Citing Text Evidence Posters
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Description
Want your students to trace an argument middle school? This resource has five different listening sheets for students to trace an argument listening to the podcast Smash Boom Best.
Students can practice identifying and evaluating arguments, reasons, and evidence with these listening sheets and the Smash, Boom, Best Podcast.
Included in this resource:
Editable PPT and Google Version (some items are not editable due to Terms of Use)
Separate Google Slide Version - completely editable
NOT Editable PDF print
The resource is intended to be used with the podcast Smash, Boom, Best. But it could be used to trace any argument. You may want to make small changes if you use it with a different text. The title on each slide says, “Listening Sheets” and is not editable on the PPT and PDF versions, but the separate Google Slide version is completely editable if you want to use it with a different text.
❤️ You will love using Trace an Argument Middle School. If you need to change wording, the PPT and Google version are editable (some elements are NOT editable, due to Terms of Use), so you can make it your own and meet your student’s needs.
You have access to:
PPT & Google version - EDITABLE (some elements are not editable due to Terms of Use)
PDF version - NOT EDITABLE
Google Slides version - COMPLETELY EDITABLE
Paid fonts: Caffeine Than Adulting - PB Fonts
The other font is a free PPT Font: Verdana
Checkout the preview for a closer look at what is included in the resource ❤️
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Teacher reviews
“Middle school students always struggle with argument writing (and essays in general), and this resource was another great practice for them.”
“Very engaging way to supplement existing curriculum.”
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For Ship of Life Identity Project | SEL Writing Activity | Grades 6-8
September 22, 2026great back to school getting to know you activity that's a little different than the typical activities
Krystal S.
Grades taught: 11th, 12th, 9th
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
September 9, 2026This is an excellent resource for teaching narrative writing! The activities are well organized and provide students with clear, structured practice as they develop their narrative writing skills. I especially appreciate how the resource breaks the writing process into manageable steps, making it easier for students to understand and apply the skills.
Corina Q.
Grades taught: 5th, 4th
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For Ship of Life Identity Project | SEL Writing Activity | Grades 6-8
August 17, 2026It seems like it will connect to Growth Mindset and keep students mindful of their strengths and weaknesses.
Robyn G.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Ship of Life Identity Project | SEL Writing Activity | Grades 6-8
July 26, 2026This introduces metaphor in a non-threatening way. Looking forward to reading students' ideas.
Kayte R.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
July 15, 2026This resource provides an in depth exploration for these standards. I highly recommend it! Students find it highly engaging and it very effectively helps students to better understand these standards. This standard can be a struggle for students and this definitely helps!
Julie R.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
July 7, 2026This is great resource that helped my students think about and analyze poetry. Thanks!
Janet B.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Trace an Argument Middle School
July 2, 2026Middle school students always struggle with argument writing (and essays in general), and this resource was another great practice for them.
Melissa L.
Grades taught: 7th
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March 26, 2026
My Students thought this was fun and challenging. They enjoyed completing the activity and sharing answers with their peers.
Susan W.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
December 2, 2025This is a fantastic outline for an argument that is very easy for students to follow along with.
Tiffanie S.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
December 2, 2025This has everything you need to teach a narrative writing unit. It's great!
Tiffanie S.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
December 2, 2025This is a perfect way to really analyze and review poetry.
Tiffanie S.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Get to Know You Back to School Nameplate
August 26, 2025This is the perfect intro activity, so I am able not only to get to know my students but also see what the beginnings/baseline of their writing is like to be able to distinguish the difference between them and possible AI.
Jenarosa A.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
August 2, 2025This was a great resource. It really made the students flesh out their arguments. Thanks.
In M.
Grades taught: 6th, 5th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
July 28, 2025I used this to supplement to help teach standards.
Sarah S.
Grades taught: 3rd
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
June 27, 2025Awesome for all academics! It's practical and great to use for early finishers or your main lesson!
happy O.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
June 25, 2025The resource is easy to implement, use, and maintain.
Christina W.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Trace an Argument Middle School
June 11, 2025Very engaging way to supplement existing curriculum.
Lisa K.
Grades taught: 7th
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June 4, 2025
Such a helpful and well-crafted resource! Everything was clearly laid out and simple to implement. It fit seamlessly into my lessons and kept my students interested and on task. I really value how thoughtfully this was put together. I’ll be returning to this seller for more materials in the future!
Michelle P.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
June 4, 2025This resource made teaching argument writing so much easier! It was clear, organized, and helped my students build strong claims and support them with evidence. A great time-saver and very effective!
Michelle P.
Grades taught: 7th
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Rachel R.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Writing Prompts Bundle | Narrative, Informational, Argument
April 19, 2025This has been so helpful! I hate coming up with different writing prompts to help our students practice writing to the different genres.
Teach K.
Grades taught: 5th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
March 24, 2025This aligned great with my argumentative writing unit. Kept the students engaged with the lesson
Kenisha H.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
March 18, 2025A useful graphic organizer for all ages. My students enjoy working on these. Thank you!
Shellie P.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
February 21, 2025Thanks for creating the Poetry Analysis Stations Middle School. My students enjoy station work.
Mary G.
Grades taught: 7th, 6th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
February 5, 2025This was a great addition to our Argument essay writing this year.
Rachel R.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Opinion Argument Writing Prompts
February 5, 2025These opinion prompts were great for adding to our daily journal during our opinion unit.
Rachel R.
Grades taught: 6th
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Marjorie H.
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
November 11, 2024This unit is wonderful! Go ahead and get the bundle; you'll never need another resource for narrative writing. It contains every single element possible.
Middle T.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
September 22, 2024This resource was a great addition to my writing curriculum.
Kirsten W.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Back to School Illustrated Autobiography Activity
August 7, 2024This is one of my favorite back to school activities where the students use this to decorate their portfolios for the year. I love giving them back to them at the end of the year so they can see how they have either stayed the same or changed over the course.
Jenarosa A.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
August 7, 2024This was a great resource. Thank you for all the hard work.
The C.
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
August 4, 2024This is a great resource which was just what I needed to improve my narrative writing unit. Thanks!
Janet B.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Writing Prompts Bundle | Narrative, Informational, Argument
August 4, 2024This is a great resource with a super variety of writing prompts. Great for bellwork journaling. Thanks!
Janet B.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
July 24, 2024Thanks so much for the resource. My student's enjoyed it!
TeachingMAC
Grades taught: 7th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
July 8, 2024This was very useful for teaching poetry elements.
Carly B.
Grades taught: 6th
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For ELA End of Year Stations & Activities | Low-Prep Middle School
July 8, 2024Fun for my students and allowed me to get all the end of year tasks done during school hours.
Carly B.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
July 2, 2024No more boring lessons with these. My students were so engaged!
Lezlie J.
Grades taught: 5th
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June 12, 2024
This resource was just what I needed to quickly assess my students' understanding of poetry standards and help them begin analyzing poems in a more manageable way.
Karen O.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
May 27, 2024My students enjoyed creating the interactive notes. It helped them better remember the different hooks and apply them to their writing. We created examples to go with each hook for the interactive notes related to their individual narratives. This was a great supplement to my other activities.
Maria B.
Grades taught: 6th, 5th
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For Trace an Argument Middle School
May 9, 2024This was a great resource for my students! It was especially helpful when I was out one day and needed to pull together activities quickly.
Miss C.
Grades taught: 8th
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