ECR Essentials - Extended Constructed Response Writing Resource and Lesson Bank

ECR Essentials - Extended Constructed Response Writing Resource and Lesson Bank

6+ Weeks of Lessons and Resources

Prepare for the EXTENDED CONSTRCUTED RESPONSE on the new STAAR Redesign by establishing consistent writing routines in your classroom. One way to do this is by providing students with consistent writing structures and systems. This resource provides teachers with 6+ weeks of lessons to introduce, review, practice, and write the ECR.

Everything in this resource has been thoughtfully and strategically designed to sufficiently prepare students for the new writing on the ELA STAAR with concrete and directional writing practices.

Included in this resource:

• SCR to ECR Connection and Introduction Lessons
• Introduction to the thesis statement
• Introduction to adding text evidence
• Introduction to analysis of author's purpose

• SCR to ECR Connection - ECR body paragraph structure activity
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Graphic Organizers
• ECR graphic organizer
• ECR graphic organizer example essay
• ECR graphic organizer modified
• ECR graphic organizer modified with sentence stems (for ELLs)

• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Prompt Analysis Process
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Prompt Analysis Practice
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Intros and Conclusions Types
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Intros and Conclusions Practice
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Student Revision Page
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Structure Activity
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Fill in the Missing Sentences

In addition, this resource walks students through each step of the writing process with FICTION, NONFICTION, AND POETRY ECR prompts. Students are provided with support with everything from prompt analysis/brainstorming all the way until students are typing their final drafts of their essay. No matter the prompt, these instructional slides will help guide the confident and new writers through extended constructed response essay in a purposeful, data driven, and supportive way.

• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Nonfiction Prompts and Instructional Writing Slides
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Fiction Prompts and Instructional Writing Slides
• ECR - Extended Constructed Response - Poetry Prompts and Instructional Writing Slides

Included in these ECR instructional slides are:

• overview for pacing the reading analysis and writing process
• editable prompt analysis steps for teachers to easily type in their own prompts
• brainstorming ideas slides
• rough draft slides with and without supporting graphic organizers
• slides for students who struggle to get started writing
• sentence starters slides
• introduction paragraph slides
• conclusion paragraph slides
• revising slides
• final copy slides
• and more!

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