5th Grade Writing Assessment

Engage your middle school students with a thrilling 5-day detective unit centered around Roald Dahl's gripping short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter." This comprehensive unit combines critical thinking, inferencing, and multimedia analysis, making it perfect for ELA classrooms. Students will step into the shoes of detectives, analyze texts, watch film adaptations, and compare their experiences, all while meeting key CCSS standards.

What’s Included:

• Detailed Lesson Plans: Each day is thoughtfully planned to guide students through reading, analyzing, writing, and discussing "Lamb to the Slaughter."
• Graphic Organizers: Scaffolded organizers for each day to help students track evidence, make inferences, and compare the text with the film.
• Texts and Multimedia: The original short story and a link to the film adaptation, complete with an introduction by Roald Dahl.
• Writing Prompts: Engaging prompts to encourage students to write opinion essays and reflections.
• Class Discussion Guides: Questions and prompts to facilitate meaningful classroom discussions.

Day-by-Day Breakdown:

Day 1: Introduction to the Detective Activity

• Students are introduced to the murder mystery and work in groups to analyze witness statements and evidence photos.
• Focus on inference and deduction skills.

Day 2: Writing an Opinion Essay

• Students write an opinion essay based on their detective work from Day 1.
• Emphasis on textual evidence and structured writing.

Day 3: Reading "Lamb to the Slaughter"

• Students read the short story in chunked sections, making inferences and annotating the text.
• Use of scaffolding techniques to support all learners.

Day 4: Comparing Text and Film

• Students watch the film adaptation of "Lamb to the Slaughter."
• They use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the text and film, analyzing differences in storytelling techniques.

Day 5: Final Analysis and Discussion

• Students discuss their findings and the differences between the text and film.
• Wrap-up activities include reflective writing and sharing insights.

CCSS Alignment:

This unit aligns with CCSS standards for grades 5-8, focusing on quoting accurately from texts, citing textual evidence, and analyzing multimedia elements. Standards covered include:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.7
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.7
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.7

Benefits:

• Engaging and Interactive: Students love the hands-on detective work and multimedia elements.
• Skill-Building: Focus on inferencing, textual evidence, and critical thinking skills.
• Comprehensive and Ready-to-Use: All materials and instructions are included for a seamless implementation.

Bring excitement and depth to your ELA classroom with this 5-day detective unit on "Lamb to the Slaughter." Your students will love stepping into the role of detectives while honing their reading and analytical skills.

Spark Your Students' Creativity with These Engaging Templates!

This resource offers 7 fun and engaging narrative writing templates to inspire your students' imaginations.

What's Included:

• 7 Narrative Writing Templates: A variety of templates to spark different writing styles and genres.

Benefits:

• Engaging and Fun: The templates provide a structured framework for writing while allowing for creativity.
• Improves Writing Skills: Helps students develop their storytelling abilities, vocabulary, and grammar.
• Sparks Imagination: Encourages students to think outside the box and explore different genres.
• Promotes Critical Thinking: Challenges students to analyze characters, plot, and setting.

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Should students be required to wear school uniforms? This is an argumentative essay prompt, two articles, a graph, and outline sheet. Your kids will all have their own opinions about uniforms and whether or not schools should require uniforms. This comes complete with rubric. This is a pdf.

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56 pages of handouts ready for K-5 students to color, write, bind, and publish. Comes with: Directions Extensions 5 title slides plus one blank title template 45 Black and white coloring images related to back-to-school Writing lines/speech bubbles for adding text and dialogue 5 The End slides Excellent for writing factual or fictional back-to-school stories, introducing writing process, ELA skill mini-lessons, inferencing, peer workshopping, reading, working on basic writing skills, vocabulary, and publishing. Meets Common Core Standards.

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Welcome to the Mega Massive Grade 6 Bundle—your ultimate resource for an entire year's worth of curriculum! This extraordinary bundle includes 131 documents and a staggering 4,000+ pages of content, covering every aspect of Grade 6 Math, French Language Arts, Science, "Transdisciplinary" Units, Cross-Curricular Units, and Project-Based Learning.

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Need an all-in one Ancient Egypt lesson for an adapted curriculum? Ancient Egypt is a complex study of art, architecture, people, and culture. In this all in one bundle, students will explore Ancient Egypt by learning about the major time periods, the language (hieroglyphs), Famous Pharaohs, and the culture of the people. Learn about the carvings on the pyramid walls, including an activity for students to create their own Cartouche hieroglyph of their name and have fun with a mummification science experiment!

