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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.
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✅ 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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Earth Crust & Movements | BUNDLE
By Nardine Mettry
Uncover the fascinating world of our planet with this 5-resource comprehensive bundle.
What's Included:
This bundle offers a variety of activities to cater to different learning styles and make Earth science exciting and accessible.
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School Uniforms : Argumentative prompt, articles, and outline sheet
By Educate and Create
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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Social Emotional Learning and English Language Arts Mega Bundle
By Queen's Educational Resources
Social Emotional Learning and English Language Arts Mega Bundle
About this SEL/ELA Mega Bundle:
★ Social Emotional Learning
★ 147 resources!
★ Includes a COMBINATION of ELA and SEL resources
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★ Excellent for Grades 7-12, Home School
★ Approximately 7,130+ pages
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✅ This incredible MEGA BUNDLE comprises a diverse range of bundled resources designed to elevate rigor in classrooms, boost student engagement, foster critical thinking and reflection, and enrich the overall classroom environment.
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Julius Caesar FINAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Essay Prompts, Advice, Rubric | EDITABLE
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
Looking for a final writing assignment on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar? This resource features everything you'll need to lead students through the process of writing an analytical essay about Julius Caesar.
The resource features 5 writing prompts which will motivate students to think with nuance about important themes in the play. The resource also includes scaffolding to help students select evidence, generate an outline, and begin writing. For teachers, the resource features an assessment rubric which can be used to grade and provide feedback on students' analytical writing.
As a bonus, this resource also features a two-page handout on how to embed quotations within an analytical essay. The handout provides students with three techniques for framing textual evidence: the block quotation, the clause-and-colon method, and the integration of short quotations into one's own sentence.
Here's what you'll find in this editable 10-page resource:
The entire unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word Docs *and* PDFs. Because the Word docs are fully editable, you'll be able to customize them to match the skill levels of your students year after year. If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access PDF versions which are easy to navigate and quick to print.
Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for top-quality resources on William Shakespeare. Wishing you an amazing experience with teaching the Julius Caesar. If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I love hearing from fellow teachers who share a passion for great literature!
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Feel free to check out these complete units on Shakespeare's masterpieces:
COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Romeo and Juliet
COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Julius Caesar
COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Macbeth
COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Othello
COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Hamlet
COMPLETE UNIT with Workbooks on Much Ado About Nothing
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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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By Beth Hammett
Twitter-like page with tweets handouts for social media discussions and short responses, such as main ideas, paraphrasing and summarizing. Includes: Directions and Suggestions for Use ______'s Page for creating a social media page Top 5 Trending, Add Pic/Photo, Subjects to Share, Banner, @_________ new social media name Tweets boxes with 140 spaces for writing short responses Use with CCSS and other state aligned materials to help students with short answer responses. Fun way to include social media an discussions about appropriate online guidelines and posts!
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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FULL YEAR/ANNÉE COMPLÈTE BUNDLE 6E ANNÉE | ALL SUBJECTS | 130+ DOCUMENTS
By French Made Fun!
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.
Here's what you'll find packed into this 131 document crypt:
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Get the Mega Massive Grade 6 Bundle today and transform your classroom with this all-encompassing resource, designed to make planning easier and teaching more effective!
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French Animals Vocabulary Unit with Boom Cards
By Love Learning Languages - French Resources
French Animals vocabulary unit BUNDLE 10x3 activities with boom cards
Includes Farm, wild and sea animals. Each set includes 10 activities from reading the words to doing a dictation or doing listening comprehension with digital boom cards.
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Writing Step-by-Step Directions - Rubric
By Sign with me TOD
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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
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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Ethos, Logos, Pathos Dice Roll Writing Activity
By Ms. J's ELA
Students use a die to decide the format, topic, and rhetorical appeal that they will use for this persuasive writing assignment. This is meant to be a fun, amusing activity for students learning about rhetorical appeals. One sheet is colored for posting online, the other is in black and white for printing.
Check out my Author's Purpose Dice Roll Writing Activity, and my Character Reading Response Dice Roll Writing Activity as well!
Divergent Mock Choosing Ceremony - Lesson Plan and Materials
By Language Arts Excellence
This product contains everything you need to conduct your very own true-to-the-book Choosing Ceremony for Divergent in your classroom! This is one of my favorite activities I do with my students all year as I truly get insight into who they are and what they believe. The Choosing Ceremony will be an emotional challenge for some but very well-worth it!
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Check out these great resources to supplement your unit on Divergent by Veronica Roth:
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⭐ Divergent Symbolism Lesson Plan: Tattoos of Divergent Characters
⭐ Divergent Characters Word Search
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⭐ Divergent Worksheet Bundle
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I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS [GALLERY WALK]
By Richard B Williams
THE I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS [GALLERY WALK] resource provides students a chance to show what they know through this FUN, INTERACTIVE assignment. 10+ Critical Thinking & Writing Prompts, and Suggested Uses to encourage insightful responses from this canonized work.
Watch your engaged students enjoy themselves as they "walk the gallery" responding to each chosen item. 6th - 9th Graders will love this short writing, INTERACTIVE quiz. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings chronicles her life from age 3 through age 16, recounting an unsettled and sometimes traumatic childhood that included rape and racism. Do our environments truly make us who we are?
This 9th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to delve into the powerful exploration of the human capacity for prejudice, resilience, rape, and self-sufficiency.
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1. 10 SHORT RESPONSE QUESTIONS/WRITING PROMPTS
2. BLANK CARDS FOR TEACHER PERSONALIZATION
3. Suggested Uses
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ELA - Writers' Workshop in Middle Grades (Outline)
By Amanda G
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!
Final Assessments WITH Rubrics | The Hobbit
By That German English Teacher
Elevate Your Tolkien Unit Finale: Conclude the adventure of The Hobbit with this comprehensive final assessment pack! Tailored to middle and high school students, this resource offers everything you need to gauge student comprehension and creativity after the epic journey through Middle Earth.
This product provides you access to the Canva template!
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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
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Review of all types of figurative language
Teach figurative language in a fun and meaningful way!
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Gifted and Talented Story Elements Activity Choice Board for Middle School
By A World to Explore Store - A Heritage Month Depot
Do you need an engaging activity to challenge your students? Do you struggle to find an activity that will tap into your students' creativity? Then download this Gifted and Talented Story Elements Activity Choice Board - POETRY! With this engaging choice board, which contains 7 activities focusing on poetry, students demonstrate their deep understanding of any story.
Perfect for the creative student who needs to be challenged! Each no-prep high-level thinking activity centers around a type of poem the student will write to demonstrate their deep understanding of the literature. Activities include writing odes, cinquains, limericks, acrostics, and lyrics to a song. Some options also focus on rhyming and rhythm.
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