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8th grade writing-expository thematic unit plans
Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments
Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments: This essay bundle contains all the documents you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging PowerPoint presentations, fun activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.What Teachers Are Saying About This Essay Writing Unit: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great package. As a new teacher so
Grades:
7th - 12th
Research Unit for Middle School ELA Writing Reading and Presentations
Teaching research skills and writing in your middle school ELA class is now broken down step-by-step in a scaffolded and differentiated writing unit. This unit includes 20 done-for-you lesson plans and daily teacher lesson slide presentations with all content and examples broken down. Each lesson is quick and easy to set up, and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs. Look at your daily lesson plans and pull up the accompanying teacher slides and you h
Grades:
6th - 8th
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
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5th - 9th
The Odyssey Unit for pre-AP skills AND authentic literacy!
This unit was written to promote authentic literacy and advance pre-AP skills in the classroom. Included in this new and updated unit are almost 70 pages of totally original handouts and engaging activities that you will not find anywhere else: a “4 Corners” interactive anticipation guide, the “Odyssey Toga Party” to introduce star characters, the Mount Olympus Police Report to file against Odysseus, Life is Like an Epic Simile to help students write their own poems, Annotation in 8 Steps, plus
Grades:
8th - 11th
Lucy Calkins Argument and Advocacy Writing Unit Grade 5 Google Slides
Use these engaging slides to guide you and your students through the entire Argument and Advocacy Writing Unit of Lucy Calkins! All lessons include Connection, Teaching Point, Teaching, Active Engagement, and Celebrations! Please keep in mind that all of Bend I is exactly as Lucy wrote it, but that Bend II I tweaked.For Bend II, I decided to make the lessons more engaging (as any good teacher would do), which is why I included TedTalks. I found that, after teaching this unit for 5 years, that Be
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4th - 8th
Thankful Project--A Thanksgiving Middle School Writing Project
I developed the Thankful project as a way to utilize the step up writing process. I used a printable turkey found off of Google for a portion. The students pick three aspects of their lives that they are thankful for. This project culminates with a 5 paragraph essay consisting of introduction, three paragraph body, and conclusion. I have done this project with students in grades 6, 7, & 8. This project is not just about teaching writing skills, it is also to help students develop grat
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5th - 8th
News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
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5th - 9th
Essay Writing Unit - Slides, Organizers & Assignments - Digital Print Bundle
Essay Writing Unit - Slides, Organizers & Assignments - Digital and Print Bundle: This digital and print essay bundle contains all the resources you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging Google Slides and PowerPoint presentations, fun digital and print activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.This is a BUNDLE of my print and digital vers
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7th - 12th
Winter Poetry Unit with Annotations, Sample Explication Essays, & MORE!
This unit includes TEN poems by classic authors that involve winter in some respect. Some poems use winter to symbolize absence, others age, and still others unity. Five of these poems have a more positive representation of winter while the remaining five have a more negative representation of winter-- however, this is debatable! And that is exactly what students are going to do! I was feeling inspired by the winter and started researching classic poems about the season. What I came to real
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
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3rd - 8th
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AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH UNIT MEGA BUNDLE Writing Skills Report Present Theme
***BUNDLE & SAVE 40%!*** Teach informative research writing in a way that is engaging and memorable with this no-prep 568-page Around the World Research Unit MEGA BUNDLE-Writing Skills Lessons, Research Report, Presentation Project, Party, and Theme Day. Use this thematic unit to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research skills, report writing, technology skills, manners, presentation, speaking, and listening skills! First, students will learn and practice a variety
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3rd - 8th
Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
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4th - 8th
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Essay Writing Unit - Google Slides, Graphic Organizers and Assignments - Digital
Essay Writing Unit - Google Slides, Graphic Organizers and Assignments - Digital: This digital essay bundle contains all the digital files you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging Google Slides presentations, fun digital activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.This is a Google-compatible activity, and students complete all the work on the
Grades:
7th - 12th
Restaurant Review Unit
Teach your students to write like a food critic!This is a very fun and engaging unit for students in 6th-10th grade. Students love to write about food and restaurants. This will be just the hook they need to get into your descriptive writing unit!This unit can last 2 or more weeks depending on how you decide to use the included materials. Your students will train to be food critics by:-reading about the job of a food critic-learning the vocabulary for describing food and restaurants-participati
