5th Grade Writing-Essays Lesson
25 Day Thanksgiving Bundle: Writing, Reading, Fun Activities, Lessons Grades 5-7
By TooBookedUp
- Thanksgiving Gratitude Toast Writing Unit with Slides and Awards
- Looking for a meaningful and engaging way to bring gratitude into your classroom this Thanksgiving season? This 4-Day Thanksgiving Toast Writing Unit has everything you need to help your students craft heartfelt toasts while building their public speaking and writing skills.
- Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Informational Texts: Central Idea & Author’s Purpose
- This resource features informational texts centered around the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Students will practice identifying the central idea and author’s purpose using guided activities, perfect for grades 4-6. Includes quizzes and engaging slides to bring the festive event into your classroom!
- Multiple Genre Thanksgiving Writing Fun: Story Starters, Centers, and Activities
Spark creativity with these 10 engaging Thanksgiving-themed story starters! This freebie offers writing prompts perfect for centers or bell-ringers, allowing students to explore genres while creating their own holiday-inspired tales. Ideal for grades 4 and up! - Text Features with Thanksgiving Football Text Set, Quizzes, and Slides
Bring excitement to your lessons with this text feature set using Thanksgiving football articles. Students will analyze and identify different text features while engaging with a fun, seasonal topic. Quizzes and slide presentations are included for easy, interactive learning. - Thanksgiving Argument Writing Unit: Debate Topics & Lesson Plans for STAAR ECRs
Help your students master argumentative writing with this resource, complete with four Thanksgiving-themed debate prompts. Perfect for middle school, the unit includes a 75-minute lesson plan, guided notes, and templates for teaching claims, evidence, and rebuttals. - Thanksgiving Author’s Purpose Reading Unit: Passages, Slides, Guided Notes (Grades 5-7)
This reading unit features five double-sided Thanksgiving-themed passages that explore different author’s purposes. With interactive slides and guided notes, this resource is great for whole-group instruction, centers, or intervention activities in grades 5-7. - Thanksgiving Digital Resource: Interactive Slides for Middle School Fall Break Vibes
This non-academic, interactive slide deck is perfect for building community and having fun the day before Fall Break. Featuring 22 slides with thought-provoking and engaging Thanksgiving prompts, it's a fun, low-prep activity to wrap up the season. - Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Activity: Rhetoric for Grades 5-7 (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)
This resource guides students through persuasive writing with a focus on rhetoric. Using Thanksgiving-themed prompts, students will practice developing strong arguments using ethos, pathos, and logos. Perfect for building writing and critical thinking skills in grades 5-7. - Thanksgiving Text Structure Coloring Sort & Lesson
Teach text structures in a creative and interactive way with this Thanksgiving coloring activity. Students will learn about different text structures and apply them through sorting and coloring activities, making the lesson both educational and fun. - 10 Fall Narrative Essay Picture Prompts and Planner: Print and Go & Slides
This resource includes 10 narrative essay prompts, each with a fall theme, designed to help students craft compelling stories. Perfect for middle school students, the resource includes both print-and-go materials and a slide deck for easy classroom use.
This bundle could cover 20-25 days of classroom instruction, depending on how the resources are paced and implemented. It offers a great variety of activities for both Thanksgiving season and beyond.
Symbolism Writing and History Activity
By Beth Hammett
Make using and working with symbolism collaborative, fun and educational (Meets CCSS) with this interactive writing project that focuses on 850 B.C. and the discovery of the Snake Circle: Includes: 1. KWL Chart 2. Extra Resources: Take a tour of Ancient Greece, learn about the lives of adults and children, and watch videos to understand the time period of 850 B.C. 3. Uncover its origin: The Snake Circle object came from the days of Homer, so explore its meaning with the use of two symbolism sheets. 4. Discuss and interpret the Snake Circle shield handout. 5. Write stories: choose a genre; then Peer Workshop essays 6. Color the shields--review students' colorful examples 7. Display for all to enjoy! Comes with: handouts to complete writings, students' samples, and class project photos. Everything needed for writing fun! Excellent for teaching how to interpret and use symbolism, reinforce concepts and skills, and working with multigenres. Combination of historical technology resources with writing and using literal concepts.
FRENCH WRITING/ÉCRITURE | GENRES | INFORMATIVE | RECHERCHE | DESCRIPTIVE
By French Made Fun!
