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Middle school writing-expository task cards
RACE Strategy - Complete Bundle - Stations, Task Cards, Practice Pages
This Bundle Includes 5 RACE Strategy Products. Please see descriptions of each product below. The preview file with this resource includes all the preview pages in each of the individual products.RACE Strategy - Identifying the Parts Task CardsDo you need exemplars to help you teach what the parts of RACE look like?In my classroom, students need to see what a good constructed response should look like. I use the RACE strategy in my room (R-Restate A -- Answer the question C - Cite the Text E -
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4th - 6th
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Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Worksheets, Task Cards, and Easel Activity
Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Task Cards, and Sorting Activities. Transitional words and transitional phrases are useful in writing clear and fluent paragraphs, but students need to be familiar with when to use them. Includes a Word Splash of Transition Words with a graphic organizer for word sorting, several different handouts with lists of useful transition words, and a categorizing worksheet for groups to work on and discuss, and a set of 36 task cards. Digital and Print: I have also ma
Grades:
5th - 8th
Sentence Structure Activities Bundle | Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences
Are you a middle school language arts teacher looking for exciting and engaging ways to teach sentence structure? Look no further than the sentence structure activities bundle! With this bundle, you'll get an array of hands-on activities that will make teaching simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences fun and efficient. From grammar sorts and presentations to task cards and worksheets, you'll always have the resources available whenever your students need a refresher or introduc
Grades:
7th - 10th
Story Starters Creative Writing Prompts
Looking for a FUN and ENGAGING way to captivate your students' interest and enhance their writing skills? Look no further!
Have students who struggle with getting started when writing? Tired or hearing, "but I don't know what to write about!"? Well then, this is the product for you!
"Story Starters" are 24 writing task cards that provide students with the beginning sentence of a story and let their imaginations do the rest!
10-page packet includes:
Teacher directions
24 Prompt Task Cards
Brai
Grades:
1st - 6th
Revising Practice Task Cards
The focus of this resource is ALL REVISING. Provided in three formats: Printable, Google Forms, and TpT Digital Overlay. Perfect for face to face or distance learning because the content is identical in all three formats. Fun test prep! Great practice to master the skill of revising. Use for independent practice in learning stations, playing scoot, or work on the cards individually, in groups, or online. When students are finished with the practice questions, use the bonus free quiz to assess
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Revising and Editing Grammar Practice Bundle
Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Bundle | Grammar Errors in Writing
Do you need a misplaced & dangling modifiers bundle to help your students with writing? You might need to review for a standardized test with questions about misplaced and dangling modifiers. I created this presentation and accompanying activities to help with misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers.This grammar bundle for misplaced and dangling modifiers contains PDFs and digital versions. You will receive Google links to the worksheets, presentation, task cards, note sheets, and answer
Grades:
7th - 10th
MLA Review Escape Room
Students will review MLA 8th edition in-text citations and Works Cited entries with these 24 MLA task cards that ask them to find errors in entries and citations, determine information given by a citation, and correctly order Works Cited entries. Correct answer numeric codes give them letters toward the secret phrase, which they'll unscramble to win the game!
This product IS included in my escape room bundle:
Secondary English Escape Room Bundle
Your download includes
* 8 in-text citation tas
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: Secondary English Escape Room Bundle
Transition Word Task Cards
Transitions words and phrases are like traffic signals; they are essential to keeping a smooth "flow!" Without appropriate transitions, the reader may get lost, lose interest, or simply CRASH into confusion! These 15 road trip-themed task cards will help your students identify the best transition words and phrases to connect ideas. I have incorporated a variety of time-order, compare/contrast, cause and effect, and addition/elaboration transition words, such as:- First, next, then, after that, f
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4th - 6th
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Common Grammar Errors Activity Bundle | Identifying Writing Errors Practice
Common grammar errors can keep students from presenting their best writing. These grammar activities are the perfect way to connect grammar to writing and end common grammar and writing errors.With a variety of activities and materials, this bundle for common grammar errors will work throughout the school year for you. Writing problems addressed in this grammar bundle: √ parallelism√ subject-verb agreement√ pronoun-antecedent agreement √ adjective and adverb confusion√ errors in verb moods√ inco
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Essay Revision Learning Stations Print + Interactive Digital
**Redesigned and added digital option in January 2021**OVERVIEWThis Writer's Desk Revision Stations digital AND/OR print activity is a versatile resource for teaching writing and revision. These revision tasks will guide students through a thorough and engaging peer and self review revision process. This process is highlighted by six key areas of revision: introduction, copy editing, flow, word choice, organization, and conclusion.Students are given background information for each area of revisi
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7th - 12th
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Writing Prompts - 105 Journal Writing Prompts Creative Quick Write Bell Ringers
Writing Prompts - 105 Journal Writing Prompts Creative Quick Write Bell Ringers: Unlock the potential of journal writing in your classroom with our ready-to-use resource. This resource not only helps in getting to know your students better but also serves as an effective tool to improve student writing skills. The extensive package includes 4 eye-catching presentations with over 100 slides of writing prompts. Additionally, a printable file is included with the writing prompts in card form. Encou
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCE BUNDLE
Claim & Evidence Matching Task Cards
These task cards are a great way for students to practice matching claims with accurate evidence. Included in this set are 12 claim cards along with 12 matching evidence cards. All evidence is factual and was found using reliable internet resources. A student sheet and answer key are included.
Use these task cards as a table/partner activity, during classroom stations or as a literacy center task.
