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6th grade writing-expository games
Fun Essay Hooks Writing Game and Practice Activity for Middle School ELA
"But I don't know how to start!" Sound familiar? Even when our students have great ideas, they don't always know how to hook their readers with engaging introductions for their essays. This fun game and activity changes that!First, students are split into five teams. Each team is given 8 game cards with examples of catchy essay hooks. Five types of hooks are included: quote, unexpected fact, anecdote, controversial statement, and kidding around (Q.U.A.C.K.). The teams then race to trade cards wi
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind- A Complete Study
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Young Reader Edition is a compelling story about William who innovates an idea to help bring electricity to his small community in Malawi. His story is inspiring, and TRUE. This story is sure to touch the lives of your students! We have created EVERYTHING you need for a complete study of this book. This product includes:-An engaging virtual field trip-Chapter comprehension questions for each chapter-Three quizzes with answer keys-A comprehensive end of book exam wi
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6th - 9th
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Paraphrasing Popular Songs
Paraphrasing is a necessary skill for students to master as they begin research and writing. Teachers often assume students can do this easily, but this is often a difficult skill that requires teacher demonstration and student practice.This is a power point game that paraphrases the lyrics of 8 popular songs. Students must read the lyrics and try to guess which song has been paraphrased. The powerpoint then shows the paraphrased version along side the actual version so students can compare t
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4th - 6th
Essay Hooks Bundle for Writing Introductions | Lesson | Practice | Activities
Your students are full of good ideas. They have strong opinions. They know what to say. They just . . . don't know how to start. Sound familiar?Use the Q.U.A.C.K. acronym to help your students learn 5 effective hooks to start their essays and grab their reader's attention:QuoteUnexpected FactAnecdoteControversial StatementKidding AroundThis bundle includes:A PowerPoint lesson that teaches your students how to write an effective essay hook and introduction5 Eye-catching Q.U.A.C.K. posters with ex
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6th - 8th
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Strong, Vivid Verbs Discount 3-Pack Bundle
This 3-Pack Verb Unit includes three of my products combined into one economical unit. The triple packet includes the Verb Chart from Part 1; Lesson Plans, Worksheets, and Answer Keys from Part 2; and the Strong Verb Memory Game. Together, these three will strengthen your students' vocabulary as well as encourage and instruct strong verb use in students' s writing. Plenty of practice and fun in this product!Click on the links below to see the 3 separate productsUse Strong, Vivid Verbs Part 1Us
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6th - 10th
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Essay Bundle for Middle School | Prompts | Rubrics | Worksheets | Activities
Middle school essays don't have to be boring, intimidating, or the end of your personal life. In fact, these essays can become some of your students' favorite memories from middle school while you are free to make memories of your own!Twelve guided essays walk your students through the essay-writing process, step by step, while engaging games and activities bring your classroom to life with fun, laughter, and a whole lot of learning.These resources will help your students . . .⭐️ Develop a solid
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6th - 8th
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RACE Writing Review Google Slides Game and Worksheets
R.A.C.E. Writing Review Game and WorksheetsRestate Answer Cite Explain! Teaching R.A.C.E. with a little fun! This is a great, no prep, review game to use while teaching the R.A.C.E. writing strategy. You will also get a Racecar passage and R.A.C.E. practice worksheet.The Google Slides game covers all parts of the R.A.C.E. writing strategy.The Google Slides game also includes bonus questions reviewing how to restate a question while writing. A fun, easy to use, Google Slides game to help teach a
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3rd - 12th
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Supporting Claims with Evidence | Lesson | Examples | Activity
Convincing our students to support their claims with evidence can feel like losing battle sometimes. Often our students come to us with a very vague understanding of what support really means. They need concrete examples and plenty of practice in order to feel confident supporting claims in their essays. This lesson, poster set, and active game use a food-themed acronym (B.A.G.E.L.S.) to help students remember the types of evidence and reasoning they can use to support claims in their writing.B
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6th - 8th
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Logical Fallacies Game for Middle School ELA
Don't let your students be fooled by faulty logic! Help them learn to identify and avoid common logical fallacies with this fun and engaging game.In this game, students draw game cards with logical fallacies, definitions, and examples. The first player to get a matching set of 3 is the winner!Each example card features a sports-related example that will appeal to middle-school students. Some are ridiculous . . . and some might seem just a little too familiar. After all, logical fallacies are all
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
P.E.EL. Writing | Escape Room | Among Us Themed
This Among Us themed escape room is one of the most engaging writing activities you will EVER do in your classroom! The children are given different steps of the writing process on task cards. They must find the mistake or the IMPOSTER on each card! By having students practice finding what is wrong with the writing, they will have strategies for identifying mistakes and fixing their own writing!This set includes:Student directions6 Puzzles6 pages of task cardsStudent recording sheets in color an
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Practice | P.E.EL. Writing GROWING BUNDLE!
