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Middle school writing-essays assessments
Exhausted by Essays? 5-Minute Essay Grading System - Reclaim Your Weekends!
You want your students to receive meaningful feedback on their papers and grow as writers. You also, though, need to have time to recharge on weekends and holidays without the burden of endless essay stacks hanging over your head.With my five-minute-per-essay grading system, you’ll zip through your stacks of papers, saving HOURS of time. Before I created this system, it took me 15-to-20 minutes to grade an essay. Now, with the use of a detailed coding system and a content rubric that’s laser-foc
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Essay Middle School - Argument Writing (Standards-Aligned)
Argumentative Essay Writing will be a breeze with this step-by-step resource designed to lead your students with models and supports through the entire process. Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all five paragraphs! Includes a sample essay to motivate student writers and model strong writing. Standards-aligned.Note: Amended pages are included for teachers who do not wish to include the counterclaim.From teachers who have used this resource:-- "PERFECT! Using with 6th
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6th - 9th
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Argumentative Text - Reading Analysis & Writing - Digital + Print
Need a facelift for your argumentative text curriculum? This resource includes multiple activities (printable through PowerPoint and digital version in Google Slides) for analyzing and writing argumentative text! It will have your students thinking critically about valid claims, intended audiences, credible sources, supporting evidence, and opposing claims. Most of the activities are available to print or assign digitally via Google Slides.⭐PERFECT FOR LEARNING IN A DIGITAL CLASSROOM!⭐Included
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4th - 6th
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Classroom Debate Outline: How to organize a friendly class debate on ANY topic!
This classroom debate outline is designed to help teachers organize effective inquiry-based classroom debates. The documents within this file gives students a step-by-step outline of what they need to include in their debate, what they need to say, and when they need to say it! Debate is an important life skill, and students will learn the foundation to an educated debate. If you're looking for a new and interactive way to teach your students about everything that goes into the debate process (b
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7th - 12th, Staff
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Informational Writing: 5 Informative Essays w/Guided Writing Templates 6-8
Writing informational essays will be exciting with this complete resource that breaks the process down into manageable steps! Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting their introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.Five original mentor texts are included for modeling, along with topic suggestions, pre-writing organizers, and rubrics. And with five different types of essays, you’ll have everything you need to teach informative writing with differentiation. Perfect for writi
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6th - 8th
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizers and Paragraph Organizer with Checklist
I created these scaffolded organizers to use with my students who were struggling with organizing opinion writing for the 5th grade ReadyGen program tasks, however they can be used with any students who need help planning and organizing opinion writing using text evidence as support. The organizers are PDFs and then I have also included an editable opinion writing checklist in Microsoft Excel** Update 1/20/16 as per request I have included editable power point slides of the PDF however, if you d
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3rd - 6th
Argumentative Writing Unit Bundle for Middle and High School
Need an all-encompassing argumentative writing unit that's scaffolded and meets the needs of a wide range of learners in middle school and high school? This argumentative writing unit is complete with activities that you can use to meet students wherever they are in their writing journey. It's created for the 8-10th grade range, but it would work well for advanced 7th graders or for 11th and 12th grade students who need more scaffolding. This argumentative writing unit for middle and high school
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8th - 11th
Essay Writing Mega Bundle: ALL of my Current and Future Essay Lessons!
My students spend a lot of time mastering the foundations of essay writing so they are well-prepared for upper grade levels, standardized tests, and college. Download ALL of my best essay-writing lessons and save yourself TONS of time with classroom-tested resources!
This bundle includes ALL of my current and FUTURE essay-specific lessons/units. It will be updated each time I publish a new resource, and you get FREE updates for life! (Please note that this bundle's price may increase over time
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7th - 10th
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Study Unit to be used with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Everything you need (and more) to teach this amazing novel is right here. Included in this packet, you will find: a suggested reading calendar, a vocabulary list, study guides, quizzes, in-class activities, enrichment activities (for advanced students), multiple writing assignments, an in-depth project, and a cumulative assessment. The test contains 10 multiple choice questions, 10 true/false, 10 short answer, 10 matching questions, and 2 essay prompts. ALL answer keys and rubrics are provided.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: End of the Year Grade Nine Bundle
Short Story Unit: 3+ Weeks of Literary Devices & Classic Stories (with Google)
Need an engaging, student-driven way to teach short stories and/or literary terms? Use this unit as a high-accountability way to scaffold students into tougher literature!In this unit, small groups of students are assigned to one short story (so you can differentiate to students by difficulty level); then, each small group takes a turn PRESENTING the short story to the rest of the class before everyone takes a reading comprehension quiz on that short story. (The process is repeated for all 8 sto
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8th - 11th
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WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grade 6 No Prep Printables
**Grade 6 Version** Level BThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are not
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6th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation BUNDLE!
STAAR ECR Practice Prompt Extended Constructed Response Writing ECR Checklist
Are you searching for a simple yet effective way to help your students achieve a high STAAR score on their ECR? Look no further! Our comprehensive set of ECR Writing Prompts and Planning Pages has got you covered.Whether you're an experienced teacher or just starting out, our teacher-tested resources will boost your students' writing confidence and familiarity with the STAAR Extended Constructed Response expectations.➡️ Looking for Elementary or High School? Expose your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade s
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6th - 8th
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WRITING SKILLS Practice & Assess: Grades 7-8 No Prep Printables
**Grades 7-8 Version** Level CThe topics/skills included in this huge worksheet packet are the same as in my Interactive Writing Notebook. Scroll down for a list of lessons and topics.Purchase the differentiation bundle here.For each of the 26 lessons, there is a 20-item practice followed by a 20-item assessment. The items on the assessment are similar in content and in format to the items on the practice so that your students are prepared for each assessment. Please note that some lessons are n
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Practice & Assess WRITING SKILLS: Differentiation BUNDLE!
