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College Application Essay Writing: How to Write a Common App Personal Statement
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This 30-page EDITABLE curriculum has everything you'll need to help students write write phenomenal college application essays! This is the PREMIERE bundle for any English teacher, college counselor, or tutor working to help students master the Common App essay!
The materials in this bundle were designed by a Ph.D. who has taught English at top-ranked high schools and colleges for over 20 years. He has worked closely with former college admissions officers from Harvard, Brown, and NYU. This 30-page unit features all the wisdom he's gathered over a decades-long career in secondary and higher education. The unit is packed to the brim with writing tips and formatting advice that will help your students craft truly remarkable college essays!
Here are some highlights from the 30-page curriculum:
• How to Get Started (Handout #1): Tips for how to get started on one's college essay and overcome writer's block. (1 page)
• Strategies for Crafting Vivid & Lively Prose (Handout #2): While the question of what students choose to write about will be important, the question of how they write will be equally important since a writer's style can reveal a lot about their personality. This handout features advice on how students can write essays using vibrant and virtuosic prose that will enamor any admissions officer. (2 pages)
• The Opening Line: Attention-Grabbing Hooks (Handout #3): The opening paragraph is the single most important part of a college essay. How will your students capture the interest of admissions officers? How will they make a memorable first impression? This handout offers several suggestions for how to focus an opening paragraph, followed by concrete examples of opening paragraphs by top essayists like Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, Louise Erdrich, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others. (4 pages)
• How to Format a College Essay (Handout #4): This handout offers advice for the structural organization of college essay, with tips on what should be included in each paragraph. The strategy offered here will enable students to showcase their skills at descriptive writing, narrative writing, informational writing, and reflective writing — all in less than 650 words! (1 page)
• Sample Essays: Show your students eight successful college essays written by students who were recently admitted to top-ranked colleges and universities. These were the favorite essays that wowed admissions committees at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Hamilton College, New York University, and Tufts University. (18 pages)
• Writing Assignment: This carefully scaffolded writing assignment will help students to get practice at writing narrative essays in response to actual prompts on the Common App from 2023-2024. (1 page)
• Writing Rubric: Use this rubric to evaluate the narrative essays that your students write in response to to the prompts from the Common App of 2023-2024. (1 page)
This resource packet will come to you in two separate formats: Word doc and PDF. Because the Word doc is editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the materials in PDF format, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!
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Monster (Myers) Breaking News Article Assignment
By Language Arts Excellence
This product serves as a chance for your students to get creative as they work on their summarizing skills with the oftentimes difficult and fast-paced work of fiction, Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Each student is responsible for answering questions and ultimately writing a "Breaking News Article" on one day of the trial of Steve Harmon. A 4-day suggested procedure is included so virtually no preparation is needed for this engaging activity. This engaging, student-tested resource is Common Core aligned.
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Peer Edit Forms and Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
If you are looking to save time editing and grading student essays, this resource will literally be a life-changer! Over my years of teaching, I believe that I have perfected the peer editing system so as to produce the best student essays possible with minimal errors while cutting down significantly on the time the teacher must spend editing and grading them. This product includes three meticulously-designed peer editing forms with directed questions and editing prompts. Forms are fully editable so that you may change wording to remain consistent with your instruction, grade level, and adapt to any essay. The questions cover everything from basic essay components and quote integration to technical details, grammar, and formatting. Most importantly, this resource also includes a step-by-step guide on how to conduct a 45-50 minute class on peer editing day. I promise that these peer editing forms and accompanying lesson plan will become some of the most valuable resources in your teacher's tool box and that your students' writing will improve without you pulling your hair out reading rough drafts. ___________________________________________________________________________ Check out these related resources for your ELA classroom by Language Arts Excellence: ⭐ Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint
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I Spy Favorite Singers - Proofreading and Editing
By Caramel Bear Classroom
Product Description
“I Spy” proofreading and editing is a fun resource where students will be able to convey their knowledge of editing punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Using full-page summaries of singers like Shawn Mendes, Arianna Grande, and Katy Perry, students will have practice correcting these interesting passages while learning about their favorite singers.
*This product can be used anytime you need to stress the importance of editing skills. It can be used for many grades and ability levels starting with 4th or 5th grade through middle school and beyond.
*There are 3 passages for students to proofread and edit. Each passage comes with:
* An “I Spy” editing chart and checklist that specifies the number of errors.
* 3 Answer Keys so that students may check their work independently.
* Proofreading Rules Chart
* When to use Italics or Quotations Chart
* With this paid product, you will also receive an “I Spy” checklist that you can use when creating your own proofreading worksheets.
