Worksheets
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PERSONAL SPELLING LIST
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FINAL SELF EVALUATION OF WRITING AND READING
NAME_________________________________________ DATE ______________
General (Personal & Social Development)
What is your favorite subject?
What is something you’ve accomplished this year at school, apart from academics?
What is something you wish you had done differently in school?
Writing and Spelling
How many pieces of writing did you finish this year?
What genres are represented?
What are your favorite genres to write?
Which pieces of writing are your most effective? Why? (What did you do as the author?)
What were your major accomplishments this year as a writer?
What are your strengths as a writer?
What are the areas in which you can improve?
What rules and conventions have you mastered?
What changes have you made in your approaches to spelling?
FINAL SELF EVALUATION OF WRITING AND READING
NAME__________________________________________ DATE ______________
General (Personal & Social Development)
What is your favorite subject?
What is something you’ve accomplished this year at school, apart from academics?
What is something you wish you had done differently in school?
Reading
How many books did you finish this year?
What genres are represented?
What are your favorite genres to read?
Which books were the best? Why (What did the authors do?)
Who are your favorite authors?
Who are your favorite poets?
Which poems were the best?
What were your major accomplishments this year as a reader?
What are your strengths as a reader?
What are the areas in which you can improve?
What literay techniques do you identify and appreciate in the texts you read?
________ MARKING PERIOD PROGRESS REPORT
Student: ________________________ Grade: _______ Date: ________________ Teacher Initials: ________
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND STRENGTHS GOALS
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EVALUATION CONFERENCE NOTES: WRITING
Name: ___________________________________
Marking Period: __________
Date: _____________________
Grade: ______
What does someone have to do in order to be a good writer?
What’s your best piece of writing this marking period?
What makes it best?
I’ve noticed some changes in your writing including:
Do you believe these changes improve your writing?
What are your goals as a writer for the next marking period?
Book Review Worksheet Name: _____________________
Qualities of an Effective Book Review
Samples
Plot synopsis:
“This book is about” or “This book tells the soty of”
Synopsis of the problem or theme:
“This book is a powerful look at”
Identification of the main character and his or her problem:
“(Character Name) never knew that” or “(Character Name) always”
Invitation to the reader to engage with the topic:
“Imagine a story about _________, and you’ve got ____________________.
Question to the reader:
“When was the last time a book made you laugh out loud?”
Quotes dialogue from the book:
(Direct quotes from the book)
Description of an action from the book:
(Description of something dramatic that took place in the book)
WEEKLY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT SHEET
Homework for the week of __________________
DUE MONDAY
DUE TUESDAY
DUE WEDNESDAY
DUE THURSDAY
DUE FRIDAY
EDITING CHECKSHEET
To be attached to the top of your writing submitted for teacher editing
NAME: ___________________________________
TITLE OF PIECE: ___________________________________
DATE OF PIECE: ___________________________________
CONVENTIONS |
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___________________________________________’ Proofreading List
(on this list you will place on each separate line helpful hints and tips to yourself, based on your own writing and knowledge of writing, of items that will help you improve your writing.)
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PEER WRITING CONFERENCE RECORD
Writer’s Name _________________________________________ Date ___________________
Responder _______________________________ Topic/ Genre __________________________
Writer, before you ask for a conference, your job is to consider what you want help with: ideas, language, images, organization, coherence, a part of the piece, a sense of the whole? Tell the responder what you want to response to:
Responder, when you agree to confer with a writer, your job is to help the writer think and make decisions about the writing:
Ask what he or she eneds help with
Listen as the writer reads, try to understand the writing, then tell what you heard
If there are parts that confuse you, you don’t understand, or you’d like to know more about, ask the writer about the. It will help you- and the writer- if you jot down your questions during and after the reading in the space below.
Ask the writer what he or she plans to do next.
Give this record of the conference to the writer
Writer, jot down your plans before you forget them:
MAIN CHARACTER QUESTIONAIRE
Consider the questions below on your own, or ask a partner to interview you as if you are the character, to help you begin to create your main character and flesh out the details.
