$5 - $10 Writing-Expository Assessment (by date, oldest first)
By Rigorous Resources for High School English
This 25-page EDITABLE writing curriculum has everything you'll need to help your students write high-quality analytical papers on any literary text. This unit was originally designed for high school English teachers who want to help students improve their analytical writing. But teachers across other disciplines report that it has helped them to deliver clear and informative lessons on how to write high-quality expository essays.
Here are some highlights from this 25-page unit on analytical/expository writing:
• The Writing Process (Handout #1): This handout offers several tips about how to choose a topic for an analytical paper on literature. Encourage your students to use the writing process as an opportunity to deepen their knowledge about the text. (4 pages)
• The Intro Paragraph: Hook & Thesis (Handout #2): In the first page of this handout, students learn to identify and formulate the interpretive questions which they will hope to answer or solve while writing their papers. The challenge of "problem construction" will present most high school students with the opportunity to develop a new and exciting skill — one that will serve them well in college and beyond. In the second and third pages of this handout, students learn to write thesis statements that balance complexity with clarity. They learn to use grammatical subordination in order to generate a main claim that is sufficiently complex to anchor an entire paper. (4 pages)
• Body Paragraphs: Evidence & Analysis (Handout #3): In this handout, students learn about how "evidence" in the humanities differs from evidence in the sciences. Because evidence in the humanities is rarely factual or indisputable, student writers will always need to frame, unpack, and analyze their evidence. This handout offers several suggestions about how, as it were, to "make the evidence speak." It also offers strategies for how to organize evidence into a series of body paragraphs that build upon one another in a logical and compelling manner. (2 pages)
• Topic Sentences / Transitional Sentences (Handout #4): This handout offers advice about how students can use transitional expressions to clarify the logical connections between the claims in each of their topic sentences. It includes a list of different types of transitional expressions along with several examples. (2 pages)
• Precepts for Effective Prose (Handout #5): This handout features about a dozen precepts or "rules of thumb" that students should follow when writing academic papers. The handout contains brief paragraphs on each of the following topics: Avoid plot summary; Always use the present tense; Minimize intensifiers; Alternatives to writing "It says"!! (2 pages)
• Sample Introductory Paragraphs: Look at six introductory paragraphs from articles published by literary scholars in academic journals over the last decade. Invite students to reflect on what they find to be particularly effective — or ineffective —about each introductory paragraph. How does each writer hook the reader's interest? How do they construct an interpretive problem? How do they generate a complex thesis statement? (6 pages)
• Paper Outline Template: Invite students to use this template when generating the outlines for their analytical papers. (3 pages)
• Rubric: Use this rubric to evaluate the analytical papers that your students write in response to any literary text. (1 page)
The entire writing unit will come to you in two different formats: Word doc *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or your students' skill levels — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access the entire unit as a PDF file, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!
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Evidence-based Response Rubrics, Citing Evidence Rubrics
By Queen's Educational Resources
This resource is also included in the following discounted Bundles:
- Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics BUNDLE
- ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE
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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE
★ Citing Evidence Rubrics
★ 16 pages
★ Suitable for Grades 5-12
★ PDF and Editable Versions
This resource includes:
★ 4 Evidence-Based Response Rubrics (in two variations – totaling 8 rubrics!)
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Citing evidence is an important skill that students MUST master to demonstrate credibility, proficiency, and sense of eloquence. This resource includes four rubrics that capture students’ level of mastery when using evidence. These rubrics evaluate students’ abilities to support their ideas, inferences, claims, and/or responses with relevant text evidence. It also evaluates the strength and thoroughness of their explanations/analysis of evidence.
All 8 Rubric pages are EDITABLE for you to adjust and modify to meet your needs!
The four rubrics come in two different variations (totaling 8 rubrics):
✅ Variation #1: The FOUR rubrics are created individually on one page and includes a “Comments/Feedback” section for you to complete.
✅ Variation #2: The same FOUR rubrics are minimized to two (of the same rubric) on one page without the “Comments/Feedback” section.
Please note, the editable version does not contain the same fonts and borders that are in the PDF version because they are copyrighted materials by contributing clip art artists. The editable version has been created using Times New Roman fonts to ensure full and complete access of the rubrics without any formatting issues. Additionally, I replaced some of the copyrighted clip art with “free to use” clip art! You may modify the fonts and add your own clip art and borders as you wish!
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Save $$$ by purchasing the Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics BUNDLE!
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If you are interested in this resource, you may also be interested in the Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers!
