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7th grade writing-expository reflective journals for teachers
Journal Warm Up, Bell Ringer, Anticipatory Set PowerPoint
50 slides!!! 50 Days of Journal Topics!!! 50 Images for EVERY TOPIC!!!This will save you HOURS of work and your kids will love them!!! Take the stress out of the beginning or you day/period by having the kids write on interesting topics!!! Awesome, awesome stuff!!!Note: If you are interested in a FULL YEAR for only 9.99, check out my new, improved version here complete with video links, student interaction, and more: Bell Ringers: An Entire Year
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing Interest Survey
This writing interest survey is two pages and is a great introduction to get to know your writers. Perfect for the beginning of the year and a great resource for conferences.
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in: Back to School Parent, Reading, Writing Interest Surveys Bundle
Journal Prompts & Topics for a Year
I have collected and written over 200 journal prompts that can be used at any time during the school year. Prompt categories are: reflective, cause and effect, persuasive, expository/comparative, descriptive, narrative, quote-based, freewriting, and picture-based prompts. No more worrying about filler activities or creating weekly journal prompts!
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Grades:
5th - 12th
(FREE) FORMULA for Writing an Award-Winning Expository Essay (Writers Academy)
Great visual for Writing Lessons!Expository Writing ToolGreat for Smartboards or Interactive Journals!A flow chart that shows the formula (or ingredients) for a great expository essay. Use this in student journals as a resource and as a guide for modeled writing.You can get more writing products like this!STAAR Expository Writing Prep Packets "What NOT to Eat" and "Favorite Game"STAAR Expository Writing Prep Packets “Challenges” and "Joys of being a Kid"Writer's Academy / STAAR Expository Writi
Grades:
4th - 7th
Sample UIL Ready Writing Essay
Feel free to use this essay as a template for coaching/teaching essays. I was a Texas UIL Ready Writing coach and used this essay to tackle a template on what I learned during the CoVid-19 pandemic.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Quarter Reflection
This is a standard reflection that can be used at the end of each quarter. It's simple, gives students a voice, and allows you to receive important feedback for planning purposes! Students tend to love sharing their thoughts as well as practicing the art of reflection!
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Social Media Lesson Plan: Screen Time Journal Writes / Discussion Topics
Now is the time to help our youth think critically about their decisions with respect to social media and screen time. There is alarming evidence as to the disadvantages of endless screentime, but we can work to reverse the trends by helping students make more conscious decisions about their habits, time management, screen time habits, and more. Often time our students are consumed by screen time, and it ends up minimizing their more social time, family time, educational time, ability to empathi
Grades:
6th - 12th
Writing Non-fiction
The 'G.R.A.A.B.' non-fiction writing technique is an exciting way to model for your students 'engaging' not fiction sentence constructions. These ideas give students excellent suggestions on how to 'grab' their readers' attention when presenting their facts
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Giver: Novel and Movie Comparison
While watching a movie based on a book I have found it is beneficial for students to critically view the movie. This resource includes a Google doc (and PDF as a print resource) to help your students not only compare and contrast the movie with the book, but also infer why the director and writers changed the novel so much.In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Acceptance Speech she implied The Giver would never be made into a movie. Two decades later it was adapted for a movie, though. Some of the techniqu
Grades:
6th - 9th
Writing Data Tracker: 21 Key Editing Skills
Targeted instruction leads to high student performance. Keep track of your students' progress with this Writing: 21 Editing Skills Data Tracker. Quickly notice patterns and intervene on the SPECIFIC NEEDS of all your students. Included: Implementation SuggestionsHorizontal Writing: 21 Editing Skills Data TrackerVertical Writing: 21 Editing Skills Data TrackerBlank Data Tracker Check out these assessments: How to Revise: Deleting Details Exit TicketsCommas: Compound Sentences Exit Tickets7 Im
Grades:
4th - 7th
Reflection Journal - Social-Emotional & Academics
Foster student self-reflection with these journal pages!My grade uses these pages to start our ELA rotations on Mondays. Following each classroom's social circle, the students return to their desks and spend 10 minutes writing silently on these sheets (the included "sentence starter" board is reviewed as needed, about once every other week) and then use them to discuss with you, their families, or their peers about how things are going at school.The journal pages are each designed to give studen
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Journal writing prompts for high school growth mindset, self esteem lessons
Encourage your students to take time to explore their inner selves. Writing prompts challenge them to reflect on four self-care items:What do they want to say yes to in their lives?What do they want to say no to?Is there something they need to forgive themselves for?Is there anything they need to give themselves permission for?This prompt comes directly from pages 58 and 59 of Spread Your Wings: A Self-Discovery Journal, a guided prompt journal that helps you dig deep, stomp out self-doubt, and
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Informational Text Readers' Response Prompts: Level 1
Use these prompts to spark higher level thinking and improve reflective writing skills as your students read respond to to informational text. Great alignment to Common Core ELA standards, but can be easily used in any subject area to add rigor to reading assignments. Don't forget to check out Level 2 as well!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
25 Journal Entry Deeper Prompts for Middle Schoolers
This list of journal entries on deeper topics can also be used for lower and upper level students.
