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Students hate peer review because it intimidates them. They don't have a degree in English & have no idea what to look for. This checklist for MLA style research essays streamlines the peer review process. It can also be used as a writer's personal checklist (without a peer).

This lesson has students address a hypothetical essay prompt and plan the key aspects of an essay without writing the entire essay. It serves to help them understand the organizational structure and parts/purposes of the essay.

35 question, multiple choice, MS Word Doc. Covers: Identification of subjects & verbs, identification of run-on sentences (fused, spliced, rambling) and fragments.

This editable document contains 2 research essay outlines: one with a concession and one without

Students often understand outlining but have trouble with the format and hierarchy. This worksheet helps them to know where to place the major parts of the essay as well as how to integrate evidence effectively.

Handout about the rhetorical triangle and the rhetorical appeals.

This assignment has two parts: written & arts integration/presentation. You can have students do both parts or have students choose, embedding options & remediation. Part 1: Students write an analysis of symbols in Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" Part 2: Students create their own symbol to add to the story & present their product. There is a rubric as well.

This AP Lit thesis template is easy to teach, easy to use, and color-coded for visual learners. It puts together both elements of a quality literary analysis thesis: theme and how the author used devices/techniques to portray and further the theme. It includes a handy chart of rhetorical verbs for options. It is labeled AP but can be used for any literary analysis writing assignment.

Symbolism is the hardest figurative language concept to grasp because students get it mixed up with metaphor or motif. This fun, hands-on, engaging activity helps clear the confusion on what symbolism really is in a concrete way by having students self-assess their personalities & "symbolize" themselves using Play-Doh. There are no "right" answers, just a fun, intuitive approach to a complicated concept in order to experience & understand it better. Great for students on the spectrum, too!

This user friendly MLA research essay rubric makes grading easy. It is thorough and also has a section for works cited/citations/formatting.

This assignment gives writing prompts using argumentative, narrative, or expository modes & has students compose effective thesis statements for each prompt.

This is a basic outline for a researched argumentative essay which students can fill in as prewriting or organizational planning.

Annotated bibliography grading rubric.

MLA Bibliography grading rubric.