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Writing-expository unit plans for Easel Activities
Hamburger Paragraph Craft and Organizers
This packet includes everything you need to teach the Hamburger Paragraph!lesson ideascraft directionscraft templatesgraphic organizers {blank, lined, and primary lines in black and white and color}sample writing prompts for narrative, informative, explanatory, and opinion writing"My students really grasped this concept when using the hamburger. It was a lot of fun for them and I enjoyed teaching it!" -Emma S. "Just what I was looking for when introducing paragraph writing! The students loved u
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1st - 2nd
Opinion Writing
This fun, high interest opinion writing unit with inspire even your most reluctant writers! Would your students rather be chased by a rhino or a hippo? Would your students rather have a pet chimpanzee or python? These are just a couple of the intriguing questions your class will ponder during this complete 4-week opinion writing unit! Through classroom activities, teacher modeling, and guided instruction you will teach your students about opinions and facts, pros and cons, transitions, how to
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3rd - 5th
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Personal Narrative Writing Unit | Brainstorm Graphic Organizer Checklist Rubric
Personal Narrative Unit | Brainstorming, Graphic Organizers, Templates, Checklist, Rubric with PowerPoint & Google Slides for Narrative Writing Unit BundleTeaching the Personal Narrative Unit is easy, fun, engaging, and NO PREP with this Personal Narrative Complete Unit Bundle for your middle school classroom. Start with the narrative writing steps in the PowerPoint or Google Slides. Students will learn how to brainstorm personal narrative writing with guided graphic organizers and templates
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Middle School English ELA Year Bundle | Reading, Writing, Grammar, Holidays
2nd Grade Informational Writing | Backwards Design Unit Plan + Materials
I created this resource to accompany my "Informational Writing for Kids" videos on YouTube! This product includes:•4-week backwards design informational writing unit (20 lessons)•individual student conference log•2 brainstorming options•student book cover template•2 table of contents options•3 writing paper options•2 glossary options•partner editing checklist•informational writing checklist•informational writing rubricHelpful Hints:•The writer’s workshop model allows students to work at their ow
Grades:
2nd
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CCSS:
Friday Night Lights Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
Friday Night Lights, H.G. Bissinger's study of the impact of football in a Texas town resonates across the country. His discussions of the academics vs. sports debate,race, gender, and class issues, and entitlement will hook middle and high school students. Friday Night Lights speaks to the secondary school experience as well as society's expectations.This complete unit plan, includes: Common Core Standards and Bloom's Taxonomy grade level, time frame, assessments, and detailed daily plans as we
Grades:
7th - 12th
Into the Wild Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 46-page Into the Wild Unit Plan includes detailed teaching plans along with numerous links to inspire your ninth to twelfth grade students to read Jon Krakauer's extraordinary book. All of the literary analysis activities and teaching ideas are aligned with the Common Core Standards. A plethora of character and plot analysis activities and four open-ended writing forms fuel students' interest in Chris McCandless's Alaskan odyssey. Teachers may use the digitally enhanced or PDF formats to
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9th - 12th
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1st Grade Informational Writing | Backward Design Unit Plan + Materials
This resource includes:•Backward Design Unit Plan for 1st Grade Informational Writing•3 Weeks (15 days) of Daily Lesson Ideas•Writing Conference Log•Brainstorming Graphic Organizer (2 options)•Planning Graphic Organizer•Informational Book Cover Template•Introduction Template (3 options)•Writing Paper Template (3 options)•Closing Template (3 options)•Partner Editing Checklist•Informational Writing Checklist for Student Self-Assessment•1st Grade Informational Writing Rubric•This resource supports
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1st
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CCSS:
Writing a Memoir Scaffolded Unit and Word Search CCSS Grades 4-7 Print and Easel
Set out on a storytelling adventure with this Memoir Writing Unit, thoughtfully designed for student engagement and the exploration of personal narratives. This step-by-step scaffolded guide ensures that every student (general education, SPED, and ELL) is supported through each phase of the memoir writing process. Unit Highlights Include:Memoir Anchor Chart: Provides an outline of memoir characteristics for easy reference.Inspiring Read-Aloud Recommendations: Dive into the world of memoirs with
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Writing Bundle CCSS Grades 5-6 Print and Teach
