TEACHING ESSAY STRATEGIES includes the resources  students need to master the CCSS W.1 argumentative and W.2 informational/explanatory essays. Each no-prep resource allows students to work at their own paces via mastery learning. Every resource teachers need to teach essays to upper elementary through high school students is included in this comprehensive program.

All program components are digital downloads (no print books).

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ESSAY STRATEGY WORKSHEETS feature 42 skill-based essay strategy lessons, beginning with simple 3-word paragraphs and proceeding step-by-step to complex multi-paragraph essays. The grammatical sentence openers teach syntactic variety in the writing context. One writing skill builds upon another. Students learn how to write effective thesis statements (claims), introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions. Upon completion of each worksheet, the teacher mini-conferences with the student to review the formative writing assessment. If mastered, the student moves on to the next worksheet. If not, the student revises and re-conferences or the teacher assigns additional practice with the targeted…

ESSAY SKILLS WORKSHEETS feature 97 worksheets to help teachers differentiate writing instruction with both remedial and advanced writing skills. For example, students who struggle with writing complete sentences need the four worksheets addressing fragments and run-ons, as well as the four subject and predicate worksheets. However, more developed writers will benefit from the errors in reasoning, writing style, transitions, types of evidence, introduction and conclusion strategies worksheets.

EIGHT WRITING PROCESS ESSAYS each feature an on-demand diagnostic essay assessment, writing prompt with connected reading, brainstorming, graphic organizer, response, revision, and editing activities. Plus, each essay includes a detailed analytical (not holistic) rubric for assessment-based learning. 

COMMENT BANKS feature comprehensive banks for effective writing feedback. Simply copy and paste into Google doc comments bank, a Chrome Extension, or a Word doc if you prefer. The program includes the 3-6, 6-9, 9-12, and College/Workplace comment banks as Word docs to customize as you wish.

AI CHATBOT REVISION TASKS feature extended learning sentence expansion, combining, and revision lessons, corresponding to the ESSAY STRATEGY WORKSHEETS, to teach students how to safely, ethically, and productively use these language tools.