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Structure of Informative Essay Digital Unit

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Informative Essay Digital Unit teacher's guide cover, grades 6-8, with video; a laptop shows a Mount Rushmore notes slide
Opening page of the teacher's guide
Dear Teacher letter with 7 setup steps: Google account, copying files, DocHub text set for annotating, assigning quizzes
Setup checklist to follow before sharing files with students
Unit format overview: Google Slides and Forms with an introduction paragraph quiz, embedded video, moveable picture flaps
Shows the digital tools students will use in each lesson
Order of lessons over 2 weeks: prewriting, read and mark texts, introduction, body and conclusion notes, quizzes, then essay
Two-week pacing calendar for planning daily lessons
Getting started steps: open the digital notebook, choose student-paced or teacher-paced approach, and insert the quiz links
Helps pick a pacing approach before launching the unit
Teacher's role in each pacing mode, plus how the author introduces essay writing with careers talk and mnemonics
Ideas for opening discussion on why essays matter
Sharing links via email, Remind, SeeSaw, Padlet or an LMS, collecting student work, and five assessment suggestions
Reference for distributing slides and gathering finished work
Student-paced links to the student lesson and the full digital notebook, with a note to paste quiz links in first
Links to copy and assign for self-paced learners
Teacher-paced #1 links to videos and quizzes for pre-writing, read and mark text, introduction and body paragraphs
Video and quiz links for teacher-led lessons, part one
Teacher-paced #1 links continued: conclusion video and quiz, planning and plan to essay videos, and notes on assessment
Final lesson links and how the phase is assessed
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Writing

Grades

Grade 6, 7, 8

File

PDF

Editable
Yes
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About This Product

Discover the Informative Essay Digital Unit, a user-friendly tool designed to teach middle school students how to write informative essays in just TEN days! This all-in-one digital package includes video lessons, guided notes, texts, and organizers to save you time and engage your students.

This unit aims to help students create well-organized essays with proper citations. The package has a teacher's guide, digital notebook, introduction video, how-to videos, quizzes, and two non-fiction texts about Mount Rushmore and Pipestone National Monument.

The digital unit works smoothly with Google Slides, making it perfect for online learning. It can be assigned to students at their own pace or guided by the teacher, with clear directions for both. The texts are easy to access and read on DocHub.

Students will enjoy the fun, guided notes with fill-in-the-blanks, movable pictures, and text boxes. The unit has four parts, each with notes and a video that teaches every step of the writing process, including planning and writing introduction and conclusion paragraphs.

You can use the Informative Essay Digital Unit in two ways: guided by the teacher or at the student's own pace. Videos explain both options so that you can pick the best fit for your students.

The texts in this unit talk about Mount Rushmore and Pipestone National Monument, asking students to explain why these places are so important that they need national protection. Students will learn the writing process, how to make strong introduction and conclusion paragraphs, and how to write clear body paragraphs with citations and explanations.

To use this digital unit, students need access to Google and YouTube. Full directions are provided to help you choose the best way to present the content to your students. Give your middle schoolers the skills they need in essay writing with the Informative Essay Digital Unit!

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