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Middle school writing-expository videos
Video Journal Writing Prompts - Video Clip Opinion and Personal Writing Volume 1
Video Journal Writing Prompts - Video Clip Opinion and Personal Writing Volume 1: Transform journal writing in your classroom with these captivating Video Journal Writing Prompts! Designed to connect with the modern student, this resource features a curated collection of video clips paired with thought-provoking opinion and personal writing prompts. These high-interest videos will inspire students to share their opinions, reflections, and personal thoughts in response to a prompt related to the
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7th - 10th
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How to Write a Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences
This bundle explains what a thesis statement is and includes step-by-step directions for writing one yourself. It then does the same thing for topic sentences and explains their importance and the differences between them.The bundle includes:1. How to Write a Thesis Statement PowerPoint (17 slides) --> includes an activity where I put students into groups of 3-4 students, give them an essay prompt, and have them come up with a thesis statement together. There are 3 different practice essay p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
VIDEO JOURNAL PROMPTS: Grades 3 - 6
JOURNAL WRITING WITH VIDEOS GRADES 3 - 6: Get your students' attention with these engaging video writing prompts! Videos are an amazing way to hook your students into a topic before getting them to write. Youtube is required for the video clips in this presentation. ================================================================SAVE BY PURCHASING THIS RESOURCE IN A BUNDLE. CLICK BELOW!FULL YEAR ENGLISH BELL-RINGERS (GRADES 3 - 6)==============================================================
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3rd - 6th
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Problem Solution Text Structure Essay Lessons, Passages, and Activities
Have you ever read through your students' problem and solution essays and realized they don't understand how to write an effective essay? These step-by-step lessons will help your students learn the process. ✅ Formats - All activities are provided in both digital and printable formats. The digital resources were created using Google Slides. You may convert the Google Slides to PowerPoint lessons for students to complete when they are not online.✅ WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO FINDGeneral TeachingVocab
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4th - 6th
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Sequencing Text Structure Essay Lessons, Passages, and Activities
Have you ever read through your students' sequencing essays and realized they don't understand how to write an effective essay? These step-by-step lessons will help your students learn the process.Students practice this skill with a wide variety of fun and engaging activities using both fictional and nonfiction passages on the high-interest topic of animals.✅ Formats - All activities are provided in both digital and printable formats. The digital resources were created using Google Slides. You m
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4th - 6th
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Active and Passive Voice Multimedia Unit: Video, Task Cards, Sort Verb Voice
Stop active and passive voice in verbs from stumping your students! This multimedia bundle includes a grammar video to teach active and passive voice, plus practice activities. The task cards, exit ticket, student note sheets, and grammar sort are in PDF form AND digital format. See the preview for pictures of the digital activities. I made this grammar video and the activities for older students to build active and passive voice lessons. I also use these activities when I review for standardize
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Opinion Writing Introduction
OPINION WRITING INTRO:
Have your students follow NINE simple steps to write an interactive opinion piece.
Students will have fun while learning or reviewing the key components of the opinion writing genre.
This lesson includes step by step directions for the first lesson as well as template manipulatives that can be used throughout the year.
What's included?
FILE #1
Intro to Opinion Writing Instructional Slides:
Use while giving directions for the introductory lesson: (1) Lesson Phot
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Identifying and Writing Truisms and Themes
This PowerPoint has been an excellent tool I have used to introduce, reteach, or strengthen truisms and theme in my students' writing. Students will be able to:- Define truisms and theme- Identify strong truisms as well as weak ones- Recall themes and truisms from familiar films- Create original truisms from short film examples as well as symbolic pictures- Recreate these strong truisms with expository text in mind(Included in this PowerPoint are movie clips, movie themes, application practice a
Grades:
4th - 10th
Culturally Responsive, Game Based U.S. History! K4-5 Pre-Game Warm-Up: PODER
Put Manifest Destiny into full context with over 25 lessons that use an animated video, maps, DBQs, expository writing, class discussions & group challenges. Next? Play the PODER board game (separate purchase). History class was never this intriguing.BOARD GAME DESCRIPTION: "Just because you can, does that mean you should? With PODER, students create a head-spinning model of the MexicanAmerican War. From commodity deals in Louisiana and trade fairs in Santa Fe; from the Alamo, the Battle of
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
The Complete Unit on Paraphrasing, Plagiarism and Citation. No Cut and Paste! :)
Teachers and/or Parents,As we know, far too many kids think it's OK just to copy and paste material straight from the Internet and hand it in as their own these days. With this product you will help show them otherwise and give them invaluable practice restating simple ideas in their own words.Simply put, this product will kick-start any unit you would like to teach on the writing process. Content-area teachers tell you can show your principals that you are doing your part to support school read
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6th - 12th
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Middle-High School Paraphrasing and Citation Activity, Writing and Research
Teachers and/or Parents,As we know, far too many kids think it's OK just to copy and paste material straight from the Internet and hand it in as their own these days. With this product you will help show them otherwise and give them invaluable practice restating simple ideas in their own words.Simply put, this product will kick-start any unit you would like to teach on the writing process. Content-area teachers tell you can show your principals that you are doing your part to support school read
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Writing Bell Ringers - Video Writing Prompts
Are you looking for a way to engage your students and get them writing more in your classroom? If so, these videos and writing prompts might be just what you are looking for.
