Against All Odds: George Washington and the Fight for American Independence (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Perella, ITS

Intermediate: This template uses the story of George Washington's life to help students understand the qualities of a true hero. Students are asked to list the qualities of a hero and to identify specific examples of how George Washington was a hero. Use the template to have students write an expository paper on what a hero is OR for a report on the facts about George Washington's life.

Ali: The Greatest (Start-to-Finish Book)

• Five Paragraph Essay - This is an intermediate level template for writing about Muhammad Ali. Extensive scaffolding provides support for writing explicit information. The template follows a basic format for writing a 5 paragraph essay. - by Coleen O'Hara, ITS
• Intermediate - This is an intermediate level template to assist with writing about Ali: The Greatest. It includes supports for both literal and inferential interpretation of the text. - by Coleen O'Hara, ITS
• Cloze Procedure Quizes for each chapter - by Jennifer Carr, ITS
• Idiom Practice for each chapter - by Jennifer Carr, ITS

Anne Frank, The Story of (Start-to-Finish Book) by Coleen O'Hara, ITS

• Basic - This is a basic template for writing a report about Anne Frank. It provides prompts for factual recall about her life.
• 5 Paragraph Essay - This is an intermediate level template for writing about Anne Frank. Extensive scaffolding provides support for writing explicit information. The template follows a basic format for writing a 5 paragraph essay.
• Intermediate - This is an intermediate level template to assist with writing about The Story of Anne Frank. It includes supports for both literal and inferential interpretation of the text.

Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her People (Start-to-Finish Book) by Coleen O'Hara, ITS

• Basic - This is a basic template for writing a report about Harriet Tubman. It provides prompts for factual recall about her life.
• 5 Paragraph Essay - This is an intermediate level template for writing about Harriet Tubman. Extensive scaffolding provides support for writing explicit information. The template follows a basic format for writing a 5 paragraph essay.
• Intermediate - This is and intermediate level template to assist with writing about Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People. It includes supports for both literal and inferential interpretation of the text.

Home Run Heroes (Start-to-Finish Book) by Jennifer Carr, ITS

There are ten templates, one for each chapter, with cloze procedure quizes.

On Strike! The Story of Cesar Chavez (Start-to-Finish Book) by Coleen O'Hara, ITS

• Basic - This is a basic template for writing a report about Cesar Chavez. It provides prompts for factual recall about his life.
• 5 Paragraph Essay - This is an intermediate level template for writing about Cesar Chavez. Extensive scaffolding provides support for writing explicit information. The template follows a basic format for writing a 5 paragraph essay.
• Intermediate - This is and intermediate level template to assist with writing about On Strike! The Story of Cesar Chavez. It includes supports for both literal and inferential interpretation of the text.

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Connelly, ITS

Writing is based on a five-paragraph essay format. Student will write a character analysis on Tom Sawyer

Call of the Wild (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Connelly, ITS

• Book Review - The writing is based on a five-paragraph essay format. Student will answer the 5 W's: who, what, where, when, why. Each question will be answered in paragraph form. Questions and prompts provided throughout writing process.
• Character Analysis - This writing is based on a five-paragraph essay format. Student will write a character analysis for Buck from the book The Call of the Wild.

Kidnapped (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Connelly, ITS

• Character Analysis - Based on the five-paragraph essay format. Write a character analysis for David Balfour from Kidnapped.
• Compare/Contrast - Student will compare and contrast the two main characters. Questions provided to lead student through the writing process.
• Theme - Writing is a 5 paragraph essay based on a theme for the book Kidnapped. Student will write about the friendship between the two main characters.

Lord Jim (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Connelly, ITS

Persuade the reader to believe whether Lord Jim was a hero or a coward. Extensive scaffolding provided to guide student through writing process.

Mutiny on the Bounty (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Connelly, ITS

• Compare and contrast writing for Mutiny. Student will compare and contrast leadership styles of the 2 main characters.
• Persuasive essay for Mutiny. Student will persuade reader to believe whether Capt. Bligh was a leader or tyrant.

Greek Myths II: Heroes, Lovers and Mortal Man (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Perella, ITS

Basic: These two templates were created to help students identify key points to writing a summary of Chapters 1 and/or 2 of the Greek Myths II Start-to-Finish book. It provides prompts for factual recall for each chapter.

• The Creation of Mankind (Chapter 1)
• Pandora's Box (Chapter 2)

Macbeth (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Perella, ITS

Basic or Intermediate: The student uses this template to answer questions relating to each chapter of the book. It begins with comprehension questions relating to Shakespeare from the book jacket. After the student has answered all of the chapter questions, the template may be used for a report or summary on the story of Macbeth.

Against All Odds: George Washington and the Fight for American Independence (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Perella, ITS

Intermediate: This template uses the story of George Washington's life to help students understand the qualities of a true hero. Students are asked to list the qualities of a hero and to identify specific examples of how George Washington was a hero. Use the template to have students write an expository paper on what a hero is OR for a report on the facts about George Washington's life.

Greek Myths II: Heroes, Lovers and Mortal Man (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Perella, ITS

Basic: These two templates were created to help students identify key points to writing a summary of Chapters 1 and/or 2 of the Greek Myths II Start-to-Finish book. It provides prompts for factual recall for each chapter.

• The Creation of Mankind (Chapter 1)
• Pandora's Box (Chapter 2)

The Tuskegee Airmen (Start-to-Finish Book) by Rachel Perella, ITS

Basic or Intermediate: This template provides prompts for factual recall about the Tusgegee Airmen and some of the civil rights issues that occurred during that time period. Students may use the template as a guide for writing about the challenges that African American military personnel faced OR to report on the experiences of the character who tells the story.

Earthquake! (Start-to-Finish Book) by Betsy Komoniewski, ITS

This Earthquake report template includes factual support questions regarding types of earthquakes, causes of, measurement of and prepareness for.

Hurricane! (Start-to-Finish Book) by Betsy Komoniewski, ITS

This hurricane report template includes factual support questions regarding definitions of, causes of, and prepareness for hurricanes.

Liddy and the Volcanoes (Start-to-Finish Book) by Betsy Komoniewski, ITS

This Volcano report template includes factual support questions regarding types of volcanoes, volcano stucture, and the location of volcanoes.

Biography Book Report by Rachel Perella, ITS, and Lissa Hanson, Mount Vernon HS Center

Includes prompts for background information, childhood years, life events, challenges, and "big breaks."

Disaster Story by Betsy Komoniewski, ITS

This templates provides a preface for and outline to create an imaginative disaster story. Scaffolding is provided to develop character, setting, event, and resolution.

Heroes Report by Rachel Perella, ITS, and Bethany Davis, Annandale HS

Includes prompts about the background information of the person, as well as why this person is considered a hero.

PowerWriting by Betsy Komoniewski, ITS

• Basic - provides the stucture for and support questions for a basic (12221) power writing paragraph.
• Intermediate - provides the stucture for and support questions for an intermediate (12323231) power writing paragraph.
• Advanced - provides the structure for and support questions for an advanced (0123232310) power writing paragraph.