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Common Core W.8.2b rubrics
SBAC Aligned Rubrics: Informative, Narrative, Opinion Writing (student-friendly)
These multi-use rubrics use student-friendly language, helping you to clearly communicate expectations and scores to students. They can be used for students to self-assess or for you to quickly grade informative, narrative, and opinion writing assignments.This resource is based on performance task rubrics developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). E-Rubrics can be filled out on your computer or printed and completed by hand. Both full color and black & white options are
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3rd - 8th
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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
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Narrative, Argument, Informative, and Research Writing Makerspace Bundle
Digital Resource! This writer's workshop for Secondary ELA is perfect for distance learning and includes all the tools students need to work independently through the writing process for argument, informative, research, and narrative writing. Tools for analyzing mentor texts, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing, revising, conferencing, polishing a final copy, and grading are all here in one digital work space. Linked tabs make navigating through the writing process easy and paperless. Li
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7th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Essay Writing Bundle for Middle School and High School ELA ESL
Teach your students how to write a 5 paragraph Literary Analysis Essay with this bundle! This is common-core aligned for 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades and academic ESL. This no-prep tutorial 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!Included in this Bundle:Tutorial with step-by-step explanations and instructions for writing an introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph. Ex
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7th - 10th
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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
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
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Critical Book Review Project | Book Report | Independent Reading Assessment
This critical book review book report project includes everything you need for a no-prep post-reading assessment. A detailed scaffold walks your students through brainstorming their opinions about the work and drafting their review.A completed sample scaffold and full sample final book review are included. You can provide a copy to each student, or project them on the board and go over them together in class.This resource includes everything you need to teach, assign, and grade a critical book r
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â Middle or High School Book Report / Post-reading Projects Bundle
Middle School Explanatory Essay Writing Rubric, Outline, and Mentor Text Bundle
These three documents form the foundation for teaching and supporting proficient middle school writers. From this bundle, you will be able to: -model expected skills for an explanatory essay-utilize a rubric with descriptors for each level of proficiency-work with students to self assess and set goals for each standard/skill-scaffold your instruction for students who need more support and gradually remove the outline as students become more independent writersIn this small bundle you will receiv
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6th - 8th, Staff
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
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
The 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric
What's Included?This is a 4-point, proficiency-based scoring guide for grading middle-school level, five-paragraph essays. This is a complete, holistic essay rubric that follows from the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Body Paragraphs and the 4-Point Proficiency Rubric for Intro Paragraphs.Pair this rubric with the Five-Paragraph Essay Scoring Sheet to provide students with a clear and easy-to-read peer grading sheet that makes grading for teachers and students a breeze. Easily convert the 4-poin
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5th - 12th
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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
Informative Expository Writing Workshop
Escape the photocopy machine. Informative Writing Workshop has gone digital! Informative Writing Makerspace for Secondary ELA provides students and teachers with EVERYTHING they need to implement Writer's Workshop without a hitch using Google Slides! Tools for analyzing informative mentor texts, brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing, revising, conferencing, polishing a final copy, and grading are all here in one digital work space.Linked tabs make navigating through the writing process eas
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7th - 12th
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Writing Argumentative Essays in Middle School with Graphic Organizers
If your middle school students think they hate writing argumentative essays, they need to think again.These fun and silly writing prompts will spark their desire for debate and get them writing in no time!This bundle includes 4 silly argument prompts for your students to research and write about:1. Is pizza a vegetable?2. What is the cringiest gift you can buy someone for $5.00 or less?3. Which mythical creature would be most likely to survive in today's world?4. Which letter of the alphabet wou
Poem Analysis and TDA Essay, Text Dependent Analysis — "Out Out" by Robert Frost
In this Poem Analysis and TDA Essay (Text Dependent Analysis), students will first read and answer questions for the poem "Out Out—" by Robert Frost. Students will then write a TDA based on themes and figurative language in the poem. In this lesson plan:Full Poem "Out Out—" by Robert Frost (1916)Poem Analysis Questions that concentrate on poetic devices (alliteration, allusion, theme, mood, tone, dialogue, connotation, rhyme scheme, juxtaposition) with ANSWER KEYTDA Text Dependent Analysis Promp
