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Elementary writing-expository dbqs
Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). ► These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Opinion Writing Performance Task Grade 2 or 3 PDF 2 Articles Edit Lists Rubric
This is a complete opinion writing performance task on zoos or aquariums for grades 2 or 3. You just have to print, copy, and pass it out! It has clear directions, a teaching page with definitions and pictures, 2 articles, 2 check-off pages for editing and proofreading, and a 4-point rubric. It is a great practice for the CAASPP SBAC STAAR or any standardized assessment. The task gives information on zoos and aquariums and students form an opinion on which one they would rather visit. All articl
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Black Lives Matter & Civil Rights Movement Project
An incredible hoard of primary and secondary source documents for students to research, analyze and synthesize into a comparative essay on the civil rights movement and modern day movement for Black lives. Students will have 3 different topics to choose from, all with guided research scaffolds (text sets and questions to guide inquiry): "civil rights", "policing", "students and youth", and "creating social change". Included is an intro lesson on Black Lives Matter, a rubric for the writing proje
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
The Age of Exploration
This Power Point Presentation includes; Vocabulary, The Silk Road, Marco Polo, the reasons for exploration, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, and all of the maps describing their routes to give an excellent overview and visual of European Exploration. This Power Point highlights these points specifically; what country sponsored them, their goals, achievements, and obstacles. Each slide also includes an interesting point
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Flipchart teaching and practicing short answer and extended response
This 41 slide flipchart was designed for use through activinspire and is designed to cover between 2 and 3 weeks worth of primary writing instruction. Each slide includes the objective. The flipchart teaches how to answer common core questions that require short answer and extended response questions. The majority of the flipchart is focused on extended response questions.
Initially students are taught the strategy of TTQA - Turn That Question Around and question parts. Students are then
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Just Add WATER (Simple Strategy for TDA, DBQ, Constructed Response...)
Response to Reading, Text Dependent Analysis, Constructed Response, Document Based Questions...Writing about reading comes in many names. This strategy - complete with notes, notes page, explanations, a sample paragraph, and a strategy assessment chart - will provide students with a scaffold for writing quality responses.
Engaging students in the act of writing about what they read can be challenging. This sometimes occurs when students are not engaged in the reading, but it more often h
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Ancient Egypt DBQ
The product was made based on the Louisiana Student Standards Course Framework. The sources in this DBQ align with those in the Louisiana social studies course framework. Students will be engaged in rigorous activities aligned with the Louisiana State Standards. This DBQ set encourages critical thinking, grade-leveled text, and encourages students to form a claim with supported reasoning.
Grades:
4th
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Culturally Responsive, Game Based U.S. History! K4-5 Pre-Game Warm-Up: Alliance
Put colonial North America into full context with over 25 lessons using activities, maps, an animated video, DBQs, expository writing, class discussions & group challenges. Next? Play the ALLIANCE board game (separate purchase). WARNING: History class will never be the same.BOARD GAME DESCRIPTION: "A clever take on statecraft whereby six teams across colonial North America meet the triple challenge of nation building, international diplomacy, and economic sustainability. Iroquois Confederacy
Grades:
4th - 7th
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September 11th Document Based Question(DBQ)
This DBQ is an all-inclusive Common Core lesson plan in which students analyze primary and secondary sources, include those sources in an expository essay, and cite those sources to support their argument. This lesson allows students to learn about the horrific events of 9/11 that affected our nation, in a tasteful, informative way. The lesson includes all the sources, analysis sheets, rubric, and step by step instructions for the teacher. It allow students to work in cooperative groups,yet cre
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5th - 6th
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Christopher Columbus PBL Activity
The story of Christopher Columbus is full of controversy! In this engaging, interactive, and thought-provoking social studies and ELA PBL activity, the students will become investigative reporters to discover Columbus's voyages' positive (+) and negative (-) effects on those involved. Students will put on their thinking caps as they close read historical fiction accounts in the first person (Columbus) and an interview with a Taino Chief, seeing both perspectives. They will also use math to test
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Christopher Columbus Interactive BUNDLE
Just Add WATER PowerPoint (Simple Strategy for TDA, DBQ...)