Avez-vous du mal à savoir par où commencer ? Où finir ? Avez-vous de la difficulté à enseigner de plus petits morceaux afin que vos élèves sachent ce qu'on attend d'eux, afin qu'ils puissent écrire efficacement et en toute confiance ? C'est votre première année d'enseignement et vous aimez voir un modèle ou un exemple pour vous guider dans les années à venir ? Cherchez vous des critères de réussite et des modèles - Avez-vous honnêtement du mal à faire la différence, vous-même, entre les différents genres que vos élèves sont censés produire ? Cherchez pas plus loin! J'ai fait le travail pour que vous puissiez enseigner avec confiance et pour que vos élèves performent avec confiance.
Mes études de genre vous donneront suffisamment de contenu enseignable, d'activités imprimables, d'invitations de discussion et d'opportunités d'écriture guidée pour écrire avec facilité et confiance. Chacun de mes ensembles de genres commence par un contenu enseignable et des minis-leçons et réflexions intégrées pour que vos élèves partagent, participent et collaborent avec leurs pairs. Si vous n'êtes pas à l'aise avec l'enseignement des genres, c'est le produit qu'il vous faut. JE guide vos cours, VOUS le facilitez en personne.
Mes produits sont FAITS avec vos grands enfants et adolescents à l'esprit. Vous ne trouverez pas de dessins animés enfantins, de polices difficiles à lire et exagérées et vous ne trouverez pas de mots croisés et d'espace perdu. Je prends le temps de m'assurer que mes produits sont attrayants pour un groupe d'élèves plus âgés, mais toujours attrayants, engageants et à leur niveau. Ils sont créés pour les élèves de la 4e à la 8e année en milieu Immersion ou Français langue première.
Ce document est presque identique au rapport de recherche à l'exception de modifications très mineures, donc acheter les deux n'est pas pratique pour vous ! Cette étude de genre fait partie d'un ensemble grandissant, que vous pouvez trouver ici.
Voici ce que vous pouvez attendre de cette ressource :
Diapositives pédagogiques (26 pages)
Définissons ensemble ce qu'est un texte descriptif
Les qualités d'un texte informatif
Les bonnes et les mauvaises sources d'informations
"Est-ce informatif?" Une activité pour reconnaître les textes informatifs selon les titres et les couvertures
Une activité kinesthésique - La chasse au trésor
Comment inspirer nos idées à partir d'une grande idée
Comment choisir un sujet pertinent - qui nous intéresse
Connaître les "catégories" informatives
Comment choisir un sujet spécifique et réalisable
Écrire avec précision et clarté
Carnet d'élève (40 pages)
Activités guidées, organisateurs graphiques, fiches imprimables. Voici les titres qui s'y trouvent:
Un coup d'oeil dans mon esprit - Une activité sur les intérêts personnels
Possibilités de sujets - Une activité pour les élèves têtus!
Tableau SVA
Des questions que je me pose sur mon sujet.
Un sujet très spécifique
Des questions brûlantes
Ma recherche indépendante
Mes informations BOOM!
Mes informations recueillies
Pistes possibles
L'organisation de mes idées (#1 et #2)
Comment attirer l'attention de mes lecteurs?
Mon introduction planifiée (Avec sujets amenés, posés et divisés)
Écriture d'un paragraphe
Paragraphes 1, 2 et 3
Écrire une conclusion
Conclusion
De quel 'capteur d'attention' il s'agit?
Mon capteur d'attention
Auto-évaluation + buts
Critères de réussite
Corrections et révisions
Texte modèle: Le gaspillage alimentaire (1 page)
Texte modèle: L'E-Gaming - L'avenir du divertissement (3 pages + 1 page de questions)
Texte modèle: Le Titanic (2 pages + 2 pages de questions)
Texte modèle (sous forme chronologique): Les frères Wright (1 page + 1 page de questions)
Quête WEB avec questions et corrigé (excellent à laisser avec un suppléant!)
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AVID Peer Feedback and Essay Revision - Writing Practice in Small Groups
By KJ Inspired Resources
These 8 protocol/guideline slides are perfect for any essay in any subject! Students will follow the guidelines in order to present their essays to their peers and recieve direct and specific feedback through 3 column note taking.
Before the Lesson:
- Students should have completed a rough draft of their writing.