1. What’s your name?
2. How old are you?
3. What do you look life?
4. Where do you live?
5. What is your family background?
6. What do you like to do?
7. What is different about you?
8. What do you care about?
9. What do you fear?
10. What are your dreams?
11. How would a friend describe you? As the kind of person who…
12. Who are the important people in your life?
13. What are the important things in your life?
14. What is the problem you’re facing?
15. How will you change? Possibilities:
16: What will you understand about yourself and your world at the end of the story? Possibilities:
STUDENT WRITING RECORD
Pieces of Writing Finished by ____________________________ during _____________________
# Title Genre Date Completed
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STUDENT READING RECORD
Pieces of Reading Finished by ____________________________ during _____________________
Date Date 1 - 10
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HAVING A WRITING CONFERENCE WITH YOURSELF
QUESTIONS ABOUT PURPOSE
Does the writing answer the question, “So What”?
Do I have a big idea? Do I have enough specifics to support this theme, argument, or purpose?
Is the writing honest?
Will it make a reader think and feel?
Do I know what I’m talking about?
Will readers relate to the writing so strongly that I hold their attention the whole time?
QUESTIONS ABOUT INFORMATION
Is my information sufficient? Is it accurate?
Have I told enough? Have I explained each part well enough that a reader will know what I mean, every step of the way?
What’s the strongest, most satisfying part, and how can I build on it?
Have I described thoughts and feeling at the points where readers will wonder what I am, or what my main character is thinking and feeling?
Have I embedded the context: told where, when, how, what, and with whom?
Have I described the scene with enough detail that a reader can see it happening- can envision people in action?
Did people talk? Have I directly quoted the words they said? Does it sound the way these people would speak to each other? Can a reader hear what they’re like?
Have I created questions in a reader’s mind about where the writing will lead?
Have I included specifics hat reveal my character, myself, my subject, or my argument?
Is the pace too fast to hold someone’s interest or convince a reader? Do I need to slow down and expand on any part?
Is the writing plausible, or believable? Are the reasons for actions and reactions clear and compelling?
Is the writing true in terms of history, science, mathematics, geography, contemporary social issues, etc.? Have I done the research that gives credence to what I’m saying?
Is my information in the best order?
Do I have too much information?
What parts aren’t needed- don’t add to my point, theme, character, or plot? Can I delete them?
What is this piece of writing really about? Are there parts that are about something else? Can I cut them?
Which is the one best example or illustration?
Are there redundancies? (repeated ideas) Can I figure out the best way to say it once?
Have I contradicted myself anywhere?
Are there any place where the pace bogs down? Can I delete and compress information and speed things up?
Is there too much conversation? Too many details? Too much description? Have I explained something too thoroughly?
Is this a “bed-to-bed” memoir that describes every single event of one day? Can I focus on the important part of the experience and delete the rest?
Have I cut to the chase?
QUESTIONS ABOUT CONCLUSIONS
How do I want my reader to feel and think at the end? Will this conclusion do it?
Does my conclusion drop off and leave my reader wondering or confused?
Is my conclusion too short? (less then four sentences?)
Does my conclusion feel tacked on?
Does my conclusion do on and on?
Does my conclusion give readers a sense of closure but also invite them to want to read this writing again?
QUESTION ABOUT TITLES
Does the title fit the big idea of what the writing is about?
Is the title a “grabber?” Would it make a reader want to read my writing? (Or is it merely a description of the topic?)
Does the title give a hint or taste of the topic?
Is the title memorable?
QUESTIONS ABOUT STYLE
Is the imagery concrete? Can a reader see, hear, feel, smell, taste this?
Is my choice of words simple, clear, and direct?
Have I cluttered my writing with unnecessary adjectives and adverbs?
Have I used strong, precise verbs?
Have I used any word(s) too often, especially in the same paragraph?
Are my sentences clear, direct, and to the point?
Are my sentences active (present tense): I did this, not It was done?
Are any sentences too long and tangles? Too brief and choppy?
Have I used punctuation that will give voice and meaning to my writing? Have I paragraphed often enough to give a reader’s eyes some breaks?
Have I broken the flow of my piece by paragraphing to often?
Have I grouped together ideas related to each other?
Is my information in order? Is this logical sequence? Have I provided transitions for the reader from one idea to the next?
Is there a voice, an actor?
Does the voice stay the same- first-person participant (I did it) or third- person observer (he or she did it)?
Does the verb tense stay the same- present (it’s happening now or in general) or past (it happened before)/
Does the writing sound like literature- does it flow- when I read it aloud to myself?
WRITING SURVEY
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________________ Pd: ______
1. Are you a writer?
(if you answer is YES, answer question 2a. If your answer is NO, answer 2b.
2a. How did you learn to write?
2b. How do people learn to write?
