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Middle school writing-essays resources for Microsoft Word and for administrators
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
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
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â ENGLISH ULTIMATE growing BUNDLE! 35+ Product TOOLBOX ELA Day 1 to Final Exam
Check In Check Out Editable Daily Behavior Report Card
This is an editable CICO Daily Behavior Sheet for Tier II students based on behavior data. It can also be tweaked to be used as a strategy in your own classroom for individual students on a weekly or daily basis. Two CICO sheets per page to save trees!Included as well is a daily data tracking sheet for CICO facilitators
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Letter of Recommendation for Paraprofessional
If you've not written a letter of recommendation before, the process can seem a bit intimidating. Fortunately, all letters of recommendation involve common elements that you can master easily. But there are times you just don't have the time and may be in need of a template that you can arrange according to your needs. This letter of recommendation is for a paraprofessional teacher trying to secure a position in one of the various departments. This letter speaks for a versatile, nurturing indivi
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Writing Prompt Pack, Argumentative Essay on Paying Students for Good Grades
With this low-prep, argumentative essay writing prompt pack, you will have everything you need to assign an argumentative essay to your middle or high school students. With the high-interest topic - Should students get paid for grades? - your teens will be excited to read the nonfiction textual-based stimuli included and compose an essay to state their point of view!Student Experience: Students will use the graphic organizer to brainstorm and organize their thoughts. Next, they will read the
Grades:
7th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Writing Curriculum, Narrative, Explanatory, Argumentative, Research BUNDLE
Student Daily Behavior Checklist *Editable* - School Counselor / IEP / SST
Use this daily student behavior checklist to keep students on track of their IEP, SST, or Counseling goals. Works best with Elementary and Middle, but could be modified for High School.
This word document is completely editable. Please let me know if you have questions or concerns about this or any of my other products.
Thanks for checking out my TPT store! - Charm City School Counselor
Grades:
K - 12th
Speech Writing Steps Microsoft Word Edition- How To Write A Speech
A great series of pages to present to your students when talking about How to Write a Speech. Please note that I have the same file but in a PDF format available if you do not have Word. Upload the preview before you purchase to see if it is what you need. 15 Pages. Microsoft Word.Includes Cover PageSpeech PlannerA Great Introduction PageCue Cards PageA Conclusion PageParagraph PlannerTwo Pages of Speech TopicsDEFINITELY CHECK OUT THE LINK TO THE BUNDLE OFFERED BELOW FOR ALL OF YOUR CLASSROOM
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Common Core Lesson Plan Template with Danielson Framework for Special Education
My district has adopted both the Common Core and the Danielson Framework for our evaluations and instruction. This lesson plan template includes a Common Core standard for use in Special Education. Literacy is the focus of this lesson plan template, though it is easily modifiable.
Included are areas and examples for:
Objective
Benchmarks
Standards
Assessment
Alternative Assessments
Activities: Pacing and Sequence
Checking for Understanding During Activities
Question Types for Checking Understa
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Lucy Calkins Readers Workshop-Literary Essay Graphic Organizer Theme & Character
This graphic organizer can be used for a literary argumentative writing unit. The graphic organizer shows students how to plan and organize an argumentative essay with a thesis statement, reasons, evidence and analysis to support the claim.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Counterclaim & Rebuttal Stems & Practice Activity
Teacher Instructions1st Version:1. Students review the definition of a claim, counterclaim, and rebuttal.2. Students review the counterclaim and rebuttal stems and example.3. Students read each claim and generate a counterclaim and rebuttal for each, using the stems.2nd Version:The second version of the activity can be used for students who may struggle. 1. Students read the claims and counterclaims for the first and second example and provide a rebuttal for each. Then, students read the remain
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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CCSS:
Hamburger Writing Template
This is a great tool to use to encourage proper five sentence paragraph writing.This template features a checklist for conventions and has two lines for each section of the "Storyburger".
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Grades:
PreK - 6th
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PARCC Like Assessment: Research Simulation Task
Excellent PARCC Test Prep! This PARCC- like assessment contains three passages about natural disasters. Each passage contains evidence based selected response and multiple select formatted questions. A writing prompt integrating the three passages is contained at the end of the assessment. The complete answer key is included with this download.
This tool would be an excellent instructional resource or assessment.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDeriva
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Back to School Orientation School Building Scavenger Hunt Contest
This scavenger hunt contest consists of 13 catchy, rhyming clues regarding locations in your building that new students need to become familiar with. This is a great activity for a back to school orientation or "Back to School Boot Camp."
