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Writing-essays lessons for Microsoft Word
"The Body" by Stephen King: Chapter Questions and Assessments
This package works effectively for all modes of teaching/learning (in-person, hybrid, remote) and for switching between the modes if required.This is a complete unit of study for Stephen King's novella, "The Body." The package includes chapter by chapter study questions with ANSWERS, a summary review, a test, and an essay assignment. Questions focus on vocabulary, close reading, higher order thinking, and making connections.Check out the complete preview. Package is in Word so you can modify.Her
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9th - 12th
MLA Lesson for Website Citations: Interactive, Human Puzzle Activity
This classroom-tested, interactive, hands-on, game-like activity is excellent for reinforcing MLA website citation. It is a skills-building activity to get students ready to write their own research papers with internal and external citations. I have provided a quotation from a news article on a real-world topic (bullying) as well as the citation information. The topic of the quotation is also a good springboard for discussion. Students then arrange themselves into the correct format for both an
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
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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4th - 8th
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Paragraph Writing Practice: Topic & Conclusion Sentences
I created this sheet to give my students an opportunity to practice writing topic and conclusion sentences, which I realized were often missing from their writing.
In the beginning, I use the familiar analogy of a cheeseburger, explaining that the topic/conclusion sentences are like the bun.
Topics are student friendly (the best food, cell phones in school, etc.), but the last one is geared toward a writing task that followed this activity that focused on the differences between the ancient Pe
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5th - 8th
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How to Write a Great College Admissions Essay - Works with Common Application
I have been teaching 11th graders to write a college admissions essay for the past ten years and this system really works! It's especially great if you have a wide variety of writing abilities within the same class.My favorite part of the packet is the "student" writing samples that help students understand what a finished product is going to look like. I've also included a brainstorming activity, an essay organizer, a rubric, and brief explanation of how to effectively use these materials.
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10th - 12th
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Deconstruct Writing Prompt Practice for Standardized Test Review
Perfect for review before the writing portion of state tests such as STAAR, TCAP, TNREADY, & PARCC. One of the biggest struggles for my middle school students was in deconstructing the writing prompt; they didn't know how to address the prompt or figure out which type of essay it was asking them to write. Therefore, I created this quick review worksheet to help them practice the skills needed for deconstructing writing prompt. This worksheet has a quick notes section, and 6 sample prompts to
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6th - 9th
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Heart of Darkness AP Lit Complete Unit Lesson Plan
With a focus on critical thinking skills, this complete unit plan for Heart of Darkness includes a historical overview, a guided reading instruction for the novella, Essential Questions with a poem pairing, discussion questions for the entire novella broken down into 7 sections, passage analysis prompts, an in-class partner essay assignment and a formal essay assignment with rubrics, and Socratic-style final discussion questions with a video link. The unit encourages student-led inquiry with tea
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10th - 12th
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30+ Samples Un-Packing the Prompt- PARCC-Based
The Key to Un-Packing Prompts - PARCC-Based
Narrative?
Literary Analysis?
Research Simulation Task?
30+ Daily Do-Now Activities
More than 30 Practice Prompts
Paper and Online Options
Five Minute Pre-Writing Strategies for Responding to Prompts in Timed Writing Situations
Aligned to CCSS
This activity can be done as a daily, “Do Now” task or as a major writing unit in a week. I try to avoid talking about it in terms of state testing,” but rather as timed writing. I want my students to feel c
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3rd - 8th
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Writing Prompt Pack Narrative Essay, Personal, Text-Based, Making Good Choices
In this easy-prep narrative writing assignment, students will read and analyze an excerpt from a popular film with an issue that all students faces: the internal struggle of making the right choice. Students are challenged to recall an experience in their own lives when they were called upon to do the right thing, and then they must relate that experience to the stimulus. It would be great for back-to-school, the New Year, or even end-of-year with 8th graders or seniors. Suggestions for teachin
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7th - 11th
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Persuasive / Argumentative Writing Outline, Student Sample Outline & Essay
Students will practice organizing and writing a persuasive / argumentative essay (or letter) using this 4-page document, including a blank outline for student use, and a student sample outline and multi-paragraph essay for teaching purposes. Happy writing!