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Essay Writing for Middle School | Full Year
Writing middle school essays has never been so much fun.These fun, mysterious, and engaging writing prompts will spark debate and intrigue in your classroom.This bundle includes 13 guided essays for your students to write, one step at a time.True Crime Research Topics:1. The Gardner Museum Heist2. The Tylenol Murders Mystery3. Fyre Festival4. The Disappearance of Madeleine McCannSilly Argument Topics:1. Is pizza a vegetable?2. What is the cringiest gift you can buy someone for $5.00 or less?3. W
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6th - 8th
Persuasive/Argumentative Writing & Speeches - guided questions, resource, rubric
A guide for students to articulate their arguments and present them. This is a great resource for English, ELA, speech, public speaking, and debate. This can be used for middle or high school. Resources included: ~Writing Tips -Gives the definitions of fact vs. feelings vs. opinions -Gives examples of fact vs. feelings vs. opinions ~Writing Template -A worksheet with guided questions for each paragraph including intro, 1-3 body paragraphs and a conclusion
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6th - 12th
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Editable Writing Rubrics for Middle School
Rubrics make grading so easy! Create ones you want and need with these editable rubrics. You'll have nine to choose from -- CCSS based and ready to use as is. Or customize them in a snap. From narrative to journal responses.Here are the rubrics you'll get:nine editable rubricsnarrativeexpository/ informationalopinionargumentcreative writingpoetry writingjournal prompt responseblankTake the guess work out of creating rubrics. These are standards aligned with 4-8 writing tasks. Plus, creativ
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Rubrics, checklists, and feedback forms for Writing Activities and Workshop
EDITABLE Writing Rubrics and Oral Presentation Rubric GROWING BUNDLE 6th-8th
Grading writing assignments and oral presentations can be tedious and time-consuming. Take one thing off your checklist for these things: creating the rubrics! This growing bundle of customizable rubrics makes it quicker and easier for you to assess students' writing in your middle school English language arts classroom!Do you need the upper elementary growing bundle instead? CLICK HERE!ORDo you need the high school growing bundle instead? CLICK HERE!Please check out the Preview to get an idea o
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6th - 8th
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SBAC Aligned Rubrics: Argumentative, Explanatory & Narrative Writing
These multi-use rubrics use student-friendly language, helping you to clearly communicate expectations and scores to students. They can be used for students to self-assess or for you to quickly grade argumentative, explanatory, and narrative writing assignments. The argumentative and explanatory rubrics are aligned to grades 6-12 Common Core writing standards, while the narrative rubric is aligned to grades 5-8 Common Core writing standards.This resource is based on performance task rubrics deve
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5th - 12th
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Complete Language Program for Grades 6-8
This bundle contains everything you would need for a successful year-long grade 6-8 language program. Yes, everything.Once you purchase this bundle, you will receive an email with access to the Google Drive where the entire language program is stored. You get access to everything! This program follows the Ontario Language Curriculum, but since it includes more than enough content for a comprehensive language program, it entirely applies to US standards as well. This bundle includes:Access to ove
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6th - 8th
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Ultimate Writing Checklist + Teacher Rubric BUNDLE *Editable* | 10 Genres
This bundle of student checklists and teacher rubrics for TEN different writing genres can be used to help guide students in the writing, revising, and editing process, and to help guide you in the grading process! Each of the completely editable checklists cover both the elements of each genre, as well as the conventions of writing that elementary/middle school students should know. The goal statements are written from the perspective of the student, and in language that the student can easily
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1st - 8th
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton: Analyzing Theme —Thematic Essay TDA Prompt/Rubric
Teach your students to analyze themes in the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton with this lesson plan. Your students will determine what morals/lessons were learned or taught by specific characters in the novel; they will then evaluate how these lessons were incorporated by the author and provide textual evidence as support—all using a theme graphic organizer! An answer guide is provided for teachers. Using their literary analysis, students will then write a TDA essay based on one theme of thei
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6th - 11th
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Also included in:Â The Outsiders Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
Analyzing Themes in "The Diary of Anne Frank" - Lesson and Thematic Essay Rubric
IMPORTANT: This product is based off the drama adaptation and short story version of "The Diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett not The Diary of a Young Girl memoir by Anne Frank.STUDENT OBJECTIVE: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.This purchase includes: A brief lesson on theme and universal theme: defi
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7th - 10th
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