★ Printable ★ Resources & Citations Customizable Escape Room / Breakout Game
Looking for a fun way to get your students talking, moving, and collaborating? Look no further!This game was designed to help students learn about creating citations and finding resources.This breakout does require some work on the purchasing teacher’s end before it can be used. The breakout was created for resources that are accessible through my library, so on the guide, I’ve listed exactly what you need to find in your library/databases to customize the clue. Four of the five clues require mi
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Customizable Bundle of 11 ELA (Physical) Escape Room / Breakout Games
Sentence Writing
Tired of reading short, simple sentences? This dice game helps students with elaboration writing! Students race against the timer to elaborate by adding interesting words & phrases to sentence starters. This fun resource teaches students to use elaboration to improve their sentence writing. This packet includes the following:FUN, PRINTABLE GameSeparate Teacher and Student DirectionsProjector Slides for Teacher to Use During the GameTHREE Different Rounds of PlayA Blank Set of Sentence Star
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5th - 8th
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Writing Review Games: 4th and 5th grade, Upper Elementary
This is a writing review game I made for my students after going through my entire series of FSA Style informative and opinion writing lessons. It is a fun way to review and prep for standardized writing tests. I used it for my 5th grades but it is great for upper elementary, and even review for 6th-7th grade.It includes competition-like games where students compete against each other in writing tasks. This includes:over 70 slides in the Writing Review Games PowerPointstudent handouts that go al
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4th - 6th
Writing STAAR Review Game 2.0- Secondary ELAR
Based on my bestselling Writing STAAR Review Game, this is another Jeopardy-type review game that you can use with your students in the days before the writing test as an overview of skills. It can be edited for use in any grade that has a writing test. The topics covered:- Dictionary Skills- Editing & Revision- Essay Scoring- Spelling- Grab Bag (miscellaneous questions).Check out my other games:Figurative Language Review GameLiterary Elements Review GameReading STAAR Review GamePoetry Revie
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle School Grammar Game Bundle- over 25% off individual prices
Virginia English Writing SOL Blackjack Game Review: PRINT & GO! EOC/8th
This simple engaging activity uses Blackjack to encourage review of SOL Writing skills and exposure to possible prompts students may receive on the test.
Depending upon the number of the hand dealt, the HOW TO PLAY task card tells each student what s/he should do for a specific prompt!
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Printable task cards (2 per page)
Procedure
YOU WILL NEED A DECK OF CARDS (or more) DEPENDING UPON CLASS SIZE
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6th - 12th
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Paragraph Scramble Game and Text Structure
-assemble puzzle strips to organize paragraph-seven (7) paragraphs with text structure described-answer key included-indentation of paragraphs useful for hinting and reinforcement of structure-includes concept that change in quotations indicate paragraph change -narrative/chronological, procedural/chronological, emphatic, spatial, descriptive by imagery, persuasive
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5th - 12th
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Expository Essays: Match the Support to the Thesis/Controlling Idea
This TIERED/LEVELED activity includes four sets of manipulatives. I recommend printing on cardstock and laminating for reuse.
