This tool is designed to help educators break down academic standards into clear, manageable parts to improve instructional planning and student understanding. It guides teachers in identifying the core concepts, skills, and level of rigor embedded in each standard. The tool supports unpacking by prompting users to define individual learning targets within the TEKS, help understand prerequisites, and possible coaching questions aligned to the standard to help students master the essential standards.
This feedback tool helps students grow as writers by giving clear and helpful advice on their informational writing. It highlights what the student is doing well—like having a strong main idea (thesis) and a clear ending (conclusion). It also points out specific ways to improve, such as staying focused, adding stronger text evidence, and explaining ideas more deeply.
Students get feedback on how their writing is organized and how they use correct grammar and punctuation. The tool uses a rubric score to show where the writing stands, and it includes easy-to-follow strategies.
It also includes reflective questions to help students think about their writing and plan what to fix or improve in their next draft.
This feedback tool offers detailed, structured guidance on improving informational writing, with a focus on analysis and text evidence. It identifies areas of strength, such as clear thesis statements and thoughtful conclusions, while providing specific areas for growth related to focus, use of evidence, and depth of analysis. The tool also gives writing mechanics feedback on organization and grammar mechanics. It includes rubric-based scoring and offers actionable revision strategies, such as the TLQC method for embedding evidence. Finally, it uses reflective questions to prompt deeper thinking and help students plan their revisions effectively.
This tool supports high school ELA educators in unpacking academic standards by clarifying learning expectations, assessment strategies, and instructional approaches for analyzing complex texts. It provides guidance on teaching key concepts such as theme development, characterization, plot structure, and the impact of diction, syntax, and setting. Educators can use this tool to plan effective instruction, monitor student progress, and differentiate learning to meet diverse student needs, including targeted interventions and higher-level differentiated extension activities.
This feedback tool provides targeted, actionable guidance on literary analysis writing, focusing on both content and writing mechanics. It highlights specific areas of strength, such as thesis clarity, while identifying areas for growth, like deeper analysis of literary devices. It also offers feedback on writing conventions such as organization, transitions, and sentence clarity. Additionally, it provides scoring aligned to a rubric and poses reflective questions to guide revision. Finally, it suggests concrete strategies for improvement, such as the TLQC method for embedding textual evidence.
This tool is designed to help identify and address common misconceptions within the nonfiction genre. It serves as a resource for generating targeted instructional ideas that both close learning gaps and extend understanding. Educators can use this tool to support students' mastery of TEKS-aligned nonfiction standards, ensuring deeper comprehension and stronger performance across a range of nonfiction texts.
Presented on content day training Aug. 6th 2025.
Watch this short video to see how to add & use the RLA Custom Tool.
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Watch this short video to see how to use the RLA Custom Writing Coach Tool.