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Common Core CCRA.W.9 rubrics
Shakespeare's Hamlet and The Lion King Comparison Analysis Answer Key Rubrics
Use this lesson for Shakespeare's Hamlet to get students thinking critically, creatively and outside of the box! This lesson compares Disney’s The Lion King to Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Hamlet. Disney's animated film has a number of clearly discernible parallels to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In fact, in the 2004 special release of the The Lion King, the commentary confirms inspiration from the great Shakespeare. This lesson plan will help students draw inferences, make connections and identify
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Coronavirus vs Spanish Flu Compare Contrast Essay Writing Test Prep Text Based
Get your students ready for state writing tests with these two paired passages and an expository writing prompt that will take your students back to 1918 so they can compare and contrast the Spanish Flu with their own experiences with COVID-19. Assign this resource digitally through Easel for TpT or print out the PDF for in-person learning. Either way, students will perform a close reading of both expository articles -- one for each pandemic -- fill out a Venn diagram, organize their writing wi
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Compare and Contrast Essay Bundle, Text Dependent Writing
Short Research Project: Native American Creation Stories
This Short Research Project for Native American Creation Stories is very flexible and very low prep. It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, or in a non English class looking to incorporate research in a fun way! Use it to kick off a unit in an American Literature class. This is also a great assignment in allowing students to gain awareness of other cultures or even their own. Student Experience: Students will research a Native American creation story and design a media presenta
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
Standards-Based Grading | Master CCSS Aligned ELA Grading Framework
"Standards-based Grading" is primarily a rubric for all 32 ELA Common Core Anchor Standards, written in a language that students (and parents) can understand, and scaffolded for all levels of proficiency.
This unit contains "The Checklist," which is a template that articulates all 32 anchor standards, facilitates standards-based grading, allows students to self-reflect on their own academic growth, and significantly helps teachers design lesson plans that are based on the Common Core. "The Che
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7th - 12th
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Monster by Walter Dean Myers Cell Block Soundtrack Project
Monster by Walter Dean Myers Cell Block Soundtrack Project
This project will help students make connections beyond the text based on the themes and ideas in the novel as well as the character's feelings and experiences. This can be used as a final project or worked on as students’ progress through the novel.
Students will first compare the lyrics to two songs about prison and decide which of the two best reflects the messages in Monster and connects to the main character Steve. The song that t
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7th - 12th
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How to Write a CER Paragraph -- Handout, Sentence Frames, and Rubric
This versatile resource offers the necessary scaffolding to help students write a Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning paragraph independently!1. Save time as students can use the checklist to make certain they have included each of the necessary components for each part of the paragraph. 2. The sentence frames can be used to scaffold and differentiate for students needing support as they begin3. Refer to the color-coded example from the commonly read text, The Hunger Games, to help students envisio
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7th - 12th
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Argumentative Writing Essay — How To Write an Argument Notes and Rubric
Teach your students how to write an awesome argumentative essay!1) This resource includes the script to three short skits that students act out which will showcase what makes a strong argument and what makes a weak argument. 2) Also included are notes on argumentative writing (Powerpoint), a graphic organizer for students to use for guided notes, and important key terms explained, such as: thesis statement, audience, counterclaim, claim, refutation, types of evidence and how to incorporate textu
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7th - 11th
Six Standards Based Rubrics for Secondary ELA
Looking for standards based rubrics to help you score student writing? This pack includes six rubrics for scoring argument, informative, narrative, research, letter, and standards based writing. Rubrics score students on four, standards-based criteria: content and analysis, command of evidence, organization, and grammar. Descriptors are based on the targeted standards for each genre. Rate students on a five point scale from Mastery Level 5 to Needs Improvement Level 1.A digital link to all rubr
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6th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Standards Based Learning and Grading Toolkit
Short Story (any) : Writing Prompts Constructed Response Practice Unit
Let me make your life easier. Use these 13 constructed responses to test knowledge of the CCSS standards after any short story. They include questions about: theme, characterization, text structure, word use, literary devices, comparison and contrast of similar short stories, mood, tone, conflict, and more. I've also included a handy rubric for easy grading. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Check out these other
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
Position Paper Research Unit Bundle | Everything you need to teach research
A position paper is a type of research paper that is heavily researched and that supports a particular stand on a divisive issue. Argumentative and persuasive writing is important, but it must be backed up by credible facts. Completing research and forming well-thought opinions on a complicated issue is a very beneficial experience for high school students. However, it is challenging.I have extensively studied and refined this unit over the past few years and it has everything you could possibly
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9th - 12th
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Man From the South Roald Dahl Short Story Unit Analysis Lesson Activities
Roald Dahl's delightful short story Man From the South gets students critically thinking with all the dark humor and simplistic language that this classic author is known for. This Man From the South unit includes everything necessary to do a comprehensive study of the short story. Start students off with thinking critically about real life risk takers to set the stage for them thinking about the risk that Carlos and the American boy take. Students will identify the elements of plot such as c
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
5 Paragraph Literary Analysis Essay Writing Guide for ELA Grades 7-10 and ESL
Teach your students how to write a 5 paragraph Literary Analysis Essay with this step-by-step guide! This is appropriate for 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades and academic ESL. This no-prep tutorial with examples, activities, graphic organizers, and rubrics will make it easy for you to teach students to write a literary analysis essay on any topic or text. This will save you so much time!For this same product bundled with sentence frames and transitions words handouts, check out the Literary Analys
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7th - 10th
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Text Dependent Analysis — TDA Evidence Based Writing: Test Prep, Notes, & Rubric
Prepare your students to write a Text Dependent Analysis — TDA Evidence Based Writing! This lesson with cloze notes is great for test prep and includes a rubric that can be used for any TDA essay. Included with this purchase:1. Powerpoint presentation that explains:What is TDA (text-dependent analysis)What is NOT TDAHow to write an effective TDAIntroduction, Body, and Conclusion ParagraphsHow to write a THESIS The 3 C's: Context, Content, ConnectionRACES acronym: Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain,
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6th - 12th
Illustration and Coloring Posters Resources for Writers Workshop!
