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Balanced literacy Common Core W.7.4 lessons
Memoir Vignettes: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What are memoir vignettes?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). Memoir Vignettes are short, poetic, partial memories with rich language and sharp images. Unlike traditional memoir or personal narrative writing, memoir vignettes don’t force students to make conclusions and tell a complete story from start to finish. They are little snips of time, which is less intimidating for many students who struggle to write about themsel
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Reading Workshop and Writing Workshop Kick-off Bundle for Grades 7-8
Enjoy a $5.00 savings on Reading Workshop Kick-off for Grades 7-8 and Writing Workshop Kick-off for Grades 7-8 when you purchase both in this bundle package. Start the literacy block in your middle school classroom the right way by getting reading and writing routines and expectations set from day one.*Please note that if you teach multiple grade levels, do not purchase multiple products of the Reading Workshop and Writing Workshop Kick-off bundle. *This file will be zipped. When you unzip it,
Grades:
7th - 8th
Blog Post: An Informative/Explanatory Writing Unit (6-8)
What is the focus of the blog post writing unit?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for informative/explanatory writing (W.6.2, W.7.2, W.8.2). Blogging is a platform in our society where anyone that is passionate about sharing information about anything can start a blog and share their writing with others. This unit teaches students how to create a well-structured blog post where their opinions and ideas are valued by their intended audience. Students select a top
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Product Review: A Persuasive Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a product review?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for persuasive writing (W.6.1, W.7.1, W.8.1). Writing a product review is a type of writing every student could and should have the opportunity to do. A product review is everything from reviewing a local business on Facebook to leaving feedback on a new Amazon purchase. This unit teaches students how to structure a product review so their opinions persuade future consumers to use the product as well. S
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Deleted Scene: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a deleted scene?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing. Students select a scene from a text that most likely happened, but the author didn’t write about or only mentioned briefly without many details. This could be in between the plot events that happened, a flashforward, a flashback, or even an extended ending. Students could even re-imagine a scene from a different character’s perspective other than the narrator’s. The scene students
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Narrative Nonfiction: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is narrative nonfiction?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing. Students select a news article about a specific event that they are interested in. The next step is they bring that news article to life through imagining the narrative details (description of characters, setting, dialogue, etc.). What is left is a narrative story that contains nonfiction details from the news article to accurately reflect the original news article. Along the way,
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Middle School Literacy Stations
An entire year's worth of middle school literacy stations. There are eight stations total. I do two full rotations per grading period so there are a total of 64 different activities in this package. We meet once a week in stations and students complete two stations on that day. They spend about twenty minutes in each station before rotating to the next station. Station rotation orders are also included. Stations included are: word work, read aloud, read independently, learn independently, techn
Grades:
5th - 8th
Ask Anything Research Paper: A Research Writing Unit (6-8)
What is the focus of the Ask Anything research writing unit?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for research (W.6.7, W.6.8, W.7.7, W.7.8 W.8.7, W.8.8). Teaching students a research process they can use again and again not only in ELA, but in any class is something they will be so thankful for as they realize how applicable it is to their world. The “Ask Anything” research unit is where students get to research one question they want the answer to. Based off of tha
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
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
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
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
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
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
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Children's Book: A Narrative Writing Unit (6-8)
What is a children's book roll off?This writing unit is specifically designed to meet the standards for narrative writing (W.6.3, W.7.3, W.8.3). The idea behind the children's book writing unit is for students to study a popular children's book series. A few examples include Pete the Cat, Scaredy Squirrel, Little Blue Truck, The Day the Crayons Quit, If You Give series, The Food Group series, etc. After students study the series, they write a new children's book to add to the series. It's a fun
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Book Recommendation: A Persuasive Writing Unit (6-8)
What does the book recommendation writing unit 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 explore reasons they would recommend a book according to their reading preferences and brainstorm books they would recommend and why before selecting the book they would ultimately like to write their book recommendation about. Writers will use an outline to plan out an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. A
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
The Port Chicago 50 complete Book Study
The unit covers 33 days with each day connecting to the ELA Common Core standards.
This is a PDF.
This unit has:
5 Power Point Lessons (website is included in teacher notes were you can download the Power Points that were created for free)
3 comprehension quizzes (answer key included)
1 final exam (answer key included)
3 vocabulary sections
Literary Analysis prompts
Research Project (optional)
Discussion Questions for Tabletop Tweets or other class discussions
Skills covered are:
Juxtaposit
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
The Girl who was Supposed to Die Novel Unit
The unit covers 28 day with each day connecting to the ELA Common Core standards.
This unit has:
4 Power Point Lessons (website is included in teacher notes were you can download the Power Points that were created for free)
2 comprehension quizzes (answer key included)
1 final exam (answer key included)
2 vocabulary sections
Literary Analysis prompts
Skills covered are:
Tone and Mood
Objective Summary
Irony
Figurative Language
Foreshadowing
Elements of Mystery
Literary Allusions
Point of View
Grades:
6th - 8th
Types:
Writing Prompts for Middle School ENTIRE YEAR
Writing prompts for middle school that the kids ACTUALLY want to write about and will get them REALLY WRITING! Looking for a way to get those middle school (or high school) kiddos to put down the phones and truly engage in becoming a writer? I've got you covered! These Writing Prompts for Middle School and High School include 180 prompts - enough for the ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR! ⭐️These NO PREP, creative writing prompts for middle school and high school students are: a powerful and effective way to
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Information About Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum (11 Writing Units)
Teaching writing to middle school students can be tricky. What are you supposed to teach? When are you supposed to teach it? How do you keep students engaged?Using a Writing Workshop at the middle school level allows teachers to have a set, predictable structure. Students understand that each day they will learn something new as writers as they work their way through the writing process to a published writing piece.I have created 3-week writing units that are designed to meet all of the Comm
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Procedural Writing: Hand Washing Activity
This package breaks down procedural writing for a junior or intermediate student by stated the characteristics and requirements of a procedural text as well as providing a procedure to wash your hands effectively as an example. In this collection, the educator will be provided with a rubric, worksheet, and checklist of level 4 procedural writing. Excellent source for a diagnostic assessment piece when starting the unit or when very early into the unit.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Author's Purpose Find Four Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Learning the distinction between the concepts of, “to persuade,” “to inform”, or “to entertain,” has never been more fun! Our grades 4-7 “Find Four” author’s purpose game has been created to include sentence examples that are certain to facilitate cooperative, hands-on learning.
The download includes everything you need to simply print and go including the following:
* A game board
* 11 persuade sentence strips
* 11 inform sentence strips
* 11 entertain strips
* Directions
As a concep
Grades:
4th - 7th
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