A set of fifteen short, printable writing activities designed to provide practice and experience with descriptive, persuasive, expository, and narr... ByDon Schwartz
A unit on researching a topic for a speaking presentation including:
• ORGANIZATION
• SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE
• GRAPHICS/VISUAL AIDS
• DELI... BySofia Arisheh
Help your students prepare for high-stakes timed writing tests with this informative lesson. With proper elaboration and student/teacher interactio... ByCahsee Guru
Students work collaboratively to investigate, collect data, and explain processes that shape our Earth in this inquiry based, hands-on lab.
The ... ByJoy2you
Are you teaching your students how to write persuasive letters? If so, here are targeted homework assignments you can use with them over the cours... ByTeachergal
This is a great "How to Guide" for writing essays! I distribute this every year to all my classes (9-12) and review the information in detail at th... ByMs.perreca
This 2 page handout lists many specific transitions to use in writing to help develop relationships between sentences, paragraphs, and ideas, such ... ByHappyedugator
BEST SELLER! Students learn about nonfiction text features by creating a booklet about themselves using different features. This 13 page booklet in... ByLisa Frase
This sheet will help you plan out 2 weeks of writer's workshop plans, including editing and revising mini-lessons and guided writing time.... ByB A Burke
This is a Word document of 84 writing prompts in 4 modes of writing:
1) Descriptive
2) Expository (all prompts ask students to explain REASONS)... ByDeanne Davis
This writing rubric is best used in the middle of the year in Kindergarten to First Grade. The rubric includes:
1. Did you start with a capital ... ByLori Smith
Because research papers are difficult for students, why not give them a topic that is interesting and relevant? Students who want to attend colleg... ByParrott
Students experience expository writing by writing detailed directions for how to build a snowman. File includes: cover page, 2 pages of stationary,... ByLesson Plan Sos Teachers
A complete literature unit for the book, "Flying Solo", by Ralph Fletcher. This is a great beginning of the year title and it was recently offered... BySmart Chick
Following the engaging, interactive style of my Persuasion PowerPoint this PowerPoint presents the main formatting elements for MLA research writin... ByRebecca Malone
This this a 4.5 page outline for students to use as a guide when writing a persuasive paper or speech. It guides students through the process of w... ByJessica Jung
One of my best sellers!! A 10-page package of templates and grapic organizers that leads students through the process of writing a persuasive parag... ByAddie Williams
A comprehensive 46 page Literature Unit on the book, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever", by Barbara Robinson. There are tons of activities to do:
... BySmart Chick
A set of 8 project challenges for the book, "Catching Fire", by Suzanne Collins. These are projects designed to engage and extend the reading. A ... BySmart Chick
As part of an American Dream unit with my junior Am lit students, I have my classes investigate their own dreams and pursuits by researching a poss... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
A set of journal templates for use with ANY or ALL books in "The 39 Clues" book series. The pages can be copied as many times as needed for use in... BySmart Chick
A set of short answer, multi-layered comprehension questions for the book, "Snowflake Bentley", by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and a set of project ch... BySmart Chick
Use these for weather writing in use for small word walls like file folders at a writing station. Use shipping labels or paper to print.... ByAmberlyn Scott
10 page file on Ethos, Pathos, Logos that includes:
1. Student handout and teacher notes key for definitions and examples of ethos, pathos, and l... ByJennifer Hampton
This is a 26 slide PowerPoint presentation on vocabulary used in a nonfiction unit of study. Includes nonfiction, author's purpose, exposition, des... ByHappyedugator
What is good writing? So often students are expected to somehow intuitively know what constitutes good writing. In this unit, students will identif... BySteve Grundmeier
Tired of students using the same old dead verbs (i.e. said, did, went, are, etc.)? Try giving them a list of "Vivid Verbs!" This list of over 250... BySecondary Solutions
I use this form with my students as we evaluate a piece of writing. They must pick out the positives of the paper and offer suggestions for making ... ByRachel York
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*An expository writing outline for students to fill in about the responsibilities of the three branches of government
*An ans... ByTeacherteacher
This unit contains plans to help you teach lessons on the different animal groups including mammals, insects, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish... ByLittle Priorities
Use this outlined journal as a guide in helping students prepare for a science fair project. Have students keep this with a journal in case more s... ByTerri Coffee
This is a persuasive prompt for students in middle school or beyond that can be made into a transparency, or used as a handout, to get students wri... ByHappyedugator
This PowerPoint presentation introduces the concept of persuasive appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) and propaganda techniques and logical fallacies us... ByRebecca Malone
This is an easy-to-use outline for writing an essay or paragraph. Kids can create their own topic sentences, main points/ideas, add details, and fi... ByJoshwenke
A set of 11 challenges to accompany the book, "Indian Captive", by Lois Lenski. The challenges give students higher level thinking opportunites as... BySmart Chick
Can be printed out as a whole and given to students in booklet form, or saved and printed individually. Contains over 30 pages of activities! A one... ByGreg Hurst
Students just don't like poetry, right? WRONG! The Rock Star English Teacher has a unit designed to get high school students analyzing and loving p... ByThe Rock Star English Teacher
A set of project challenges to go with the book, "Everest: The Climb (book 2)", by Gordon Korman. The challenges are designed to improve student r... BySmart Chick
A set of nine challenges to use with the book, "Tuck Everlasting", by Natalie Babbitt. These challenges require students to write creatively and m... BySmart Chick
These work for 4-7 graders as writing resources taped to the top of thier desk. They are good reminders for different types of writing: expository,... ByErin Forster
A 38 page Literature Unit for the book, "Fantastic Mr. Fox", by Roald Dahl. There are higher level short answer questions for every set of three c... BySmart Chick
This file includes lesson plans for four days, handouts, and rubrics for evaluation. Students will work in cooperative groups to read a nonfiction... ByDbreen
Students use www.easybib.com (or a similar site) to create a bibliography using the provided information for ten different sources. The types of s... ByLindsay Gypin
This is a three page SMARTBoard notebook file. The first page reviews the parts of the essay. You need to click on each box to reveal the notes for... ByKris
This is the 2nd page of the writing mini essays page to capture setting, tone, and mood or just to practice specific details, grammar, comma practi... ByCarla Baxley
Paragraph Writing: Hamburger Paragraph by Erica:
Hook your class on paragraph writing with this interactive power point on writing a complete para... ByErica
This powerpoint is a great intro to a satire unit and Swift's "A Modest Proposal". Great to use with Gulliver's Travels, Candide, Don Quixote, etc ... ByGreta Barron