
Stages of the Writing Process Minilesson and Sorting Activity
Looking for a quick and easy way to introduce your students to the stages or steps of the writing process? Look no further. Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing - students confuse them all too often.This concise and appealing presentation and guided note set will be a breeze for both students and teachers. The presentation is included both in a secure PDF and a text-editable Google Slides document.I use this every year at the beginning of my writing unit, and it provides an excell
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5th - 10th
Writing Prompts - Research Papers and Argumentative Essays
Writing prompts for research papers and argumentative essays. This product contains forty topics for research or argumentative essays. Each half-sheet prompt contains a topic, questions to consider, and research ideas. They do not tell the student what to write, but offer some thinking points and direction for research. My students have used all of these prompts successfully, and good academic sources are readily available for each one.I also use these prompts for class discussion and 30-minute
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Essay Writing Mega Bundle
ACES Answer Cite Explain Summarize Lesson, Posters, Handouts Digital and Print
ACES StrategyAnswer. Cite. Explain. Summarize. Product DescriptionThis is my go-to strategy to teach my 7th graders how to write organized responses with textual evidence! ACES represents the important pieces of a response and stands for: answer, cite, explain, and summarize. These resources will model the process and allow you to implement the strategy with ease! The instructional slideshow uses a prompt based on "The Ransom of Red Chief". Students DO NOT have to read the story to understand t
Grades:
5th - 12th
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