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Free close reading Common Core W.8.1 resources
Checklist/Rubric for RACE Writing Strategy
Use this checklist for students when peer editing responses using the RACE writing strategy. For an added visual effect, students can color code the bullets and use crayons to color code a writing piece. Discuss with students the benefit of having a "colorful" essay.
Download the "RACE Graphic Organizer" that accompanies this checklist.
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5th - 8th
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RACE Writing Strategy Graphic Organizer
Use this graphic organizer to help students plan their writing using the RACE strategy. This organizer has room for students to provide up to 2 details to answer a question. Please download the "Checklist for RACE" file so students can check each other's writing during peer editing.
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5th - 8th
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Theme Paragraph Writing Notebook - Independent/Group Text Study
In this Theme Paragraph Writing Notebook, students explore topics and themes in order to write a theme paragraph for a story that they read. They are required to provide textual evidence and analysis of the book to show their understanding throughout the notebook.The package works for independent, small group, or whole class novel studies. This fantastic resource is available as a printable workbook and an electronic file.The Plot Poster notebook includes the following activities:InstructionsLes
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6th - 8th
Text Evidence Sentence Starters
Super easy to use, these sentence starters assist students when asked to cite their evidence. Easy to make into a poster, laminate and hang in classroom; copy for students to place in their interactive reading/writing notebooks.✔ Check out all of the other **Freebies** we offer! Reading Rox specializes in materials that will engage reluctant readers.
Grades:
4th - 7th
THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW (The Chronicles of Narnia): Novel Study Worksheets ch. 1-2
"Glory be!" said the Cabby. "I'd ha' been a better man all my life if I'd known there were things like this." (from Ch. 8) WHY CHOOSE "THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW"? "The Magician's Nephew" is a perfect choice if you're looking for a fantasy novel that exemplifies the typical characteristics of the genre. It offers an engaging story that is lively and positive, with a good dose of humor and fun. The plot is simple yet well-constructed, making it particularly suitable for middle school students. Additio
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6th - 8th
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RACE Reading Choice Board
Engage your 6th-8th grade students with this interactive and independent RACE Reading Choice Board! Designed to complement your ELA curriculum, this choice board features a variety of engaging passages on topics ranging from history to nutrition. Each passage is paired with a writing response question, encouraging students to practice the RACE writing strategy: Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain. Whether used as a follow-up assignment after introducing RACE or as part of a larger ELA lesson, this c
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4th - 12th
Primary Source Close Reading - Christopher Columbus Letters
This primary source activity asks students to critically read Chrisopher Columbus' letter detailing his first voyage and an account by Bartolome de las Casas depicting the bloody result of the Europeans', and specifically Columbus', appropriation of the island he called "Hispaniola."
This activity would fit well within a unit on the Age of Exploration or a study of colonialism. This version is ideal for 7th and 8th graders because the excerpts are highly abridged and I have simplified the ques
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7th - 10th
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Quote Sandwich
You can use this worksheet for any assignment that you are asking students to provide evidence on. I use it in both a short story unit, as well as argument writing. Here is the typical quote sandwich breakdown that I use in my classroom:
Top bun: restate question or introduce quote by giving context.
Middle/ meat: The juicy evidence
Bottom bun: explaining how this specific piece of evidence proves their point
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6th - 12th
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Essential Question Writing: Can We Control Our Fate?
Essential Questions are a great way to focus student thinking and promote thematic understanding. This essential question (Can we control our fate?) is from CommonLit's text set using "The Landlady," and "Lamb to the Slaughter," by Roald Dahl. I started the unit with students completing a short writing, or writing sprint, answering the essential question based on their own opinion. When students have completed reading both text, the assignment asks them to reflect on their initial thinking as we
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6th - 9th
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Dakota Pipeline Access Lesson
The Dakota Access Pipeline is one of the most hotly discussed current events in our society. The purpose of this lesson is to provide students with an opportunity to build their knowledge of the events that have led to this standoff as well as the arguments over the pipeline. This lesson will allow students to analyze Primary Sources, engage in active reading and close reading strategies, and engage in an exercise in which they will state their opinion on the issue and support it with evidence f
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Julius Caesar Assignment, End of Play Activity | Keep Students Engaged
JULIUS CAESAR Assignment, End of Play Activity | Keep Students EngagedCREATE, EVALUATE, ANALYZE It is a great way to review the play and get students excited about learning; another bonus is that it is less marking for teachers!Are you looking for an interesting project to wrap up your book study? I assign this at the end of the semester instead of a final essay. This assignment will test your students’ writing and editing skills, but also reveal their ability to analyze the more nuanced and sym
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: CRITICAL THINKING | JULIUS CAESAR and PLATO'S REPUBLIC BOOK I
Finding Evidence and Citations Presentation
This is a presentation I've used to discuss Central Ideas, Finding Evidence, Creating Evidence Based Responses to Questions, and Citations.
This can be used as an example while close reading with the class.
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6th - 9th
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In Class Characterization Essay
This essay is designed to encourage students to think critically about a novel. The simple, professional design will not distract the student when they are trying to write. It comes with the prompt and two additional pages of lined paper. All you have to do is press print!Interested in a custom writing prompt? Let me know and I will create one within 48 hours for a small fee.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Idea Chunk Worksheet
This graphic organizer makes a great addition to students' close-reading and evidence-based writing activities. As students read through their text, they can jot down claims, evidence, and explanations for later study or for future writing assignments. The first text bubble provides an opportunity for you to write an example for your students specific to the literature that you are covering. The worksheet can be printed back-to-back. I created this worksheet to help my 9th grade students underst
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6th - 12th
Murder at Inverness Police Report
Duncan's been murdered, and there are two main suspects. Have your students decide who really is guilty of the deed- Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? This unique take on citing textual evidence to support a claim will have your students close reading Shakespeare AND having fun. Most appropriate for grades 7-12. Can be customized to fit different stories.
Grades:
7th - 12th
To Kill a Mockingbird: Miss Caroline Text to Article Comparison (Chapters 2-4)
Students will compare Miss Caroline from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird to teachers described in "What 'white folks who teach in the hood' get wrong about education" an article that is available on PBS News Hour. The Text-To- Article comparison encourages student self-advocacy as well as awareness in a real world phenomenon that directly effects them. Resource includes questions to ask during a whole class reading or independent reading as well as instructions for a brief essay reflection.
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7th - 10th
The Outsiders Extended Paragraph Assignment
This assignment is a great way to teach your students organization skills in paragraph writing, while also having them search for meaningful quotations from the novel The Outsiders. This assignment lays out the format that students will use to build their extended paragraph, including:
-Topic Sentence
-Concrete Details/Direct Quotes
-Explanation of Quotes
-Concluding Sentence
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6th - 9th
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The Last Lie Educator Guide
A Common Core aligned educator guide inspired by Patricia Forde's The Last Lie.In the powerful conclusion to the award-winning List duology, Letta must return from exile to fight for the people of Ark, even if it may cost her everything. The Last Lie is a dystopian adventure for tweens and teens and an important commentary on censorship, language, and the pursuit of freedom.
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5th - 8th
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FORWARD ME BACK TO YOU by Mitali Perkins - Teacher Guide
Katina King is the reigning teen jiu-jitsu champion of Northern California, but she’s having trouble fighting off the secrets in her past. Robin Thornton was adopted from an orphanage in India and is reluctant to take on his future. If he can’t find his roots, how can he possibly plan ahead? Robin and Kat meet in the most unlikely of places— a summer service trip to Kolkata to work with survivors of human trafficking. As bonds build between the travel mates, Robin and Kat discover that justice a
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8th - 12th
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