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Endangered Species Informational Writing
Informational Writing Using 4 Different Text Structures:Students will choose an animal from the Endangered Species list then research.Using the handouts in this resource, students will use the sample paragraphs and write their own paragraphs. They will then use the digital template to publish their own information writing. Resource included:* Student handouts with sample paragraphs for Description, Cause & Effect, Problem/Solution, and Sequence of Events* Digital Template for the magazine ar
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3rd - 6th
3 Argumentative Text Set Bundle - Homework, Cell Phones, and Social Media
Before purchasing this bundle, consider purchasing the Text Set MEGA BUNDLE from my store. For a little more, you get more than 3 times as many text sets, including informational sets. It includes every text set currently sold in my store. Even better, you will have access to future text sets that are added to the MEGA BUNDLE later on, at no additional cost to you. Let me know if you have any questions!Three great argumentative text sets in one great discounted bundle! With an emphasis on p
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7th - 10th
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100th Day Writing Activity
"Memoir of a 100 Year-Old" - Celebrate your 100th day of school with this fun writing activity! Using the Aging Booth app or the Oldify app, take a photo of your students and transform them into old versions of them. Make a copy of the outline for this writing or push it out digitally and let the students "reflect" on their 100 years of life. Fun guaranteed!* This product includes: - Outline for 4 paragraphs (make a copy for each student or push out digitally) - 7 authentic student samples
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4th - 6th
Speech Writing Steps Microsoft Word Edition- How To Write A Speech
A great series of pages to present to your students when talking about How to Write a Speech. Please note that I have the same file but in a PDF format available if you do not have Word. Upload the preview before you purchase to see if it is what you need. 15 Pages. Microsoft Word.Includes Cover PageSpeech PlannerA Great Introduction PageCue Cards PageA Conclusion PageParagraph PlannerTwo Pages of Speech TopicsDEFINITELY CHECK OUT THE LINK TO THE BUNDLE OFFERED BELOW FOR ALL OF YOUR CLASSROOM
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3rd - 6th
OREO Graphic Organizer
This organizer can be used for opinion writing. It breaks the steps down to Opinion, Reasons, Examples, Opinion Restated. It is a great graphic for students to begin using before writing an essay on their own.
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3rd - 6th
The 1st Great Awakening DBQ and Stations
Students are asked to answer the question, "How did the Great Awakening influence the mindset of Colonial Americans?" using 4 sources. 3 are primary sources from the era, and 1 is an excerpt from a Journal Article by two modern historians.
This file comes with 2 options:
1) A traditional DBQ with 3 guiding questions per document to help the students toward their own thesis, with a page to record a quote that can be used as evidence in the essay.
2) A "Stations Packet" if the teacher wants t
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8th - 11th
Text Set Mega Bundle - Argumentative & Informational (All Current & Future Sets)
Do you want ready-to-go text sets on a variety of topics to choose from? Then this is the item for you! The Text Set Mega Bundle includes every current text set in my store. The bundled price has been set as low at TpT will allow (50% off) to make all my text sets affordable for teachers everywhere. The bundle includes both argumentative and informational text sets, though there are certainly more argumentative sets. This is the case as most states have placed a recent emphasis on argumentative
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7th - 10th
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Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). ► These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
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5th - 12th
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Inquiry Based Mock Trial Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric
Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with a Mock Trial as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much more managea
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7th - 11th
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RACE Text Dependent Analysis Strategy PowerPoint Three Little Pigs Example
This 15 slide fully editable PowerPoint introduces the "RACE" Restate Answer Cite Explain strategy used for Text Dependent Analysis questions and turns it into a fun to watch and figure out example using The Three Little Pigs. The Pigs go through each step of answering the question:The wolf in “The Three Little Pigs” says that everyone is wrong about him. Do you agree that everyone has the wrong perception of him? Use evidence to support your response.Each slide adds more to the answer with fun
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1st - 9th, Staff
Inquiry Based Essay Template Social Studies C3 Framework with Rubric
Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with an essay as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much more manageable
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6th - 9th
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Argumentative Text Set - Should Social Media Affect Hiring and Firing?
This three-passage text set is accompanied by an argumentative prompt regarding the topic of the use of social media in hiring and firing practices in the workplace. It's a perfect assignment to engage students, especially as students start to become more aware of the significance of the role of social media in the world around us. While many students might have personal opinions, this assignment will strengthen your students experience with the idea of using the text to support their writing,
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7th - 10th
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Practice DBQ: Intro to DBQs
This product is perfect to introduce DBQs at anytime in the school year. It also is a fun, engaging activity for the first week of school to encourage students to debate their position with textual evidence. This product consists of a PowerPoint, a graphic organizer for students to record their answers, and the 7 documents students will analyze to answer the question: Who or what was most at fault in causing the fight between the two students? The following is included with this product:POWERPOI
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8th - 11th
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DBQ: Hamilton, Jefferson and Political Parties
For this DBQ, students are asked to answer the question, "How did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton impact the development of political parties?"
