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7th grade literature dbq pdfs
Mayan Literature - The Popul Vuh
Students will have the opportunity to engage with one of the most enduring works of ancient Mesoamerican literature, the Popul Vuh. The Popul Vuh captures unique aspects of Maya culture, mythology, and understanding of the universe. This assignment allows students to examine primary source material and ask though-provoking questions about the text.
Aztec
Maya
Mayan
Olmec
Inca
Toltec
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Setting
Rising action
Ancient Civilizations
Ancient History
American History
America
American
North Amer
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6th - 12th
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The Odyssey:Writing Prompts Constructed Response CCSS Digital Activity
Add this to your Odyssey Unit. This is a very engaging and timely activity that deals with a piece of classic literature that is essential to the goals of the Common Core. Students race to collect textual evidence in disguise as character tweets. After the data collection on several topics, students jigsaw and examine one of the topic sheets. The discussion of this material will become material for a constructed response. I love to make learning a game and this is the ultimate example of that. I
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6th - 10th
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Also included in:Â The Odyssey Unit Bundle with Stations, Test, Writing Prompts, Viewing guide
Wonder: Part Eight August
This packet is for Wonder: Part Eight, August, by R. J. Palacio. It is a series of questions for guided reading practice, practicing reading strategies such as making predictions, drawing conclusions, inferencing, using context clues, vocabulary skills, and close reading skills. Some questions ask the reading to think deep, and some ask the reader to insert how they feel about a situation.
This is a great tool to assess student engagement with the text, or to use while reading it in class.
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3rd - 8th
Code of Honor- Comprehension questions
Code of Honor by Alan GratzComprehension questions for the book chapter by chapter for students who are reading at the 5th-grade level.I have used this with my pull-out life skills based basic English-Language Arts classes.
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5th - 8th
William and Mary Graphic Organizer Round-Up
Student friendly graphic organizers for use with The College of William and Mary Center for Gifted Education Literary Reflections and Perspectives units. These organizers can be used with any fiction and nonfiction material and provide a framework for developing constructed responses, preparing for Socratic Seminar and DBQ analysis.
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4th - 12th
Elementary ELA AVID Academic Language Scripts Classroom Discussion Printables
*** New Seller please follow, comment, and review if you like these! <3*** These Academic Language Scripts are perfect in an AVID classroom setting. It is used to build classroom discussion and improve how students respond to each other during discussion. These are used as questions stems to add to discussion during socratic seminar or philosophical chairs. *Available in two colors brights and primary colors Socratic SeminarPhilosophical ChairsClassroom Discussion Literature Circles Promotin
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2nd - 12th
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Wonder - Book/Unit Exam
This end-of-book/end-of-unit exam is on the book Wonder by RJ Palacio. The exam has four subsections. There is a multiple choice, matching, quote analysis, and short answer section. This test requires deep knowledge of the text and understanding of the themes therein. Students will have to craft responses for half of the test. The test document includes sample answers for all crafted answer questions.
Grades:
4th - 7th
The Giver-Book/Unit Exam
This end-of-book/end-of-unit exam is on the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. This test was created at the end of a thematic unit titled "Individuals & Communities." The exam has five subsections. There is a multiple choice, matching, definitions, quote analysis, and short answer section. This test requires deep knowledge of the text and the thematic unit. Students will have to craft their responses for most of the test. The test document includes sample answers for all crafted answer questions.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â The Giver-Engaging Readers in the Classic
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian -Book/Unit Exam
This end-of-book/end-of-unit exam is on the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. This test was created at the end of a thematic unit titled "Finding My Place" The exam has four subsections. There is a multiple choice, matching, quote analysis, and short answer section. This test requires deep knowledge of the text and understanding of the themes therein. Students will have to craft responses for half of the test. The test document includes sample answers for al
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7th - 10th
Seedfolks-Book Exam/UnitExam
This end-of-book/end-of-unit exam is on the book Seedfolks by Paul Fleischmen. This test was created at the end of a thematic unit titled "Individuals & Communities." The exam has two major sections with two subsections each. There is a matching chart where students must identify the contributions to the garden and place of origin for several characters. There is a multiple-choice section with questions for basic reader knowledge of the book and some thematic elements. The written portion of
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5th - 8th
Also included in:Â Seedfolks-Engaging Readers in the New Classic
The Outsiders Novel Study Discussion Questions
A perfect companion to your Outsiders Reading Packets and Reading Strategies Worksheets, this set of class discussion questions will keep your students talking about the book-even after class!Included is a set of discussion questions for each chapter of the novel. The questions touch on main ideas, themes, plot, characters, and more! The class discussions can take as much time as you wish. You can employ a variety of discussion methods with this resource such as: basic whole class discussions,
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â The Outsiders Everything Bundle
The Outsiders Novel Introduction pdf
Part of a larger bundle, this power point presentation provides the basics for your students as they get ready to read The Outsiders. You will provide a synopsis of the novel, foster class discussions about themes throughout the story and, if you choose to purchase them, engage them in other activities to prepare them for reading. It's a great way to kick off your Outsiders Unit!
