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Elementary writing-essays handouts
Biography Graphic Organizers Research Project Book Report and Writing Templates
Are your students overwhelmed by the thoughts of a research project? Do they struggle with not knowing how to organize their information and thoughts to create a biography report?These Biography Research Project and Writing Templates are designed to help your students easily complete a biographical research paper, and create a fun final project.Use this easy-to-use project to help your students learn how to write a biographical research paper. Choose from 4 different graphic organizers for stude
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2nd - 6th
Transitions Words Paragraph Writing Anchor Chart Printable Transition Word List
Help your students improve their paragraph writing with this Transitions in Paragraph Writing resource that comes in print and digital. This packet will help your students learn how to write paragraphs more successfully by mastering transitions.TEACHERS ARE SAYING:"My students were having difficulty with transitions, and this resource really helped them. It provided great practice. I highly recommend!"- Andrea, 4th Grade Teacher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"I love the variety of practice in this packet. Has helped my
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3rd - 6th
Transition Words and Phrases
**UPDATE**
After using this for a couple years, I've added two new pages.
This now includes:
1. The original Transition Words and Phrases page detailed below.
2. Transitions for Primary Essay Paragraphs
(This page is what I use on a more day to day basis when teaching writing and appropriate transitions for different places in primary level essays. This page also includes Transitions to Text Evidence and Evidence Elaboration)
3. Ways to Hook Your Reader
This is a compilation of Transition W
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Citing Text Evidence in Essays Lesson - PowerPoint - Worksheet - Anchor Charts
Want to teach your students about writing text evidence in their essays, but you're not sure where to begin? Look no more! This resource comes with a PowerPoint and a companion handout that makes it easy to teach students what text evidence is, how to smoothly incorporate it into their essays, and how to cite it- skills that can be challenging to teach. The 174-slide PowerPoint that comes with this product is very thorough and engaging. It tells students that they are like detectives, but instea
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3rd - 5th
Argumentative / Persuasive Writing Tutorial Bundle Resources Mini-Lessons
Teenagers are awesome at arguing, but getting them to get all their thoughts down in a cohesive paper can be difficult sometimes. I have taught argumentative/persuasive writing for many years. I have combined the materials that I have found the most success with in this bundle. It provides everything you need to walk your students through writing an argumentative essay from start to finish. All the products included are listed below. Includes: *Step-by-step tutorial for writing an argumentat
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5th - 7th
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Informative - Expository Writing Essay Research Graphic Organizer 4th-5th Grade
Engage your students with this set of Informative Writing Organizers to lead them through the process of writing an informative expository 5 paragraph essay. Includes guidelines step by step on how to develop an informational essay giving students a strong foundation for organizing a 5 paragraph writing research piece. These informational writing graphic organizers are ready to print and go! Perfect for 4th and 5th grade level.Includes:coverEssay guide 1Essay guide 2planning possible topicsinte
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4th - 5th
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Paragraph Structure - WRITING OREO / TEEL / PEEL
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE — OREO / TEEL / PEEL!... because there is such a range in preference, this resource includes a breakdown of the acronyms: PEEL, TEEL and OREO. These acronyms support students in writing effective paragraphs to ensure they are making a solid point, providing examples and reasons, whilst explaining their thinking and summarising their argument. TEEL: topic, example, explain, linkTEEL: topic, explain, example, linkPEEL: point, example, explain, linkPEEL: point, explain, example,
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Persuasive Writing: Bundle
RACES Paragraphs |Text Evidence Writing | Sentence Starters | Graphic Organizer
RACES writing strategy helps students practice and master evidence-based paragraphs with extended information that shows compare and contrast, proof, additional information, or their own examples. Each step of the RACES writing strategy contains a resource page with sentence starters organized into categories to help students create sentence variety. Examples of PERFECT paragraphs are also included. Put your brain in gear and writing in motion! Stop writer block once and for all and increase
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Text Based Evidence Writing Bundle
Essay Writing Scavenger Hunt - How to Write a 5 Paragraph Essay
This scavenger hunt is a great pre-essay writing activity. Students will go on a color-coding scavenger hunt after reviewing all of the information required to write an essay, such as the requirements of a thesis statement, the placement of the topic sentence, where to include transition words, etc. Teacher instructions, sample essays, and answer keys are provided. This activity would be appropriate for:• Elementary students who need experience• Middle school students who need guidance• High sch
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Essay Writing Resources BUNDLE
Somebody Wanted But So Then Graphic Organizer
This is an easy to follow graphic organizer that helps students get their ideas organized!
