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Middle school writing-expository thematic unit plans
Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments
Essay Writing Unit - Presentations, Handouts, Graphic Organizers & Assignments: This essay bundle contains all the documents you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging PowerPoint presentations, fun activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.What Teachers Are Saying About This Essay Writing Unit: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great package. As a new teacher so
Grades:
7th - 12th
Informational paragraph writing PDF & Digital for Distance Learning
*Informational paragraph writing unit* You have to learn to crawl before you can walk. Similarly, students need to learn how to write a well-constructed informational paragraph before they can start composing multi-paragraph reports and essays. This unit will help you teach your students how to write an informational paragraph with a clearly stated topic sentence, text-based supporting details, a conclusion, and domain-specific vocabulary. The skill of writing a well-constructed informational p
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4th - 6th
Newspaper Article Writing Unit {Here's the Scoop!}
This unit will have your students excited about writing and thinking reflectively about the world around them.About this ProductThis is one of my favorite Writing Units! Writing a Newspaper Article about the community, school, or class is a fun way for students to develop their writing skills, as well as connect with the world around them. The resources in this unit could be used to teach as a class Writing Unit, to create a class newspaper, a school newspaper, or in an after school club. Stud
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Illinois History–ALL Illinois State Study Content Included–No Textbook Needed!
Complete Illinois History Interactive Notebook Unit with ELEVEN Lessons of Nonfiction Illinois History Informational Text (ALL CONTENT INCLUDED – NO ADDITIONAL TEXTBOOK NEEDED), TWENTY-ONE Interactive Notebook Assignments, and a balanced mix of hands-on activities, all aligned with Illinois's 4th Grade Social Science Standards. (Revised 2018)LESSON ONE – ILLINOIS'S FIRST PEOPLE:Two-Pocket Vocabulary Organizer (Interactive Notebook)First People Nonfiction Informational Text Lesson – all CONTENT
Grades:
4th - 7th
Endangered Species Informational Writing
Informational Writing Using 4 Different Text Structures:Students will choose an animal from the Endangered Species list then research.Using the handouts in this resource, students will use the sample paragraphs and write their own paragraphs. They will then use the digital template to publish their own information writing. Resource included:* Student handouts with sample paragraphs for Description, Cause & Effect, Problem/Solution, and Sequence of Events* Digital Template for the magazine ar
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3rd - 6th
Research Unit for Middle School ELA Writing Reading and Presentations
Teaching research skills and writing in your middle school ELA class is now broken down step-by-step in a scaffolded and differentiated writing unit. This unit includes 20 done-for-you lesson plans and daily teacher lesson slide presentations with all content and examples broken down. Each lesson is quick and easy to set up, and I have done ALL the work for you. You could even leave these lesson plans for subs. Look at your daily lesson plans and pull up the accompanying teacher slides and you h
Grades:
6th - 8th
NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY BUNDLE | ANALYSIS & CREATION OF NEWS | COMPLETE UNITS
We have bundled together FIVE of our MOST POPULAR MEDIA LITERACY resources to ensure your students can CONSUME all forms of NEWS as CRITICAL THINKERS and CREATE their news reports and MEDIA PUBLICATIONS by using correct literacy protocols and PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES.This is a MUST-HAVE in 2024 when FAKE NEWS, SCAMS and MISINFORMATION flood our social media feeds and screens.Be sure to read each resource description and review for further details, but we assure you will not be disappointed wit
Grades:
5th - 9th
The Odyssey Unit for pre-AP skills AND authentic literacy!
This unit was written to promote authentic literacy and advance pre-AP skills in the classroom. Included in this new and updated unit are almost 70 pages of totally original handouts and engaging activities that you will not find anywhere else: a “4 Corners” interactive anticipation guide, the “Odyssey Toga Party” to introduce star characters, the Mount Olympus Police Report to file against Odysseus, Life is Like an Epic Simile to help students write their own poems, Annotation in 8 Steps, plus
Grades:
8th - 11th
Lucy Calkins Argument and Advocacy Writing Unit Grade 5 Google Slides
Use these engaging slides to guide you and your students through the entire Argument and Advocacy Writing Unit of Lucy Calkins! All lessons include Connection, Teaching Point, Teaching, Active Engagement, and Celebrations! Please keep in mind that all of Bend I is exactly as Lucy wrote it, but that Bend II I tweaked.For Bend II, I decided to make the lessons more engaging (as any good teacher would do), which is why I included TedTalks. I found that, after teaching this unit for 5 years, that Be
Grades:
4th - 8th
Thankful Project--A Thanksgiving Middle School Writing Project
I developed the Thankful project as a way to utilize the step up writing process. I used a printable turkey found off of Google for a portion. The students pick three aspects of their lives that they are thankful for. This project culminates with a 5 paragraph essay consisting of introduction, three paragraph body, and conclusion. I have done this project with students in grades 6, 7, & 8. This project is not just about teaching writing skills, it is also to help students develop grat
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Grades:
5th - 8th
News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
Grades:
5th - 9th
Essay Writing Unit - Slides, Organizers & Assignments - Digital Print Bundle
Essay Writing Unit - Slides, Organizers & Assignments - Digital and Print Bundle: This digital and print essay bundle contains all the resources you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging Google Slides and PowerPoint presentations, fun digital and print activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.This is a BUNDLE of my print and digital vers
Grades:
7th - 12th
Winter Poetry Unit with Annotations, Sample Explication Essays, & MORE!
