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8th grade writing-expository centers
Author's Purpose and Author's Point of View Practice Worksheets and Test
Determining the author's purpose and point of view can be challenging for middle school ELA students. This resource provides helpful worksheets that will help your students learn how to figure out the author's purpose and how to determine the author's perspective.When looking for author's purpose activities, I found that the usual method of using PIE just wasn't enough. So this resource starts with PIE: persuade, inform, and entertain, but then goes into many other reasons authors have for writi
Grades:
6th - 8th
Nonfiction Central Idea Practice Worksheets & Test- Middle School ELA
This resource includes central idea guided practice, independent practice, and an assessment.It will be easy to help your students find supporting details and write using text evidence. Students will then complete the collaborative and independent practice and the final assessment.The high-interest texts are beautifully designed and include a graphic organizer that can be used with future assignments.*Note: Save money! This resource is part of a bundle that includes a PowerPoint and notes: Nonfi
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6th - 8th
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Science Differentiated Text Evidence Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions
This Science Close Reading Bundle comes with TWENTY NINE engaging close reading passages on high interest science topics. These reading passages are the perfect way to tie together your science and literacy instruction this year. Your students will love using these fun passages for the middle grades to learn about topics like cells, body systems, rock cycle, layers of the earth, mixtures and solutions, and more. In addition to the differentiated Close Reading Passages, you will also receive a
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4th - 8th
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Nonfiction Central Idea PowerPoint, Notes, Worksheets, Test PRINT & DIGITAL
Finding the main/central idea of nonfiction paragraphs and passages will be easy once your students know exactly what to look for! These resources will also help your students find supporting details and write using text evidence. Students will then complete the collaborative and independent practice and the final assessment.The PowerPoint corresponds with the guided notes that come in Cornell AND folding versions. BOTH are engaging and require interaction!* This now includes links to Google Dri
Grades:
6th - 8th
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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Paragraph Writing Graphic Organizer - works for any basic paragraph!
Help your students organize their thoughts into a logical, well-structured paragraph! This organizer can be used for opinion writing, creative writing, expository writing, and more. This two-page PDF includes an organizer with lines for each sentence and an organizer with boxes for each sentence. Use whichever layout works for your students, or let them choose the one they prefer.At the top of the page, there is room to write a prompt before making copies, but this space can also be left blank.
Grades:
2nd - 10th
Also included in: Special Education Teacher Back-to-School Bundle
OPINION WRITING: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
This resource is included in the writing bundles:
OPINION WRITING/PERSUASIVE WRITING BUNDLEOPINION-NARRATIVE-BIOGRAPHY-INFORMATIONAL WRITING BUNDLE
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OPINION WRITING: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
Scaffold the structural components of an Opinion Essay with this comprehensive pack of interactive notebook templates, posters, anchor charts, graphic organizers and an editable flipbook.
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3rd - 8th
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Claim & Evidence Matching Task Cards
These task cards are a great way for students to practice matching claims with accurate evidence. Included in this set are 12 claim cards along with 12 matching evidence cards. All evidence is factual and was found using reliable internet resources. A student sheet and answer key are included.
Use these task cards as a table/partner activity, during classroom stations or as a literacy center task.
To take these cards a step further, once students have matched the cards, you might ask studen
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5th - 9th
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Author's Purpose and Author's Point of View PowerPoint and Notes
Determining the author's purpose and point of view can be challenging for middle school ELA students. This resource follows an effective step-by-step process that will help your students learn to figure out the author's purpose and the author's perspective.⭐If you would like the PowerPoint, notes, AND the worksheets and editable test, please check out this resource:• AUTHOR'S PURPOSE AND POINT OF VIEW POWERPOINT, NOTES, TEACH, PRACTICE, TESTWhen looking for author's purpose activities, I found t
Grades:
6th - 8th
Nonfiction Central Idea PowerPoint, Notes, & Writing
Finding the central idea of nonfiction paragraphs and passages will be easy once your students know what to look for! These resources will also help your students find supporting details and write using text evidence.
The PowerPoint corresponds with the guided notes that come in Cornell AND folding versions. BOTH are interactive!
