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Other (ELA) Common Core W.7.2e resources
Short & Extended Constructed Response Practice RACE Writing Strategy w Passages
ELA TEST PREP: Constructed Short Answer or Extended Response Workshop w. passages & prompts on Google Slides. ECR SCR This No Prep resource will help your students write great responses! It is packed with step-by-step guidance for every element, no-fail templates, concise mini-lessons, multi-step writing prompts, and sample responses for students to analyze. CCSS ALIGNED TEACHING/SLIDES (mini-lessons) FOR:Understanding common writing prompt termsUnderstanding state test promptsAll elements o
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6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Race Writing Strategy Constructed Response w Passage & Prompts ELA TEST PREP
Informative Essay Writing Revision Stations for Middle Grades CCSS Aligned
Help your middle school students improve their informational essay writing by providing them with an opportunity to work in these stations! They will self-reflect, revise and edit, and help one another to make improvements on their essays! These stations provide checklists, examples, and ideas for taking their informational essays to the next level. *These activities are both in station and task card format! They can be used either way!**The stations and task cards are meant to be used AFTER stu
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Informational Writing BUNDLE, Informative Writing Lessons, 6th-8th Grade
Persuasive Letter Writing Unit | Persuasive Letter Template & Graphic Organizer
This no prep persuasive letter writing unit includes everything you need for teaching students to write letters to persuade. It was created for students in 4th-8th grade, but could be used at any level! Assign in Google Classroom or use as a slideshow to present and introduce persuasive letter writing to students.Are you interested in teaching your students how to effectively persuade the reader? If so, this resource is perfect for your ELA Classroom!Persuasive Letter Writing Unit Includes:Slide
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4th - 7th
Writing a Book Report with Graphic Organizers, Middle School Packet
This book report resource includes 13 pages of information and graphic organizers to help students with their next book report project! The book report outline shows students which pages of notes should be used for each paragraph of their five-paragraph book report, simplifying the process of turning their book report into a formal essay. It helps students to organize their thoughts and teaches them how to write more than just a book summary for a book report.What’s included in this resource:Stu
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Bundle of Language Arts Writing Resources for Middle School
How to Write an Essay
Are you teaching argumentative, expository, or essay writing? This HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY product teaches students how to write essays in a systematic way. All materials for the unit are included! Students will learn how to write introductions, how to write body paragraphs, and how to write conclusions. Click here for a Google Slides version, if that works better for you.This product includes:5 comprehensive mini-lessons on the parts of an introduction (hook, background info, thesis statement), p
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4th - 8th
Essay Writing Revision Stations BUNDLE Informational, Argumentative, & Narrative
Help your students by providing them with opportunities to improve their narrative, informational, and informational essay wiring skills! These stations/task cards provide students with opportunities to self-reflect, revise and edit their essays, and help others to improve their own! *These activities are both in station and task card format! They can be used either way!**The stations and task cards are meant to be used AFTER students have written an essay, and they are looking to IMPROVE their
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6th - 8th
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Conversation Starters Package on Photography
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on photography.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of photographyActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transi
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Subjective vs. Objective Summaries (with Movies!)
Demonstrate difference between objective and subjective writing by showing them movie texts. This is a fun way to engage a discussion on the difference between objective and subjective, and there's even an opportunity for students to write their own objective summary and subjective review!
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7th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Objective Summary Resources BUNDLE
Christmas Informational Reading and Writing Activities for Middle Grades
This Christmas resource is perfect for reviewing reading and writing skills before students leave for Christmas break. They will read an engaging article about the origins of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree traditions, answer text-dependent, rigorous questions, respond to a rigorous writing prompt, and answer some fun questions and color a small picture. All of this can be seen in the preview!Depending on prior instruction, this resource can be used for independent work, assessment, or com
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Essay Writing MEGA BUNDLE, Narrative, Informational, & Argumentative 6th-8th
Growing Bundle of Journalism Writing Resources for Middle School Language Arts
Teach your students how to write newspaper articles with these fun resources that support expository writing and journalism curriculum! There are currently three resources in this growing bundle, but there are more to come.Current resources are:May I Ask You Some Questions? - Give your students a project to work on to support your classroom instruction! Students get practice with writing interview questions that they use to interview a person of their choosing about their job. Graphic organizers
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6th - 8th
Back to School: How to Send an Email: Distance Learning
Email- Back to School- Distance Learning-No Prep- Middle School-EmailThis NO PREP back to school interactive slide unit will teach students how to send a proper email. There are six lessons that teach students how to design, structure, and create a proper email. Each lesson contain information slides with visuals and audio, and following each lesson are practice slides! Students will learn about the parts of an email, structure and design of an email, and how to ask teachers for help in an email
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4th - 9th
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Email Writing - Formal/Semi-Formal/Informal - Types of Emails - Quiz + More!