3. Why do people writer? List as many reasons as you can think of.
4. What does someone have to do or know in order to write well?
5.What kind of writing do you like to write?
6. How do you decide what you’ll write about? Where do your ideas come from?
7. What kinds of feedback (responses from readers) help you most as a writer?
8. How often do you write at home?
9. In general, how do you feel about what you write?
10. List specific situations in which being a good writer as an adult could help you get ahead.
READING SURVEY
Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________________ Pd: ______
1. If you had to guess…
How many books would you say you owned? _____
How many book would you say there are in your house? _____
How many books would you say you’ve read in the last twelve months? ______
2. How did you learn to read?
3. Why do people read? List as many reasons as you can think of.
4. What does someone have to do or know in order to be a good reader?
5. What kinds of books do you like to read?
6. How do you decide which books you’ll read?
7. Who are your favorite authors? (List as many as you’d like.)
8. Have you ever reread a book? _______ If so, can you name it/ them here?
9. How often do you read at home?
10. In general, how do you feel about reading?
11. How could becoming a good reader make you richer? (Consider various meanings of the word "richer" in your response.)
HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR READING NOTEBOOK
Page 1: Make a Reading Log. You will list the current date, book title, book author, genre, date finished or abandoned, and personal rating for each book you read.
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Page 3: Write the name of the book you are reading and first impressions based on the cover art, title, writing on back of book, etc.
Page 4-5: Write at the top of the page “Vocabulary & Word Study”
Page 6-7: Write at the top of the page “Character”
Page 8-9: Write at the top of the page “Setting”
Page 10-11: Write at the top of the page “Figurative Language”
Page 12-13: Write at the top of the page “Conflict”
Page 14-15: Write at the top of the page “Plot”
Page 16-17: Write at the top of the page “Theme”
All of the pages after this are for daily notes while you are reading the book. The amount of pages you use depends on the amount of time it takes you to read your selected book.
Each day you will write the date on the top of the page along with the name of the book you are reading and the pages you read that day. For example:
2/18/11 The Maltese Falcon Pages 12-35
Under this you will write the details of the day’s lesson including the Aim & Mini Lesson.
After this it is free reign. You may write about anything you came across in the book that you like or think is interesting. You should also note anything down that seem important to the Character, Setting, use of Figurative Language, Conflict, Plot & Theme that may help you later. It is important that you try to see if you can find the ideas we discussed in the mini lesson in the reading as well.
Once you finish a book you start over labeling and laying out your pages the same way, starting with #3 (although at this point you will not be on page 3 any longer), but on the next available page that is on the right hand side.
On the last three pages of the notebook write Marking Period 1 Goals on the third to last page, Marking Period 2 Goals on the second to last page, and Marking Period 3 Goals on the last page.
It is very important that you keep track of your note in this book and do what you are asked to do. I am afraid this is a very big self-responsibility that you have to take on as the young adults you are. Due to the nature of this work there is no “make up” or scrambling at the end to complete missing items… you just have to keep up by doing a little everyday! DON”T LOSE THIS NOTEBOOK! This is a major MAJOR part of your grade!
HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR WRITING NOTEBOOK
Page 1: Make a Writing Log. You will list the current date, title of the piece, genre of writing, and date completed.
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Page 3: Write at the top of the page “My Personal Editing Checklist”. Here you will write down new things you learn about common mistakes you should remember to fix, and how to fix them.
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Starting at page 5
All of the pages after this are for daily tasks you will be completing for the writing piece the class will be working on. The amount of pages you use depends on the amount you need to complete the various stages of brainstorming, drafting, editing, writing and another final editing. Your ready for teacher submission pieces will be on loose-leaf.
Each day you will write the date on the top of the page along with the name-writing piece you are working on and the elements you are working on for that day. For example:
2/18/11 Expository Essay Rough Draft
Under this you will write the details of the day’s lesson including the Aim & Mini Lesson.
Before starting, on the last three pages of the notebook write Marking Period 1 Goals on the third to last page, Marking Period 2 Goals on the second to last page, and Marking Period 3 Goals on the last page.
It is very important that you keep track of your note in this book and do what you are asked to do. I am afraid this is a very big self-responsibility that you have to take on as the young adults you are. Due to the nature of this work there is no “make up” or scrambling at the end to complete missing items… you just have to keep up by doing a little everyday! DON”T LOSE THIS NOTEBOOK! This is a major MAJOR part of your grade!