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Informational text Common Core CCRA.W.6 rubrics
Paragraph Writing in the Writing Process with Graphic Organizers & Rubrics
This paragraph writing unit is packed with resources that will help you develop your young writers into strong, independent writers! This paragraph writing pack contains differentiated graphic organizers and rubrics that will take your writers through the Writing Process. Learning the steps to the Writing Process will enable your students to write well developed paragraphs.These resources can be used all year, for any theme or subject area you are working on- great for writing across the curri
Grades:
1st - 4th
Informative Explanatory Writing Rubric Grades 6-12
Common Core Informative Explanatory Writing Rubric Grades 6-12This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.Detailed rubric for informative and explanatory writing, aligned to the Common Core State Standards for writing (W.2 strand) with a second rubric incorporating the technology criteria.Also includes half-page easy score card for quick grading.If you are looking for an EDITABLE option, you can find it here:INFORMATIVE/EXPLANATORY (EXPOSITORY) WRITING RUBRICS
Grades:
6th - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
National Parks Unit
Using technology students will research a National Park they have never visited and create a day to day itinerary through Google Maps and Google Slides. Assignments are suggested to go through Google Classroom; however, that is not required. This unit takes you through about 20-25 days worth of lessons and a suggested timeline for students to work on their project. Discussion questions are aligned with Depth and Complexity icons and content along with critical thinking lessons. Additional le
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Who Was Biography Essay
This biography project includes reading notes for any "Who Was" or "Who Is" book, as well as the steps of the writing process. This includes all of the worksheets and organizers that you might need for an entire unit of writing!
Grades:
4th - 6th
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AP Language Project & Activity Bundle - Assessments, Rubrics, Test Prep, Writing
Draw from this bundle of AP ELA project and activity resources throughout the year to have your AP students engage in a wide variety of fun, engaging, and rigorous academic experiences. The project options include a journalistic feature article, creative narrative writing, poster and film production, MCQ test preparation, and a current event presentation opportunity. SIX Products Included:Narrative Nonfiction Writing Project - Memoir Short Story Writing, AP LanguageProject Requirements for their
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Podcast Unit from listening to creating!
Are you looking for activities to use in your classroom that get students REALLY thinking and are relevant to our ever changing culture?Try podcasts!This product is a great resource to get your classroom started in the world of podcasts! Make your students hone their listening skills and stretch their brains by listening to and creating podcasts! In this unit, students will start by listening to a variety of podcasts and evaluating their content, structure, etc.Next, students will select from a
Grades:
10th - 12th
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Research Project: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - Slideshow Project
Here is a creative but rigorous research based project to end your study of The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Given a list of suggested topics discussed throughout the course of the book, students will choose one they feel invested in and personally connected with in order to research it in further depth. All of the topics listed connect with one of the four food chains discussed in the text (industrial, industrial-organic, local sustainable, and hunter-gatherer), food choices, and how f
Grades:
6th - 12th
Animal Defense Super Pack
Fully editable google documents for research, informational write, rubric. Short fiction narrative plan, write, and rubric. Opinion OREO plan, write, and rubric. This pack prepares the unit. The rubrics are 4 point rubrics.
Grades:
4th
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Magazine Article Assignment
This is a great tool to teach students about author's bias and text features, as well as the focus and organization of essay writing. I chose to incorporate science-related topics for cross-curricular learning, but teachers can also assign topics related to the novels they are reading in class. When students consider themselves professional "journalists," they take great pride in their writing. Awesome alternative to the five paragraph essay. I included the word document so that you can chan
Grades:
5th - 12th
Current Event Analysis: Exploring Social Justice Themes in Literature
Description: Enhance your students' understanding of social justice themes in literature with our Current Event Summary and Analysis assignment! Designed specifically for books focusing on social justice issues, this assignment empowers students to connect real-world events to the broader themes discussed in their novels, fostering critical thinking and deeper engagement with social justice topics.Key Features:1. Relevant and Engaging Content: Encourage students to choose a current event related
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Infographic Project Rubric, Peer to Peer Rubric, & Student Reflection
Did you know 65% of the world’s population is made up of visual learners? Assess your students' created infographics, have students peer assess each other's infographics before they submit for credit, and then wrap up your Infographic project by asking students to reflect on this valuable design thinking experience. You'll witness and accelerate excitement in your classroom when your student learns to create their own infographics with researching, data collection, planning, and designing an inf
Grades:
11th - 12th, Staff
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ELA Author's Purpose Brochure Project-Travel Destination Research and PIE Review
This project tasks students with choosing a country to research and completing a travel brochure. Students will write three paragraphs to include in their brochure (persuade, inform, and entertain) to review Author's Purpose. The download comes with:1. A rubric2. Blank Template3. Modified Template
Grades:
5th - 12th
Expository Research Project Group Presentation Rubric
-This can be used for group presentations about a topic.
