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Essay Writing Support | Interactive Centers for Middle School

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Essay writing centers cover showing a Stonehenge prompt, an evidence organizer, and a sentence-starter foldable
Cover of the middle school essay-writing centers
Teacher directions for reading two texts, rotating through essay support centers, and holding a class debate
Teacher setup directions and table of contents
Support poster defines essay body-paragraph support as evidence, commentary, and opposing claims
Reference poster introducing essay support
First reading, “Stonehenge Cemetery,” presents burial remains and grave markers as evidence of its purpose
First source text: the cemetery position
Second reading argues Stonehenge was a calendar, citing solstice alignments, moon phases, and crop timing
Second source text: the calendar position
Essay prompt asks students to read the texts and take a position on why Stonehenge was constructed
Writing prompt connecting the two source texts
Blank essay support organizer asks for a claim, evidence, commentary, and opposing claims for center work
Blank organizer for building a case in centers
Calendar-claim organizer supplies three Stonehenge evidence statements for adding commentary and opposing claims
Calendar organizer with evidence provided
Cemetery-claim organizer supplies evidence about remains, burial stones, and Mike Pitts for students to explain
Cemetery organizer with evidence provided

Answer key included

Answer key included
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Writing

Grades

Grade 6, 7, 8

Types

Centers, Activities

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Mrs. Spangler in the Middle
Rating
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About This Product

These are Essay Writing Support - Interactive Centers for Middle School.

Students will explore writing support such as text evidence, commentary and opposing claims.

These centers are set up for students to work in competitive teams.

Detailed directions are included for each center.

This is a great way to give students hands-on practice in an engaging way.

What's Included

1 PDF with 21 ready to print pages

Resource Tags

essay writing interactive centers middle school opposing claims writing prompts

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