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Middle school literature rubric pdfs
End of Novel Projects for Middle School Grades 4-6
This collection of End of Novel Projects for Middle School is a great addition to your teacher toolbox! Use this resource with your book clubs, literature circles, and independent reading activities.My students complete books at completely different times. I need flexible learning tools that my students can work on when they have completed the text to showcase and highlight their reading and comprehension. This is why I created this collection of novel projects. It includes 10 end of novel activ
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4th - 7th
Also included in: ELA Made Easy: Language Arts Full Year VALUE Bundle
Independent Reading: Goal Setting and Assignments
Independent reading assessments are always tricky: you want students to read something they enjoy, at their reading level and at their own pace. How, then, do you assess them when they are all over the place? How can you give an assignment when some have finished three books, while several are struggling to get through one? How do you reward both the voracious reader and the reader who has proudly and tenaciously finished just one? Most importantly, how do you instill a love of reading and st
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6th - 12th, Staff
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Also included in: Reading workshop bundle for middle or high school reader's workshop
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Writing Activity - Digital & Distance Learning
Get your students writing their own version of this popular book! Updated to include a Google slideshow version with links to read aloud and fill-in-the-blank sheets, all-digital if you so choose. I successfully used this in my online learning pursuits to finish up the school year and the final products were AMAZING! (I used it for grade 4 students this year). I also included "Stop and check" points at the end of most of the digital slides to hopefully assist students in not missing crucial comp
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Upper Elementary Literacy Bundle for Online Learning.
Book Report Project: Bloom's Taxonomy Poster Project
Book Report Project: Bloom’s Taxonomy Poster: This alternative to boring book reports fosters higher order thinking skills as students analyze either their current independent reading book or a class novel. It will help you meet your required standards by having students ask and answer questions about the text, referring to the text as a basis for their answers. The project can be used multiple times throughout a school year and even multiple times within a single book as an in-class project, a
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4th - 8th
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Theme Rubric | Theme Analysis Rubric | EDITABLE
This is a student-friendly rubric that can be applied to any written analysis of theme in literature. The rubric is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for determining theme(s) in literary texts, citing specific evidence, and producing clear and coherent writing. The universal language of this rubric allows it to work across multiple grade levels. The rubric is included in both a standard-specific and holistic format to fit your needs. This download also includes both a printable PDF fi
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: ELA Rubric BUNDLE | Six EDITABLE Rubrics for Middle School ELA
The Giver Socratic Seminar packets and rubric literary analysis
Are you looking for an authentic, student-led final assessment for The Giver? This file contains 2 different packets of Socratic Circle questions- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains 3 different questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with 3 additional questions they will ask if there's time in their circle. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner i
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6th - 8th
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Of Mice and Men Theme and Character Analysis Final Essay
This final essay is the perfect way to end your Of Mice and Men novel study. This essay writing resource will help you walk your students through the entire writing process as students analyze various characters and how they all tie to the common thread of loneliness. In a five-paragraph essay, the prompt asks students to analyze the book's idea of loneliness and how it relates to three characters. This resource includes the following essay writing items:⭐️ essay handout sheet⭐️ essay outline⭐️
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8th - 11th
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Book Cover Design Book Report Project
Book Cover Project! This fun book cover design project is a unique way for students to prove their reading of an independent or class novel. This project is creative and exciting for them with almost no prep involved for you. Great in-class or homework assignment for individuals or partners. Final products make a beautiful bulletin board or wall display. See the free preview for a close-up look at all the pages included.
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-Detailed Teacher Directions (including special warm-up activity
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5th - 9th
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Readers Theater Scoring Rubric
All students LOVE readers theater! Make students ACCOUNTABLE for their readers theater performance by distributing this rubric to the audience. The performers are scored on the following four criteria; expression/tone, fluency, volume, participation. The audience is also accountable for listening attentively so they can score the performing group of students.
Sometimes I tally up the scores and give awards to the groups with the highest score for each of the 4 categories! Enjoy!
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2nd - 6th
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Dead Poets Society | O Captain My Captain | Robert Frost Poetry Activity
Extend your students’ understanding of Robert Frost’s Biography and his three poems: “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Road Not Taken” with a Dead Poets Society viewing and study of “O Captain! My Captain!”. With references to Frost’s poems and ties to themes of nonconformity, your students will engage in a rousing discussion on conformity before taking an assessment to show what they have acquired during the supplemental unit. Your students will have a gra
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Robert Frost Poems BUNDLE
Book Talk / Oral Book Report Presentation RUBRIC
*See accompanying Book Talk products in my store.
