Julie Strating

This ready-to-use classroom set of 20 different BINGO cards will save you tons of time thinking of a way to help your students stay engaged while revising their writing. Detailed instructions and the teacher draw cards are included. Print today, use tomorrow! Designed for an expository essay giving an explanation, this set will help your students improve their own work while competing against their classmates in a BINGO game. This set also focuses on the 6 traits of writing (emphasis on word

This ready-to-use classroom set of 20 different BINGO cards will save you tons of time thinking of a way to help your students stay engaged while revising their writing. Detailed instructions and the teacher draw cards are included. Print today, use tomorrow! Designed for an evaluation of a short story essay, this set will help your students improve their own work while competing against their classmates in a BINGO game. This set uses the ACE (answer, cite, explain) format for the evaluation

This ready-to-use classroom set of 20 different BINGO cards will save you tons of time thinking of a way to help your students stay engaged while revising their writing. Detailed instructions and the teacher draw cards are included. Print today, use tomorrow! Designed for a problem and solution essay, this set will help your students improve their own work while competing against their classmates in a BINGO game. This set also focuses on the 6 traits of writing (emphasis on ideas, sentence

This fun-filled ready-to-use activity will keep your students engaged from start to finish while reviewing the key concepts for any piece of reading they have completed. Loosely based on the adult speed dating activity, this review involves each student assuming the role of an inanimate object from the reading and participating in discussions with other students also role playing as an object from the text. Their goal is to quickly determine if they could be a match (if they have anything in c

Based on the 6+1 traits of writing (ideas, organization, sentence fluency, voice, word choice, conventions, and presentation), this grade sheet breaks down the sections of a problem and solution essay and awards points for each category. Easy to adapt for individualized instruction by allowing room for some teacher interpretation of skill ability within each section. If you like this product, check out the other problem and solution essay options available at my store: https://www.teacherspayt

This ready-made partner tic-tac-toe activity is sure to increase student engagement and provide two sets of eyes on every essay in the room. This can be used for any essay and is best used near the end of revising when students are focused on the final editing aspect of the writing process. The handout gives instructions on how to play the traditional tic-tac-toe partner game while editing one student's essay at a time. This can be used for any essay topic and students of any ability leve

Use this student-friendly ready-made outline for evaluating a short story. Divided into point-by-point sections, students will use this document to evaluate three elements of literature in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Includes room for transitional statements and opening and closing paragraph requirements as well. If you like this product, check out the entire Evaluate a Short Story unit at my store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/J-Strating

Use this student-friendly ready-made outline for evaluating a short story. Divided into chronological sections, students will use this document to evaluate three elements of literature in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Includes room for transitional statements and opening and closing paragraph requirements as well. If you like this product, check out the entire Evaluate a Short Story unit at my store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/J-Strating

Use this handout to help your students organize their ideas when evaluating a short story. Divided into rows with literary targets and columns focusing on different parts of the story, this handout is ready-made for immediate use by your students. My students enjoy looking at a scene from a favorite movie to practice filling this out as a group. Then they used a second handout to organize their own ideas for the short story they are evaluating. If you like this product, check out the entire E

Ready to print and use in your classroom today! This grade sheet divides an evaluation of a short story essay into sections based on the 6+1 traits of good writing. It uses the ACE format (answer, cite, explain) to help students learn the best way to evaluate a literary piece of work. If you give this to your students at the start of the unit, they will know what you are expecting from their writing as they create their evaluation essay. If you like this product, check out the complete eva

Help your students get their ideas organized with this brainstorming worksheet designed for a problem and solution essay. This handout encourages students to find a source to support their claims. If you like this product, check out the other problem and solution essay items in my store: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/J-Strating

If your students are struggling with how to create evaluation phrases, use these examples to guide their thoughts. This resource provides a great opportunity to differentiate instruction and it provides a scaffold to assist your students in their ability to write well.