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Created byLooking for a straightforward way to teach argument writing in middle school?This step-by-step mini-unit gives your students the structure and support they need to write strong, organized argument essays. With editable materials, clear guided notes, and an easy-to-use outline, you can break the reso
6th - 8th English Language Arts, Writing, Writing Essays
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Created byIt’s easy to get students writing with these Opinion Argument Writing Prompts! Want to give your students choice on writing topics, but they don’t know what to write? Need an activity for early finishers or independent work options during conferences?Let me help! Opinion argument writing prompts wil
5th - 7th English Language Arts, Writing, Writing Essays
Also included in: Writing Prompts Bundle | Narrative, Informational, Argument
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Created byTwenty no prep how-to writing prompts for First Grade! Engage your students by working on informational writing using task cards and multiple writing paper options. Sentence starters, graphic organizers, and rubric are all included. These can be used for your 1st grade writing center or writers work
Kindergarten - 2nd Writing, Writing Essays
Also included in: Writing Prompts 1st Grade Narrative Opinion How-To All About Graphic Organizers
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Created byIntroducing the Ultimate First Grade Writing Bundle! Teach personal narratives, opinion, how-to, and all about (informational) writing with ease. Elevate your 1st grade classroom writing experience with this comprehensive set of engaging prompts, task cards, and graphic organizers for centers or gui
1st - 2nd Creative Writing, Writing, Writing Essays
Narrative Writing Prompts 1st Grade Writing Center Task Cards Graphic Organizers
Opinion Writing Prompts & Writing Paper | Opinion No Prep Writing Centers
How-To Writing Prompts 1st Grade Informational Writing Paper Graphic Organizers
All About Writing Prompts 1st Grade and Paper Informational Graphic Organizers
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Created byPrepare for the SBAC CAASPP test with 10 Finish the Opinion Essay brochures that allow students to write both the introduction and conclusion to finish an essay. Differentiating is easy with these printable or editable digital stories. Start by analyzing the existing body paragraphs for the author's
4th - 6th ELA Test Prep, Writing Essays, Writing Expository
Also included in: Write Essay and Story Introductions and Conclusions SBAC CAASPP Test Prep BUNDLE
Google Drive
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Created byThese 50 Opinion Writing Time Filler Warm-Ups are exactly what your reluctant or struggling writers need to improve their persuasive writing skills. You’ll get access to both a PowerPoint presentation and a Google Slideshow with 10 weeks of no-prep digital bell-ringers.
4th - 6th Writing, Writing Essays, Writing Expository
Also included in: Writing Warm-Ups Bundle: 200 Bell Ringers for Info, Opinion, Narrative & Grammar
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Created byPrepare for the SBAC CAASPP test with 10 Finish the Informational Essay brochures that allow students to write both the introduction and conclusion to finish an essay. Differentiating is easy with these printable or editable digital essays. Start by analyzing the existing body paragraphs for the aut
4th - 6th ELA Test Prep, Writing Essays, Writing Expository
Also included in: Write Essay and Story Introductions and Conclusions SBAC CAASPP Test Prep BUNDLE
Google Drive
$5.00
Created byThese 50 Expository Writing Time Filler Warm-Ups are exactly what your reluctant or struggling writers need to improve their informational writing skills. You’ll get access to both a PowerPoint presentation and a Google Slideshow with 10 weeks of no-prep digital bell-ringers.
4th - 6th Writing, Writing Essays, Writing Expository
Also included in: Writing Warm-Ups Bundle: 200 Bell Ringers for Info, Opinion, Narrative & Grammar
$6.00
Created byAre your 4th, 5th, or 6th-graders struggling to generate and organize their thoughts when writing opinion pieces? Written in a Star-Dash-Bullet outline method (aligned with Step Up to Writing), these differentiated persuasive essay outlines task cards remove the stress of a blank page.
4th - 6th Writing, Writing Essays, Writing Expository
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Created byOnce students know the characters well enough to move beyond first impressions, this mini-unit helps them turn what they notice into literary analysis.Students choose one major character—Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Tom Buchanan, Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson, or George Wilson—and look closely at motiv
9th - 12th Literature, Writing Essays
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Created byTeaching the college essay can be frustrating. Students often think they need a dramatic story, choose a prompt before they have anything meaningful to say, or end up writing the same version of “this experience taught me to never give up.”This unit takes a different approach.The College Essay: Find
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
$14.99
Created byTeaching the college essay often gets stuck before students ever begin drafting. They insist nothing important has happened to them, assume they need a dramatic life event, or grab the first familiar topic they can think of and immediately turn it into a generic life lesson.Find Your College Essay S
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
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Created byYour students have written the college essay. Now comes the part that is often harder to teach: real revision. This three-lesson workshop is designed for students who already have a complete or nearly complete personal statement. Instead of focusing only on proofreading, students look closely at wha
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
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Created byYour students have a college essay idea. Now they have to turn it into an essay. This five-lesson workshop is designed for the middle of the college essay process: after brainstorming, but before final revision. Students work on reflection, natural voice, prompt choice, structure, and beginnings and
11th - 12th Writing, Writing Essays
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Created byTransform your Great Depression unit with this comprehensive primary source learning pack featuring authentic historical documents from 1929-1939. Perfect for developing critical thinking skills through Document-Based Question (DBQ) methodology.What's Included:5 Core Primary Sources (suitable for al
3rd - 12th Writing Essays, U.S. History, Other (Social Studies)
$12.00
Created byWhat does it look like when the government stops stepping aside and starts stepping in?This primary source analysis unit uses Alaska's Matanuska Colony, one of Franklin Roosevelt's most ambitious and controversial New Deal experiments, as the lens for examining one of the most significant shifts in
6th - Higher Education Writing, Writing Essays, U.S. History
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