Brave New World Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This 101-page plan is a Common Core Standards based unit containing: time frame, day by day lessons, vocabulary, chapter by chapter study guide for discussion ideas, 50+ worksheets, assessments, group and individual projects and much, much more. In this day and age when even a hamburger can be cloned, students are fascinated by the What-ifs of human reproduction. What would happen if people could choose their baby's gender as well as each and every physical, mental and emotional aspect?In this c
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9th - 12th
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Persuasive Writing Unit with Persuasive Letter Writing SECOND GRADE
This is the perfect resource to complement your SECOND GRADE Persuasive Writing Unit with Persuasive Letter Writing and Researching a Persuasive Writing Topic. Includes teaching posters, graphic organizers, and writing papers. Students will learn about how to write an argument and support it with reasons and examples. There is several pages with writing prompts, questions and sentence starters. There are several different graphic organizers and writing pages plus a Persuasive Writing Checklist w
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Writing Units BUNDLE Narrative Opinion Informational Persuasive SECOND GRADE
Narrative Writing Activities with Mentor Texts - The Wind in the Willows
Inspire your students' narrative writing with high quality, differentiated mentor texts. Six excerpts from The Wind in the Willows illustrate effective techniques. Students read, discuss, and then apply the strategies in their own stories. At the end of six sessions, students consider which of their six pieces to publish. They choose one and shape it into a polished story. Open the preview to take a closer look. Part One: Writing Narratives in Response to Mentor TextsIn the first part of the wo
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4th - 5th
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Animal Farm Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans, Lessons & Activities
This thought-provoking Animal Farm unit plan includes Unit Structure, and Activities forms for planning, and a sample calendar agenda. It also offers 15 activities covering the main elements of literature, background information on George Orwell, the Bolshevik Revolution, the allegorical elements regarding major Russian leaders of this period in history, propaganda techniques, vocabulary, literary terms a 100 point test and much, much more. Activities address the Common Core standards as well as
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7th - 9th
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Animal Groups Unit with Mammals Insect Fish Reptiles Amphibians Birds
This unit contains plans to help you teach lessons on the different animal groups including mammals, insects, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. I have included a science journal with a page on each animal, homework activity, interenet links, report graphic organizers for each animal group, art ideas and a sponge animal activity. This unit corresponds to a actiview flipchart also available on TpT.
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K - 3rd
Expository Essay Writing Guide, Templates, Worksheets, Gratitude Essays Prompts
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like your students to master expository essay writing with ease? Is one of your goals to have your students write essays like champions? Would you be interested in bringing relevant gratitude and social emotional learning topics to be discussed in your class?If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away?Think about what a difference it would make if you started using this expository essay wr
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 50% OFF Thanksgiving Activities MEGA PACKET, Gratitude SEL Fall Worksheets
California Regions with Video | Close Reading and Informational Writing
Learn about the four California Regions with a video, reading, text annotations, and a writing unit to go along with your California History lessons.Are you looking for an engaging way to teach the Four Regions of California for social studies? Don't just use a dry textbook. This standards based resource will get your students talking and writing about California.This meets the California History Social Studies Standards. CAHSS 1This interactive presentation in Google Slides (TM) has reading, wr
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4th
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Also included in:Â California Regions, Geography, and Map Skills Bundle
California Geography Landforms by Region with Video | California History
Learn about the types of landforms in California with close reading passages, text annotation, video support, and informative writing. Invite your students to learn how the landform types of California affect how people live and where they live. These close reading passages with text annotation tools go along with the included video "Landform Types of California." It's perfect as a lesson, a supplementary activity, or for sub day plans.This resource is for 4th grade California History and Social
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4th
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Also included in:Â California Regions, Geography, and Map Skills Bundle
