Writing Workshop Mini Lesson Activities Whole Year Bundle Grade 8 Virtual Print

Digital and Print. No planning needed for your entire year of writing! These 5 ready-to-use writing sets have everything you need to teach five different writing products. Your students will go from generating an idea to writing a full essay. And you'll have time to work with them every step of the way!

No need to stress over what to teach or how you'll manage all the writing standards!

Spend more time conferencing with students and less time planning with these 104 mini lessons that will guide your students every step of the way through 5 different writing products.

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These are the five writing lessons you'll get:

1. Argumentative Writing (23 mini lessons)
2. Narrative Writing (21 mini lessons)
3. Writing a Memoir (20 mini lessons)
4. Persuasive Writing (20 mini lessons)
5. Expository Writing (20 mini lessons)

Plus: two claim, evidence, reasoning graphic organizers that can be used to evaluate and check evidence. Great for critical thinking skills!

Each resource includes:

• digital and print versions of each!
• mini lessons that you can print and bind for a student workbook or give to students as you teach
• teacher lesson plan chart with suggestions for teaching, standard, assessment, and student task
• planning calendar
• list of mini lessons
• answer key for most common responses

Reasons to love this bundle:

• CCSS standards for 8th grade writing are covered
• Bite-sized mini lessons are perfect for writing workshop
• Lesson plans, planning calendar, rubric, student samples, clear directions -- all included
• Complex writing tasks are manageable!
• Students can work at their own pace. Perfect for differentiating!
• Use for writing workshop, tutoring, literacy centers, independent work, scaffolding...so many ways to use!!
• Formative assessments are built right in!
• Saves you a ton of time! You can get back to teaching!

The Argument Writing Resource Includes:

20 standards-based mini lessons that take your students from defining argument to the finished essay.

Lessons include:

1. anchor chart for persuasive writing
2. elements of persuasion: ethos, pathos, logos
3. analyze a mentor text
4. find ethos, pathos, logos in mentor text
5. determine persuasive language in a mentor text
6. examine the sentence structure in a mentor text
7. writing task and prompt
8. expanding ideas
9. picking a topic
10. evaluating the strength of your position
11. know your audience and purpose
12. write your thesis
13. create and outline & look for gaps
14. collecting research
15. incorporating ethos, pathos, logos
16. draft #1: maintain a formal style
17. provide a conclusion
18. revising for clear, coherent writing
19. peer review
20. proofread: demonstrate command of standard English grammar and writing

Additional items in this resource:

• 2 additional mentor texts for differentiation and scaffolding
• an editable teacher calendar
• lesson plan suggestions for each mini lesson
• student examples for lessons
• answer key
• rubric
• 2 options for covers for a printable workbook

The Narrative Writing Resource Includes:

21 mini lessons that guide your students from beginning to end of writing a narrative.

The mini lessons:

1. What is a narrative (anchor chart)
2. Reading a narrative
3. Assignment sheet & rubric
4. Gathering ideas, part I
5. Gathering ideas graphic organizer, part II
6. Freewriting
7. Establishing the sequence
8. Establishing context and point of view
9. Creating a first draft
10. Narrative technique: characters
11. Narrative technique: dialogue
12. Narrative technique: pacing
13. Narrative technique: description
14. Narrative technique: reflection
15. Transitions: Words, phrases, clauses
16. Word choice: relevant descriptive details and precise words
17. Word choice: sensory language
18. Crafting a conclusion
19. Revising for clear, coherent writing, organization, and style
20. Peer review
21. Proofread: Demonstrate command of conventions

The unit also includes:

• Lesson plan chart
• Editable lesson chart
• Suggested teaching calendar (editable)
• Teaching chart for each mini lesson that includes: lesson notes, standard, student-friendly standard, student task, assessment/homework suggestion

The Memoir Writing Resource Includes:

20 mini lessons that guide your students from beginning to end of writing a memoir.

The mini lessons:

1. What is a memoir (anchor chart)
2. Read & understand memoir (mentor texts)
3. What is an epiphany?
4. Writing assignment
5. Prewriting: an object that I've kept
6. Gathering ideas
7. Reflecting on the significance of the event
8. Narrowing the topic
9. Freewriting
10. Getting started -- hooking your reader
11. Drafting
12. Bringing the story to life -- adding description, part I
13. Bringing the memoir to life -- adding description, part II
14. The ebb & flow of the story -- using sentence variety
15. Who is telling the story -- finding your voice
16. Let them speak: adding dialogue to your memoir
17. Crafting a conclusion
18. Revising for clear, coherent writing, organization, and style
19. Peer review
20. Proofread: Demonstrate command of conventions

The unit also includes:

• Easy-to-read mini lesson chart
• Lesson plan chart for each mini lesson that includes: lesson notes, standard, student-friendly standard, student task, assessment/homework suggestion
• Suggested teaching calendar for 6 weeks of lessons
• Suggested answer key

The Persuasive Writing Resource includes:

20 standards-based mini lessons that take your students from start to finish -- resulting in a persuasive essay.

Lessons include:

1. anchor chart for persuasive writing
2. elements of persuasion: ethos, pathos, logos
3. analyze a mentor text
4. find ethos, pathos, logos in mentor text
5. determine persuasive language in a mentor text
6. examine the sentence structure in a mentor text
7. writing task and prompt
8. expanding ideas
9. picking a topic
10. evaluating the strength of your position
11. know your audience and purpose
12. write your thesis
13. create and outline & look for gaps
14. collecting research
15. incorporating ethos, pathos, logos
16. draft #1: maintain a formal style
17. provide a conclusion
18. revising for clear, coherent writing
19. peer review
20. proofread: demonstrate command of standard English grammar and writing

Additional items in this resource:

• 2 additional mentor texts for differentiation and scaffolding
• an editable teacher calendar
• lesson plan suggestions for each mini lesson
• student examples for lessons
• answer key
• rubric
• 2 options for covers for a printable workbook

The Expository Writing Resource Includes:

20 mini lessons that take your students from defining a informative / explanatory texts to the finished product.

The mini lessons include:

1. What are informative / explanatory texts (anchor chart)
2. Reading an informative / explanatory text
3. Assignment sheet & rubric
4. Gathering ideas, part I
5. Narrowing the topic
6. Free writing
7. Organizing ideas
8. Writing an introduction
9. Creating a first draft: Maintaining a formal style
10. Developing the topic: facts & definitions
11. Developing the topic: concrete details
12. Developing the topic: using quotations
13. Developing the topic: information & examples
14. Using transitions: Words, phrases, clauses
15. Word choice: precise language
16. Word choice: domain-specific language
17. Crafting a conclusion
18. Revising for clear, coherent writing, organization, and style
19. Peer review
20. Proofread: Demonstrate command of conventions

The unit also includes:

• Two mentor texts to analyze
• Clear writing assignment
• Rubric
• Lesson plan chart
• Suggested teaching calendar (great for pacing and lesson plans!)
• Teaching chart for each mini lesson that includes: lesson notes, standard, student-friendly standard, student task, assessment/homework suggestion
• Answer key for mentor texts
• Google slides and Power Point versions

Be sure to look at the preview (it's loooong!!) to see all the goodies!

This bundle is going to save you so much time!!

You'll love teaching writing with these writing warm ups that are aligned with your writing genre:

• Daily Editing Writing Warm Ups

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Marypat