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5. Venn Diagram Comparing Common and Wealthy Egyptians

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This product has 3 parts. First, there is a hi-lighting activity that requires students to go back into an Argument Essay they've already written and color-code the different essential parts of their writing. You could post this assignment on Google classroom or project the directions onto the Smart Board. The second part is a checklist for Argument Writing. You will make a copy for each student. The students could use it themselves for self- assessment, OR they could switch and use it for peer feedback. Finally, there is a very helpful chart that includes transition words for Argument Writing, including power words, transition words, turnback words, and counter argument words. You can copy this for all students, hang it on the wall, project it on the Smart Board, or post it on Google classroom. My students keep this in their binders to refer to all year long.

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Are you looking for a YEARLONG BUNDLE to help your students learn, engage and grow in their writing skills? Then check out this MEGA BUNDLE which includes resources for the ENTIRE YEAR and covers the writing styles of informational, persuasive, narrative and poetry style texts! Each unit of writing incorporates a variety of POWERPOINTS and ANCHOR CHARTS to help you teach as well as numerous ACTIVITIES to help students learn and apply their understanding. Don't forget that each unit has a range of ASSESSMENT TEAMPLATES to suit your teaching style so you can teach and assess as your students progress throughout each unit of writing!

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✏️ Narrative writing rubric

✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 1 Student

✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 3 Students

✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 6 Students

✏️ Narrative Writing Conference Observation Notes for 12 Students in a Boxed Template

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✏️ 6 Narrative Writing Planning Templates PLUS a SAMPLE PLAN

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✏️ 20 Quick Writes - Narrative Writing Practice papers

✏️ Narrative Writing Text Type Cut & Paste Matching activity

✏️ 28 Narrative Writing Plot Ideas

✏️ 10 Narrative Writing Picture Prompt Cards

✏️ 28 Narrative Writing Character Ideas

✏️ 28 Narrative Writing Object Ideas

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✏️ Planning Narrative Writing PowerPoint

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✏️ Revising Narrative Writing PowerPoint

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✏️ Narrative Writing Editing Poster

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✏️ Informational Writing Conference Notes for 1 Student

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✏️ Informational Writing Conference Notes for 6 Students

✏️ Informational Writing Conference notes for 12 Students Boxed Template

✏️ Informational Writing Conference Notes for 30 Students

✏️ Informational Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates

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✏️ Superb Starters - Sentence Starters Poster for Informational Writing

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✏️ List of Informational Writing Topics Poster

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✏️ Search Engine Questions Poster for Informational Writing

✏️ List of Websites for Research Poster for Informational Writing

✏️Sample Informational Writing Plan

✏️ 10 Researching Posters/ Info Sheets for Informational Writing

✏️ 6 Informational Writing Planning Templates

✏️ Search Engine Questions Poster for Informational Writing

✏️ 2 Informational Writing Interactive Notebooks

✏️11 Quick Writes - Writing Prompts to help students practice researching and information report writing

✏️ Informational Writing Fact or Opinion Cut & Paste Activity

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✏️ Persuasive Writing Rubric

✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 1 Student

✏️Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 3 Students

✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 6 Students

✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 12 Students Boxed Template

✏️ Persuasive Writing Conference Notes for 30 Students

✏️ Persuasive Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates

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✏️ 6 Persuasive Writing Planning Templates PLUS a SAMPLE PLAN

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✏️ 2 Persuasive Writing Interactive Notebooks

✏️ 24 Topic Ideas for Persuasive Writing

✏️ 5 DIFFERENT Persuasive Writing publishing templates

✏️ 3 Persuasive Writing DIFFERENTIATED Unscramble the Text Activities

✏️ Superb Starters - Sentence Starters Poster for Persuasive Writing

✏️ Poster on the Structure of Persuasive Writing

✏️ Editing Persuasive Texts Poster

✏️ Revising Persuasive Texts Poster

✏️ Persuasive Writing Emotive Language Poster

✏️ Persuasive Writing Language Features Poster

✏️ Logical Linkers - Linking Words Poster for Persuasive Writing

✏️ Persuasive Writing Editing Checklist

✏️ Persuasive Writing Revising Checklist

✏️ 3 Persuasive Writing DIFFERENTIATED Mentor Texts

✏️ 10 Quick Writes - Opinion Writing Ideas with Reasons for & Against

✏️ Poetic Writing Rubric

✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 1 Student

✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 3 Students

✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 6 Students

✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 12 Students Boxed Template

