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Essay Writing Mapping for Success for Middle & High School Students
The stakes have risen for students to demonstrate competence in writing. While educators across the curriculum are working to improve student performance, the gap between what is expected of student writers and what student writers are able to do continues to widen. This writing guide was born in an effort to help educators find a simple way to present basic writing skills. Designed for the instruction of expository, persuasive, and literary analysis essays, Mapping for Success scaffolds necessa
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing Argumentative , Persuasive Essay / A Guide for Students ( Sample Essay)
This resource is a writing guide for students that teaches them the basics of writing an argumentative/persuasive essay. This resource guides the students to the basics of writing an essay with special emphasis on the steps of writing an argumentative/ persuasive essay. The titles in this presentation include the following:Suggestions of Possible Topics for the argumentative/ persuasive essay The Research Thesis Statement Supporting the thesis statement Counter-Argument Answering Counter-Argumen
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing Thesis Statements /An Interactive Activity to Develop Effective Writing
Given the definition and components of a thesis statement, along with a sample writing prompt with pre-written thesis statements, students will be able to distinguish the better of three thesis statements by correctly identifying it.This resource is an interactive presentation that guides the students to learn about the good thesis statement and how to write a thesis statement and develop their writing skills.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
How to Write a Thesis Statement / Guidelines for the Thesis Challenged
Thesis statement (TS) is a guide map to your entire paper. It provides a mini-summary of the paper’s content. It allows the reader to know in advance how the paper is organized. It lets the reader know why he/she should care. (The “So What?”)This presentation is a guide for the students in high school about the writing of a good thesis statement through explicit explanations and examples that clarify what a good thesis statement is like.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing Topic Sentences / A Practice and Writing Guide
This resource is a writing guide that teaches the students how to write correct topic sentences for their paragraphs. So, they write coherent paragraphs as the first step in writing coherent essays. This presentation starts by defining what a topic sentence is and teaching the students what is not a topic sentence to guide them to write correct topic sentences. In the second part of the presentation, there is an exercise where the students have to choose a correct topic sentence to complete a pa
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
What is a paragraph ? A Writing Guide from Paragraph to Essay
This resource is a presentation that teaches the students about the basics of a well-structured paragraph which is the first step for writing a well-structured essay. Through simple and vivid explanations, this presentation guides the students to recognize the components of a paragraph (the topic sentence, the controlling idea, the supporting details, the thesis statement) Then the lesson proceeds to explain the different parts of an essay, and it guides the writing of a well-organized essay.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Main Idea Writing Activities / Identifying The Main Idea & Writing Main Idea
This resource is a lesson in writing that teaches the students about the main idea in a paragraph. This lesson teaches the students how to recognize the main idea in a paragraph by reading 20 paragraphs, where the students have to choose the main idea and justify their choices.Then there is an activity where the students have to complete paragraphs by writing the main ideas for these paragraphs.This lesson can be used with students from the middle school to the high school.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Developing a Thesis Statement /Setting a Purpose for Your Writing
When you write, your mission is to create a focused, clear message, brimming with quality ideas.In information/ expository writing, this focused message can often be captured in a nutshell in your thesis statement.A thesis statement:tells your reader exactly what you are writing aboutkeeps you, the writer, pointed in the right directionThis presentation is a guide on writing effective and good thesis statement, and this presentation can be used with middle school students, however, it is up
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writing a Clear, Concise Thesis Statement
This resource is a presentation and a writing guide on writing a clear and precise thesis statement which is the most important sentence in an essay. This presentation introduces and explains the characteristics of a good thesis for a research which are:Formality Concision Assertion Each one of these characteristics is explained and fully discussed through examples that show the student samples of good writing.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Taming the Thesis Statement / A Guide For Writing
An important part of a college education is the ability to think critically, and the proof of this ability partly lies with your successful construction of argumentative essays that include and persuasively support strong positions.Not all papers require thesis statements! In some kinds of writing, such as narratives or descriptions, a thesis statement may be less important.However, you may still want to provide some kind of statement in your first paragraph that helps to guide your reader throu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Thesis Statement / The Road Map to Your Essay
By the end of our lesson today, you will:Have a better understanding of a thesis statement.Know how to identify a thesis statement.Know how to identify a good thesis statement.Write a thesis statement.This presentation is a lesson in writing, and it introduces the students to one of the basic rules of writing a good and coherent essay, which is the writing of a good and clear thesis Statement. This lesson can be used with the students of Middle School or the high school students who are facing s
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Essay Writing: Hamburger Helper Style
This resource introduces the basics of essay writing to students through the use of the hamburger example to illustrate and explain the basic components of the essay to the students. The titles in this presentation include:IntroductionsThesis Statement Unacceptable Introduction Paragraph Great Introduction paragraphTransitions Body Paragraph Format of the Body ParagraphStrong Body Paragraph Conclusion Paragraph Sample Conclusion Paragraph The Illustration of the Hamburger Model of an Essay.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Suggestions For Writing An Essay / Martini Glass Style
This presentation introduces the basics of essay writing to the students through the example of Martini Glass.It Illustrates the basic components of the essay by giving a clear explanation of each component of the essay. This presentation also includes a sample introduction paragraph, a sample body paragraph, and a sample conclusion paragraph. This presentation can be of great help to the teachers who are introducing the basics of writing to the students, or the teachers who are reviewing the wr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Incredible Informative Essay Anchor Chart!
The Incredible Informative Essay Anchor Chart is a great way to support all kinds of learners. Equipped with acronyms for a memory boost, this can easily lay the foundation for your learners. Argumentative version of this incredible template can be found here.Please find your iObservation Marzano Reference Sheets here.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Amazing Argumentative Essay Anchor Chart! UPDATE
The Amazing Argumentative Essay Anchor Chart is a great way to support all kinds of learners. Equipped with acronyms for a memory boost, this can easily lay the foundation for your learners. Informative version of this incredible template can be found here.Please find your iObservation Marzano Reference Sheets here.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Creative Writing on Primary Lines with R-Blend Word Bank (Free Digital Download)
Ignite your students' imagination and enhance their phonics skills with this free r-blends creative writing activity! This free digital resource is designed to inspire young writers in 1st and 2nd grade, providing them with the tools they need to craft stories, improve spelling, and build vocabulary. The inclusion of an R-blend word bank not only supports phonetic learning but also encourages the use of new words in creative contexts.Key Features:Primary Lined Paper: Tailored for early learners,
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K - 3rd, Staff
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Handwriting Solutions for No Spaces Between Words
Not leaving spaces between words is a very common problem that affects your ability to read your student's writing. Here are my favorite quick tips to get those spaces between the words!
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K - 12th, Staff
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