Homeschool Writing Graphic Organizers

Get your students to defend their opinion with this Halloween Opinion writing: What is their favorite candy? This engaging resource is perfect for sparking discussions and enhancing writing skills during the month of October. Included is a graphic organizer that helps students layout their ideas to argue what their favorite candy is. They start with their opinion, 3 reasons, and end with a restatement of their opinion. Then they can use their graphic organizer to help write the perfect opinion piece on what is the best candy. There are cute papers to write on as well. This is a fun activity for Halloween or just any time you could use extra practice with opinion writing.

What's all included?

• Graphic Organizer- A clear and easy-to-use graphic organizer that helps students outline their thoughts and structure their opinions.
• 4 Cute Writing Papers- There are 4 different pages included for them to write their essay out practicing punctuation, correct grammar, and more. 2 pages have a small spot for an illustration of their candy.

Why you will love using this resource:

• Enhances Writing Skills: Perfect for teaching opinion writing, this worksheet guides students through the process of formulating and supporting their opinions.
• Fun and Relevant: Ties in the excitement of Halloween with a topic that kids love—candy! This makes writing feel more enjoyable and relatable.
• Encourages Critical Thinking: Students will learn to articulate their thoughts and justify their preferences, fostering critical thinking skills in a fun way.

The holidays are buys enough! Just print this ready to go writing activity and have your students argue their favorite candy.

Looking for other opinion writing activities for holidays? Check the links below.

• I Have A Dream MLK Writing
• Do Animals Have Feelings? Writing
• The Substitute Easter Bunny Writing

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❤️Looking for fun, hands-on craft activities to keep your learners engaged? Students will love using their fine motor skills and creativity to color, cut, paste, and craft while learning!

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✏️Use these crafts to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway! Your students will be proud to take them home and show them off to their families!

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✏️Great for centers, sub tub, early finishers, independent work, partner work, or small group work for your preschool, kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade learners!

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☑ Christmas

☑ Community Helpers

☑ Day of the Dead

☑ Earth Day

☑ Feliz Navidad

☑ Hanukkah

☑ Hispanic Heritage

☑ Kwanzaa

☑ Martin Luther King Jr.

☑ Native American Heritage

☑ Pacific Islander Heritage

☑ Pumpkins

☑ Thanksgiving

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Graphic Organizer Set : Story Organizer!
Everything you need to lay out your short story!

14 pages include:
1. Table of Contents (current page)

2. Story Organizer (Setting, Characters, Plot, etc)

3. Character Organizer (Protagonist, etc) with writing lines

4. * Character Organizer, with large illustrations

5. Summary Organizer (Who, What, Where, etc) with writing lines

6. * Summary Organizer, with large illustrations

7. Mind Map (Characters, Plot, Timeline, etc)

8. Story Mountain (Journey, Ascent, etc)

9. Plot Device Set of 4 #1 (framing, discovery, hook, etc)

10. Plot Device Set of 4 #2 (twist, cliffhanger, etc)

11. Tent Pole Events (Act 1, 2, 3)

12. Reverse Planning (start by writing the end)

13. Setting (place, season, vegetation, etc)

14. Timeline (Year, Month, Day, Time, Event graph)

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Introducing how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, and an argumentative writing template.

All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting details, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their argumentative writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing argument writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Citing Text Evidence Argumentative / Argument writing prompt lesson includes:

Entertaining Instructional Video with:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

Detailed Lesson Plan with:

• Common Core State Standards indicated on lesson plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

Worksheets with:

• Prompt
• Brainstorming section
• Thesis statement development
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template

PowerPoint Presentation with:

• Introduction slide with prompt (interactive for students to identify key vocabulary)
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template slides
• Checklist slide

Argumentative Writing Quiz

Argumentative Rubric

Argumentative Graphic Organizer

Google Slides™

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Elementary Text Evidence Writing Prompts:

• Text Based Analysis Writing Prompts

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The Handy Dandy Speller is a spelling dictionary for students to keep in their Writing Folders. If they need help spelling a word, they can look in their Handy Dandy Speller. If the word is not there, they can add it to their Handy Dandy Speller for next time. The Handy Dandy Speller is a handy and fun tool for learners. The Handy Speller has fun shapes, so students will enjoy writing the words inside the shapes. I hope you enjoy this product. Please provide a rating and feedback. Thank you so very much! If you like this item please check out my Dictionary Skills Characters

New standardized tests, such as ACT and SAT, ask students to define the problem, sort through solutions, find the best solution, and explain why they chose their answers. This free graphic organizer will help students with working through the process!

This back to school summer reflections activity is a great get to know you activity! This product is designed to encompass students’ creativity and get them thinking about their back to school goals while reflecting on their favorite summer memories. This PDF is designed to look like a journal or scrapbook page for students to add their flair to!

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Sentence Stems Included:

• This summer I... (with place for picture)
• Favorite summer memory...
• My back to school goals...
• What I'm most excited about for the new school year...

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Would You Rather

Find Someone Who

Stand Up Sit Down

Finish the Story

Emoji Phrases

Zoomed In

Utilize this graphic organizer for any story!

