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High school writing-essays assessments for Easel and for homeschool
STAAR Extended Constructed Response ECR Prompts, Checklist, Strategy High School
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 Middle School?Expose your English I & II students to exactly
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9th - 11th
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Discussion Questions & Creative Writing I Korman's Slacker I Print & Digital
This packet contains two or more questions per chapter for Gordon Korman's middle-grade novel Slacker. The discussion questions are purposely open-ended and subject to opinion to encourage debate and discussion in your classroom.Included in this product:- Two or more open-ended discussion questions, sorted by chapter- These discussion questions reorganized onto printable handouts, suitable for comprehension checks, homework, mini-essays, or preparation for group discussion.- Creative writing pr
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5th - 7th
Learning from The Lorax Conservation Mini Course CCSS Grades 3-6 Print and Go
Introducing the Lorax Conservation Mini Course: Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with a learning experience that combines reading, writing, art, vocabulary, and economics. This comprehensive mini course is designed to inspire students to think critically about environmental conservation.Key Features:Comprehension Guide: A two-page guide helps students explore the world of "The Lorax" and its themes.Resource Identification Activity: Students categorize resources (capital, human, natural) to rein
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3rd - 6th
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K-ESS3-3
STAAR English I & II Writing Prompts | Print & Google Forms
Preparing for ELA End of Course Exams can be stressful and time-consuming. Save time with writing prompts that are thoughtfully crafted to help your students prepare.After studying the newly release STAAR English I & II Exams, I came up with 10 written composition prompts to simulate the real STAAR English test and help your students become better prepared for the writing portion. The prompts include Expository, Persuasive, Narrative, and Letter Writing. Exposing students early can make a HU
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8th - 12th
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Paired Texts - Road Not Taken and Harlem (Dream Deferred) - Essay Writing
Guide students through close readings of two poems: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and "Harlem (Dream Deferred)" by Langston Hughes. Then, facilitate their understanding of the central themes and speakers’ attitudes as they construct connections between the poems. Use this activity to provide practice with a prose constructed response (short essay).This 20-page product includes the following:explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidebuilding b
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6th - 9th
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Text Based Evidence Writing | Essay | Rubrics| RACES | Organizers
Teach the "write" way with this text-based evidence writing guide. The step-by-step lesson guides students and teachers through 10 detailed steps that teach how to write each sentence of an evidence-based essay. Teachers and students will love the easy-to-remember strategies for writing an introduction paragraph, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. Students will also learn how to improve writing by including a hook sentence with a related effective ending. Apply the
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Text Based Evidence Writing Bundle
Writing Rubric for Literary Analysis Essays, High School Essay Writing
Use this common core aligned essay rubric to guide students through the objective writing standards for literary analysis essay writing. This rubric has five categories: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Ideas/Content & Word Choice, Conventions/Word Choice. Descriptions are detailed and specific with terminology directly from the Common Core standards – excellent for using as a teaching tool with your students! Descriptions are detailed and specific with terminology directly from th
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9th - 12th
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Expository Essay Rubric also for Explanatory & Informative Writing w/ Google
Use this common core aligned essay rubric to guide students through the objective writing standards for expository, explanatory and informative writing. This resource includes two different rubrics. The first is traditional with five categories: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Ideas/Content, and Conventions/Word Choice. The second rubric is designed for expedited grading with boxes to check for areas of growth. When I used the expedited rubric in my own classroom, I averaged 3-5 minut
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8th - 11th
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Six Traits Rubric & Peer Review Checklist - Narrative & Creative Writing
Use this editable rubric and peer review checklist to help secondary students develop both narrative and creative writing pieces. The rubric focuses on the six traits of effective writing and the peer review checklist includes both the six traits and essential components of the beginning, middle and ending of narrative and creative writing pieces. The text is editable for teachers who wish to make adjustments. This is an excellent teaching tool to use with your students! Includes PDF to print an
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9th - 12th
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Discussion Questions & Creative Writing Prompts for Korman's Masterminds
Motivate your students towards active, engaging discussion with these open-ended discussion questions to accompany Gordon Korman's middle-grade book Masterminds! This product contains:- three questions per chapter in an easy-to-use printable chart, along with suggestions for encouraging your students to participate in discussions. - these questions created as printable handouts for students, so that they can be used for homework, comprehension checks, essay prompts, or even as group preparati
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Gordon Korman ELA Resource Bundle I Print & Digital Versions
Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric for High School Essay Writing, Common Core
Use this common core aligned Comparison and Contrast Essay Rubric to guide students through the objective writing standards for Compare and Contrast Essays. This rubric has five categories: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Ideas/Content & Word Choice, Conventions/Format. Descriptions are detailed and specific with terminology directly from the Common Core standards – excellent for using as a teaching tool with your students! Includes a link to Google Drive and can be shared in Goog
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9th - 12th
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Holocaust, activity for Night by Elie Wiesel, textual analysis, writing prompts
Pre-reading activity for Night by Elie Wiesel, analysis HOPE, DESPAIR AND MEMORY This is one part of a larger lesson on Elie Wiesel. There are some common elements between the two, but my second product goes beyond the scope of this product, so if you like what you see here please have a look at the following: ❤️❤️Elie Wiesel: Hope, Despair and Memory ❤️❤️This is a self-contained product on textual analysis; everything you need is here. This product focuses on a small section of the Nobel Peace
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Persuasive Writing Rubric for Essays or Letters, High School Essay Writing
