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This is a Science Writing Prompt Packet full of worksheets, posters and rubrics. There are 8 different writing prompts included. Mini rubrics are included at the bottom of the page for one set and the other set omits the rubrics. Posters for the RACE writing strategy can be printed in this packet as well.
A lesson using passages from Jerry Spinelli's novel 'Loser' and Jamaica Kincaid's short story 'Girl' as mentor texts to teach students how to write in second-person point of view
A cross-curricular writing and art activity where students document, describe, and invent a biography for a 'pet rock' they have created.
A creative-writing/social-studies activity where students design a personal coat of arms/family crest using heraldic symbolism to represent their own personality, values, and interests.
build language arts and creative-writing skills through a real-world simulated task of promoting a podcast episode
Biography research and creative-writing project in which students build an imagined social-media profile for a historical scientist or inventor.
A cross-curricular unit teaching students about the International Space Station (ISS) through an informational reading passage, combined with reading comprehension, creative writing, vocabulary (Greek word roots), math, and geography activities.
Nonfiction animal-themed reading passages paired with a text-based writing prompt, used to practice the A.C.E. strategy (Answer, Cite evidence, Explain) for constructed responses.
Build reading comprehension and language-arts skills (inferencing, cause/effect, contractions, capitalization/punctuation) using a nonfiction story about primatologist Jane Goodall, paired with a companion YouTube video.
Space-themed nonfiction reading passages paired with text-based writing prompts, used to practice the A.C.E. strategy (Answer, Cite evidence, Explain) for constructed responses.
A Lorenz Educational Press collection of eight cross-curricular nonfiction reading passages with reproducible follow-up activities for grades 5-6, designed for emergency/substitute teaching situations or supplemental cross-curricular study, and correlated to National Education Standards.
Black History themed nonfiction reading passages about notable historical figures, paired with text-based writing prompts, used to practice the A.C.E. strategy (Answer, Cite evidence, Explain) for constructed responses.
Build Grade 6 reading comprehension, vocabulary, text analysis and evidence-based writing skills through a year-long sequence of 180 daily fiction and nonfiction passages organized into thematic units (e.g. 'All About Me & My Family').
Build Grade 6 reading comprehension, vocabulary, text analysis and evidence-based writing skills through a year-long sequence of 72 original fiction and nonfiction passages (two per week) organized into thematic units (e.g. 'All About Me & My Family', 'Animals Around Us').
Teach 6th-grade-level students about medieval Europe's economic history, specifically how specialization of labor and trade networks developed during the Middle Ages, through a nonfiction reading passage written at a 1000 Lexile level.
A nonfiction science reading-comprehension passage explaining protists (amoebas, paramecia, algae, the malaria-causing Plasmodium) and fungi (decomposers, mycorrhizal partnerships with plant roots, human uses such as yeast and penicillin), paired with comprehension and vocabulary questions.
A full-year (36-week) Grade 6 reading comprehension curriculum using varied fiction and nonfiction passages to build vocabulary, comprehension, and written response skills.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "Hour of the Olympics" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "High Tide in Hawaii" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
A short creative-writing worksheet that has students read excerpted quotes from MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech and then write their own vision/dream for the nation's future.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "Late Lunch with Llamas" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "Ghost Town at Sundown" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
Post-reading novel-study worksheet for the Magic Tree House chapter book "Narwhal on a Sunny Night" by Mary Pope Osborne: guides students through identifying setting/time, two open-ended 10-item response lists, a chapter-by-chapter (Chapters 1-10) summary grid, and two creative-writing prompts.
Post-reading novel study worksheet packet for the Magic Tree House book "Novel Study Worksheets - Sea Otter Sunrise - Magic Tree House" by Mary Pope Osborne, guiding students through setting identification, chapter-by-chapter summarizing, and two extended creative-writing responses.