Writing-Essays Activities

Engage your students in a creative writing activity that combines imagination, persuasion, and argumentation. This resource provides students with a compelling prompt to write a persuasive letter to their parents, arguing why their witch should remain a permanent member of the family!

What's Included?

• Customize the witch's face to match their imagination.
• Start with opinion and reasons.
• Continue to write the essay.

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Are you looking for engaging creative writing picture prompts for May to celebrate Mother's Day, Cinco de Mayo, National Lemonade Day, & Comic Day? Is your goal to improve your students' writing skills and creativity? Students will be prompted to examine each picture and write about it. They are asked to use descriptive words to describe the picture in detail, using guiding questions to encourage their creative thinking.

Designed for upper elementary students, these unique and engaging creative writing prompts can be used to assess their writing skills or as on-demand writing prompts.

Each picture is accompanied by specific question prompts designed to encourage creative writing.

Included with this 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Grade Snapshot Story Starters Pack:

⭐ How-To

⭐ Why Snapshot

⭐ 4 Picture Promotes ( Comic Day Prompt, Mother's Day Prompt, Cinco DE Mayo Prompt, & National Lemonade Day Prompt.)

⭐ 4 Writing Snapshot Story Starter pages.

⭐ A Digital Version Google Slides

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More than just worksheets:

⭐ Fun and whimsical graphics to keep students engaged.

⭐ Engaging that makes learning fun

⭐ Comprehensive

⭐ Differentiated instruction to meet individual needs.

⭐ Easy-to-implement activities for busy teachers.

⭐ Alignment with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for easy curriculum integration.

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Digital Task Cards are a great way to help your students with claim, counterclaim, and rebuttal! These cards can work on a computer or mobile device! No printing of cutting just assign the deck to your students and you are ready to go! Boom Learning is free to sign up for. Students get immediate feedback and teachers can take advantage of reporting tools. Easy and effective! Great for distance learning or in a digital classroom. A total of 20 task cards.

*****READ MORE ABOUT BOOM CARDS: Boom Cards are self-grading, DIGITAL resources. They live in the cloud. They can't be printed. They play on most modern browsers, Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. You open a Boom Learning℠ account to play them (to protect the children). Create Fast Play pins to assign your Boom Cards to students.

Boom Learning also has premium accounts. Premium accounts offer advanced assignment tools, individual and whole class performance tracking, and more. If you are a new Boom Learning customer, when you redeem your Boom Cards purchase you get 90-day free trial of a premium account. When your trial ends, you can renew or move to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. Free accounts use purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play pins.

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8.5 x 11 inches, 200 Pages Blank Pages Paper, College Ruled, Lined Journal & Music Sheet for Writing and Music Composition

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Are you seeking a dynamic Persuasive Writing Project to engage and empower your students while fostering positive change within your school community? Discover our comprehensive resource, designed to elevate students' persuasive writing skills and advocacy abilities.

This engaging and thought provoking persuasive writing project empowers students to identify areas for improvement within their school environment, craft persuasive arguments to advocate for change, and present their proposals in dynamic and impactful ways. With a variety of options to choose from, students will delve into critical thinking, research skills, and persuasive writing techniques while addressing real world issues within their school.

Here's what's included in this Persuasive Writing Project:

Persuasive Writing Outlines: A detailed guide outlining the project objectives, requirements, and assessment criteria to ensure clarity and alignment with educational standards.

Brainstorm Area: Kickstart creativity and idea generation with a dedicated brainstorming space. Students can jot down their thoughts, potential solutions, and arguments before diving into the writing process.

Partner Chat Page: Foster collaboration and peer feedback with a designated partner chat page. Students can exchange ideas, provide constructive criticism, and refine their arguments through meaningful dialogue.

Research Sheet: Equip students with the tools they need to conduct thorough research and gather evidence to support their persuasive writing. This organised template guides students through the research process, ensuring credibility and relevance in their arguments.

Project Options Menu: Students can select from a range of exciting options to present their persuasive proposals, including speeches, multimedia presentations, debates, posters, or even social media campaigns. This allows for differentiation and caters to diverse learning styles and interests.

Self Assessment Checklist: Encourage student accountability and reflection with a comprehensive self-assessment tool. Students can evaluate their own persuasive writing based on specific criteria, fostering metacognitive skills and ownership of their learning process.

Empower your students to become influential change makers within their school community through this impactful Persuasive Writing Project. Transform your classroom into a hub of empowerment and inspiration today! Who knows, their changes might even come into effect!

Free Fall Sentence Writing Prompts with Picture Box | 1st & 2nd Grades | Occupational Therapy Support

This free resource offers fun and engaging fall-themed sentence writing prompts designed specifically for 1st and 2nd grade students. Perfect for occupational therapy support, these worksheets help develop fine motor skills while encouraging creativity and structured writing. Each page includes a picture box for students to draw their ideas before writing, fostering both imagination and sentence-building skills.