*It is recommended that students use a bookmark when searching for the errors, so it is easier to locate them. When the students are ready to use the Answer Key, they should also use a bookmark with the key.
I Spy Favorite Singers - Free Product, Proofreading Rules
By Caramel Bear Classroom
Product Description
“I Spy” proofreading and editing is a fun resource where students will be able to convey their knowledge of editing punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Using a short summary of singers like Shawn Mendes, Arianna Grande, and Katy Perry, students will have practice correcting these interesting passages while learning about their favorite singers.
This free product includes a worksheet for Proofreading Rules, especially pertaining to these lessons. An additional handout will be offered that explains when to use italics, and when to use quotation marks. In reading passages about famous singers, you will see the use of album titles and individual songs used quite often.
Identifying Nouns - Complete Unit with Lessons, Worksheets, Activities, & Tests
By Sassycat Corner
Working on parts of speech? Students struggling with basic nouns and identifying what a basic noun is? This unit includes lessons on identifying nouns, noun activities and worksheets! Introduce the parts of speech to your students by teaching them all about identifying nouns (person, place, thing, animal, or idea) with this comprehensive and complete teaching unit! This print unit on naming nouns includes an editable editable Power point presentation for direct instruction that is 16 slides long.
Help your students build their understanding of basic English skills with this nouns unit. This nouns unit was designed for third and fourth grade students, and you will love helping students learn all about nouns.
There is also a PDF document that include sample pacing charts, lesson plans that include links to YouTube videos I've used with my students, whole group and small group games, a mini poster and student reference guide, 18 different worksheets for practice at different levels, task cards, I Have Who Has, exit tickets, a quiz, a post test, and all answer keys. You'll have nothing to do but print, possibly laminate, and teach!
Here's what you'll get:
A 16 slide, editable teaching presentation (PowerPoint)
A nouns mini poster and student reference sheet
5 days of lesson plans with video ideas and anchor chart ideas
Example pacing charts
18 different nouns worksheets in pdf format
Task cards
noun sort games
I Have Who Has game
Board games to print and use with task cards
A nouns unit review quiz and unit test
Answer keys
Your students will love how their new understanding of nouns helps them with their grammar and writing work! After completing this unit, students will have a new understanding of nouns, which will help students improve their confidence and writing and help them delve further into different types of nouns in upcoming units.
Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, gather the materials listed, check out the video links (downloading at home if Youtube is blocked) and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!
This is a zip file. You will need to extract the pdf and the powerpoint files that are included in this unit.
Identifying Nouns - Complete Unit with Lessons, Worksheets, Activities, & Tests
By Sassycat Corner
Working on parts of speech? Students struggling with basic nouns and identifying what a basic noun is? This unit includes lessons on identifying nouns, noun activities and worksheets! Introduce the parts of speech to your students by teaching them all about identifying nouns (person, place, thing, animal, or idea) with this comprehensive and complete teaching unit! This print unit on naming nouns includes an editable editable Power point presentation for direct instruction that is 16 slides long.
Help your students build their understanding of basic English skills with this nouns unit. This nouns unit was designed for third and fourth grade students, and you will love helping students learn all about nouns.
There is also a PDF document that include sample pacing charts, lesson plans that include links to YouTube videos I've used with my students, whole group and small group games, a mini poster and student reference guide, 18 different worksheets for practice at different levels, task cards, I Have Who Has, exit tickets, a quiz, a post test, and all answer keys. You'll have nothing to do but print, possibly laminate, and teach!
Here's what you'll get:
A 16 slide, editable teaching presentation (PowerPoint)
A nouns mini poster and student reference sheet
5 days of lesson plans with video ideas and anchor chart ideas
Example pacing charts
18 different nouns worksheets in pdf format
Task cards
noun sort games
I Have Who Has game
Board games to print and use with task cards
A nouns unit review quiz and unit test
Answer keys
Your students will love how their new understanding of nouns helps them with their grammar and writing work! After completing this unit, students will have a new understanding of nouns, which will help students improve their confidence and writing and help them delve further into different types of nouns in upcoming units.
Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages, gather the materials listed, check out the video links (downloading at home if Youtube is blocked) and you're ready for a fun and engaging class!
This is a zip file. You will need to extract the pdf and the powerpoint files that are included in this unit.
Spring Writing Worksheets - No Prep Creative Writing Prompts Activities
By Mrs Wates Teaching Creations
Looking for ways to inspire creativity in your students this spring? Look no further than this Spring Creative Writing Prompts pack. This easy to print, no prep pack of worksheets contains 10 unique topics that will challenge your students imaginations and encourage them to write stories, poems, and more. Creative writing is not only a fun and engaging activity, but it also helps students develop important skills like critical thinking, communication, and self-expression. With this fun pack, you'll have everything you need to help your students explore the joys of spring through creative writing. Whether you're a teacher looking for engaging classroom activities or a parent looking for fun ways to keep your children engaged and stimulated, this pack is sure to inspire creativity and imagination in students of all ages.
