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STAAR ECR Mastery Resource Informational Essay Test Prep Grades 6-8 Thesis Claim
By TooBookedUp
Transform your students’ writing skills with this STAAR ECR Mastery Resource, designed to make essay writing both engaging and effective for grades 6-8. This product breaks down the often overwhelming task of essay writing into clear, manageable steps, ensuring that your students feel confident and prepared for the Extended Constructed Response (ECR) section of the STAAR exam. Whether for classroom instruction, intervention, or test prep, this resource delivers everything you need to support your students in writing strong, structured essays.
✅ Thorough Skill Development Across 3 Days
This 3-day lesson plan guides students through each critical step of informational essay writing. Starting with a solid foundation in developing a thesis, students will then practice writing claims, supporting them with evidence, and providing sound reasoning. By the end of the unit, students will have completed a full-length informational essay on a highly engaging topic—Fortnite—a subject that captures their attention while reinforcing essential writing skills.
✅ Engaging and Interactive Resources
To maintain student engagement, this resource includes interactive slides that break down each element of essay writing. These slides are designed to support all learners by making the concepts of thesis development, claims, evidence, and reasoning more accessible and relatable. The step-by-step instructions and accompanying answer keys ensure that students receive clear feedback and can refine their skills with guided practice.
✅ Real-World Topic for Practice
Students will have the opportunity to write a complete essay on Fortnite, a popular video game that they are likely familiar with and excited to discuss. This essay topic makes practicing the skills they need for STAAR ECR a fun, relevant experience, allowing them to see the real-world application of writing techniques.
✅ Key Features of the Resource:
✅ Perfect for Test Prep and Classroom Instruction
This resource is perfect for helping students master the skills needed to succeed on the STAAR Extended Constructed Response. Whether used for whole-class instruction or focused intervention, the STAAR ECR Mastery Resource delivers everything you need to elevate your students' essay writing abilities.
Prepare your students for STAAR writing success with a resource that not only builds essential writing skills but also keeps them engaged and excited to learn. Perfect for middle school teachers looking for practical, engaging ways to improve writing outcomes.
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English Narrative Writing | BUNDLE
By Nardine Mettry
Spark Your Students' Creativity with These Engaging Templates!
This resource offers 7 fun and engaging narrative writing templates to inspire your students' imaginations.
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By Educate and Create
A short 20 question multiple choice quiz. Comes complete with answer key. Easy to administer after teaching sentence structure.
Personification Activities | Personification Worksheets | Figurative Language
By Queen's Educational Resources
Personification Activities | Personification Worksheets | Figurative Language | Personification
About This Resource
★ Figurative Language Practice Worksheets | PERSONIFICATION
★ 20 pages
★ Print and Digital
★ Suitable for Grades 6-8
★ Answer Keys included
This resource includes:
------ 6 Personification Practice Worksheets and Answer Keys
------ 1 "Personification in Literature" Worksheet (used for any text)
------ 1 Personification general "Personify It" Worksheet
------ Personification Assessment | Test and Answer Key (3 pages | 25 questions)
------ Google Slides Link
Total - 8 Personification Practice Worksheets in total!
DESCRIPTION
► ► ► This resource offers a variety of Personification Practice Worksheets for students to identify, write, and analyze personification to deepen understanding. Answer Keys are included!
► ► ► This resource includes a Test/Assessment with 25 questions, including multiple-choice, fill-in, matching, and writing formats, totaling 3 pages. An Answer Key is included!
► ► ► This resource is also available on Google Slides! Text boxes have been pre-created to simplify use for both you and your students. Each slide features two instruction solution tabs, aiding students who may accidentally delete text boxes or wish to zoom in for a closer look at worksheets. This feature is especially beneficial for students who are less familiar with Google Slides or who require additional assistance.
► ► ► Worksheets are ideal for formative assessments, small group instruction, literacy centers, independent practice, assessments, morning work, homework, and more!
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❌ Lesson plans are not included. This product can be used in addition to your own lesson plans and in such a way that best meets the needs of your students.
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This resource is also included in the following discounted bundles:
❤️ Figurative Language Practice Worksheet Bundle
❤️ Figurative Language Bundle
❤️ All ELA Mega Bundle
❤️ ELA/SEL MEGA Bundle
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❤️ Figurative Language Exit Slips, Quizzes, and Answer Keys
❤️ Figurative Language Task Cards and Answer Keys
❤️ Figurative Language Posters
Figurative Language Practice Worksheets:
❤️ Figurative Language Practice Worksheets, Test, and Key (Combo)
❤️ Personification Practice Worksheets, Test, and Answer Keys
❤️ Metaphor Practice Worksheets, Test, and Answer Keys
❤️ Hyperbole Practice Worksheets, Test, and Answer Keys
❤️ Simile Practice Worksheets, Test, and Answer Keys
❤️ Idioms Practice Worksheets, Test, and Answer Keys
❤️ Onomatopoeia Practice Worksheets, Test, and Answer Keys
Figurative Language Tests:
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❤️ Figurative Language Combination Test and Answer Keys
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❤️ Metaphor Test and Answer Keys
❤️ Hyperbole Test and Answer Keys
❤️ Idiom Test and Answer Keys
❤️ Personification Test and Answer Keys
❤️ Onomatopoeia Test and Answer Keys
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Revising Editing ELA Fun Group Work for Writing Practice
By Blooming Through High School
Students practice their editing skills and have some fun along the way! They will all connect with how one comma changes the meaning of a sentence in the funniest way.
