National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:portrait of a Hero
Discussing real life heroes and heroines and viewing their pictures will help students learn about reading and writing biographies. A writing rubric assessment is included in this series of activities designed to teach about heroes and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Involving Students in Grading
An explanation of how to involve students in the grading process by working together to create a rubric and evaluate the papers of classmates according to that rubric.
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Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
CPALMS
Cpalms: A Piece of Cake
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will present their opinion through drawing, writing and speaking. Students will enjoy discussing their favorite animals, pizza and cake. Students will learn about...
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Critical Thinking Consortium: A Teacher's Guide to Great Fuzz Frenzy [Pdf]
The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens & Susan Crummel is a story about a prairie dog community where discord sets in. The lessons in this teacher guide help students analyze the issues critically and then write a sequel to the...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Making Rain
Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Picture Prompts and Story Starters
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a collection of 55 picture prompts and story starters. Also includes other writing aids, including a rubric, graphic organizers, the writing process, etc. Questions provided by...
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin: Project Based Learning Space
Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin: Project Based Learning Space
Houghton Mifflin has created a comprehensive resource for project-based learning. This site is full of ideas, explanations, projects, and more.
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Altec: Project Based Learning Checklist
A project-based learning checklist and rubric generator helps keep students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation. Create checklists for writing and science projects,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Wiggly Worms Earthworm Assessment Take Me Home!
Students will identify and describe the major element of an earthworm's habitat by drawing a diagram and writing a sentence. Included in this instructional activity is an earthworm habitat worksheet, video of the instructional activity...
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Pare: Implementing Performance Assessment in the Classroom
Discover more about implementing performance assessment in your classroom when you visit this site. Teachers will find this information useful in their development of assessments in the classroom.
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Abcteach: Fairy Tale Printouts: Abc teach.com
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fairy tale resource features activities, bar graphs, word searches, crossword puzzles and more. Teachers can print out many of these materials quickly and easily.
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