Students practice argumentative writing by building a house to show a strong thesis, reasons, and examples.

English Instructional Plan – Crowd Sourcing False Premise Analysis and Rewriting for Clarity 

The student will write a persuasive essay convincing the teacher of who is to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent deaths of innocent people.** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

This resource is a quick reference guide for students as they craft effective introduction paragraphs in response to persuasive writing tasks, such as the Writing SOL Short Paper. The resource includes essential components, stylistic options, guiding questions, and an exemplar paragraph based on a released SOL prompt.

Students will be defending the main character’s hero or villain status by analyzing the author’s choices within a text to create an analysis essay. Students may have the option of selecting the text/author/main character/villain or hero and will have the option of selecting the author’s choices to analyze.** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

Students will be writing a standard-format letter to the editor of a local newspaper using data and research on an issue they care about that affects others. While it must be a school-appropriate issue, students have the opportunity to select any issue of interest to them to rebut the original writer’s post.** This performance assessment was developed by a collaborative team of teachers and division staff from Middlesex, Poquoson, and West Point school divisions.

This resource is a quick reference guide for students as they use effective conclusion strategies while crafting essays in response to persuasive writing tasks, such as the Writing SOL Short Paper. The resource includes various strategies that students can deploy when concluding an essay and an exemplar paragraph based on a released SOL prompt.

This resource helps students learn about what makes a thesis statement strong and apply the knowledge they gain.

This resource helps students learn about what makes a thesis statement strong, and how to identify the components of a well-written thesis statement. It will also provide an activity for them to create their own thesis statements and peer edit the work of their classmates.

This resource helps students learn about what makes a thesis statement strong, and how to identify the components of a well-written thesis statement. It will also provide an activity for them to create their own thesis statements and peer edit the work of their classmates.