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Argumentative Essay Body Paragraph Practice teaching resource preview

Argumentative Essay Body Paragraph Practice

A scaffolded, 4-step middle school lesson teaching students to write argumentative essay body paragraphs by reading and analyzing a debate prompt/text before drafting paragraphs, culminating in an assessed writing task, with both printable and digital versions.

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Level
6–8
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Argumentative Essay Counterclaim Paragraph Practice teaching resource preview

Argumentative Essay Counterclaim Paragraph Practice

Use the six-part FAUCET outline to plan a counterclaim paragraph about recess, cell phones, social media or summer break. The file includes a four-claim worksheet, quoted excerpts, a blank outline, sentence strips and sample paragraphs. Cut and mix the strips for a sequencing task, or use the outline for original writing. Review the models before use: some conclusions do not follow from their evidence, and the summer-break example mistakenly refers to retiring summer school.

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6–8
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Argumentative Essay Introduction – Middle School Lesson teaching resource preview

Argumentative Essay Introduction – Middle School Lesson

Students learn the resource’s hook–arch–thesis structure, then apply it to short reading-based prompts over three practice sessions. The assessment asks them to choose effective introduction sentences, while answer material supports review of the models. Print and digital options are included; the related counterclaim paragraph practice provides a separate next step for extending the essay.

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6–8
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Argumentative Essay Unit teaching resource preview

Argumentative Essay Unit

Teach middle school students to write a text-based argumentative essay with a separate counterclaim paragraph, built around the inquiry question 'Was Atlantis a real place?'

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6–8
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Argumentative Essay Writing Challenge teaching resource preview

Argumentative Essay Writing Challenge

The Argumentative Essay Writing Challenge The Argumentative Essay Writing Challenge is a superb teaching resource designed for tutors in public schools and homeschooling settings.

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Level
6–8
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Argumentative Writing Lesson teaching resource preview

Argumentative Writing Lesson

Writing is a skill that students often need thorough supports with. Any time we can implement a detailed writing lesson, we are able to see how beneficial it is to our students.

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Level
8–11
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Back to School Name Study teaching resource preview

Back to School Name Study

Back to School Name Study Back to School Name Study is an innovative teaching resource suitable for both in-person and distance learning formats.

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Baseball Thematic Unit teaching resource preview

Baseball Thematic Unit

A baseball-themed cross-curricular unit combining reading comprehension, writing, and math practice for elementary students.

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PDF
Level
2–5
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Basketball Biography Writing Research Guide teaching resource preview

Basketball Biography Writing Research Guide

A research and essay-writing toolkit guiding students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style biographical essay about a historically important basketball figure.

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Level
7–10
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Bears and B-Words: Full Day Substitute Plans teaching resource preview

Bears and B-Words: Full Day Substitute Plans

A ready-to-copy full-day substitute teacher plan for K-1 emergent readers built around a bear theme, covering reading response, writing (B-word vocabulary), math (addition/subtraction to 10), and social studies (types of bears).

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Level
Pre-K, 1
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Become A Sumerian Brick Builder teaching resource preview

Become A Sumerian Brick Builder

A hands-on STEM/history project in which students build a mud brick to experience ancient Sumerian brick-building techniques and reflect on the process in a journal.

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Level
6
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Beyond the Bright Sea Novel Study Unit teaching resource preview

Beyond the Bright Sea Novel Study Unit

A 467-page novel study unit for Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk, covering comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language, writing, and assessment across 39 chapter-based lessons.

Answers included
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PDF
Length
467 pages
Level
5–7
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Biography Report teaching resource preview

Biography Report

Provides teacher instructions and a set of graphic-organizer/report templates for students to research and write a biography report on a person of their choosing.

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PDF
Level
2–4
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