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Common Core WHST.6-8.1 rubrics
Best Science CER Rubric Ever! Editable Claim Evidence and Reasoning Activity
Are you looking for an easy to use CER rubric and CER handout? CER writing can be challenging for students and this clear and easy to understand resource will help you effectively teach, model, and implement Claim Evidence Reasoning writing in your science classroom. Please click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready to use resource.CER or Claim Evidence Reasoning writing can be used for practice, labs, or assessment. Included in this resource:Editable CER rubric - Google DocOne page
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5th - 9th
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Project based learning: Who Killed Edgar Allen Poe
Who or What Killed Edgar Allen Poe?Edgar Allen Poe’s death has been the subject of speculation for over 150 years. Have your students meet the suspects, compare and contrast eyewitness statements of his symptoms to current medical knowledge, and write persuasive pieces to promote their theory of who or what killed Poe.Rubrics, a number of extension activities and extra credit assignments are included (in editable format) as well as character dossiers of people in Poe’s life, the lesson plan and
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8th - 12th
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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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Ancient China DBQ Essay - 5 Documents, Writing Scaffolds, Key, Examples, Rubric
Wonderful Document Based Question (DBQ) Essay to use during your Middle School Ancient China Unit! Students build analytical and writing skills using this differentiated resource! Students of ALL levels and capabilities will benefit from the step-by-step writing scaffolds included!Includes Everything Needed to Teach DBQ Essay Writing:1) 5 Documents with Scaffolded Questions (Geography, Silk Road, Confucius, Achievements, The Great Wall of China)2) Skeleton Worksheet - Developing a thesis a
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5th - 7th
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Solve History's Mysteries- Stonehenge
History is full of unsolved mysteries, and who doesn’t love a good mystery? This packet is one of a growing collection of engaging inquiry-based learning adventures for your students. In each packet, students will investigate a mystery from history and try to solve the case!This investigation requires your history detectives to travel back in time to 5000 B.C. where they will enter the world of the Celts and Druids in Britain. Their mission: unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge. How was it buil
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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Sargon of the Akkadians - World History Mini-DBQ
Bring your unit on Mesopotamia to the next level by giving students the chance to find their own answers like a historian! In this mini-DBQ students will analyze one primary source about the reign of the first emperor Sargon of the Akkadians, and an infographic on the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin showing the conquering Akkadians riding into battle. Using that analysis, they'll answer the question "How did Sargon create the first empire in Mesopotamia?"Each source features lots of support for a var
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6th - 9th
(Bundled) Middle School Foundational Rubrics
The foundational standards for Social Studies (RH. 6-8.1, 2, and 7, WHST.6-8.1 and 2, and SL. 1) are the at the heart of most Social Studies thinking. These rubrics are based on best practices for standards-based grading that include language that is strengths based, objective, and observable. Student and teacher friendly. Editable.
Business Digital Project - Students Imagine, Design and Create a Product
Unlock your students' entrepreneurial potential with this engaging design thinking project! In this hands-on challenge, students will embark on an innovation journey to identify a problem, ideate solutions, and develop their own product concept and business plan.Aligned to standards in business, economics, technology, and design, this project cultivates critical 21st century skills. Through research, brainstorming, prototyping, and testing, students will gain first-hand experience in human-cente
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6th - 12th
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Middle School Foundational Communication Rubrics
The foundational communication standards for Social Studies (WHST. 6-8.1, 2, and SL. 1) are the at the heart of most Social Studies thinking. These rubrics are based on best practices for standards-based grading that include language that is strengths based, objective, and observable. Student and teacher friendly. Editable. Writing standards include student writing checklist for self-assessment.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: (Bundled) Middle School Foundational Rubrics
World History Mini-DBQ: The Black Plague
Bring primary and secondary source documents to your students' fingertips as they analyze three sources about how the Black Plague affected life during the Middle Ages in Europe. Included in this resource are three shortened sources, formatted to support students with space to annotate, a glossary, analysis questions, and embedded mini-rubrics for annotation and analysis. Also included are a cover page and writing page both with specific instructions and optional PEEL paragraph sentence stems to
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle Ages Mini-DBQ Bundle
World History Mini-DBQ: The Medieval Catholic Church
Bring primary and secondary source documents to your students' fingertips as they analyze two sources about how the Catholic Church helped people during the Middle Ages in Europe. Included in this resource are both sources, formatted to support students with space to annotate, a glossary, analysis questions, and embedded mini-rubrics for annotation and analysis. Also included are a cover page and writing page both with specific instructions and optional PEEL paragraph sentence stems to support s
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle Ages Mini-DBQ Bundle
The Patriot Movie Argumentative Writing Assignment
If you are looking for a writing assignment to help you justify showing the movie "The Patriot", you've come to the right place! I'm including a prompt that challenges students to justify the showing of this controversial movie in middle school. This argumentative writing prompt also includes a small graphic organizer for students to complete as they watch the movie and a short pre-write for students to fill-in before they begin writing. This assignment correlates with the common core in that
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7th - 11th
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Civil War Scrapbook Project
This project is designed to accompany a unit on the Civil War and Reconstruction. It guides students to take on the point of view of a soldier (North or South, white or nonwhite), consider why each side fought, imagine a soldier's everyday experience, and determine whether Reconstruction met the goals of the winning side. By taking on the perspective of someone very different from themselves, and by comparing the points of view of different people, students get much more out of the unit material
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6th - 8th
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6-8th Grade Argument Writing Rubric (ELA, history, science)
Use this 8th grade Argument writing rubric to assess your students' argumentative essays for ELA, history, or science. Adaptable for 6th-8th grade middle school student writing to align with CCSS. Give a copy to your students to help them self-assess during the writing process!