This unit includes TEN poems by classic authors that involve winter in some respect. Some poems use winter to symbolize absence, others age, and still others unity. Five of these poems have a more positive representation of winter while the remaining five have a more negative representation of winter-- however, this is debatable! And that is exactly what students are going to do! I was feeling inspired by the winter and started researching classic poems about the season. What I came to real
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
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You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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50 States Project - an upper-elementary research project
a 5-6 week reserach project your students will actually WANT to do. Great for high fourth grade-6th grade classrooms. Covers standards RI.7, RI.9, W.2, W.4, W.6, W.7, W.8, W.9 and SL4Includes 14 different projects that come together to create a large poster showcasing student work. Also included: editable parent letter, and editable luncheon invite to encourage parent participation and involvement when the projects are over.STANDARDS BASED RUBRICS included for easy grading.Projects involve VERY
Grades:
4th - 6th
AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH UNIT MEGA BUNDLE Writing Skills Report Present Theme
***BUNDLE & SAVE 40%!*** Teach informative research writing in a way that is engaging and memorable with this no-prep 568-page Around the World Research Unit MEGA BUNDLE-Writing Skills Lessons, Research Report, Presentation Project, Party, and Theme Day. Use this thematic unit to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research skills, report writing, technology skills, manners, presentation, speaking, and listening skills! First, students will learn and practice a variety
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Essay Writing Unit - Google Slides, Graphic Organizers and Assignments - Digital
Essay Writing Unit - Google Slides, Graphic Organizers and Assignments - Digital: This digital essay bundle contains all the digital files you will need to teach your high school (or late middle school) students proper essay writing. With engaging Google Slides presentations, fun digital activities, graphic organizers, checklists, and more, your students will understand the essay writing process from start to finish.This is a Google-compatible activity, and students complete all the work on the
Grades:
7th - 12th
Famous People Research Project | Significant People Information Report
Capture your students' attention with this famous people research project! This resource will guide your students in grades 3-6 to create an exciting information report about a famous person of their choice. The templates include sub-heading and note taking sheets as well as a rubric to take care of assessment. With this tool, you can help your students develop their research and writing skills while teaching them about a number of different notable people.It includes:A task sheet for students t
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Restaurant Review Unit
Teach your students to write like a food critic!This is a very fun and engaging unit for students in 6th-10th grade. Students love to write about food and restaurants. This will be just the hook they need to get into your descriptive writing unit!This unit can last 2 or more weeks depending on how you decide to use the included materials. Your students will train to be food critics by:-reading about the job of a food critic-learning the vocabulary for describing food and restaurants-participati
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6th - 10th
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Memoir Writing Unit {Narrative Nonfiction}
This Memoir writing unit combines narrative writing skills with the nonfiction genre. With this sophisticated style of writing, the writer focuses on self-discovery through a lesson learned during a specific time of life or significant event. This unit includes detailed lesson plans, writing examples, anchor charts, writing goals displays, an editing checklist, a writing rubric, and MORE!Writing Lessons included: Session 1: Inquiry into Memoir (Deconstructing mentor texts) Session 2: Inquiry
Grades:
5th - 7th
AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH & THEME DAY BUNDLE Report Presentation End of the Year
***BUNDLE & SAVE 30%!*** Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING AND FUN into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 193-page/slide Around the World Research Project & Theme Day BUNDLE for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. Use this thematic project and celebratory days to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research, writing, technology, presentation, speaking, listening, STEM, art, and teamwork skills! Students will complete an in-depth Re
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
How to write a Fairy Tale or Fable
This is a step by step process for writing a fairy tale or fable. This 21 page packet contains two stories for the students to read, vocabulary terms to improve their understanding of story elements, a step by step worksheet (with a few examples) to aide in the process of writing a fairy tale or fable, and requirements for the actual written piece. This is a fun way to get students writing. They will have an eye opening experience when they see the characteristics of a fairy tale or fable and ho
Grades:
6th - 12th
Project Based Learning- Careers
Looking for something to use across all subject areas to incorporate careers? This is the set for you!
The great thing about this set is that it can be used across numerous grade levels and with every subject area. Like my other project based learning sets, you can expect in-depth research and projects that will engage your students completely!
Included in this set:
project based learning explanation and ideas
website resource page
career vocabulary graphic organizer
careers on wheels section
Grades:
1st - 7th
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