This Shell Design activity is a fun way to encourage expository writing. This activity also helps prepare 1st graders for expository writing tests.... ByDavid
This is a 2 page smartboard lesson that allows students to first place the heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature words in the correct pla... ByTeacher Chick
Teaching about American Inventions is much easier with this foldable. This is a double sided handout that students fill in while doing their resear... ByTechedoutteacher
Throughout history, humans have shown their ability to be inhumane. If contemporary adolescents are to learn about and gain an understanding about ... ByConnie
Let's go back to the time of early European exploration!!!
A nine section extension menu for students to use when studying Early European Explor... BySmart Chick
Use this template for your students to write the final draft of their animal report. After you have taught all the important concepts about animal... ByRachael Parlett
Should educators tweet, "Good Bye" to proper paragraphs? Are these backbones of formal and informal writing becoming an endangered specie? Do stud... ByConnie
Activity to help students learn the parts of and how to correctly use a dictionary to help learn vocabulary and complete vocabulary activities.
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A bundle of three PowerPoint presentations that teachers can use to help their students improve and strengthen their academic writing.
Includes:... ByIn English
Since writing is an integral part of my teaching, I like to obtain an idea of each student's writing skills the very first day of school in Septemb... ByConnie
A HUGE Literature Unit for the book, "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon", by Grace Lin. This exceptional book was a Newbery Honor Book in 2010. T... BySmart Chick
Peer editing will help your students with writing and will help them to read critically. The process of peer editing is outlined in this PPT with ... ByPowerpoint Guru
This format allows students to choose the questions they want to answer AND eliminates the need to always write questions specific to a chapter you... ByMark Aaron
This unit helps you teach students expository writing on DINOSAURS (A high interest topic if ever.) in a fun and easy way WITHOUT any possible way ... ByTeachersrock60
Attached is a planning sheet for writing a five paragraph expository essay. The topic is "The Best Something". I choose the best occupation. Many s... ByGreg Faulk
This is a 9 slide PowerPoint presentation that demonstrates a "grabber" topic sentence that captivates the reader's attention. There is a worksheet... ByBissy
A literature unit for the book, "The Lemonade War", by Jacqueline Davies. There are many different items included in the unit. They are as follow... BySmart Chick
This twenty-five slide PowerPoint presentation by Sharon Fabian introduces the step of the writing process known as revising. It teaches students... ByMs Fabian's Room
This Show Don't Tell Activity helps students learn the difference between showing and not telling in writing, encouraging the use of vivid verbs, d... BySecondary Solutions
A set of 12 project challenges to go with the book, "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate", by Jacqueline Kelly. These projects are designed to extend ... BySmart Chick
Just mention Oreos and your students are hooked. These handouts are great resources to accompany your unit on persuasive writing. I created this to... ByLiteracy Workshop
A set of 10 project challenges to go with the book, "The Teacher's Funeral", by Richard Peck. The projects require students to research and create... BySmart Chick
For this project, students divide into sections of the newspaper(News, Editorials, Style, Sports, etc) and write articles based on the people, plac... ByConnie
33 slide presentation that covers:
- purpose of research
- a very useful method of evaluating a source
- practice evaluating sources with real e... ByKerry Hanning
This two page document identifies different types of figurative language used by writers as well as an assessment page to check for understanding.... ByIlovetoteach
Everything in my store is either $1 or FREE! Authors write to persuade, inform, entertain, or express themselves. The PIE acronym helps students re... ByNeesienoodle
The writing process is described and illustrated on these posters. Students in the primary grades will find the pictures helpful and the directions... ByMs. Stacy
Here is a fun way for students to experience expository writing and for an opportunity to enjoy a delicious treat. Older students can write these ... ByNicole Shelby
Start the year with students analyzing characters from the literature that they have read so far this school term. For this handout, students choos... ByConnie
WRITING - The Writing Process - You Gott'a Have This! 8-page booklet and PowerPoint!
This zip file includes...
• a PowerPoint presentation ex... ByJoy2you
Kids will love writing about snowmen as they learn how to write in different genres. The genres include descriptive paragraph, friendly letter, pe... ByCrockett's Classroom
An 8 slide PowerPoint presentation on 6 different text structures, including cause and effect, comparison/contrast, and sequence. The first slide i... ByHappyedugator
With this writing activity, your kiddos will have a blast making a class scarecrow and writing about it.
Included in this activity packet:
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Lists persuasive words and transitions to link the first, second, third and concluding paragraphs. Perfect for student writing offices or as a ref... ByA Little Pizzazz
This file can be used to help students learn how to self-edit their writing. It was adapted by a previous file downloaded on a freebies site. This... ByBest Practices 4 Teaching
This free graphic organizer, entitled PROBLEM SOLVERS, is an analysis of how Opal, Gloria Dump, Franny Brock, and Winn-Dixie himself proved to be u... ByMargaret Whisnant
Based off of Thinking Maps and Write From the Beginning, this is a set of graphic organizers used to spark writing in young students. This set inc... ByMrs. H.
This is the kid-friendly version of the Texas STAAR Test's composition rubric for 4th grade. The language has been simplified from the original ru... ByCaroline Sweet
An 18 slide interactive PowerPoin for use with the book, "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate", by Jacqueline Kelly. This PowerPoint is designed to be... BySmart Chick
This is a 4 page document. The first two pages teach students how to form a 5 paragraph essay by helping students form an opinion and come up with ... ByNatalie Kay
This ready to use writing center includes 24 writing activity cards with topics appropriate for June. Print, cut and put in a basket and allow stud... BySunnydays
Happy Birthday Matin! is a mini unit that contains several writing activities, a mini book, a brace map of me activity, a double bubble map compari... ByJohanna Tackitt..first Grade F
English teachers are often frustrated to discover that students' final drafts look similar (or identical) to their rough drafts. Sadly, students g... ByMarshall Mann
This is a collection (Updated in 2011)of more advanced essay and composition lessons and handouts. (I also offer a set of basic essay lessons and h... ByAdam Erickson
This is a guided format to help a student set up a plot analysis essay. This guide is specifically set up for the story "Rikki Tikki Tavi" by Rudy... ByJennifer Landsberg
This writing activity can be used after reading the book "Snow Friends" by M. Christina Butler. Students will make text-to-self connections by rel... By3rd Grade Gridiron
A comprehensive and fun packet for Groundhog Day on February 2nd! Activities include:
Groundhog Day Questions
Groundhog Informational Report
... BySmart Chick