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Common Core W.7.10 rubrics
Blackout Poetry Lesson and Creative Art Project — Includes Examples and Rubric
Teach your students all about Blackout Poetry with this fun lesson and activity!In this resource, you will receive:Teacher GuidePowerpoint lesson on Blackout Poetry with step by step directions for students to create their own blackout poems in a variety of ways10 Examples of blackout poems40 Pages of printable texts your students can use to make their own poetryEditable word document Rubric and Prompt for students
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Fractured Fairy Tale Writing- Lesson on Perspective w/organizers, rubric, more
This writing project requires students to use traditional fairy tales as a guide to write a new version of that fairy tale. To do this they will write from the perspective of a character who is different than narrator of the original version. Once all of the stories have been written, there are materials included for students to turn their story into a book or for a class book to be made. It's very comprehensive with several teacher and student tools- organizers, rubric, writing paper, and mo
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Creative Writing Set with Rubrics + BONUS resource
Writing Workshop Kick-off for Grades 7-8
If you’re looking to start Writing Workshop in your middle school classroom, look no further. This product includes everything you will need to get started and keep Writing Workshop running in your classroom year-round. Writing Workshop at the middle school level is ideal for meeting the needs of all students (ELL, Special Education, Gifted and Talented) in your classroom because of the choice and flexibility it allows. This product includes 20 detailed minilessons, presentations, and handout
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7th - 8th
Also included in:Â Reading Workshop and Writing Workshop Kick-off Bundle for Grades 7-8
Poetry Unit - Middle School 6 - 8 Interactive and Student Graded
INTERACTIVE POETRY UNITThe perfect poetry unit to turn middle school students on to poetry. Students learn the elements of poetry and types of poetry with examples. Students write six pattern poems and analyze three famous poems. The unit also includes elements of poetry and types of poetry test. The unit is interactive and student directed and assessed.This unit is Common Core aligned but was developed long before Common Core. It has been aligned so it can be implemented in any classroom.
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6th - 8th
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SBAC Aligned Rubrics: Informative, Narrative, Opinion Writing (student-friendly)
These multi-use rubrics use student-friendly language, helping you to clearly communicate expectations and scores to students. They can be used for students to self-assess or for you to quickly grade informative, narrative, and opinion writing assignments.This resource is based on performance task rubrics developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). E-Rubrics can be filled out on your computer or printed and completed by hand. Both full color and black & white options are
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3rd - 8th
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Narrative, Argument, Informative, and Research Writing Makerspace Bundle
Digital Resource! This writer's workshop for Secondary ELA is perfect for distance learning and includes all the tools students need to work independently through the writing process for argument, informative, research, and narrative writing. Tools for analyzing mentor texts, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing, revising, conferencing, polishing a final copy, and grading are all here in one digital work space. Linked tabs make navigating through the writing process easy and paperless. Li
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7th - 12th
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Journal of the Week for Grades 4-8 Common Core Aligned
Journal Writing for BIG KIDS! Are you looking for a high-interest writing tool to motivate your student writers? Are you in need of a weekly prompt for the duration of the school year that students can utilize as a component of their Writer's Notebooks? This No PREP Post and Go Journal of the Week contains:• 40-high-interest middle grade journal prompts at the ready to PRINT AND GO!• Directions for student writers• Rubrics to help guide students to perform at the highest level.I have just adde
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Word Work and Writing BUNDLE for Grades 4-8
RACE WRITING STRATEGY With Passages ELA Test Prep
Race Strategy Constructed Response Questions and Writing Prompts With PassageTeach your students to write a perfect constructed response for any ELA state test with this digital workshop using the r.a.c.e + transitions method. This workshop includes a highly engaging reading passage and a sample response, but can also be used year around with any passages. Step-by-step scaffolding for every part of response writing: Restating, Answering, Citing Evidence, Elaborating, and Using Transitions. Her
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â RACE Strategy Constructed Response Distance Learning Digital and Printable
Literary Analysis: An Informative/Explanatory Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the literary analysis writing unit focus on?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for informative/explanatory writing (W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2). Writing an essay to analyze a piece of literature is something students will do again and again in a variety of ways starting in middle school all the way through their college years. This unit teaches students how to analyze the themes of a text and talk about how a specific theme is revealed through the characters, set
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE - CC NARRATIVE WRITING - GRADES 6 - 8
This student directed Halloween narrative writing lesson is for grades 6 - 8. It allows students to independently write a narrative story about a haunted house that is real or imagined. Students will brainstorm ideas, build their paragraphs, edit their papers, write their final paper, and grade them before handing them in for their teacher's final grade. Grading time is significantly reduced for the teacher, and students enjoy the lesson.Included in the lesson:1. Steps on teaching the lesson
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6th - 8th
A Turkey's Troubles: A Persuasive Thanksgiving Writing Activity
Have you ever thought about what a turkey might say to prospective grocery shoppers right before Thanksgiving? With this Thanksgiving writing activity, that's exactly what students will do. They'll have to write from the perspective of a fictitious turkey who is trying to convince a grocery shopper to choose a different turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
Depending on the planner and rubric you choose (two of each are included), students will have to think of two or three convincing reasons to
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in:Â Thanksgiving BUNDLE
Important Issue Letter: A Persuasive Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the important issue letter cover?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for persuasive writing (W.6.1, W.7.1, W.8.1). Students will start out by studying three mentor texts written on a variety of issues for a variety of audiences. Next, they will have a chance to study persuasive techniques used in the mentor texts to convince their audience of a specific viewpoint. Pre-writing by making lists and writing off of these lists comes next until students ultimatel
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Editable Reading Response and Writing Rubrics for Literature and Discussions