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6th - 8th
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Historical Argument Essay Rubric
Lift your grading practices with this standards-based grading rubric for historical argument essays.
This comprehensive rubric doubles as a grading tool for teachers AND a revising and editing checklist for students! I use this Common Core-aligned rubric as a student-facing tool to help kids understand what I'm looking for in their analytical writing. I use it in writing conferences and small-groups with students throughout the writing process, ensuring that every young writer is on target for
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6th - 12th
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Human + Kind = Humanity
Students will research, brainstorm, and discuss humanity and its impact on human rights and human needs.Students will analyze human values, ethics, and cultures, in order to be better informed and become responsible citizens towards one another.While utilizing critical thinking skills, students will ask constructive questions and identify, clarify, and evaluate important ideas related to humankind and humanity.Students will engage in challenging activities (writing, drawing, and projects) that f
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Short Story "It Rained for Stevie" Unit
Warriner’s “It Rained for Stevie” (by Jodi Thislis) Short Story Unit has the tools you need to help increase your students’ reading comprehension and literary analysis skills.
Jodi Thislis was in the eighth grade when she wrote “It Rained for Stevie,” and middle school students relate to and empathize with the characters. It is a poignant story about friendship, life, and death, and it draws the reader in quickly. The annotated story will help you to instruct your students on what to notice wh
Middle Ages Mini-DBQ Bundle
Get the most for your money with this bundle of (4) Mini-DBQs about the Middle Ages. The 4 Mini-DBQ topics are:- Charlemagne- The Medieval Catholic Church- Peasant Life- The Black PlagueEach DBQ features 2-3 primary and secondary sources for students to annotate and analyze. Each source has been carefully formatted to provide a glossary of terms, plenty of space for annotations, analysis questions, and embedded mini-rubrics for annotation and analysis. Also included is the full grading rubric fo
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6th - 8th
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The Declaration of Independence: modern translation
This U.S. history lesson is centered around the modern translation and interpretation of The Declaration of Independence. The six items are within a google folder, which can all be used 100% virtually or printed for physical handouts. The actives are best for grades 7 and up, but all assignments are fully editable, so the specific prompts could be altered to work for younger students.This folder includes:- A suggested 5 day lesson plan- 35 section translation class activity- Side by Side Modern
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7th - 9th
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Testing Media Claims Project - Scientific Method - Grade 6 MYP Science
In this summative assessment project recommended for grade 6, students put product claims to the test by designing their own experiments. This is a project-based learning activity that can be done individually or in small groups. Students are required to use their knowledge of the scientific method as well as experimental design skills in order to produce a written report or presentation. Requires approximately 2 weeks of class time. Includes project task sheet and MYP criterion B/C rubrics.Get
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Scientific Method Complete Unit Bundle - Grade 6 MYP Science
Argumentative Writing - CLAIM SENTENCE STARTERS
Does it drive you absolutely bonkers that students feel the need to say "I think" to start their claim??? For some reason, students are compelled to say it even though a claim is a statement of what they think. This simple list of sentence starters allows students to say "I think," but in a more creative way.
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6th - 8th
Writing to Argue Bundle
This bundle of eleven lessons middle schoolers and homeschoolers will develop their argumentative writing skills. Students will practice with three different mediums and also develop their research, structure, language, and referencing skills.If you are using this or any of my other products in a homeschool environment, note that there is a collaborative component that will require a buddy or parent. My ethos on learning is social but whereas in traditional school the learning experience is vert
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6th - 8th
History In Hashtags Formative Project Based Assessment
With this Instagram template project, students will choose a topic, person, or event they've learned about and create a pretend Instagram post about it. By creating an Instagram post, students can evaluate their learning with an image, caption, and hashtags, making it a fun and unique way to assess their understanding. This project is suitable for most classes, subject areas, and grade levels, and can be incorporated multiple times throughout the school year. It helps students practice essential
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6th - 8th
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