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6th grade writing-expository study guides
Writing Introductions: Hook and Thesis
Many students have difficulty writing introductions that don't just "announce" their topic: "I am going to tell you about...", or "My topic is ...".
These lessons provide a resource for students to use that offers eight different ideas to "hook" their reader's attention. In addition, students are provided with a guide for understanding the difference between a topic idea and a focused thesis sentence. Also included is a student activity sheet to practice writing effective introductions.
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6th - 8th
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Rubrics - Middle School Expository Writing Rubric
Middle School Expository Writing Rubric. Use with expository essays and help middle school students focus on what they need to achieve in order to meet state standards. The standards-based rubric has four categories: conventions of language, purpose and style, organization, and development and support of content. Standards-based grade (4-point scale): students will exceed, meet, approach, or fall below standard in each category. Students can self-evaluate their work. Two styles - one with and o
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Writing Rubrics BUNDLE
Textual Evidence Student Handbook: MLA Style In-text Citations
Provides students with a reference for the following. Please note, there are not worksheets or assessments included in this. Just a 10 page reference booklet.1. Lesson 1: Introduction to Textual Evidence -What is it? -When do we use it? -Why does it matter? -Different kinds fo textual evidence (quotes, paraphrasing, reference)2. Lesson 2: Citing your Sources - Intro to MLA style - In-text citation rules for citing books and web pages, with original examples, inc
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Warriors Don't Cry Teaching Unit
This teaching unit is designed to accompany a classroom study of Warriors Don't Cry, Young Readers Edition, by Melba Patillo Beals. This nonfiction memoir chronicles the experiences of one of the Little Rock Nine in her battle to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. This unit contains reading logs, study questions, vocabulary,quizzes, discussion questions, a test, a movie viewing assignment, and an essay assignment with rubric. This book is an excellent resource for st
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6th - 9th
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Source Cards MLA Format Reference Sheets & Practice with Easel Activity
Research skills using Source Cards and Information Required. Handout with Practice Activity. Help students organize notes and write bibliography in MLA format. This handout will help students identify what information they will need to put on their source cards when they take notes for a research paper and use to write a bibliography using MLA format. This is an important step in the research process. Digital Resource and Print: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital tools. A
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6th - 9th
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Free ELA Paired Passages for Upper Elementary | Writing Test Prep
Hey teachers!Are you looking for a simple way to review for the state test? Included in this freebie are 6 articles and 3 writing prompts to properly prepare your students for the rigor of writing on demand! This freebie can be used for homework, small group work, or just classwork. All you have to do is print it and pass it out- all the hard work is done for you!Looking for similar monthly products or writing units to get your students ready? Stop by my store to find writing curriculums for th
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4th - 7th
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Text-Based Writing Reference Guide - Flip Chart (Editable)
Is writing a four to five paragraph text-based evidence essay a bit overwhelming for your students? Do they have trouble remembering all the different components and steps? If so, then this Writing Reference Guide is just for you! Get your students engaged and always looking back in their notes with this fun and unique Writing Reference Guide Flip Chart! My students are forever looking at our anchor charts on the wall to help them better enhance their essay, or asking myself or a peer for hel
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4th - 6th
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Baseball in April by Gary Soto: Writing Prompts/Discussion Questions
This 3-page download includes written response and discussion questions for Gary Soto's short story collection "Baseball in April."
With open-ended writing and discussion prompts--18 prompts covering all 11 short stories--this set of questions is ideal for in-class seminars, small group discussions, literature circles, quick writes, or providing a starting point for formal essays or in-class responses.
Designed for students in grades 5 through 8, these prompts require students to reflect upon
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5th - 8th
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Rubrics - Middle School Technical Writing Rubric
This Middle School Technical Writing Rubric helps with assessment of student writing in grades 6 - 8. It's a standards-based rubric for use with technical writing, such as letters, thank-you notes, instructions, web pages, procedures, business correspondence, resumes, job applications, formula writing including poems, and application essays. The purpose of technical writing is to inform, explain, interpret, evaluate, and/or recommend in order to transmit specialized information to a specific au
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Writing Rubrics BUNDLE
Middle School Editable Writing Rubric Grades 6 - 8
Middle School Writing Rubric for grades 6 - 8. This rubric has four categories: ideas, organization, style, and conventions. This general writing rubric can be used for both creative and expository writing. There are five possible points in each category for a total of 20 points, and students and teachers can easily understand what is required. There is a place for students to write their name and teacher's name, and then students can evaluate themselves and turn in the rubric with their work. T
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Writing Rubrics BUNDLE
Making Text Connections Anchor Chart
This anchor chart helps students understand how to make connections with text. The poster describes how to talk about text to self, text to text, and text to world connections. This resource also includes sentence starters. As with all of our resources, this anchor chart is editable in Canva so you can customize it for your class.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Friday the 13th Debate Lesson & Activity | Opinion Writing | Free ELA Test Prep
Hey teachers!My hope is that all students (and teachers!) will find debates a great way to practice speaking their mind and gain strength as opinion writers. By figuring out how to express opinions out loud, students will become better opinion and argument writers! Writing time should always be fun and manageable. Nobody enjoys taking a writing test, but being able to write “on demand” is a skill that serves a viable purpose. I firmly believe that a writing curriculum and systematic on demand wr
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4th - 8th
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The Anatomy of an Objective Summary: Mini-Lesson Presentation and Practice
This is a 15-slide PDF presentation intended to accompany a whole or small group introductory minilesson on objective summaries. The presentation begins by explaining what an objective summary is, and how it is a useful and critical skill to possess both as a reader and a writer. Next, it goes through the “anatomy” of an objective summary, including five components: the central/main idea, essential facts, and details, concise restatement/retelling, paraphrased language (not plagiarized language)
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5th - 7th
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Expository Writing Guide/Sample
This resource is a combination of: 1. The structure/outline of each of the paragraphs of an expository essay: introduction, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion2. sample paragraphs for those listedThis sample is a very basic style essay, for young writers or struggling older writers.
