This newly revised unit plan is now 32 pages with 13 handouts, group and individual projects, ten (not 4) essay topics and much, much more. The pla... ByConnie
This is a worksheet for students to fill out on each character in the prologue. Teachers can assign each student a character, so students complete... ByConnie
Worksheet introduces a compare/contrast essay for the selection, The Diary of Anne Frank. This is a summative assessment where students are require... ByPatricia Hutton
This project challenges students to write functional text: labels, directions, a business letter, and a sign in an attempt to explain and sell an i... ByLiteracy Across The Curriculum
The SAT prompt based essay is an important critique of student writing. Students are assessed by their prior writing skills, and expected to perfo... ByPowerpoint Guru
This is a complete writing unit to accompany study of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, including a 1-page overview of the writing task, incl... ByWriting Guy
This unit is designed to appeal to adolescents' inquiry into the social issues amongst them. Students select a relevant teen issue and create a fi... ByStephanie
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This posting has two 100 point tests that check student understanding of the novel. The first, assesses students' understanding... ByConnie
This document contains "Sentence Starters" for writing a good, solid conclusion paragraph. I've collected these sentence starters and find them ve... ByKristin Dahl
This 12-page Pupil's Advantage worksheet explores the 24th of the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne: Earthquake in the Early Morning. The... ByPupil's Advantage
5 Paragraph Essay Protocol
This is an informational handout for students who are writing expository 5 paragraph essays. There is a geometric grap... By Lonnie Jones Taylor
Enclosed are the resources I use for showing the movie (not for the book) Whale Rider, which is a great film for 8th, 9th, 10 graders. You'll find ... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
A thorough, detailed, and easy-to-understand handout with excellent tips and questions to help students become better at nonfiction writing.... ByThe English Guy
Writing scoring labels to go with my Creative Writing Rubic. Only 3 points offered for the voice section for a possible of 15 writing points.... ByLisa Allred
A backwards planning unit on the topic of electricity which includes multiple methods of assessment. Requires a FOSS Magnetism and Electricity Modu... ByJoseph Espinosa
What we've got here is perfect for your poetry unit needs: an essay assignment focusing on the skills of definition and analysis--three different r... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
Have students do the reflecting. I use this project at the end of the semester with my Seniors. The students collect their essays throughout the ... ByKimberly's Ideas
Want to truly show how well your students have improved in writing? Give this assessment on the first day of school and close to the last day of s... ByHeidi Raki
Following examination of the persuasive satire Jonathan Swift perfected in “A Modest Proposal,” your students will create their own satirical a... ByWriting Guy
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** To increase contextual comprehension, the pre-assessment is written in narrative. ... ByPatrick Johnson
This is a set of notes that provides outlines and sample paragraphs for student to form compare and contrast essays. The notes are structured so t... ByJeffrey Louie
This is a great writing assignment that's quick and perfect for the start of school or the semester before you launch into a themed unit or work of... ByHttp://www.learning-centered.c
A set of 9 project challenges for the book, "Crash", by Jerry Spinelli. These challenges are designed to extend student reading using creative and... BySmart Chick
A set of short answer, multi-layered comprehension questions for the book, "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs", by Jon Scieszka and a set of ... BySmart Chick
This power point is intended for student use as they read the book My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen. Students will get reading assignments and ... ByL. Gibby
This is a Science Research Project/Expository Writing assignment that I did with my third graders. We researched using this site: http://www.kids-a... ByMelissa Eaton
Multiple ideas for final assessments for The Catcher in the Rye including creative, artistic, writing, persuasive essay, etc. I require several pie... ByMrs. Wy
This handout, clearly explaining the five paragraph essay format on ONE page, was distributed to every single teacher at my previous school in an e... ByKate Reid
In an effort to teach my students how to self-monitor their learning, I created a combination checklist and rubric for the personal narrative unit ... ByTeachergal
A set of challenges to go with the book, "How to Eat Fried Worms" by Thomas Rockwell. Most of the challenges are self-explanatory and any info can... BySmart Chick
This unit plan outlines the Enduring Understandings, Essential Questions, Instructional Objectives, Performance Objectives, and Unit Assessment ide... BySkylar Schur
This is a creative writing assignment where students will listen to the story "The Sneetches" by Dr. Suess, and then they will create a mini-newspa... ByMelanie Love
A creative assessment of the novel, A Catcher in the Rye. The focus is on concise writing, interpretation and knowledge of literary devices. A ru... ByKate Reid
This powerpoint is a culmination of years of experience and research in the areas of essay composition and student writing. It is framed in 19 col... ByNicholas Colangelo
This is a great way to get students to integrate writing and research into Social Studies. Students are divided into groups of 2-3, and given the ... ByMarci N
This is a reading passage, written by Irene Henjum, comparing Olympic speed skating and figure skating. Students read the passage, then compare and... ByIrene Henjum
This is a combination of small group discussion and individual writing assignment to be used near the end of a unit on analyzing argument strategie... ByGinna Wilkerson
Don't have time to think of essay prompts for the novel? Here are four. These topics can also be used for short answer questions on a test or for c... ByMary Ciccone-cook
Several essay questions suitable for multiple grade levels and abilities. Referenced novels in the questions can easily be replaced by the novel o... ByKate Reid
A fairly rigorous reading quiz on Bless Me Ultima, containing short answer (did you read it carefully?), quotation analysis and big-picture theme q... ByMassteacher
This is a Powerpoint presentation explaining the use and importance of a position paper, then helping students to write their own papers.... ByRitasue29
Imagine you are an astronaut!!! Now convince NASA that you deserve to head up a mission! This activity sets all of that up for you. Complete wit... ByPatti Messier