11th Grade Tools for Common Core Assessment

Everything you need to begin a color-coding, peer workshopping approach to writing! 44 slides that take teachers from understanding why visual learning is important in a writing classroom to activities to implement peer workshopping. Includes: How students learn vs. taught Learning styles overview Memory activities Adaptable Weekly Progression of Skills list Daily Class Routine Three Kinds of Writing Multigenre Getting to Know Students activity with examples A Writer's Many Roles Understanding Punctuation (Road) signs/Writer as Reader Author's Style and Finding Patterns Types of Sentences Comma Rules Color-coded, Peer Workshopping student examples Grading and Conferencing Workshopping Guidelines and handouts Scoring Rubric Four resources slides with free audio/visual presentation Extra Handouts Section with grammar activities Visual writing is excellent for adult learners, ESL, and middle to high school students. Simple and easy to implement, and students will be able to find and correct errors easily.

41 page across-curriculum Comic Book Writing lesson plan has guidelines and materials needed for classroom comic book writing. Revised to Include:

Conquering the "I Can't Draw" Syndrome

Colorful student examples

Supply list

Comics timeline (history of comics)

Superhero/Alter Ego handouts

Comic story graphic organizer

Superheroes and Their Powers Review sheet

Handouts for speech/thought bubbles and frames

Extra Resources (website links, books, music and more

Scoring Rubric

Symbolism sheets

Tips for publishing

Short story elements include:

Inferencing

Characterization

Research

Plot (working with Plot Line and Elements)

Point of view

Dialogue

Symbolism

Technology

and much more...!

Can be used with all ages and differentiated classrooms (ESL, AP, G/T). Great for assessing grammar, inferencing, story skills,and writing process. Students will be excited to start comic book writing in the classroom. Fun and educational!