Mrs. Hostetler's Language Arts Class
UPCOMING LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES & HANDOUTS
Click on the icons for project information and rubrics. Check back often for changes and additions.
Remember R.A.C.E.
Click image for Transtion phrases
Front of bookmark
Back of bookmark
Year-long writing tools
Writing Videos and Forms
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- the Essay Machine: how to set-up any essay
- Graphic
Organizer
- creating hooks
- yo yo endings
- Revising and Editing Checklist
Rubrics for Writing Notebook
Writing
Reflection
- concluding paragraphs
- "Germ" Conclusion examples
-Revision Routine
First Trimester
Writing Notebook Activities
- Bucket List
- Fingerprints List
- Lessons Learned Activities
Rubric
- Can't Imagine Life Without List
- Spooky Snapshots Activities (fill out chart for two pictures and then write a 1-2 paragraph "snapshot" showing it.
2nd and 4th period must persuade me that the Orphan Trains were either beneficial or detrimental to the orphans
6th period - activities based on Scholastic Scope Articles about sports in school.
Argumentative Activities​
- doc. characters
-PBS Orphan Train video
- Article
Good sites for Orphan Train Evidence
-Cons Chart for notebook
-Pros Chart for notebook
- Debate Rubric
- Sports Argument task cards
Introduction video
-Argument task cards
Argument Paragraph format
Second Trimester
Writing Notebook Activities
- Giving Thanks List
- And the Winner Is...
- Holiday Writing
- How to Survive
- Argument Unit
Click on the gavel to access all the handouts and activities for this unit.
-coding checklist
- Rubric
Holiday Newpaper Group Project
See Canvas page for worksheets and rubrics
- First day -intro to Journalism basics Prezi
- news criteria power point
- inverted pyramid/ article structure
- Lead chart
How to Manual - Preposition Review, pg. 117 in Chapt. 3
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- Rubric
-revision routine
Fairy Tale Biographies
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- fairy tale introduction/description with biography outline
- Research sheet
- Graphic Organizer (outline form with shapes)
- writing a biography powerpt.
- helpful resource (just use worksheet from this lesson)
- fairy tale website 1
or use one of the sites below
- Rubric
- Book Cover Rubric
- checklist to turn in final draft
- More info on how to do cover
Third Trimester
Writing Notebook Activities
- Fairy Tale Literary Analysis
- Lists in my Head
Time for an Infomercial: Group Persuasive Essay - mostly in-class work. Students can earn extra credit for props, but please don't go out and buy things for this project.
- Rubric
Extra ISTEP Writing Prompts
- Snow Day, Important Object, Favorite Game Writing Prompts
- Messy Room or Weird Planet Writing Prompt
- Invention Writing Prompt
Advertising: The Power of Persuasion
- project descriptions, market research report rubric and ad project rubric for periods 2,4,6 (scroll down and pay attention to class period in titles since each class has a project tailored especially for them.)
- Chapter 26 in Lang. book
- Mr. Wasko's Propaganda Video (Persuasive Techniques for Market Report)
- Ad Logic Prezi
- Ad Logic Worksheet packet
Here's a link to Alagna Pictures' answers to last year's student questions about advertising and commercial production.