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STAAR ECR Mastery Bundle: Engaging Essay Writing and Test Prep for Grades 6-8
By TooBookedUp
STAAR ECR Mastery Resource Informational Essay Test Prep Grades 6-8 Thesis Claim
This comprehensive resource breaks down the Extended Constructed Response (ECR) process for middle school students. It guides them through crafting a solid thesis, developing claims, and supporting their ideas with evidence and reasoning. The engaging, step-by-step format ensures students master the writing skills they need for STAAR success.Thanksgiving Argument Writing Unit Debate Topics & Lesson Plans 4 STAAR ECRs
Make argumentative writing fun and seasonal with this resource. Students tackle Thanksgiving-themed debate topics while practicing essential STAAR ECR skills. The unit includes structured lessons, 4 debate topics, guided notes, and activities that focus on developing strong arguments with evidence and counterarguments.ECR Relay Race: Engaging STAAR Writing Prep Grades 5-8 Comprehension 12 Prompts!
Turn essay writing into a collaborative, competitive game! This relay race-style resource includes 12 engaging prompts and helps students build comprehension and writing skills through interactive learning. Ideal for both individual and group work, this resource is perfect for STAAR test prep and building writing confidence.
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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Persuasive Writing UNIT BUNDLE | Opinion Writing Whole CURRICULUM BUNDLE!
By Teachin Tips
Are you interested in helping your students master the art of opinion writing? Then this Persuasive Writing UNIT BUNDLE could just be the perfect resource for YOU! It includes a range of educational POWERPOINTS to help you teach all the five stages of writing a persuasive text as well as ANCHOR CHARTS to help your students independently refer to the key elements of persuasive writing! This Bundle also incorporates a variety of engaging ACTIVITIES to help your students apply their learning and develop their writing skills! Use the ASSESSMENT TEMPLATES to record your students' progress as they develop their persuasive writing skills!
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✏️ Persuasive Writing Rubric
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 1 Student
✏️Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 3 Students
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 6 Students
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 12 Students Boxed Template
✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 30 Students
✏️ Persuasive Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates
✏️ Planning Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Revising Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Editing Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ Publishing Persuasive Writing PowerPoint
✏️ 6 Persuasive Writing Planning Templates PLUS a SAMPLE PLAN
✏️ Persuasive Writing Drafting Templates
✏️ 2 Persuasive Writing Interactive Notebooks
✏️ 24 Topic Ideas for Persuasive Writing
✏️ 5 DIFFERENT Persuasive Writing publishing templates
✏️ 3 Persuasive Writing DIFFERENTIATED Unscramble the Text Activities
✏️ Superb Starters - Sentence Starters Poster for Persuasive Writing
✏️ Poster on the Structure of Persuasive Writing
✏️ Editing Persuasive Texts Poster
✏️ Revising Persuasive Texts Poster
✏️ Persuasive Writing Emotive Language Poster
✏️ Persuasive Writing Language Features Poster
✏️ Logical Linkers - Linking Words Poster for Persuasive Writing
✏️ Persuasive Writing Editing Checklist
✏️ Persuasive Writing Revising Checklist
✏️ 3 Persuasive Writing DIFFERENTIATED Mentor Texts
✏️ 10 Quick Writes - Opinion Writing Ideas with Reasons for & Against
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AP Spanish Environmental Challenges Bundle
By Specialty Spanish
Want to discuss environmental challenges with your AP Spanish® students? Unit 6, Environmental, Political and Social Challenges is a perfect time! This bundle includes activities for reading, writing and listening comprehension as well as an assessment!
Teachers can assess what students understand quickly by using the self-checking Formative and Edpuzzle questions that go with the articles and videos. Students can practice answering open-ended questions with other articles and teachers have an answer key to refer to. Last, the persuasive paragraph allows teachers to do an interim assessment that can be graded quickly!
Who can use this product?
- AP Spanish® students
How can I use this product?
- Use this as a mini unit within Unit 6
- Activities can be done in class or assigned as homework
What’s included in this product?
- 2 articles about global warming with Formative versions (for auto-correcting)
- Google Docs copy of the above articles with embedded AP-style MCQ questions
- 2 articles (about Corals and Electronic Garbage) with questions (Plus teacher answer key)
- A podcast in Edpuzzle form with auto-correcting questions
- 2 videos with questions + Teacher answer key
- Edpuzzle version with auto-graded questions for one of the above videos
- A persuasive paragraph assessment with rubric
- Study guide for students, with rubric included
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