Persuasive Writing Guide, Rubric, Graphic Organizer, & Peer Editing Templates

Are you struggling to teach persuasive writing? Look no further! This Persuasive Writing Bundle includes a scaffolded essay writing guide, rubrics, self assessments, graphic organizer outlines, graphic organizers, & peer editing checklist templates which are made for scaffolding the requirements as students develop their writing skills during the school year.

This standards aligned resource includes 7 print-and-go writing rubrics with coordinating student self reflections, outlines, and graphic organizers templates that are already planned and prepped for you. Teachers will be able to easily grade essays using these reusable quality rubrics that have differentiated levels for 3, 4, 5, and 7 paragraph writing assignments so that you can reach every learner in your class.

✏️ Here's what you'll get in the rubric resource (PDF):

✅ Rubrics for the 3, 4, 5, & 7 Paragraph (With and Without CCSS Listed):

• Basic Rubric 1 - Without Extra Credit 
• Basic Rubric 2 - With Extra Credit 
• Basic Rubric 3 - With Extra Credit & Parent Signature

✅ Rubrics for the 4, 5, & 7 Paragraph (With and Without CCSS Listed):

• Advanced Rubric 4 - Without Extra Credit
• Advanced Rubric 5 - With Parent Signature

✅ 2 student self-assessments (basic & advanced) with extra credit options of the 3, 4, 5, & 7 paragraphs (with and without CCSS Listed). In all, there are 5 pages each of the 4 differentiated paragraph levels.

✅ 8 outlines and graphic organizers each of the 3, 4, 5, & 7 paragraphs.

✓ 1 Key Word List

✓ 2 Brainstorming Webs

✓ 1 Cause & Effect Organizer

✓ 1 Definitions Organizer

✓ 1 Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizer

✓ 1 Compare/Contrast Poster

✓ 1 Add More Information Ideas Poster

✓ How I Use This Resource (Teaching Notes)

Get your students to peer edit like pros with these reusable, engaging, and organized peer review editing checklists! These standards aligned peer editing and revising checklists include 4 print-and-go peer editing checklists already planned and prepped for you. These reusable checklists have differentiated levels for 3, 4, 5, and 7 paragraphs so that you can reach every learner in your class. Teachers can use them all school year long to help students know what to edit in their essays.

✏️ Here's what you'll get in the peer edit resource (PDF):

✅ 4 checklists with options (Half and Full Page) of the 3, 4, 5, & 7 Paragraphs. In all, there are 2 pages each of the 4 differentiated paragraph levels.

✅ How I Use This Resource (Teaching Notes)

Are you struggling to teach your students how to write a persuasive essay? This editable guided writing resource has everything you need to teach engaging and effective writing lessons! These structured essay outlines, graphic organizers, rubrics, checklists, and anchor charts break down the writing process into manageable steps.

✏️ Included in this Scaffolding Writing Guide PDF & PowerPoint Resource:

✅ The Art of Persuasion Role-Play 1 and 2

✅ Persuasive Letter Template

✅ EDITABLE 3, 4, 5, & 7 Paragraph Checklist, Scaffold Guide, and Rubric (You can add due dates and change the point values!)

✅ Strategies for thinking of reasons while brainstorming

✅ Brainstorming Web

✅ Should/Shouldn’t Graphic Organizer

✅ Support/Oppose Graphic Organizer

✅ For/Against Graphic Organizer

✅ Cause & Effect, Definitions, & Compare/Contrast Graphic Organizer

✅ EDITABLE Blank Graphic organizers for students

✅ How to Write a Strong “Hook”

✅ How to Write a Strong “Knockout”

✅ Add Useful Information, Proofreading Marks, & Conclusion Paragraph Checklist

✅ Key Word List and EDITABLE Self-Assessment (You can change your point value!)

✏️ 3, 4, 5, & 7 Paragraph Scaffolding Guide:

✅ EDITABLE Scaffolded Graphic Organizer line by line on each page

✅ Hook Information Sheet and EDITABLE Graphic Organizer

✅ Knockout/Conclusion Information Sheet and EDITABLE Graphic Organizer

✅ Conclusion Paragraph Checklist

✅ EDITABLE Scaffolded Graphic Organizer line by line

✅ EDITABLE Scaffolded Graphic Organizer by paragraph

✅ Put Your Supporting Positions in Order

✅ Format Example

✅ Key Word List (Poster/Anchor Chart and for notebook)

✅ Add Useful Information to your Essay Poster/Anchor Chart & Student Checklist

Proofreaders' Marks:

✅ 3 Versions of Editing/Proofreading Marks Example Anchor Charts

✅ Editing/Proofreading Marks - Notebook sized for Journals

Modified Version:

✅ EDITABLE Checklist and Rubric

✅ Brainstorming Web

✅ EDITABLE Scaffolded Graphic Organizer line by line

✅ Writing Outline

✅ Key Word List and EDITABLE Self-Assessment

Scaffolding Extras:

✅ Writing Outline

✅ Add Useful Information to your Essay Alternate Poster

Organizing and guiding individual conferences during the writer's workshop is quick and easy with these conference sheets for teachers! With over 20 encouraging compliments and 15 guiding improvement suggestions, the time-saving conference card will transform writing conferences with your students! 

✏️ Included in this Writing Conference Forms resource:

✅ How I Use This Resource (Teaching Notes)

✅ 2 Conference Card Versions

✅ 2 Conference Card Template Versions

✅ 2 Meeting Schedule Versions

✅ EDITABLE Class Conference Tracker by Date

✅ 2 Student Anecdotal Notes Versions

✅ 2 Teacher Anecdotal Notes Versions

✅ Skill Reteach Form

✅ EDITABLE Class Conference Data by Skill

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NOTE: Before purchasing, please make sure you have the correct program for this resource. To edit the files, you should use PowerPoint (newer than 2008). If you are trying to use a different program, you may run into various formatting issues that I won’t be able to help you with. Online versions of PowerPoint do not have the same capabilities as the full version of PowerPoint.

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Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

• Rubrics & Scaffold Guide: ELA-LITERACY.W.3.4, W.4.4, W.5.4, W.6.4, W.7.4, W.8.4, W.9-10.4, W.11-12.4
• Peer Editing Checklist: ELA-LITERACY.W.2.5, W.3.5, W.4.5, W.5.5, W.6.5, W.7.5, W.8.5
• Add CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3-12.6 by having students research the Internet and type up the essay to implement technology for a cross-curricular assignment.
• Add CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3-12.7 & W.3-5.8 by having students conduct a research project by assigning a prompt. Have them gather relevant information through printed or digital sources. Be sure to have them add a bibliography.

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