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RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets : 10 RACE Writing Prompts Text Evidence
This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy for text evidence. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. This Download Contains:PRINTStudent resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionssuggested a
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6th - 8th
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions + RACE Strategy Practice Worksheets
These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-8th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension ski
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6th - 8th
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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The Most Dangerous Game Activities - Short Story Unit - Questions - Map Project
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: Short Story Units with Questions, Vocabulary, and Short Story Annotations! This 90 page short story with comprehension questions resource contains everything you need to teach “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Perfect for your short story unit or The Most Dangerous Game unit, this short story package contains detailed comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, vocabulary words, character analysis, creative writing activities, pr
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7th - 10th
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Thesis Statement and Essay Introduction - Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of writing an introductory paragraph and thesis statement with this print and digital essay writing unit focusing on the introduction. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills and write a well-developed and complete thesis statement and introduction paragraph for their multi-paragraph essay.This essay writing teaching resource includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable presentation for direct instruction, pr
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6th - 10th
Snapchat™ Reading Comprehension Passage & Questions
In this Snapchat Reading Comprehension Passage, your students will look at the pros and cons of the app, work on reading comprehension questions, and participate in argument writing. This product includes both a higher and lower-level article for differentiation purposes. Included with the article are reading comprehension questions for both levels, as well argument writing extension activities and worksheets.Snapchat™ is a popular app among teenagers, and my middle school students choose this a
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Argument Writing Bundle
Unsolved Mysteries Research Project Middle School ELA | Teaching Research Skills
The Unsolved Mysteries Research Project is an inquiry-based, research-skills focused project for middle school ELA and high school English students. Teaching research skills has never been easier using the Big6 Model with a step-by-step approach!How often do we, as teachers, assign research projects with an assumption that our students know how to conduct research? Unfortunately, many don't, and they copy and paste text from the first site they access. Students thrive when the research process
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6th - 9th
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Thesis Statement Mini Lesson - Thesis Statement Slideshow, Templates, Examples
This thesis statement lesson will teach your students how to write powerful thesis statements. Students will analyze thesis statement examples and explore thesis statement structures and formulas to use as templates for their own writing. Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Thesis Statement Lesson:✏️ Thesis Statement Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®Defines proper and improper thesis statementsIncludes 3 formulas for writing thesis st
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6th - 12th
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Argumentative Writing Slideshow & Notes Middle School ELA PRINT & DIGITAL
Argument writing will be a lot easier to teach with this step-by-step interactive PowerPoint and/or Google Slides presentation with guided notes. Created specifically for middle school students, it tackles the challenges of the argumentative essay by breaking everything down. The kid-friendly explanations and actionable steps making it a lot easier for kids to understand.Now, when I tell my students we're working on this unit, they cheer! Kids LOVE to “argue,” and when they learn the right way
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6th - 9th
Chinese New Year 2024: Design A Lantern Game, Art Sub Plans, & Writing Prompts
Need Chinese New Year activities for your bulletin board? Imagine these Chinese lanterns in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers. A fun roll a Chinese lantern game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. And, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan Lunar New Year projects
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4th - 7th
50 States and Capitals: Maps, Tests, Activities, Google Classroom & Google Forms
Help your students know all 50 states and capitals of the United States with this huge, MEGA-Pack of resources! This product is available in printable PDF, Google Classroom, and Google Forms. A crossword puzzle, word search, test blanks, word banks, and so many more options are also included in this MEGA-Pack! You will even get a mini-research project template for students to research their favorite state, as well as a creative writing template. Whether it be for a civics unit, history class, cl
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4th - 12th
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Paired Passages with Writing Prompts and Passages RACE Strategy Compare Contrast
These 10 paired passages with writing prompts are perfect for students to practice compare and contrast writing with the RACE writing strategy. The texts are perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling writers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-7th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a range of reading levels. This Download Contains: PRINTExample passages with short response question and exemplar re
