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Balanced literacy Common Core RL.8.1 microsofts
Flush Novel Study - Reading Guide + Unit Plan + Lessons
This novel study and reading guide for Flush by Carl Hiassen, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes it even better!This Flush Reading Guide has been updated as of December 2022 to now include CCSS Alignments for grades 5-8.STUDENTS WI
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5th - 10th
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Coraline Novel Study: Reading Guide + Chapter Comprehension Questions
This novel study and reading guide for Coraline by Neil Gaiman, comes with a variety of worksheets and graphic organizers for students to complete as they read. This novel analysis is broken into 9 sections, with each section focusing on 1-2 chapters of reading.This Common Core aligned resource is perfect for whole group, small group, or individual reading instruction. It is also ideal for tutoring or homeschool education.....And the fact that it is NO PREP makes it even better!This Coraline Re
Grades:
5th - 8th
Independent Reading Conference Form and Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Logs
Included are three different forms that can be used for conferring with students about their reading. Two of the forms are more comprehensive for independent reading and one is more oriented to quicker check-ins when students are reading any text in class. Some of the aspects in these forms include accuracy, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and student goals. Some of the skills that are included are predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing and synthesizing. I have also included student
Grades:
6th - 12th
Reading Workshop Minilessons: Grade 8 Key Ideas and Details for Literature
Teach your students in a way that allows for choice and differentiation in a Balanced Literacy teaching framework while still giving students meaningful instruction and a high level of support. This product contains ten ready-to-go minilessons for Reading Workshop. The minilessons were specifically designed to meet the Common Core State Standards for Key Ideas and Details: RL.8.1, RL.8.2, and RL.8.3. Once you purchase these minilessons, there will be little to no prep for you as a teacher in tak
Grades:
8th
R. J. Palacio's Wonder Jeopardy
This PowerPoint is such a fun way to review what students remember after reading or listening to Wonder by R. J. Palacio. It includes a six-category game board with 30 clues and answers, optional theme music on each slide, and a final Jeopardy question. I project it on the big screen and let everyone participate using their lap boards, but it can also be played in teams. Teachers have also used this as a remote learning activity. It's easy to jump between categories and each slide that has alrea
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Jeopardy Games Literature Bundle: Wonder, Hatchet, Holes, Lightning Thief
The Raven Interactive Reader
Explore Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" in a struggling-reader-friendly format. Students are prompted to stop at points throughout the poem in order to delve into vocabulary, prediction-making, internal rhymes, and beginning mood analysis. Skills questions are color-coded to help students see where relevant words and phrases occur in the text. This file is print-ready or digital-ready in MSWord. Recommended for 6th-9th grade.The Raven Interactive Reader by Kimberly Brands is licensed under a Creat
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Interactive Reader Activity Bundle
The Giver Novel Study
The Giver Novel Study PackageGrade Level: Middle School (Grades 6-8)Subject: English Language ArtsProduct Overview:This resource is designed to enhance students' understanding and appreciation of the novel The Giver - by Lois Lowry.What's Included:Introduction to The Giver:Overview of the novel's themes, setting, and characters.Chapter-by-Chapter Summaries and Analyses:Detailed summaries and analyses for each chapter to aid comprehension and discussion.Comprehension Questions:Thought-provoking q
Grades:
6th - 8th
Plot and Story Arc - ELA Test Prep, Reading Passages + Skills
Students will be able to learn about Plot and identify its parts by looking at a model story then working on a story independently. The students will first identify the events in the story and then will plot them on the plot line. Students will also practice different ELA strategies by responding to the text.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Char
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #4: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas - Escape Room & Literary Analysis 3-Day Plan
Transform your literature curriculum with "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: 3-Day Comprehensive Teaching Plan." This meticulously crafted resource is designed for secondary educators seeking to engage students with Ursula Le Guin's provocative short story, challenging them to explore the depths of ethical sacrifice and societal dilemmas.Elevate Your Teaching Experience: Dive into Le Guin's narrative with an all-encompassing teaching kit that makes educational magic happen in your classroom. T
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Omelas Bundle: Teaching Plan, Escape Room, Creative Project and More!
Grant Proposal: Orca Sounding Hi/Lo Library {85 novels worth over $900}
As a secondary remedial reading teacher, I have struggled to find books that meet students at their reading level while keeping them engaged in the story.