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Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics for Literary/Informational Text BUNDLE
By Queen's Educational Resources
Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics for Literary/Informational Text
This resource is also included in the following discounted Bundles:
- ALL ELA Mega Bundle
- ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE
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ABOUT THIS BUNDLE
★ Citing Evidence Graphic Organizers and Rubrics
★ 38 pages
★ Includes 2 products
★ Print and Digital versions for Evidence Graphic Organizers
★ Excellent for ANY grade!
This BUNDLE includes two resources:
★ Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers
★ Evidence-based Response Rubrics - EDITABLE!
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INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
About Resource #1: Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers
★ Citing Evidence Graphic Organizers
★ 22 Graphic Organizers
★ 22 pages
★ Print and Digital
★ Excellent for ANY grade and text!
This resource includes:
★ 22 Text Evidence Graphic Organizers
★ Google Slides Link
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This resource is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.
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DESCRIPTION
✅ These Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any unit of study - literary or informational! This resource helps students focus on selecting relevant evidence to support their answers, inferences, and ideas and better organize them when answering questions, preparing for an essay, or studying any literary or informational text.
✅ These graphic organizers contain breath-taking, visually appealing borders, clip arts, and fonts and can be used with essentially any literary or informational text. Additionally, the graphic organizers are differentiated to meet the needs of your students!
✅ These graphic organizers are designed to be used with any story or book. They are great for small groups, literature circles, reading workshop, centers, or use with your reading program. They can also be used after each chapter, as a formative assessment or "checkpoint" along the way, to keep track of important quotes throughout a reading, etc.
✅ Lesson plans are not included. These these graphic organizers can be used in addition to your own lesson plans and in such a way that best meets the needs of your students.
About Resource #2: Evidence-based Response Rubrics - EDITABLE!
★ Citing Evidence Rubrics
★ 16 pages
★ Suitable for Grades 5-12
★ PDF and Editable Versions
This resource includes:
★ 4 Evidence-Based Response Rubrics (in two variations – totaling 8 rubrics!)
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Citing evidence is an important skill that students MUST master to demonstrate credibility, proficiency, and sense of eloquence. This resource includes four rubrics that capture students’ level of mastery when using evidence. These rubrics evaluate students’ abilities to support their ideas, inferences, claims, and/or responses with relevant text evidence. It also evaluates the strength and thoroughness of their explanations/analysis of evidence.
All 8 Rubric pages are EDITABLE for you to adjust and modify to meet your needs!
The four rubrics come in two different variations (totaling 8 rubrics):
✅ Variation #1: The FOUR rubrics are created individually on one page and includes a “Comments/Feedback” section for you to complete.
✅ Variation #2: The same FOUR rubrics are minimized to two (of the same rubric) on one page without the “Comments/Feedback” section.
Please note, the editable version does not contain the same fonts and borders that are in the PDF version because they are copyrighted materials by contributing clip art artists. The editable version has been created using Times New Roman fonts to ensure full and complete access of the rubrics without any formatting issues. Additionally, I replaced some of the copyrighted clip art with “free to use” clip art! You may modify the fonts and add your own clip art and borders as you wish!
Other Graphic Organizers you may be interested in:
INFERENCES:
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers BUNDLE
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 1
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Post-Its) SET 2
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 3
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Quote Boxes) SET 4
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clipboards) SET 5
- Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds and Books) SET 6
MAKING PREDICTIONS:
- Prediction Graphic Organizer BUNDLE
- Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Tables) SET 1
- Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Magnifying Glasses) SET 2
- Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Sticky Notes) SET 3
- Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 4
- Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 5
- Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Crystal Glass) SET 6
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE:
- Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers
MAIN IDEA:
- Main Idea Graphic Organizers
CHARACTER TRAITS:
- Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers
- Character Analysis Organizer BUNDLE
- Character Analysis PowerPoint Graphic Organizers (Digital)
SETTING:
- Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers
Additional Graphic Organizer Packets (Print and Digital)
- Plot Graphic Organizers
- Imagery Graphic Organizers
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Created by © Queen's Educational Resources / All Rights Reserved
Your purchase includes one copy to be used in a single classroom. If you are looking for multiple copies, please be sure to purchase additional licenses.
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Please feel free to email me if you have any questions!
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Interested in REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS?
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Interested in realistic kids, teens, and adults clipart? Check out my CLIPART GALLERY!
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❤️ Reviews and Ratings: Reviews and Ratings are extremely important to me. Your time to rate this product and write a review will greatly be appreciated! ;-)
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