Grammar Projects Bundle: Creative Activities for Secondary ELA
Teaching grammar doesn’t have to be painful lecture from a textbook or worksheet. Engage students with projects, activities, and mini-units, selling them on why grammar matters, debating its use, teaching each OTHER lessons, and making the editing process more tactile!
These classroom-tested projects/activities can be used in conjunction with your existing grammar curriculum to make learning engaging and student-oriented; they can be used in rapid succession or easily embedded across a school y
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6th - 11th
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One Trait Rubric / Single Point Rubric
A one trait rubric (similar to a single point rubric) is one of the fastest and most effective systems for grading student writingDoes it take you hours to grade a stack of student essays? Is your grading system too subjective and confusing? These one trait (or single trait) rubrics will help you refine your writing instruction, help students better understand characteristics of effective writing and how their work is assessed, and simplify your scoring process.The idea is simple: since we teach
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3rd - 12th
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Essay Writing Rubrics - Summary, Narrative, Persuasive, Response to Literature
Writing can be so difficult to teach . . . and to grade! So many papers! This is why an essay writing rubric is the teacher's best friend. You're still able to provide feedback to your learners, but you save all the precious time of having to write out the comments. Last year using rubrics, my students wrote 9 essays and I didn't take a single paper home to grade. And by the end of the year, they were light years better at writing. TARGET GRADE LEVEL: Grades 7th-12thRUBRICS INCLUDED:* Summary* P
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7th - 12th
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Persuasive Writing Unit - Lesson, Graphic Organizer, Essay Topics, and Rubric
This persuasive writing unit is suitable for online learning with digital materials for Google Classroom®. Scaffold persuasive essay writing using the slideshow lesson, graphic organizers, and student examples included with this bundle! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 30% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Persuasive Writing Unit:✏️ Persuasive Writing Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides® & Microsoft PowerPoint®✏️ Main Idea & Supporting Details Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides® & Micr
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6th - 12th
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10 Argumentative Text Essay Samples w Argument Writing and Rubric Checklist
EVALUATION STATIONS! Supercharge your students' understanding of argumentative writing with this collection of real, thesis statement centered, student essays and rubrics designed for your students to evaluate and edit! After all, the best way to learn to write an essay is to GRADE them! GREAT FOR STATIONS!Students will evaluate: hook, background information, thesis statement, topic sentences, evidence, elaboration, transitions, and conclusion. This resource includes 2 WORKSHOPS:WORKSHOP 1- E
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6th - 10th
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Mockingjay Novel Teaching Unit Tests, Questions, Projects, Vocab
Mockingjay Literature Guide Teaching Novel Unit
Complete teaching unit/literature guide for Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins from teacher author Tracee Orman.
This unit contains the following files:
Mockingjay Check Questions Quizzes and Discussion Questions
Mockingjay Alternative Discussion Questions Handouts and Answer Key
Mockingjay Supplemental and Enrichment Activities
Mockingjay Vocabulary Activities
Mockingjay Part I Test and Study Guide (includes Word version for editing)
Mockingjay
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Analysis Booklets & Writing Mini-Unit: Use with ANY Essay!
Do your students struggle to choose, lead into, cite, and analyze evidence? Need them to give more detail in their answers or explain data, direct quotes, and facts in writing? Use this booklet and quiz set to give them a crash course on analysis before your next assessment!
These TWO instructional mini-booklets, plus all the subsequent follow-up, are great whether students are learning analysis for the first time or you're doing review/ differentiation with older students:
Booklet #1: What is
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7th - 12th
The Synthesis Essay {A Growing Bundle of Argumentative, Analytical Writing}
Every English teacher needs new ways to teach argument, rhetoric, and analytical writing. The Inquiry-Based Synthesis Essay is here to save the day!This argument essay is designed to help you out in a quick fix OR to teach in-depth rhetorical analysis. The essay can be scaffolded up or down, from highly difficult and challenging to ELL and SpEd friendly. In a nutshell: The essay question asks students to develop an argument about the question: is true love fantasy or destiny? Their job is t
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7th - 12th
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Theme Essay - Literary Essay Writing for ANY Novel, Story, or Drama
Theme Essay writing will be a breeze with this motivating, step-by-step resource designed to lead your students through the entire process. Easy-to-follow writing templates guide students in drafting all four paragraphs!Students identify two themes evident in the text and devote one paragraph to each theme. In each paragraph, students discuss how a prominent character is involved with the theme topic and what the author wants us to learn or understand.A list of common theme topics and an invitin
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6th - 9th
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State Test Prep: Paired Passages with Writing Prompts - The BIG BUNDLE!
Use this BIG BUNDLE to give your students valuable practice with the skill of using paired passages to answer writing prompts in the form of multi-paragraph essays!This resource will help your students to prepare for STATE TESTS and become better writers and text-evidence detectives!Note: This product is now updated for distance learning via Google Slides! The link, along with instructions, are included in the product file after purchase.Includes:***8 sets of paired passages - 16 passages in all
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3rd - 6th
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COMPLETE English 9 - 10 Semester Pre / Post FINAL EXAM & ESSAY Test EDITABLE
This EDITABLE semester exam, final test or pretest includes: 60 multiple choice questions + 3 Essay Topics - Key and Essay Grading Rubric Ready-to-use, but customizable! Questions written with skills in mind, not specific literatureThis final exam is ready to use by anyone!Use as a pre-test, question bank, final / semester exam, or for review. Questions are about:story structure terms, character terms, figurative language, reading skills comprehension, vocabulary in context, basic sentence struc
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8th - 10th
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