I found this library of 85 hi/lo novels and immediately decided to write a grant to obtain these books: http://us.orcabook.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=8294&CategoryTile=School Resources-School Collections
Here are a few details about the set:
Orca Sounding Collection with Resource Guide
Teen Fiction for Reluctant Readers
Includes 85 differ
Grades:
K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Lady or the Tiger Short Story Analysis
The Lady or the TigerShort Story Analysis: Middle School Short StoriesThis short story analysis is perfect for accompanying the short story "The Lady or the Tiger" This comprehensive digital or printable resource will promote critical thinking while engaging students in text-dependent tasks. Pre-reading activities support students' thinking by building background and vocabulary. During reading, students will complete a graphic organizer to support their thinking and identify key story elements,
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7th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle Grade Short Story Analysis Bundle
Collection Holt McDougal 5 Lessons
5 Day Lesson: Diary of Anne Frank from Holt McDougal: Diary and Play5 Day Lesson: Bloody Times, Abraham Lincoln from Holt McDougal3 Day Lesson: The Drummer Boy of Shiloh from Holt McDougal3 Day Lesson: Harriet Tubman from Holt McDougal2 Day Lesson: Frederick Douglass from Holt McDougalLessons are presented in Power Point with guided reading. They are designed for you to make students a copy in Google Slides so they can follow along and complete work directly in the slides. Provides in-depth lite
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7th - 10th
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Louis Sachar's Holes Jeopardy
This PowerPoint is such a fun way to review what students remember after reading or listening to Holes by Louis Sachar. It includes a six-category game board with 30 clues and answers, optional theme music on each slide, and a final Jeopardy question. I project it on the big screen and let everyone participate using their lap boards, but it can also be played in teams. Teachers have also used this as a remote learning activity. It's easy to jump between categories and each slide that has already
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Jeopardy Games Literature Bundle: Wonder, Hatchet, Holes, Lightning Thief
Theme Chart for Any Literary Text
Teach the theme of any text using this Theme Chart as a scaffolding tool to make your student's thinking visible as they process literary texts. Take your students from reading a text to fully analyzing it! Start with an example text to analyze together. A completed example from one of Aesop's Fables is included in this product. Here is the version of Aesop's "The Ants and the Grasshopper" text I used to create the example.
From there teach students to analyze a literary text by finding key det
Grades:
5th - 9th
Which Book Does Not Belong? Inference and Text Evidence
Which Book Does Not Belong! It is time to teach your students how to, "Judge a Book by Its Cover!" This is a FUN and ENGAGING Open Ended Activity or Warm Up to complete with students of all ages. This activity will get your students talking and interacting. There are MANY correct answers for each of the 25 different slides. Students always surprise me with their unique answers! There are three main goals or opportunities with this assignment:Review text features and observation skills (hence, “j
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander- Novel Study- Activity # 3 (pages 26-40)
This activity includes: H.O.T. Questions and ObjectivesTwo short answer prompts that use #RACE writing strategy to scaffold the academic writing steps CCLS aligned MC questionjournal/creative writing prompt to promote text-to-self-connections and to develop students' understanding of how figurative language can emphasize ideas and feelingsa very thorough teaching key that explains specific strategies that will make RACE strategy even more objective for developing writers. our commitment to supp
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5th - 9th
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Collection of ELA Strategies: Test Prep, Reading Passages and Writing Skills
In this lesson students will apply three different strategies to their own readings. These strategies include setting, conflict, character traits and prediction. The primary goal of this lesson and these strategies is for students to determine how these elements had an affect on, and possibly changed the character(s) they read about.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #1: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
"Harrison Bergeron" and "2081" by Kurt Vonnegut
Follow the trend of teaching dystopian literature in the classroom by introducing your students to "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. This short story will be certain to spark discussions and the students will be able to keep coming back to the story throughout the year as you teach other dystopian stories. Bonus material included: The "2081" movie viewing guide and accompanying activities.Included in this resource, you will find:Vocabulary ListLesson Plans (5 Days)-Quizlet and Blooket Activi
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7th - 10th
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander- Novel Study Unit- Activity 1 (pages 10-18)
HOT Question: How do authors develop their characters? Objectives I will… get to know the narrator/speaker Joshua Bell and his twin brother JordanBy… reading pages 10-18 of The CrossoverSo that….I can analyze how the author develops the main charactersThis activity includes: characterization graphic organizers, multiple choice questions, a creative journal prompt, and the answer key.
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6th - 9th
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Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Literature Unit
This literature unit includes a complete analysis of Poe's short story. The unit contains vocabulary, analysis of point of view, literary devices, irony, characterization and plot. The unit contains an assessment that is common core aligned with questions on comprehension, literary analysis, vocabulary, and short response. An answer key for all work is included.
Grades:
6th - 8th
ELA: Creating Reading Logs & Reader Responses: Printable Worksheets
Students understand how to write short responses (about character, setting, narrator, etc.) based on their independent reading books. Teacher will walk students through the process of how to create effective logs and responses that show the readers understanding and comprehension of the text. There are teachers model in this lesson, as well as different options of ELA strategies for students to apply to their own reading and respond to.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme
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6th - 12th
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Boost Inference Skills with Silent Films!
Teaching students to show kindness to others is incredibly important in today's society. Embedding those lessons inside meaningful materials is the key!I often teach inferencing through videos or pictures. Honestly, Geri's Game and For the Birds are the cornerstones to that lesson. However, students get tired of watching Pixar shorts in the classroom! I've taken a four minute YouTube video based on the idea of random acts of kindness and paying it forward and built my introductory lesson on infe
Grades:
7th - 9th
English Language Arts Review: ELA Skills, Reading Skills, Printable Worksheets
Students will review the ELA skills they learned/were introduced to during this unit. Students will review point of view, inference, multiple choice questions, moral, annotations, cause and effect, plot and specificity in answers.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Test Prep & Reading SkillsFact &Opinion in Non-Fiction Texts
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6th - 12th
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Analyze Character Traits
This is a worksheet to help students analyze a character in their reading and use evidence from the text to support their thinking. The teacher could complete one together with the whole class/group first to model how to find specific parts of a text/story that lead to inferences about a character. The student should then be able to complete one on a different character or for a different book on their own.
The worksheet asks students to record exact page numbers they found the information on
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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