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6th - 10th
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AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH & THEME DAY BUNDLE Report Presentation End of the Year
***BUNDLE & SAVE 30%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING AND FUN into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 193-page/slide Around the World Research Project & Theme Day BUNDLE for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. Use this thematic project and celebratory days to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research, writing, technology, presentation, speaking, listening, STEM, art, and teamwork skills! Students will complete an in-depth Re
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3rd - 8th
How to write a Fairy Tale or Fable
This is a step by step process for writing a fairy tale or fable. This 21 page packet contains two stories for the students to read, vocabulary terms to improve their understanding of story elements, a step by step worksheet (with a few examples) to aide in the process of writing a fairy tale or fable, and requirements for the actual written piece. This is a fun way to get students writing. They will have an eye opening experience when they see the characteristics of a fairy tale or fable and ho
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6th - 12th
writing film analysis unit for "Last of the Mohicans" film (40 pages)
This adventure, colonial war film, Last of the Mohicans, is my favorite class film for teaching and is rated as one of the best films ever made. If you want a role model unit to instill a love and appreciation for films, then this multi-faceted, user-friendly unit can be applied to any feature movie. In addition, for this particular film, it appeals to those who are outdoors enthusiasts, American history aficionados and historical film lovers. GUARANTEED EXCITEMENT AND WORTHWHILE LEARNING EXPERI
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
Writing about Heroes for Memorial Day or September 11th
Included In this packet is the poem The Heroes We Never Name with questions to get students thinking about what it means to be a hero.
Also included is a writing activity to get students thinking about who their hero is.
First, they will make a web of traits of what it means to be a hero and then make a list of their possible heroes. Then, they will choose one hero to write about. There is a prewriting graphic organizer for students to plan their writing and then paper to write on. The
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1st - 8th
Research Unit FULL Bundle EDITABLE
The ultimate Research Unit bundle is here! This product is a treasure trove of resources curated to streamline the teaching of research skills for any research topic! From evaluating sources to presenting findings, this bundle covers every step of the research process, ensuring a seamless learning experience for both teachers and students.This product includes:-daily slides with warm-ups and directions for each activity-interactive notes to review research concepts like types of sources & le
Grades:
7th - 10th
COUNTRY RESEARCH PROJECT & PARTY BUNDLE Report PPT Presentation Celebration
***BUNDLE & SAVE 20%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING AND FUN into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 95-page/slide Countries Research Project & Presentation Party BUNDLE for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. Use this thematic project and celebratory day to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research skills, report writing, technology skills, manners, presentation, speaking, and listening skills! First, students will complet
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3rd - 8th
Primary Sources Collection -- Complete Lessons with All You Need! 144 Pages
Best practices in history and 21st Century learning through primary sources, the Common Core, critical thinking, expository writing, public speaking, creative projects—they’re all here!THIS IS A VERY POPULAR, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE.You get five sets of bundled primary sources lessons—145 pages of lessons and materials in all—and a nice savings over buying the bundles individually. Each activity comes with explanations, guides, ready-to-print activity sheets, graphic
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4th - 12th
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Getting Ready to Research -- Grades 3 - 8
Students need to build strong research skills for success in school. This unit will help your students prepare for conducting their research project.
It teaches/reviews these important research skills:
* Informational vs. Research writing
* Types of Sources
* Website Reliability
* Using Keywords
* How to Take Notes
* Plagiarism
* Citing Sources
* Creating a Bibliography
Once you have completed this unit, your students will be ready to tackle any research project!
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3rd - 8th
COUNTRY RESEARCH PROJECT BUNDLE Report PowerPoint Presentation Around the World
***BUNDLE & SAVE!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 22-page Countries Around the World Online Research Project for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. In this Countries Research Project, students will be assigned or choose a country. They will research the land, people, a current event, and compare/contrast their own traditions to that country using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the informati
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3rd - 12th
Memoirs Family Heritage Project ~ Distance Learning ELA
Oral history is lost forever if not uncovered and recorded. This beautiful project engages students as historians - creating a family heirloom heritage collection box, doing comprehensive interviews of an older relative with a large given bank of intriguing questions, creating a newspaper full of various modes and forms of writing showcasing the research of family history. Finally, the student prepares and presents their findings in an engaging oral presentation - sharing snippets of best lear
Grades:
4th - 9th
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