Most writing can be improved and even cut to half its original length if you focus on stating your essential ideas and expressing them succinctly. ... BySk
This is a Promethean flipchart designed to give instruction on the different steps to writing a persuasive paragraph. ActiVotes are used and a gra... ByJohnna Connors
The activity, based on several Bloom's verbs, helps create reader empathy for Aunt Dew and her obsession with the "long song." Students are asked ... ByMargaret Whisnant
This project could be used at the end of novel study or at the end of a study on nonfiction writing. The purpose is to provide students with an op... ByTori Simmons
A mini unit for spring! This unit includes a money game, a fraction center activity, a personal narrative writing template, and a how to writing te... ByMs. A - Peace, Love And First
Establishing the proper TONE for your audience the the proper TONE for the purpose of your writing is critical. This PowerPoint presentation makes... ByPowerpoint Guru
A clear, helpful PowerPoint presentation that helps teachers demonstrate common usage errors and how to fix them.
"Word Recycling" is my student... ByIn English
This rubric evaluates student's ability to incorporate ideas, organization and structure, writing style, and conventions in an expository essay. T... ByRelentless Innovation
This is a printable handout to use with students in Language Arts (or Social Studies/Geography)to produce a research project on a state. The packet... ByJessica Loza
A blank KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned)chart for beginning a unit on the water cycle or weather. I like to have the kids put in their own ideas ... ByJebsma
42 slides! Using stunning visuals this 42 slide PowerPoint will help your students build powerful, persuasive paragraphs and have fun doing it! Es... ByPowerpoint Guru
When students first began asking me to write letters of recommendation for their college application packets, fear clenched my stomach. What if my ... ByConnie
This lesson includes a four page article on Kim Jong Un, the current 21-year old dictator of North Korea, who is going to play a major role in worl... ByTraveling Teacher
This outline uses boxes to aid students in creating a well-organized five-paragraph essay. The first box is for the introduction with a space for t... ByLove English
Use this essay writing assignment either at the end of the calendar year, at the end of the school year, or any other time of year to honor either ... ByB.rogers
Comprehensive graphic organizer comparing the four ancient river valley civilizations, including blank chart and three essay questions based on the... ByAndrew Gordon
This is a handout/poster for students to use when comparing the four main types of writing (persuasive, response to literature, summary and narrati... ByJewels
A set of nine creative challenges to go with the book, "Holes", by Louis Sachar. These challenges give students the opportunity to complete creati... BySmart Chick
As a part of a unit on communities, have your students write about their favorite place in their community. There are directions and a rubric inclu... ByMs. Waugh
Create an interactive bulletin to lead your students through the 5 stages of the writing process! This download includes 5 colorful posters for ea... ByBrooke Beverly
A set of 10 project challenges for the book, "Lawn Boy", by Gary Paulsen. These challenges are designed to give students the opportunity to resear... BySmart Chick
This product Writing Great Paragraphs: Activities for Struggling Writers comes directly from the Essay Apprentice Writing System.
The lessons ... BySecondary Solutions
Using internal documentation and citations is crucial to developing papers that "give credit where credit is due." The Internet has become a power... ByPowerpoint Guru
"Caption It!" is a standards-based activity that features over 25 images for students to write captions. Directions are included for both a creativ... ByTracee Orman
Use this outline to assist your students in composing a straight forward biography on a famous person of their choice. Send this document electroni... ByAddison
A set of 8 project challenges to accompany the book, "Everything on a Waffle", by Polly Horvath. These projects give students the opportunity to e... BySmart Chick
Ever had to struggle to get a kid to begin informative/expository writing because s/he "can't think of a topic"? And when they do, do they often h... ByPatrick Johnson
Two writing prompts, a rubric, and a generic blank U.S. Map...the writing prompts and map assignments go together. The kids get to help create a "f... ByJen P Printables
50 slides to start your class EACH DAY! 50 Images on each slide!!! Get your classes started on the RIGHT NOTE everyday! These are the perfect jou... ByPowerpoint Guru
These worksheets are a great way for students to understand expository writing in terms of fluency, organization and elaboration. They evaluate the... ByRuth S.
I have used this set of spelling papers with my second grade students in some form or another for the past ten years. Each of these papers is desig... ByP. Jane Jones
This is a one-page handout to keep by the computers when students make a Tween Tribune account. Tween Tribune is a site which collects news storie... ByCarrie Okland
A set of challenges to go with the book, "The Mysterious Benedict Society", by Trenton Lee Stewart. The challenges are designed to be independent ... BySmart Chick
This printable handout is a guide for students when making citations in essays using Modern Language Association (MLA) format.
This work is lic... ByHappyedugator
The unit download includes:
-Individual outlines for all 50 states
-Maps of the United States with state boundaries (with and without state names... ByL Ackert
This lesson revolves around an article that discusses the Title IX, and how it has changed the role females play in high school and college athleti... ByTraveling Teacher
This handy Persuasive checklist is for students to use during their pre-writing / revision stage. This checklist will help them take their essays ... ByTop Teach
This product contains three essay choices to accompany most Greek mythology literature units. Students will pick one choice to write about. Each ch... ByKris
The Lord of the Flies Chapter 4 Quiz is a list of 8 open-ended questions to use as a quick reading check as you get into the novel. Answer Key Inc... ByChristie Olstad
This writing assignment is a culminating activity for a study of The Giver. The assignment asks students to choose a controversial topic from the ... ByMarsha Mentzer
Action Verbs 101
Action verbs put a noun into action. This app not only illustrates this concept, it goes a step further and teaches how nouns an... ByBarbara Kruger
This prompt includes directions for a quote journal students keep as they are reading the book as well as the prompt and directions for the essay i... ByHeather Temple
Do you want to incorporate more peer editing and writers' workshop lessons into your class but aren't sure how to do so? This product is for you. I... ByDr. Broome
This contains twelve lesson plans with accompanying student worksheets. Included are sample student papers with missing sections for students to fi... ByGinger Brown
This package includes handouts outlining the similarities between the simple paragraph and the 5 paragraph essay, a sentence by sentence break down... ByChelsie Bergen
Do your students seem to believe that a rough draft and a final draft are synonymous? Do you get a series of blank looks when you ask them to proo... ByPowered