- Pre decide small revision groups.
- Make copies of each students essay for each of their group members.
Directions:
- Go through each of these 8 protocol slides with students as they recieve feedback from their peers in order to make revisions on their essay:
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- Explain
- Read
- Read again
- Share
- Receive
- Clarify
- Repeat
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Biography - Example, Graphic Organizer, & Template
By Sign with me TOD
Writing a biography is a fun and interesting project for your students. This provides them with the opportunity to learn about someone that interests them and share it with their peers! This packet includes information to share with your students about what a biography is, why do we write a biography, and rules to follow when writing a biography. This packet also includes an example showing the process that is used to write a biography and the steps that are taken to add onto a biography to be sure it includes a beginning, middle and end. On the last few pages, it includes a template to help students come up with possible story ideas, add onto each paragraph they will include in their biography, and a reference sheet. Space to write a rough draft as well as a final draft is included.
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Thanksgiving Persuasive Writing Project Save the Turkey with Writing Paper
By That One Cheerful Classroom
Are you looking to challenge your students to write a persuasive piece around Thanksgiving time? With this fun and engaging writing lesson, students will have to write a piece to persuade someone to not eat a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Lead your students through the writing process to discover their writing ability with this fun persuasive writing. Students will have fun writing when they are having to get creative about another meal to replace turkey for Thanksgiving!
Here's what you'll get:
- Writing Prompt Page
- 4 Days of Lesson Plans
- Graphic Organizer
- Rough Draft Writing Template
- Publishing Writing Template
- Peer Editing Page
- Writing Checklist
- Rubric
Your students will love practicing persuasive writing with their creativity in mind for a popular U.S. holiday. They'll be using their creativity to save the turkey and sharing it with the class will bring classroom community.
Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, discuss and you're ready for a fun and engaging persuasive writing class!
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Writing Foldable for Interactive Notebook - Hamburger Essay
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Writing Foldable, PowerPoint, First Draft Writing Pages, and Rubric Hamburger 5 Paragraph Essay Format Help students become better writers by teaching them a way to remember all the elements of a good piece of writing. Beginning writers need structure and organization. This bundle includes everything you will need to help them begin to build writing skills. Includes: Flipable/Foldable Pieces PowerPoint Presentation First Draft Writing Pieces Graphic Organizer Rubric Check out Kile's Classroom for more ELA writing and reading activities! Key Words: Writing, Paragraphs, Organization, Graphic Organizer, Essay, Writing Powerpoint
STAAR ECR & ELA Test Prep Bundle for Grades 6-8: Reading Comprehension, Essays
By TooBookedUp
- 90 Day Reading Comprehension Bell Ringer Warm-Up Routine: This daily bell-ringer routine provides 90 days of reading comprehension practice, helping students build consistency in analyzing texts, identifying main ideas, and drawing inferences. Perfect for regular, bite-sized practice that reinforces key comprehension skills.
- ECR Relay Race: Engaging STAAR Writing Prep: This interactive relay race activity is designed to make STAAR writing preparation engaging. With 12 prompts focused on extended constructed responses (ECR), students will work on crafting thoughtful, structured responses, honing their ability to articulate ideas clearly and support their answers with evidence.
- STAAR ECR Mastery Resource for Informational Essays: This resource focuses on informational essay writing with a strong emphasis on developing thesis statements, claims, and supporting evidence. It’s a targeted approach to mastering the essential components of STAAR informational essays, equipping students with skills in organization and argumentation.
- Thanksgiving Argument Writing Unit: Debate Topics & Lesson Plans: This seasonal resource engages students in argument writing through Thanksgiving-themed debate topics. Students will practice constructing persuasive arguments, making claims, and providing relevant evidence—core skills for STAAR ECRs and persuasive writing in general.
This bundle provides comprehensive practice in reading comprehension, essay structure, argumentation, and evidence-based responses, setting students up for success in standardized test preparation.