The students will match expository essay thesis statements to the most effective and appropriate supporting paragraph.
Set one, three, and four have six pieces and set two (advanced) has eight.
Before the pieces are cut out, they correspond (are in order) so the teacher can create a key, if necessary.
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4th - 8th
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AVID Argumentative Writing - Thesis Statement Teaching Slides and Activity
Are you an AVID teacher or English Language arts teacher? Need to explain how to write a thesis statement in an argumentative essay to middle or high school students? In this product you will find everything you need to help your students craft their thesis statements!What You Get:✏️5 teach slides✏️"make it better" activity direction slide✏️7 bad thesis statements✏️7 better thesis statement examples✏️argumentative writing prompt✏️21 argumentative writing topic ideas✏️4 steps guiding students in
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5th - 8th
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Nonfiction Vocabulary You Should Know Game Show PowerPoint
Nonfiction Vocabulary You Should Know Game Show PowerPoint. A fun teaching gameshow interactive game on vocabulary used in a nonfiction unit of study of informational text. Super fun vocabulary activity! Includes nonfiction, author's purpose, exposition, description, narration, and persuasion, types of nonfiction selections and their descriptions, nonfiction text structures, the difference between dialogue and dialect, as well as stereotype and bias. Good review for standardized testing. Reading
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Nonfiction Vocabulary and Structure Bundle - Grades 4 - 8
Class Research Games
Need a fun way to get your students practicing their research skills? This set of 10 games will take your class from thesis statements all the way to references all while having fun.This set of games covers research skills like:Building 3-prong thesis statementsUsing specific search termsAssessing the credibility of sourcesExpanding on relevant evidenceChecking the efficacy of research paragraphsCreating accurate APA citationsChecking APA formattingYou'll get fun class games like:Thesis SwapSour
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6th - 12th
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Grossed Out Growing Bundle - High Interest Reading Passages & Game
This Growing Bundle features my new line of resources 'Totally Grossed Out', a range of literacy resources designed to engage reluctant learners and excite teachers who love injecting humour and fun into their lessons. Currently, our bundle includes four resources:Fact, Opinion or Lie? Grossed Out Edition- this resource challenges students to identify whether a statement about gross topics is a fact, opinion or lie. This is a great way to develop critical thinking skills and engage students in a
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4th - 6th
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Strong Verb Memory Game
This Verb Game reinforces the use of strong, vivid verbs in writing and is perfect for centers or small groups. Students will gain knowledge of higher level vocabulary as they link everyday common verbs with their more vivid, stronger counterparts. Two separate versions are offered or, as a challenge, both games can be laid out together and played as one. Game comes with cut-out cards, optional card back pattern, directions, and answer key. Appropriate for middle or high school students. This
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Strong, Vivid Verbs Discount 3-Pack Bundle
Persuasion in Advertising - Silent Card shuffle - Cooperatively Learning Game
Persuasive devices in advertising.This resource has many uses. I have created it to use with my class as a cooperative Learning or thinking game called "Silent Card Shuffle". This strategy will help students to: Classify, understand and analyse information. The game rules have been provided.3 x pages of cards in correct order ( also use as the answer sheet) Laminate and cut these up for groups of 4 - 5 students. 3 x pages are in jumbled order (colour and black and white) for a consolidation act
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6th - 10th
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30 Text Evidence Sentence Starter Cards
If you're teaching students to cite text evidence when writing constructed responses, you need this set of 30 sentence starter cards. There are thirty, so each student in your class will have a different sentence starter to use for practice. The cards come with directions for games and activities like Line-up Limbo and Read a Round. Do more than just post a list! Use these cards to put get students to interact with the sentence starters in ways that will help these sentence starters become part
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3rd - 12th
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