Free download Paragraph Practice, Graphic Organizer For Basic Paragraph Instruction
Provide a picture-supported graphic organizer to help students, including those needing extra visual support, practice the mechanics of writing a basic paragraph.
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Guide students through the writing process. Organize thoughts and structure compositions effectively.
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How to Write a Paragraph: Prewriting Your Paragraph & Using Graphic Organizers for Prewriting - Google Slides Gr. 5-8
An interactive Google Slides resource that teaches prewriting strategies for paragraph writing and how to use graphic organizers during prewriting.
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How to Write an Essay: What is an Essay? & Prewriting and Graphic Organizers - Google Slides Gr. 5-8
Introduce students to what an essay is (five-paragraph structure, the writing process steps: prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing) and to using graphic organizers, via an interactive Google Slides activity accessed through a link in this PDF.
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Paragraph Burger Activity
A graphic-organizer worksheet using a hamburger metaphor to teach paragraph structure.
Template: Writing Paragraphs
Provide a blank graphic-organizer template ('Cheeseburger' paragraph organizer) for structuring an evidence-based paragraph.
Year of Graphic Organizers
A large collection of blank graphic organizer templates covering the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, proofreading, final copy) and literacy skills (story elements, vocabulary, book reports, figurative language, timelines, outlines) for teacher use across a school year.
Writing: Five Paragraph Essay
A teaching guide/graphic organizer explaining the structure of a five-paragraph essay (introduction, three supporting paragraphs, conclusion) with transition words and a grading rubric.
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How to Write a Paragraph: Using Graphic Organizers for Drafting & Drafting Practice - Google Slides Gr. 5-8
An interactive Google Slides resource that teaches students to use graphic organizers when drafting a paragraph and provides drafting practice.
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Opinion Writing Packet
A 10-day lesson-plan packet with supporting materials for teaching students to write a structured five-paragraph opinion essay.
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Composition Organizer for Pro/Con
A graphic organizer and success-criteria checklist for writing a pro/con (both-sides) composition.
My Writing Journeys Grade 4
A journal-style writing workbook of two-page activities (graphic organizer + writing/drawing task) covering everyday topics, for grade 4 writing practice.
Character Analysis Essay, Gift for a Character Oral Presentation
Teach middle/high school students to write a literary character analysis essay and design an original oral presentation about a character from a novel they read.
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Arctic Animals Writing Project
A 10+ day lesson-plan unit (Siri Latina) guiding students through writing a 5-paragraph informative/explanatory research paper about an Arctic animal, aligned to CCSS W.2.2/W.3.2/W.4.2.
News Story Paragraph Planner
Help students organize their ideas, facts, and details before writing a news story.
Narrative Writing Packet
A multi-day lesson plan and materials packet for teaching students to write a 5-paragraph personal narrative essay, aligned to CCSS writing standards.
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Types of Paragraphs - Make a Magazine Project: How to Write Paragraphs
Teach students to write six different types of paragraphs (persuasive, narrative, descriptive, compare & contrast, cause & effect, how-to) by drafting content for their own magazine.
The Pearl Written Response Journals
A scaffolded argumentative essay-writing packet for John Steinbeck's The Pearl, guiding students from evidence collection through an outline to a final essay answering whether Kino should have sold his pearl for the price offered.
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5-Paragraph Essay Outline with Instructions
A seven-step instructional guide — "Your 5-Paragraph Essay Game Plan" — walks students through understanding the assignment, brainstorming, drafting a thesis statement, structuring the five paragraphs, filling in outline details, reviewing the plan, and using the finished outline while writing. It then explains why the format is useful, citing its clear structure, organization, focus, and manageability as a stepping stone toward longer essays. The outline template itself provides a Roman-numeral structure — I. Introduction (with a hook, background, and thesis statement), II. Body (three lettered sections, A, B, and C, each for one supporting idea with topic sentence, evidence, and analysis), and III. Conclusion (restated thesis, summary, and final thought) — with ruled blank lines under each prompt for students to write directly on the page. Students who need more practice on just the opening section can turn to a five-day unit on writing an informative essay introduction , which breaks the hook-arch-thesis structure into guided notes and independent practice paragraphs.
Argumentative Letter on a Candidate or Mandatory Voting
Guide middle/high school students to write a 4-paragraph argumentative letter to the editor taking a position on either a presidential candidate or mandatory voting.
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Writing Skills Printable Workbook
A Grade 3 writing-skills workbook (standardized-test-prep style) covering graphic organizers/sensory words, main idea and supporting details, topic sentences, paragraph writing, sentence order, letter writing, opinion/persuasive writing, instructional writing, and proofreading.
A Letter To My New Teacher | Creative End of Year Writing
This resource is A Letter To My New Teacher | Creative End of Year Writing. With A Letter To My New Teacher | Creative End of Year Writing students will have a writing guide to help them decide what to include in their letter, from one…
Step-by-Step Informative Writing (Shark Writing Prompts)
A multi-step informative-writing unit that walks students through researching sharks and drafting an informative paragraph or essay using structured graphic organizers, opener/conclusion choice cards, and a rubric.
Animal Report Packet
Support the brainstorming and writing process for an informative animal report using a TIDE (Topic, idea, idea, idea, detail, detail, detail, Ending) graphic-organizer format that can be applied to any animal topic.
Ballad Poetry – Posters & Graphic Organizers
This resource is a set of learning posters and graphic organizers for ballad poetry writing. There are a variety of posters that teach about ballad poetry. Students will explore features, famous ballad poets, how to write a ballad poem and so much more. They will use the graphic organizers to brainstorm ideas and then write a ballad…