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Assessment and writing resource for the novel 'The War That Saved My Life' - chapter comprehension quizzes, literary essay prompts, and quick writes.
Scaffolded research-essay guide walking middle/high school students through researching and writing a 5-paragraph MLA-style essay on an important figure in California history, with rubric and peer-review support.
A step-by-step realistic-fiction narrative writing guide that has students make structural/setting/character decisions before drafting, then write, peer-edit, and revise a realistic fiction story, with an accompanying scoring rubric.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Emily Dickinson and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Guide students through independently researching the literary life and legacy of William Shakespeare, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
A requirements sheet, peer/self-editing checklist, and scoring rubric for a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay profiling a historical figure important to soccer.
Free download Step-by-step guide and project materials for writing a tragedy narrative, including planning tools, a peer/self checklist, and a scoring rubric aligned to Common Core writing/reading/language anchor standards.
A requirements sheet, peer/self-editing checklist, and scoring rubric for a 5-paragraph MLA-style research essay profiling a historical figure important to cricket.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Booker T. Washington and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Guide students through independently researching the artistic life and legacy of Vincent Van Gogh, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
A one-page (front/back) guide that walks students through planning and drafting an original science fiction narrative, with model examples, a peer-edit checklist, and a scoring rubric.
A step-by-step narrative writing assignment guide having students write an original narrative (real or imagined) about a grandparent, including planning, drafting, peer editing, and rubric-based scoring aligned to CCRA.W.3.
Guide students through independently researching the life and influence of Theodore Roosevelt, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
Guide students through independently researching the literary life and legacy of T.S. Eliot, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
Guide students through independently researching the life and scientific legacy of Stephen Hawking, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
Guide students through independently researching the life and influence of Winston Churchill, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
Guide students through independently researching the life and influence of Thomas Jefferson, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
Paired-text analysis activity teaching students to compare an allegorical children's story and a poem, both used to represent the Holocaust, and to synthesize their shared themes in writing
Guide students through independently researching the life and influence of Thurgood Marshall, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
A chapter slice from a 'How to Write an Essay' workbook, based on a five-step writing model, that teaches students to draft essays using graphic organizers.
Guide students through independently researching the life and influence of Sojourner Truth, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Duke Ellington and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
Guide students through independently researching the life and influence of W.E.B. Du Bois, using a scored rubric and biographical organizer to produce a 5-paragraph research essay.
A nine-week set of weekly writing practice slides for grades 7-10 covering descriptive, expository, and narrative writing to build regular writing practice.