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8th grade writing-expository resources for parents
Writing Intervention
I have developed a 13-step writing intervention program. I use these steps to improve my students' writing and I have found that it really makes a big difference. Some of the steps are from "Prevention and Intervention of Writing Difficulties for Students with Learning Disabilities," a research article by Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, and Lynn Larsen. Some of the steps are originals, which I felt were important enough to include. Students are motivated throughout the process because the interve
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1st - 12th
Journalism Syllabus - Beginning and Advanced Classes
These two syllabus templates - one for rookie Journalism students and the other for veteran adolescents who are continuing with this elective offer teachers the guidelines to plan the year.Each one leads with an Introduction. Here are the first paragraphs of both the Beginning and Advanced versions:BEGINNING:In this class students will learn the language of journalism, and will study research, reporting and interviewing techniques.They will write a variety of articles (news, feature, editorial,
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Journalism Activities & Lessons Bundle: Beginning & Advanced Students
Conquer Expository Essay Writing Grades 6-9 -- 15-page Complete Lesson
This packet shows your students how to write a good expository composition, from scratch, under time pressure. I have taught expository composition writing for years, and I have helped many students achieve mastery on the state test and also high school and college-entrance compositions. For college-bound students, improving their expository writing skill is worth the time and effort. Expository writing prompts are the go-to writing assignments for junior and senior-level AP tests, the ACT,
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Colorful Pattern Designs - Home & Office Pads - 4 Assorted Designs Note Pads
About this itemEach page measures 8.5 x 11inches and has 50 sheets.Great small gift ideaFun patterns for reminders, honey-do list, shopping list and more.Office notepads and home notepads.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Summer Reading Activities for Middle Schoolers
Do you have a bored middle school child that needs some summer reading activities? Do you tutor a middle schooler in reading? This summer reading activities resource is just what you can use to engage your child and keep them reading.This summer assignment is perfect for a fiction book. Bring your student/child to the library to pick out their JUST RIGHT book. It should be something they WANT to read. Print off the Summer Reading Journal with pages front to back and go over it with your student/
Grades:
5th - 8th
Book Report Rubric
Book report rubric to help aid teachers and parents with grading their student's book report
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2nd - 12th
Sample Critical Essay Response on Teaching English Language Learners
Feel free to use this essay as a template for teaching critical short answer responses. I used this in graduate school in response to a self-selected strategy on how I teach my subject to my students.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Writer's Kitchen Event
Hold a "Writer's Kitchen" event in your classroom and have your students choose their next writing topic! It also a great way to set up writer's workshop and have students make their next choice! I am not sure if students realize like readers have book clubs, authors have writers groups where they meet and talk about their ideas and ways to improve their craft. This activity was designed primarily as a book tasting but for writing. I think of it as a prewriting event to get students excited abo
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2nd - 8th, Staff
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Spanish: Produce Your Own Cooking Show
From Michele Jeanmarie, take your students on a journey in producing their own TV cooking show in Spanish. As you guide them through this lesson idea, students will learn about expository writing in a second language, Spanish. This step-by-step lesson will imbue camera shy students with the confidence needed for oral language communications, in Spanish. Students learn about the process of cooking, learn to say the words in Spanish as they produce their own TV show.
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5th - 12th
Template for Writing a Speech
A user-friendly template for writing a speech. Students simply fill in the gaps.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Spanish Mother's Day Digital Learning Google Slides Template
This SPANISH template is ready, editable, and easy to assign to your students in Google Classroom!2 Different Designs to choose from:Pastel ColorsBright Colors6 Slides Each:CoverFavorites PageStudents type a letter or composition (essay)2 Slides for memorable moments and captionsEnding quoteStudents can completely customize this presentation by adding photographs, illustrations, videos, and/or text. I hope you enjoy!XOXO,Bilingual Diaries
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2nd - 12th
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Expository Essay Checklist
Provided is a detailed checklist of necessary components to a well developed expository (informative) essay piece of writing. Components of this checklist are required on standard tests and helps students establish structured writing habits, especially formatted for developing writers.
The checklist can be used individually, in pairs, or small groups. This is a great resource to send home to help parents with their child’s writing.