The DBQ consists of 8 documents on 4 different areas of disagreement between Jefferson and Hamilton (French Revolution, size of government, national bank, debt). Each area of disagreement offers a document for each person's perspective. All sources are primary sources.
Also included is an advanced organizer on the two political parties to activ
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7th - 11th
Sons of Liberty DBQ: Patriots or Terrorists?
In this DBQ students analyze 4 different primary and secondary sources on the Sons of Liberty. Afterwards, students write a Historical Argument using information from the documents and their own outside knowledge to answer the inquiry question.
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7th - 12th
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Inquiry Based Monument Design Project Template Social Studies C3 Framework
Over the last few years, as I've transitioned my Social Studies classroom to an inquiry based experience, I've gradually adjusted my summative assessments to evaluate student learning. This template allows you to create an inquiry for any Social Studies topic with a Monument Design Project as the summative assessment. If you've always wanted to try designing your own inquiry, but have struggled with the structure, this template is for you! It scaffolds the process to make the design process much
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7th - 11th
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Road to Jim Crow: Primary Source DBQ Set w/ Guided Discussion (GSE SS8H7)
This guided DBQ (document-based question) for the Jim Crow era is a ready-to-use lesson packed with social studies skills. A Jim Crow DBQ is a great way to help students teach themselves about this time period in U.S. History. This product has everything you could want in primary source instruction! Includes:24 separate documents (organized into 12 sets)2/3 of the sources are primary sources; others include infographics and articles50-slide Ppt that guides students through the process of analyzi
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6th - 11th
Also included in: New South in Georgia GSE SS8H7 BUNDLE Elements a-d
Argumentative Text Set - Should College Athletes Be Paid?
This three-passage text set is accompanied by an argumentative prompt regarding a topic in which many of your students will be interested: college sports. It's a great assignment to engage students and help them work on the skill of finding and citing information from the text provided, rather than relying on their own prior knowledge or feelings about the given topic.Modeled after AIR Testing, which is used in numerous states across the country, it would also fit well into a PARCC simulation. T
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7th - 10th
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Writing Rubric "R.A.C.E" Strategy
Writing Rubric for the RACE Strategy. (Restate the Question, Answer the Question, Cite Evidence, Explain)
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4th - 12th
Text Based Writing Prompts Bundle
ALL OF MY TOP SELLING TEXT BASED WRITING PROMPTS COMBINED INTO ONE!Text Based Writing - ArgumentativeIn this product, you will find:Four sources for students to analyze:(3) Three non-fiction articles about plastic ocean pollution (900-980L)(1) One info graphicPromptPre-write templateThis product was created to prepare students for the new, rigorous state standardized test – specifically in Indiana (ILEARN). I created this product to challenge students to analyze multiple sources as they are aske
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5th - 8th
Ancient China DBQ Essay - 5 Documents, Writing Scaffolds, Key, Examples, Rubric
Wonderful Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay to use during your Middle School Ancient China Unit! Students build analytical and writing skills using this differentiated resource! Students of ALL levels and capabilities will benefit from the step-by-step writing scaffolds included!Includes Everything Needed to Teach DBQ Essay Writing:1) 5 Documents with Scaffolded Questions (Geography, Silk Road, Confucius, Achievements, The Great Wall of China)2) Skeleton Worksheet - Developing a thesis a
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5th - 7th
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The Barack Obama Presidency - DBQs and Essay
DBQs and an essay covering Barack Obama's presidency from 2009 to 2017. Topics covered include the inauguration, the stimulus package, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (LGBT in military), US travel and economic embargo to Cuba, and Obama's carbon emissions plan. Includes a final essay prompt and an answer key.
Includes a variety of sources, including both sources in support of and critical of Obama's presidency and his policy decisions.
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8th - 12th
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Future World Changers Board Letters, Journal, and Frames
Future World Changers bulletin board letters, frames for photos, and journal prompt sheet. The bulletin board letters are in color and black & white. Frames also come in color and black & white. World changer titles are all able to be edited based on your own students responses!
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PreK - 8th
ELA Mini Unit: Persuasive Writing 'Get My Chair Back'
PERSUASIVE WRITING MINI UNIT! NO PREP REQUIRED!Includes: - 'Hot Takes' Gallery Walk to launch content- Give me my chair back (chair's on strike) writing activity - 4 days of extremely detailed lesson plans - multiple graphic organizers - Persuasive writing phrase bank Use this resource as a fun way to engage students and get them interested in writing in a creative way. Use this source to help teach and review persuasive/argumentative writing! This will have your students highly engaged and will
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3rd - 8th
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