The central idea slide presentation includes 38 animated slides. The pdf file includes folding notes, Cornell notes, AND exit slips for formative assessments. Student
Grades:
6th - 8th
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! 40 Writing Prompts for Starwars Day - Ages 7+ NO PREP
May the 4th be with you!Celebrate in style and save on planning time with these time saving and thoughtful writing prompts.Each with individual Starwars borders kids will love. 10 Instructional writing prompts10 creative writing prompts10 persuasive/argument writing prompts10 descriptive writing prompts.A5 Cards ready to go. School appropriate (No references to violence).Celebrate fandom on Star Wars Day, the official Star Wars holiday.NEW - Blend/Digraph resourceYou might like to check out our
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Peer Editing Checklist - 3 Informative/Expository Writing Peer Review Checklists
Get your students to peer edit like pros with these engaging and organized Informational / Explanatory peer review editing checklists! These revising checklists have differentiated levels for 5, 7, & 9 paragraphs so that you can reach every learner in your class. This standards aligned resource includes 3 print-and-go peer editing checklists already planned and prepped for you. Teachers can use them all school year long to help students know what to edit in their essays. The reusable peer ed
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6th - 12th
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Essay Revision Activity - Analytical, Argumentative Writing Learning Stations
This fun essay revision learning stations activity can be used for revising and editing practice with any essay writing assignment, including expository, argumentative, literary analysis essay, and more! If you're looking for a structured way to practice critical writing and essay revision skills in a hands-on and interactive way, this is the activity for you! Choose from 7 different revision checklist menus, including MLA format, sentence style, introduction and conclusion, paragraph writing,
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7th - 10th
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NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY BUNDLE | ANALYSIS & CREATION OF NEWS | COMPLETE UNITS
We have bundled together FIVE of our MOST POPULAR MEDIA LITERACY resources to ensure your students can CONSUME all forms of NEWS as CRITICAL THINKERS and CREATE their news reports and MEDIA PUBLICATIONS by using correct literacy protocols and PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES.This is a MUST-HAVE in 2024 when FAKE NEWS, SCAMS and MISINFORMATION flood our social media feeds and screens.Be sure to read each resource description and review for further details, but we assure you will not be disappointed wit
Grades:
5th - 9th
NARRATIVE/OPINION/BIOGRAPHY WRITING BUNDLE: FLIPBOOKS/INB: EDITABLE
This resource is included in the mega bundle:
OPINION/NARRATIVE/BIOGRAPHY WRITING MEGA BUNDLE
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NARRATIVE/OPINION/BIOGRAPHY WRITING BUNDLE: FLIPBOOKS/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK: EDITABLE
Adhering to structure specific to a writing genre is necessary to generate a cohesive whole. These three flipbooks will scaffold the structural components of an OPINION, a NARRATIVE and a BIOGRAPHY at every stage of the writing process. S
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3rd - 8th
Poetry Analysis: "Stopping By Woods..." by Robert Frost
My standards-based poetry analysis of Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" includes everything you need for a meaningful activity for your students! They will practice reading, writing, language, and drawing skills as they look at Frost's poem in-depth.In addition, your students can doodle and color all over the pages! Each page has items that can be colored and they are encouraged to draw, as well. It's a great activity for all levels of learning.See my preview to
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for K. Cook
Opinion Writing Prompts and Opinion Writing Organizer Template No Prep Writing
This resource comes with an extensive 50 Print AND Digital Opinion and Argument Writing Prompts for the Middle Grades. Perfect for helping students organize their thinking as they structure and format their opinion and argument writing, these 4-square graphic organizers and writing prompts provide a number of high interest topics to capture students interest and challenge their thinking. Each prompt comes with 3 pages of scaffolds to help guide students in the writing process. This resource
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4th - 8th
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Back to School Nonfiction Reading Informational Text about Labor Day
Your students might be surprised by the history of Labor Day. It's more than just a day off at the start of the school year! Have them analyze primary source documents and an infographic as they learn the background of the labor movement and child labor in the early part of the 20th century. This resource includes:informational text about the history of Labor Day and the labor movement in the United Statescomprehension questionsinfographic on child labor and analysis questionsanalysis of prim
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Back to School Planning Bundle Reading, Writing, Research Activities
Writing Summary of a Non-Fiction Text (Paragraph Frame for ELLs)
This document contains a graphic organizer and two versions of paragraph writing frame for helping ELL students write a summary of a non-fiction text. I use the longer paragraph-writing frame (it prompts students to add examples) with higher level English language proficiency students and the shorter basic version with lower English proficiency students. ELL focus: addition transition words.
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3rd - 12th
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Create a Reptile/Amphibian
I use this activity as an introduction activity for our Reptile chapter in my high school Zoology Class. We are are one-year general level science elective, with a mixture of students from all sorts of backgrounds. I like this activity because it allows the students to bring their background knowledge to the activity, and combine it with a creative flair. Plus, it gets my students working together in small groups. The activity itself can be made as simple or complex as needed, so is probably ver
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7th - 12th
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RACE Writing Strategy
RACE Writing Strategy.This document has 3 different formats. Each format explains what the strategy is, tips and sentence starters and what an example rubric is to check work. This is a great resource to teach students what the RACE Strategy is, for students to use while writing their response and a great resource for students to check their work.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Literary Analysis Essay & Elaboration Practice with Lyrics, Spoken Word & Film
Teach literary analysis by writing in response to inspirational and engaging videos! No prep student printables and Google Doc. Perfect for distance learning or google Classroom activities!TEST PREP is FUN with VIDEO CLIPS, SONGS + SPOKEN WORD!WRITING PROMPT: Choose a specific literary element (theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (symbolism, irony, dialogue, figurative language, etc.). In a well-developed paragraph show how the author used that element
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Text Evidence Proof Frames for Reading Comprehension for All Subject Areas
The Text Evidence Proof Frames are easy to use in any subject area. Your students will be able to find text evidence, cite it, and use the evidence in a response paragraph. Works for fiction and nonfiction text. This versatile resource offers easy differentiation with multiple versions of the the text evidence proof frames as well as the paragraph writing frames. The Text Evidence Proof frames will help your students construct a response using evidence from a text. The frames are laid out for si
Grades:
4th - 8th
New Year & End of Year Writing Prompt- Dear Future Self...
Have your students write a letter to themselves in 10 years. They can place the letters inside of a time capsule, or you can mail it to them in 10 years!Students will reflect of their goals and dreams for the future. What will they be doing? What will they have accomplished? This freebie can be used as a:-First day of school activity-Last day of school activity-New Year activity-Writing CenterEnjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: SweetToothTeaching@gmail.com------------
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2nd - 12th
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