Grades:
4th - 12th
Writing Interest Survey
Have some reluctant writers? Have them fill out an interest survey to generate ideas for writing, and use as a reference when conducting writing conferences with students.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Digital Notebook | Journal Writing Notebook
Digital Journal | Digital NotebookThis is a multi-purpose digital notebook. You may use it as a prayer journal, gratitude journal, etc. This digital journal or notebook can be used in any annotation app. Use it with your best stylus.What is included in your purchase?54 page digital notebook in PDF format (hyperlinked)Thank you for visiting!Ahava Shop
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Also included in: Growing Bundle Digital Notebooks and Gratitude Journals
Middle Schoolin'
Middle Schoolin', 50 Stories about the Challenges, Humor and Rewards of Teaching. This book is based on interactions with students, parents, administrators, and other teachers. Read about classroom tragedies and successes that take place in inner city public schools.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
January Whole Month of Historical Journal Topics & Discussions Bellwork
Start each class with a quick write journal entry and discussion based on a historical event that happened each day in history. This is a fantastic way to engage students in more material than just the standards or reading you scheduled for the day. Students get their minds warmed up to thinking, practice writing, and learn something "extra" for their day in history! It also sparks great conversations and bell work for the month of January. Watch the discussion we had with this week: https://you
Grades:
5th - 8th
Expository Essay Writing - Adversity Reflection
This product features the Directions for an Expository Essay project on the topic of Adversity. Students will Brainstorm four different examples of Adversity from their lives, and choose one that is the best fit for an Expository Essay reflection. Perfect for using your students' Writing as a Diagnostic in the beginning of the year, and for getting to know them personally at the same time.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Essay Peer Review Guide
This valuable teaching tool allows students to use the language of writing to give guided feedback to a classmates writing. You teach the language of writing all the time. This way students get use to writing/reading/speaking/hearing the content language peer to peer!
This guide has already been developed and successfully used. Why spend your valuable time recreating a peer review guide? If you enjoy this time saving product, feel free to check out my other products by Patrick Johnson.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
December Whole Month of Historical Journal Topics & Discussions Hauger History
I start each class with a journal and discussion based on a historical event that happened each day in history. This is a fantastic way to engage students in more material than just the standards or reading you scheduled for the day. Students get their minds warmed up to thinking, practice writing, and learn something "extra" for their day in history! It also sparks great conversations.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Letter to 8th Grade Teacher
Prior to the end of the 7th grade school year, ask students to write an introductory letter about themselves to their 8th grade LA teacher. The document has two copies of the requirements, so it can be printed once for every two students and then cut in half. Students will write three paragraphs total -- one introducing themselves, one talking about their LA strengths/weaknesses, and finally what they want to get out of class next year -- and will be asked to organize and proofread their work be
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Grades:
7th
First Week of December What Happened in History Writing Prompts and Journals
Captivate your class and their interest in history by supplementing your lesson plans with a historical journal about what happened this week in history! I have scoured the web to find significant and relatable historical topics for discussion or writing prompts. I have prepared five for every week of the year, with two questions for each event to analyze in just a few minutes, moving you on with your lesson, and injecting extra learning into every class meeting!
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Expository - Compare and Contrast
Whenever you notice something different, or whenever you are reminded of one thing by another, you have caught yourself in the act of comparing and contrasting-the act of noting the similarities and differences between two things.
Grades:
6th - 10th
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