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This writing project is perfect for reluctant writers. In this writing project students will be able to write a formal business style letter to any living person that has had a positive influence on them. This could be a celebrity or someone they know personally. The letter are intended to be mailed out by the teacher, using the school's address as the return address and the teacher's name as the primary contact. A website with celebrity fan mail addresses is provided along with a step by st

This packet is designed for struggling writers to write paragraphs, which require students to cite evidence. Two templates are provided, one for a paragraph integrating two pieces of evidence, and the other template for integrating one piece of evidence. Sentences starters (e.g. sentence stems) are provided that can be used in virtually any evidence based literary writing task. A sample paragraph is provided, along with a holistic scoring rubric and a self assessment checklist.

This is for reluctant writers to research and write about a belief that they hold. There are good and bad writing samples included, a step by step guide, and a holistic scoring rubric. This works well!

This is a fun activity for students draw a scene from a story that they are reading. Detailed directions require students to include several attributes to high light key components from the given text.

This persuasive writing task is for reluctant writers. There is a high degree of topic choice. An step by step outline, writing samples, and a scoring rubric is provided.