I use this lesson plan and letter on the first day of school. The letter can easily be adapted to fit your school and your writing program. This ... ByElizabeth Quinn
This essay assignment works well as a preliminary gauge of students' writing abilities at the start of any course. I use it to introduce myself to ... ByRebecca Malone
This file contains a rough draft form for students to research and write a report on an explorer. It also includes a rubric for the research report... ByRachel York
Students write with so much more voice and enthusiasm for the topic when they write about what they know. This minilesson will guide you in helping... ByLiteracy Workshop
This is an informational article about the melting ice in the Arctic Circle and Ocean, and the drastic effects it is having on the world, and will ... ByTraveling Teacher
In this lesson, students will read an article about the causes and effects of bullying in school and throughout the process of growing up. Included... ByTraveling Teacher
Questions for John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl that can be used for guided reading or HW. Also an exam, with vocabulary and three original essay q... ByAndrew Gordon
This Status of the Class form for Writing Workshop will help you keep track of your students as they work their pieces through the writing process.... ByCynthia Sarver
Daily Scribe is used to describe who your writer of the day is. If requested I could make a weekly scribe page if this would work better in your cl... ByK Teach
This is a simple model that emerged from an original hamburger writing model. My students were trying to use a hamburger graphic organizer, but th... ByTimnme
This is a high school level writing course that focuses on drafting skills: introductions, development of body paragraphs and conclusions. It follo... ByDiane Kampf
Once students have found sources, now they have to get information from those sources. This powerpoint presentation goes step by step through how t... ByMaggie Mckeithan
Pumpkins with a Dash of Thanksgiving is packed full of hands-on activities covering English Language Arts, Math, and Science. I have included many ... ByJohanna Tackitt..first Grade F
This form helps students as they complete a report on an endangered animal. It is broken up into paragraphs by topic (habitat, food, why endangered... ByRachel York
This scoring guide can be used to provide students with a clearly explained score on a personal narrative that they have developed using The Writin... ByAnneda
Understanding By Design (Backwards Design)for short stories and literature circles. Complete with essential questions, College Readiness Standards,... ByStacie Parlee
This RAFT writing assignment offers students over 10 choices of Role-Audience-Format-Topic. This RAFT works with any novel students are reading, a... ByRelentless Innovation
A complete literature unit for the book, "Hatchet", by Gary Paulsen. The items included in the unit are also available for purchase separately, if... BySmart Chick
Help give your students the tools to write powerful INTRODUCTORY paragraphs with this fun, informative PowerPoint presentation. Using the late nigh... ByPowerpoint Guru
Having trouble teaching your kids to write dialogue? Want a worksheet for them to practice editing sentences? Then a paragraph? Then writing their ... ByGreg Faulk
This graphic organizer was created to use with an editorial or persuasive letter. The new ELA Common Core standards now call this "argumentative w... ByAnneda
These eight guiding categories of questions are used in our Amazing Animal unit. The guiding questions work for ALL types of animals, not just mamm... ByKnightsteacher
These puzzles reacquaint students with words that act as transitions in Speech and Writing. The Word search should be done first and it handles 65 ... By Lonnie Jones Taylor
Determining your audience, purpose and writing style is the first thing any writer should do before putting pencil to paper. In this PowerPoint th... ByPowerpoint Guru
This document can be used along with Writer's Workshop to help students organize their writing by helping them to write using the writing process.... ByMrs. Jones' Creation Station
The 5 Paragraph Essay is a fundamental tool. Students cannot become proficient essay writers without the basic outline/content skills of a 5 parag... ByPatrick Johnson
Share this interactive Powerpoint with your students to build a clear understanding of thesis statements. This is a scaffolded lesson leading stud... ByVanessa Freed
This is an original rubric and research packet to photocopy and give to students when doing a country research project. I created it for my middle ... ByJessica Loza
This product corresponds with the PowerPoint: The Canterbury Tales Introduction which will aid students' maximum understanding, but may be used sep... ByConnie
This is a poster with an acronym we used at our school to help our students remember to add support and elaboration to their body paragraphs.
I... ByMrs. Elitzin
Use these tools for students to edit their own work, for peer editing, or to quickly communicate to students areas in their writing they need to im... ByMary Bauer
A set of 12 project challenges for the book, "The Maze Runner", by James Dashner. These challenges are designed to extend the book with creative p... BySmart Chick
In cooperative groups students will each receive an Iditarod checkpoint. Students will research their specific checkpoint independently, then shar... ByLuv2teach
This 3 page document helps students write a personal or narrative essay. There are tips on choosing a topic, writing a thesis and organizing inform... ByOntario Teacher
Excellent two to three day plan that can be shortened, lengthened, and differentiated to suit your needs. This lesson includes a graphic organizer,... ByK. Zutali
This sample essay was born from the necessity to provide my students with "4" (score) writing samples in the new STAAR, 26-line format. As Texas sc... BySylvia Jackson
A checklist for peer editors OR for teacher grading purposes. Guides reader through specific requirements for the essay requirements. Can be adapte... ByMrs. Wy
This very complete writing lesson includes brainstorming, Venn diagram organizer, word bank, and writing paper which includes a place for students ... ByB.rogers
This unit has just been expanded to 53 pages (1/11/2012). Like all of my other units, it offers Common Core objectives, a time frame for a 90-minu... ByConnie
This assignment is based upon the NYS English Regents Task 4. It is a modified critical lens essay designed for students with little or no experie... ByStephanie Patten Wrobleski
A set of 8 project challenges that go with the book, "The Cricket in Times Square", by George Selden. These are projects that give students the op... BySmart Chick
Included are three different activities to offer your students to enhance their study of science fiction and/or especially Orson Scott Card's novel... ByMary Ciccone-cook
This is a worksheet that I have used for the main idea and 5 details. I have chosen pictures from a magazine or pictures bought at the teacher stor... ByAli O
This handout introduces students to writing a research report. Six steps to writing a research report are explained in simple terms, from prewritin... ByHappyedugator
A rubric to use to measure students ability to write persuasively by engaging the reader, stating a clear position, supporting details, excluding i... ByHappyedugator
Teach singular possessive nouns and plural possessive nouns using this visually interactive powerpoint with your students. This powerpoint follows ... ByVeronica Griffith