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Grammar Check

Grammar Check: Learn How to Write an Essay Like the Pros (Infographic)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An infographic is provided to help students with writing essays. Explicit information about essay writing steps are included. Essay mistakes relative to the content and style are articulated, along with features specific to essays.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: How to Write Better Essays: 5 Concepts You Must Master

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This blog article discusses essay writing including thesis development, strong form, style, conventions, and support and references.
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Tidewater Community Colleg Writing Center: Essay Planning and Writing Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Presents guidelines for how to plan and write an essay.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing Counterarguments Based on Evidence (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th
You will be able to write an essay including counter-arguments that anticipate objections.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing the Persuasive Essay: Counterarguments Based on Evidence

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
You will be able to write an essay including counter-arguments that anticipate objections.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Teaching Expository & Persuasive Texts: Writing Expository Essays

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In an expository essay, a type of informational text, the writer clarifies or explains something by using facts, details, and examples in a clear and concise way. To write an effective expository essay, students need a basic...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Writing Narrative Essays

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article provides the components of narrative writing. The author emphasizes ways to make narrative writing better. W.9-10.3e Conclusion
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San Jose State University

San Jose State: Writing a Winning Statement of Purpose [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How do you write a winning statement of purpose? This is a clear and comprehensive explanation of how to approach and write an essay from the San Jose State University. Practice exercises are given at the end.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway:revising Expository/procedural Essay:rhetorical Device/transitions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that it contains appropriate rhetorical devices and transitions.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Revising Expository/procedural Essay: Introduction and Conclusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for revising an essay so that it contains an effective introduction, conclusion, and controlling idea or thesis.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Revising Expository/procedural Essay: Purpose, Audience, Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Find out strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that it is organized appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.
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British Council

British Council: Essays: Structure 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website provides tips to writing which develops an argument. When writing an essay, show that the writer can construct a coherent argument and employ critical thinking skills, as well as support an argument with evidence.
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ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Essay Writing Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
All you want to know about writing essays, from prewriting to editing. Click on the tip-o-matic and find tips on anything dealing with grammar or writing.
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City University of New York

College of Staten Island Library: How to Write an Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource defines what an essay is, the parts of an essay and their functions, and also discusses the editing process and how important it is to check a draft for completeness and high quality. Includes a link to an online guide to citing...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway:writing a Persuasive Essay:organizing Structure English Ii Writing

For Students 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to write an essay organized appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Relevant Evidence and Well Chosen Details (English Ii Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to write an essay that contains relevant evidence and well-chosen details.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Relevant Information and Valid Inferences (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that it contains relevant information and valid inferences.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: How to Write a Personal Narrative (English 7 Writing)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to write an essay that has only one purpose: to tell a story about you. It's called a personal narrative, personal because it is all about...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Thesis and Support in the Persuasive Essay (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to write an essay that includes a clear thesis and supporting evidence.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Revision for Relevant Evidence and Well Chosen Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that it contains relevant evidence and well-chosen details.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Thesis in an Interpretive Response (English Ii Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Write an essay that contains a clear thesis statement.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Rhetorical Devices and Transitions (English Ii Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to write an essay using effective rhetorical devices and transitions.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Strengthen Sentence Variety (English Ii Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn strategies for evaluating and combining sentences to create sentence variety when you revise an essay.

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