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Writing-expository Common Core W.8.1a lessons
How to Write a Paragraph | Mini Unit Middle School
Middle school students often need explicit instructions on how to complete seemingly simple tasks--like writing paragraphs! Teachers often assume students can successfully compose a well-written paragraph, when in fact many of them struggle and need extra support. This writing paragraphs mini unit breaks down the process of writing a paragraph (with a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and concluding sentences) into simple, understandable terms to which students can relate. Ample exam
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6th - 8th
Thesis Statement Activities - Thesis Statement Worksheets, Templates, Examples
Save with the bundled discount! These thesis statement activities will help your students master thesis statements. This bundle includes an introductory mini lesson, handouts, practice worksheets, thesis statement templates, graphic organizers, and examples written by real students! Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®.⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎ Save over 10% with the bundled discount! ⚡︎⚡︎⚡︎Included with these Thesis Statement Activities:✏️ Thesis Statement Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® a
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7th - 12th
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Persuasive and Argumentative Essay Unit - Lessons, Handouts, Sample Essays
Argumentative and Persuasive Essay Writing Unit - everything you need to help students grasp the concept of the five-paragraph Argumentative and Persuasive essays. Includes Teacher Notes/Instructions, Notes on the elements of an Argumentative/Persuasive Essay, handouts on the organization and structure (helping students learn the difference between the Argumentative Essay and the Persuasive Essay), lesson on writing an Argumentative/Persuasive Thesis, a Peer-Editing Checklist, Rubrics, 3 Sample
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7th - 10th
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RACE Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts Print & Digital
Practice the RACE Strategy with 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through this helpful writing technique. It is a digital, paperless resources that you will share with your students. Great for independent work during distance learning. This product is located on Google Slides and is 100% digital. A printable PDF is also included in your purchase. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, wit
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6th - 9th
Writing Our World™ Premium Curriculum: Grades 6th-8th
Are you looking to help your students with dyslexia unlock their writing potential? Do your students…• have a lot of ideas, but struggle to get them on the page?• tend to write in run-on sentences?• become overwhelmed with longer writing assignments?• produce disorganized pieces of writing? • write short, unelaborated paragraphs?• resist writing altogether? Cultivate confident writing and critical thinking skills in your students with Writing Our World™.Through this curriculum, students will lea
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6th - 8th
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Writing Opening and Closing Paragraphs Bundle
Teach students to write outstanding introduction and conclusion paragraphs for persuasive essays and informative, explanatory, or expository essays.No matter what type of writing you are doing, writing opening and closing paragraphs can be extremely challenging. This lesson breaks down the parts of each and provides practice. It makes it much easier for students to understand what to do and how to do it, so they actually write!These lessons include three parts for both opening and closing paragr
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4th - 8th
Essay Writing (Expository, Persuasive/Argument & Literary Analysis) Common Core
Perfect for the beginning of the year, this common core aligned complete essay writing unit includes extensive instruction coupled with concept specific practice opportunities on the expository, persuasive and literary essays. Over 66 pages in length, this essay writing unit can be broken down into ~13-16 lesson plans and offers printable practice activities on the following topics:- Essay at a Glance (Visual illustrations of essay writing in its simplest form, including the Funnel Model.)- Outl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Introductions are like Free Samples (DISTANCE LEARNING): Lesson for ANY Essay!
Now includes Google, PDF, *and* Office versions! Introduction paragraphs are like free samples of food – it’s your one chance to grab a customer (reader) and convince them to “buy in” and keep reading. This lesson teaches students that it’s important to not just have a great hook, but make the entire paragraph clear and compelling so that readers get an accurate, engaging preview of what will be discussed. This lesson (PDF, Google Slides, and editable PPT files), applicable for argumentative OR
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6th - 10th
Argumentative Writing Workshop Essay and Mini Lesson Activities Grade 8
Ready-to-use and no prep! These 23 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching argumentative writing a snap! In one month, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a full argumentative essay. And because you won't have to worry about the lessons, you'll have time to work with your students every step of the way!No worries that you'll miss a standard - all of the common core standards for argument writing are taught. This resource breaks the standards down
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7th - 9th
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Topic Sentences Activity BUNDLE | Digital Lesson, Practice, & Assessment
Do your student struggle with writing claims/topic sentences for their paragraphs? Teach your students the difference between strong versus weak topic sentences with these tools. Whether you are teaching your students to write strong paragraphs on fiction/literature or informational/expository nonfiction, these products will expose your students to tons of examples before they have to write paragraphs of their own!Related Products:Thesis Statements BUNDLE | Digital Lesson, Practice, & Forma
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5th - 10th
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RACE Strategy Writing Activity Worksheets FREE with Easel Activity
The RACE writing strategy helps students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Like this product? Check out the full version here! Writing with the RACE StrategyR: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE is a mnemonic device that helps students write open-ended constructed
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6th - 8th
Academic Writing The Complete Problem and Solution Essay Bundle
