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Other (ELA) Common Core W.8.1 resources
Fake News Unit - Media Literacy Analysis Unit
This Fake News Unit contains 10 high-interest lessons about media literacy, fake news and digital citizenship to help 21st-century students learn to think critically about the information they consume from print and digital media sources. This is highly relevant to today’s learners as it contains lessons on social media content and algorithms as well as artificial intelligence and deep fakes. Teachers will use these fake news scaffolded lessons starting with an interactive QR code vocabulary sca
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 1
Thesis Statement PRACTICE For Argumentative Essay Writing w Lessons & Activities
Thesis statement practice for argumentative writing the fun and simple way! This Google Classroom workshop will have students whipping out perfect thesis statements in minutes. It is an interactive, MUST-DO lesson before teaching argument writing. After all, the thesis statement is the most important sentence in the essay. In this self-checking workshop, students identify elements and missing elements of thesis statement by moving the buttons to reveal answers. They will also write thesis statem
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6th - 9th
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Comprehensive Writing Rubrics Packet for Secondary English - Print & Digital
Maximize your efficiency in grading while enhancing writing skills with this Writing Rubrics Packet designed exclusively for secondary English teachers. This invaluable resource streamlines the assessment process for teachers, offering both print and fully-editable digital options.Provide effective and comprehensive feedback to your students with these writing rubrics!Writing Rubrics Key Features:Five Essential Rubrics: Tailored for secondary English, this packet covers a range of writing genres
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Ultimate Writing Bundle - Secondary ELA Writing
DIGITAL Current Events Project (Grade 7-10 Media Literacy)
This Current Events project is perfect for media literacy to support students in analyzing current event news articles. Students will fill out these workbook pages digitally to show their understanding of the article and to reflect on their opinions on the topics discussed in the article. Use the provided rubric to assess students and to show them the expectations for the project. You will receive a Google Slides™ file that includes 7 pages.All slides are entirely editable through Slide > Edi
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Grade 7 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Argumentative Essay Writing Graphic Organizers
Help your students by providing them with these argument writing graphic organizers! They will have the opportunity to organize their thoughts, opinions, and evidence findings! With these graphic organizers, your students will improve their writing skills by breaking apart and drafting their own argumentative essays!Writing can be one of the toughest subjects because of its tendency to become overwhelming! I have created graphic organizers that can help students to put their thoughts onto paper
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6th - 12th
Argument Games - A Fun Way to Get Students Practicing Their Argument Skills!
⚞The Argument Games bundle⚟ will provide you with five collaborative, active games that will have students:➫ creating arguments ➫counter-arguments ➫ evaluating perspectives ➫ evaluating the sufficiency of evidence!↬A list of interesting and unique arguable topics are provided in this unit. ↬Signs for gameplay are also included. Looking for more great resources for your classroom?This unit is a part of mysemester 2 bundle AND my Full Year English Curriculum Bundle. These curriculum bundles wil
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Identifying Claim & Counterclaim Practice
This worksheet asks students to highlight/underline the claim in each argument paragraph and then write a counterclaim. Great practice for students learning how to identify the parts of an argument and write a counterclaim!
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7th - 9th
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Argument: Claim, Counterclaim, & Rebuttal PowerPoint Lesson
This lesson is an introduction to argument. Students are asked to plan out an appeal to a parent/guardian, asking to attend a party. By supporting their arguments with reasons, predicting why their parent(s) will say no, and creating responses to their parent(s) reasoning, students are unknowingly developing their knowledge for Claim, CounterClaim, and Rebuttal.This lesson takes 45 minutes - 1 hour and includes: - Definitions of terms - Student-driven discussion - A final writing assignment
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7th - 12th
5-Paragraph Essay Mini-lessons: Plan, Slideshow, Guided Notes, & Exit Tickets
Get everything you need to introduce (or review!) 5-paragraph essays with these 5-paragraph Essay Mini-Lessons! This PRINTABLE and DIGITAL resource will eliminate your need to prep--so you and your students can get through essay writing quicker!The included lesson plan breaks everything down from prep work (none required!) to day-to-day lessons.Use the EDITABLE slideshow containing five mini-lessons to walk your students through the formatting, structure, and citations of a 5-paragraph essay. Th
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8th - 11th
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Thesis Statement Practice Worksheets For Argumentative Writing Would You Rather
Wanna get your students cracking up while learning how to write a thesis statement? This hilarious, Google Slides workshop uses WOULD YOU RATHER questions as prompts to teach basic elements and structure of a thesis statement. Students LOVE it! This EASY workshop is perfect for 6th grade teachers introducing thesis statement, and for older struggling students, or those who lack prior knowledge. Students simply choose a position, plug in their claim and reasons, then put it together in a sentence
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6th - 9th
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Infer & Explain Mega BUNDLE
Who said making inferences has to be boring? Save 30% (and even more during the TPT site-wide sale) on this huge bundle containing all of Creative Speech Lab's Infer & Explain resources! This no prep, highly engaging bundle of printable and digital (BOOM Cards™️) inferencing activities helps students infer and explain information from clues within high-interest narrative texts. As your students infer and explain to solve various mysteries, they will also build important language skills inclu
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4th - 8th
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Argumentative Essay Writing Revision Stations for Middle Grades CCSS Aligned
Help your middle school students improve their argumentative essay writing by providing them with an opportunity to work in these stations! They will self-reflect, revise and edit, and help one another to make improvements on their essays! These stations provide checklists, examples, and ideas for taking their argumentative essays to the next level. *These activities are both in station and task card format! They can be used either way!**The stations and task cards are meant to be used AFTER stu
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Argumentative Essay Writing Bundle (6th-8th Grade) (CCSS Aligned)
50 Argumentative Writing Prompts