-It is made for group presentations and it makes grading presentations SO EASY and ENJOYABLE!
-It is used as a checklist as each student presents and then they receive their own score, based on their individual presentation and the peer feedback.
When they are done, the scores are ready to be added to the grade book.
-Aligns to CCSS for 8th grade ELA, but can easily be adapted to any other standards or grades.
-There is also an ide
Grades:
6th - 12th
Insect Research Report {EDITABLE}
This research report is made for students to complete at home or at school.
It includes the following:
Insect Choice Permission Slip
Diagram with directions for report (editable)
Habitat
Diet
Helpful or Harmful
Fun Facts
3 different rubrics (editable)
Each have primary lines or regular lines
**All report items are to be cut out by the student and glued onto a poster board.
The Best Informational & Technical Writing Task Ever: A Teenager's How-To Guide
Who says that informative and technical writing tasks needs to be boring? No more! Writing this dry has never been this fun!Your students will have a blast writing their own "How-To" guides, where they get to identify an area of their own expertise, then explain it as a skill or concept. Gone are the days where adults just tell them what to do, now they can tell us!They might teach us, "How To Help Your Grandma With Her Computer," or "How to Survive Middle School." Whatever the topic they choose
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Contemporary Issues in America Bundle: Argumentative Research Presentation
This bundle is recommended for high school students (grades 9-12). It contains resources to use for a unit in which students choose a contemporary issue in America on which to research, take a stance, and develop an argumentative presentation. These two resources--an assignment handout and a rubric--are really all you need to implement this unit! The project is Common Core Standards aligned, covering informational text, research, and writing skills.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Persuasive Writing Performance Task (SBAC Practice Test)
This Persuasive Writing Task Project is the perfect SBAC practice for your students. Designed to teach and prepare your students to plan, organize, and write a persuasive paper similar to what they will find on the SBAC performance task. Students will be tasked with navigating nonfiction articles and videos through use of their computers and have to use that information to plan, organize, and write a persuasive paper. They can use the writing rubric and persuasive graphic organizer to help gu
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Social Issues Research PPT Unit
This is a social issues research unit. The overall requirements would be to choose a social issue, get parent/guardian permission, and begin research. The obligatory research sources would be three credible websites, a newspaper, two infographics, and a public service announcement. This is editable, and you can take away or add as you see fit for your class. After research, students should compile research and create a PPT.This unit includes:1. Research Topic Proposal Sheet2. Sources Checklist3.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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CCSS:
Animal Research Report {EDITABLE}
This research report is made for students to complete at home or at school.
It includes the following:
Animal Choice Permission Slip
Diagram with directions for report (editable)
Habitat
Diet
Predator or Prey
Fun Facts
3 different rubrics (editable)
Each have primary lines or regular lines
**All report items are to be cut out by the student and glued onto a poster board.
How-To-Chapter Book Writing: 1st Grade Informative/Explanatory Writing
How-to-Chapter Book
What’s Included:
• How-to Planning Sheet
• Common Core Standards Aligned Rubric
• How-to-Book paper template with 3 differentiated lined choices
Note to Teacher: This resource is what I used to teach How-To informative and explanatory writing. I am extremely proud of this unit since it is more rigor than just having our students write a simple “how-to.” After you teach simple How-To’s (brush your teeth, make a sandwich, build a snowman etc.) and you want to push your student
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Survivor Research Project
I used this project with my kiddos at the end of the school year. It took about 2 weeks to complete. Project includes guidelines, possible research subjects, and a rubric using 6th grade ELA standards but can be easily modified.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Project Based Learning: Colorado History Museum Project
This is a three part project. Students will create museum stations representing Native American tribes in Colorado, famous places and people in Colorado. Students will work in groups to create stations and a slideshow, focusing on Native American tribes of Colorado. The second part, students will choose one person that is from Colorado who has created a lasting impact on state. They will then create a children's book focusing on this person's life. The third part is students will choose one famo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Opinion Write Pack: plan, template, rubric
Fully editableOREO plan, writing template and 4 point rubric.Can be used digitally or paper pencil Everything you need for an opinion piece
Grades:
2nd - 7th
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Argument, Claims, Evidence, Reasoning: Writing Process, Standards, Rubric
Utilizing the 5-Step Writing Process...this easy to use/understand graphic organizer shows students and teachers step-by-step process in writing an effective argument/opinion essay.
Use with: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ArgumentClaim-Writing-COMPLETE-Planning-Templates-Standards-Rubrics-2390951
Includes all 6th grade standards supported, as well as a rubric!!
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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