Informative Writing | Test Prep | Thesis Statement | Research Quarter 3

Your ELA | English Language Arts Middle School Google Classroom is planned, prepped, stocked and ready to share for the entire 3rd QUARTER! Each digital unit includes: highly engaging CCSS literacy and writing resources, CCSS standards, digital lesson plans, weekly & monthly calendar templates, exit ticket, and even announcements for your stream!

★ This resource is designed to look like GC so that you can easily copy and paste everything in order for a perfectly sequenced, skill-building sequence. It can also work with Schoology, Canvas, or ANY LMS that supports Google Slides.

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★ FEBRUARY GOOGLE UNIT 6- INFORMATIVE WRITING AND ELA TEST PREP

✔ Week 20-23: SHORT FILM AND WRITTEN RESPONSE

• Thesis statement writing workshop for informative writing
• Informative essay workshop
• Short Film Literary Review: Bear With Me (Valentine's Day Themed)
• FREE GIFT! Valentine's Day Greeting Card Writing Activity
• CCSS Standards
• Answer Keys
• Exit Ticket
• Weekly & Monthly Lesson Plan Templates
• Digital Google Classroom Template With Resource Links
• Announcement For Your Google Classroom Stream (copy & paste)

Rationale: The informative writing workshop included in this unit does not teach formulaic writing. Formulas cause students to write awkwardly as they try to fill in the pieces. Rather, it teaches a framework that helps students naturally progress through a typical essay structure. Within the framework, students will be encouraged think freely and imaginatively. They will learn to write clearly and concisely to engage the reader, and to center their writing around the controlling idea of the thesis statement.

★ MARCH GOOGLE UNIT 7- RESEARCH WRITING AND ELA TEST PREP

✔ Week 24-27: LAST MINUTE TEST PREP & MLA WORKSHOP (optional)

• Last minute ELA test prep
• MLA 8th Edition Workshop (FREE & optional)
• March Writing Prompts (1 for St. Patrick's Day)
• Research Essay Workshop: Included The Famous Elevator Experiment
• For The Birds Literary Review: Focused on social conformity to correlate with the research project.
• CCSS Standards
• Answer Keys
• Exit Ticket
• Weekly & Monthly Lesson Plan Templates
• Digital Google Classroom Template With Resource Links
• Announcement For Your Google Classroom Stream (copy & paste)

Rationale: This unit allows students to explore human tendencies to follow the crowd. It is a social/emotional activity that not only teaches students how to write a research paper and perform an experiment, but also helps them learn to cope with the issues of bullying and emotional abuse. 

The short film workshop, For The Birds, was chosen to accompany this research project because the birds in the film are socially conforming. They are picking on a bird that looks different because his feathers are strange. As a result, they fall from the telephone line and lose all of their own feather. This workshop brings some light humor to a serious topic. 

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A Note About My Units For Google Classroom: I design my lesson sequences with interwoven reviews from previous units, current content, and introductions to future lessons. Unlike with a strict linear sequence, students will be less likely to forget what they learned in previous units.