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Middle school writing-essays handouts on sale
Scaffolded Essay Graphic Organizers | Multi-Paragraph Writing Planning Guide
Step-by-step! Give your students the structure they need. Scaffold essays for struggling writers. Use these color-coded graphic organizers for brainstorming, planning, and prewriting to guide your students through the essay writing process! If you have the resources to do so, PRINT IN COLOR. If not, USE HIGHLIGHTERS! Forcing students to highlight various parts of their essays has been a game-changer in my classroom. Too often, they offer evidence without providing a clear topic sentence, or the
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8th - 12th
Thankful Writing Paper Thanksgiving Grateful
Thankful Writing Paper. One page with lines for students to write what they are thankful for. They can color the leaf border. Hang them up around your classroom to remember the things we are thankful for!
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PreK - 12th
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How To Write An Essay Writing Support Strategy Interactive Fan Book Manipulative
An easy, effective way to teach essay writing structure. It's as simple as HIT! TEAR! TIE! This fanbook manipulative gives your students an interactive way to move through the essay writing process. If they get stuck, they just refer to the "page" of the fan they need: introduction (hook, information, thesis), body (topic sentence, evidence, analysis, refer back to thesis), counterargument, or conclusion (thesis restates, ideas summarized, extension). Materials needed:paperscissorshighlightersbr
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6th - 12th
Essay Writing Tools BUNDLE | Thesis Statements, How To Structure, Organize, Etc.
Help struggling writers master introductions, thesis statements, body paragraphs, evidence, analysis, counterarguments, and conclusions! Make the difficult task of essay writing just a little bit easier by adding these tools to your ELA teacher toolbox: print and digital graphic organizers, editable cheat sheet, manipulative fan book, interactive Google products, and MORE!Related Products:Writing Tools MEGA-BUNDLE | Essay, Paragraph, Thesis Statements, Topic SentencesParagraph Writing Tools BUND
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8th - 12th
Merchant of Venice - Act 4, Scene 1: Antonio's Court Case - ACTIVITIES + ANSWERS
These print-and-use lesson worksheets are part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. They focus specifically on Act 4, Scene 1 of the play, one of the longest and most important scenes of the play, as it presents the final climax and Antonio's court case.This comprehensive unit of work includes the following:Comprehension and Close Reading Questions for Act 4, Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice.Act it Out! - A range of pair work or group work drama & improv activities
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Merchant of Venice ADVANCED TEACHING + EXAM PREP BUNDLE + ANSWERS
"The Wave" - Morton Rhue / Todd Strasser: Essay Assessment Questions & Criteria
This handout / printable outlines a whole-book, final essay-style assessment as a post-reading activity for The Wave by Morton Rhue / Todd Strasser. The handout includes:1) Clear instructions & 5 essay questions that address key issues and central concerns of the novel. 2) An essay assessment rubric & list of criteria that can be used to easily assess the essay responses (should they be used as an assessment).3) I've included 2 versions of the instructions & questions. a) Version 1 p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Things Fall Apart (Achebe) - After Reading Essay Assessment + RUBRIC + ANSWERS
This is a print-and-use whole-book (after-reading) essay assessment for Chinua Achebe's iconic African novel Things Fall Apart, and it includes:Whole Book Essay Questions: A range of essay questions address key issues and central concerns of the novel as prompts for a final, summative assessment.Essay Assessment Criteria & Rubric: An essay assessment rubric & list of criteria that can be used to easily assess the essay responses (should they be used as an assessment).TEACHER'S GUIDE wit
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Because I could not stop for Death" and "I heard a fly buzz - " (Dickinson)
This no-prep teaching unit focuses on Emily Dickinson's two of Dickinson's most famous and iconic poems about death: "Because I could not stop for Death". and "I heard a fly buzz - when I died". The comprehensive unit contains the following:1. Introduction to context, concepts & terminology - This informative section provides an overview of the dramatic monologue as a central technique in Dickinson's poetry, as well as the context of composition of both poems - crucial to understanding the p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Romeo and Juliet (IGCSE) - Acts 4 + 5 - Review + PEEL Essay Practice + ANSWERS
This print-and-use lesson worksheet is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It focuses specifically on Act 4 and Act 5 of the play. The worksheet includes:Act 4 and Act 5 Review Questions (can be used as a simple review or assessment of your students’ knowledge of Acts 4 and 5 of the play)Act 4 and 5 Essay Writing Practice, with a particular focus on structuring arguments for literary criticism using the P.E.E.L. paragraph structure (POINT - EVIDENCE - EXPLAIN - LINK).Mod
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Argument Essay Topics - Student Choice and Research
Are you tired of your students choosing the same horrible topics for their argument essay? If I have to read one more piece about gum chewing, student dress code, or violent video games...I'm going to vomit!If you feel the same as I do, provide your students with this comprehensive list of appropriate and creative topics for argument writing in the 8th grade. Encourage students to choose something they are truly passionate about! This is not the time to create their claim - that should be done A
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8th
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A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry) - Character Analysis Essay Guide
This advanced handout guides students through the process of writing an essay about Lorraine Hansberry's iconic, award-winning play A Raisin in the Sun. The play is on the IGCSE English Literature curriculum for 2020-21 and 2022, but the guide and worksheet can be used independent of the IGCSE exams, too!Specifically, the handout teaches students how to write a well-structured, thorough and insightful character analysis for a character of their choice in the play.The handout can be used at any p
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Lord of the Flies (Golding) - Chapter 12 - Change - Worksheets + ANSWERS + GUIDE
This unit of work focuses on Chapter 12 of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies; as a comprehensive unit for Chapter 12, it includes the following:1. Comprehension, Close Reading & Discussion Questions for Chapter 12 of the novel.2. Identify the Quote Quiz - this activity provides an alternative, quicker, and potentially more fun way to check reading and comprehension of Chapter 12 of the novel - with quotes that students have to recognize and contextualize.3. Analyzing Setting - Change
