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Literary Essay - A Teachers College Aligned Fiction Writing Unit - includes everything you need to teach Literary Essays unit to your students. This unit uses Power Point to the TC Literary Essay writing unit. The slides seamlessly take you through each step of every lesson in the unit. Set up the slides in Presenter View on your projector, and move through the lessons with ease. Notes in each slide give suggestions on what to say and do with students while they view material on the board.

Narrative Writing - A TC Adapted Writing Unit - includes everything you need to teach Narrative Writing to your students. This unit uses Google Slides to take you through lessons I adapted from the TC Narrative unit. For this condensed unit, I followed the mini-lesson model of writing, while providing my students with digital notebooks and Thinking Maps to help improve their planning process. The lessons are seamless and guide students through every step of the writing process effortlessly. L

Literary Essay - A Teachers College Aligned Fiction Writing Unit - Bend 1 includes everything you need to teach the first bend of Literary Essays unit to your students. This unit uses Power Point to the TC Literary Essay writing unit. The slides seamlessly take you through each step of every lesson in the unit. Set up the slides in Presenter View on your projector, and move through the lessons with ease. Notes in each slide give suggestions on what to say and do with students while they vie

Chocolate Milk Argument - A Common Core Aligned Opinion Writing Unit includes everything you need to teach Argument Writing to your students. This unit follows the TC argument writing unit, using the 4 Square method to plan. Using a model argument about Chocolate Milk, students will go through, step by step, each phase of the writing process. Each lesson includes plenty of examples of the skill being taught, as well as a shared writing activity. Power Point Lessons are completely editable a

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Memoir - A Common Core Aligned Digital Writing Unit includes everything you need to teach Memoir to your students. The detailed lessons take you through, step by step, each phase of the writing process using the Four Square method to plan. Each lesson includes plenty of examples of the skill being taught, as well as a shared writing activity. Power Point Lessons are completely editable allowing you to include your own models!!! Unit Includes: Editable Unit Plan with suggested activities Ed

Literary Essay - A Teachers College Aligned Fiction Writing Unit - Bend 2 includes everything you need to teach the second bend of the Literary Essays unit to your students. This unit uses Power Point to the TC Literary Essay writing unit. The slides seamlessly take you through each step of every lesson in the unit. Set up the slides in Presenter View on your projector, and move through the lessons with ease. Notes in each slide give suggestions on what to say and do with students while the

Chocolate Milk Argument - A Common Core Aligned Opinion Writing Unit - Point Counterpoint includes everything you need to teach Argument Writing to your students. This detailed lesson takes you through, step by step, how to address counter arguments in an essay draft that discusses whether or not Chocolate Milk should be allowed in schools. The unit follows the TC argument writing unit, using the 4 Square method to plan. Using a model argument about Chocolate Milk, students will go through

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Literary Essay - A Teachers College Aligned Fiction Writing Unit - Comparing and Contrasting Familiar Texts includes everything you need to teach the sixteenth lesson of the Literary Essay unit. This unit uses Power Point to the TC Literary Essay writing unit. The slides seamlessly take you through each step of every lesson in the unit. Set up the slides in Presenter View on your projector, and move through the lessons with ease. Notes in each slide give suggestions on what to say and do wi

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Memoir - A Common Core Aligned Digital Writing Unit includes everything you need to teach Memoir to your students. This detailed lesson takes you through, step by step, how to revise by adding dialogue. It includes several teacher led examples of how to add internal and conversational dialogue to a draft, as well as a shared writing sample before giving students the time to work independently. This lesson is part of an entire Memoir Unit. Click Here to buy the entire unit in one shot and s

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Choose Your Argument - A Common Core Opinion Writing Unit - Point / Counterpoint includes everything you need to teach Argument Writing to your students. This detailed lesson takes you through, step by step, how to consider counterarguments and address them in your writing. This unit follows the TC argument writing unit, using the 4 Square method to plan. Following a model argument unit where students all write an argument about Chocolate Milk, students will go through, step by step, each pha

Memoir - A Common Core Aligned Digital Writing Unit includes everything you need to teach Memoir to your students. This detailed lesson takes you through, step by step, how to use the Four Square method to begin planning a memoir. It includes several teacher led examples of how to write an introduction as well as a shared writing sample before giving students the time to work independently. This lesson is part of an entire Memoir Unit. Click Here to buy the entire unit in one shot and save

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Chocolate Milk Argument - A Common Core Aligned Opinion Writing Unit - Write a Thesis includes everything you need to teach Argument Writing to your students. This detailed lesson takes you through, step by step, how to write a thesis discussing whether or not Chocolate Milk should be allowed in schools. The unit follows the TC argument writing unit, using the 4 Square method to plan. Using a model argument about Chocolate Milk, students will go through, step by step, each phase of the wri

Literary Essay - A Teachers College Aligned Fiction Writing Unit - Citing Textual Evidence includes everything you need to teach the sixth lesson of the Literary Essay unit. This unit uses Power Point to the TC Literary Essay writing unit. The slides seamlessly take you through each step of every lesson in the unit. Set up the slides in Presenter View on your projector, and move through the lessons with ease. Notes in each slide give suggestions on what to say and do with students while the