The following locations are included:
1 Art Room
2 Computer Lab
3 Main Office
4 Elevator
5 Chorus Room
6 Gym
7 Nurse's Office
8 Girls’ Bathroom
9 Auditorium
10 Band Room
11 Library
12 Cafeteria
**If your school is without one of these rooms, the scavenger hu
Grades:
K - 9th
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IEP Goal Bank and Accommodations for the Middle School Level
Do you want to make your IEP writing life easier? Are you a new special educator and don't know where to start when writing your own IEP goals and objectives? Do you want some new goals for the school year? I made this product to help out all special educators write their IEPs! This document contains 17 pages of pre-written IEP goals, as well as a list of accommodations for the middle school level (grades 6-8). If you teach other grade levels (such as upper elementary or high school), you s
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Organization/Essential Resources for Special Education Teachers BUNDLE
Essay Writing: Research Essay Mini Unit
Why keep asking the same essay questions and reading the same essay answers?! Here is a 5-Paragraph research assignment on any topic your students want! It's interesting, ready-to-print, and can also be edited to your needs if you'd like.Designed for diverse learning environments - students can complete it in a teacher-led class or use included scaffolding for independent learning at home.This Package Contains:- The Mini Research Essay Assignment (With Rubric)- A Research Sheet Template (for 3 d
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Grades:
8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
Fun Research Project for Middle School, High School, Teens
Make research fun with this "If I Won the Lottery" Research Project. Now includes editable Google Doc and Google Slides. Perfect for distance learning!This seld-explanatory NO PREP research project packet is perfect for a self-guided research essay for middle school (6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade) or high school students (9th grade - 12th grade).Editable Document Includes:*8 Paragraph Topics with Detailed Criteria for Each Paragraph*Due Date Chart for Each Step of the Research Essay* MLA Guide
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Science Lab Safety Rules/Contract & Safety Poster Assignment
This is an easy lab safety contract that puts the responsibility back on the students rather than on you as the teacher. The contract is written in kid-friendly terms and can easily be explained in one class period. This contract explains the safety rules of the classrooms and requires both the students and parents to sign acknowledging their understanding of the rules.
**The contract is editable so you can change the year and add your own name, school, or classroom number.**
How to use th
Grades:
1st - 12th, Staff
Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). â–º These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Essay Writing: Personal Essay Assignment
Personal essays are an amazing way to tap into student writing! As open structure pieces of persuasive writing, they use techniques and content from a variety of other writing formats without the rigidity of formal literary essay style and structure. Instead, they allow students to use evidence they are more than familiar with (their own lives) and a natural voice (their voice) to develop their thesis. This is the kind of writing students see and do daily; in conversations, in ads, in emails, i
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â THE PERSUASIVE WRITING MULTI UNIT BUNDLE
PBIS (with PROMPT method) Behavior Response Flow Chart - Staff Version
This is a template for creating a school wide behavior response flow chart. This is for use for staff to follow. There is also a student version for handbooks and posters in my store. It is in Microsoft Word. The font is Adobe Fan Heiti Std B.*Layout may be skewed without the correct font.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
MUST HAVE Danielson Evaluation Guide for teachers and administrators
Based on the Charlotte Danielson Model of Evaluation and Framework for teaching, this 32 document can be a "living" document that evaluators can use to easily distinguish between the four ratings of Unsatisfactory, Basic, Proficient, and Distinguished. Teachers and administors MUST HAVE this ONE document when working with Danielson. Included are reflection questions, ratings checks and distinguished descriptions for each component. Evaluators are often asked to use comments and descriptions that
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Research Project 6th Grade - 12th Grade - Research Paper and Graphic Organizers
Make research fun with this "Dream Vacation" Research Project. Now includes editable Google Doc. Perfect for distance learning!This self-explanatory NO PREP independent research project template is perfect for a self-guided research essay for middle school (6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade) or high school students (9th grade - 12th grade). Perfect research paper prompt for teens!Editable Document Includes:*8 Paragraph Topics with Detailed Criteria for Each Paragraph*Due Date Chart for Each Step o
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Essay Template aligned with Lucy Calkins Boxes and Bullets
Students can use this template to plan and organize their essays for Informative, Persuasive, and Expository essays.
It includes Sentence Starters and Language Frames and lined paper to start their essays on.
The C_ O_ P_ S_ S_ is a checklist for students to check their writing for Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling, and Sentence structure.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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