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Middle school writing-essays unit plans $5-10
Opinion Writing Essay Persuasive Graphic Organizers Anchor Charts 3rd - 5th
Imagine having a resource with everything you need to help your students write well-written opinion essays. This Opinion Writing Essay Bundle includes step-by-step lessons to target paragraph structure, topic sentences (opinions), transitions, three body paragraphs with supporting reasons and details, and effective conclusion paragraphs with final thoughts or calls to action. You'll love using these easy-to-implement opinion writing lessons and activities. No more spending hours prepping and pla
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3rd - 6th
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos - Rhetorical Appeals Analysis and Persuasive Language Unit
Make teaching ethos, pathos, and logos fun and engaging with this rhetorical appeals unit! This comprehensive rhetorical appeals unit includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about the different, effective persuasive and argumentative writing strategies, including ethos, pathos, and logos. ⭐️ 2023 UPDATE: Now includes PRINT AND DIGITAL! Teach your students about rhetorical appeals using the engaging and interactive multi-day instructional slide. Students follow
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7th - 12th
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Argumentative Essay Middle School - Argument Writing (Standards-Aligned)
Argumentative Essay Writing will be a breeze with this step-by-step resource designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process. Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all five paragraphs! Includes a sample essay to motivate student writers and model strong writing. Standards-aligned.Note: Amended pages are included for teachers who do not wish to include the counterclaim.From teachers who have used this resource:-- "PERFECT! Using with 6th
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6th - 9th
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Paraphrasing, Quoting, & Summarizing: Informative Writing Skills PRINT + DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing by focusing on three key skills: paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing. This unit teaches students how to improve their writing skills by focusing on learning how to paraphrase, quote, and summarize text in their own writing! By learning the crucial skill of paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing, students will improve their writing drastically!In this informational writing mini-unit, your students will learn the differences between paraphrasing, quoting
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7th - 10th
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Literary Analysis Essay, Introduction to Lit. Analysis Essay Writing, CCSS
Help students dig into the elements of literary analysis essay writing with this MASSIVE collection of tools organized into an efficient and effective nine-day writing unit. Using an animated short film on YouTube and a classic short story as source material, students will see how introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs are built. They’ll learn step-by-step building block formulas and deconstruct sample essays. By the end of the unit, students will have the tools they’ll need to be able to
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8th - 11th
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The Argument Games: Two Week Argument Essay Writing Unit
Engage your middle and high school students in over two weeks of "The Argument Writing Games" that culminate in polished argument writing pieces! Use print or digitally! Events Include: Finding Gold Medal EvidenceDeconstructing ArgumentsFormulating a Winning OutlineMoving from Outline to DraftRevision StationsClosing Ceremonies Publishing PartyIncludes everything you need for easy implementing: 42 slide PowerPointDetailed lesson plansPhotocopy instructionsPrintable Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal
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6th - 10th
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Research Paper - Complete Unit
Research paper complete unit.
Research papers made easy! This complete unit has everything you need to teach writing a research paper from start to finish.
Includes NEW MLA 8th edition citation guidelines.
For the APA version of this unit, click here:
Research Papers Complete Unit - APA Style
Everything here is classroom-tested with hundreds of students who have successfully written a research paper. There are 65 pages of teacher notes, handouts, worksheets, activities and examples, all
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle
Argumentative Essay - DIGITAL Version - Argument Writing
Argument writing will be motivating with this step-by-step DIGITAL resource compatible with Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. The slides are designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process! Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all five paragraphs. Students can self-pace all the way through with the clear directions and prompts. Includes a mentor text to model strong writing. Perfect for the 1:1 classroom! Standards-aligned.A “No Counter
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Argumentative, Narrative, & Informative Writing DIGITAL VERSION Bundle
Explanatory Writing Unit | Explanation Text | Digital & PDF | Essay Lesson Plans
Teach your students to write an ENGAGING EXPLANATORY ESSAY in 2024. Master the HOW and WHY of NONFICTION and EXPOSITORY WRITING with this DIGITAL and PRINT-based unit.THIS COMPLETE UNIT COVERS✅ Writing Sequences ✅ Causal Explanation Texts✅ Consequential Explanation Texts✅ Explaining Cycles✅ Processes (Scientific, Mechanical and Biological events)✅ Tutorials - Including videos✅ Explanation of Historical Events ⭐ NO PREP REQUIRED⭐ FULLY EDITABLEIt will keep your kids EXCITED and ENGAGED for weeks
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3rd - 7th, Adult Education
Myth Writing Unit - 8 days of writing lessons! (PDF and Digital Versions)
In this eight day, CCSS-aligned Myth Writing Unit, students will demonstrate an understanding of the myth genre as they write their own myths. The unit begins with a review of the characteristics of myths and student analysis of a sample myth. Then, following a step-by-step process that includes pre-writing, writing, revising, editing, conferencing, and then writing a final copy, students will write an original and creative myth. In this unit students create a myth that creatively presents an ex
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: 3 Writing Units BUNDLE - Persuasive, Descriptive, & Myth Writing Units
Informative and Explanatory Essay Writing Unit - Teacher Guide - Print & Digital
Informative Essay (aka Explanatory Essay) Writing Unit includes everything you need to help students grasp the concept of informational writing, the structure and organization of an Informative/Explanatory Essay, sample essays for peer-editing practice, rubrics, notes, and more! Designed for middle or high school students. Includes Teacher Notes/Instructions, Notes on the elements of an Informative Essay, handouts on the organization and structure, writing a Compare/Contrast Thesis, a Peer-Editi
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6th - 9th
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Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity & Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers