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6th - 7th
Citing Textual Evidence Practice: CLAIM EVIDENCE AND REASONING Elaboration CER
Step-by-step workshop to teach textual evidence and elaboration. Culminating writing: FULL CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES. ARTICLES INCLUDED!This workshop guides students through the process of gathering and quoting evidence and elaboration for argumentative, expository essay writing, and short answer extended responses. Several methods are used for breaking down each element including C.E.R. & R.A.C.E strategy. Students learn each element in chunks, then gradually build the elements into responses,
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6th - 9th
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Book Vs. Movie: Writing a Compare and Contrast Opinion Essay
Don't judge a book by its movie! Students LOVE to watch the movie version of a book they have just read, which presents teachers with a valuable opportunity to teach compare-and-contrast/opinion writing. This complete resource will take your students through the entire process of writing a 5-paragraph essay with 11 detailed lessons and supporting student planning pages.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. {Grades
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4th - 8th
Fake News Unit - Media Literacy Analysis Unit
This Fake News Unit contains 10 high-interest lessons about media literacy, fake news and digital citizenship to help 21st-century students learn to think critically about the information they consume from print and digital media sources. This is highly relevant to today’s learners as it contains lessons on social media content and algorithms as well as artificial intelligence and deep fakes. Teachers will use these fake news scaffolded lessons starting with an interactive QR code vocabulary sca
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 1
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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Legislative Branch Activity: Classroom Simulation on How a Bill Becomes a Law
Make civics practical and exciting for students using this Social Studies simulation that allows students to experience the Legislative Branch! Students will participate in writing bills for their school, community, or state while learning the various stages within the lawmaking process. All voices are heard as students become members of Congress, participate in committees, debate on the floor, and watch their President sign the bills that survive the entire process. Not only do students love
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6th - 12th
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CNN 10 Worksheets: Current Events News Summary, Graphic Organizer, Video Project
CNN 10 (CNN Student News) is the perfect avenue for students to stay informed on current events. This PDF and GOOGLE DRIVE set of graphic organizer worksheets are an excellent way to analyze and summarize the current events of the day using CNN10. These various templates will help students of all ages stay engaged while watching CNN 10. A simple writing format helps students recognize, summarize, and write opinions about the major headlines of the day. I find this resource to be extremely prac
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Not Grade Specific
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Close Reading Passages For Middle School - Close Reading Guide and Strategies
Close Reading For Middle School Students Featuring Excerpts from Stories from Classic Literature. These NO PREP close reading activities are great for practicing close reading and annotation skills. Everything needed to get your students started with Close Reading is included – detailed step by step instructions, annotation guide, reading passages, and graphic organizers. Very little teacher prep is needed – simply print and teach!Story excerpts include:•Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving•The B
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6th - 9th
Tuck Everlasting Novel Study Unit for Middle School Common Core Aligned
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Novel Unit: Common Core Aligned!
This Print and Go! Tuck Everlasting Novel Unit is a 58-page novel study that includes:
• Lesson Plans
• Main Idea Chapter Titles
• 18 pages of reader response questions
• 5 pages of context clue word work with more space for writing all of the information needed
• character analysis work
• figurative language work
• post-reading reflection journals
• a character map
• End of Novel Project
• a table of contents to keep track o
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4th - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Novel Study Unit Bundle for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
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
RACES Strategy Writing Passages and Prompts for Text Evidence
This product contains 5 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACES strategy. RACES is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. → Need a 100% Digital Google Slides compatible version? CLICK HERE!Why use the RACES strategy? This mnemonic device is especially helpful for struggling writers and students w
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7th - 10th
Also included in: ELA Skills Reading Comprehension & Writing Activities 8-9th Grade 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
Writing an Argumentative Claim or Thesis Statement: Lesson and Activities
The thesis statement or argumentative claim is the backbone of solid writing! If your students' claims are lacking in confidence, knowledge, clarity, or formality, this mini unit is what you need!This thesis statement (argumentative claim) lesson focuses specifically on writing solid, effective thesis statements for argumentative essays. I use it as part of the pre-writing process as students are researching their topic.ARGUMENTATIVE CLAIM / THESIS STATEMENT MINI UNIT CONTENTS:*This mini unit us
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Argumentative Writing Unit Bundle for Middle and High School
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