This easy-to-follow and comprehensive resource is guaranteed to have students writing high-level emails. All examples and prompts are tailored to real-life situations middle students may encounter.What's included:- Common Core Standards- Teaching Guide- Pre-Activity Questions- Formal, Semi-Formal, and Informal Email Studies: Layout, Examples, Sentence Structures and Prompts- Types of Eamils (Writing to Inform, Request Information, and Explain a Situation): Layout, Examples, Sentence Structures a
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5th - 12th
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Create a "How-to Guide" - Informative / Explanatory Writing - ELA
This comprehensive lesson plan is guaranteed to engage students as they practice valuable informative writing skills and create high-level how-to guides.What's included:- Teaching Guide- Common Core Standards- What is a How-to Guide Reading- Typical Layout and Content of a How-to Guide Document- Typical Structure and Examples of the Following Sections: Introduction, Step-by-Step Guide, Tips and Tricks, Safety Warnings and Precautions, Frequently Asked Questions, Conclusion and Next Steps.- 5 Tip
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5th - 10th
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Middle School Informational/Informative Essay Student/Teacher Writing Resourcess
Teaching middle schoolers to write is a daunting task, but teaching middle schoolers how to write informational texts can be downright overwhelming! This resource is the product of many years of teaching language arts and includes all of the resources I wish I had in easy printable formats. The cornerstone for this product is the plan page: a painless way for students to plan for their essays. This strategy is painless and has been used with all types of learners including SpEd students, ELLs an
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6th - 8th
Book Review Letter Template
Students can use this template to write a letter about a book they read. It addresses theme, characters and setting. It is an excellent culminating activity for a novel unit.
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6th - 9th
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Back to School Illustrated Autobiography Activity #fridayfinds
Looking for a simple activity for back to school? The Back to School Autobiography Activity is a great first-week activity to get to know your students. Use the editable activity and rubric to help your students create a peaks and valleys scene. This will engage students and create a beautiful activity for your bulletin board display to kick off the school year. The activity asks students to share about their foundation, high points and disappointments, and hopes and dreams. It also asks studen
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Beginning of Year Activities Bundle
Beginning of Year Activity Ship Illustration
Jump into the back-to-school spirit with this beginning-of-year activity. The Beginning of the Year Ship Activity is a great first-week activity to get to know your students. Use the editable activity and rubric to help your students create a ship of life. This simple and quick activity engages students and creates a beautiful activity for your bulletin board display to kick off the school year. The activity asks students to share their support system, strengths, weaknesses, hopes, and dreams.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Beginning of Year Activities Bundle
May I Ask You Some Questions? Journalism Interview Project for Middle School
Give your students a project to work on to support your classroom instruction! Students get practice with writing interview questions that they use to interview a person of their choosing about their job. Graphic organizers help them brainstorm and finalize ten interview questions. There are also graphic organizers for them to use to record their respondent’s answers to help them keep track of their work. After conducting the interview, they write a 2-3 paragraph article. There are example quest
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bundle of Language Arts Writing Resources for Middle School
Play/Script Writing Resource for Students
Play writing reference sheet for middle school ELA/Theatre/Drama teachers. Students can use this as a resource when writing their own play or drama. Included:Suggestions and tips for play writingExample of a script
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5th - 9th
Imaginary Product User Manual (Functional Writing Project for Middle School)
This fun writing project gives students practice with writing functional text while allowing them to be creative! Students use their imagination to brainstorm an imaginary product and construct a user manual for it. Clear instructions are included for assembling and formatting the manual. Examples of content are also provided to help students who struggle with ideas. In addition, there is a graphic organizer to help students brainstorm a product. What’s included in this resource: Student packet
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Bundle of Language Arts Writing Resources for Middle School
Get to Know You Back to School Nameplate
Looking for a simple activity for back to school? The Get to Know You Back to School Name Plate activity is a great first-week activity to get to know your students. Use the editable activity and rubric to help your students create a different version of the nameplate. This will engage students and create a beautiful activity for your bulletin board display to kick off the school year. The activity asks students to make a list of family, favorites, and anything they want you and their peers to
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Beginning of Year Activities Bundle
All of the Common Core ELA Standards Checklists
This is a bundle of checklists for ELA Common Core Standards for all of the grades (K-12) on an excel spreadsheet with 5 columns for data input. These standards are organized in their own sub-domains to coordinate lessons. Please see my free file for an example.
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K - 12th
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Back to School Activities, Icebreakers, & Lessons
Make introducing yourself, students introducing themselves, and the first week of school a breeze with this resource packed with ice-breakers and activities for an entire week to help establish a positive and open classroom environment.
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6th - 12th
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CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) Paragraph Frame
This product can be used with any writing prompt and is a great way to introduce a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning paragraph structure. It can be used as an alternative to RACE or RACES. Claim= Restate & AnswerEvidence = CitationReasoning= Explanation and/or SignificanceThis is used often in the Louisiana State Curriculum for Guidebooks, especially for middle school; however, it is simple enough to be used in the elementary grades as well.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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