Author's Style Writing Activities (Middle Grades)
By Beth Hammett
For Middle Grade Students, all writers have it, but do you know what style is and how to recognize it? This 15 page presentation for will help students understand and analyze their own writing styles, as well as other authors' styles. Easy to follow format will have students analyzing style in no time! Includes: Checklist for Authors Handout Definitions for Author's Style . Examples of Classic Literature and Fairy Tale to Analyze How to Find Author's Style in Writing Extra Style Analysis Activities Author's Style Workshopping Handout How and Why to Improve Student's author's style Terminologies and definitions include: Audience—listeners, readers, viewers of work Author’s voice—sets writing apart from others; uniqueness of writing Genre—category/organization pattern of writing Purpose—intent of writing Mood—reader’s emotion to the writing Tone—author’s attitude about subject matter Sentence fluency—cadence, flow, transitions used Sentence variety—lengths/mixture of sentences Word choices—descriptions, figurative language, repetitions, synonyms… Excellent for introducing style, writing concepts, standardized testing reviews, class assessments, college readiness, CCSS, literacy centers, and grammar/editing revisions, Students will be able to identify their authors' styles after working through this presentation.
AVID Argumentative Writing - Thesis Statement Teaching Slides and Activity
By KJ Inspired Resources
Are you an AVID teacher or English Language arts teacher? Need to explain how to write a thesis statement in an argumentative essay to middle or high school students? In this product you will find everything you need to help your students craft their thesis statements!
What You Get:
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✏️"make it better" activity direction slide
✏️7 bad thesis statements
✏️7 better thesis statement examples
✏️argumentative writing prompt
✏️21 argumentative writing topic ideas
✏️4 steps guiding students in crafting their thesis statements
Make it Better Directions:
- Each slide students will be given a bad thesis statement.
- In small groups, their goal is to fix it and make it better.
- Classmates, selected judges, or teacher will vote on the best one and that group earns a point.
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By Sign with me TOD
Writing a play is a perfect project that gives students time to write about an event that happened in their life or an event that they made up. Once they are finished, they can share it with different groups of people and have their friends play each character. This packet includes information to share with your students about what a play is, examples of plays they may see, what steps to follow when writing the beginning, middle and end of a play, and identifying the parts of a play. This packet also includes an example showing the process that is used to write a play using a brainstorming play chart. An example of the play chart and template is also included. On the last several pages, templates are included to help students write the rough draft and final draft of their play that includes space for characters, scenes, stage directions, and lines to show what their characters are saying.
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Writing Organizer Bundle - 4 Graphic Organizers and Student Activities
By Kile's Classroom
Writing Organizer Bundle
OREO Persuasive Writing, RACE writing strategy, Hamburger 5 Paragraph Essay, and Show Not Tell Descriptive Writing set- perfect to get your students on the right track for the school year! Improve the quality of your student's writing with these great mini lessons and graphic organizers with student activities!
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ECR Relay Race: Engaging STAAR Writing Prep Grades 5-8 Comprehension 12 Prompts!
By TooBookedUp
Transform STAAR writing preparation into an exhilarating adventure with our "ECR Relay Race" resource! Designed specifically for grades 6-8, this product turns the daunting task of essay writing into a collaborative, fun, and competitive experience. Dive into high-engaging topics while practicing informational, argumentative, and correspondence writing skills critical for STAAR success.
✅ Engaging Topics for Every Genre:
- Informational ECRs: Explore Texas Rodeo, Texas State Fair, and NASA's monumental contributions.
- Argumentative ECRs: Delve into captivating debates like Selena vs. Beyonce, Roblox vs. Minecraft, and Messi vs. Ronaldo.
- Correspondence ECR: Address real-world issues in letters concerning Ocean pollution, VR headsets in education, and Sports accessibility for students with disabilities.
✅ Collaborative Learning: Encourage teamwork with relay races that make writing a shared journey. Students can work together or individually, pushing them to think critically and write effectively.
✅ Interactive Progress Tracking: Watch as students advance their stick figure characters across the board with each completed paragraph, igniting a sense of accomplishment and urgency.
✅ Comprehensive ECR Refresher: Kickstart your classes with 15 slides designed to refresh students on ECR essentials, providing a solid foundation for success.
✅ Inclusive Support Materials: Includes sentence stems for each writing genre, aiding students in structuring their thoughts and arguments clearly and cohesively.
✅ Fun, Engaging, and Educational: Our resource is not just about STAAR prep; it's about creating memorable learning experiences that foster creativity, critical thinking, and a love for writing.
Prepare your students for STAAR writing with a resource that’s as educational as it is exhilarating. Make test preparation something students look forward to with our ECR Relay Race. Perfect for teachers seeking innovative, engaging ways to enhance writing skills and STAAR readiness.
