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Teach your students to write solid argument essays step-by-step with my Argument Writing unit. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12. Newly updated to include EDITABLE handouts and rubrics in Google Drive (using Google Slides).
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The three Common Core writing types: argument, narrative, and informative, are fun and easy to teach using strong mentor texts and a step-by-step process. This highly rated writing bundle includes everything you need!
Each writing unit is comprehensive and easy to use.
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The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and
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Argument writing is an essential life skill that is much easier to teach when you have well-written mentor texts and a step-by-step process. Students will LOVE this argument writing unit, as well as the real-life application and mentor texts included here.
*This resource was updated on 9/26/17. Buy
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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 stude
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When students analyze and respond to a text they are often required to cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support their interpretation of what the text says. That’s why it is essential to teach students not only the skill of selecting the right evidence, but also the skill of writing a re
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Teach students the elements of Argumentative / Persuasive Writing:
- Write opening and closing paragraphs
- Address audience and their opposing views
- Take a position
- Make an outline
- Draft paragraphs from Outlines
- Put it all together while addressing the Common Core Standards!
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Argument Writing Presentation - Completely EDITABLE
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
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This interactive PowerPoint presentation and guided notes resource will help make the challenges of argument writing a breeze!
When I tell my students we're working on an argumentative writing unit, they cheer! Kids LOVE to “argue,” and when they learn the right way to present their argument, their
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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 m
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Conclusions can be tough to write, but they are so critical to an essay: the equivalent of a dessert after a meal, leaving a final impression on the reader.
This 45-minute lesson introduces students to conclusion paragraphs through a relatable metaphor and the analysis of two sample paragraphs as m
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Common Core ELA Standards Checklists for Grades 6, 7, and 8
This IS included in my Common Core Bundle for Grades 6, 7, 8
This is a bundle of three 62-page resources (186 pages tota
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Argumentative Essays - Complete Unit.
***UPDATED Includes NEW MLA 8th edition citation guidelines
Writing an argumentative essay is an essential skill for middle school and secondary students. This unit is CCSS aligned, with grading rubrics for each grade level 7 - 12 that reflect the standards.
Opinion writing is the focus of this complete Common Core unit. It guides students through the writing of a five paragraph essay with many handouts, graphic organizers, and PowerPoint slides. In each lesson, the step of the writing process is introduced and explained thoroughly with an interactive a
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Persuasive essay, persuasive writing, argument essay, argumentative essay, persuasion, organizing argumentation, logic and persuasion, sample persuasive essays,
This Common Core Standards Based (ELA: Writing) product all about Persuasive Essays is full of everything you need to help students grasp
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Teach students to write outstanding introduction and conclusion paragraphs for persuasive/argument and informative/explanatory/expository essays.
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These lessons come from two larger units. Depending on your needs, it could be better deal to buy the units than the individual pieces!
PERSUASIVE WRITING: Use these Common Core aligned resources to help your students improve their persuasive writing!
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• An 27 slide Powerpoint presentation that guides you through the entire lesson. The pre
Fantastic for the beginning of the year, this unit instructs the Literary Essay creatively, through informative template graphics and step by step prompts. Upon completion, students will feel confident in their understanding of the importance, applicability and necessity of the literary essay.
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Business Letter Format. FREE This business letter format shows that there are 6 parts to a business letter: heading, inside address, salutation, body, closing, and signature. Give the handout to your students as a model, and then let them compose their own business letter. Supports common core stand
*Creative Hook Introductions and Conclusions
*Activities for Creative Hook Introductions and Conclusions
*Creative Hook Introductions and Conclusions Comprehension
*Differentiated Activities for Creative Hook Introductions and Conclusions
*Enrichment Activities for Creative Hook Introductions and Co
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*Introductions and Conclusions Bundle
*Bundle Includes Lessons: Several Methods, Creative Hook, Quote, General Statement and Detail Statements
*Activities for Introductions and Conclusions Identification
*Introductions and Conclusions Comprehension
*Differentiated Activities for Introductions and C
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My Argument Essay and Research Writing Bundle includes the following products:
Argument Writing Unit Grades 6-12 Editable (This unit includes the Student Guide and Student Handouts and R
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Outlining improves composition of paragraphs, stories, and reports. No skill is a better tool for writers than outlining. Organizing topics, subtopics, and details leads to well-structured, coherent, and complete compositions.
These sets develop outlining skills in 4 stages. In the first level, stu
Common Core Argument Writing Rubrics for Grades 6-8
This digital download contains seven grades 6-8 argument writing rubrics (each one a variation).
The rubrics are detailed and show the Common Core-alignment for each section/criteria.
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This 10 page, Christmas themed assignment offers students the opportunity to practice the Literary Essay based on their response to the critically acclaimed film, "It's a wonderful Life". This assignment requires no prep and is a fantastic student led assignment which, after initial class discussion
Model introductory paragraphs, topic sentences, supporting details (facts, statistics, expert testimony), and concluding paragraphs to support state writing tests and Common Core informational and argumentative writing.
The provided 4 Common Core informational and argumentative prompts and model in
This bundle will take your students through the ENTIRE argumentative writing process, from start to finish!
