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Compare & Contrast Essay - Compare & Contrast Writing - Template / Organizer
This compare and contrast essay writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short paper comparing and contrasting a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make teaching this skill easy! Most of this resource is geared towards helping your students walk through the entire writing process as they write a compare and contrast essay; however, there are a few activities for additional practice included to help your
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2nd - 5th
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Thesis Statement Practice Worksheets
Do your students need extra practice writing thesis statements? Then this printable worksheet packet is for you! Included are seven practice sheets perfect for bellwork, stations, remediation, homework, subwork, extra practice, and more! Simply print and go - answer keys included!This product includes:•Create a Thesis Statement •Thesis: Strong or Weak?•Why Is It Weak?•Attention Grabber or Thesis?•Thesis Test Prep Practice•Good vs. Bad Thesis•Essay Planning•Answer keysYou may also be interested
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6th - 9th
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Essay Writing - Guided and Structured Essay Outline - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing today with this guided essay outline that comes as a PDF print and Google Docs™ teaching resource. This essay graphic organizer includes built-in differentiation, scaffolding, and instruction to help younger writers, struggling writers, and proficient writers improve their writing skills by planning organized, detailed essay outlines.Teaching students how to outline their essays has never been easier with these guided essay outline organizers. Students wi
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6th - 10th
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Movie Vs. Book Activities - No Prep Comparing Books and Movies Worksheets
Watching a movie doesn't have to be wasted time - these no prep activities will help your students think more critically when comparing and contrasting a book with its movie counterpart - as well as write an essay! Use these worksheets over and over again with ANY book that has a movie version. This is a great ending activity after completing a novel study. The following is included in this compare and contrast books and movie resource: 2 printables with questions for students to answer afte
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2nd - 5th
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Restate the Question Practice | 5 Day Unit
Are you tired of trying to teach your students to restate the question and answer in a complete sentence? This 5 day unit teaches your students to become pros at writing in complete sentences! The restate the question bundle includes everything you need to get your students answering in complete sentences by the end of next week!This writing in complete sentences unit includes anchor charts, whole group activities, scoot games, and assessments all designed to teach students to turn a question in
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1st - 4th
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Expository Writing Unit
Writing doesn't come easily to many students; so to effectively teach expository essay writing we need to GUIDE students through the process. In this comprehensive expository writing pack you will get step-by-step lesson plans, engaging worksheets, helpful handouts and more. ** NOTE: You can now buy this as part of my BUNDLED WRITING PACK and save 20%**OVERVIEW:Over the course of these 4 expository writing mini-units, students will master the techniques required to complete well-structured i
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7th - 10th
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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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Persuasive Writing - Graphic Organizers, Planning Pages and Rubrics
If your students struggle with writing a PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH or ESSAY this set of templates and graphic organizers is for you! This resource leads students through the process of writing a persuasive paragraph from the planning stages to peer editing and then their final piece. This resource can also be used as a launching point for students to write a full persuasive /argumentative essay.LOOKING FOR A DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS ACTIVITY? CLICK BELOW!Persuasive Writing Interactive eResourceWorks
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Primary Writing Checklists
Are you looking for a fun way for your students to self assess? These are very simple checklists that will help your young writers to ensure they have covered everything they need while editing. These are great visuals for students to use while editing their writing and can also be used for peer editing! The best part is that they help students to gain independence while working through the writing process. There are two different sizes depending on how you would like to use them. Learn more abo
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K - 3rd
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Step up to Writing Inspired - Writing a Personal Narrative Unit
Looking for a comprehensive and engaging way to teach personal narrative writing for your 3rd or 4th grade students? Look no further! This Step Up to Writing Inspired Personal Narrative Unit has everything you need to help your students write compelling and well-structured personal narratives. This resource will help take the stress out of teaching personal narrative writing!13 lessons complete this writing unit and includes lesson plans, worksheets, reference pages, color posters/anchor charts,
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Step up to Writing Inspired Narrative Writing Bundle
Persuasive Writing- Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers!
In persuasive writing, many students have trouble writing a clear thesis statement on what their essay is truly about. In the lesson Teaching Thesis Statements with Movie Trailers, students get to break down what is actually involved in a thesis statement and what happens when the statement is vague- as teachers we feel that we get misled often!