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5th - 8th
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Topic Sentence Builder for Struggling Writers and Foundational Writing Skills
Here is a reference sheet with 11 model topic sentences for those who "don't know how to start" or "those who don't know what to write." For example, when writing about a person write "___ is a person who..." Sample sentences are given. This is what many students need to look at to get started and to begin to internalize and become fluent with standard academic language. There are also sentence starts for places, "anything important," telling how to do something, why something happens, and o
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4th - 9th
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An Open House Essay
Here is an essay I have had my students write, and then leave on their desks for Open House. In this essay the students are telling their parents the three most important things in our classroom...that they can't miss. It's a great icebreaker for the parents as soon as they hit the room.
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4th - 8th
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Government - Issue Night
Lesson summary
The lesson will begin with students and the teacher demonstrating common public speaking mistakes. That activity is designed to make students feel more comfortable with the process and to remind them how common it is to make a mistake when public speaking, but at the same time it is no big deal if they do so. The teacher will then introduce the idea of an issue night as well as provide students a brief overview of issues. During this time, students will line up in a continuum in t
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7th - 12th
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Distance Learning: Non-Fiction Writing Unit with TIMELINE and graphic organizers
This unit includes a graphic organizer, a timeline, a glossary, a title page, and a table of contents page. Included are two types of writing paper- depending on your writer's proficiency and handwriting ability (heavy mid-lined paper with space for drawing for younger students) (smaller heavy spaced lines for older students).
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K - 8th
Explanatory/Informative/Essay Writing Check-off List
This check-off list gives students and teachers a step by step outline when writing an informative piece. It even outlines each paragraph and what it must contain to produce and effective piece of writing that meets the rigor of the new Common Core Language/Writing Standards. In addition, it tells the student what Standard they are using when incorporating the items. During the last school year, the students' parents really appreciated this because they could actually help their children at ho
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3rd - 8th
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Informative/Opinion Writing Criteria For Success
This one pager provides the parts of the essay and the questions students should as themselves when writing each component of the essay. This is helpful to print as a visual anchor or can be printed and added to a students drafting packet.
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2nd - 8th
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Evoke an Imperative Narrative
Process writing and the six traits of writing together in one book!This two-week, ten day lesson plan walks students through the process of pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing and publishing a significant life event narrative. The focus of the first five lessons is on generating, structuring, and developing ideas, while the last five improve word choice and sentence fluency.The narrative writing unit plan contains 60 pages packed with fun, interactive partner activities.
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3rd - 9th
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Types of sentences posters
12 colourful posters that explain different sentence types. Choose a couple of different sentences to focus on during a writing task, and pin these posters to the front of the room to assist students. Sentence types include:HyperboleRhetoricalChiasmusAntithesisDeclarativeInterrogativeImperativeExclamatorySimpleCompoundComplexCompound-complex
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Poster Pack for the Elementary/ Primary classroom
Writing an Essay
This activity is designed to help young elementary students get their thoughts on paper, before they start writing. Talking things through before writing helps get the creative juices flowing and brings specific memories to the surface. As the thoughts start flowing, have your child write down simple words (nouns and verbs) that will help when it comes time to do the actual writing.
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K - 12th, Higher Education
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How to Write a Simple Report Grades 3 - 5 and 6 - 8
It’s report time. It’s assigned; there’s no getting out of it. Groaning will do no good.
Maybe report-writing gets bad reviews because students are left in the dark with no instructions for getting started, researching, or producing the end product. Anything is better with a plan, right? How about a plan for report writing? Here's one.
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3rd - 8th
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Writing by the Day December 1: Henry Ford Introduces the Assembly Line
This is a short writing piece to be used on December 1. It can also be used any day you need a quick writing piece!
On December 1, 1913, Henry Ford introduced the assembly line to the world. This worksheet provides a short description of an assembly line and explains its significance in the manufacturing of automobiles and more. Students are then asked to explain the importance of an assembly line and imagine how a product of their choosing could be manufactured on an assembly line.
Great fo
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Also included in: Writing by the Day Activities
Excellent Performance in English Writing
This adorable watercolor certificate is a fabulous way to encourage your students in their writing!__________________________________________________Printable as a single certificate per A4 sheet, this award is easily re-sized for multiple certificates per page. I generally print two per page to save card. Most of my certificates and awards are best printed on heavy 220gm white card stock, or matte photo paper. Please note that at this point in time this certificate is designed to be printed as-
Grades:
4th - 9th
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