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6th grade writing-expository lessons
RACES Writing Strategy Practice | Reading Passages Prompts GR 6-8 Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL WRITING LESSONS: With 10 passages and prompts, students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades learn how to read a text closely and respond with an effective explanatory paragraph using the RACES writing strategy. Students can also use this format to write the body paragraphs of an essay!**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 6-8** This resource is not recommended for grades below 6th.►Except for the acronym, this resource is the same as TIQAC Writing Strategy Practice and Reading Passages. I do not rec
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 5 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Show, Don't Tell: Descriptive Writing Practice Worksheet
Students learning to fine-tune their narrative writing will benefit from this "Show, don't tell" exercise. This sheet is a perfect complement to a "Show, don't tell" introductory lesson, as it provides a ready-to-use tool for students to practice their descriptive writing skills.
On this sheet, students are asked to turn boring "telling" sentences into descriptive, sensory scenes. An example is provided on the student sheet to guide student work, and a complete answer key is provided with samp
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3rd - 8th
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Persuasive Writing Unit - Activities and Games | Grade 4 - 6
Create confident writers with these persuasive writing activities and games. This resource breaks down writing instruction, so it is simple to teach and fun to learn!Children love learning through games, and as teachers, we have witnessed the benefits. Due to this, we have included lots of games in this package to build persuasive language skills! It also includes a range of writing prompts, ready to print proformas, reflection activities, text analysis and more.How this pack works:We have divid
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4th - 6th
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Five Paragraph Essays Lesson Bundle (DISTANCE LEARNING): Unit for ANY Prompt!
Now with Google Slides versions of lessons for distance learning! Students need to learn the rules in order to break them. Teach students about five paragraph essay structure with this bundle of lessons, ready to use before or during ANY essay assignment (or before standardized testing!).Each lesson is intended to be concise and occur in one class period. They are introductory in nature so that you can teach the skill for the very first time, OR use as a quick review to get all of your students
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6th - 9th
Interactive Research Papers & Essays for Common Core Writing Grades 4-6
This is the companion to my Interactive Writing Notebooks, picking up where it leaves off with more advanced writing assignments. Just like my other products, all of these lessons are differentiated and scaffolded to meet ALL of your students' needs.
This product includes 5 very detailed writing units that will likely take between 1-2 weeks to complete each one. These units can be done in any order but do increase in difficulty with each one.
You do not have to have my Interactive Writing Note
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4th - 6th
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Research Project with 3-D Picture Frames to Display Research Report - Any Topic!
This mini-research project is designed to be fun and meaningful! Students will research a person, place, animal, or event and display their research in a picture frame. The picture frame will include a picture (either sketched or printed) of their topic. Then, students’ research will slide into the picture frame’s pocket. There are research project templates, research graphic organizers, and research materials for every aspect of the project included. This project is designed for 5-7 class perio
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4th - 7th
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Thanksgiving Writing Lesson - Digital & Printable Writing Activity
If you're looking for a fun and engaging Thanksgiving writing activity, this is it! The Thankful Writing lesson plan includes digital and printable resources for teaching students to write a simple 5-paragraph essay about the things they are thankful for. You'll find directions for introducing this easy expository format, suggestions for leading a brainstorming session, and tips for working with students as they complete their Thanksgiving essays. The best part is that they can glue their essays
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3rd - 7th
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Expository Writing: Informational Historical News Story (Google Classroom)
Expository / Informative Writing: In this 10-day, Common Core - aligned Expository Writing Unit, students will demonstrate a deep understanding of the features, critical elements, and purpose of expository or informative writing. During the unit, students will write an expository news story about a historic event. Through instruction on the news story structure and investigations of sample news stories, students will understand the critical components of a news story so that they can write th
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: October Unit Plans Bundle - 4 ELA Units to Teach All October Long!
