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8th grade writing-expository workbooks
Create a Podcast - Project-Based Podcasting (Current Events)
Create a Podcast - Project-Based Podcasting (Current Events)Ever wanted to start a class podcast? In this printable workbook, students create an episode on a current event. It could be a current event in your school, community, or the world. The workbook takes students through:Generating IdeasPlanningWriting a ScriptInterviewsEditing and PublishingAssessmentStudents can do this project on their phones, computers, or iPads. I generally give them a week or two to create, and then we have a list
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7th - 12th
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How to Write an Awesome Paragraph Step-by-Step
Does your learner need help with writing strong paragraphs?The How to Write an Awesome Paragraph Step-by-Step workbook teaches your students how to write a strong paragraph using a foolproof step-by-step process. Each incremental lesson teaches one step and contains practice examples to build their skill and confidence.Writing strong paragraphs is a key requirement for all school writing. Students without strong paragraph skills will struggle when it comes to essays or other longer writing tasks
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4th - 9th
Essay Writing (Expository, Persuasive/Argument & Literary Analysis) Common Core
Perfect for the beginning of the year, this common core aligned complete essay writing unit includes extensive instruction coupled with concept specific practice opportunities on the expository, persuasive and literary essays. Over 66 pages in length, this essay writing unit can be broken down into ~13-16 lesson plans and offers printable practice activities on the following topics:- Essay at a Glance (Visual illustrations of essay writing in its simplest form, including the Funnel Model.)- Outl
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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JULIUS CAESAR Complete Unit Plan: EDITABLE Worksheets, Discussion, & Writing
Friends, teachers, countrymen, lend me your ears! This 160-page complete unit has everything you'll need to deliver profoundly engaging lessons on William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The colorful workbooks will enable you to capture and hold the attention of modern-day students. The higher-order questions will help you pivot from reading comprehension to interpretive analysis and critical thinking. Deliver the best lessons while inspiring students to fall in love with Shakespeare's Julius Caesa
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8th - 11th
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Weekly Writing Sets BUNDLE: Daily Writing practice for the ENTIRE YEAR!
This Weekly Writing Set BUNDLE includes four quarters (36 weeks- 9 months) of daily writing practice and will last you the whole school year. Students practice all four types of writing (expository, informative, argumentative, and narrative/creative) each week. Writing tips, CCSS aligned rubric, & reflections are included to help them write effectively. Each set is designed to have students write 10-15 minutes each day, including the pre-write/brainstorm section. The last day of the week is
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5th - 8th
Informative Writing Digital Writer's Notebook for Middle School ELA
Help your middle school ELA students master informative essay writing with everything they need in one place. This Digital Informative Writer's Notebook is standards-based and gives student writers the freedom to work through the writing process independently. Share easily in Google Classroom. It's also completely editable! Digital link to the Google Slides file is included. Includes the following:Terms to KnowMentor Text LinksMentor Text Analysis WorksheetBrainstorming Graphic OrganizersDraftin
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Ultimate Digital Writer's Notebook for Middle School ELA
Influential Person Research Project
This research project is a great project-based learning activity for middle and high school students. The students select a person that they find interesting, and this printable workbook leads them through their research project. After selecting a person, students look up effective sources, take notes, create a product (powerpoint, poster...), and present their learning. A rubric is also provided.
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Research, project, workbook, printable, inquiry, self-directed, interactive, student-cen
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6th - 12th
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Inquiry Research Project Workbook - Project Based Learning Printable
This research project is a great project-based learning activity for middle and high school students. The students follow these steps:
- Select a topic that they find interesting
- Form and Inquiry question (and sub-questions)
- Look up effective sources,
- Take notes,
- Create a product (powerpoint, poster...),
- Present their learning.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Writing Choice Board {Narrative, Expository, Research, Persuasive, Opinion}
Tackle two issues at once with these writing mode choice boards! Students practice writing within the mode you're teaching – AND they have tons of engaging choices to keep them writing!These choice boards have 120 writing prompts that you can use in so many ways – all year long!This resource includes:⚬ 5 choice boards: narrative, expository writing, argument/persuasive, opinion/review, and research⚬ 120 different prompts!⚬ Alphaboxes for students to generate writing ideas⚬ Daily report to help
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5th - 8th
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Technology Impact Persuasive Project | Rhetoric | Speech | Opinion
Discuss the impact of technology on our lives with this 7-activity booklet, culminating in a choice of three persuasive speeches.This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.Includes...Task 1 - How many apps do we use, and why?Task 2 - Which apps do we use? Which apps are most popular? Why? What are the pros and cons?Task 3 - How do mobile phones, computers, engines and electricity support us?Task 4 - How does electricity change your daily experi
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7th - 10th
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Writing Unit Bundle~ FIVE Writing Units at a DISCOUNTED Price!!!
This writing bundle includes over 150 pages of student work booklets for 5 different writing units. These units include: Research Paper Writing, Narrative Writing, Persuasive Writing (and Speaking), Autobiography Writing, and Personal Letter Writing! Purchase all FIVE units at once for a discounted price. (You can also purchase these items separately on my page). I created these units because I was having tremendous difficulty in seeing even the smallest successes in my student's writing. N
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4th - 9th
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Journal Topics and Printable Journal Paper for the entire year!
Would you rather wiggle with worms or jiggle in jello? Gather seashells or ride the waves? This set of 180 imagination-grabbing journal prompts will have your students begging for more! Use them daily as a journal, morning work, writing center, or discussion group.
