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5th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages | Grammar and Writing Prompts FULL YEAR
Teaching 5th grade ELA has so many components - and that’s before you even think about aligning to English Language Arts standards and state test prep! Supplement your main ELA curriculum with my 5th Grade Mini Lessons With Standards Based Assessments. Whether you use this resource every single week to supplement instruction, as a part of your literacy rotations, or as a robust review for test prep season, your 5th graders will show what they know as you thoroughly assess each standard. No more
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5th
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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)
On Demand Writing Prompts Assessments - Easy-Grade - Print and Digital
This demand writing resource arose from a need I had to more frequently assess writing and measure students’ progress on a few key writing skills that our district writing rubric doesn't spell out clearly. I found that these skills were going largely ungraded—and I wasn't seeing my students make enough progress with their writing.NOW AVAILABLE WITH FULL DIGITAL SLIDE ACCESS!I knew I didn't want to add MORE to my plate—but I knew I needed something. I decided to try a short (8 minutes!) demand
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3rd - 5th
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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
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: 6-8 Year-Long Middle School Writing Curriculum Bundle (11 Units Total)
Middle School Student Literacy Profile: Assessments to Track Data
As a system, schools sometimes get sucked into relying on a single assessment or piece of data at one moment in time to make important decisions about intervention, extension, and universal classroom instruction. There is no perfect assessment that will magically tell you everything you need to know about your students as readers and writers. However, when we take multiple assessments and use them as snapshots, we can form a more realistic picture of who each student in our classroom is as a r
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5th - 8th
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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)
Poetry Workshop for Middle School: A Framework for Teaching Poetry
This resource includes everything you need to teach students how to analyze poetry, respond to it, and write poetry of their own. Poetry Workshop is an approach to teaching poetry that allows you to introduce the concepts of poetry to students in non-threatening, enjoyable phases.Phase One: Collecting & Responding. Students will collect poems they connect to, write them down in their poetry binder, and select one response question to respond to in regards to the poem they wrote down.Phase
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5th - 8th
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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)
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)
Minilessons to Teach Analyzing Dialogue in Reading Workshop
This three-day minilesson series will guide you through teaching students how to analyze the importance of dialogue in a book based on the umbrella minilesson, "Readers analyze what characters say in dialogue so that they can understand how what characters say relates to the theme, conflict, and/or plot of the story."Day One Minilesson: Exposes students to the thinking needed to apply the umbrella minilesson to their own reading. Included is a "Reading is Thinking" prompting card with focus que
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Reading Workshop Minilessons Bundle: Teach, Assign, Assess
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)
Fiction & Nonfiction Reading Response (6-8)
What is the purpose of this resource?Thinking critically about reading and articulating thoughts through writing is something students should be doing frequently. Reading response for English Language Arts teachers is like double dipping because students are sharing their thinking about reading through written words. It is an authentic snapshot of where students are at in their comprehension of a fiction or nonfiction text. It also gives students a chance to write without the pressure of writing
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6th - 8th
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Minilessons to Teach Character Inference in Reading Workshop
This three-day minilesson series will guide you through teaching students how to make inferences about characters based on the umbrella minilesson, "Readers make inferences about the characters in the story so that they're constantly considering the characters' motivations, personalities, and relationship dynamics."Day One Minilesson: Exposes students to the thinking needed to apply the umbrella minilesson to their own reading. Included is a "Reading is Thinking" prompting card with focus quest
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Reading Workshop Minilessons Bundle: Teach, Assign, Assess
On Demand Opinion Writing Assessments - Easy Grade Opinion Writing Prompts
This opinion demand writing assessment resource arose from a need I had to more frequently measure students’ progress on a few key writing skills that our district writing rubric doesn't spell out clearly. I found that these skills were going largely ungraded—and I wasn't seeing my students make enough progress. NOW AVAILABLE WITH DIGITAL SLIDE ACCESS!Grading Writing Takes Time!I knew I didn't want to add MORE to my plate—but I knew I needed something. I decided to try a short (8 minutes!) wri
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: On Demand Writing Prompts Assessments - Easy-Grade - Print and Digital
Minilessons to Teach Analyzing Author's Word Choice in Reading Workshop
This three-day minilesson series will guide you through teaching students how to identify and analyze vivid imagery in a book based on the umbrella minilesson, "Readers identify places in the text where the author's words made them visualize a character or the setting so that they can analyze the impact of the author's word choice."Day One Minilesson: Exposes students to the thinking needed to apply the umbrella minilesson to their own reading. Included is a "Reading is Thinking" prompting card
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Reading Workshop Minilessons Bundle: Teach, Assign, Assess
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)
On Demand Writing Assessments - Easy Grade Writing Prompts High Interest Topics
This demand writing assessment resource arose from a need I had to more frequently measure students’ progress on a few key writing skills that our district writing rubric doesn't spell out clearly. I found that these skills were going largely ungraded—and I wasn't seeing my students make enough progress. NOW AVAILABLE WITH DIGITAL SLIDE ACCESS!Grading Writing Takes Time!I knew I didn't want to add MORE to my plate—but I knew I needed something. I decided to try a short (8 minutes!) writing pro
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: On Demand Writing Prompts Assessments - Easy-Grade - Print and Digital
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)
Minilessons to Teach Objective Summary in Reading Workshop
This three-day minilesson series will guide you through teaching students how to write objective summaries for any fiction book based on the umbrella minilesson, "Readers write objective summaries so that they can state the main events of a text in chronological order."Day One Minilesson: Exposes students to the thinking needed to apply the umbrella minilesson to their own reading. Included is a "Reading is Thinking" prompting card with focus questions for students to think through while they'r
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Reading Workshop Minilessons Bundle: Teach, Assign, Assess
Independent Reading Accountability Program & Reading Response Prompts
Independent Reading Accountability Program & Reading Response PromptsHelp your students understand how to take part in your independent reading program and foster a love of reading with these highly engaging interactive slideshow lessons, discussions and reading responses! Students will co-create expectations for what independent reading should look and sound like in your classroom with the goal of setting up positive routines. Your learners will receive clear instructions on what to bring a
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Shurley English Posters
19 Slides to be printed and displayed to help your students with the question and answer flow from Shurley English!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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