Opening and Closing Statements
Do your students need help generating good opening and closing statements? How many of your students leave one or both out? Well not anymore! This pack will give your students a few ideas to get them started. You'll be amazed how much better your students' opening and closing statements improve! This product includes:2 posters with a list of variety of ways to open and close writing. These opening and closing statements can be used for any genre of writing. They are both kid friendly and easy
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2nd - 6th
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5-Paragraph Essay Writing Bundle: Informative & Opinion Units
This product includes TWO writing units: Informative and Opinion. *Both units focus heavily on the STRUCTURE of the 5-paragraph essay and PURPOSE of the different writing types. Great to use as an introduction to each type of writing and/or as a refresher before state/district writing assessments.*Essay writing can be overwhelming for students and challenging to teach. Many writing resources assume students already understand essay structure, which for many, simply isn't the case. These resour
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3rd - 6th
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RACE Strategy - Complete Bundle - Stations, Task Cards, Practice Pages
This Bundle Includes 5 RACE Strategy Products. Please see descriptions of each product below. The preview file with this resource includes all the preview pages in each of the individual products.RACE Strategy - Identifying the Parts Task CardsDo you need exemplars to help you teach what the parts of RACE look like?In my classroom, students need to see what a good constructed response should look like. I use the RACE strategy in my room (R-Restate A -- Answer the question C - Cite the Text E -
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4th - 6th
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How to Write a Paragraph | Mini Unit Middle School
Middle school students often need explicit instructions on how to complete seemingly simple tasks--like writing paragraphs! Teachers often assume students can successfully compose a well-written paragraph, when in fact many of them struggle and need extra support. This writing paragraphs mini unit breaks down the process of writing a paragraph (with a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and concluding sentences) into simple, understandable terms to which students can relate. Ample exam
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6th - 8th
The Writing Revolution® | MEGA BUNDLE worksheets + digital slides (20 products!)
The Writing Revolution® MEGA BUNDLE!!Teaching TWR in your classroom? We've got you covered with digital teaching slides for each concept and strategy, as well as worksheets that are print and go - use for fast finishers, independent practice, homework, centers, and more! 20 products at a discounted price.Includes: ☆ DIGITAL SLIDES ☆The Writing Revolution® Digital Teaching Slides BundleFragments, sentences, run-onsConjunctions (because, but, so)Sentence typesScrambled sentences (FREEBIE)Sentence
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1st - 6th
6th Grade Informative and Expository Writing | Unit 5 | 7 Weeks of Lesson Plans
Dear 6th grade teacher friends,Whew! This unit is JAM PACKED with everything you will need to teach Informative Writing. This SEVEN week unit has all the right tools to make teaching informative writing a cinch and has even more Powerpoints and Lesson Plans than its’ 5th Grade Counterpart!Included in this unit:• Detailed Daily Lesson Plans for Unit 5 {35 days worth of lessons!}• Interactive Notebook Pages• Writer’s Workshop Year at a Glance• Rubrics for Grading Student Work• How To PowerPoints t
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6th
Also included in: 6th Grade Writing Unit Bundle + Curriculum | An Entire Year of Writing
RACES Paragraph Writing Strategy Introduction Lesson GRADES 6-8 Google Apps
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL LESSON: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with this interactive lesson as an introduction to the RACES paragraph writing strategy. Students will highlight text, drag and drop text, and type in their own responses to prompts as they learn to cite text evidence. This strategy works well for informative writing, explanatory writing, and opinion writing. Students can also use this format to write the body paragraphs of an essay!**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 6-8**►Except for the a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 15 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Biography & Autobiography Writing Unit | Graphic Organizers Lesson Plans Rubrics
This resource is the complete solution to teaching students how to write ENGAGING BIOGRAPHIES and AUTOBIOGRAPHIES in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE expository writing unit is packed with loads of excellent TEACHING CONTENT to ensure your students are fully aware of both writing styles and the PROCESS of constructing BOTH formats of BIOGRAPHY through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT BASED PD
