Informative Essay Unit
Provide a complete, ready-to-print middle-school unit teaching informative essay writing, built around 'Pixanotes' (a fill-in-the-blank Cornell-notes-style format) and a nonfiction writing prompt/text set.
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Provide a complete, ready-to-print middle-school unit teaching informative essay writing, built around 'Pixanotes' (a fill-in-the-blank Cornell-notes-style format) and a nonfiction writing prompt/text set.
A 114-page reproducible creative-writing book presenting an informal, personal-experience-based approach to teaching writing, with a large collection of open-ended writing topic activities.
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the language-learning app Duolingo and its approach to education, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
A multi-part literacy center for practicing recognition, handwriting, and beginning-sound identification of the letter G using labeled word/picture cards.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Duke Ellington and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Teach the five phases of informative/expository writing (research and brainstorming, main ideas and support, introduction and conclusion, draft/edit/revise, final draft) using a Arctic-themed set of activities.
Beginning-sounds and handwriting literacy-center resource using photographs of P-words for letter recognition, tracing, sound sorting, and matching.
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the domestication history and care of pet rabbits, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
A set of four learning-center activities that teach students how to organize the paragraphs of informative and argumentative essays.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Constantine the Great and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Shape Tracing Sheets - Basic Shapes Tracing - Trace Lines and Shapes This engaging and effective teaching resource is designed to improve the fine motor skills, specifically handwriting, in children. It is useful for teachers in public settings or homeschooled students tackling foundational writing skills.
Build reading, writing, and vocabulary skills around an airport/travel theme using scripted dialogues, PA announcements, and thematic vocabulary flashcards.
An ESL/EFL nonfiction reading passage and writing worksheet about the history and global trade of coffee, used to build reading comprehension, vocabulary and personal-opinion/comparative essay-writing skills for teen or adult English learners.
Give students a spring-themed writing and drawing prompt about their favorite thing about spring.
Teaches the Four Square graphic-organizer method for planning and revising informational and narrative writing during a writing assessment, for secondary students.
A countdown-themed (10 to 1) end-of-year writing packet giving students a different reflective or creative writing/drawing prompt for each number.
A student/peer self-editing reference checklist for creative writing stories, used to check structural and mechanical elements before submission.
An ESL/EFL reading-comprehension and writing worksheet built around a nonfiction passage on the literary character Dracula (Bram Stoker's 1897 novel), his historical inspiration in Vlad III, his fictional powers/weaknesses, and his cultural legacy.
A grade-3 creative writing resource offering 8 whimsical 'crazy school day' writing prompts (each with an image cue, sentence starters, guiding questions, and a word bank), plus an easy version, a challenge version, teacher usage notes, and worked example stories.
Teaches the Four Square graphic-organizer method for planning and revising informational and narrative writing during a writing assessment, for elementary students.
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 6-8 students through journal writing, poetry forms, characterization, and narrative/problem-solving writing.
Scaffolded research-essay guide walking students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style essay on a significant British prime minister, with rubric and peer-review support.
Give ESL/EFL students a nonfiction reading passage about the domestication and care of ferrets as exotic pets, paired with comprehension checks and essay writing prompts to build reading and writing skills.
A step-by-step guide teaching students to brainstorm, organize, and write across multiple genres (friendly and business letters, book reports, formal reports, essays, poetry, short stories), covering the writing process from idea generation through proofreading and sentence-level style.