It’s perfect for introducing story elements or for students to work independently.

Students will identify key components such as: setting, characters, problem, events, and solution.

Spring writing craft

this wrting craftivity for Opinion writing and Descriptive writing includes graphic organizers, lined paper, and an adorable bunny craft

This is an easy Spring / April/ May craft. This adorable bunny printable is an easy bulletin board or hallway display for April and May in the classroom!

This spring themed craft writing activity

INCLUDS:

• 2 writing graphic organizer - opinion and descriptive
• Matching writing paper with lines perfectly spaced for 1st and 2nd graders
• Samples/answer key
• An adorable printable bunny craft with feet

HOW TO USE:

1 Read a book about spring Rabbits and Bunnies. My favorite is the VELVETINE Rabbit (TIP: use Getepic.com for book ideas to project on smartboard)

2. Brainstorm ideas together as a class

3. Students fill in graphic organizer with word, phrases, and ideas

3. Students use the organizer to construct and write complete sentences

4. color and cut bunny craft

5. Glue together

6. Share and display

This Spring themed opinon and descriptive writing activity with craft is perfect for first and second graders learning about the writing process! Opinion writing and Descriptive writing align with all next gen standards. It also allows 1st and 2nd grade students to explore creativity and fine motor skills

Comprehensive Resources: This product includes graphic organizers, lined paper, and an adorable printable bunny craft! Simply print, write, and display for a spring themed bulletin board and hallway display.

From constructing fully developed sentences to practicing organizational writing, this printable offers a wealth of engaging skills, fine motor skills, and fostering literacy growth, oral language development, simplicity for the teacher and fun for first and second graders!

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Story Map | Editable Graphic Organizer: Help guide students' thinking when it comes to story writing and story elements with this easy to use digital or printable graphic organizer. This freebie includes these story elements: title/author, setting, characters (antagonists & protagonists), key details and events, conflict, and resolution.

✨This resource goes great with Roll a Story Bundle✨

Directions

• Share the PowerPoint (or convert to a Google Slides) with students and allow students to enter their own text in the boxes.
• OR print and allow students to write on the handout.

Elements Included on Graphic Organizer

• title/author
• setting
• characters (antagonists & protagonists)
• key details and events
• conflict
• resolution.

What's Included

• Digital and printable options
• Options to edit the included elements
• Options to allow students to type in their responses digitally
• Options to print and use as a worksheet
• Black & White versions

ELA Resources

Writing Resources

*AVID Nerds resources are available for use in virtual systems like Outschool without the need to purchase extra licenses

Use this any person report page to develop early research skills with your child/student.Research using the internet or print material

of your choice.

A NOVEL STUDY for FERRIS based on the book by Kate DiCamillo.

This 60 page Novel Study includes highly engaging and comprehensive questions and activities that allow your students to respond to the story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

This is a NO-PREP resource that has been created with questions and activities following the order of the book. Students will be able to respond to each chapter after they have read it. Teachers can use this resource as either an independent work packet for students or as a guide to questions and discussion whilst working alongside students. Students will cover a wide range of Curriculum Standards in context.

This novel study is ideal as an independent activity during students' literacy sessions.

AN ANSWER KEY IS INCLUDED

Activities include:

• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, cause and effect, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising - engaging activities designed for your student to show a deeper understanding of the story.
• 2 non-fiction passages with questions - Ghost Sightings and Houdini.
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story including persuasive writing, diary writing and personal narrative.
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

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If you are teaching Compare & Contrast this is for you. Engage your students or child learn the process of compare & contrast writing with these worksheets. Great for homework, early finishers, homeschool, morning work, the practices are endless.

What's included:

• 24 Worksheets
• 48 Picture Cards
• 1 Poster
• 37 pages of work total

Here is the list of topics:

1. Bat vs. Bird
2. Boy vs. Girl
3. Brown Bear vs. Polar Bear
4. Car vs. Train
5. Cat vs. Dog
6. Cow vs. Pig
7. Donkey vs. Camel
8. Donut vs. Cake
9. Elephant vs. Dinosaur
10. Goat vs. Hippo
11. Gorilla vs. Monkey
12. Hedgehog vs. Skunk
13. Kangaroo vs. Koala
14. Mail vs. E-mail
15. Panda vs. Penguin
16. Raccoon vs. Fox
17. Shark vs. Whale
18. Sheep vs. Pony
19. Skyscraper vs. House
20. Squirrel vs. Bunny
21. Tablet vs. Laptop
22. Tiger vs. Lion
23. Turkey vs. Chicken
24. Zebra vs. Giraffe

You might also be interested in these other resources:

• Sequence of events headings
• Sequence of events worksheets
• Opinion Writing Worksheets
• 384 CVC Words Pocket Chart SUPER Packet
• Compare and Contrast worksheets, Picture Cards and Poster
• CVC Middle Sound Words Pocket Chart
• 57 Story Starters Picture Writing Prompts
• Animal Habitat Research Writing MEGA Bundle

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Character analysis, graphic organizer, and descriptive writing for any novel.

