Emily Burke

This multi-level support tool is the perfect addition to your classroom. Use as much or as little as you'd like - headers to help your students plan the structure of the narrative, numbered elements to provide more structure in each paragraph, and sentence starters for maximum support. Perfect for students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and anyone else who needs tangible support.

Need to support your students with their graduation speech? Use this resource to make suggestions, or make a copy for students to use sentence starters to plan their speech.

Topic Sentence Frames - Expository WritingPerfect for many classroom settings - general education, special education, self-contained, ICT, ESL, EFL and more! Crafting topic sentences can be very challenging for even the brightest students. This resource is perfect for a digital resource/anchor chart, incorporating in your lesson models, or for crafting your own exemplar writing! You can use as-is or pull pieces to fit your needs! This resource includes both "general" topic sentence frames and "

- Organizational checklist for self-assessment, peer-assessment, or simply as an added resource for students to access if they choose to! - MEGA list of over 40 unique sentence starters for your most struggling writers! - These sentence starters are useful for a research paper, argumentative essay, or a simple expository/informative piece. - This resource can be edited in Google Slides to suit your needs. - Great for SWD, ELLs, and anyone who needs a little help organizing their writing

Running out of things to do at the end of the year? This no-prep graphic organizer & sentence starters combo gives students just enough inspiration to write a letter to the students who will be in their shoes the following year. The sentence starters allow struggling writers to get going in no time, while still allowing them to include their own personalities. This resource is perfect to fill 1-3 class periods as-is, or can be stretched further if used primarily as the prep portion for the wri

FULLY EDITABLE to reflect your desires. NO PREP material - use to introduce the debate, set expectations with the rubric, allow students to research and collect information, and allow them to formally draft what they will say. Includes: Structure of debate Rubric Tips/RemindersSpace for planning and detail collectionSpace for formal writing GREAT for ESL, middle school students, extension projects, and more.

Use this rubric to confidently grade your students' participation for progress reports or report cards. Students can use to self-assess as well. Ranges from excellent to poor, and has categories of participation, work completion, conduct, and preparedness. Descriptions in each category make it easy for students or teachers to grade.

Sentence Starters divided by topic for writing an argument essay. These sentence starters are perfect for body paragraph construction, including samples for topic sentences, evidence citing, and explanation or analysis. Use these to add to your lessons when modeling writing, or provide students more intensive support!