This Bundle includes the following resources / lessons: LESSON #1: This is the first editable PowerPoint (PPT) lesson plan in a series of three lessons. It introduces the problem & solution genre and how it conforms to the five-paragraph essay structure. It provides a model essay for analysis. The model essay deals with the problem of plastics in our oceans and proposes three potential solutions.The general structure of an academic essay is reviewed.Students are reminded that the introductio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
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5th - 9th
The Complete Comparative Essay Bundle
This Bundle contains the following resources / lessons in PPT format. It also contains links to the files in Google Drive. In addition, there is a BONUS zip folder with 7 graphic organizers and handouts in PDF format. LESSON #1: This is the first editable PowerPoint (PPT) lesson plan in a series of five lessons. It covers the block format of a comparative essay. It includes a model essay for students to analyze. The model essay compares students' primary and secondary school experiences. It disc
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Complete Cause and Effect Essay Bundle
This bundle contains the following lessons on the cause & effect essay: LESSON #1: This is the first editable PowerPoint lesson plan in a series of four lessons. It covers the basic structure of a cause and effect essay. It includes a model essay which focuses on the causes of an event. The model essay discusses the causes of greenhouse gas emissions. It discusses how a cause & effect essay conforms to the five-paragraph essay structure (including an introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ELA TEST PREP Understanding Prompts for State Writing Tests PowerPoint
Understanding Prompts for State Writing Tests PowerPoint for ELA test prep. Taking a state writing test or preparing for the writing portion of a state test? This digital resource helps students prepare for state tests by learning how to understand what type of essay they are expected to write. Students need to understand how to answer constructed response questions and make their argument with support from a text. Learn the differences between what is expected for a persuasive and expository w
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School ELA Test Prep Bundle Grades 6 - 8
Argument Writing Anchor Chart and Worksheet
Helps students organize their thoughts for writing arguments and use supporting claims with evidence. The house graphic organizer helps them visualize the process. This argument essay anchor chart comes with a 5 paragraph essay outline.The lesson breaks it down into 5 paragraphs beginning with a hook (question, story or statistic) and a thesis with 3 supporting reasons. The 3 sections of the house are the "support" for the thesis. They urge the writer to include 3 items of evidence and use detai
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5th - 8th
Complete Expository Essay Writing Unit (differentiated)
This is a complete Expository Essay Writing Unit, from introduction of this type of writing to the final independent product and rubric. Having worked for over a decade as a special education & English teacher, I have compiled this unit throughout the years– with many modifications and adjustments. This unit includes multiple differentiated graphic organizers, notes for students, charts, outlines, and much more. Please be mindful that while this is an entire Expository Writing Unit, every
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5th - 11th
DISTANCE LEARNING: Digital Writing Prompt Test Prep Unit Bundle (ILEARN)
Google Classroom Users: After 3 years of developing, revising, and adapting each lesson, we are finally ready to present this 9-week mega digital interactive test prep writing prompt bundle which includes Constructed Response, and Narrative, Explanatory/Informational, and Argumentative writing prompt units. Take care of nearly all of your writing standards and test prep with this mega bundle.Each unit consists of Google Slideshows, lesson plans, teacher notes, writing prompt practice, and more.P
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5th - 8th
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Mastering the Art of Persuasion: Writing Lesson Plan, WOD, PowerPoint
Argumentative Writing Unit: Mastering the Art of Persuasion through Rhetorical Appeals (Grade 8)Unlock the Power of Persuasion: Delve into the captivating world of rhetorical appeals with this interactive and insightful unit designed for 8th graders. Following the engaging crime scene project, this second unit in Argumentative Writing will transform students into persuasive powerhouses. By exploring and applying the principles of rhetoric and the three classic appeals — ethos, pathos, and logos
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7th - 10th
Five Interactive Writing Notebook Lessons, Grades 6 - 8 CC Aligned
INTERACTIVE WRITING NOTEBOOK containing five extensive student-directed and graded lessons.This Interactive Writing Notebook has been Common Core aligned for students in grades 6 – 8 if your state requires it, and is an excellent way to turn on students to writing regardless of CC. It may also be used for high school level students who need to review writing.Students find this notebook fun and challenging. They like cutting and pasting the materials into the notebook, then turning in a compl
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6th - 8th
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How To Write An Essay Introduction Paragraph
Are you teaching argumentative, expository, or essay writing? Are you trying to teach your students how to write an essay introduction paragraph? This HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH teaches how to write introductions in a systematic way. Students will learn parts of an introduction paragraph that include hooks, background information, and thesis statements through mini-lessons and corresponding materials. This product is part of my HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY unit.Click here for the Powe
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4th - 8th
4 Common Core MS Models/Prompts for Argumentative/Informational Writing +Bonus
Model introductory paragraphs, topic sentences, supporting details (facts, statistics, expert testimony), and concluding paragraphs to support state writing tests and Common Core informational and argumentative writing.
The provided 4 Common Core informational and argumentative prompts and model introductory paragraphs, topic sentences, and concluding paragraphs are excellent tools to model for students how to structure their essays as they prepare for state writing prompts. These tools are gr
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6th - 8th
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Persuasive Letter Writing THE COMPLETE BUNDLE
This bundle includes three editable PowerPoint lessons on the Persuasive Letter. It introduces the format and structure of a formal letter and evaluates three model letters.The ZIP folder contains the Terms of Use with a link to the Google Slides.This resource covers:A model letter that explains each part of the letter.Heading, inside address, greeting, body, closing, & signatureExpressing and Supporting an Opinion in a Formal LetterThe 'Call to Action' in Persuasive LettersStyle & Voice
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5th - 8th
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