Movie trailers are a good tool to use in teaching thesis statements because it is relatable to almost every student- they have to admit they would feel
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thesis Statement Worksheets Practice Mini Lesson Argumentative Essay Writing
HOW TO WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT! DIGITAL SLIDES & PRINTABLE W. VIDEO TUTORIAL AND ONE-PAGER INCLUDED! Teaching thesis statement is a breeze with this quick and easy no-prep activity. This practice worksheet teaches topic, claim, and reasons. Also included is a video tutorial by me. It has examples and a color-coded analysis of both two and three pronged thesis statements. Color-coded and black and white versions included. USE WITH EASEL!INCLUDES: TOPIC, CLAIM, REASONS LESSONVIDEO TUTORIAL
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6th - 9th
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Literary Analysis: Analyzing Fiction and Nonfiction Texts Reading & Writing Unit
Are your students confused about text analysis? You know how to do it yourself, but you're not sure how to make it accessible to students? I know the feeling. Analyzing texts is hard, and it rarely comes naturally. It's a difficult concept to break down into a methodical process. Still, it can be done. I created these analyzing texts materials to help my students practice analyzing a variety of texts, including nonfiction, fiction, paired texts, short films, movies, commercials/advertisements, a
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8th - 11th
Writing Introductions & Conclusions: Exercises for Practice
Writing Introductions and conclusions for essays can be difficult. Every semester, no matter how many lessons I use to show my students what good introductions and conclusions look like, they still struggle. Exit ticket after exit ticket asks for more help with intros and conclusions. So, I made these exercises to give them more practice with this important skill. (Check to preview to get more detail!)(This lesson is an introduction. If you want a more in-depth lesson on intros and conclusions
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6th - 9th
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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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How to write a good introduction paragraph 4th & 5th grade, hook your reader
Writing a good introduction paragraph is sometimes the hardest part. Teach 3rd, 4th & 5th graders how to write a good introduction paragraph to hook your reader with this low-prep resource. Writing a strong introduction paragraph makes your reader want to continue to read your paper. Teach your students how to do this. INCLUDED INSIDE:✿ Explanation of what a hook is✿ 8 different introduction styles✿ Examples of each style✿ Printable booklet for students to practiceThis packet is great for ex
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4th - 6th
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Persuasive Writing Unit - Persuasive Essay Lessons, Examples, Prompts & Rubric
Teach students the elements of persuasive writing and help them breeze through their next persuasive essay! This unit breaks everything down about writing persuasive essays into easy steps and provides practice at each step. Your students will understand what to do and how to do it, so they actually will write! (And you will actually want to read it!) Before I created this unit, my students struggled with persuasive writing. I had made too many assumptions about their understanding of audience a
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4th - 8th
Persuasive Essay Writing Graphic Organizer + Sample Essay Argumentative Writing
Persuasive essay graphic organizers are a great way to help scaffold the argumentative or persuasive essay. Graphic organizers with writing checklists help students organize a five paragraph essay, with reminders to introduce a thesis statement, provide facts and examples, and introduce a counterclaim. Also included is a sample argumentative essay for students to analyze, with a reflection sheet to go with it. Finally, a peer editing response sheet and rubric are included. De-mystify the argumen
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5th - 8th
The English Language Arts Reference Sheet for Secondary ELA Writing
Why should math teachers have all the fun? Give your Secondary ELA students an easy to read, easy to access, one page (front and back) reference sheet for writing that they can use all year long. Includes tips for blending quotes, capitalization, title punctuation, comma use, possession, fun with punctuation, sentence essentials, homonyms, and pronoun use. Simply photocopy one sheet per student and store in binders or folders. Laminate copies to use as an in-class reference all year! Share in Go
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6th - 10th
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Explaining Evidence Sentence Stems
When students write a constructed response, citing evidence is crucial. However, defending and explaining that evidence becomes key in developing comprehension and assessing knowledge of the text.By providing students with stems to help them explain the evidence they've selected, writers are able to defend their claim and fully describe how the evidence supports their answer. This is, typically, a difficult skill for students to master and these stems provide an outline and a structure to the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Bundle: Writing Successful Constructed Responses
Narrative Writing Transitions & Linking Words for Beginning Middle and End
This reference page includes a list of transition words that are most commonly used in Narrative Writing pieces. The list is categorized by beginning, middle, and end words. Students can glue this into a writing journal for a reference or it can be included in a narrative writing packet. Don’t forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits for future purchases! Every 20 credits is worth $1! Please take a moment to give a 5 star rating and comment. If you have any issues with your purchase, please
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Personal Narrative Writing Unit Packet BUNDLE Upper Elementary
WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grades 4-5 No Prep Printables
**Grades 4-5 Version** Level AThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are n
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation BUNDLE!
WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grade 6 No Prep Printables
**Grade 6 Version** Level BThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are not
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6th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation 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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