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6th - 10th
Also included in:Â The Outsiders Novel Introduction Bundle
The Wild Robot Book Study, Upper Elementary Book Study, Enrichment Activity
This book study packet is perfect for when you are reading The Wild Robot with your class. It has an emphasis on character traits and how Roz and Brightbill change throughout the story. I use this is my enrichment reading group time. We read the story as a class and fill out the packet together. I have them write on their own and then share their writing with this class. My students are always so engaged in this activity. Page 1: Cover Page Page 2: Prediction about what The Wild Robot is about P
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3rd - 9th
Humanism - Don Quijote
Reading comprehension worksheet to illustrate the features of Humanist literature in an entertaining way through the adventures of Don Quijote written by M. Cervantes. After reading a short summary of the novel, guiding questions will test students' understanding, logical thinking and connection with the world today.It is suitable particularly for medium-level G7 students.This worksheet is best used as a follow-up activity to the presentation "Humanism in Europe". You can find it in my store, a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Early Modern History in Europe Bundle for Middle School
Montaigne On the Cannibals Primary Source Worksheet
Primary source analysis worksheet based on extract from French Renaissance Philosopher Michel de Montaigne. This should take 30 minutes to complete. Accompanying ppt is also available on tpt.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Book Conference Questions
This resource is designed to be used with students after they have read a novel independently. The Book Conference resource includes a series of questions about the book, including story elements, characters, theme and conflict. The Book Conference questions are concluded with a "book rating", where students can determine their overall feelings of the story. This resource could be used for teachers questioning students one-on-one, or students completing on their own!
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6th - 10th
4 Paragraph Quote-based Essay Outline
This brainstorming tool and essay outline can be used with any literature topic. It is designed to help students learn how to integrate quotes into their literary analysis.
Custom changes available upon request.
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7th - 10th
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Topic Sentence Posters
TAGS is an acronym that students can follow to write a proficient topic sentence to answer a fiction text dependent analysis question. This file contains small posters to display on the whiteboard, bulletin board, or anchor chart as well as bookmarks for student use.
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2nd - 8th, Adult Education
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Ancient India - Fables Panchatantra
Reading comprehension worksheet to practice and enhance students' knowledge about the arts and literature from Ancient India. Students will need to read short fables from Panchatantra first. Their goal will be to retell the fable in their own words, create a poster / comics strip depicting the main events in the fable or perform the plot of their fable in the class.This worksheet is best used as a follow-up to presentation "Ancient India - Scientific Achievements, Arts, Heritage" in my store, av
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Ancient India Bundle for Middle School
Animal Farm Sorting Activity, First 2 Chapters
When I taught Global History I had students read Animal Farm. One of my favorite activities that I completed with students at the end of every few chapters was have them engage in a sorting activity. Students had to match excerpts from the novel to primary/secondary sources. As long as students had read the novel, they did not need to be exposed to the historical sources beforehand. This allows them to discuss and construct knowledge. I would cut out all of the excerpts, and then have students f
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7th - 10th
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Rubric for assessing written products- Honors Classes
I use this rubric in my Honors classes to grade student work. Using elements of the Common Core Standards, this rubric assesses paragraph responses to question prompts. The rubric is aligned with my classroom instruction in writing "Perfect Paragraphs." Criteria includes evidence and accuracy of content.
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6th - 8th
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TAKE NOTICE and NOTE
This document supports your reading routine of closely reading text and modeling textual referencing for students. Contributing to students' overall comprehension of complex text, this routine is a must for all levels of readers. In order to write about a text, students must understand the text. This product supplies you with resources to support students as they learn to read complex text, analyze during reading, and document for writing/discussing.
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5th - 10th, Staff
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Common Core Poetry Puzzle Cards: The Bridge Builder
Includes poem and critical thinking/comprehension puzzle cards. Aligned common core standards are also included.
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4th - 9th
Constructed Response Openers
Students are being asked to respond to text more and more. This product contains four excerpts with a text-based question for each excerpt. This allows teachers to use one excerpt a day at the beginning or ending of class. It gives students the daily practice they need. It gives teachers a weekly glance at students' progression. What a great data tool to have for student conferences, SST/RTI meetings, parent conferences, etc.! Time should be set at no more than ten minutes for each response. Why
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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