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Common Core W.8.2 videos
Identify & Correct a Comma Splice, Fused Sentence, Run On Sentence - Grammar
Teaching how to Identify and correct comma splices, fused sentences, and run-on sentences in grammar, sentence structure, and essays has never been easier! This resource includes comma splice identification activities. Additionally, different methods of correcting comma splices with numerous examples provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.The no prep lesson can be used
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Types of Sentence - Sentence Structure - Sentence Fluency - Parts of Speech
Expository Writing Prompt, Informative Essay Outline - Overcoming Obstacles
Introducing expository writing has never been easier! This in-depth informative essay writing prompt lesson guides students through the step-by-step process of drafting an expository outline using an expository graphic organizer and writing an expository essay. The topic of this resource is - Overcoming Obstacles.Want this lesson for FREE? It's a Bonus Lesson in these bundles.Expository Writing Prompts, Informative Essay Writing Lessons - Bundle 1Expository Writing Prompts, Informative Essay Wr
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6th - 8th
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Analyzing Author’s Use of Irony in Commercials and Political Cartoons
This PARCC-style assessment merges commercials, political cartoons, and literary texts into a performance assessment. Students will construct an explanatory essay to justify their explanations. Students will analyze 2 modern commercials and 2 political cartoons that use situational and verbal irony and analyze. In the second section of the performance task, students will analyze the development of irony in a literary text and discuss similarities and differences between the author’s approache
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6th - 10th
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Dress Up Your Writing: Keys to Elaboration
Helping students hit the sweet spot when elaborating their written ideas can be difficult. This lesson is one that has helped my students immensely. It is an acronym that guides them when they are considering what to add to their paragraphs so that they produce creative and insightful compositions.
This product includes a PDF of my PowerPoint as well as a handout that can be printed to place in a Writer's Notebook. In addition, I recorded the lesson into a video that is approximately 6 minut
Grades:
7th - 10th
W8.2 IQ and Intelligences Research + Informative Essay (Flowers for Algernon)
This short research project pairs beautifully with a close reading of Flowers for Algernon, although the research project and essay could easily be used on their own or embedded in a variety of other nonfiction or science units. Students begin by researching the history of work on intelligence and IQ by visiting at least 3 of the resources provided (students have six choices). Students wrap up their research by watching at least 1 video or taking an IQ test for fun (links are provided). Next, st
Grades:
8th
Also included in:Â Flowers for Algernon Unit - paired w/ Prometheus, Frankenstein, and poetry
Flowers For Algernon pre-read video, inkblot discussion , first journals w/KEY
This is an effective and fun way to start the unit. Students loved learning about the inkblots in the video quiz and sharing their perspectives in the Nearpod (see below for an option to Nearpod.) The lesson includes annotations, which students also learn to love as they realize they are choosing what and how to interact with the text.I've included two links to excellent pre-reading activities:1. EdPuzzle video quiz on the Rorschach inkblot tests2. Nearpod for discussion and practicing the inkbl
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7th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Flowers for Algernon- reading responses for five sections - BUNDLE/Google
Labor Day Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities Resources, Graphic Organizers
Introducing essay writing for Labor Day has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative rubric,
Grades:
6th - 8th
Kwanzaa Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Quizzes
Introducing essay writing for Kwanzaa has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative rubric, p
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6th - 8th
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Radio Influence on American Life and Culture
The slides in this presentation contain embedded links to video clips, questions, research writing tasks, images, and extension activities for students to easily follow along like digital notes or can be used as a teacher presentation. The Essential Question for students is: How did radio influence American life in the years before the birth of Rock and Roll? By the end of the unit, students will understand the changing nature and influence of radio on American life in successive eras, from the
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
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