This is a PowerPoint of the WATER text-dependent writing strategy offered through my store. If you just want the strategy without the notes page, explanation page, and assessment page, then this presentation is the correct choice for you. The strategy will assist your students with Response to Reading, Text Dependent Analysis (TDA), Constructed Response, Document Based Questions..all the names attributed to writing about reading.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Short Constructed Response Quick and Easy Activity with Rubric
Changes can be scary and with the new STAAR elements, there can be a lot of uncertainty. This SCR template is a quick and easy way to help our students be successful on STAAR. On the left, there is a place that walks students through each step of the way. They will read and analyze the text both as a reader and a writer. There is a place to rewrite the prompt, a space to plan and write, and a place to write their final drafts. On the left side, there is an easy-to-grade rubric using STAAR langua
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Revolutionary War WebQuest/Power Point
This power point has it all! It covers the Revolutionary War completely, including DBQs, document based questioning, video clips, and maps. It covers all of the important battles included in the standards. The document based questioning includes Benjamin Franklin's speech and the Constitution. Everything you need to provide instruction that reaches all learners. Below is listed all of the events it covers:
Proclamation 1763
Sugar Act of 1764
Stamp Act of 1765
Townshend Acts of 1767
Boston Ma
Grades:
4th - 8th
Outline for Expository Essay or DBQ Essay
This product is jam packed with information to help scaffold essay writing for struggling writers or students who are right on track. This DBQ outline include information for the DBQ on the Salem Witch Trials. However, you can delete that information (or use it as an example!) to help support your writers. This outline also includes sentences starters for each chunk of an expository body paragraph. It also details how to write an effective introduction and conclusion! Great Formative Assessment
Grades:
5th - 12th
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180 days of Journal Prompts: Writing that Everyone Loves!
I've never done anything in my class that provoked the same reactions from my students! This packet includes 180 days of journal prompts. That's one for each day of the school year! If done properly, students will be able to use this as bellwork (a quick five minute activity) or as an exit activity. Students will be so excited to see what their next journal entry will be that they'll come in asking for more.
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Grades:
5th - 10th
MLA Format with Google Docs Guide
This guide can be a handout or online guide to MLA Format in Google Docs. The side information helps to guide students step-by-step on how to create an essay in MLA format. There is also a YouTube video linked at the bottom to give multiple methods for understanding how to set a paper up in MLA format. This is part of the "WICOR" resource collection.
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
Document Based Question: Why did women's roles change from the 50s to the 80s?
One of our SC SS Standards for the 5th grade addresses how women's roles changed during the Cold War era between the 50s to the 80s. I could not find many resources to support my teaching of this standard, so I attempted to create my own DBQ! I use the "The DBQ Project"'s "Mini-Q's in American History," Volume 2, and this resource does a phenomenal job of meeting our SS standards, as well as promoting common core reading and writing standards. So, I used their format to create my own DBQ answ
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5th - 7th
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Social Studies Inquiry Grade 5: Should Puerto Rico be a State?
As the new state standards come in for New York, it is important to be ready!Engage New York Social Studies Inquiry #4 for Grade 5 or use the link below:https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-resource-toolkit-grades-5-8This product organizes the information that students need to use to satisfy this inquiry. It includes: fun flags to createa bar graph to analyze informationimportant vocabulary foldablesguiding questionschartsand other activities so that students can
Grades:
5th
Cabeza de Vaca DBQ Expository Planning Sheet
After students have analyzed all of the Cabeza de Vaca DBQ Documents, this planning sheet guides students in creating original and well-written expositories explaining their answer to the guiding question, "How did Cabeza de Vaca survive?"
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Planning, Drafting, and Writing an Introduction
This is a great product to help your students understand what 'makes up' an introduction. It advances the sophistication of their writing while giving various levels of support. The layout is clean, student-friendly and perfect for upper elementary grades. You will definitely see improvement
Included in this product:
Color Anchor Chart for Planning an Introduction
B&W Student Notes Page
Scaffolded Student Worksheets
Drafting Page for Introduction
Don't forget to check out the Introduct
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Turn of the Century Student Journal Writing Prompts
This resource is a great addition to your social studies curriculum! Using these journal prompts, you can be sure that your students know the standards, and are able to fully explain them! Every single social studies standard is assessed within each unit notebook, and for many of the standards, there are multiple prompts!Also included is a student writing checklist to help them write well-crafted responses, as well as a grading rubric, so that you can easily and quickly assess each response!Th
Grades:
4th - 6th
Planning and Drafting a Circular Introduction and Conclusion Bundle
The perfect hands on tool to get that introduction and conclusion broken down, planned, and written.
Included:
Color Anchor Chart for Planning an Introduction
Black and White Student Notes Page
Scaffolded Student worksheets
Color Anchor Chart for Planning a Conclusion
Black and White Student Notes Page
Scaffolded Student worksheets
Drafting Page for Intro and Conclusion
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4th - 7th
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Writing Lesson: Landform Study (Erosion, Weathering, Rocks, Soil)
Greetings! What an amazing time of year this is. I don’t know about you, but my students are always eager to study rocks, soil, erosion, weathering and their affects on our landscape. This is a great writing lesson that students love to participate in. The students are read , watch a video and participate in research (either whole or small group and/or independently) to complete these activities. As always, this pack is Common Core standard aligned. All you need is books and an introduction vide
Grades:
2nd
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CCSS:
Writing Lesson: Energy Study (Types of Energy, Energy Use & Waste, Conservation)
Greetings! What an amazing time of year this is. I don’t know about you, but my students are always eager to study the types of energy and how we as humans use it. This is a great writing lesson that students love to participate in. The students are read , watch a video and participate in research (either whole or small group and/or independently) to complete these activities. As always, this pack is Common Core standard aligned. All you need is books and an introduction video!***THIS UNIT INCLU
Grades:
2nd
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