Make assessing seventh and eighth grade literature and literary nonfiction reading responses a breeze with these editable and digital reading response rubrics. There are 10 different rubrics to assess students' comprehension, analysis, argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and grammar skills. Simply choose which literature or literary nonfiction standards or component you want to assess, decide on the type of writing task you want them to write, print the appropriate rubr
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7th - 8th
Middle School ELA Growing Bundle of Editable Writing Rubrics
These middle school editable literary analysis, rhetorical analysis, and narrative essay rubrics for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were created to assess students' narrative essays, literary analysis essays, and rhetorical analysis essays based on the common core writing specific standards. Download the preview to see all the rubrics that are included and how they are created and organized.The rubrics are 100% editable in PowerPoint. Here's what you'll get in the literary analysis bundle:Sixt
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6th - 8th
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Editable Middle School Literary Analysis Essay Rubrics for 6th 7th and 8th Grade
These middle school editable literary analysis essay rubrics for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were created to assess students' literary analysis essays based on the common core argumentative writing and literary analysis specific standards.Download the preview to see all the rubrics that are included and how they are created and organized.The rubrics are 100% editable in PowerPoint. Here's what you'll get:Sixth grade two-page literary analysis rubricSixth grade condensed one-page literary an
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Editable Middle School ELA Writing Rubrics Reading Language | Growing Bundle
Quote to Live By: An Informative/Explanatory Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the quote to live by writing unit focus on?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for informative/explanatory writing (W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2). Students will read quotes and ultimately pick one quote that they deeply connect with and see as a theme song for their life. Throughout the essay, students will define and explain the meaning of the quote, explain how the quote relates to a situation they have faced in their life, explain how the quote relates to a situa
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
The 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric
What's Included?This is a 4-point, proficiency-based scoring guide for grading middle-school level, five-paragraph essays. This is a complete, holistic essay rubric that follows from the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Body Paragraphs and the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Intro Paragraphs.Pair this rubric with the Five-Paragraph Essay Scoring Sheet to provide students with a clear and easy-to-read peer grading sheet that makes grading for teachers and students a breeze. Easily convert the 4-poin
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5th - 12th
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ESL Writing Activities: Quick Write Rubric & Prompt
I knew this year the students will be required to write a lot of QuickWrites. I wanted a rubric that was rigorous and clear for the students. I noticed the benefit of this rubric as I started grading the students I teach QuickWrites. I was able to immediately identify trends, and it helped take the murkiness out of grading. There is also a list of prompts that you can use with your students. This rubric is a part of the QuickWrite Graphic Organizer set. This set is an amazing tool in scaffolding
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4th - 12th
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Creative Writing Designed To Turn Students On To Writing Grades 4 - 8
These lessons may be used for any and all students if they need to learn the joy of writing without the stress. All 32 of the student-directed CREATIVE WRITING LESSON PLANS that are offered as individual lessons on TpT, have been put into ONE BOOK, which GREATLY reduces a teacher grading workload because all of the lessons are student-written, edited, and graded. They really turn students on to writing because the lessons are stress-free. Once students see the scoring guide and know what the e
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Not Grade Specific
Fiction & Nonfiction Reading Response (6-8)
What is the purpose of this resource?Thinking critically about reading and articulating thoughts through writing is something students should be doing frequently. Reading response for English Language Arts teachers is like double dipping because students are sharing their thinking about reading through written words. It is an authentic snapshot of where students are at in their comprehension of a fiction or nonfiction text. It also gives students a chance to write without the pressure of writing
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6th - 8th
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Expository Writing Lessons 1-16 Bundled, Grades 5-8
EXPOSITORY WRITING LESSONS BOOK – ALL of the student directed EXPOSITORY LESSON PLANS that are offered as individual lessons on TpT, have now been put into ONE BOOKEach expository writing lesson in this book is student directed because it guides the students through the process of writing: Breaking writing into paragraphsWriting a narrative and a persuasive paragraph Writing descriptive, cause and effect, compare and contrast, personal narrative, and persuasive essaysSummarizing expository readi
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6th - 8th
HALLOWEEN INANIMATE OBJECT OBITUARY - CC Narrative Writing Lesson - Grades 6 - 8
This student directed writing lesson for grades 6 - 8, puts a higher level thinking twist on learning how to write an obituary. Students love this assignment! Teaching it is fun too, especially since the grading time for the teacher is significantly reduced.Included in this lesson:1. Steps for teaching the lesson2. Idea/brainstorming rubric3. Paragraph organizing rubric4. Two scoring guides on which students grade their final paper before turning it into teacher to grade5. An art workshee
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6th - 8th
Editable Middle School Narrative Essay Rubrics for 6th 7th and 8th Grade ELA
These middle school editable narrative essay rubrics for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were created to assess students' narrative essays based on the common core narrative specific standards. Download the preview to see all the rubrics that are included and how they are created and organized.The rubrics are 100% editable in PowerPoint. Here's what you'll get:Sixth-Eighth grade two-page narrative essay rubricSixth-Eighth condensed one-page narrative essay rubric option oneSixth-Eighth condense
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Editable Middle School ELA Writing Rubrics Reading Language | Growing Bundle
Editable Writing Rubrics for Middle School
Rubrics make grading so easy! Create ones you want and need with these editable rubrics. You'll have nine to choose from -- CCSS based and ready to use as is. Or customize them in a snap. From narrative to journal responses.Here are the rubrics you'll get:nine editable rubricsnarrativeexpository/ informationalopinionargumentcreative writingpoetry writingjournal prompt responseblankTake the guess work out of creating rubrics. These are standards aligned with 4-8 writing tasks. Plus, creativ
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Rubrics, checklists, and feedback forms for Writing Activities and Workshop
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