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5th - 9th
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Revising & Editing a 5 Paragraph Essay: ELA Test Prep, Writing Skills
Students will take their previously completed five paragraph drafts and revise and edit them. After practicing these skills on a teacher model, students will be expected to use these tools to revise and edit their own writing.A different revision and editing checklist is included for the introduction, 3 body paragraphs and the conclusion.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSet
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6th - 12th
How to Use Paragraph Transitions - Mini-Lesson & Handout
A mini-lesson and handout for students explaining how to use transitional phrases or words to connect ideas and paragraphs within an essay or other form of writing. Common Core aligned (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W)
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5th - 10th
Working on Discussion: Improving AICE English General Paper Paragraphs
This two-sided worksheet includes two versions of a student paragraph for the purpose of spurring improvement and depth. Students read a passing "C" level paragraph and then the subsequent edit or "A" level paragraph. Questions task students to note areas of improvement as a Paper 1 skill, practice context clue use as a Paper 2 skill, and use new words as a follow-up Paper 2 skill. Finally, this includes an optional writing task for student by including another example of a low-scoring paragr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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How to Write an Introduction Paragraph: for Research and Expository Writing
This lesson plan/handout breaks down the introduction paragraph into color-coded components to help students identify how to write an attention-grabbing and organized introduction paragraph. This is formatted for an MLA-style paper, but the components can be applied across disciplines and citation style. With examples from US History (the Battle of Gettysburg and Orphan Trains) and Science (the unique endangered Sea Otter), this introduction paragraph lesson is truly cross-curricular! I have use
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6th - 12th
Synthesis Bundle for AP Lang
The most important skill AP English Language teachers can impart is how to read, assess, and manipulate resources to synthesize information. The College Board's AP English exam counts a synthesis essay task as a third of its free response score. College-bound students benefit from learning how to research, retrieve and evaluate sources to form an original thesis to support their argument. The skills of annotation, directly quoting a source, paraphrasing, and summarizing are covered as well as cr
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11th - 12th
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Biography Mini-Research Paper Teaching Guide with Student Handouts and Samples
This file includes a fully editable Word document featuring a complete Mini-Research Teaching Unit with lesson plans, activity templates, student handouts, accountability documentation, and a rubric for grading. Additionally, this guide comes with sample notes from two sources, a sample draft paper, and a sample final paper to teach students all parts of the research process.
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Writing Topic Sentences Worksheet
This two page worksheet is instructive and informational and also provides opportunities for students to write sample topic sentences using a variety of methods for a hypothetical sample descriptive paragraph. For each Sample Topic Sentence there is an example modeled. (Consequently, there is no answer key, as samples are given in the text.) The worksheet ends with "Tips to follow and Traps to avoid," a compilation of caveats I have told my students over the years.
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6th - 9th
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Integrating Quotes as Evidence: AP Language and Composition
Do your students struggle with integrating textual evidence in the form of quotes into their own writing? Most students default to dropping stand alone quotes into their essays and fail to add contextual information or pertinent background information. After years of frustration, I started using popular songs to help students understand the various methods of integrating and explaining the context of quotes. This lesson and worksheet stand alone. It makes perfect sub plans or individual seat wor
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sample Personal Narratives (Exemplars)
There are 5 sample personal narratives to use as exemplars to help kids understand the features that go into writing a personal narrative! They are all in Microsoft word format so that they can be altered/edited as necessary to help you meet your teaching goals!
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3rd - 6th
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Expository Essay Unit w/ Prewriting, Outline, Peer Review Form, & Grading Rubric
This writing unit is focused on an expository essay prompt that involves students choosing a current fad/trend and explaining its impact and popularity (see the preview file for the writing prompt). This document first includes a two-page topic proposal and prewriting worksheet. This worksheet allows the teacher to approve the student's chosen topic and ensure that student has clear ideas in order to develop a full essay on the chosen topic. The document also includes a three-page outline (stude
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7th - 12th
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Great Body Paragraphs: A lesson aimed at AICE General Paper students
This activity (worksheet) is for argumentative body paragraphs and is designed for AICE English General Paper students, but it works with eighth-grade upward. Students first create a checklist of fill-in notes with teacher (included answers). This works with the metaphor of body paragraphs being like a sandwich which begin and end with basic parts that hold the "juicy bits" (examples) together.Students then read a formal thesis and its corresponding paragraphs. Assignment 1 asks students to i
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8th - 12th
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AICE English General Paper: Thesis Statements Notes and Practice
This printable worksheet walks students through writing complex, argumentative thesis statements. Beginning with an overview of what a thesis statement is and where it is found in an essay, this lesson breaks down college-level writing for high school students. After the notes portion, the worksheet asks students to highlight, underline, and breakdown the parts of samples thesis statements. Next, students use the format they have learned to write their own thesis statements. Finally, student
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9th - 12th
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Water Wings Writing Templates for AP English Literature & Pre-AP English
In teaching ESOL, Gifted language arts, and seven years of teaching AP English Literature, I have discovered that students even in advanced classes frequently do not have the building blocking to write strong analytical timed essays.
I order to aid students in developing their writing skills I have broken down various approaches to the poetry, prose, and open question prompts of the AP English Literature Exam into templates – “Water Wings” to aid them in “breaking the surface” of analytical wr
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11th - 12th
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