Looking to engage your middle school or high school English Language Arts students in argument writing? Download my set of 50 Visual Argumentative Writing Prompts to use as quick writes, bellringers, daily journals, creative writing prompts, or as an introduction to your argumentative writing unit!This digital and printable set of 50 visual argumentative writing prompts allows for maximum teaching flexibility. Google Slides are included to project in your classroom or share with students digital
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: 100 Visual Writing Prompts for Narrative and Argumentative Writing
Month of ELA and Writing Bell Ringers: Volume 1, Middle School
Looking for scaffolded ELA bell ringers for middle school grades?! Have your students in their seats and working on an assignment as soon as the bell rings! These bell ringers provide and engaging, fun, and meaningful way to get students on task and prepared for the day's learning.This is volume 1 of my Month of Bell Ringers! This is a great resource for Writing, ELA, and even ESL teachers to use for bell ringers! There is a mixture of grammar and writing. There are 25 different prompts or quest
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Over One Year of ELA and Writing Bell Ringers BUNDLE, Middle School
Unscramble the 5-paragraph Essay Activity with Two Essay Examples
Challenge your students' understanding of the five-paragraph essay structure with this Unscramble the 5-paragraph Essay Activity! This hands-on resource will get students working as a group as they use their knowledge of essay structure, context clues, and formatting to piece an essay back together again. There are two versions of this activity: a literary analysis essay and a research paper. Choose the one that better suits your class or current essay assignment--or mix up both to truly challen
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8th - 11th
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Writing Strong Thesis Statements Activity | Printable & Digital
Help your students understand the differences between strong and weak thesis statements with this Writing Strong Thesis Statements Activity! This PRINTABLE and DIGITAL resource will get students up and moving as they work on identifying what makes a thesis "strong."Three versions of this activity are included (the activity, a worksheet version, and a digital version). The included teacher's guide will walk you through using each. For the writing strong thesis statements activity, hang the includ
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8th - 11th
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How to Write an Essay
Are you teaching argumentative, expository, or essay writing? This HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY product teaches students how to write essays in a systematic way. All materials for the unit are included! Students will learn how to write introductions, how to write body paragraphs, and how to write conclusions. Click here for a Google Slides version, if that works better for you.This product includes:5 comprehensive mini-lessons on the parts of an introduction (hook, background info, thesis statement), p
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4th - 8th
MyPerspectives 9th Grade Unit 4: Star Crossed Romance (Romeo & Juliet)
This comprehensive and engaging resource consists of 114 Slides for Romeo and Juliet. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, a mock trial, close readings, Jeopardy game links, mini-lessons, and so much more to make teaching and learning Romeo and Juliet fun, educational, and creative!The handouts bundle includes over 20 resources of corresponding handouts for the unit, which includes a mock trial framework, a ready to use end-of -play assessment with a step-by-ste
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8th - 12th
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Essay Writing Revision Stations BUNDLE Informational, Argumentative, & Narrative
Help your students by providing them with opportunities to improve their narrative, informational, and informational essay wiring skills! These stations/task cards provide students with opportunities to self-reflect, revise and edit their essays, and help others to improve their own! *These activities are both in station and task card format! They can be used either way!**The stations and task cards are meant to be used AFTER students have written an essay, and they are looking to IMPROVE their
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6th - 8th
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St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (BUNDLE WITH HANDOUTS)
This resource breaks down Karen Russells' "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" and allows students to study the phenomenal short story through creative writing prompts, discussion, and guided questions. Students will also learn about culture shock as it relates to the text. The mini-unit ends with a narrative writing task in which students explore the connections between assimilation attempts and the actual results of assimilation.This bundle includes a total of SEVEN resources with guid
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8th - 12th
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MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 2 BUNDLE Slides & Printable Activities, etc
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises over 100 SLIDES corresponding. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!This handouts resource includes over ten printable and ready to use handouts, activities, assessments, etc that correlate to the "Outsiders and Outcasts" unit plan.
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8th - 12th
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Halloween Activities for Middle Grades, Reading & Argumentative Writing
These are not your average Halloween reading and writing worksheets! These printable and digital argumentative reading comprehension and writing activities for your students are rigorous and engaging! Keep your students engaged while they are also learning during the Halloween season! They will read a text about trick-or-treating age restrictions. Then, they will write a response to an argument writing prompt on their opinion on the topic! This resource is the perfect way to review and assess st
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6th - 8th
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ELA Mini Unit: Persuasive Writing 'Get My Chair Back'
PERSUASIVE WRITING MINI UNIT! NO PREP REQUIRED!Includes: - 'Hot Takes' Gallery Walk to launch content- Give me my chair back (chair's on strike) writing activity - 4 days of extremely detailed lesson plans - multiple graphic organizers - Persuasive writing phrase bank Use this resource as a fun way to engage students and get them interested in writing in a creative way. Use this source to help teach and review persuasive/argumentative writing! This will have your students highly engaged and will
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3rd - 8th
Engaging Rhetorical Appeals Lesson: Collaborative Mural Project - Creative
Engage your students with this "Creative Rhetorical Appeals Lesson - Collaborative Mural Project" – a cross-curricular experience designed to immerse students in the world of persuasive communication. ✨ Interactive Learning Experience: Transform rhetoric into art with this engaging lesson! Students not only grasp the essentials of rhetorical appeals but also participate in a collaborative mural project that brings their newfound knowledge to life. Boost Learning Impact: Watch your students' unde
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7th - 10th
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