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Simple graphic organizers for teaching intermediate level students about biographies and autobiographies. The biography summary sheet helps students identify the important elements of a famous person's life story; works great with picture book biographies. The autobiography page can be used as a connected prewriting for students' own life stories, or as a single lesson activity to let students summarize their own lives, and share them with classmates (I've made class books of their autobiograp

Easy to use rubric for any persuasive writing project. Scores 0-4 points in 6 areas of writing. Suitable for grades 3 and up.

A worksheet used for a novel study of Charles Dickens's "A Chirstmas Carol" after reading Stave Two (the visit from the Spirit of Christmas Past). Students make their own connections to Scrooge's flashback into his past by charting a flashback over their own lives.

Simple form for students to fill out and post on a bulletin board near your classroom library to recommend books to one another. Two forms per page; half sheets make these easy for very young students to share their favorite book titles with others.

A simple worksheet to start students analyzing some of the character relationships in "The Tale of Despereaux".

Simple story at 2nd/3rd grade level to allow students to have some fun practicing with use of nouns.