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8th grade Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa writing-essays resources
Essay Writing Unit - Teach Your Students How to Write an Essay PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students how to write an essay! This comprehensive essay writing bundle includes teaching resources and lessons for every part of an essay. First, focus on teaching the thesis statement and introductory paragraph.The first writing unit includes targeted teaching strategies to teach students how to write a thesis statement and an introduction to an essay. This thesis writing teaching unit includes a teaching presentation (PowerPoint and Google Slide) for direct instruction. This teachi
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6th - 10th
Tessellation Christmas Tree | Collaborative Christmas Activity and Class Craft!
Don't miss out on the HOLIDAY FUN!! See for yourself why this Tessellated Christmas Tree project is the perfect whole-class Christmas activity... plus you can sneak a little math in the fun! Designed by Art with Jenny K., it connects the individual with the group using tessellations, and it has a ton of "wow factor" when complete. It provides a meaningful demonstration that our individuality combines with others to make a greater whole—a wonderful lesson for the holiday season! Each student deco
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Writing Unit: Grades 7-12
UPDATED AUGUST 2023!! This classroom-tested unit will take you and your students through the process of planning, drafting, revising, and polishing an argumentative (or persuasive) essay. The first few days are structured, whole-class lessons. After that, the class moves into a series of writer’s workshop days as students complete mini-lessons and work on developing their own essays.__________________________________________________________________________WHAT'S INSIDE___________________________
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7th - 12th
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Directed Drawing Calendar | Parent Gift | Holiday or Mother's Day Project
>>> UPDATED THROUGH 2026 <<<This calendar has all the elements that a Nana, Gamma, or Nona would love to see from a favorite child of theirs. Anyone would light up when gifted 12 directed drawings, a sweet picture, and a beautiful calendar! These are so easy to assemble and requires little to no materials! This product includes:- 3 years worth of calendars- 12 directed drawing templates- 12 blank templates for monthly drawings- 12 coloring options- 20 background options - optio
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PreK - 8th
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos - Rhetorical Appeals Analysis and Persuasive Language Unit
Make teaching ethos, pathos, and logos fun and engaging with this rhetorical appeals unit! This comprehensive rhetorical appeals unit includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about the different, effective persuasive and argumentative writing strategies, including ethos, pathos, and logos. ⭐️ 2023 UPDATE: Now includes PRINT AND DIGITAL! Teach your students about rhetorical appeals using the engaging and interactive multi-day instructional slide. Students follow
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7th - 12th
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Writing a Research Paper Unit Project & Portfolio for Research Writing EDITABLE
This research writing unit and portfolio has everything you need to teach the research process in an organized and engaging way! Your students will strengthen their reading, writing, and researching skills throughout the research project.This comprehensive portfolio will help your students master the research writing process in 6 steps-- indicated by organized tabs (topic selection, research, annotated bibliography, research outline, the writing process, and reflection).The portfolio is made up
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8th - 12th
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Embedding Quotations in Writing - Teaching How to Embed Quotes - PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students how to properly embed, cite, and explain quotes in their writing with this comprehensive teaching lesson! Students will learn four different ways to embed quotes in their writing. This lesson includes ample activities for practice, and students can apply the skill all year long. Includes digital resources!From an extensive editable PowerPoint to multiple worksheets to help students practice the skill to invaluable student references, this embedding quotes teaching resource ha
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ultimate Writing Bundle - Secondary ELA Writing
Ugly Christmas Character Sweater: Fun Holiday Writing, ELA Activity, Craft Board
Are you ready to bring some educational holiday cheer into your classroom? Unwrap your students' creativity and inferencing skills with this festive and educational Christmas writing activity! Create an Ugly (or cute) Character Sweater:Your students will combine whole class novels or independent reading with the hilarity of ugly Christmas sweaters. This ELA Christmas activity will make the chaos of the season a little easier by allowing students focus their energy on creating custom ugly sweater
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5th - 10th
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Paraphrasing, Quoting, & Summarizing: Informative Writing Skills PRINT + DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing by focusing on three key skills: paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing. This unit teaches students how to improve their writing skills by focusing on learning how to paraphrase, quote, and summarize text in their own writing! By learning the crucial skill of paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing, students will improve their writing drastically!In this informational writing mini-unit, your students will learn the differences between paraphrasing, quoting
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7th - 10th
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CHRISTMAS Escape Room (Activities, Trivia & Puzzle Games for Students)
There are five Christmas escape room-type (trivia) challenges included in this file. Each activity can be completed individually or in conjunction with one another, depending on the time available in your planning. The challenges could be used as individual, pair or small group activities. The puzzles and games are designed to promote communication, cooperation and problem-solving skills. A detailed and thorough teacher instruction page has been included, which provides differentiated instructio
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5th - 12th
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Paragraph Writing How to Write a Paragraph of the Week Grades 6-8 with Digital
❝ This resource is fantastic for teaching paragraph structure, adding details to writing, and supporting opinions with reasoning. My students enjoyed completing the paragraphs each week and I saw growth in their writing by the end of the year. Thank you! ❞ -Molly TParagraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn and practice writing a paragraph.You'll get everything you need for argument
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6th - 8th