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Included in this product are 20 slides with links to motivational and/or interesting videos that are relevant to teenagers. The prompts encourage students to reflect on their own behavior, their character, and encourage them to think deeply about what they want out of life. It also encourages t
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7th - 12th
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Text Evidence Based Opinion Argument Persuasive Writing Video Lesson Grades 3-6
This lesson has a link to a video that will teach a guided persuasive writing lesson. It is an excellent sample of what will be expected from students on state assessments. It includes a reading passage, prompt, plan, and video to guide students every step of the way.Visit my Freebie Vault for loads of free resources that go along with this purchase.Free Video Writing Lessons click “Trial” on the left for the dropdown menu.Read more on my Blog. I would love for you to follow me on TpT by click
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3rd - 6th
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Planner/Writing Prompt-Compare & Contrast film vs text "Rikki Tikki Tavi"
Ready to use planner in table form and writing prompt for comparing and contrasting the original written version of the fable from The Jungle Book "Rikki Tikki Tavi" with the 1965 filmed version produced by Chuck Jones. Includes a link to the filmed version, which is not found in a free version on YouTube. (Is posted elsewhere but somewhat tricky to locate.)
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5th - 9th
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6:55
Common Core Mini-Unit Aligned to 2 Great TED Talks (TM) w/ Video
This mini-unit reveals the power of a single voice using two exceptional TED Talks. Students practice reading/viewing informational texts (speeches, autobiographies, articles, etc.) while developing multiple reading skills. This bundle includes six days of activities, formative assessments, and writing activities. As a special add-on for teachers who purchase this resource, we provide a link to a unit powerpoint that includes daily lesson plans (procedures) and step-by-step slides for each day's
Grades:
7th - 12th
Digital Ted Talk Response Form - Google Slides
Digital TED Talk Response Form / Sheet - Google Slides This Google Slides file is perfect for holding students accountable for their viewing of any Ted Talk with reflective writing and identification of informational elements. Assign students any Ted Talk and this Google slides file on your LMS of choice (Schoology, Google Classroom, etc.)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I love to connect with teachers. Connect with me across platforms by clicking the l
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: 78 Google Slides Logs and Graphic Organizer Mega Bundle
Culturally Responsive, Game Based U.S. History! K4-5 Pre-Game Warm-Up: Alliance
Put colonial North America into full context with over 25 lessons using activities, maps, an animated video, DBQs, expository writing, class discussions & group challenges. Next? Play the ALLIANCE board game (separate purchase). WARNING: History class will never be the same.BOARD GAME DESCRIPTION: "A clever take on statecraft whereby six teams across colonial North America meet the triple challenge of nation building, international diplomacy, and economic sustainability. Iroquois Confederacy
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4th - 7th
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Expository Writing Prompt, Informative Essay Outline - Overcoming Obstacles
Introducing expository writing has never been easier! This in-depth informative essay writing prompt lesson guides students through the step-by-step process of drafting an expository outline using an expository graphic organizer and writing an expository essay. The topic of this resource is - Overcoming Obstacles.Want this lesson for FREE? It's a Bonus Lesson in these bundles.Expository Writing Prompts, Informative Essay Writing Lessons - Bundle 1Expository Writing Prompts, Informative Essay Wr
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6th - 8th
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Six Super Sentence Structures Spice Up Boring Essays & Research Writing 7 8 9 10
Students walk into your classroom with boring, choppy, SUBJECT/VERB sentences. Teach them six different ways to structure a sentence so that they walk out of your classroom with a more sophisticated and effective writing style.
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30 Teaching Slides
9 Videos
7 Picture Prompts
Teaching Notes
Kid-Friendly and Engaging
Learning Activities with NO PREP!
Teach this lesson multiple times throughout the year to reinforce and nurture writing development. You will be AMAZED at how your stud
Grades:
7th - 11th
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8:51
Journalism: Introduction to Journalism Video
Embark on a captivating journey into the world of journalism with this "Introduction to Journalism" video. In just 10 minutes, this engaging video provides a comprehensive overview of the functions and purpose of journalism, making it an ideal resource for educators and students alike.Video Highlights:Exploring Journalism: Dive into the dynamic realm of journalism, uncovering its pivotal role in our society and the media landscape.Functions of Journalism: Gain a profound understanding of the mul
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7th - 12th
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Analyzing Author’s Use of Irony in Commercials and Political Cartoons
This PARCC-style assessment merges commercials, political cartoons, and literary texts into a performance assessment. Students will construct an explanatory essay to justify their explanations. Students will analyze 2 modern commercials and 2 political cartoons that use situational and verbal irony and analyze. In the second section of the performance task, students will analyze the development of irony in a literary text and discuss similarities and differences between the author’s approache
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6th - 10th
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Revolutionary War WebQuest/Power Point
This power point has it all! It covers the Revolutionary War completely, including DBQs, document based questioning, video clips, and maps. It covers all of the important battles included in the standards. The document based questioning includes Benjamin Franklin's speech and the Constitution. Everything you need to provide instruction that reaches all learners. Below is listed all of the events it covers:
Proclamation 1763
Sugar Act of 1764
Stamp Act of 1765
Townshend Acts of 1767
Boston Ma
Grades:
4th - 8th
Dress Up Your Writing: Keys to Elaboration
Helping students hit the sweet spot when elaborating their written ideas can be difficult. This lesson is one that has helped my students immensely. It is an acronym that guides them when they are considering what to add to their paragraphs so that they produce creative and insightful compositions.
This product includes a PDF of my PowerPoint as well as a handout that can be printed to place in a Writer's Notebook. In addition, I recorded the lesson into a video that is approximately 6 minut
Grades:
7th - 10th
What is Informational Writing? PowerPoint
Comes with a video embedded (make sure to hit enable content). Goes through different sections of an informational writing piece.
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4th - 7th
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