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Short stories research $5-10
Christmas Around the World Pack with Reader's Theater
NEW in 2023- Editable docs included. This Christmas around the World pack includes 8 nonfiction selections about winter holidays around the world. HanukkahKwanzaaSt. Lucia DayChristmas and Three Kings Day in ArgentinaAustralian ChristmasDiwaliJapanese New YearSoyal-Hopi Winter SolsticeThese selections are written at a high fourth grade reading level but can be used in grades 3-5. Students can be divided into groups. Each group should be given a winter holiday to research. Then they are requ
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Research All Year Bundle
Utopian - Utopia vs Dystopia Activity - Dystopian Literature Unit Activities
Introduce utopia, utopia vs. dystopia settings and themes, along with the concept of a perfect utopian world! This unique utopian resource includes opportunities for students to read, write, and conduct research! A slides presentation on the utopian world concept is included with 3 activities exploring dystopian versus utopian settings. Pair this resource with Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia," or any utopian/dystopian literature!The Quest for Ut
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8th - 11th
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Digital Paired Passages May Google Classroom Google Slides
Are you looking for activities to use digitally with your students? These distance learning paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension using Google Forms. There are 8 different passages that have paired themes for the month of May. For non readers, each passage contains an audio file to listen to the passage instead of just reading. One passage is fiction and the other is non-fiction. The themes covered in May are plants, dragonflies, bubbles, and turtles. After reading the pa
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resources May Bundle Google Classroom Google Slides
Digital Paired Passages April Google Classroom
Are you looking for activities to use digitally with your students? These distance learning paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension using Google Forms. There are 8 different passages that have paired themes for the month of April. The themes covered are frogs and toads, sharks, earth day, and sloths. After reading the passage, students will be given self grading multiple choice, true/false and some multi select questions. There is also a short answer for each passage that
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resources April Bundle Distance Learning Google Classroom
SPANISH & ENGLISH: Earth Day Creative Writing Activity No prep
Engage your students in a meaningful Earth Day activity SPANISH AND ENGLISH BUNDLE with this creative writing resource focused on endangered animals. This Google Slides presentation is designed to spark imagination and raise awareness about the importance of protecting endangered species.Why You Will Love This Resource:Inspire creativity: Students will love imagining themselves as endangered animals and creating stories from their perspective.Educational: Learn about endangered species, their ha
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3rd - 5th
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Three Science Fiction Stories Bundle
Three Science Fiction Stories consists of works by H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C. Clarke. The stories were meant to serve as an interdisciplinary experience for the Astronomy of the Solar System that I teach. Why these stories? I like them, and I have been a lifelong science fiction and fantasy reader. These are classic authors, and I want to present them to my students. The stories are also short enough to augment my astronomy course without taking too much time away from the regul
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Digital Paired Passages October | Distance Learning | Google Classroom
Are you looking for activities to use digitally with your students? These distance learning paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension using Google Forms. There are 8 different passages that have paired themes for the month of October. For non readers, each passage contains an audio file to listen to the passage instead of just reading. The themes covered in October are bats, spiders, community helpers, pumpkins, and Halloween. After reading the passage, students will be given
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resources OCTOBER Bundle Google Classroom
Black History Month Primary Classroom Shared Reading Resources and More!
Celebrate Black History Month this February with this DEI Bundle Pack! This is an easy way for you to incorporate Black History Month into your daily lessons without the additional work.____________________________________________This DEI Bundle Pack includes the following resources for the Primary Classroom:- 6 Shared Reading Poems (Full or Half Page, Colored or B&W)- Student Trading Cards- Black History Month Classroom Banner (Colored or B&W)- Primary Classroom Research Project Activit
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Modern Fairytale Lesson Plans
Modern Fairytale Lesson Plans 10 Lesson Plans made to bring modern fairytales into the 9th Grade ELA classroom Lessons are aligned with ELA Common Core standardsThe preview shows the entire research paper I completed for the lessons Unit Could be used a mini unitA good way to teach theme, adaptions & compare/ contrast.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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"The Miracle Worker"- BUNDLE
This bundle includes:*Anticipation Guide*Guided questions while reading Act 1*Act 1 questions with researchDepending on the pace your class moves, these resources will last you up to two weeks in class! And everything is done!