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romeo and Juliet (IGCSE): Act 5, Scene 3 - Worksheet + ANSWERS + TEACHER'S GUIDE
This print-and-use lesson worksheet is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It focuses specifically on the final scene and conclusion of the play: Act 5, Scene 3 of the play. The worksheet includes:Comprehension & Close Reading questions for Act 5, Scene 3.Mock Trial Group Work Activity (an activity that allows your students to stage mock trials and to try the various characters who may be responsible and thus held accountable for the death of Romeo and Juliet.Exam Pr
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romeo + Juliet (IGCSE): Act 4, Scenes 4-5 - O Woeful Day! - Worksheet + ANSWERS
This print-and-use lesson worksheet is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It focuses specifically on Act 4, Scenes 4-5 of the play. The worksheet includes:Comprehension & Close Reading questions for Act 4, Scene 4-5.Shakespeare in Context: Information text about Elizabethan funeral customs.Exam Practice and Essay Writing Task connected to Act 4, Scene 5 (and Lord Capulet, specifically)Personal Response Activity, assessing Juliet’s behaviour throughout Act 4.Model An
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Lord of the Flies (Golding) Character Analysis Essay Writing Guide + RUBRIC
This advanced handout guides students through the process of writing an essay about William Golding's iconic and Nobel-prize winning novel Lord of the Flies. Specifically, the handout teaches students how to write a well-structured, thorough, and insightful character analysis. The handout can be used at any point in your study of the novel, but I recommend that you let your students read at least half (up to Chapter 6: Beast from Air) or to the end before you let them attempt the essay.Enjoy, an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Romeo + Juliet (IGCSE): Act 3, Scene 5 - It was the Lark! - Worksheet + ANSWERS
This print-and-use lesson worksheet is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It focuses specifically on Act 3, Scene 5 of the play. The worksheet includes:Comprehension & Close Reading questions for Act 3, Scene 5Shakespeare in Context: Information Text about Asides and Soliloquies (important to fully appreciate the dramatic impact of the scene)Dramatic Reading Activity (focuses on the dramatic irony and the portrayal of Juliet’s relationship with her mother)Essay Writ
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Character Analysis and Essay
This handout and worksheet guides students through the process of developing a structured, detailed character analysis essay based on William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
There is a clear focus on thesis statement development, the essay structure, and the integration of citations and examples to develop a coherent essay overall.
Enjoy!
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8th - 12th
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Rubric - Compare/Contrast Essay (Block Method)
There are certain types of essays that our students write every year - a Compare/Contrast Essay typically being one. Having a quality rubric to assess those essays makes the grading go much faster and provides students with specific feedback. The rubric is broken down into 4 categories (IVOC) and assesses students on their ideas, voice, organization, and conventions. Each of those categories is further broken down with detailed explanations so students can easily understand what is expected if
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: RL8.9 + Compare/Contrast Unit - The Monkey's Paw and Aunty Misery
Romeo + Juliet (IGCSE): Act 3 Scene 2: Romeo is banished! - ACTIVITIES + ANSWERS
This print-and-use lesson worksheet is part of my teaching unit for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It focuses specifically on Act 3, Scenes 2 of the play. The lesson provides several close reading, language analysis, and essay-writing tasks based on this pivotal scene of the play. The handout includes:Comprehension & Close Reading questions for Act 3, Scene 2.Analysing Language: Juliet’s state of mind (a close reading and analysis activity based on Juliet’s opening soliloquy to the scene, 3
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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James K Baxter: 'Elegy for My Father's Father' IGCSE Poetry
This is a detailed handout and worksheet to accompany study and analysis of James K. Baxter's poem "Elegy for My Father's Father".
You can buy this handout as part of the IGCSE Poetry May 2018 / May 2019 bundle, here: IGCSE Poetry May 2018 / 2019 Bundle
The handout includes:
- biography and information about the poet
- annotated version of the poem (with useful glossary and images to explain crucial words and phrases)
- Close reading & analysis questions that allow your students to analy
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8th - 12th
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An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) - Essay Questions ASSESSMENT & CRITERIA
This handout / printable outlines a whole-book, final essay-style assessment as a post-reading activity for An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley. The handout includes:1) Clear instructions & three sets of five essay questions that address key issues and central concerns of the play. 2) An essay assessment rubric & list of criteria that can be used to easily assess the essay responses (should they be used as an assessment).3) I've included 2 versions of the instructions & questions.a
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Editing Checklist - Narrative Writing
Editing (especially peer editing) is often atrocious and does little to help our student authors prepare their drafts for publishing. I try to avoid peer editing activities and instead, encourage students to share their doc/draft with two people (that are older and/or smarter than they are) to read their typed piece. These two people (hopefully adults) are asked to complete the checklist included here and make corrections to the grammar only! Editors don’t rewrite or change the ideas…editors onl
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6th - 8th
W8.5 - Argument Essay Prewrite
After students have chosen the topic and conducted research for their Argument Essay, provide each with this prewriting handout - essay organizer and outline. The outline takes students through all 5 paragraphs of the essay and helps them organize their thoughts before drafting. Students will not have enough space to elaborate on every point they'll be making in their essay, but this is just a prewriting activity to help with organization...the elaboration will come later in their rough draft. T
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8th
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