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Middle school creative writing resources for Microsoft Excel
Go-To Grading Rubrics
A collection of eight ready-to-use grading rubrics to fit nearly any writing or speaking assignment, including expository, persuasive, narrative, research, and literary analysis.
Every time I design a new writing assignment for my students, I have to come up with a fitting grading rubric so my students know what I expect and so I can grade the students' work objectively. Frankly, it's a pain in the behind! So I drew up a set of standard rubrics that will work for any essay to save myself some t
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Fountas and Pinnell F&P Writing curriculum tool
Want to quickly connect what you’re teaching in Writing with your assessments you completed in F&P (Fountas and Pinnell). We have a smart tool for you!!! This is great if you are working with the writing or readers workshop in F&P! This is a more sophisticated smart tool that helps you quickly access and sort outcomes for writing standards. It has been mapped into a unit structure that aligns to Fountas and Pinnell reading structure. This is particularly useful if you are using the Fount
Grades:
PreK - 8th, Staff
Customizable Teacher Commentary Cards
Need to write up quick commentary for a writing assignment? Here's 30 cards in 2 bright styles, neon brick and neon stripes for a total of 60 cards! Matching full-page border is included in each style (qty 2).
Also included: 4 examples of commentary for each of 6 important parts of writing for a total of 30 positive statements of feedback to your students. Just copy the feedback that best fits a student's performance into a commentary card, print, and attach it to the writing.
Want to make
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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English WRITING Checklist Level 5 Victorian Curriculum/Australian Cu-'I Can'
Level 5 WRITING Checklist aligned with the Victorian Curriculum. Fed up with recreating new checklists - ME TOO! Here is a checklist completely aligned with the Victorian Curriculum, with 'I Can' statements breaking down each achievement standard.
These checklists can be used for assessment, reporting and for planning your curriculum so that you know you are covering everything set out in the Victorian Curriculum.
Each of these I Can statements can be used in your weekly planning so students kno
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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3-5 Common Core Writing Lesson Plan Template
This editable Excel Worksheet allows you to plan systematically by allowing you to see all of the Writing Language Arts Strands in one place and simply clicking the check box to reflect what you will be teaching. It also contains the format for Writer’s Workshop. If you need the lesson plan altered in any way after you have purchased it, please send an email and we will be glad to edit the template to fit your needs.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Narrative Writing Rubric for Sixth Grade (Fantasy)
This is a Common Core-based rubric for sixth grade narrative writing. The rubric contains criteria for grades regarding Writing Process, Effectiveness, and Conventions. Grades are given on a 0-4 scale, 4 being the best. Each criteria is aligned to a sixth grade Common Core "I can..." statement.
This particular rubric is designed for fantasy stories, but could be easily manipulated to align with personal narratives, fiction, and other narrative writing. The rubric could also be alte
Grades:
6th
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Peer Editing Checklist 7-12
This Peer Editing Checklist has columns to check Needs Work, Good or Very Good. The Checklist focuses on Mechanics such as: indentation, title, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, sentence length, formatting, spelling, introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion.
It also focuses on the Content such as: metaphors and similes, using the five senses, topic presented clearly, setting and character description, Active voice, transition words, and story interest.
At the bottom of the she
Grades:
7th - 11th
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Three Subject Lesson Planner Plan Book Binder Pages Pink
I have always found horizontal weekly planners easier to use but couldn't find any pre made so I created my own. I've been using it for several years and love it. Hope you find it as useful as I have : ) Feel free to edit it to suit your color and font preferences, and don't forget to print two sided so you can view a whole week at a time.
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
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4 Square Narrative Template
This is 3 different forms that I used to teach 4 Square. I used this to teach Narrative but it can be adapted.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Social Studies Project: Family Reunion Mail Merge Word & Excel Computer Unit
Yep, that's right, you get to learn 2 programs for less than the cost of buying them separately in this Project!! Welcome to my Family Reunion Project in Word and Excel. If any of you know anything about mail merge, it's totally okay if you don't, you know that to do mail merge, you have to have a data source to work with. That's where the Excel part comes in. We are gong to create spreadsheets in Excel about our extended family. That is project #1. You will learn all about how to make spreadshe
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Kid Friendly 6-Traits + 1 Rubric
This is a rubric I created using the language from Northwest Regional Educational. It has the 6 traits, plus 1, in kid friendly language. Kids can sue this to self assess, and then the teacher can use it to grade the student's writing. The language is easy to understand for teachers, students and parents! The rubric is intended for grades 3 to 6.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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How to Publish Secondary Student Writing
If you've ever wanted to professionally publish the work of your students, here are the planning tools to get you started. You can create a book without giving up your weekends if you use these tools. You can do it yourself, or work with me for help with formatting, publishing, ordering, and distribution. Included in this resource are tools for setting deadlines, communicating with staff, students, and parents, spreadsheets for keeping track of submissions and orders, and more.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Elementary Mentor Text List for Teaching Writing + 6th-8th Grade!