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Lost in the Snow By Holly Webb Comprehension Packet
By Sarah Anderson
I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "Lost in the Snow" by Holly Webb. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!
Lexile: 790L
Guided Reading Level: O
AR Level: 4.6
AR Quiz Number: 130605
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Just Juice by Karen Hesse Comprehension Packet
By Sarah Anderson
I used this resource with one of my guided reading groups. They completed the packet as they read the story "Just Juice" by Karen Hesse. If they finished they could choose from the extra activities. Answer key is included!
Lexile: 690L
Guided Reading Level: Q
AR Level: 3.8
AR Quiz Number: 30692
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Bible Lesson Plan Sunday School Lessons Bible Stories Lesson Template
By Kaylor Creations
FREE Lesson Plan Template for Bible Lessons & Bible Stories.
This a great format for Sunday School, Children’s Church, Homeschool, Christian School and much more. I created it for our current home church plant. We use it in our children’s ministry time. I hope it gives you more confidence to plan and create a wonderful lesson for your kiddos to learn the Bible!
These go great with my Bible Lessons For Littles!
Bible Lessons Kids Curriculum Bible Stories Bundle Homeschool Sunday School
By Kaylor Creations
Ignite a Love for God’s Word in Your Young Learners!⭐
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My Whole Store Christian Resources Christian Clipart Sunday School Bible Lessons
By Kaylor Creations
Be equipped to engage, inspire, and encourage young learners with ALL of Kaylor Creations’ educational resources! With this growing MEGA bundle deal, you will get all products currently in my store and all future products at the steep discount of 50% off! ✨With the purchase of this bundle, every time I add a new resource to my store, you will get it FREE automatically.✨
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Show - Don't Tell- Descriptive Writing Lesson Activity - Improve Student Writing
By Kile's Classroom
Descriptive Writing Practice- Show - Don't Tell
This is a great set of activities to reinforce descriptive writing skills. Student learn and practice writing so their readers "see" what they are trying to communicate. Students apply descriptive writing skills to common topics for writing. This set includes activities for whole class discussion, individual practice, and cooperative work. A great product to add to your 6 traits lessons on word choice and voice!
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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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Introductions and Conclusions Writing
By Beth Hammett
An interactive introduction to writing beginnings/endings and conclusions/introductions. The presentation uses a peer workshopping approach to writing beginnings and endings. Includes: Techniques to "hook" readers: Action Description Dialog Emotion Quotation Setting Examples of each Techniques to write successful conclusions. Ambiguous Circular Humor Moral Quote Restate thesis: Examples of all techniques Word Search that includes all terminologies (project and solve as a group or use as individual handouts) Uses peer workshopping and group read-arounds to complete the activites. Easy for students to follow and easy to implement in the classroom.
Veteran's Day Activities for Grades 3-8
By Beth Hammett
30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday. Includes: Democracy is... Freedom is... Liberty means... The eagle is representative of... Veteran's Day Speech Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans 10 Ways to Thank a Veteran Make your own dog-tags Many faces of soldiers Many roles of soldiers What Veteran's Day means to me... Thank you to a Veteran My Message to a Veteran Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier Veteran Acrostic Poem A Veteran's Poem My favorite branch of armed services My Pledge for Peace Veteran's Day Maze Veteran's Day Word Search Women's roles in the Armed Services How many words can you make from "veteran" What will you do on Veteran's Day? From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means... The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall 30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.
Dialogue, Inferencing, and Point of View
By Beth Hammett
14 non-fiction and 1 fiction scenarios with speech and thought bubbles for students to make inferences, practice point of view, and practice writing dialogue. Non-Fiction Scenes Include: Skiers Musicians Basketball Player Hiking Art Babysitting Mechanics Friends Salesman Accident Garden Skateboarding Science Parking Lot and Aliens (fiction) Can be used individually or with whole groups for journal writing, writing text evidence based on visual clues, on-demand writing prompts, writing reader's theater/plays, practice grammar skills, spelling, vocabulary, and more.
By Beth Hammett
Have fun teaching Hyperboles with this twelve pdfs that defines, illustrates, and explains the concept. Includes: Individual/whole group activities (students illustrate or make videos) Definition Examples Media links with fun Youtubes Images for use with inferencing skills and more... Easy to follow and understand. Engaging and fun way to learn and use hyperboles.