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8th grade writing-essays games
Plagiarism Lecture, Game-Based Approach to Introduce/Reinforce Plagiarism Rules
You know you need to show your students the right way to handle sourced material to prevent plagiarism, but the subject matter can be so dry, causing teens to tune out during your lecture. To fix this, use a lecture disguised as a game to help cover the basics of proper MLA source citation and plagiarism rules.This product includes a projectable “game” of PDF slides (shh...it’s really a lecture – don’t tell our students) with concrete, real-world examples of how source citations should be handle
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8th - 11th, Higher Education
Argument Writing Digital Escape Room Review Game Activity
Argument Writing Digital Escape RoomThis product contains a digital escape room created in 2022 based on an older game for use with paper and Breakout Box kits. Both games are included in the download.Digital Escape Room: Students must be able to access Google Sites, Forms, and Slides as well as Youtube to play the digital version of the game. They must also have a Google sign-in. No Breakout Box kit is necessary for the digital version.Paper Room: For the Breakout Box version, students must
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7th - 12th
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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
Writing Strong vs Weak Topic Sentences Interactive Activity Google Slides Lesson
A self-paced, self-checking mini lesson with intervention that includes 64 interactive Google Slides™ that help students identify and learn the difference between a strong or weak topic sentence. The lesson first explains what a strong topic sentence is and what it isn't. Then, through a series of ten examples, student practice recognizing a strong versus a weak topic sentence along with justifying why it is one or the other.⬆️ Try out the lesson's clickable interactivity at the end of the previ
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Topic Sentences BUNDLE | Digital Lesson, Practice, & Assessment
Citing Text Evidence BUNDLE & Citing Evidence Game - Distance Learning
Do your students struggle to seamlessly incorporate text evidence within their writing? This completely digital and printable unit will teach your students MLA 8 citations + critical lessons that teach students how to incorporate/embed these quotations within paragraphs. The Citing Evidence Game will engage students in fun but meaningful practice with crafting parenthetical citations and embedding quotations. This is a digital and printable resource. It can be used for distance or e-learning. Th
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7th - 12th
Essay Writing Games (Parts of an essay, essay terms, types of essays)
Nobody said essay writing was easy, but it can be fun! Integrate these essay writing games as a engaging way for students to learn the various parts of an essay.
What games are included?
• Trivia game #1 (Jeopardy-style)
• Trivia game #2 (Jeopardy-style)
• Trivia game #3 (Millionaire-style)
The games cover a variety of elements including:
a) Parts of an essay
b) Important terms
c) Types of essays
Note: all three games can be edited to accommodate the variety of learners in your classroom.
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Essay Writing Resources BUNDLE
Essay Writing Practice - Informative and Argumentative Essay Game Show
This fun, interactive Jeopardy Style PowerPoint and Google Slides Game Show will help your middle school students review argumentative and informative essay writing skills with ease!Objective: Students will answer questions about text-based informative and argumentative essay writing skills to review for an assessment.What's included:✅ Directions for the teacher✅ PowerPoint Game with 25 questions and answers about both informative and argumentative essays✅ Google Slides versionThis game can be u
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6th - 8th
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Escape Room Break Out Box Game, Parts of an Essay (Mini)
Get ready to dive into an exciting escape-room style adventure with this break-out game designed to review the part of an essay for your middle or high school students. From the most reluctant writers to the most advanced, all of your students will be 100% engaged in solving the clues in this interactive lock box game. Plus, you'll be on the cutting edge with this educational teaching trend that will be exciting and purposeful in classrooms for years to come! In this mini escape game with a fl
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7th - 10th
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Citing and Embedding Text Evidence GAME!
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to get your students practicing with MLA citations? This game will have your students practicing both citing and embedding quotations while having fun! Answer keys with "teacher tips" will support students as they practice these critical skills. What's included: 1. A "When Punctuation Takes a Vacation" game board. 2. Game directions with mini-lessons for students. 3. Student answer sheet4. Four types of game cards: - "Cite it!" game cards help studen
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7th - 12th
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Research Writing Game and Activity for Evaluating Claims and Evidence
Do your students struggle to support their claims with logical evidence and credible sources? Do their papers feel more like a research soup than a logically organized argument? This engaging game and activity help students think critically about claims, evidence, sources, and organization.First, the class is split into two teams. One team is for chewing gum at school, while the other team is against it. The two teams compete in a relay race to collect cards with claims and evidence that support
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
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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Characterization Minilesson, GAME-BASED with Google Compatible PowerPoint, CCSS!
