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High school writing-essays homeschool curricula for Microsoft Word
AP Lang Q3 Prep: Specificity in Examples
I designed this activity to help my AP Language students increase the specificity in the examples they come up with when answering the Open-Ended Q3 Argument prompt. This activity could be used outside of test preparation to teach students how to enhance the specificity of examples they use in support of an argumentative thesis. It gives examples of a prompt as well as vague, moderately specific, and very specific examples for each. It includes blank spaces for students to create their own examp
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Ultimate Common Core Aligned Argumentative Essay Outline Graphic Organizer
My most popular product has been my argumentative essay outline, and I have wondered if I should mess with a good thing. Well, after using these organizers this year, with great success, I have decided to include this step-by-step collection of outlines.
This packet is different from my original outline. While I really liked using my original outline, I was able to make improvements based on how it worked in my real life classroom, and the final result is this collection.
This download includ
Grades:
6th - 10th
Compare/Contrast Essay Guide/Rubric The Hitchhiker by Lucille Fletcher
Great compare/contrast essay guide and rubric for middle school students. Easy to follow and to explain paragraph by paragraph. Use with Venn diagram after reading the radio play (free versions available online) and watching the Twilight Zone episode (#16-this is not on Youtube, so I had to use my Netflix account). My seventh graders really loved the story....made writing an essay a little less painful for all of us. :)
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6th - 9th
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Argumentative Essay Writing- Common Core State Standards
This is a packet that describes what is expected of argumentative writing. It contains the following:- a graphic organizer (filled out with examples) that students can use to organize their points, counterpoints, and rebuttals when writing an argumentative essay. - a sample completed outline that students can model (the topic is "The Dangers of Social Media Sites"). -sample introduction paragraph-sample body paragraph-sample conclusion paragraphThe sample paragraphs illustrate what such paragrap
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Glass Castle Big Ideas/Motifs Analysis Paper Assignment
Included in this product are 4 documents which explain and provide expectations for the assignment. These materials include an overview of the paper, 2 "writing process" help sheets that further outline the expectations and give direction on the structure of the paper, and a final rubric for grading.
This assignment expects that students choose three major motifs or "big ideas" found through their reading of The Glass Castle, provide supportive quotes to substantiate their points, and write an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"Let It Snow" Novel bundle- Complete Unit w Pacing guide
The following unit is over the novel Let It Snow which includes guided reading packets for each of the 3 novellas that make up the novel. Unit also includes a formative quiz for each novella, a final exam over the novel as a whole, a theme analysis essay (prompt, detailed outline, and rubric), and a novel-movie comparison worksheet.Bonus File includes Literary Circle Expectations handout which includes list of vocab words (for flashcards) as well as a pacing guide/ due date calendar (updated for
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
On Demand Writing Prompt: Screen Time
To practice the writing skills needed to take, and pass, the English Placement Test for college entrance, this on demand writing task asks students to critically read and explain a text based quote. Then, create their individual argument and support it with personalized evidence. This on demand writing task can be paired with the Common Core Essay Rubric listed in our store's resources.SKILLS ADDRESSED - Critically reading a promptFormulating an argumentSupporting argument/thesis with evidence
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9th - 12th
Tuck Everlasting Response to Literature Essay Frame
This resource includes three parts: The first part is a color coded essay frame for teacher demonstration for a Tuck Everlasting Response to Literature with text evidence embedded. The second part is without the color coding for reproducing for student use. The third part is a color coded complete essay sample, 6-9 grade level Response to Literature essay, based upon the short story "Both Sides of the Fence." The original author's text, Teresa Bateman, for this story may be found in Cricket M
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6th - 9th
¿ Se debe rebajar la edad de voto a los 16 años en Argentina?
Tired of practicing essays without providing sample responses? Wouldn't you like to have your students practice applying the AP rubric in a relevant manner? This is a set of 6 AP Spanish Language and Culture essay responses with scores and commentary based on the AP Scoring Guidelines for this task. While the essay questions and sources come from TEMAS, you do not have to be a subscriber of TEMAS to use this activity; since TEMAS uses online materials for their sources, links have been provid
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11th - 12th
Also included in: AP Spanish Bundle
Literary Essay Writing Junior High/Freshman - Beginning Lesson & Example Essay
This lesson is on writing an analytical essay on a work of literature. It is intended as a beginner lesson for 8th graders and high school freshmen, or upper-level 7th graders. After detailed explanation it includes a sample copy of a beginning literary analysis essay based on a prompt from the classic short story "The Monkey's Paw." Writing literary analysis is a very different kind of essay writing, and it is often difficult to get started for junior high or freshman students. Experienced
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7th - 9th
Self-Directed Lesson: Evaluating Websites for Credibility
This is a self-directed lesson in which students watch TedEd videos on evaluating sources and take notes on the worksheet. The TedEd videos focus on qualities of a website to pay attention to (like domain names) and the CRAAP acronym for evaluating sources. This would take students about 15 minutes to complete.
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9th - 11th
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Essays, introductions, scores and commentary - graffiti / TEMAS / belleza
Tired of practicing essays without providing sample responses? Wouldn't you like to have your students practice applying the AP rubric in a relevant manner? This is a set of 6 AP Spanish Language and Culture essay responses with scores and commentary based on the AP Scoring Guidelines for this task. While the essay questions and sources come from TEMAS, you do not have to be a subscriber of TEMAS to use this activity; since TEMAS uses online materials for their sources, links have been provid
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11th - 12th
Also included in: AP Spanish Bundle
Argumentative Essay Are Video Games Harmful?
