Teach2Write
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Indiana, United States
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This store has a variety of materials for teaching ELA; however, the emphasis is on writing at the middle school level. Most of my materials have a writing component to them, and many have scaffolding built in as well. My most popular products include: grade specific writing responses for reading standards in literature and information in grades 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, grade 6 HMH Collections (older version, but some text selections are the same), a few in grade 7 for HMH, and grade 8. I also have many writing prompts, writing strategies, and back to school writing workshop materials to choose from. I have been creating curriculum for the classroom for over 29 years, and have been a teacher-author for TPT since 2015.
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27 Lists for Middle School Writers
This resource is for students who need some help with writer’s block. This resource is to help you scaffold your students through the process of planning a piece of writing. I used these same lists with my own students. I also use these in conjunction with mind mapping and freewriting. Included in this resource: Lesson Plans for using listing and how to assess it.Lesson Plans for what do after students complete a list.Learning Scales/Rubric you can use to assess the listing and writing that resu
4th - 8th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS
W.4.5
, W.5.5
, W.6.5
 +2
Also included in:Â Writing Strategies Printable Activities for Middle School Bundle
Mind Map Worksheets for Middle School Writers
Added the TPT Digital Activity text boxes to this product in Easel, so it can be used online easier.Using mind maps for middle school helps students break through writer's block. Students should be doing all types of writing in middle school, and here is a simple way to get them to think more creatively and outside the box. This is meant for teachers whose students need extra scaffolding for mind mapping (brainstorming or webbing). Students who learn how to plan their thoughts and ideas before
5th - 9th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
W.5.4
, W.5.5
, W.6.4
 +35
Also included in:Â Writing Strategies Printable Activities for Middle School Bundle
Interactive Notebook Informative Essay Organizers
4 Graphic Organizers included that fit in Composition Books:
1 - 1 pager with flaps that includes four paragraphs with directions.
2 - 2 pager with flaps - larger room to write information
3 - 2 pager without flaps - students do not have to move flaps out of the way when they go to write their first drafts.
4- 2 pager without flaps and uses sentence starters to help ESE, ELL and PMP students.
5th - 8th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Expository
CCSS
W.5.2
, W.6.2
, W.7.2
 +1
End of Year Activities - Summer is Here! Poetry
Here's a great way to end the year with Poetry for middle school students.
Three poem frames are included, an acrostic poem called Summer, a Summer is Here! frame poem and a list poem about the end of the school year.
5th - 8th
Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Poetry
CCSS
CCRA.W.10
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This store has a variety of materials for teaching ELA; however, the emphasis is on writing at the middle school level. Most of my materials have a writing component to them, and many have scaffolding built in as well. My most popular products include: grade specific writing responses for reading standards in literature and information in grades 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, grade 6 HMH Collections (older version, but some text selections are the same), a few in grade 7 for HMH, and grade 8. I also have many writing prompts, writing strategies, and back to school writing workshop materials to choose from. I have been creating curriculum for the classroom for over 29 years, and have been a teacher-author for TPT since 2015.
Teaching style
Writer's Workshop is my jam. Students LOVE self-expression, and I teach this through writer's workshop. Students want to improve their self-expression, so by teaching students to be better writers, I can encourage and engage them in reading to become better thinkers and writers.
I employ lots of writing strategies and techniques. Online learning and flipped classroom using Canvas LMS and Microsoft Word or Google Apps are some of the ways I deliver instruction.Also, Interactive Notebooks help my students to keep organized and to value their progress through the course.
I use a variety of learning activities including A/V, computer activities, interactive notebooks, group talk and center activities to keep students engaged in learning. I try to make learning accessible to all of my students, no matter what their academic readiness may be.
I create engaging interactive notebook activities for TPT that I have used successfully with my students.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Fellowship to the Tampa Bay Area Writing Project
Best and Brightest Scholarship award winner for 5 consecutive years in Florida for being a highly effective teacher.
Created 184 highly-rated products here 4.8/5.0 ratings and sold thousands of units
Created Teach2Write in 2014 here on TPT, now expanded to other areas, such as YouTube, my website, and courses.
My own education history
Graduate of University of South Florida, Tampa. BA in Creative Writing, with teaching certification following
ESE and ESL certified.
Additional biographical information
Teach2Write You Tube Channel
BLOG: https://www.teach2write.com
Writer of Children of the Psi book series: Dreaming Dangerously, Darkness Descends, and When Dreams Will Come
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