Use this common core aligned persuasive writing rubric (scoring guide) to guide students through the objective writing standards for persuasive writing! This rubric has seven categories: Introduction/Appeal & Position Statement, Body Paragraphs & Supporting Detail, Conclusion/Call to Action, Persuasive Devices, Conventions, Citations & Works Cited Page, and Sending the Letter. Includes a version in Google Drive. WAIT!!! This is included in my Persuasive Writing Unit with 2.5 weeks of
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8th - 11th
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Paired Texts - Speech by Patrick Henry and Story by Mark Twain - Essay Writing
Guide your students through close readings of two classic texts: “Speech to the Second Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry and “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain. Then, facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the texts and write an analytical essay.This updated product file includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual reading guide and vocabula
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Paired Texts - Gift of the Magi and How Do I Love Thee? - Essay Writing
This lesson with paired texts encourages students to explore themes of love through close readings of the O.Henry story “The Gift of the Magi” and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.” Students synthesize their understanding of the texts, consider and compare themes, and complete a prose constructed response.This 27-page resource includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards -anticipation guide-journal-co
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7th - 10th
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5th | 6th | 7th Grade Essay Writing Rubric | Explanatory & Argumentative | CCSS
Looking for an "All Inclusive" standards-based essay rubric to use for assessing student writing? One that you can edit to meet your needs? This rubric is promised to become a staple in your classroom. In fact- it may be the last essay rubric you will ever need! Our rubric can be used to evaluate Informative, Persuasive, or Argumentative Essays. Written in student friendly language, this rubric can be used for teacher, peer, or self assessmentAppropriate for Upper Elementary School/ Middle Scho
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5th - 7th
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Persuasive Devices & Techniques With Jigsaw Activity, Notes, Lesson & Quiz
Teach six persuasive techniques, reinforce learning with a jigsaw activity and assess learning with a corresponding quiz. Answer key included! The six techniques include:Appeal to Authority, Bandwagon, Emotional Appeal, Poisoning the Well, Repetition and Rhetorical Question. The Jigsaw Activity includes teacher and student instructions as students teach the techniques to their classmates by creating posters and skits. The corresponding quiz contains 12 questions designed to assess students' gras
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8th - 11th
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Paired Texts - First Lesson and Those Winter Sundays - Essay Writing
Help your students practice close reading and essay writing by guiding them through two poems: “First Lesson" by Philip Booth and "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden. Then, facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the poems and practice writing literary analysis essays.This 20-page resource includes the following: explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standardsanticipation guidecontextual reading
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6th - 10th
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Argumentative Writing Essay Rubric and Peer Review FREE
FREE Argumentative essay writing rubric with feedback descriptors and peer review sheet. Blaze through grading your students' essays and give quality feedback simply by circling the descriptors that apply to your students' work. Descriptors cover the most common mistakes students make, and are easy for students to understand so that can use them to make improvements on their writing. This kit also includes a rubric without descriptors and a peer review sheet.RUBRIC/CHECKLIST INCLUDES:❤ Hook❤ Ba
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6th - 9th
Narrative Writing Rubric Editable and Common Core Personal Narrative High School
Use this common core aligned narrative writing rubric to guide students through the objective writing standards for narrative essay writing. This rubric has five categories: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion, Ideas/Content & Word Choice, Conventions/Word Choice. Descriptions are detailed and specific with terminology directly from the Common Core standards – excellent for using as a teaching tool with your students! This editable resource also includes a revision checklist and a whol
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8th - 11th
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7 Satirical Rhetorical Analysis Prompts, AP English Language, Rhetoric
Teacher created AP-like prompts that cover satirical articles from The Onion and 2 satirical essays from Mark Twain and the famous Whiskey Speech. The 4 modern examples of satire are very accessible to students, covering topics like education and social media. The 2 "classic" essays from Twain pair well with current day topics and could work in units on politics or gender or a general satire unit. The Whiskey Speech is a wonderful primer for more nuanced prompts, a hilarious take on the debate o
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Satire Introductory PPT and 7 Satirical Essay Prompts
LEAP 2025 Test Prep Evidence-Based Writing Prompt: So You Want to Be President
This is an evidence-based writing prompt which requires students to read two texts discussing the good, bad, and extraordinary things that presidents experience while in office. The writing prompt asks students to write a campaign speech announcing their decision to run for president. In the writing prompt, students are reminded to cite evidence from each text that explains why people should vote for them and which former president influenced their decision to run for the President of the Unit
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3rd - 5th
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Persuasive Appeals Christmas Activity with Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
This fun project gives middle school students engaging practice with ethos, logos, and pathos as they use these persuasive appeals to sell products in their very own festive holiday commercials.The weeks before Christmas can be a tricky time for teachers; our students are thinking only of winter break, but we have content we have to cover! This activity brings the perfect blend of holiday cheer and class content to our classrooms as students use the persuasive appeals to create a holiday commerc
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Fun ELA Christmas Activities for Middle School
Expository Writing- CCSS: Essay Parts, Purpose, Tone & Syntax Lessons/Activities
Write Right! Essay Writing Made Easy 2020Writing is a major focus in my classes, second only to teaching middle and high school students to think and analyze what they read and hear. "Writing: Write Right! Essay Writing Made Easy" shares what and how I teach expository writing. The lessons and activities activities included in this packet encourage students to strengthen their writing prowess, confidence and sense of ownership. This detailed handbook addresses how to teach every part of an essay
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6th - 12th
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