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7th grade balanced literacy rubrics
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)
Writing Centers Bundle: Set of 4 w/ rubrics, planners, more
Four different writing activities (with rubrics) are included in this 48-page set. They're fun and will always generate different products, no matter how many times they're used. The activities provide opportunities for expository, narrative, and creative writing. You can use these for writing centers and for whole- class writing assignments. They offer lots of flexibility and variation, and can be used repeatedly. If used as a center, these can stay up all year long. Another bonus is that
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3rd - 8th
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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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Teaching Resources for Sold by Patricia McCormick
Over 100 pages of materials, assignments and activities for teaching Patricia McCormick's vignette-style novel, Sold.
PLEASE SEE THE PREVIEW FOR THE FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Resources include:
Pre reading activities: background knowledge research assignment, writing prompts, related articles, websites and more.
During reading activities: comprehension and recall questions with answer key, writing prompts, related articles/web resources, character chart, discussion group activity, reader respon
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7th - 10th
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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)
Persuasive Writing with anchor charts / posters tasks rubric / Printable Digital
BEST SELLER! Persuasive writing is easy and engaging with the OREO method! This resource includes:- persuasive writing anchor chart using OREO (opinion, reason, examples, re-state opinion)- sentence starter poster- rough draft worksheet- good copy paper (in 3 different line sizes for differentiation)- persuasive writing rubricThis product is a printable resource and digital through EASEL for easy sharing in Google Classroom.Perfect for:teaching, practicing, and assessing persuasive writingclassr
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1st - 8th
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)
Nonfiction Rubric Packet (Lucy Calkins Reading Workshop CCSS Assessment)
These rubrics have been designed based on Lucy Calkins Navigating Nonfiction unit from her Units of Study for Reading Workshop Grades 3-5, but can be adapted for any nonfiction unit in reading workshop. These rubrics are aligned to CCSS. The levels on the rubrics work like a continuum of understanding and development...This helps you differentiate and plan small group or individualized instruction that takes students to the next level on the rubrics. There is a presentation rubric that can fu
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1st - 8th
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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
Book Project Bundle! 7 Complete, Creative Book Projects and Rubrics
Thanks for checking out my Book Project Bundle!
Great for back to school and planning your year in Reading and Language Arts out!
In this pack you will find 7, ready-to-use book projects to stimulate your students creativity! Creating book projects is a great way to incorporate reading, writing, presentation skills, and critical thinking into your curriculum.
What's included?
- A Cereal Box book report, with complete directions and a rubric
- A Book Talk expectation guide for students, with
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3rd - 7th
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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
Read and Respond Booklet
Every educator knows how vital it is for students to be reading daily. Daily reading boosts fluency, builds vocabulary, and increases comprehension. Good readers think about what they read and the Read and Respond Daily Journal allows students to quickly and thoughtfully respond to what they are reading. Students use thought-provoking prompts to help them analyze what they read for deeper understanding. Read and Respond goes beyond traditional summarizing, although summarization is embedded into
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3rd - 8th
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)
Plot Diagram Assignment
Plot Diagram Assignment: Use this unique assignment when introducing the concept of plot, and then again multiple times throughout the year. The students follow an instruction/grading sheet to create a completed plot diagram on any book (independent reading, class novel, or picture book) and then design and decorate the plot diagram in a meaningful way for the specific story. One instruction sheet is for books that the students have completed, and the second allows the students to use prediction
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3rd - 7th
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Writing a Myth or Origin Story
Incorporate creative writing into your Literacy or Social Studies/History class by walking the class through a myth writing or origin story creation tale. Directions are included, as well as, a detailed grading rubric to make life easier.
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3rd - 12th
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