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4th - 7th
Writing Workshop Mini Lessons: Revision, Editing, Diagnostic Middle School ELA
Writing mini-lessons are the BEST way to teach revision and editing skills! Especially when they're used in conjunction with diagnostic tools for individual needs assessment.This is a tremendously helpful resource that I've wanted (and needed) for a long time. It starts out with a brief writing diagnostic that is easily evaluated using the class recording sheet to determine students' strengths and weaknesses. This data is then used to determine which mini lessons need to be taught. This unit inc
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5th - 8th
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A Year of Writing -includes Narrative, Informative, Persuasive Google-Compatible
Save BIG with this set of 12 writing units! Meet every single writing standard as students progress through 12 engaging and detailed units. This writing unit bundle includes units for Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, Descriptive, Memoir, Biography, Speech, Opinion, Poetry, Letter, Myth, and Fable Writing! Each unit brings students through every step of the writing process! Together, the units total over 725 pages! Units cover 5 months of instruction! Cover every Common Core State Standar
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5th - 8th
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Text Evidence Expository Essay Writing for Middle School ELA PRINT & DIGITAL
Text Evidence Expository Essay Writing is a comprehensive Common Core aligned writing resource that includes everything you need to teach your students how to write an expository essay requiring text evidence! * UPDATED on 9/14/20 to include updated graphics and a digital Google Drive version. Visuals, graphic organizers, and useful teaching tips make this unit a pleasure to use. Suggestions for differentiation are also included, so you can tailor it to suit the needs of your individual student
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6th - 8th
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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Movie Guide + Activities - Answer Key Inc.
This 15 page movie guide with activity handouts is for the film "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.PART 1 – Comprehension questions. I have made 3 sets of questions for differentiation. Answers are included.• 40 questions in chronological order. Each page represents 45 minutes of the film. • 30 questions in chronological order. I have just removed 10 ques
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3rd - 6th
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6th Grade Narrative Writing | Unit 2 | 6 Weeks of Lesson Plans
Hey 6th grade teachers!I don't know about you, but I love teaching writing! It's just that sometimes it's SO.MUCH.WORK. Well, included in this unit is everything you will need to teach a 6th grade writing unit on Narrative Writing- easy peasy! Included in this unit:Detailed Daily Lesson Plans for Unit 2 {30+ days worth of lessons!}Interactive Notebook PagesWriter’s Workshop Year at a GlanceRubrics for grading students work {Using Standards Based Grading}Mentor Text ListManagement Ideas and Forms
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6th
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Also included in: 6th Grade Writing Unit Bundle + Curriculum | An Entire Year of Writing
Comment Cards for Academic Essay Writing to Help Students Give Quality Feedback
As English teachers, we ask our students to edit and revise their peers' essays. However, students do not always know how to give constructive feedback. It's important that students are able to give constructive feedback about targeted writing skills while also maintaining the dignity of the writer. This product contains a handout with five tips for writing effective comments during peer revision and coaches students on how to go about giving thoughtful, quality feedback on academic essays in
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Caption It! Caption Writing Creative and Expository Writing Activity
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creative writing exercise and an expository (journalism) writing exercise.Caption writing is a shorter writing exercise that still practices proper conventions of grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in standard English. Start with these shorter exercises before moving to larger writing pieces such as formal essays. In addition, fosterin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Photosynthesis Craftivity {CLOSE Read & Writing}
Looking for a fun way to teach Photosynthesis? Look no further! Students will have a great time learning about this complicated process by reading about it {CLOSE READ}, making a visual representation {Craftivity} of it and explaining it in writing {Photosynthesis Recipe}
Included in this set:
9 Vocabulary Cards
A Photosynthesis CLOSE read
A Photosynthesis Craftivity- with detailed
A Recipe for Photosynthesis Writing- with a word bank to help them write their recipe
Bulletin Board idea
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3rd - 7th
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