✏️ Poetic Writing Conference Notes for 30 Students

✏️ Poetic Writing Sticky Note Observation Templates

✏️ Planning Poetry PowerPoint

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✏️ 7 Poetic Writing Interactive Notebooks including Sample Poetic Texts

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✏️ Shape Poetry Poster

✏️ Haiku Poetry Poster

✏️ Limerick Poetry Poster

✏️ Acrostic Poetry Poster

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This one week SPANISH writing program will have your students writing every day of the week, and is perfect for Spanish immersion and regular Spanish curriculum. The writing activities in this program include five prewriting and writing activities for Monday through Friday. These writing prompts are a great way both to introduce and to review writing. Provide each student with a "párrafo de la semana" folder and have them add to it every day as you give them daily assignments. At the end of the week have them turn in their folders.

Theme: En la escuela, no me gusta cuando...

Here’s how this program works:

✍Lunes:  Dibujo - Give students a drawing page with a writing prompt at the top. This will have them beginning to think about the writing theme for the week and is their first pre-writing assignment. Kids love drawing, and the pictures they draw will later serve as inspiration!

✍Martes:  Mi folleto de vocabulario - Each student receives a booklet to help them explore the vocabulary related to the week’s writing theme. The front page includes the writing prompt of the week and an image. The second page includes over 80 frequently used Spanish words. Page three lists 12 words that go along with the theme of the week, and the back page has space for ten words that students have either thought of on their own or looked up in the dictionary. The booklet is a simple one page printable that you can either fold in advance or have students do it on their own. Kids write their name on the front cover and you could have them color it.

✍Miercoles:  Vocabulario - Students go back to their vocabulary booklets from Tuesday and choose ten words that they will include in their rough draft. The words they choose can be a combination of words they have chosen and themed vocabulary that was already written in the booklet. They then write down the chosen words on their vocabulary page that says “ Palabras de vocabulario útiles: Voy a utilizar estas palabras en mi párrafo".

✍Jueves:  Mi borrador - Students write a rough draft of their paragraph using the vocabulary words selected on Wednesday. The brouillon page includes a 5 point checklist at the top for students to evaluate their work for themselves before writing the final copy on Friday. This will motivate students to look over their work and make corrections. 

✍Viernes:  Mi borrador final - The fifth and final step in this writing program is to write the final copy. Students should feel very confident in writing about this week’s theme by now. At the top of the final copy page they’ll see the writing prompt and question words that they can ask themselves while writing:  quién - qué - cuándo - dónde - por qué - cómo

Ways you can use this writing program:

✎ Enhance your writing program by practicing a little every day.

✎ Use the prompts at writing centers Monday - Friday.

✎ Daily 5 rotations

✎ Homework

✎ Writing centers

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✎ No prep sub materials

✎ Morning work

✎ Project on whiteboard for a whole class speaking activity

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This rubric looks at 6 different areas when students are being assessed on writing step-by-step directions. The areas that are reviewed on the rubric are as follows: making sure the directions are in sequential order, including a topic, supporting sentences, exact details, and a closing sentence, staying on task, grammar/punctuation/spelling, and working with others. This rubric scores the step-by-step writing assignment out of 18 possible points. The rating scale use is a 3, 2, 1, & 0.

Fourth of July Writing and Craft Activity

Get ready to celebrate Independence Day with this Fourth of July Writing and Craft Activity for students! This educational and fun activity will help students practice important reading and writing skills such as identifying the main idea, finding supporting details, identifying the conclusion, and summarizing key information.

This activity includes reading passages on The Evolution of Fourth of July BBQs and Why do we Barbecue on the Fourth of July? Students will learn about the history of barbecuing on the Fourth of July and how it has evolved over time, as well as the reasons why it has become a popular tradition.

Engage your students in a meaningful and engaging Fourth of July activity while also reinforcing important literacy skills. Don't miss out on this fun and educational resource!