Grades:
6th - 12th
Paired Passages May Reading Comprehension No Prep Activities
These paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension and compare and contrast standards. There are 10 different passages that have paired themes for the month of May. These no prep activities would be great for whole group, small group, or independent practice for your fluent readers. The themes covered in May are plants, turtles, dragonflies, bubbles, and camping. After reading the passage, students work on answering the questions provided and illustrating a piece of the passage
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1st - 3rd
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Sea-Level Rising by 2025: A Research Project
~Sea-Level Rising by 2025: A Research Project~ Copyright, Betty J. White, 2024This is a research activity concerning the transformation of global shorelines due to global warming, but before the research begins, students enjoy a fictional short story that introduces them to some background information about global warming.Includes:· A short story and poem, fantasy fiction with a delightful story to learn about global warming. The story takes place in the Arctic and Reykjavik
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
4-ESS3-2
My First Travel Book 1 with Questionnaire - Geography
- These children's books will help teachers read and discuss these world destinations with the children in the class and to answer the questions in the books after each page/chapter and go on and discuss the countries, culture, foods, traditions and the geographical locations of these countries in the world and more."Are you ready to take to the skies? Welcome Aboard Children! Come join the adventures of Captain Frankie as they travel across the world to some of the most popular, entertaining, a
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2nd - 9th, Staff
Paired Passages August September Reading Comprehension No Prep Activities
These paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension and compare and contrast standards. There are 10 different passages that have paired themes for the month of August & September. These no prep activities would be great for whole group, small group, or independent practice for your fluent readers. The themes covered in August & September are hand washing, donuts, monkeys, apples, rules, & kindness. After reading the passage, students work on answering the questions
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1st - 3rd
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Literature Lessons: Edgar Allan Poe, Biography, Bio, Tell Tale Heart Lesson CCSS
This Edgar Allan Poe lesson bundle includes three great activities for teaching students about the life and biography of Edgar Allan Poe and helping them analyze his famous short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." The highly engaging, CCSS aligned Edgar Allan Poe biography activity is designed to look like an Instagram profile/post that students fill out using their own research on the author. The short story worksheet helps students analyze basic literary elements of Poe's story as well as his use o
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8th - 11th
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THE BIRDS BUNDLE
"The Birds" by du Maurier is a haunting and gripping story that captures the terror and chaos of a world where birds turn on humans. The narrative is told through the eyes of a small coastal town in England, where the arrival of the birds heralds a dark and apocalyptic future. The story is thrilling and unnerving as the reader is drawn into the escalating conflict between humans and birds. Du Maurier's writing is masterful and atmospheric, creating a dread that lingers long after turning the fin
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Not Grade Specific
Digital Paired Passages June Google Classroom Google Slides
Are you looking for activities to use digitally with your students? These distance learning paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension using Google Forms. There are 8 different passages that have paired themes for the month of June. For non readers, each passage contains an audio file to listen to the passage instead of just reading. One passage is fiction and the other is non-fiction. The themes covered in June are ice cream, circus, beach, and popcorn. After reading the pass
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resources JUNE Bundle GROWING Google Classroom
Digital Paired Passages November Google Classroom
Are you looking for activities to use digitally with your students? These distance learning paired passages are perfect to work on reading comprehension using Google Forms. There are 8 different passages that have paired themes for the month of November. For non readers, each passage contains an audio file to listen to the passage instead of just reading. The themes covered in November are election, pumpkin pie, owls, and turkeys. After reading the passage, students will be given self grading m
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resources NOVEMBER Bundle Google Classroom
Success with English: Zoo Teaching Resources
The short story Zoo is a science fiction written by Edward Hoch. The story is found in the HMH Into Literature textbook. It is also found online. This unit provides teachers with engaging and informative resources to teach the story. Teaching Resources The resources in the unit include:1. Analyzing the Text (Questions and answers to analyze the story)2. Story Mountains (Graphic organizers to map the plot and summarize the story)3. Compare and Contrast Organizer (A graphic organizer to compare Pr
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6th - 8th
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Literature Lessons: Kate Chopin, Biography, Bio, A Pair of Silk Stockings Lesson
This Kate Chopin lesson bundle includes three great activities for teaching students about the life and biography of Kate Chopin and helping them analyze her famous short story, "A Pair of Silk Stockings." The highly engaging, CCSS aligned Kate Chopin biography activity is designed to look like an Instagram profile/post that students fill out using their own research on the author. The short story worksheet helps students analyze basic literary elements of Chopin's story as well as her use of fi
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8th - 11th
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The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin
Written on April 19, 1894, this short (one page) but poignant story examines early feminist views similar to those of Virginia Woolf on marriage and equity in the late 1800s. Areas of study: feminism, social history, literary devices, elements of fiction. In higher level classes, I include a reading of Virginia Woolf's Shakespeare's Sister (included) for the purposes of comparison. Lots of extended learning opportunities for exploration of American Feminist Movement including researching ear
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Grades:
10th - 12th
Death and the Maiden Mini Research-Oates "Where Are You Going?" Short Story
In my Literature to Film class, students read "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates and watch the film adaptation called Smooth Talk. Prior to reading and viewing, students research the Death and the maiden motif and put together a short slideshow of their research and findings. Students then present their examples to the class. Google Slideshow includes an instruction slide, and example slide, and two blank slides for students to work on.
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9th - 12th
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The Jackson Twins & The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The second installment of the Jackson twins adventure! The twins travel back to 1775 and meet the legendary PAUL REVERE. They soon learn that historians are not always 100% accurate in the retelling of a tale.
This installment includes enough work to make a nice week long unit. If task cards are utilized and assigned for research, a second week is certainly viable.
Packet includes
A 6 page story
A student workbook Including…
3 pages of in-depth questioning
A vocabulary definitions page
A cro
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Extreme nouns - Ingredients for Advertising Ideas - printable
5,000 nouns for Advertising, Graphic Design, Storytelling, TeachingNouns are indexed by analogies and extremes such as big, fast, scary, time.Brainstorming ideas for stories, teaching and creative writingLess time on research – more time on creativeDevelop & execute concepts with an indexed reference of nouns listsPractical word association tool for creative ideasMix, match and combine lists of nouns for new solutionsUse analogy to illustrate conceptsDiscover obvious and obscure visual relat
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Not Grade Specific
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