Kelly's Class

Need a fun way for students to respond to what they've been reading lately? This is a set of reading response menus, which include both artistic and writing-based options to demonstrate what they've learned from their books of choice. This menu idea has taken our grade-wide expectation of reading responses from one that students dread, to an activity that students can't get enough of! I usually have my students complete two of these per month, as we have a daily reading expectation. I also swit

This is a comprehensive guide to writing a three part thesis statement using the CER method. A thesis with three parts will ensure that the student is not only answering the question guiding the essay, but including the reasoning that makes it their own. This guide includes why a thesis is important, planning, construction, and how to dissect examples into the three parents. You can divide this guide up into multiple lessons, or keep it as a reference for students who need to go back and revisi

This is a comprehensive guide to writing a body paragraph using "claim, evidence, reasoning" strategies. This covers planning, constructing, and dissecting examples of body paragraphs in the three parts. You can break this up into multiple lessons, or keep it in your classroom as a reference for students who need to go back to it later.