How do you get your students enjoy writing? This is a question that I asked myself for years! After being in the classroom for 8 years, I had the idea of giving my students a say in what they would be writing. This idea changed it all!PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VISIT MY DETAILED PREVIEW ABOVE!By offering a variety of topics that they could choose to learn and write about, I found that my students weren't just writing, they were asking to write! I filled my bulletin board with a "writing menu." It allow

This is the companion to my Interactive Writing Notebooks, picking up where it leaves off with more advanced writing assignments. Just like my other products, all of these lessons are differentiated and scaffolded to meet ALL of your students' needs. This product includes 5 very detailed writing units that will likely take between 1-2 weeks to complete each one. These units can be done in any order but do increase in difficulty with each one. You do not have to have my Interactive Writing Note

Teach your students to write solid argument essays step-by-step with my Argument Writing unit. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for grades 6-12. Newly updated to include EDITABLE handouts and rubrics in Google Drive (using Google Slides). This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES MEGA BUNDLE and is also included in my Argument Essay Writing Bundle + Editable Presentation and Handouts. Students won't struggle writing an argument with my graphic organiz

RACE Writing Strategy is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Why use the RACE strategy? This mnemonic device is especially helpful for struggling writers and students with disabilities, but it can also be a helpful scaffold for all students. It teaches students to do what good writers do naturally—restating the question in a complete sentence, answ

Do your upper elementary students struggle with opinion writing and persuasive writing? This persuasive and opinion writing unit will give you the tools necessary to successfully teach this topic in your classroom. Rubrics, planning sheets, and handouts will help guide you through the process.Included in this 40-Page Resource:Teacher Tips & Lesson Plan Handout (3-pages) Persuasive Writing Student Handout (4-pages) Persuasive Writing Teacher Example (4-pages)Business and Friendly Letter Examp

Thanksgiving Activities for Reading and Writing, Grades 4-8 Forget your old Thanksgiving lesson plans! Your students do NOT want to hear about the first Thanksgiving, and they DEFINITELY do NOT want to write dull paragraphs about the things they are thankful for. Seriously. They DON’T! Spice up your lesson plans with this DIFFERENT differentiated unit for Thanksgiving! Your students will: • View and analyze a video clip about innovative humane practices at turkey farms and processing plants

This novel study for The BFG, by Roald Dahl, contains 150 pages of resources, including comprehension questions and vocabulary by chapter, creative activities, assessments, and more. Focus standards include figurative language, character analysis, plot, and opinion writing.Perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with your purchase!♥Perfect for distance learning. Students can access the digital version fro

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Novel Study contains lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards (CCSS) for grades 5 – 7. This comprehensive digital + printable unit includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts, skill practice, and language arts lessons.Be sure to check out all three versions of the Hatchet Book Unit to determine which best fits your teaching needs and style.Version #1 -- Hatchet [Gary Paulsen] Google Digital + Boom Learning + Printable Boo

Personal Narrative Writing - An easy package to use to teach students the process of Personal Narrative Writing. These organizers and worksheets are designed to lead students through the writing process from brainstorming to the finished product. Through the use of examples and extensive peer and self-editing, students can produce a well-written narrative paragraph. It can also be used as a starting point for a longer essay or writing piece.For a DIGITAL version of this resource click HERE. I

Looking for book report templates that help scaffold the writing of a fiction book report? This resource includes templates, guiding questions, and visuals in both printable and digital format (Google Slides, Google Forms) to help your students write impressive book reviews. Also included are posters and banners to decorate your classroom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⭐ This resource features both US and British Engli

Are you tired of reminding your students to edit their sentences and paragraphs? If so, then edit writing with COPS is what you need. Your students will enjoy editing as they learn and use the COPS strategy! This unit is engaging and effective, and your students will learn to "Patrol Your Writing with COPS!" Skills included in COPS:CapitalizationOrganizationPunctuationSpelling ❤️ Here's what you get: ✅  TEACHING RESOURCES COPS Mini-Lesson PlanCommon Core & 'I Can' StatementsTeacher TipsPock

❝ This resource is fantastic for teaching paragraph structure, adding details to writing, and supporting opinions with reasoning. My students enjoyed completing the paragraphs each week and I saw growth in their writing by the end of the year. Thank you! ❞ -Molly TParagraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn and practice writing a paragraph.You'll get everything you need for argument