3 articles regarding the effects of video games being harmful or helpful to society and individuals. Each includes room for annotations.
Includes a brainstorming page to begin argumentative essay outline.
Includes detailed 5 paragraph argumentative outline that explains in detail each portion of the paper including each part of individual paragraphs.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Analysis of a Short Story (Writing Assignment) Bundle in Word
This Word document gives you all you need to have your students write detailed Short Story Analyses. Included is:
--a brief introduction to teaching an Analysis of a Short Story,
--a step-by-step assignment/instruction sheet (with checkboxes for each task) that you can give to students,
--a rubric (with categories for Structure, Process, Description, Spelling and Grammar),
--three suggested mini-lessons (How to Analyze Literature, Avoiding "You," and Keeping the Same Tense) with explanation
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5th - 10th
Essay Writing Unit/Writing Process: Intro, Body and Conclusion Scaffolds, Topics
Parents and Teachers,Teaching good writing has been a passion of mine for over twenty years, whether in a French, Spanish or English classroom. This program is the end product of all my experience and hard work. This product will provide a complete one to two week unit on how to write an essay, taking information from multiple sources and working very kid-friendly examples until gradually releasing the material for them to do. In other words scaffolding the entire process. Non-readers, ESE and a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Cross Curricular Lesson: Using History Primary Source to Teach Paragraph Writing
This lesson will help students analyze and summarize primary source documents as well as teach them basic paragraph structure.
The lesson includes instructions on how to write a basic paragraph as well as a copy of the Declaration of Independence for students to read but you can use it with any primary source.
This will hopefully aid their critical thinking abilities as well as their writing ability.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Monkey's Paw classic story used to teach Literary Analysis Essay
"The Monkey's Paw" is a classic suspense short story. It can also be used as a vehicle to begin teaching Literary Analysis writing to high school freshmen or upper junior high students.This lesson contains:* a link to the classic horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (public domain)* a one-paragraph introduction to the story and setting* short introduction to literary-analysis writing *explanations of thesis statement and text evidence *a prompt based on the short story *suggestions on how to brainst
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7th - 9th
Essay Writing: Beginning Literary Analysis for Junior High or Freshman HS
Writing an essay on a selection that they have read is a vital skill for middle schoolers to start learning, especially college-bound middle schoolers. Yet it is difficult to actually teach this skill in a clear and understandable way, and many veteran teachers know that too many middle schoolers just want to summarize the plot!This clear, step-by-step series of lessons uses the short story "Raymond's Run" to teach the art of writing a literary analysis essay. The lesson contains:• a copy of t
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6th - 9th
Quotations and Indirect Quotes
So when do you use quotation marks? And how do you punctuate quoted material? Do you use commas for “he said” and “she said”? How do you know when the quote is indirect? What do you do then? How do you do a quotation within a quotation? Do you ever use quotes around a title? When and what are the exceptions to the rule?
These questions and more are answered in this lesson. Examples are given for every rule.
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9th - 12th
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High School Writing Course 3 Revising
The next installment in the HS Writing Course series, this course takes the student through the process of revising sentences, paragraphs and entire compositions. Includes practice exercises and answers with detailed explanations. Can be used for lesson plans, activities, or as an independent study.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Essay Prompts on Uncle Tom's Cabin
This resource lists FIFTEEN thought-provoking and challenging essay prompts on the classic American novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. These prompts lend themselves to literary analysis as well as deeper reflection on human nature. Here are 3 examples of the 15 essay prompts included in this resource:1. It can be said that while Uncle Tom remains a slave his whole life, there is also a sense in which Tom is more truly free than his owners or George ever are. What does Tom teach
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11th - 12th
Essay samples and commentary: los idiomas minoritarios ...la belleza
Tired of practicing essays without providing sample responses? Wouldn't you like to have your students practice applying the AP rubric in a relevant manner? This is a set of 5 AP Spanish Language and Culture essay responses to the TEMAS essay question #5, with scores and commentary based on the AP Scoring Guidelines for this task. Also, an activity based on the common errors found in these essays is provided (with an answer key).I am an AP READER and collaborated with another AP READER in pr
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11th - 12th
Also included in: AP Spanish Bundle
Persuasive Writing Guided Note Sheet
Looking for a quick, easy way to introduce or refresh persuasive writing ? This guided note sheet was created by a certified English teacher and Reading Specialist. It is based on the Persuasive Writing PowerPoint Presentation. This resource can be easily adaptable for online lessons, homework, flipped classroom assignments, etc.
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle
Looking for Alaska Novel Packet: Summer Reading, Plot Questions, Essay Topics
First off, let's state the most important part here: KIDS WILL LOVE THIS NOVEL! :)No really, they will LOVE it. Especially boys, who are traditionally the most difficult group to get to read (according to a high effective reading teacher at my school). That's why Hulu picked it up as a mini-series. Buy this packet and you will get them reading and writing right now and without stop until the end.Teachers and especially non-teachers: what if there were a way to ensure young people do some indepen
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6th - 12th
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