Night Unit Plan - CCSS: Teaching Plans/Lessons/Activities/Assessments
If adolescents are to understand the physical, emotional and spiritual effects of man's inhumanity to man, Night (Elie Wiesel), is a good starting platform for English and Social Studies teachers. This 68-page unit engages the students on an emotional level and pushes them to think and analyze through thought-provoking discussions and writings about some of the principle players of the Third Reich, its victims, philosophies, and the power of propaganda. Aligned with CCS, it has over 30 activitie
Grades:
8th - 12th
The Great Gatsby Unit Plan: CCSS Teaching Plans/Lessons/Activities/Assessments
This revamped The Great Gatsby Unit Plan is almost double in size at 95- pages of engaging and thought-provoking activities for High School Distance, Classroom, and Homeschool Learning. Like all of my other units, it offers Common Core Standards, a time frame for a 90-minute block and for 55-minute periods. Handouts and activities include: daily lessons, 25 Introduction to The Great Gatsby research topics, 50+ activities, journal, essay, projects, and exit topics, a final test, and over 6 blank
Grades:
9th - 12th
Informational Writing Graphic Organizer Paragraph Structure and Writing Prompts
Teach paragraph structure and informative writing at the same time with this expository writing unit. Five days of detailed lesson plans will guide you as you use the mentor texts, graphic organizers, and examples to make informative paragraphs easy for your students. More than a dozen informational writing prompts ask kids to write about things they already know, so no research is required. You can print this resource out or assign the worksheets digitally through TPT's Easel.On Day One, you'
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in:Â Paragraph Writing Bundle with Rubric and Prompts, Paragraph Structure
Opinion Writing Through Letters - Writing Workshop Paper Using Checklists
This guide is a companion to writing units on opinion writing for the early grades. You will receive a guide to using checklists with young writers, a pacing guide for the unit, a mentor text with various components highlighted to facilitate student understanding, and a variety of paper with self-checklist rubrics to guide student writing. You will also receive a large group checklist, peer checklist, and a variety of mentor texts to use when teaching.
Opinion writing is now required in kinde
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Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in:Â K/1 Writing Workshop Yearlong BUNDLE Using Self Reflection Checklists
Informational Writing Unit SECOND GRADE graphic organizers posters writing book
This is the perfect resource to complement your second grade Informational Writing Unit. Includes posters, graphic organizers, note taking pages and writing booklet pages. Students will work through a research project on Extreme Weather and write an informational book using their research. Also includes a student friendly Informational Writing checklist. This packet could easily be taught as a stand alone unit or to accompany your own mini lessons. All posters have color and Black and White vers
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Writing Units BUNDLE Narrative Opinion Informational Persuasive SECOND GRADE
Narrative Writing Unit SECOND GRADE graphic organizers posters writing papers
This is the perfect resource to complement your SECOND GRADE Narrative Writing Unit. Includes posters, graphic organizers, vocabulary cards and writing pages. Students will learn about small moments and how to stretch a small moment. There is a page for students to brainstorm lists of small moments, then they will choose one to write about. There are several different graphic organizers and writing pages plus a Narrative Writing Checklist written in student friendly language. All posters are com
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Writing Units BUNDLE Narrative Opinion Informational Persuasive SECOND GRADE
African American History Unit - Following The North Star
Study African American history through a series of read-a-louds, and writing assignments. This unit is positive, as it focuses on the perseverance and dedication of both the abolitionist, and civil rights movements. The read-a-louds include historical fiction, non-fiction, and biographies. At the end of this African American history unit students will have studied the slavery period, the abolitionist movement, the civil war, segregation, and the civil rights movement. The unit includes discus
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Opinion Writing Unit SECOND GRADE graphic organizers posters writing papers
This is the perfect resource to complement your SECOND GRADE Opinion Writing Unit. Includes posters, graphic organizers, note taking pages and writing pages. Students will choose an opinion question to answer. Students research reasons to support their opinion. Then they will write an opinion piece using reasons and examples. Includes writing paper for their published piece. Also includes a student friendly Opinion Writing checklist. This packet could easily be taught as a stand alone mini unit
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Writing Units BUNDLE Narrative Opinion Informational Persuasive SECOND GRADE
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