19 tweets, signs, and one magazine cover are included in this fun-filled student activity that will have your kids thinking about how they write online.
Editing skills they practice through the activity include:
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Writing Prompts Non-Fiction, On-Demand Writing Prompts
By Beth Hammett
20 Non-fiction writing prompts to help students with assessment writing. Comes with 20 handouts with graphics and writing space. Includes:
In my future I see...
People say I'm a dreamer...
My life is like a song...
Home represents...
Gossip spreads like wildfire...
plus 15 more non-fiction writing prompts that relate to students' lives!
Excellent for assessment prep, journal prompts, non-fiction connections to readings. Use the prompts as introduction into research then use the writing process and peer workshop essays for Common Core requirements.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe - Novel Study
By A Teachers Sidekick
This is a novel study of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. In this product, there are completed lesson plans (and a blank one if you need to write your own), a slideshow that includes everything for each chapter (introduction, review of content, copy of the doodle notes, copy of the end of chapter activity/discussion outline, and the closure question), the Doodle Notes outline for each chapter, and the End of Chapter/Discussion activities. This novel study is for 4th-grade to 7th-grade students.
Lesson Plans
Each chapter comes with a completed lesson plan! The lesson plans include an I can statement (Chapter Goal), the materials needed, what students will be doing as a preview to the chapter, what they will be doing during the read, the activity after the chapter, some differentiation ideas, the assessment, and a closure. There is a spot for standards, but I did not include one because of different state standards. They are also all editable! It was made using Google Slides, so that will be the best place to edit the lesson plans.
Doodle Notes/End of Chapter Activities & Discussions
Each chapter comes with doodle notes and an End of Chapter/Discussion Activity. Doodle notes are notes students take that involve more drawing than writing. Students will have a prompt to help them know what to focus on while listening/reading the chapter and what to take notes on. The activities focus on multiple different skills, Central Idea, Supporting Details, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Summaries, Story Elements, Inferences, and more. There are also 8 discussion activities where students will need to work in groups discussing a prompt about the chapter.
Slideshow
To go along with the book, there is a Slideshow that includes an outline for each chapter! It includes what is written in the lesson plans. So there are introduction slides for each chapter, a copy of the doodle notes and chapter activities, and a slide for the closure. The slides are also editable!So if you would like to add/adapt anything to fit your class/lesson better, just open the file in Canva or PowerPoint. I also made a Google Slides File that is easier to edit on Google Slides, however, you cannot edit as much. ***There is a slide that you will need to edit. It is the “Discussion Expectations” slide. This is because each class will have different expectations for discussions.**
Thank you for your support! I hope you enjoy it.
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Credits
Lewis, C, S. (1978). The CHRONICLES Of NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE . New York: HarperCollins Publishers
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ÉVALUATION/TEST DIAGNOSTIQUE/DIAGNOSTIC PHONÉMIQUE | PHONÈMES | CARTES | OUTIL
By French Made Fun!
Déverrouillez le succès des élèves avec l'outil de diagnostic de la conscience phonémique !
Découvrez et adressez les phonèmes spécifiques avec lesquels vos élèves rencontrent des difficultés grâce à cet outil de diagnostic ciblé, conçu pour améliorer votre enseignement, vos leçons en petits groupes et votre lecture guidée. Idéal pour les enseignants de français, cette ressource est essentielle pour identifier les lacunes phonémiques et planifier une instruction efficace.
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Cet outil de diagnostic est parfait pour évaluer rapidement et adresser les problèmes de conscience phonémique, rendant votre enseignement plus efficace et vos élèves plus performants. Gagnez du temps et fournissez des données claires et concrètes pour la communication avec les parents et les collègues.
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French Primary Resources - BUNDLE
By Love Learning Languages - French Resources
French Primary Resources - BUNDLE
This is a growing bundle that includes most of my primary French resources. As I continue to create and add primary resources to my store I will also add them to this bundle, and once you own it you will receive all future additions at no cost to you. This bundle saves you over 30%.
My year long writing program, reading program, and vocabulary program are not part of this primary bundle. Be sure to follow my store and keep an eye on your TeachShare notifications so that you will know when you have new materials to be downloaded.
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Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:
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LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.
COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
Writing Step-by-Step Directions - Rubric
By Sign with me TOD
This product is made for:
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
By The Emergency Sub
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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Sentence Diagramming Bell Ringers WEEKS 1-4 & TEST
By Ms. J's ELA
*These bell ringers are part of a larger bundle of resources.*
https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Sentence-Diagramming-Bell-Ringers-Weeks-1-16-BUNDLE-9889785
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.
Guess Your Grade - Effective Effort Form
By Language Arts Excellence
This 3-page form asks students to specifically rate their performance on the 6 components of effective effort on a given essay: TIME, FOCUS, RESOURCEFULNESS, USE OF STRATEGIES, USE OF FEEDBACK, and COMMITMENT. This product is modeled after teachings from The Skillful Teacher by Jon Saphier, Mary Ann Haley-Speca, and Robert Gower and encourages a growth mindset in students. I provide this form to my students every single time I assign a paper and am always pleasantly surprised at how honest they are in their responses, especially as the incentive for guessing their grade is 2 bonus points! ____________________________________________________________________________ Also, check out this great lesson plan for teaching Effective Effort by Language Arts Excellence: ⭐Effective Effort Lesson Plan ____________________________________________________________________________ ⭐Click to Follow Language Arts Excellence⭐
TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR [GALLERY WALK]
By Richard B Williams
This TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR [GALLERY WALK] resource provides students a chance to show what they know through this FUN, INTERACTIVE assignment. See who was paying attention, see who understands directions, and see who needs more scaffolding and support. With 10+ Critical Thinking & Writing Prompts, and Suggested Uses to encourage insightful responses from this canonized work, students will love this classic!
Watch your engaged students enjoy themselves as they "walk the gallery" responding to each chosen item. 7th - 8th Graders will love this short writing, INTERACTIVE quiz. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Mikaelsen's Touching Spirit Bear is a bildungsroman and adventure story of Cole Matthews a troubled teen who is forced on a spirit quest. Ben Mikaelsen was inspired by his own pet black bear, Buffy, to whom he dedicated the book; the novel also takes cultural inspiration from the Tlingit Tribe of Alaska. Will Cole learn what he needs to to get back to civilization from his quest?
This 7th - 8th grade canonized work allows students to delve into the powerful exploration of the human capacity for survival, leadership, and faith.
This PRODUCT includes:
1. 10 SHORT RESPONSE QUESTIONS/WRITING PROMPTS
2. BLANK CARDS FOR TEACHER PERSONALIZATION
3. EDITABLE
4. Suggested Uses
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Reading and Writing Program Launch | First 20 Days - Grades 5-6
By Amanda G
Kickstart your school year with this engaging reading and writing program launch for grades 5 and 6. Perfect for the first twenty days of school, our daily lessons ensure a smooth transition back to school, fostering critical skills and a love for learning. Empower your students with the tools they need for academic success!
Updated to support Ontario 2023 Language Curriculum
This bundle has everything you need to set up your Readers' and Writers' program! This bundle includes teacher printable and slide decks - making your first 20 days easy to plan and implement.
Writers' Program includes:
This resources included everything you need to set up your Writers' program.
Reading Program includes:
This resource includes all the required lesson plans, BLMs and anchor chart ideas.
Among the lessons included are:
Bonus: Creating Book Trailers
Buyer Feedback:
⭐️ This is a great way to start the year and set expectations and routines. My students enjoyed the activities, and I'm glad there are now digital files of reading and writing workshops. (Alexandra D.)
⭐️ This is a great resource to begin Reading and Writing and getting the chance to see where the students are at. Thanks! (Melissa L.)
⭐️ This is so very helpful in setting up Reading Workshop in a very easy-to-use format. Thank you! (Rebecca W)
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Reading Response Self-Assessment Checklist - EDITABLE - Color - Black and White
By Christina Bush
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:
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!
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Figurative Language Guided Notes and Writing Activity Bundle Student Worksheets
By Kile's Classroom
Figurative Language Interactive Notebook and Student Activity Set
*Allusion, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Idioms*
Help students understand figurative language and how to use it to improve their writing with this great set.
This figurative language set includes individual, whole class, and cooperative practice activities.
The Types of Figurative Language Included:
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Idioms
Allusion
Review of all types of figurative language
Teach figurative language in a fun and meaningful way!
Check out the huge product preview!
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Writing Grading Rubric Self-Check FREEBIE!
By Abigail J McClellan
This document includes two half-page writing checklists that students can use to self evaluate their writing pieces. The grading rubric is simple and easy to follow. It allows students to grade themselves on a four point grading scale based on writing quantity, quality, and neatness.
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6th Math Writing Prompts - TELPAS
By MsVisualizer
6 different writing prompts on 6th grade math topics perfect for TELPAS writing samples.
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STAAR ECR & ELA Test Prep Bundle for Grades 6-8: Reading Comprehension, Essays
By TooBookedUp
This bundle provides comprehensive practice in reading comprehension, essay structure, argumentation, and evidence-based responses, setting students up for success in standardized test preparation.