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These sentence diagramming bell ringers will last a full month. This resource contains four Google Slide presentations- one for each week. There is also an assessment for the end of those four weeks to test student knowledge. The daily activities should last 5-10 minutes.

This resource covers:

- Subject

- Predicate / Verb

- Helping Verbs

- Articles

- Adjectives

- Adverbs

Answers are included for all diagrams.

My bell ringers are color-coded. Red slides should be covered on Monday, yellow on Tuesday, green on Wednesday (missing from preview), blue on Thursday, and purple on Friday.

Sentence diagramming is so helpful when teaching students parts of speech and sentence structure. The repetitiveness of diagramming for a bell ringer is extremely beneficial for students. I tried grammar workbooks for years, but my students hardly retained anything. Daily sentence diagramming made them remember their parts of speech, and was an amazing foundation for my students to have when we started forming different types of sentences. They picked up on fixing run-ons quickly as well because of their diagramming foundation.

Bat Opinion Writing and Craft Bulletin Board is art, writing and math, all in one great project!

After learning about bats with the included nonfiction text, have your students write an opinion piece about whether they think bats are creepy or cool. Afterwards, will have fun making their cute little bats!

This product makes a very impressive showcase of learning when you add in the graph, showing how many students think bats are creepy and how many think bats are cool!

Bat Opinion Writing and Craft Bulletin Board is a perfect way to decorate your bulletin board for October!

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Writer's Workshop - First Twenty Days outline This gives you a twenty day introduction to writers' workshop in the middle grades. From going through the rules of the workshop, to editing vs. conferencing, to the different genre of writing. Everything is covered or introduced in this twenty day plan. Although this is intended for use when the school year begins, it can easily be used at any point throughout the year to teach different aspects that are covered. Updated: March 11, 2014 - Includes reasoning behind the placement of diagnostic writing during the first 20 days. Don't forget to check our my "revised" first twenty days of reading workshop for Junior and Intermediate grades: First Twenty Days of Reading Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store!

Reading Responses are a great way to assess student comprehension, writing skills, grammar skills, and so much more - all in one assignment! They can work with novel studies, short stories, or any written literature or nonfiction text.

But do your students really know what they need to do to complete your reading responses? With this checklist, there is no question about it! Students know EXACTLY what you're looking for and EXACTLY what is expected of them.

Each checklist includes:

• RACE Components
• Grammar Components (conventions and usage; spelling, capitalization, and punctuation)
• Grammar skill assessment

This resource is 100% EDITABLE - so you can add, remove, and alter the components to best fit the needs of your classroom!

Four checklists fit on each page for easy printing - color or black and white options available!

Resource Includes:

• Cover page
• Table of Contents
• Note to the Teacher
• Color Checklists (4 to a page)
• Black & White Checklists (4 to a page)
• Terms of Use
• More Resources
• Thank You

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Are you reading The One and Only Ivan in your classroom? This little bundle is perfect! Whether you are doing a novel study or just a class read aloud, this bundle is for you. It includes two popular One and Only Ivan products: Pre-Reading Reflection Questions and Writing Prompts. It includes 41 pages total. Printable (pdf) and Google Drive (Google Slides) versions included!

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Pre-Reading Reflection Questions: This resource is the perfect pre-reading assignment for the novel The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. It includes four statements where students need to decide if they strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, and strongly disagree. They then have to give their reasoning. These four pre-reading reflection questions get students' brains activated and thinking about various themes, lessons, and ideas they will come across in the novel. It is great to see what students are thinking on these big topics before they begin the novel!! Not only is it fun and engaging for your students, the responses students give are also very interesting to read as a teacher! This product comes with a printable version (pdf) and a Google Drive (Google Slides) version for a total of 4 pages.

Writing Prompts: This product for The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate_,_ contains over 19 pages of unique writing prompts and writing pages for both a printable (pdf) version and a Google Drive version (Google Slides). The printable version includes 12 unique prompts for students to complete both during and at the completion of this novel, 6 extra themed writing pages, and 1 blank page where you can use to to create your own prompts if desired. The Google Drive version of this product comes with 18 pages of prompts and writing pages. In total, this product has 37 pages. A must have if you are doing a novel study on The One and Only Ivan or reading the book in class!

★ This product is great for Distance Learning. Simply assign the Google Slides to students on Google Classroom or your classroom digital platform. It can be accessed at school or home and requires no prep at all!

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