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Rules for Rubrics

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
How do you create an effective and fair rubric? Read this article to create the best rubric possible. 
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Making Grading Manageable, Efficient, and Purposeful

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Maintain your workload through focused assignments, expressed objectives, and clear rubrics
Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Grade 4 Literacy: John Muir Unit

For Teachers 4th Standards
Learn how to correctly analyze and score a written performance task. Example work shows annotated think alouds for grading. Teachers also have access to graphic organizers for helping writers succeed,
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 2, Unit 3, Lesson 4

For Teachers 9th Standards
What are the qualities of a strong written response to a prompt? Class members use the provided text analysis rubric to self-assess their responses to their homework assignments to prepare for the mid-unit assessment.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 29

For Teachers 9th Standards
Writers review the provided essay rubric, edit and rewrite if necessary, polish their work, and then submit their argument essay.
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McGraw Hill

Writing Prompts, Student Rubrics, and Sample Responses

For Students 7th Standards
Whether you are teaching mainstream, advanced, or intervention language arts classes, you will find something helpful in a thorough writing packet. It includes prompts, rubrics, responses, helpful hints, graphic organizers, and many...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing to Inform: Analyzing a Model Using a Rubric

For Teachers 6th Standards
Learn to write right. Scholars analyze the model essay Adversity Faced by Townspeople in the Middle Ages. They discuss the essay and make annotations working with an elbow partner. Learners then take another look at the essay using a...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Informational Essay Planning: Essay Rubric and Planner

For Teachers 8th Standards
Pupils walk through the process of writing essays for their final assessment of Unbroken. They begin by reviewing the rubric using Rubric Criteria strips that assign a portion of the rubric to each pair of learners. They then participate...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Informational Essay Planning: Essay Rubric and Essay Planner

For Teachers 8th Standards
Class members dig into the expectations for the end-of-unit assessment for A Mighty Long Way by studying the rubric. The Rubric Criteria strips help pairs of readers look more closely at specific rubric points. They share ideas with the...
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EngageNY

Scaffolding for Essay: Examining a Model and Introducing the NYS Grade 6–8 Expository Writing Evaluation Rubric

For Teachers 7th Standards
Write it down. Scholars take a close look at essay writing by examining the New York state writing rubric. They then discuss a model essay and compare the model essay to the What Makes a Literary Analysis Essay Effective? Anchor...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 12 ELA Module 1, Unit 3, Lesson 3

For Teachers 12th Standards
Working in pairs, class members use the provided narrative writing rubric to assess the effectiveness of dialogue, pacing, and description in two model paragraphs with similar content. Writers then use the insights they have gained from...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 12 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 27

For Teachers 12th Standards
Using their notes developed throughout the unit, class members prepare for the end of the unit assessment by writing a formal essay in which they "analyze how the author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X provides a conclusion that...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 11 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 7

For Teachers 11th Standards
How might two completely different texts address similar topics and themes? Using the penultimate instructional activity from the eight-part Grade 11 ELA Module 1: Unit 3 series, scholars review the central ideas they developed in a...
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End-of-Year Practice Test (Grade 4 ELA/Literacy)

For Students 4th Standards
The time has come to find out what your fourth grade readers have learned after another year of hard work. This Common Core-designed practice assessment provides two reading passages, one narrative and one expository, that children must...
Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Grade 3 Literacy: Investigating Sharks

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Shark! Scholars read about sharks in Facts about Sharks by Susanna Batchelor. They then pretend they are shark scientists and choose a shark they want to study. Learners research their sharks and record information in graphic organizers...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Analyze Model Position Paper with Rubric

For Teachers 6th Standards
It's time to choose a position! Scholars read a model position paper about fracking to practice identifying the topic and argument. Then, working with a partner, they use a rubric to assess the essay. 
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 16

For Teachers 9th Standards
Prepare for the end-of-unit assessment in a unit focused on Karen Russell's "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves." As your class continues gathering evidence to support or argue against the success of Claudette's adaptation into...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 1, Unit 2, Lesson 3

For Teachers 9th Standards
How do writers develop a central idea in a text? How can readers identify this central idea? These are the challenges class members tackle as they continue their analysis of "Letter One" from Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 1, Unit 2, Lesson 10

For Teachers 9th Standards
To prepare for the end-of-unit multi-paragraph essay, class members review Rainer Maria Rilke's collection, Letters to a Young Poet, and David Mitchell's Black Swan Green and identify central ideas in both texts. Writers then formulate a...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 2, Lesson 7

For Teachers 10th Standards
As a mid-unit assessment of a series of lessons that use Ethan Canin’s short story “The Palace Thief” as an anchor text, writers craft an in-class essay discussing how Hundert's character has developed throughout the text.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 8

For Teachers 9th Standards
As a mid-unit assessment, class members craft an in-class essay response to the prompt: "How does Shakespeare’s development of the characters of Romeo and Juliet refine a central idea in the play?"
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 17

For Teachers 9th Standards
Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3, lines 139-170, is the focus of this day's lesson plan. Readers examine the dramatic irony in Juliet's comments and consider how "lamentable chance" caused by a "greater power" plays a role in the tragedy.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 19

For Teachers 9th Standards
To prepare for the unit's final assessment essay, class members collaborate to find evidence that reveals Romeo and Juliet as tragic heroes.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 8

For Teachers 9th Standards
Rid yourself of unsupported analytic writing forever with a mid-unit assessment focused on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." As ninth graders formulate an essay based on evidence from the first seven lessons in the unit, they...

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