*Will work for NOVELS or SHORT STORIES
*Students give a 2 min. class presentation about a story they've read with a visual aid
Visual Aid
Content
Preparedness
Presentation Skills
Time (2 min. goal)
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6th - 10th
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Socratic Seminar Fishbowl Discussion Rubric
If your students will be doing a Socratic Seminar in class, make things easy on yourself and score them using this teacher-friendly rubric during the discussion! It includes the following categories: 1. Analysis and use of details and evidence 2. Understanding of the text3. Active listening, speaking, and behavior 4. PreparationThere is a space at the bottom for additional teachers comments, as well as an area for students to write a reflection on their performance and the grade they received.T
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6th - 12th
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HATCHET Essay Questions & Speech Writing Prompts w Rubrics (Paulsen) Thesis
Hatchet Essay Topics will get learners engaging with meaningful topics the novel raises:★ Theme - The Meaning of Survival★ Character - Growing Up & Character★ Setting - The Effect NatureOur essay prompts are ideal for . . .→ End-of-unit conversation starters→ Writing journals→ Literary analysis essays→ Literary analysis speechesSUGGESTED ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATIONLearners will choose from a few deep topics to either write a grade-level essay or turn their essay outline into a speech on the topi
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5th - 7th
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Complete Guide to Novel Annotations - ANY TEXT
This 7-page resource is everything you need to help your students create deep analytical novel annotations! Perfect for high school classes that are new to annotations OR classes that have experience with novel annotations.Resources Included:Instructions for use of handoutsInstructions for sharing annotation resource with students via Google DriveNovel annotation worksheets for Google Drive (link to Google Drive resource AND PDF versions; two different font options)Novel annotation bookmarks fo
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8th - 12th
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Fluency Rubric (Student Friendly Language)
I have used a Multidimensional Fluency Scale meant for students as a guide to write a kid-friendly version of a fluency scale. This rubric allows students to assess their own fluency and the fluency of their peers with an easy to follow rubric.
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2nd - 7th
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ECHO by Pam Munoz Ryan: A Book Test by Jean Martin
Included is a 6-page, end-of book test for the 2016 Newbery Honor book, ECHO, by Pam Munoz Ryan. The test is designed for grades 5-8. The first half consists of multiple choice questions and a couple of short responses. The second half are questions requiring constructed responses of a paragraph or two. Total possible number of points is 50. An answer key is provided.If you are looking for more materials to go with this book, you might be interested in taking a look at one of these other produ
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5th - 8th
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Fantasy Writing Workshop – Secondary ELA – Full Genre Unit w/ CCSS Rubrics
Your students will love this no-prep creative fantasy writing unit! “Fantasy Writing Workshop“ is a step-by-step complete narrative writing unit that facilitates the analysis, development, and creation of creative narratives in the allegorical genre of fantasy. Everything you need to teach fantasy writing is here!This 24-page and 18-slide unit includes the following activities and assignments (See PREVIEW):A "Fantasy Writing Workshop" presentation file that addresses the definition and structure
Grades:
7th - 10th
Theme Unit, determine and analyze theme in fiction and folktales {CCS aligned}
{aligned with Common Core Standards RL 5.2, RL 5.10, and W 5.9}I had a hard time finding resources to teach theme at the level at which I wanted to push my students towards. At the same time, I needed modified activities for struggling students. After creating, teaching with, and editing these materials, I wanted to give other teachers a resource for easy and effective implementation of this skill. I think you'll find this to be a comprehensive unit of study.From learning targets to assessmen
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4th - 6th
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Fiction Summary Rubric
Guide students in writing a summary as well as help with grading it.
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3rd - 6th
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Using Socratic Seminar with the Short Story LOVE and TIME
This short story is an excellent tool for teachers who have never used the Socratic Seminar in their classrooms. The Socratic seminar is a powerful teaching and learning strategy that improves comprehension and challenges students to think and apply knowledge on increasingly higher levels. This product comes with a copy of the short story along with all the resources you need to implement this teaching technique into your classroom.
This product works well at the beginning of the sch
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4th - 6th
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Fiction Summary Reading Response Rubric- 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th- DIGITAL
Overview: A rubric to grade students' reading responses when they summarize a fictional text. Parts of a plot mountain are represented, including introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion.Rubric is out of 20 points.DIGITAL COPY AVAILABLE. Link to Google Forms digital copy available when you purchase and download the document.Grades: 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th gradeCommon Core: ELA RL.4.2, RL.5.2, RL.6.2, RL.7.2, RL.8.2ALSO CHECK OUT: Reading Respons
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4th - 8th
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HOLES Essay Questions & Speech Writing Prompts w Rubrics Thesis Summative
Holes Essay Topics will get learners engaging with meaningful topics the text raises:→ Theme - the meaning of the title→ Character - the effect of family→ Setting - the importance of placeSUGGESTED ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATIONLearners will choose from a few deep topics to either write an essay or turn their essay outline into a speech on the topic. During the speeches, learners will need to understand and chart the speakers’ thesis statements. And for you . . . no-hassle grading rubrics are included
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4th - 6th
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Response to Literature Common Core Kid Friendly Writing Kit Bundle
Common Core Standards inspire and require teachers to move our students toward a focus on thinking and taking ownership of their own learning. The Kid Friendly graphic organizers, rubrics, student score sheets, 3 and 5 paragraph exemplary essays, and peer edit checklists in this kit support students as they learn to do just that, preparing them for career and college readiness in the 21st Century!
Writing is challenging to teach and time consuming to grade. The pages in this kit ensure that yo
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4th - 6th
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Twisted Fairy Tale Improv Project
Twisted Fairy Tale Project
This is an easy-to-implement project to do with just about any age! Your students will take an original fairy tale, and through planned improvisation, create a fairy tale with a new twist. The time length of this project can vary greatly dependent on the time you have and your students.
The Twisted Fairy Tale Project is included in my Improv Unit. If you have that unit, no need to purchase this project! :)
This project includes:
• Introduction to the project. Tips
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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