Higher Education Writing-Essays Worksheets
Building Strong Paragraphs – Writing Structure Practice and Activities for ELA
By Blooming Through High School
- Do you need help getting your students to understand how text is structured and how authors craft their writing?
- Do you want them to practice aligning ideas and writing their own?
Help your students master paragraph structure with this comprehensive resource designed for middle and high school learners. "Building Strong Paragraphs" focuses on key writing skills such as identifying topic sentences, supporting details, and crafting thesis statements. This ready-to-use packet includes practice worksheets, engaging exercises, and thesis sentence-building activities that will enhance your students' writing abilities.
Ideal for both informational and argumentative writing, this resource walks students through the entire process of constructing well-organized, coherent paragraphs. Whether you're teaching how to develop supporting sentences, transition between ideas, or conclude effectively, this resource covers it all!
What's Included:
- Graphic Organizer for understanding structure
- Identification exercise
- Two Unique Passages per skill: topic sentences, thesis statements, supporting sentences & concluding sentences
- 9 Passages
- 20 Pages
- Available as a PDF and a Word Document
Perfect for:
- Grades 6-10
- English Language Arts (ELA) Teachers
- Writing Workshops
- STAAR Writing Prep
- Argumentative and Informational Essay Practice
Benefits of this Resource:
- Aligned with Common Core Standards and TEKS for writing.
- Great for differentiated learning in classrooms with ELLs and students needing extra practice.
- Supports critical thinking and writing clarity.
Who is this for?
- Middle and High School Teachers: Perfect for educators looking to strengthen their students’ paragraph-writing skills with structured, step-by-step activities.
- ELA Teachers: Aligned with TEKS and Common Core standards, this resource is ideal for anyone teaching informational and argumentative writing.
- Students Preparing for Standardized Tests: Great for test prep, including STAAR writing, helping students improve clarity, coherence, and overall writing structure.
- Special Education & ELL Support: Easily adaptable for differentiated instruction, making it an excellent tool for classrooms with diverse learners, including English Language Learners and students with varying writing levels.
- Homeschool Educators: A valuable resource for guiding students through the fundamentals of paragraph writing at home.