Christmas Math Activity - Ugly Sweaters Plotting Points - Mystery Picture
This coordinate plane graphing activity will strengthen your students’ skill in graphing ordered pairs in all four quadrants. 1 & 4 Quadrant Versions IncludedAll 3 pictures/difficulties include both a 1 Quadrant and 4 Quadrant versionPlease view the preview to view the completed pictures.What's Included• Blank Coordinate Grid (with & without numbers)• 3 Sets of Ordered Pairs to be graphed (Easy, Medium, & Hard)• Answer KeysFun IdeaUse all 3 pictures in your class and have a variety
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Coordinate Graphing Pictures Bundle
Argumentative Essay Middle School - Argument Writing (Standards-Aligned)
Argumentative Essay Writing will be a breeze with this step-by-step resource designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process. Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all five paragraphs! Includes a sample essay to motivate student writers and model strong writing. Standards-aligned.Note: Amended pages are included for teachers who do not wish to include the counterclaim.From teachers who have used this resource:-- "PERFECT! Using with 6th
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6th - 9th
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Middle School Narrative Essays Writing Unit Activities 6th 7th 8th Grade Essays
This narrative writing unit includes three weeks of middle school narrative essay writing lesson plans for teaching your sixth, seventh, and eighth grade ELA students how to write narrative essays. The mentor texts Ghost, Freak the Mighty, and The Outsiders are used as examples for each lesson. The lessons teach all the elements of narrative writing through the use of mentor texts you and students will love using, leading them to write their narratives. Each lesson is broken down step-by-step fo
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6th - 8th
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Thesis Statement Practice Worksheets
Do your students need extra practice writing thesis statements? Then this printable worksheet packet is for you! Included are seven practice sheets perfect for bellwork, stations, remediation, homework, subwork, extra practice, and more! Simply print and go - answer keys included!This product includes:•Create a Thesis Statement •Thesis: Strong or Weak?•Why Is It Weak?•Attention Grabber or Thesis?•Thesis Test Prep Practice•Good vs. Bad Thesis•Essay Planning•Answer keysYou may also be interested
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6th - 9th
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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
Argumentative Writing - A Complete Argument Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of argumentative writing with this argument writing teaching unit! I created this argumentative essay writing teaching unit with secondary ELA students in mind, and it includes step-by-step and engaging writing instructional materials. This argument essay writing unit includes everything you need for a complete argumentative writing instructional unit, including the print & digital materials. This essay writing instructional unit includes an editable instruc
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7th - 10th
Christmas Writing Activity - Snowball Writing Narrative Holiday Writing Activity
Christmas Writing Activity - Snowball Writing Narrative Holiday Writing Activity: This fun collaborative Christmas writing activity is sure to get even your most reluctant writers putting pencil to paper. The snowball writing method is a fun and interactive way to teach your students how to write collaboratively, and the Christmas theme makes it the perfect lesson for the week before the holidays. I can guarantee this will be a lesson your students will not forget!This is included in our discoun
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5th - 10th
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Peer Editing Checklist - 3 peer review checklists & forms PRINT + DIGITAL
Make peer editing effective, accessible, and engaging with these peer editing checklists! This peer review resource includes 3 forms for peer editing that help guide students as they complete a thorough and effective peer review. Includes peer editing checklists for argument, narrative, and informative writing! Now available in print and digital! Provide your students with the guidance and tools they need to become better writers and editors with these peer review checklists. With one form for e
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Ultimate Writing Bundle - Secondary ELA Writing
Thesis Statement and Essay Introduction - Essay Writing Unit - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students master the art of writing an introductory paragraph and thesis statement with this print and digital essay writing unit focusing on the introduction. This lesson will help your students improve their essay writing skills and write a well-developed and complete thesis statement and introduction paragraph for their multi-paragraph essay.This essay writing teaching resource includes everything you need for instruction, including an editable presentation for direct instruction, pr
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6th - 10th
Argumentative Writing Unit Argument Essay Thesis Statement Graphic Organizer
Teach argumentative essay writing with a thesis statement centered approach! This COMPLETE workshop w. MENTOR SAMPLES guides students through every paragraph and element of argument writing. Video tutorials (by me) for EVERY section allows for independent, self-paced learning, giving you more time to work with struggling students. ✅ ALIGNS WITH CCSS, TEKS, AND MOST STATES' STANDARDS⭐ 3 FORMATS: Google Slides, 8.5x11 Worksheets, and Easel⭐⭐NOTE: This workshop teaches students how to think like
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6th - 10th
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Research Paper Writing Unit - Lessons, PowerPoint, Handouts, Research Bundle
This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes five resources to help make teaching resource paper writing a breeze. This research writing unit includes lessons on paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing, 9th edition MLA format and citations, research paper writing, and academic vocabulary. This Research Paper Writing Unit Bundle includes everything you will need to help your students master research writing.The main research paper writing unit includes:An engaging and editable, 72-slide PowerPoint
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7th - 10th
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Essay Writing - Guided and Structured Essay Outline - PRINT & DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing today with this guided essay outline that comes as a PDF print and Google Docs™ teaching resource. This essay graphic organizer includes built-in differentiation, scaffolding, and instruction to help younger writers, struggling writers, and proficient writers improve their writing skills by planning organized, detailed essay outlines.Teaching students how to outline their essays has never been easier with these guided essay outline organizers. Students wi
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6th - 10th
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