To take these cards a step further, once students have matched the cards, you might ask studen
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Active & Passive Voice Bundle Sort, Presentation, Notes, Worksheets, Task Cards
Active and passive voice in verbs can confuse students, but using voice correctly matters in student writing. Connect grammar to writing and clarify the differences in active and passive voice! With an editable presentation and numerous practice opportunities, this active and passive voice unit will complete your grammar lessons.I made these active and passive voice activities for middle school and ninth graders. I also use this active and passive voice lesson plan when I review for standardized
Grades:
8th - 11th, Adult Education
Thesis Statement Task Cards
These 20 task cards are perfect for reinforcing thesis statement writing skills.
Skills addressed:
-Identify is thesis statement is strong or weak & explain why
-Writing thesis statements with three points
-Edit and rewrite poor thesis statements
-Restate thesis statements for conclusion paragraph
-Edit & rewrite thesis statement for verb tense consistency
Recording sheet and answer key with suggested answers are included. I love this specific task card as a small group activity or as
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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MLA Citation Task Card Stations
In this MLA citation activity, your students will learn and practice how to properly cite videos, articles (online and in print), websites, and books using MLA citation format in a bibliography. This task can be adapted to ANY content requiring MLA citation of websites, books, videos, and articles. Set up as 4 stations, students will rotate and complete 2 task cards per station following the master citation sheet (MLA anchor chart) for that station. The activity can be repeated multiple times du
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Fourth Grade Mega Bundle of Resources
Main Idea Match & Worksheets
This main idea match set includes the following:
- 20 main idea sets (with main idea sentence and four supporting detail sentences)
- answer key for main idea sets
- 3 individual assessment worksheets with answer keys
The main idea match cards can be used as a center activity for individual students or cooperative learning groups. Students work to sort the cards by topic and either identify the main idea sentence card (when included at the center) or develop their own main idea sentence (when m
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Debate Topics - Task Cards
These Task Cards have 20 high-interest, student-centered Debate Topics that your kids will LOVE arguing over!
Contains:
• Suggested activity for using these task cards in your classroom (full lesson plan included!)
• Materials for suggested activity
• 20 task cards (available in both color and BW for easy printing!) that you can laminate (or not!) and use over and over again!
The perfect addition to any opinion writing, persuasive writing, argument writing, or debating unit that you use!
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Writing Instruction Bundle for Middle School
Nonfiction Text Structures: Writing / Discussion Prompt Task Cards
Four task cards are provided for each of the five main text structures (cause and effect, chronological/sequencing, compare/contrast, problem/solution, description). Twenty task cards total. Each card reminds students of the "signal words" that can be used to show each specific text structure. Each card includes a prompt for writing/discussion/graphic organizing that can be easily applied to the given text structure.
Several ideas for classroom use included!
Ink-saver (border-free) version p
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Elaboration Practice - Hands-on Activity / Worksheet
Elaboration is one of the more difficult writing skills to teach. Repeated exposure to different examples is imperative. In this activity, students analyze twenty different examples of commentary and try to classify each as one of the six given types of elaboration or explanation : Fact, Example, Definition, Reason, Importance, or Process. It includes a handout/reference sheet that defines and gives an exemplar of each type and lists “look fors,” signal words or traits that will help student
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Daily Paraphrase Practice for Text Based Writing
Many students struggle with putting text in their own words. Using this resource, teachers will give students practice 3 times a week. Students are given text to paraphrase. This short practice, a few times a week, will have them doing the skill correctly in no time. Teachers should model when students are finished or give feedback on students' work.Visit my Freebie Vault for loads of free resources that go along with this purchase.Free Video Writing Lessons click “Trial” on the left for the
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3rd - 6th
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Informative Essay Writing Collaborative Activity Printable and Digital
Use these printable and digital task cards to review informative essay writing structure with your middle school students that's EASY to grade! The students will work in groups, review what they know about the parts of an essay, and even write an essay with this interactive resource.What's included:✅ Informative Writing Prompt✅ TWO texts about Machu Picchu✅ One Informative organizer/checklist✅ Answer sheet✅ THIRTY Task Cards✅ Answers to the task cards and a fully filled-out answer sheet fo
Grades:
6th - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Reading and Writing Curriculum for Middle School - Printable and Digital
Persuasive Opinion Writing Prompt Task Cards - Black and White Ink Friendly
These Persuasive Writing Prompt Task Cards include 40 different persuasive writing prompts. They have been designed to make opinion writing fun and interesting. They can be used in multiple ways including whole class activities or in literacy groups. This pack also includes 2 opinion writing planner templates which can be used with the task cards. They are a perfect scaffold to help writers organize their ideas and opinions. They are Black and White and look super cute when printed on bright col
Grades:
PreK - 6th
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Sentence Structure Manipulatives Build Sentences with Grammar Pieces
Practice sentence structure and punctuation rules with this hands-on grammar activity. Do you want students to remember punctuation rules with simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences—and apply those ideas to their writing? This sentence structure download will help meet language standards. Students will "build" sentences with pre-made clauses practicing compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Included in this sentence structure activity:1· Powerpoint, editable with c
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Active and Passive Voice Multimedia Unit: Video, Task Cards, Sort Verb Voice
Stop active and passive voice in verbs from stumping your students! This multimedia bundle includes a grammar video to teach active and passive voice, plus practice activities. The task cards, exit ticket, student note sheets, and grammar sort are in PDF form AND digital format. See the preview for pictures of the digital activities. I made this grammar video and the activities for older students to build active and passive voice lessons. I also use these activities when I review for standardize
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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