• Reading Summary

• Literary Concepts

• "Eleven" Text and Comprehension Questions

• "Eleven" Characterization with Claim and Evidence

• "Eleven" Characterization Critique

• Similes and Metaphors Practice

• Gene editors are modifying cow guts to stop their planet-warming burps article (Washington Post)

• Scientists may have found a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet abbreviated article (Washington Post)

• sample digital notebook for "Restarting a Writing Life" Unit

• Session 1 - Writers Collect Entries Google Slides

• Session 2 - Writers Draw on All They Know When Generating Ideas Google Slides

• Session 3 - Writers Collect and Organize Ideas in Different Ways Google Slides

• Session 4 - Writers Rehearse Google Slides

• Session 5 - Writers Find Their Own Mentor Texts That Fit with Their Intentions Google Slides

• Session 6 - Students Flash-Draft Google Slides

• Session 7 - Writers Consider Audience Google Slides

• Session 8 - Writers are Powerful Partners Google Slides

• Session 9 - Writers Create Their Own Checklists Google Slides

• Session 10 - Writers Select and Create Tools to Best Help Them Write with Clarity Google Slides

LESSON SLIDES

• Session 1 - Setting Up to Write Google Slides

  • 1-1. Personal narrative excerpt from Ai's notebook

• Session 2 - Calling on All Strategies to Write Up a Storm Google Slides

• Session 3 - Writing from Moments that Really Matter Google Slides

• Session 4 - Telling the Story from the Narrator's Point of View Google Slides

  • 4-1. Kei's personal narrative before revision

  • 4-2. Kei's revised personal narrative

• Session 5 - Reading Closely to Learn from Other Authors Google Slides

• Session 6 - Taking Stock: Pausing to Assess and Set Goals Google Slides

• Session 7 - Rehearsing: Experimenting with Beginnings Google Slides

• Session 8 - Flash-Drafting: Get the Whole Story on the Page Google Slides

• Session 9 - Using Writer's Notebooks for Mindful, Goal-Driven Work Google Slides

• Session 10 - Re-Angling and Rewriting to Convey What a Story is Really About Google Slides

• 10-1. Gracie's external-internal story arc

• 10-2. Gracie's first draft

• Session 11 - Elaborating on Important Scenes and Adding New Ones from the Past Google Slides

• Session 12 - Using All Available Resources to Aid with Final Touches Google Slides

• Session 13 - Taking Charge of the Writing Process Google Slides

• Session 14 - Slowing Down and Stretching Out the Story's Problem Google Slides

• Session 15 - Ending Stories in Meaningful Ways Google Slides

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RESOURCES

• James Howe's "Everything Will Be Okay"

• 🔍 Narrative Writing Checklists and Rubrics

• 🔍 Narrative Writing Illustrated Checklist

• 🔍 Narrative Writers Use Techniques Such As...

• 🔍 Narrative Writers Aim Toward Goals Such As...

• 🔍 Questions to Ask Yourself As You Edit

• Narrative Transitions

• Narrative Words & Phrases

• ✨✨✨ Rubric for Narrative Writing — Grade 6

• 6th Grade Student Exemplar

• Student Exermplar — "Look Up and Watch the Show"

LESSON SLIDES

• sample digital notebook for Information Writing Unit

• Session 1 - Becoming Engaged with a Topic Google Slides

• Session 2 - Reading for a Wide View of a Topic: Teen Activism Google Slides

• Session 3 - Preparing to Write Informational Essays: Finding and Supporting Key Points Google Slides

• Session 4 - Structure Sets You Free: Using Prior Knowledge to Flash-Draft Essays Google Slides

  • 4-1. William's flash draft essay

  • 4-2. Nadell's flash draft essay

• Session 5 - The Trail of Research: Pursuing Information and Focusing in on Topics Google Slides

  • 5-1. Brandon's trail of research

• Session 6 - Envisioning Structures to Plan an Information Book Google Slides

  • 6-1. Brandon revises his table of contents

• Session 7 - Constructing Texts with Solid Bricks of Evidence Google Slides

  • Malala the Powerful by Kristin Lewis

• Session 8 - Research: Gathering Information and Creating Meaning Google Slides

• Session 9 - Writing with Detail Google Slides

• Session 10 - Lifting the Level of Sentence Complexity Google Slides

• Session 11 - Using Text Features to Strengthen Writing Google Slides

• Session 12 - Planning Ready-to-Go Chapters Google Slides

• Session 13 - Quoting with a Purpose in Mind Google Slides

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RESOURCES

• 🔍 Information Writing Checklists and Rubrics

• 🔍 Information Writing Illustrated Checklist

• 🔍 Information Writers Use Techniques Such As...

• 🔍 Information Writers Aim Toward Goals Such As...

• ✨✨✨ Rubric for Information Writing — Grade 6

LESSON SLIDES

Session 1 - Essay Boot Camp Google Slides

Session 2 - Growing Big Ideas from Details About Characters Google Slides

Session 3 - Writing to Discover What a Character Really Wants Google Slides

Session 4 - Crafting Claims Google Slides

Session 5 - Conveying Evidence: Summarizing, Storytelling, and Quoting Google Slides

Session 6 - Studying a Mentor Text to Construct Literary Essays Google Slides

Session 7 - Revising Essays to Be Sure You Analyze as Well as Cite Text Evidence Google Slides

Session 8 - Looking for Themes in the Trouble of a Text Google Slides

Session 9 - Drafting Using All That You Know Google Slides

Session 10 - First Impressions and Closing Remarks Google Slides

Session 11 - Quoting Texts Google Slides

Session 12 - Editing Inquiry Centers Google Slides

Session 13 - Building the Muscles to Compare and Contrast Google Slides

Session 14 - Comparing and Contrasting Themes Across Texts Google Slides

Session 15 - Applying What You Have Learned in the Past to Today's Revision Work Google Slides

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RESOURCES

• Toni Cade Bambara's "Raymond's Run"

• 🔍 Argument Writing Checklists and Rubrics

• 🔍 Argument Writing Illustrated Checklist

• 🔍 Argument Writers Use Techniques Such As...

• 🔍 Argument Writers Aim Toward Goals Such As...

• ✨✨✨ Rubric for Argument Writing — Grade 6

• Reading Strategies

• Guide to Making Annotations

• "Born Worker" by Gary Soto

• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

• "The Great Rat Hunt" by Laurence Yep

• "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents" by Kwame Alexander

• Introduction to the Reading and Writing Life (Inquiry by Design)

• Introduction to Interpretive Work (Inquiry by Design)

• Story and the Brain/Dealing with Difficulty (Inquiry by Design)

• Irregular Verbs List

• Dialogue Formatting Example from Flipped

1. There is no claim or no clear claim.

2. The claim doesn't fit the category.

3. There is no (or not enough) evidence/proof for this claim.

4. Claim should be about a character trait.

5. No textual evidence

6. Textual evidence provided does not support the claim

7. Textual evidence provided does not support the claim sufficiently or is unclear.

8. Too many errors in spelling, punctuation/formatting, or grammar.

9. The connection between your claim and evidence is unclear—need to explain how your evidence supports the claim.

textual evidence provided does not fit the category