Over 700 mentor texts listed by category for you to use when teaching writing in your classroom. This covers grades K-8.
Listed by Category, Title, Author, and Grade Level. Levels are listed as P=primary, U=Upper, and M=Middle.
Easily find a mentor text for teaching every aspect of writing.
Includes 6 + 1 Writing Traits!!
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Grades:
K - 8th
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English WRITING Checklist Level 4 Victorian Curriculum/Australian Cu-'I Can'
Level 4 WRITING Checklist aligned with the Victorian Curriculum. Fed up with recreating new checklists - ME TOO! Here is a checklist completely aligned with the Victorian Curriculum, with 'I Can' statements breaking down each achievement standard.
These checklists can be used for assessment, reporting and for planning your curriculum so that you know you are covering everything set out in the Victorian Curriculum.
Each of these I Can statements can be used in your weekly planning so students kno
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Narrative Story Grading Rubric
This rubric can be used to grade a narrative story. It includes an explicit 4-point scale for five targets:
-Basic Elements
-Plot
-Transitions
-Language
-Conclusion
Provide this to students at the beginning of the unit and then use it to grade their work at the end!
Created in conjunction with:
Narrative Outline:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Narrative-Story-Fill-It-In-Outline-2424659
Narrative Peer Review:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Narrative-Story-Peer-Revie
Grades:
6th - 8th
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6 Traits Writing Score Tracker
Simple spreadsheet for keeping track of students' writing scores using the Six Traits writing categories. The Excel spreadsheet automatically adds students' scores for the writing assignment. A good file to use to show student writing growth.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
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Six Traits Grading Teacher Form
This is a form for teachers to have when grading written work according to the Six Traits Writing Guide.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Writing Checklist (Editable)
Writing checklist for students to evaluate their own writing or ask a friend for peer feedback. Different checklist for narrative writing, descriptive writing and persuasive writing.
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3rd - 9th
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Writing Prompts
Use these writing prompts to spark creative writing. Made on 1/4 of a sheet of paper to tape on the front of composition notebooks. This gives students the opportunity to pick a journal and write their piece and pass it on to another students.54 numbered prompts!
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Successful Writer's Checklist Rubric
Here is a quick and essay checklist to help you check off where your writers are proficient, emerging proficiency, or need support. By utilizing this tool, you save time with grading and debriefing with your student writers. Enjoy!
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Six Trait Student Form for Assessment
This is a form for students assessing other or their own work using the Six Trait Writing Guide.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Narrative Standards-Based Rubric and Data Set (Electronic)
This set includes detailed instructions and tips for use, a class roster for easy entry of grades and analysis of class-level data, and thirty individual student rubrics that populate from the Excel data sheet. (Aligned with both CCSS and GSE)This rubric set is designed to make scoring easy on the teacher while still facilitating communication about standards-meeting work. Student rubric levels, scores and teacher notes are recorded on the roster page. Each student's score automatically populate
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Poetry - An Adventure Through Writing Level Chart
This assignment is something I have used for years and had a lot of fun with. This is for a poetry unit, usually a dedicated 4-5 weeks of writing and learning poetry, poetic forms, and student created poems.This is just the Excel Level tracking chart.This is a self-guided adventure in poetry, so students take it on themselves to learn the forms and to write poems to meet those forms. As the teacher I am a resource for clarification and help, idea generation, and this allows for some one-on-one t
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Poetry - An Adventure in Writing
Rubric for Nonfiction Writing
This is a rubric I created for our creative nonfiction unit in writing. The students score themselves 0-2 on punctuation, grammar, figurative language, & paragraph usage. It's a great tool for them to go back and edit their rough drafts before they publish to a final piece. The teacher fills one out and you can compare results if you'd like. It's also a great sheet for data or if you discuss grades with parents.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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