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Middle school writing-expository study guides
Phrases and Clauses Grammar Worksheets, Presentation, Test, Flipping Book
Phrases and clauses can look similar, and my students confuse them. I made these phrase and clause activities to clarify the differences in these units of words. If your students struggle to identify subjects and verbs, sentence structure, or punctuate phrases and clauses correctly, these grammar activities should help. This grammar bundle is in print and digital formats. Overall, these activities to clarify phrases and clauses are great grammar scaffolding tools.This phrase and clause bundle in
Grades:
7th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Seventh Grade Grammar Bundle | Sentence Structure, Phrases, Clauses
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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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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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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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
Grades:
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
STAAR Writing Revising and Editing Study Guide
This is a everything you need to make the perfect flip book study guide to prepare for the STAAR Writing test.
Intended for teacher to guide students in completing notes on each individual page.
I print mine in bright florescent colors!
(The essay page is left blank for students to create their graphic organizer and any other tips teacher has given.)
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: STAAR Writing Test Prep Bundle
MLA Format Reference Guide
MLA reference guide for students writing research papers and essays using Modern Language Association (MLA) format. Includes general guidelines for margins, font and spacing, how the heading, title and page numbers should be formatted, and how to make citations for both long and short quotations, tables, and figures. Includes information on creating a Works Cited page, optional cover page, and body of paper. Handy reference guide on the basics of MLA format. Please see preview. Related Products
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7th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Georgia Studies Journal-8th Grade Social Studies Journal
This is a formative assessment. Each journal topic is crafted from a standard. Most topics are history until the 4th quarter when Economics and Government standards are mixed with History standards. This is great preparation for the Georgia Milestones Assessment. This journal is also makes a good warm up, ticket out the door, extension and refining assignment as well as a good research project. It can be used in a variety of ways depending on how the teacher chooses to assign it.
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8th
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Writing Thesis Statements /An Interactive Activity to Develop Effective Writing
Given the definition and components of a thesis statement, along with a sample writing prompt with pre-written thesis statements, students will be able to distinguish the better of three thesis statements by correctly identifying it.This resource is an interactive presentation that guides the students to learn about the good thesis statement and how to write a thesis statement and develop their writing skills.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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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Romeo and Juliet - Complete Student Packet
Save yourself plenty of time creating worksheet after worksheet, and running to the copier over and over again. This complete Romeo and Juliet Unit is visually engaging with challenging work that puts the student incharge of understanding the text. The Unit included a long-term writing assignment on quotations from the text with exemplar; Act-by-Act questions; literary terms for plays; prologue activity; note space for characters and their character traits; pre-produced themes with note space;
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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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Compare and Contrast Essay Writing Guide for 7th Grade
Have students master the art of compare and contrast essay writing with our illustrative guide. Explore step-by-step instructions, insightful tips, and captivating examples that will sharpen students' analytical skills. Students will learn how to effectively structure their essays, develop strong arguments, and highlight key similarities and differences. Students will enhance their writing with vivid illustrations and clear explanations that make complex concepts easy to understand. Students can
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7th - 10th
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Movie Analysis Guide and Workbook - How to critically analyze a movie
Watching movies is fun. Analyzing movies – not so much. But movie analysis has to be a crucial part of your research, especially if you want to use it as a source of information for your research. This workbook-style resource aims at teaching your students how to critically analyze a movie. Studying movies will not only be easy peasy lemon squeezy with this workbook but it will also be a rewarding experience where they learn to think and analyze various aspects of the movie rhetorically.This res
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7th - 10th
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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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