Commas (Using FANBOYS in Writing)
By Beth Hammett
Simple, to the point 5 slide presentation that walks students through using For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So (FANBOYS) in their writings. Includes: Rules Tips Practice Exercises Peer Workshopping Component Meets Common Core Standards for grammar usage.
AVID Focused Notes Digital Lesson - Writing Primary Versus Secondary Sources
By KJ Inspired Resources
Are you an AVID teacher looking for an easy way for students to learn and practice the focus note taking process while learning about primary versus secondary sources? Are your students about to begin an essay and need an explanation on using sources in writing? You came to the right place! This AVID Focused Note Taking Lesson Plan with Google Slides and Applying Learning opportunities has everything you need to have your students practice the very important skill of note taking while learning the importantce and benefits of using primary or secondary sources in their writing. This lesson is ready to go! Teach whole group OR have students follow along by sharing the google slides link with them. This way they have access to all the links provided!
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- Embedded links for: Costa's Level of Thinking, Exit Ticket, 2 Column Notes
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- Students will practice focused note taking while learning about using primary and secondary sources for writing.
- At the end of the lesson students will apply what they learned through a This or That game along with an exit ticket where they will find primary and secondary sources for 3 major events.
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Writing a book report based on a book that students enjoyed reading is a fun and interesting project for your students. Students can take this time to go back and review their favorite parts of the book, favorite characters, the setting, and the plot of the story. This packet includes a brainstorming template and rough draft template for students to write a book report based on a book that they read. Students can also use the rough draft template for a final written draft or can type their final draft.
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Thanksgiving Argument Writing Unit Debate Topics & Lesson Plans 4 STAAR ECRs
By TooBookedUp
Looking for a high-engagement, standards-aligned resource to teach argumentative writing? This Thanksgiving Argument Writing Unit is perfect for middle school (grades 6-8) and provides four unique Thanksgiving-themed writing prompts that help students practice developing claims, providing evidence, and addressing counterarguments and rebuttals.
This resource includes:
A full lesson plan designed for a 75-minute class, guiding students through argument writing with structured slides and engaging activities.
Four thought-provoking Thanksgiving debate topics, including:
"Should Black Friday be banned due to its impact on society?"
"Is it ethical to celebrate Thanksgiving given the historical conflicts with Native Americans?"
"Should Thanksgiving Day parades be canceled due to their environmental impact?"
"Should Thanksgiving football games be banned on the holiday?"
Slides and Guided Notes: Step-by-step instruction on writing an argumentative essay using claims, evidence, counterarguments, and rebuttals.
Practice Activities: Hands-on exercises to help students identify and write each part of an argument.
Templates for Writing: Easy-to-use templates for students to organize their essays and develop their writing.
This unit is ideal for teaching the basics of argumentative writing in a fun, seasonal way, with relevant and engaging Thanksgiving topics that students care about. It's also perfect for debate prewriting, essay interventions, or building towards state assessments like STAAR.
What’s Included:
- Complete 60-minute lesson plan
- 4 Thanksgiving-themed argument writing prompts
- Guided notes and practice passages
- Slide deck covering key writing components (claim, evidence, counterargument, rebuttal)
Help your students develop strong, clear arguments while engaging with Thanksgiving traditions in a meaningful way. Perfect for teaching argumentative writing and improving students' ability to express their ideas logically and persuasively!
By Beth Hammett
A quick, two page review of Grammar Tips (sentence variety with examples and reader as writer instructions) along with a five-step format for structuring standardized essays. Easy to follow with color-coded examples.
AVID Argumentative Writing - Teaching Slides
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Are you an AVID or English teacher? Need to explain argumentative writing to middle or high school students? In this product you will find 16 teaching slides that explain argumentative writing.
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Writing a Story - Example, Graphic Organizer, and Template
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Writing a story is a perfect project that gives students time to use their imagination and share it with others. This packet includes information to share with your students about what a story is, why we write a story, and who we write a story for. This packet also includes an example showing the process that is used to write a story and the steps that are taken to add onto a story to be sure it includes a beginning, middle and end. On the last few pages, it includes a template to help students come up with possible story ideas, write about the characters, setting, and plot of a story, and space to write a rough draft as well as a final draft.
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