This minilesson is perfect to couple with any unit or lesson focusing on characters! It includes everything you need, including a 16-page PowerPoint that can be uploaded to your Google Drive AND game-based practice. I have included character analysis essay instructions and rubric to take it one step further. This micro-unit focuses on indirect and direct characterization, as well as determining if a character is flat, round, dynamic, and/or static. INCLUDES: *Google-Compatible PowerPoint (just u
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7th - 10th
MLA Formatting & ICE (Introduce, Cite, Explain) Mini Lesson and Review Game
Help your students understand MLA Formatting & embedding quotes using the ICE (introduce, cite, explain) method! This MLA bundle includes instructional slides, student handouts and a review game! Our review game, "Horse Races" gets kids up and moving while also having them read their handouts and highlight for information!The MLA Formatting & ICE presentation and handouts includes information about what MLA format is, why we write in MLA format, how to set up a paper in MLA format, and h
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7th - 12th
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ESSAY Escape Room (Activities, Trivia & Puzzle Games for Students)
If you are looking for a fun, new way to teach your students the basics of an essay, then THE GREAT ESSAY WRITING ESCAPE is for you! There are six essay-themed (trivia) challenges included in this file. Students will complete a variety of tasks using problem-solving and critical thinking skills.Complete one OR complete them all! Mix- and-match the challenges; each puzzle is independent of the others. As the teacher, you can decide which puzzles you may want to use and in which order they will be
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Back to School ELA | Emergency Sub Activities | English Language Arts
Argumentative Writing mystery game
This is a google slides game modeled after a murder mystery game. Students will have to work through the game, fill out an evidence log, and eventually write an argumentative essay defending their arrest of the person they think is responsible for the murder. The evidence log seems to be having issues, so I have it listed separately as a free page.
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7th - 10th
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Evidence Debate Game for Middle School ELA
This creative and engaging game gives students valuable practice supporting their arguments with evidence.Our students are full of opinions, but without support to back up their arguments, they cannot build a logical case - one of the most essential skills in writing an essay.Thankfully, this game makes supporting evidence both engaging and fun.So how does it work?First, you pose a debate topic to the class and split your students into two teams: "for" and "against."Then you give both teams time
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6th - 8th
Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
AVID Persuasive Vs. Argumentative Writing - Digital Lesson and Activity
Are you an AVID or English teacher? Need to explain the difference between argument and persuasion to middle or high school students? In this product you will find 6 explanations that show the difference between argumentative and persuasive writing. After teaching students the differences, they will have the chance to practice what they learned with the This or That game where students will read different text examples and have to decide which ones are persuasive or argumentative.What do you get
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5th - 8th
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Grammar, Mechanics, Revisions, and Editing NO PREP Digital Escape Room
Want to help students practice what to look for when revising and editing writing? This NO PREP completely digital escape room will help students practice looking for capitalization errors, spelling errors, errors with homonyms, errors with punctuation, and run-on sentences.Students are planning a heist, but their inside man was afraid of the clues being intercepted. Therefore, all the clues are coded! Can they solve the clues to get to the gold?This escape room is best aimed at students in grad
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: NO PREP Grammar Digital Escape Room Bundle
Fun Transition Words and Phrases Game for Writing Essays
Do your students struggle to connect their ideas when writing essays? This fun and engaging game helps students analyze how to logically connect ideas with transition words and phrases.First, the class is divided into 8 teams and given 10 cards each. Each card has a transition word or phrase that could be used to connect ideas when writing an essay. Transition category posters are placed at random on the classroom walls. These categories include cause and effect, time, addition, contrast, suppor
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Games for Middle School Language Arts Review
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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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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The Writing Games! Dice Review Game for Research & Writing Skills
Can your students demonstrate understanding of the most important writing and research concepts? Test them and find out with this Writing Games! interactive dice board.This student-centered, engaging dice game is perfect for any MLA research unit or as a unit test or final exam review. The writing games dice board requires students to think about various aspects of writing and research, including the stages of the writing process, traits of writing, in-text citations, direct quotes, plagiarizing
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8th - 11th
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Fun Essay Writing Activities for Middle School
If your students think essays are boring, they need to think again. These engaging activities and catchy posters capture students' interest and help them improve their essay writing -- all while having fun.What's included?✔️ A fun essay-hooks game to familiarize your students with the types of hooks they can use and give them valuable practice writing introductions✔️ Essay-hooks posters that feature a catchy Q.U.A.C.K. acronym to help your students remember five types of essay hooks -- quote, un
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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
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