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NoRedInk
Lesson Plan Ideas

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Idea #1
• Create practice assignments to help your students master a skill
such as MLA citation for high schoolers or capitalization for
students K-2. Have them work on these assignments at home, and
test their skills using the “Quiz” assignment at the beginning of
the next class.
• Note: Number of questions for practice assignments will vary per
student!

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Idea #2
•Conduct a mini-lesson on a skill with the
whole class and answer some example
“Practice” questions together. Then, have
students work independently in class on a
“Practice” assignments.

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Idea #3
• Create a “NoRedInk” station as part of a rotating station activity
on writing. Have students in small groups travel to stations
including one on peer-to-peer feedback, one on workshopping
writing with the instructor, one on workshopping writing without
the instructor, and a NoRedInk station to have students complete
“Practice” assignments on the skills they need to work on.

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Idea #4
• Use the NoRedInk essay companion (available here) as
part of your writing workshop. Write the corresponding
number next to the grammar error and have students
complete “Practice” assignments as a review of the skill.
Allow students to revise and resubmit essays.

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Idea #5
• To assess student performance long-term, assign a
“Planning Diagnostic” assignment at the beginning
of the year or marking period. Choose 4-6
categories of skills you think you may want to
work on throughout the year.

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Idea #6
• Use “Unit Diagnostic” and “Growth Quizzes” to
assess your students before and after studying a
unit. Unit diagnostics are pre-assessments that look
like quizzes, and growth quizzes will test the same
concepts but with different questions.

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Sample flowchart of assignments
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Diagnostics-Practice-and-Quizzes-

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References
• Idea share: How are teachers using NoRedInk in their classrooms? [PDF document].
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