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For grades 6 to 9

This opinion writing is a perfect activity for your holiday writing. This is great around Christmas time, but can also be used for any holiday tradition. The students will write about their favorite tradition and why it is their favorite. This gives students practice with stating their opinion and giving 3 reasons why they believe that way. There are 2 graphic organizers included allowing for differentiation for students to write a shorter or longer paper. This activity is a fun way for students to share a little about their holidays and what they enjoy.

What's included?

Included in this download is 2 different graphic organizer, 4 different papers to write their paragraph(s) on, and a page where they have the option to illustrate their favorite tradition.

What are people saying?

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Michelle says, "My second grade students loved using this resource as part of our opinion writing unit!"

If you want more writing resources for your classroom, check out these links:

MLK I Have A Dream Writing

Do Animals Have Feelings? Opinion Writing

Group Creative Writing

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❤️Are you looking for fun way to encourage social emotional development, support your students' mental health and emotional well-being? This GROWING bundle provides your students with meaningful opportunities to check in with how they are feeling, as well as, learn, identify, discuss, and practice various emotions through play!

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✅ Topics included:

☑ Christmas

☑ gingerbread

☑ Halloween

☑ holidays

☑ polar bears

☑ pumpkins

☑ sugar skulls

☑ winter

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Graphic Organizer Set : 12 Monthly Seasonal / Holiday - Themed Graphic Organizers for easy writing set up!

**12 pages include:
**1. January : Snow Globe

2. February : Heart

3. March : Clover

4. April : Tree

5. May : Flowers

6. June : House

7. July : Stars

8. August : Crayons

9. September : Leaf

10. October : Pumpkin

11. November : Acorn

12. December : Gift

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** Be sure to visit my store for many comprehension packets, and other activity worksheets! My packets strive for inclusion of all students. I provide lined paper, a choice of comprehension, simple activities, and answer sheets. I also take requests!

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Introducing narrative writing has never been easier! This comprehensive personal narrative essay writing prompt resource guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling narrative. Using a detailed narrative graphic organizer, students will learn to draft a narrative outline and write a complete narrative essay.

The topic of this resource is: A Day Gone Haywire.

These narrative writing lessons are designed to help students develop an entertaining and engaging story. The comprehensive lessons include: a narrative writing rubric, a narrative writing quiz, an instructional video, a narrative graphic organizer, and detailed lesson plans.

The resource covers every aspect of narrative writing: brainstorming ideas, developing a plot, introducing characters and setting, creating an intriguing climax and ending, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. From the beginning writer to the advanced writer, this resource has something for everyone.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their narrative writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

These no-prep lessons are adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Narrative / Personal Narrative Writing Prompt lesson comes complete with:

Entertaining Instructional Video with:

• Description of narrative essay
• Requirements of narrative writing
• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write a Narrative Essay tutorial and writing template
• How to Write a Narrative Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

Detailed Lesson Plan with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

Worksheets with:

• Prompt
• Brainstorming section
• Plot development
• How to Write a Narrative Essay tutorial and writing template

Slide Show with:

• Introduction slide with prompt (interactive for students to identify key vocabulary)
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list ideas)
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a Narrative Essay tutorial and writing template slides
• Checklist slide

Quiz

Rubric

Graphic Organizer

Google Slides™

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Check out my other Middle School Narrative Writing Prompts - Bundle 2:

• The Day that Went Haywire
• Crossroads of Choices
• Journey to the Future
• Midnight Misadventure
• When I Procrastinated
• Seasonal Splendor: My Favorite Season
• My Remarkable Talent
• My Dream Television Adventure
• My Dream Destination
• The Enchanted Lamp

Plus a FREE Narrative Writing Essay Lesson

• Overcoming a Challenge

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Do your students need some engagement during the weeks leading up to Christmas? Use these 6 Christmas graphic organizers with any text! Use whole class, small group, centers, independent reading, or homework. Use for fiction, non-fiction, chapter books, mentor texts, or story of the week.

What's Included:

Ugly sweater sequencing: first, next, then, last

Stocking stuffer: students choose a character in a Christmas story and name 3 things they would find in the characters stocking

Present Retell: first, next, then, last

Story Christmas tree: main idea and 5 details

Snowman venn diagram: use however you choose ex: compare 2 character from 2 different stories and then compare the problem in each story underneath

Elf candy story elements: book title, characters, setting, problem, solution

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This Animal Graphic Organizer is a versatile tool suitable for any animal and pairs seamlessly with an Animal Research Project! Students can complete this organizer using illustrations, sentences, or a mix of both, making it an excellent leveled activity for all learners.

You can also utilize this organizer to structure an animal research paper. These posters look fantastic displayed on bulletin boards or in writing portfolios!

New Addition: Three writing paper options for students who want to write a report alongside their research. One version includes a small picture space, another features a large picture area, and the last has just lines for writing. Choose the format that works best for you!

Remember to set your printer to landscape for optimal results. Students enjoy engaging with this Animal Activity, and I hope you will too!