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K - 12th
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Informational (Expository) Writing w/ Leveled Sentence Frames: DIGITAL or PRINT
This product includes posters and work pages (digital or printable) on "how to" write an introduction, detail paragraphs, and conclusions. It also includes examples of what a graphic organizer and final product would look like. Each section incorporates leveled sentence frames from beginning/"simple" (circle), Intermediate/ "Sufficient" (triangle), and Advanced/"Sophisticated" (diamond).This Informational Writing is based on TBEAR (Topic, Background info, Examples/Evidence, Analysis, Reflect/Res
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3rd - 12th
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Writing: Sentence Starters for Scaffolded Paragraphs & Essays- Upper Elem.+
My #1 selling resource!Take the stress out of paragraph or essay writing with these graphic organizers and rubrics, featuring sentence starters & frames! The interactive PDF pages include separate pages for each resource, as well as multi-page documents, making it a one-stop shop for your writing needs. Included are organizers for Persuasive, Cause and Effect, Opinion, Narrative, Expository, and Comparative and Contrasting writing with accompanying rubrics for more scaffolded writing. As of
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3rd - 8th
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Peer Editing Checklist Review and Feedback Sheets for Multiple Writing Genres
Make peer editing and review focused and effective for your students with these feedback sheets. Rather than using checklists that often result in shallow, vague suggestions, teach the elements of writing with focused tasks that challenge your students to find evidence from the paper.Students will provide better peer reviews, understand the writing requirements as they analyze a peer’s paper, and be able to analyze their own writing more effectively. Each editable task sheet focuses on a speci
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5th - 9th, Adult Education
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Argumentative / Opinion Essay Graphic Organizer and Outline
This is great for grades that do argumentative or persuasive papers. This will help them sort their thoughts as they read the grade level articles and develop a well thought out essay. It transfers over to a five paragraph paper and I have seen tremendous results with it in my classroom. It can be turned into a self made graphic organizer so they can prepare themselves to be tested on this type of writing. It includes reasons, explaining reasons, evidence, explaining evidence, concluding paragra
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3rd - 12th
Also included in: Writing Graphic Organizer *BUNDLE* Informative and Argumentative
Elaboration BUNDLE, Teaching Elaboration, Writing, Paragraph Writing
Are you looking for your students to elaborate more in their writing? Here is an Elaboration Bundle that will help your students write more sophisticatedly.ELABORATION ANCHOR CHART:Students have a very difficult elaborating on their thoughts and in their writing, and I have found a system that works for my students in stretching their thinking. With this, I created an ELABORATION ANCHOR CHART for you to hang in your classroom for your students to reference. Anchor charts are all the rave, but no
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4th - 9th
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Behavior Essays
Behavior essays are an assignment for kids to complete while they are thinking about how to correct their behavior. These are great to use for detention, workroom, or for homework. Students are given an essay based off their behavior and are required to copy the essay while they are thinking about how to change their behavior. Essay Topics Include: Fightening/HorseplayComply with a SubKickingRough with OthersTalking/Out of SeatComply with a Specials TeacherProper Use of Computer/iPadTalkingiPad
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1st - 6th
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The Word Wheel Bundle! (Emotions, Adjectives, Verbs, Said is Dead)
Instantly raise the level of any student writing with this simple tool! Push students on using more descriptive language in their writing. Tired of lugging out dusty thesauruses? This handy word wheel fits directly into notebooks for quick access anytime, anywhere. Great for personal narratives, fiction writing, or any other major essay writing unit. Students will love this scaffold for all those times they are left scratching their heads for just the right word.Includes:- Said is Dead Word Whee
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2nd - 10th
Character Traits Essay - Literary Essay Writing for ANY Text
Character Traits Essay – Informative Writing - Here’s a literary essay made easy and ready to use with ANY text! This step-by-step resource is designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process of writing a character analysis essay. Easy-to-follow templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs! Includes a model essay, motivating pre-writing activities, rubric, and character traits list. Standards-aligned with differentiation.NOTE: This is a print resour
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5th - 8th
First Grade Writing Journals Growing Bundle
You will love this First Grade "Benchmark" aligned Writing Resource! No Prep! Just print and go!I have created these writing journals to align with the standards taught and to make your life as an educator much more easier. Timeline: The remaining units will be uploaded on the following datesUnit 10: Ready to download 4/21/2024This is a growing bundle, meaning that units will be added as they are completed. Buying into this BUNDLE means that you get ALL future updates for free (just re-download
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1st
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Natural Disasters Project Editable Nonfiction Writing Task
Included in this product is everything you need to have your students complete a project on a natural disaster. I designed it to use with my 4th graders, but it can easily be used for grades higher than 4th or to challenge 3rd grade students. I had students research a natural disaster in pairs and their projects included a 5-paragraph essay, visual aid, and oral presentation.
*UPDATE* The student directions handout and project grading rubric are now editable. Open the Powerpoint version and
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3rd - 7th
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Text Based Evidence Writing Bundle
Text-based evidence writing step-by-step lessons and writing resources to guide students and teachers. This bundle includes RACES paragraph sentences starters, writing rubrics, and a step-by-step guide for writing an essay. Sentence StartersPut your brain in gear before you put your writing in motion! These sentence starters not only help students determine the type of evidence to locate but also help students to construct the evidence into a text-based paragraph.Perfect ParagraphsEach step of
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3rd - 10th, Adult Education
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Expository Essay Outline: 5 Paragraph Essay
Includes:
-Color Coded outline to help students formulate a 5 paragraph expository essay.
-What is an expository essay? Handout/graphic organizer
-Expository Essay tips
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, Conclusion
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2nd - 8th
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Peer Edit Checklist for Middle School and High School
Assign an in-class Peer Edit Checklist activity where students need to find one person to read their story and fill out this checklist. They will then make corrections and implement the ideas on how to improve their essay or story. Then the student will do the same for them.
User friendly! Looks really nice printed.
I've used this peer edit checklist during 5 paragraph essays, persuasive writing, creative writing, expository, and research papers.
One page.
Come Together! Connect with Me!
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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TDA Flip Folder | for TDA Writing Prompt Practice
T-D-A. My learning support students would cringe when I said those three letters during ELA. Honestly, I would too! Having them read, and then re-read, and then make connections, and then state their claim, and then support their claim, and then turn all of that into a written response. Yikes! I didn't want my learning support students, or even the other students in the ELA room I co-teach in, to become discouraged and give up before they started - when having to answer a Text Dependent Analy
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4th - 8th
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