With 20 writing papers featuring fall-related images, this resource is ideal for use in the classroom or therapy sessions to make writing practice enjoyable and educational.

Looking to help your students master the passive voice for standardized tests like the STAAR? This 16-page resource is your go-to guide for teaching passive voice with a gradual increase in complexity.

Start with the basics of identifying subjects and verbs in sentences, then progress to understanding direct objects and other key components essential for a full grasp of passive voice. This packet is designed to make learning passive voice engaging and effective.

Included are:

• 5 Pages of handouts to make sure to make sure students understand each part of passive voice.
• Practice pages that progressively challenge students, ensuring they can identify and use passive voice with confidence.
• Exercises in evaluating and revising sentences, crucial for mastering the revising sections of tests.
• 2 editing passages for applied practice, perfect for honing skills in a test-like environment.

Ideal for both classroom use and independent practice, this resource is an excellent tool for students in middle and high school.

Snowman Writing Graphic Organizer: Unleash your child's creativity with our fun and engaging snowman-themed writing organizer! This visually appealing tool helps young writers brainstorm and organize their ideas, making the writing process a breeze. With sections for the snowman's head, body, and base, students can jot down their main idea and three supporting details for each part. Perfect for winter writing prompts or story starters, this graphic organizer is a must-have for teachers and parents alike!

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Basic, simple, easy-to-follow rules with examples that cover writing concepts of: Numbers Dates Money Time Includes: Tips for using and writing numbers, dates, money, time Peer Workshopping Activity for student/peer essays Activities/comprehension checks for numbers, dates, money, time in sentences Answers to sentences Great for centers, flipped classes, homeschool, small/whole group, ELL/ESL, adult learners, beginning writers, test prep, assessment, and quick brush up on skills. Easy to use and follow!

Help your students master CVC words with this interactive CVC Unscramble Sentences,short i Fix-It, Write-It, Cut-and-Paste, and Draw-It Worksheets! This resource is packed with engaging activities designed to improve early reading, writing, and sentence-building skills, perfect for kindergarten and 1st-grade learners.

Each worksheet includes:

• Unscramble Sentences featuring CVC words to practice correct word order.
• A Fix-It section where students correct capitalization and punctuation.
• A Write-It section for students to rewrite the sentence independently.
• A Cut-and-Paste activity where students cut out words and rearrange them into a complete sentence.
• A Draw-It activity that encourages students to draw a picture related to the unscrambled sentence.

These hands-on activities are great for literacy centers, independent work, or morning tasks. Your students will have fun while strengthening their understanding of CVC words and sentence structure!

This product has 3 parts. First, there is a hi-lighting activity that requires students to go back into an Argument Essay they've already written and color-code the different essential parts of their writing. You could post this assignment on Google classroom or project the directions onto the Smart Board. The second part is a checklist for Argument Writing. You will make a copy for each student. The students could use it themselves for self- assessment, OR they could switch and use it for peer feedback. Finally, there is a very helpful chart that includes transition words for Argument Writing, including power words, transition words, turnback words, and counter argument words. You can copy this for all students, hang it on the wall, project it on the Smart Board, or post it on Google classroom. My students keep this in their binders to refer to all year long.

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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:

✏️5 teach slides

✏️"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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Introduce your students to persuasive writing with this NO PREP Persuasive Writing LESSON! Integrated with GOOGLE SLIDES for you to effortlessly introduce persuasive writing! Complete with both DIGITAL & PRINT INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS! This lesson is ideal for SAVING TIME and keeping students ENGAGED.

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✏️ Google Slides PowerPoint (Teaching Slides) for Introducing Persuasive Texts

✏️ Digital Interactive Notebook Including 8 Activities

✏️ PDF Printable Black & White Interactive Notebook Including 12 Activities

✏️ Self-Grading Class & Student Quizzes

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This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey in writing ELA Essays with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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This packet includes 2 essay templates that are useful for students who are just beginning to write an essay or for students who are going to write a rough draft after brainstorming.

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Help your students create a goal-focused essay for the new year!

NO PREP, BACK TO SCHOOL ESSAY WRITING POWERPOINT LESSON: "SETTING POSITIVE CLASSROOM GOALS"

GOAL: to enrich student Non-Fiction writing skills, expand student vocabulary, introduce empowering words, improve grammatical skills, review parts of speech, and strengthen tone and mood by recognizing word connotation according to grade level standards



AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL, virtual, homeschool or Summer School classroom



*PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 13 printable WORKSHEETS to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include VOCABULARY ORGANIZERS, NONFICTION MAP, STUDENT CHECKLIST, TEACHER RUBRIC, as well as, Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

*DIGITAL PRESENTATION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:

• complete, week-long, guided lesson plan
• 4 GOAL FOCUSED writing prompts for student choice
• student writing checklist
• HOOK- writing mini-lesson
• teacher grading rubric
• VOCABULARY SLIDES:

· Colorful photos representing advanced vocabulary words-


· Concise definition

· Part of speech

(STUDIOUS, STELLAR, RESPECTFUL, COMPASSIONATE, OPTIMISTIC, PEER, RESOURCEFUL, DETERMINATION, PERSISTENT, INDEPENDENT, PROACTIVE, INTEGRITY, BULLYING)

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·Parts of Speech review slide

• · Grammar sort
• · Connotation review slide
• · Connotation sort
• · Vocabulary game link
• · Context clue sentence worksheet/ assessment pages/answer key

• · Themed writing prompts

Help your students create a goal-focused essay for the new year!

The Vital Role of Writing in English Language Learning

In today's world, English language learners are required more than ever to demonstrate writing skills. Think of text messages, social media comments, product reviews, and of course emails, for starters. We communicate more and more with people who are farther and farther away from our home, and we do this mostly in writing.

What is contained in the book?

With 120 writing exercises, the book is aimed at helping students of all ages and skill levels improve their reading comprehension. To help teachers select the best materials for their students' level, they are divided into categories based on the CEFR. Additionally, example responses are included after each one so that students know exactly what is expected of them.

For whom is this book intended?

If you're a novice instructor and require an organized approach to writing by CEFR level, this book can be quite beneficial.

Dive into creativity with this Karate Sports Creative Writing Prompts Pack, designed for engaging writing activities & the upcoming Summer Global Games 2024 in Paris. This pack features 10 engaging prompts that enhance creative writing, discussions and group activities focused on karate. Each writing prompt encourages your students to explore their imagination and storytelling skills, improving both written and oral communication. The pack is structured with sections for first, next, and last, helping your students build coherent narratives with clear beginnings, middles and ends. Additional longer templates allow for extended storytelling, catering to more advanced writers. An illustrate your story worksheet is also available in this fun pack. Get ready to inspire your students with these Karate Sports Creative Writing Prompts worksheets, your essential resource for creativity and engagement in the classroom during the Summer.

This pack includes:

• 10 karate themed writing prompts,
• First, next, and last pages,
• Longer page templates,
• Illustrate your story worksheet.

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Self-reflection is so important for students of all ages and what better time to reflect on learning than at the end of the school year? With that in mind, I created this end of year reflection assignment that prompts students to consider all of the meaningful experiences they had all year in my class. My students really get into this assignment and I'm sure yours will too! I've included in this product a model of my assignment and a fully editable template for you - it will only take a few minutes to tweak it and make it your own. Your students will thank you for offering this differentiated assessment! I also included three exemplary student examples. ___________________________________________________________________________ Check out these related resources by Language Arts Excellence to finish your school year strong: ⭐ End of Year ELA Escape Room
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Unlock your students’ storytelling potential with this Narrative Writing Unit Activity Pack—a complete toolkit for guiding Grades 5, 6, 7, 8, homeschoolers, and ESL/EFL learners through the art of narrative writing. This engaging unit is designed to support students in crafting meaningful and structured stories and personal essays, emphasizing creativity, character development, and clear organization.

Contents Include:

1. 4 Story Map Organizers – Guide students in mapping out engaging storylines.

2. 6 Character Development Organizers – Help students create relatable, well-rounded characters.

3. 3 Plot Diagram Organizers – Structure stories with clear beginnings, climaxes, and resolutions.

4. 2 Personal Narrative Organizers – Focus on writing from personal experience with purpose and depth.

5. Steps for Writing Narrative Texts or Essays – A step-by-step guide to planning, drafting, and refining.

6. Standards-Based Narrative Writing Topics for Grades 6-10 – Ensures alignment with curriculum goals.

7. Suggested Topics for Narrative Writing – Inspires creativity and broadens writing possibilities.

8. Advice for Writing Narrative Texts or Essays – Tips for bringing stories to life.

9. Narrative Writing Checklist – A handy tool for self-review and improvement.

10. 100 Words, Phrases, and Sentence Starters – Categorized to jumpstart narrative ideas.

11. 10 Fun Ways to Write an Effective Hook – Techniques for capturing readers’ attention from the first line.

12. Hook Writing Practice Checklist – Reinforce skills for writing captivating beginnings.

13. Revision and Editing Guide for Narrative Writing – Structured tips for polishing drafts.

14. Peer Review Checklist for Narrative Writing – Encourage constructive feedback among classmates.

15. Narrative Writing/Essay Scoring Rubric – Provides clear expectations for assessment.

Perfect for the classroom, independent study, or homeschooling, this pack equips students—whether native speakers or English learners—with all the resources needed to confidently write, revise, and present their narratives. Engage and inspire your students to share their stories with clarity and style—get your copy of this Narrative Writing Unit Pack today!

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