The set includes the following:
- A warm-up with 2 sample prompts. This will get your students thinking & talking about something that they'd like to convince their school to change (pro
This 43-slide PowerPoint resource contains a fun and engaging reader’s theater of O. Henry’s short story “Hearts and Hands." The activities contained in this resource were designed to be used either as a PowerPoint or as printables in a literacy center or whole group setting. The materials, ideas,
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Need help tying in the Common Core to your ancient Egypt Unit? This bundles includes a Common Core persuasive writing assignment in which students argue whether or not artifacts should be returned to Egypt. I've provided the information, in the form of a short video, the brainstorming sheet, and t
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*Several Methods of Introductions and Conclusions
*Lesson Includes: Interesting Question, Riddle, Opinion, Definition, Figurative Language, Significant Quotation, Personal Experience
*Activities for Introductions and Conclusions Identification
*Introductions and Conclusions Comprehension
*Different
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This 20 page lesson includes everything needed to teach 5th-8th graders the art of argumentative essay writing. A scaffolded lesson about Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem current event issue is included!
Along with:
1. Teacher Direction and Standards
2. Student Checklist for Writing Argumen
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This resource is comprised of three parts:
1. Middle School Writing Prompt Task Cards for Argument, Narrative & Informative Writing + Research and Writing Skills
2. Self-Peer-Teacher Editing Checklists for Argument, Narrative & Informative Writing (CCSS Aligned)
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- Suitable for grades 6 – 8
- High-interest, real-world topics
- Common core aligned
- Fun, playing card theme
- Multiple text genres: opinion, definition, process, descriptive, narrative, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.
- 4 categories covering the essential components of paragraph writi
*General Statement and Detail Statements Introduction and Conclusion
*Activities for General Statement and Detail Statements Introduction and Conclusion Identification
*General Statement and Detail Statements Introduction and Conclusion Comprehension
*Differentiated Activities for General Statement
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Try It Before You Buy It! This free basic rubric is used first, then followed by the rest of the rubrics available for purchase as the class progresses in their writing skills.
Included in this resource:
✓ How I Use This Resource
✓ 5 Paragraph Basic Rubric 1 - With
*Quote / Quotation Introductions and Conclusions
*Activities for Quote / Quotation Introductions and Conclusions Identification
*Quote / Quotation Introductions and Conclusions Comprehension
*Differentiated Activities for Quote / Quotation Introductions and Conclusions
*Enrichment Activities for Quo
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Do you need a laugh? Do your students need one, too? This fun and engaging resource was designed to entertain students as they learn. The 28-slide PowerPoint resource is a fun-filled reader’s theater version of O. Henry’s short story “The Cop and the Anthem” created for Grades 7-12. The reader’
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Students will develop a knowledge of the competing ideologies in the book and how they played out in WWII and Cold War events. Through response writing, they will also further evidence-based writing skills while examining themes, characters, and events.
Product includes lesson plans, graphic organi
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SPECIAL PRICE: 50$ OFF for the month of August!
Save $240.00 (usually $190.00) by purchasing everything in my store, over 6,500 pages/slides and nearly an hour of original video content, all on DVD! Get ready-to-use resources for a huge variety of standards and topics that cover almost every requi
Check out the Value Pack, which includes all three installments in this series! In this series, you’ll learn “insider” techniques and tips from a college writing professor with almost twenty years of experience. In this installment, you’ll learn how to write a conclusion that supports your thesis. T
Use this worksheet to determine the main idea of an informational/expository text. I use this with my “Time for Kids” magazine weekly. The first day I introduce how to write a “Gist Summary” (a 20-word summary) and then on the following day I explain and model how to fill out the analysis form using
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This graphic organizer helps students write a conclusion paragraph. The organizer prompts students to write sentences in a specific order to create a clear and concise introductory paragraph. It includes a digital copy that is great for uploading on to a Nearpod presentation, and a blank graphic org
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Writing Bundle: 223 Year-Long Printable Prompts (Grades 3-7).
What the heck am I going to do with 223 writing prompts? How about spend fewer Sunday afternoons at school scrounging for writing lessons and more time watching football! Your days of searching the internet for writing w
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This project addresses the Common Core standards for 7th grade Language Arts. While I created it for my gifted students, I provide an accommodation sheet with examples of how to differentiate it for multiple levels of learners. The accommodation sheet also provides opportunities for extra enrichme
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This high interest activity for grades 5-9 will grasp their attention and allow students to apply the concepts of a controlled experiment following the scientific method.
Students will time different simulated blood viscosities. Don't worry, there is no fake blood to buy just water, corn syrup a
This student handout and accompanying writing activity provides a structure for writing well-developed paragraphs.
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Have students close read an article at home or with a partner. This worksheet allows students to search for their own information text on the internet and then "Closely" annotate the text to find the authors purpose and provide evidence to back up their claim. This worksheet has sentence frames to g
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Over 190 Common Core Reading/Literacy: Writing Question Stems and Annotated Standards specifically written for Grade 7! Meet the rigor and demands of the Common Core with ease with these standard-specific question stems ready to "pop" into lessons, activities, or assessments.
You can be assured t
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This comprehensive unit test on Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers measures reading comprehension and analysis of key characters and concepts from the novel. The test is divided into four sections, outlined as follows:
Part 1 - Character Identification.
Match names to
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This resource contains three editing checklists to guide students to produce articulate and cohesive pieces of writing using genre specific strategies in line with CCSS.
These tools are designed to be used as part of a three part check.
First, the student assesses his or her own work, then asks a
Bundle of 7 editions of Book vs Movie Performance Task for 7th grade
In the Book vs Movie Performance Task, students use real information on their favorite movie adaptations to practice argument reading and writing in an engaging, real world context. Students take on the role of a
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Perfect for the little entrepreneurs in your class. This advertising unit will have your students actively learning about attracting, targeting and persuading techniques in advertisements. Students will be asked to identify and create their own techniques in a series of wonderful activities. This
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