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Directions: The book report should include a colorful cover page with your name, the date, the title of the book, the author of the book, and an illustration. The first paragraph should include the title, author of the book, the genre, and a complete description of the main characters. Descriptive settings, a plot summary, and main events should be included. Why did you like or dislike the book? Would you recommend this book to others? The report should include a summary of the author's overall message and/or the theme of the book.

This book report will contain multiple paragraphs and will be limited to one page. Student name, date and block should appear in upper right corner of the page. First: The report should include the title and author of the book and a complete description of the main characters. Second: Descriptive Settings should be included (When and where did the story takes place?). Third: The main events should be included (What happened in the story?). Fourth: Why did you like or dislike the book? Fifth: Would you recommend this book to other sixth graders. Sixth: The report should include a summary of the author's overall message and/or the theme of the book. 56-50=A, 49-43=B, 42-35=C, Less than 35=D

Write a narrative essay on a memory or a meaningful experience you had growing up. This should be a personal story about you and can be happy, sad, or funny. BE CREATIVE! You don’t like to read “boring” stories so take this opportunity to be an engaging author and create something original and exciting for readers!

Students were to write an essay using 2 Historical Fiction stories as their base texts. They were to compare and contrast the two stories for their characters and traits, historical time periods and settings, and their themes.

Compare and contrast the poem Chicago and the text The Great Fire. These works are set in the same city. How is the urban setting portrayed in each? How are each of the literary works about the same place unique in presentation, structure, and style and which of these elements affects the meaning of the text?

After selecting a research question about world history, the student will write a two-page essay that responds to the question. The essay must contain a thesis statement with supporting information. The essay must use a minimum of three sources and must include a bibliography; no more than two sources may be from the Internet. The student should read the "Accelerated" column of the rubric to understand the expectations for high-quality work.

The purpose of this rubric is to allow the student to know what the expectations are for writing this comparing/contrasting essay. This rubric will help me, the teacher, to assess student writing and inform further instruction.The student will compare and contrast excerpts form the book to the information presented on the Civil Rights Movement

The purpose of this rubric is to allow the younger student to know what the expectations are for writing a comparing/contrasting essay. The student will compare and contrast the book The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and Walt Disney's The Jungle Book. In preparation for this assignment, the student will have had instruction in the writing process, sentence structure, capitalization, end marks, read the book and viewed the movie. Students will also have had instruction using technology i.e., word processing. This can also be used for older students who lack the appropriate skills to write this type of essay.

Student persuasive essay that uses facts to back up their argument. TEK-ELA 4.19 Students will write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. 4.19A Students will write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and use supporting details.

Students are to write a short story that demonstrates their understanding of the stages of plot and the characteristics of a short story.

A How-to Essay is a written, step-by-step explanation of a process. Choose a process that you enjoy and write a how-to essay that will help readers perform the process, even if it's something they've never done before.

Multi-Paragraph Essay Rubric: Research Essay