For the next 15 minutes, you can grab the most popular writing unit- Literary Analysis for $17 (normally $29)
A solid instructional framework for teaching literary analysis that's easy to implement?
Yes, it exists.
- Plan and implement a complete literary analysis unit within the prefect class period structure.
- You'll have solid strategies and frameworks for scaffolding and differentiating your instruction. We want all students to be successful and increase their writing independence.
- Includes specific prompts, scaffolds, and strategies to teach your students to dig deeper into their analysis.
- Each lesson builds on the previous lesson so students increase their analytical writing skills daily.
- Students write multiple reading responses before writing essays and will use the skills, lessons, and past work to dig deep into the texts in front of them.
- The scaffolded instruction in the units starts with students writing flash draft reading responses to help students build up their independence and writing competency.
- Those flash drafts build in difficulty so you can assess and conference to adjust instruction and support your students in real-time (we give suggestions for each lesson based on common student struggles).
- These strategies and scaffolds will improve student writing and decrease your grading.
Here's what's waiting for you inside...
A Scaffolded and Differentiated Writing Unit
- Everything you need from start to finish with an effective literary analysis unit that gives you desired results.
- A complete unit plan. Includes pacing, content, step-by-step teacher instructions, and solid class period structures.
- Strategies and frameworks for scaffolding and differentiating your instruction so all students are successful and increase their writing independence.
- Specific strategies to teach your students to dig deeper into their analysis.
Pacing and Unit Plans
- This unit's scaffolding, pacing, and sequence were thoughtfully designed to ensure you and your students both feel supported and to consistently increase students' independence.
- A complete overview pacing scope and sequence for teachers.
- A weekly and daily pacing guide with materials so teachers can prep with one quick glance.
50+ Response and Essay Examples
- As a middle school ELA teacher, I always said, "I wish I just had an example to look at and show my students." You will not be saying that to yourself. We've included:
- Three differentiated reading responses for the first ten lessons.
- Three differentiated essays, outlines, and planning pages for the essay portion of the unit.
- All examples have images on teacher slides with a breakdown of what the responses
Editable and Digital Rubrics and Checklists
- Like all resources in this unit, the rubrics are differentiated for sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade ELA for teachers who teach multiple grade levels.
- 100% editable rubrics to adjust based on your students or district requirements.
- Digital version of rubrics included to make for even quicker assessments.
- Conference forms and checklists to formatively and assess in real-time.
Hear from teachers...
These resources are a game changer and will save you so much time! But most importantly, it works with my students!!!
I wanted to ease my planning/give me peace and reinvigorate my lessons. I'd say the BIG WIN for me was I ended up with way more time!
The way I used to teach my classes caused a LOT of grading for me-- A LOT! I entered this thinking the first year of using these resources would be a lot of work, but if I kept it up it would be less next year. Well, low and behold! I have more free time! I still have grading, but it is not tons of comprehension questions, short answer questions and THEN essay questions for each chapter/assignment so it takes me LESS time to grade!
Also, my kiddos are not overwhelmed and put more effort into the 'smaller' assignments! Win-win!
Proof it is working: I had to be gone for two weeks after Thanksgiving. It was easier to leave the 'old way' with the sub and students. BIG MISTAKE! They hated it!!! And, I came back to HOURS and HOURS of grading! Worst of all--no effort was seen in most essay-type questions! Never again!
– VAL JONES
The prep, resources, and scaffolding are unmatched. It helps me feel confident in what I am teaching and helps raise the level of rigor. I like the lack of "Googleable" answers!!!!.
I teach in a very small district. I am the only ELA teacher for 6-8 grade. I found some of Martina's resources and they made life so much easier being scaffolded for all 3 grades! After finding these resources, I knew I wanted more.
The resources are the perfect opportunity to support the resources I already had. The more resources I downloaded, the more I realized I could raise the rigor for students. I have raised the level of my students' ability to analyze a variety of texts.
The resources scaffold perfectly while challenging students to raise their level of work on every step. It is amazing. I love that Martina engages in a positive manner to all feedback!
– MORGAN PHELPS
Teacher Slide Decks
- The brand new slide decks have been created to help you teach all the elements of literary analysis and show students examples of quality literary analysis responses and essays.
- Simply display and teach while your students learn and immediately apply each new element to their writing.
Grading and Assessment Workshop
- If you're like most ELA teachers, you probably have 100+ students writing essays... which means you have 100+ essays to grade.
- This bonus workshop will teach you how to grade and assess in class so you learn strategies to stop bringing grading home.
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$17
- 24 Differentiated + Scaffolded Lesson Plans (Valued at $37)
- Editable, digital, and differentiated rubrics for 6th, 7th, and 8th (Valued at $17)
- 40+ examples of differentiated reading responses (Valued at $47)
- Three differentiated literary analysis essay examples (Valued at $27)
- Writing Assessment and Grading Workshop (Valued at $67)
- Teacher digital and print slide decks for each lesson (Valued at $27)
- Editable and differentiated writing conference forms + standards checklists (Valued at $17)
- Printable and digital literary analysis student reference pages (Valued at $17)