The Literary Analysis resource is a great way to simplify teaching your students how to write a literary essay! The Literary Analysis Essay Writing Activity is exactly what you need to teach this challenging writing genre to your 5th-7th grade students. This step-by-step scaffolded literary analysis writing unit includes a rubric and a literary analysis essay example, so all students can succeed. The focus is on analyzing the basic literary elements of plot, setting, character, and theme.✏️ The
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5th - 7th
The Gift of the Magi: Reading, Discussion, & Literary Analysis
Need a seasonal literature activity with a text that’s complex enough? Do you want to teach a short story, collaboration, essay writing, and/or literary terms?This collaborative unit teaches the short story “The Gift of the Magi” in a way that engages every learner from start to finish! Pick and choose from premade lessons, class discussion, vocabulary, and a small-group literary analysis essay. All students will be pushed to interact with the text and each other!"The Gift of the Magi" is a grea
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7th - 10th
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Essay Writing: Teach your students to write a multi-paragraph essay
This is a fully-planned writing unit. This 2 week structured writing unit uses a color-coding system to help your students successfully structure their writing and produce quality multi-paragraph essays. This unit works great as test prep, too! With original activities to pair with suggested engaging mentor texts, students will be using research-based strategies to improve their writing!Included in this resource:2 weeks of lesson plansFive different original nonfiction passages that will engage
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3rd - 6th
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
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7th - 10th
Informative Explanatory Expository Writing Mini Lessons Grade 8 Print Digital
PRINT & DIGITAL. No planning needed! These 20 easy-to-use mini lessons have everything you need to make teaching informative writing a snap! In one month, your students will go from generating an idea to writing a full essay. And you'll have time to work with them every step of the way!Here's teachers are saying about my mini lessons:"I love how this resource breaks down each step of the process for students to make it more manageable.""Your organization is outstanding, and your thorough pla
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7th - 9th
Opinion and Persuasive Writing Essay Unit
This is a fully-planned opinion or persuasive writing unit. This 2 week structured writing unit uses a color-coding system to help your students successfully structure their writing and produce quality opinion and persuasive essays! This unit works great as test prep, too! With original activities to pair with suggested engaging mentor texts, students will be using research-based strategies to improve their writing!Included in this resource:2 weeks of lesson plansThree different original nonfict
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3rd - 6th
Cause and Effect Essay Unit - Lesson Handouts and Graphic Organizers
Cause and Effect Essay Unit - everything you need to help students grasp writing a five-paragraph Cause or Effect or Cause and Effect essay. Includes Teacher Notes/Instructions, Notes on the elements of a Cause/Effect Essay, handouts on the organization and structure, writing a Cause/Effect Thesis, a Peer-Editing Checklist, Rubrics, two sample Cause/Effect Essays, and over 40 Cause and Effect Essay Writing Prompts. Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Perso
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6th - 9th
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Opinion Writing Unit | Persuasive | Argumentative | Discussion | Expository Text
Teach your students to produce PERSUASIVE writing and INFLUENCES thinking in 2024 with this HUGE writing guide bundle covering: ⭐ Persuasive Texts / Essays ⭐ Expository Essays⭐ Argumentative Essays⭐ Discussions.Teaching each of these writing genres in isolation can be difficult for students to grasp, but this 140+ page DIGITAL & PRINT resource covers all aspects of these writing styles in a fun and engaging manner.It's all here and completely EDITABLE with NO PREP REQUIRED.Includes✅ Lesson P
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4th - 7th
Narrative Essay - Complete Unit
Writing a Narrative Essay:
This unit has everything you need to teach a narrative essay from start to finish. It is meant to align with all the objectives of common core standard Text Types and Purposes for 8th - 10th grade (8.W.3; 9.W.3; 10.W.3), but is useful for narrative writing for all grades seventh and up. There 29 pages jam-packed with lesson plans, worksheets, handouts, group work, picture writing prompts, graphic organizers and more! A sample essay is included and used in examples thro
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Bundle
Response to Literature Essays - Lesson Handouts and Graphic Organizers
Response to Literature Essay (aka Literary Analysis Essay) Writing Lesson Handouts, Lecture Notes, Graphic Organizers, and more -- everything you need to help your middle or high school students grasp the concept of the five-paragraph Response to Literature essay, also called Literary Analysis Essay. Includes Teacher Notes/Instructions, notes on the elements of a Response to Literature Essay, handouts on the organization and structure of a Response to Literature Essay, a Glossary of Literary Ter
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6th - 9th
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How to Write a Research Paper
As a middle school teacher, I believe that teaching students to write a research paper is the most important skill that I can give them. This unit is meant to have students go step by step through The Writing Process in order to write a MLA-Style Research Paper! This 29 page student handbook will make Research Paper Writing a breeze. Teaching Tip: When I teach this unit, I model and we discuss each step as we go through the workbook together. Students are so proud of their typed MLA format
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle~ FIVE Writing Units at a DISCOUNTED Price!!!
Fantasy Writing Unit
A full five week, Fantasy Writing Unit geared towards Upper Elementary students. This 86 page resource includes:Full 25 Day Unit PlanTeaching Plans that match student handouts to minimize confusion while you are instructingVideo links to accompany lessons at all stages of the planning process to assist students with skills such as understanding the Fantasy Genre, developing characters, crafting a storyline, and more. Planning, Drafting, Revising, Self Edit, Peer Edit, Mini-Lessons, and Final Dr
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4th - 7th
So, You Want to Buy a Car? -- Argumentative Writing + Simple & Compound Interest
This unit requires students to use their research skills and basic math skills (using simple and compound interest) to choose and "pitch" their dream car to their parents.
The teacher randomly assigns each student a job, hourly wage, and two interest rate options: a simple interest loan from your parents, and a compound interest rate from the bank. Then, using the auto sales booklets (which you can pick up at most grocery stores), they will choose two cars to compare. They will do that math, fi
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7th - 10th
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