This packet includes:
1) Cut-Out Questions
2) Teacher list of Questions
3) Writing Center postable questions
4) 181 journal pages with question
5) Teacher lesson guide
You can
Cut out each question and place in a jar for students
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1st - 12th
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How To Write A Balanced Argument Or A Discursive Essay (9-14 years)
This resource is essential for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations.An example of some of the activities included:- How To Write A Discursive Argument - Hints And Tips For Writing A Discursive EssayWriting skeletons, model answers and points for and against the following essays:- Chewing Gum Should Be Banned. Discuss- Children Under 14 Are Too Young To Sit Exams. Discuss.- Elderly People Deserve Respect. Discuss.-
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4th - 8th
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The Writing Prompts Workbook: Grades 7-8
As seventh and eighth graders begin to study the more complex aspects of writing, it's important to remember to work on creativity and imagination as well. The Writing Prompts Workbook is a collection of imaginative situations and questions that will get your students and children to come up with wildly creative ideas to give their brains a break from their more formal writing assignments. Bryan Cohen, the author of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts and 500 Writing Prompts for Kids has compiled 200
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6th - 9th
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Spectrum Writing Workbook Grade 8 Printable 704577-EB
The Spectrum® Writing eBook for grade 8 guides blossoming writers through the writing process to create a strong foundation for school success.• Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing as students write paragraphs, personal narratives, fiction stories, descriptive comparisons, outlines, research reports, persuasive arguments, and more.• This 144-page downloadable resource includes engaging, open-ended writing projects for a variety of p
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8th
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Expository Writing Worksheets & Templates for 6th to 8th Grades
This Expository Writing Worksheet and templates are designed for 6th—to 8th-grade students to practice essential writing skills. The printable worksheets include activities focusing on mind mapping, identifying main ideas and supporting details, distinguishing fact from opinion, and pre-writing, drafting, capitalization, and punctuation exercises.BenefitsImproves students' expository writing skillsEnhances critical thinking through identifying main ideas and supporting detailsHelps students diff
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6th - 8th
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Research Project Workbook
Complete research packet to guide students step-by-step in completing a research project. This is for a an editable PDF download, so that you can change the cover to include your school name, or edit it to fit the needs of your students. Contains a section (and instructions) for questioning (narrowing a topic), writing a thesis statement, research forms for different types of sources, sample outline, and conference sheet.
Aligned with the following Common Core Standards:
-CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.
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6th - 12th
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PERSUASIVE WRITING Unit SECONDARY ENGLISH Persuasive Language
This complete PERSUASIVE WRITING UNIT walks Secondary English students through Persuasive language techniques and analysis.Perfect as a persuasive writing unit for High School English students in Years 7-10 who are studying persuasive language techniques and how they are used to create meaning.This unit look at the basics of Persuasive Writing before diving into an analysis of the language of persuasion together. After that, students go on to follow the step-by-step graphic organisers and write
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7th - 10th
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The Writing Prompts Workbook: Grades 9-10
As ninth and tenth graders begin to study the more complex aspects of writing, it's important to remember to work on creativity and imagination as well. The Writing Prompts Workbook is a collection of imaginative situations and questions that will get your students and children to come up with wildly creative ideas to give their brains a break from their more formal writing assignments. Bryan Cohen, the author of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts and 500 Writing Prompts for Kids, has compiled 200 o
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8th - 11th
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli: A Complete Literature Guide
This is a complete 52 page literature guide for the novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. Included in the literature guide is comprehension questions and vocabulary activities for each chapter, writing assignments for each of the six traits, and sections focused on literary elements. The overall goal of the unit is to improve reading, vocabulary, and writing skills using the novel Stargirl.
Improve Reading Comprehension Skills:
*Throughout the unit, different questions will work on building
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6th - 9th
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Project-Based Magazine - Classroom Magazine Project
This printable workbook leads students through the successful planning of a professional looking magazine. Students collaborate with others to create a magazine. Each student is responsible for the same amount of work, including written articles and creative pieces - assessment rubric is included. Students really enjoy the opportunity to write about their interests, with a real-world audience!
My students loved looking at text-features in real world magazines, and then creating their own ba
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7th - 12th
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How to Edit & Revise Your Essay
Does your learner need help with editing and revising essays?How to Edit & Revise Your Essay teaches your student how to effectively and efficiently revise their work so that their essays are clearer, easier to read, and more convincing.This book teaches your learner an easy three-step process for revising their writing. They’ll see improvements immediately and become an editing expert in no time!Students learn to edit:Structural components of the essay. This ensures the essay is well-organi
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5th - 12th
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Writing Structure - Argumentative Expository Writing - Remedial Help for Boys
The structure of formal writing is a never-ending struggle for students, and many slip through into the high school years still not understanding that basic 'burger' structure or PEE paragraphs. When students are confident with structure, then they can concentrate on:Improving their writing with connectives, persuasive features, more fluent sentences and so on.Developing their ideas to include a bit of critical thinking.This resource was written for a particular boy who then helped edit it unti
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7th - 9th
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25 Common Core-aligned Prompts for Narrative and Descriptive Writing
The following 25 prompts worked wonderfully in my 6th and 7th grade language arts classes, but I believe they are applicable to the upper elementary classroom as well.
The Common Core writing standards require students to:
“Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.”
Thus, all of these prompts will help fulfill these objectives.
For instance, there is a prompt in this packet that re
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3rd - 8th
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