Directly from our newly-revised Essay Architect Writing System, this Common Core Standards Based (ELA: Writing) product is full of everything you need to help students grasp the concept of the five paragraph essay, the essential elements of writing cause and effect and compare and contrast essays, the organization of both, and more.  Students are taken through the important elements of each essay, how to organize each Cause/Effect or Compare/Contrast essay in particular, how to write a Cause/Effect or Compare/Contrast Thesis, evaluating model and non-model Cause/Effect and Compare/Contrast Essays, and much more!

Meaningful and helpful handouts and engaging Common Core Aligned activities, including:

• Elements of Cause and Effect Essays (Purpose, Key Prompt Words, Chain Reaction scenarios)
• Organizing Cause and Effect Essays (Goals, Position, Purpose, Writing a Cause/Effect Thesis)
• Organizing with a Fishbone Diagram
  
• Cause and Effect Essay Organizer Prompt
• Blank Cause and Effect Essay Organizer
• Cause and Effect Essay Structure Graphic Organizer
  
• Cause and Effect Essay Peer Editing Checklist
• Cause and Effect Essay Rubric
• Organizing Compare and Contrast Essays (Goals, Position, Purpose, Writing a Compare/Contrast Thesis)
• Verbal Cues: The Keys to the Compare/Contrast Essay
  
• Compare/Contrast Essay Organizer Prompt
• Blank Compare/Contrast Essay Organizer
• Compare/Contrast Essay Structure Graphic Organizer
  
• Compare/Contrast Essay Peer Editing Checklist
• Compare/Contrast Essay Rubric
• Notes on Evaluating Essays
• How to Evaluate Essays - For Students
• 4 Model and Non-Model Cause and Effect and Compare/Contrast Essays

PLEASE NOTE: This product comes directly from our Essay Architect Writing System.  If you own or are planning to purchase the complete Essay Architect Writing System, this product will be a duplicate of what you find in the complete Guide.

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