This 7-page document is geared towards students at a higher level. The document includes materials on the theory of adding quotations, a basic par... ByKimberly's Ideas
This is a collection of 25 writing activities that can stand alone as assignments or be used as part of a larger unit. Several activities include s... ByBelinda Bair
I have created a SMARTboard lesson that introduces students to plagiarism. The lesson covers what plagiarism is, who can commit plagiarism, and eve... ByCindy Massey
A 9 word dictation/matching vocab/spelling test. Corresponds to the Crossword I have available for parts of an essay. Thanks for looking!... ByKeith Davis
This powerpoint slideshow was designed for a K-2 Parent Literacy Night on Supporting Writing at Home. It includes many ideas for parents to try at... ByLynne Eckhout
This writing rubric report includes one copy for your files and one for student/parents. Just circle the appropriate score for each trait and attac... ByCyberia
This graphic organizer can be used to teach young writers how to manage their writing projects and decide what action to take next. An excellent to... ByIvy Rutledge
A simple, printable worksheet for students to use in self-assessing their own writing. This worksheet includes an area for teacher comments. Stap... ByKimberly's Ideas
Students take the idea of "duality of Man" and show how that idea gets recycled throughout art, history, and pop culture.
This assignment is a v... ByDeedumtweedle
Three pages of cloze notes to accompany my Powerpoint "Thesis statements made easy". These scaffoled notes provide the students with an opportunit... ByVanessa Freed
Students show their understanding of the various types of conflict in literature by writing about their own personal conflicts and how they were re... ByRelentless Innovation
I first must give partial credit for this idea to my sister in law, Kim. Parts of this lesson were taken from a lesson she does in her summer prog... ByMiss K
Writing resources for upper grades (4-7): outlines, graphic organizers, checklists, etc.
Great for ELLs!!
Includes 24 Word Documents that you ca... BySweetb Goodman
This beginning of the year questionnaire is designed for students to answer on the first day of school. Students give their feelings and impressio... ByKristin Dahl
This is excellent for teachers as a resource, parents for information and students for practice! You will receive 5 pages that will educate parent... ByStuart Skopit
This is the eighth chapter of the lessons for the student from my manual on the conventions of writing. It is about margins, punctuation, drawing ... BySusan Grigor
This activity is for a creative writing class (or lesson) and involves investigating the students' control over how they live their lives. The act... ByKirstendaneige
A list of five thesis statements from which to choose. These follow closely with my Motif Notes method. The Grading Form mentioned at the bottom is... ByMrs. Wy
This is a writing conference log that can be used with Writing Workshop and/or in preparation for state writing assessments such as FCAT Writing. T... ByMs. Chapman
Great activity dealing with writing a variety of genres! Fun writing for all and many choices available! Enjoy! Thanks! Patti Messier... ByPatti Messier
This is a great form I give my students whenever they are completing a research report so that they can keep track of the resources they took infor... ByRachel York
This comprehensive project provides students all the components they need to create a story. It also includes brainstorming and plot graph blackli... ByDonovan
In the last school district I worked for we needed to give students opportunities to write in four different modes: imaginative, narrative, exposit... ByKaren Elle
1 page handout for your writing workshops. This checklist was created for senior honors students but can be differentiated for other levels. Chec... ByLitteacher
58 slides! You've got your kids to start their paragraphs, but now you need organization, structure and details! You need their ideas to flow and ... ByPowerpoint Guru
This is a list of five essay prompts for Scott Westerfeld's Uglies, the first book in the popular Y/A Sci-Fi trilogy. [If you are a middle school ... ByD. Amador
This is a document to help students write a conclusion. The document includes a broken down example tied in with an introduction, some additional p... ByMarc Stern
This 33-page powerpoint presentation gives all the details you could ask for when presenting an MLA research paper assignment for the first time. I... ByTheteachergarden
This is a very detailed rubric to assess a formal literary essay. The criteria for assessment include format, style, thesis statement, quality of ... ByRelentless Innovation
Peers review persuasive essays with this organizer and rubric. Elements for review are intro, reasons, topic sentence, supporting details, and conc... ByBeatriz Johnston
This handout and activity explains working and expanded outlines and how students can use working outlines to construct topic sentences. I have inc... ByKat Nash
A fun writing project for your students. They complete the project as if they were herpetologists who just discovered a new planet! There are five ... BySmart Chick
There are 72 different prompts. Some are specific to novels or themes, and some are those "easy" topics designed to engage hesitant writers.
If... ByKate Reid
A challenging Unit Test for students of all secondary students. I use it with my 9th graders. The test questions them on simple plot information,... ByKimberly's Ideas
Similar to my metaphors worksheet, this handout explains what the literary term is, offers examples, and then allows the students 14 tries to creat... ByLauren Barker
This essay writing assignment forces the students to revise their writing. They must keep resubmitting the essay until it has only a few minor err... ByAlex Mauldin
Use this handy classroom form and checklist with your students when you assign any research. You can complete this template by filling in the due ... ByB.rogers
Each slide defines one OGT (Ohio Graduation Test) performance verb such as "analyze" or "predict." Each slide gives a couple sample questions with ... ByIma Rider
This complete unit of study focuses on John Steinbeck's use of realism in OF MICE AND MEN and provides the optional plans for including one story f... ByWriting Guy
A writing project that asks students to create a report project on the famous document of their choice.
Students need to research and then creat... BySmart Chick
This worksheet explains briefly what the different parts of an essay are (Thesis Statement, Hook, Concrete Details, Commentary...). The second par... BySpeary