Character Bio Reports is a great way to teach kids how to write an organized report about a person or a book character... without copying and pasting facts from a website. This assignment requires students to choose a famous person or character, research that person, and write a short character analysis essay. Editable student directions are included, along with a graphic organizer and a scoring rubric. Updated Printables and New Google Slides Resources!This product has been completely revised

This comprehensive unit on the reading, writing and performance of poetry is a student and teacher favorite! It's 50 pages of poetry fun!This Common Core aligned unit has the following:-Essential Questions-A list 10 unit appropriate I Can statements-Unit vocabulary and definitions with suggestions of mini-unit pairings-List of Common Core standards and the aligning lessons/activities for Grades 4 and 5-A comprehensive list of assessments and materials needed for the unit-A poetry pre-test and a

This writing project requires students to use traditional fairy tales as a guide to write a new version of that fairy tale. To do this they will write from the perspective of a character who is different than narrator of the original version. Once all of the stories have been written, there are materials included for students to turn their story into a book or for a class book to be made. It's very comprehensive with several teacher and student tools- organizers, rubric, writing paper, and mo

Need to assign your students an animal research report project? These print and digital (google slides) animal research report templates will scaffold the research writing process. This pack features both U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included. Resource OverviewScaffold the writing of an Informational Report on an animal of choice or one from 10 animal groups with this bundled pack both in print and digital format (google

These are COMPLETE 400+ pages of Assessments and Teaching Notes for ALL English Language Arts Standards for 6th Grade. These will cover your entire year! Reading comprehension (literature and informational), writing, language/grammar, speaking and listening are all included.Use them for more than just assessments. They are a perfect supplement to your English Language Arts Curriculum.·These will work with ANY reading program and allow teachers to conduct a thorough assessment of a standard.·The

This Narrative writing bundle includes print and digital resources to teach the language and structural components of a Narrative. The print-n-go sheets, editable PowerPoint presentations, guided notes, interactive notebook activities, Scavenger Hunts, flipbooks, anchor charts, posters, checklists, and marking rubrics will teach your students a step-by-step approach to writing effectively. Activities scaffold every stage of the writing process. All components in this pack are designed to facilit

"Wow! What an amazing resource. This saved my life as a first year LA teacher. Everything was so well laid out and planned that it took a lot of the guess work out. The interactive notebook activities were enjoyed by the students. It was great to have them scaffolded as well depending on the class. I cannot thank you enough for such a great resource!"These units are from our signature STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® with INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS. It is a COMPLETE WRITER'S WORKSHOP PROGRAM with all the tools

Writing Sentences NO-Prep, "print and go" Bundle! 47-page Sentence Types, Sentence Construction Writing & Grammar Practice bundle includes lesson handouts and worksheet practice on the basic grammatical elements of sentence structure (fragments, main and subordinate clauses, noun, adjective and adverb clauses, sentence types, using and punctuating modifiers, sentence combining, varying sentence beginnings, and MORE). Classroom-tested by over 1500 teachers - with over 350 FIVE-STAR ratings!I

Dear Teacher, I can explain … is a fun, persuasive writing mini unit, using the traits of writing, that the students will love. Students will write a persuasive letter to their teachers to explain why they couldn’t finish their (imaginary) homework assignment. The more ridiculous the excuse, the more fun students will have with this assignment. Note: this is meant to be a fun, fictional resource for students. I am not actually condoning incomplete homework assignments. ;)This resource can

Narrative Writing – This “print and teach” standards-aligned Personal Narrative Unit contains engaging mini-lessons and activities that will lead your students through the process of writing a strong narrative piece. A mentor text is included along with revising techniques that help students improve their writing! More from teachers who have used this resource:- "This was SUPER easy to use and it got even my most discouraged writers writing! Thank you!"- "The content has awesome, just-right l

** NOW INCLUDES TEMPLATES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMOTE LEARNING (GOOGLE SLIDES ONLY) **This fantastic collection contains everything you need to create beautiful, effective, customized graphic organizers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WHAT'S INSIDE:✔ 15 EDITABLE graphic organizer designs: Change the fonts, edit the text, and resize, add, or delete any element on the page.✔ PowerPoint for Windows and

Expository / Informative Writing: In this 10-day, Common Core - aligned Expository Writing Unit, students will demonstrate a deep understanding of the features, critical elements, and purpose of expository or informative writing. During the unit, students will write an expository news story about a historic event. Through instruction on the news story structure and investigations of sample news stories, students will understand the critical components of a news story so that they can write th