These can be printed large and hung as posters or printed and put into Writer's Workshop folders. The first poster shows how to illustrate a story in steps. It can be used as a rubric too! The second shows how to color!
I really hope you enjoy this resource.
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PreK - 3rd
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Asian American Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month One Pager
Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May with this creative, artistic, unique one-pager project that requires students to research important people throughout history. Completed projects make beautiful hallway or classroom displays... they're also great for bulletin boards that highlight AANHPI Heritage Month!Included in this purchase is:Student directions for the one pager projectRubric for the one pager projectExample one pager (Featuring Malala Yous
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Cultural Diversity One Pagers Bundle | Heritage & History One-Pager Projects
Macbeth and Hocus Pocus Analysis Comparison Activity Lesson Project to End Unit
Students trudge through Shakespeare so why not make it a little more fun for them by having them identify similarities between Macbeth and the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus. Though Hocus Pocus is not an adaptation of Macbeth there are still a number of similarities with theme, motif and characters and this activity exercises students’ critical thinking skills by requiring them think outside of the box in order to identify the commonalities of the two mediums. This lesson plan is a ZIP file with t
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Frankenstein Argument Essay! Thesis, outline, essay, rubrics INCLUDED!
Frankenstein Argument writing essay--great assessment for students after they have read Frankenstein! Asks students to develop claims and refute counterclaims in their writing. Provides resources for scaffolding students through the essay writing process--including developing their thesis first (evidence-based thesis statements), crafting an outline, and finally writing the essay.
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-Ideas for teaching the essay
-Essay prompt handout
-Thesis writing handout
-Thesis writing presentation
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Informative Explanatory Writing Rubric Grades 6-12
Common Core Informative Explanatory Writing Rubric Grades 6-12This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.Detailed rubric for informative and explanatory writing, aligned to the Common Core State Standards for writing (W.2 strand) with a second rubric incorporating the technology criteria.Also includes half-page easy score card for quick grading.If you are looking for an EDITABLE option, you can find it here:INFORMATIVE/EXPLANATORY (EXPOSITORY) WRITING RUBRICS
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6th - 12th, Staff
Also included in:Â Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Paired Passages with Writing Prompts Fictional Narrative on Dog Sled Mail
Your students will used text dependent analysis to write a fictional narrative about dog sledding mail carriers who delivered mail to the gold diggers in Alaska in the early 20th century. The set of paired passages on differentiated reading levels will provide tons of facts about dog sledding and gold miners. Students will do a close reading, analyze the writing prompt, and use a graphic organizer to outline their stories. It's great practice for state writing tests, and it's also available as
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5th - 6th
Also included in:Â Text-Dependent Essay Bundle Paired Passages Narrative Opinion Informational
ELPAC MEGA Bundle 1st-10th Grade (127 Practice Assessments)
127 Practice Assessments for 1st-10th Grade School teachers preparing students for the ELPAC assessment! Formatted similarly to the actual ELPAC Test.I created these google documents for teachers who are preparing their students for the ELPAC assessment. This resource is to help our students prepare for all domains (Writing, Speaking, Listening and Reading) of the ELPAC assessment in elementary, middle school and high school. The resources are formatted similarly to the assessment, and allows ou
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1st - 10th
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SBAC ELA Grade 5 Complete Assessment with Opinion Performance Task
Susan's Here to There ConnectionsYour feedback means the WORLD to me! Be sure to FOLLOW me so you'll know when more resources become available. Get them ready! Prepare your students with a complete ELA Smarter Balance Assessment aligned to SBAC's high stakes summative assessment. This assessmentprepares your students with the format and item types they will encounter. This assessment would also be a valuable resource for preparing for all test types.SBAC requires that students write thr
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5th - 6th
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Expository Writing Lessons 1-16 Bundled, Grades 5-8
EXPOSITORY WRITING LESSONS BOOK – ALL of the student directed EXPOSITORY LESSON PLANS that are offered as individual lessons on TpT, have now been put into ONE BOOKEach expository writing lesson in this book is student directed because it guides the students through the process of writing: Breaking writing into paragraphsWriting a narrative and a persuasive paragraph Writing descriptive, cause and effect, compare and contrast, personal narrative, and persuasive essaysSummarizing expository readi
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6th - 8th
Creative Writing Workshops BUNDLE – Secondary ELA – 6 Genres w/ CCSS Rubrics
These SIX no-prep creative writing units (for the genres of FANTASY, HORROR, MYSTERY, REALISTIC FICTION, SCIENCE FICTION, and TRAGEDY) facilitate the analysis of genre literature and the writing of creative narratives. Appropriate for grades 5-12, owning this bundle means never having to develop a creative writing unit again!The 137-pages and 75-slides in this bundle include the following activities and assignments:FIVE genre introduction presentation files that address the definitions and struc
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5th - 12th, Staff
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Narrative Writing Checklist - FREE - Primary Exploration - Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
FREE Narrative Writing Checklist serves as a wonderful reminder for students to check their work! The checklist walks students through the editing process to ensure that they are submitting their best work! This is a great addition to a writing center or narrative writing booklet. In my classroom, I use this narrative writing checklist along with Primary Narrative Writing and Book Cover Assessment. This Narrative Writing Booklet is a step-by-step student work booklet that teaches students to suc
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PreK - 8th
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