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Final Performance Task: Final Draft of Essay to Inform Lesson PlanFinal Performance Task: Final Draft of Essay to Inform Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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Grade
6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Year
2014
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Final Performance Task: Final Draft of Essay to Inform

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  • Full Grade 6 ELA Module 2A (.pdf)
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  • Full Grade 6 ELA Module 2A, Unit 3 (.pdf)
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Sometimes, it's fun to follow the rules. Using their drafts of an evidence-based essay from previous lessons, scholars write their final informative essays about rules to live by. Next, they choose and share quotes from their essays that capture the spirit of their rules. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

final drafts, informative writing, essay writing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Allow pupils to use computers to revise their work

Classroom Considerations

  • Final lesson from the consecutive nine-part ELA Module 2A Unit 3 series
  • Requires students' drafts from lessons seven and eight with teacher feedback

Pros

  • Provides strategies to meet the needs of all learners
  • Includes teaching notes to help implement the material

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.6.2.a W.6.2.b W.6.2.c W.6.2.d W.6.2.e W.6.2.f W.6.5 W.6.9.b L.6.1.a L.6.1.b L.6.1.c L.6.1.d L.6.1.e L.6.2.a L.6.2.b

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