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Balanced literacy Common Core W.8.1b resources
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)
THE OUTSIDERS - Novel Study Resource Bundle
The Outsiders - Novel Study Resource Bundle - SAVE OVER 35%! (CCSS Aligned)This bundle includes:The Outsiders – Novel Study Introductory PowerPoint – Introduction to the 1960sA multimedia PowerPoint presentation to introduce S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. Students are introduced to the 1960s by exploring some of the pop culture references made within the novel - from madras shirts to Paul Newman. The presentation includes links to the music of the era - including videos of Elvis Presley and the Be
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7th - 9th
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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)
Practical ESL Resources Bundle (Speaking, Reading, Writing)
This is a collection of my best-selling resources in a big bundle: listening, reading/viewing comprehension, writing, short story study guide, ESL assessment grids, award certificates, mini project booklets, and final assessment ideas for any novel. ✋Please check out the preview file and description of each individual resource to make sure every item is appropriate for your learners. ⭐This bundle contains 18 resources. To be taken to the product description of each resource, click on the titles
Grades:
8th - 11th
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SOLDIER'S HEART Novel Study Unit, Common Core Aligned
Gary Paulsen's poignant story of a young soldier during the American Civil War is studied through this no-prep unit with questions for each chapter plus answer keys, activities that include outlining, creative and argumentative writing, back-story, an essay, mini-glossaries and more.Quizzes for chapters are included; Ch. 1,2,3; Ch. 4,5; Ch. 6; Ch. 7; Ch. 8, Ch. 9,10 - with answer keys.With spelling mentioned on every 3 to 8 ELA CCSS, I made and include two pages of spelling ladders. These
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Dystopian Fiction Literature Circles Unit Reading & Writing Workshop Grades 7 +
This 5-6 week unit combines Reading and Writing Workshop into a Literature Circle Genre Study of Dystopian Fiction and hits on a wide array of reading, writing, speaking, and listening standards. Download the preview to read the full lesson plans, purchase the full unit and receive all of the worksheets, directions, models, and rubrics.
This unit has been classroom tested and student approved! My students really loved this unit, largely because dystopian / science fiction is of major interest
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Reading Bundle - Middle School Grades 6 - 8
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)
Scaffolded Writing for Struggling and Non- Writers Volume 1
THIS IS A GROWING PRODUCT... BUY NOW AND SAVE!!! AS I ADD TO THIS PRODUCT, THE PRICE WILL INCREASE. IT'S AT A BASE STARTING PRICE RIGHT NOW.In education, scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process.Instructional scaffolding is a process through which a teacher adds supports for students in order to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks. The te
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3rd - 8th
Generic Novel Study Unit Activities Reading Comprehension | ANY BOOK, Worksheet
I am an English Teacher who desires to be helpful for those in need of materials for their lessons!In this comprehensive unit, you'll find 25 differentiated activities for ANY novel study. This creative book report unit is complete as is, or makes a great companion to your current curriculum.You will be directed to a page to download your files.WHAT AFTER DOWNLOADING?Choose your printing method:- Print it instantly at home- Take the file to your local printer or photo printing shop- Upload the f
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Scaffolded Writing for Performance Tasks for Struggling Writers & Readers Vol. 2
This was $5.00 for the first nine hours!!! Coming next is Volume 1--I know that's backwards!In education, scaffolding refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process.Instructional scaffolding is a process through which a teacher adds supports for students in order to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks. The teacher does this by systematically building on st
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
How to Write a Final Draft of an Essay: ELA Test Prep, Printable Worksheets
Students will take their rough drafts and apply all of the revisions and edits that made, and write the final draft of their five paragraph essays. Students will view a teacher model in which details exactly how to use revisions and edits and apply when when completing a final draft of an essay.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Te
Grades:
6th - 8th
Short story unit- "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
This slide deck includes a detailed lesson and activities for the short story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid. I provide an activate your brain activity (warm up) activity, discussion questions to introduce students to some of the topic discussed in the reading, annotation guide for reading the short story and an end of lesson writing prompt. Ways to use this resource-Sub plans- Part of a short story unit- Test strategieand many more other ways!
Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Fiction Writing Bundle
Inspire your student's writing with The Fiction Writing Bundle! With 4 stunning journals and 200 writing prompts, your students will take their writing on adventures from the open oceans all the way to magical worlds. They will make the winning play in the world series and invent the world's first time machine! Perfect for:- work on writing rotation in daily 5- creative activities for those early finishers- stimulating bellwork- creative writing / narrative lessons- getting those reluctant write
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Inclusion/Disabilities TED Talk Writing Responses
This product contains:a teacher guide that walks you through how I use these resources in my classroomthree TED talks related to inclusion/disabilities as well as prompts for students to use for responses/reflectionsa color-coded model TED response to discuss before drafting and for students to use while they write their responsean interactive checklist for students to use while revising/editing their paragrapha simple, easy-to-use scoring rubricsupplementary activities for each TED talk for ear
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Blank Check, A Young Adult Novel - Study Guide
From the thrilling Young Adult Book, Blank Check.Educators designed the study guide for educators.What’s included in this Study Guide?All 50 state standards for English / Language Arts Grades 6-12 Over 30 Pre and Post Reading Activities 300 Vocabulary & Literary TermsDesigned for Distance Education & Traditional ClassroomThe Study Guide provides teachers with lessons that entail excitement and engagement.Activities include multiple websites that create critical thinking and student-cent
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7th - 10th
Article Analysis Templates
This product contains 20 no prep article analysis printable worksheets and graphic organisers which can be used in conjunction with news/current events articles. They can be used either as part of a class project, independent research projects, or to aid in reading comprehension. Having previously undertaken award-winning research around home education and digital technologies (UK/USA), I now draw both from my undergraduate and master’s degrees to author books on education (UK/USA), create prod
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Not Grade Specific
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CCSS:
Effective Responses - R.A.C.E.S. frames
This is a PPT presentation with interactive notebook handouts and more! According to the VERY limited scoring of responses on the state test, students MUST be able to
• give sufficient evidence of the ability to make a clear inference / draw a conclusion
• include specific examples / details that make clear reference to the text
• adequately explain inference / conclusion with clearly relevant information based on the text
Students will either score a "1," (at grade level) or a "2," for ab
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Text Evidence Sentence Starters
Super easy to use, these sentence starters assist students when asked to cite their evidence. Easy to make into a poster, laminate and hang in classroom; copy for students to place in their interactive reading/writing notebooks.✔ Check out all of the other **Freebies** we offer! Reading Rox specializes in materials that will engage reluctant readers.
Grades:
4th - 7th
Quotables, Questions, and a Quest for Better Penmanship for Teens!
Wail or Fill the need and pull aside the veil? This is always a teacher's choice. Teachers of teens are appalled at the penmanship of students since objective testing pushed penmanship practice out of the the sphere of "necessary" skills. After all, aren't we all going to just use technology for the rest of our lives?
Since we do not seem to have time to teach it, or reinforce the efforts of teachers who HAVE taught it, this file is designed to INCORPORATE quotable quotes, advice, tips, and
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5th - 11th
Critical Thinking & COVID-19
This activity focuses on the current COVID pandemic, offering students real, tangible information through a hands-on critical thinking activity. With the ease of access to information or misinformation, it’s important to arm our students with the tools they require to understand and share facts, not fear.Students will think critically, formulate their own opinions and develop their own conclusions.This activity guides students on how to use a KWL Chart to:Analyze and make connections between inf
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Friends, Foes, and Fiends! A Rigorous Curriculum Review Game
This is a review game that essentially requires students to (think critically and) come up with challenging questions to pose to their peers. The points are earned not only in having the correct answer, but in finding flaws in sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and logic within the other team's question, too. FRIENDS work in teams of 4, FOES are the teams who oppose them and FIENDS are language, logic, and grammar fanatics who pick up extra points. Depending upon the questions asked, and t
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6th - 10th
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COMPLETE Reciprocal Reading Organizer with Cheat Sheet!
This is a Reciprocal Reading organizer that allows students virtually and in person to gain deeper understanding and perspective of the text they are reading. The top sheet includes a check-off list for teachers, second page is a cheat sheet that includes sentence starters for the students, a page for each role, and at the end, an assessment to gauge student understanding.
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Response To Literature Prompt Task Cards: Fiction & Non-Fiction
Want to have students compose written responses to the text they read, but don't know quite where to begin? You've come to the right place!These 26 Writing Prompt Task Cards can be used ALL YEAR LONG as part of a Writing Center, Literacy Center, activity for early finishers, whole group instruction, homework, or even as a discussion prompt at Guided Reading! The prompts are standards-based, creative, and varied! Prompts are appealing to all learning styles (prompts include directions for poem
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2nd - 6th
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Prediction Worksheet
Making predictions using textual evidence. Supported with sentence starters. The text used is Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum but this is completely editable and can accompany any text.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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