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4th - 8th
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Writing Frame for Book Report
This writing frames provides a guide for students writing a book report. It includes major parts of the book report and should be used after reviewing all of the important elements of the book report process - Main Characters - protagonist, antagonist, plot development - exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and setting. Please view my other products that also cover the book report.
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6th - 9th
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How to Write a Conclusion Sentence
Do your students struggle with how to start a conclusion sentence or paragraph? Are you tired of reading "This paragraph has been about..." or "In this essay I have talked about..."This is a two-page handout with tips and sentence starters to help students craft the perfect conclusion sentence!
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4th - 8th
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Grammar Writing Vocabulary Spelling Basic Level Summer Home School Bundle
These PDF files include spelling, writing, vocabulary, and grammar worksheets, perfect for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Total of 200 pages.These worksheets have many uses:1. Home school2. Substitute teacher3. Snow days4. Busy work5. Online distance learning6. Class work7. Independent work8. Warm up activity9. Homework10. Quizzes11. End of quarter review12. End of year review13. Summer school / summer learning14. Back to school review15. And more!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Constructed Response, Editing, Revising, Text Evidence, Writing Guides
Reminders for Editing using CUPS Capitalization tells you to remember when to put on your Capitalization Cap and state, "Capital" before reading each proper noun orally.Usage is your subject verb agreement, checking for past, present, future, and singular or plural clues within the passage or paragraph.Punctuation allows you to think of periods, exclamations, and questions as red stop signs at the end of streets, which are the words of each complete sentence.The yellow punctuation marks remin
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3rd - 10th
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Helpful Hints / Guidelines for Writing/ The Basics of Writing in a Nutshell
This short precise and good guide will save teachers and learners a lot of time. It presents the basics of the writing process in a nutshell for all the learners. This guide includes the following topics: Four Types of Writing Narrative DescriptivePersuasiveExpository Writing ProcessEssay Structure Forms of Support Creative Beginnings Effective Endings Transition Words ISAT Writing Rubrics ISAT Writing Checklist (Persuasive)ISAT Writing Checklist (Narrative)
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6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writng - Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer
This Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Organizer allows students to follow a sequence of steps for writing those essays. Great for ELA or Social Studies or any subject for this type of essay. This version is in PDF format.For an editable version in Microsoft Word (docx) please use the listing below.Editable Version
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teaching Components of Expository Writing
Plan Sheets, Practice sheets used in teaching Expository Writing using individual parts of the composition, Expository Composition Hint Sheet, Samples of compositions to add different parts to complete the composition and an Expository Study Guide. Great activities to make Expository Writing easy. Also, wonderful tools to practice for the State of Texas STAAR Test.
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3rd - 6th
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Science - Atoms, Elements & Compounds- Oh, My!
Colorful, interactive and student-created, this STEAM is a welcomed addition to your classroom as well as a useful study tool for your students! This project includes:
• Objective and relationship to the Common Core
• Criteria Chart
• Instructional Timeline
• Graphics assist and inserts
• Supplement material: 3 sets of Memory Game
As with other products from STEAM Up Your STEM, you receive Hints for Success, project examples, and materials list.
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4th - 8th
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Expository and Persuasive Essay Study Guides for Middle School
Give your middle school students the tools they need to study for a non-text-based expository or persuasive essay assessment with these portable and complete study guides! These study guides are the size of a task card but don't let the size fool you!You'll get the organizational pattern for each type of non-text based essay plus transition, definition, example, anecdote, and objection sentence starters too!There are 4 cards to a page and they are set up so you could print expository on one sid
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4th - 8th
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Comma STAAR Writing Review for TEK 4.11D
Students will review the comma rules that they have learned and practice writing their own sentences that follow the different rules. This is a great review for the STAAR Writing test. Sentences were intentionally written to follow the structure of sentences on the STAAR writing test.Graphic Credit to:The Itty Bitty TeacherFont Credit to:Amy GroesbeckHello Literacy
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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