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Black History Month close reading Common Core W.8.2b resources
Black History Month Activity - Research Project - Biography Banners - Posters
This best-selling Black History Month biography project is the PERFECT activity for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during Black History Month. Take back your time with these LOW PREP Black History Month biography activities that come in both PRINT and DIGITAL versions. This banner project contains over 40 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You can sit back and watch you
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5th - 9th
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Black History Month Research Project
Are you searching for meaningful Black History Month activities for your middle school students? This Research Project which includes a Creative Poster Project is the perfect way to celebrate Black History Month and teach useful research, writing, and communication skills at the same time! Students will learn vital research skills, learn about an influential African American, put their thoughts and ideas down in an ORGANIZED essay, peer edit and revise their essays, and present their research fi
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6th - 9th
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Black History Month Research Activities - Social Media Project - Posters - Decor
This social media mini-research project contains the PERFECT Black History Month activities for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during Black History Month. Take back your time with this LOW PREP project that comes in both PRINT and DIGITAL versions. These social media templates contain over 30 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You will also receive a bonus set of custom
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6th - 9th
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Black History Month Activities - Bulletin Board - Bellringers - Projects - Decor
This month-long Black History Month bundle includes SIX activities and projects that are PERFECT to introduce your middle school or high school students to important African Americans and events during Black History Month. This LOW PREP bundle includes engaging Black History Month biography projects, research activities, reading comprehension bellringers, posters, and decor that will help your students practice research skills, writing skills, and critical thinking skills while learning new info
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5th - 9th
Black History Month Activity - Trading Cards Research Project - Decor - Posters
This Black History Month research project is the PERFECT student-centered biography project for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during Black History Month. Take back your time with this LOW PREP project that contains over 30 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. You can easily turn these student trading cards into purposeful classroom decor and create a Black History Month
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5th - 9th
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High-Interest Informational Articles + Questions 1 Middle School Digital + Print
Informational Articles and Questions for Middle School Volume 1 contains 3 high-interest topics that are great for gaining interest and practicing analyzing nonfiction texts in your classroom. The topics Parkour, Ramen Noodles, and Self-Driving Cars will help engage your students and help them prepare for any Common Core State Assessment. Your students will enjoy reading and learning about these three topics because my middle school students picked them.These nonfiction text sets are perfect for
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: High-Interest Informational Articles Bundle for Middle School
Paired Texts with Close Reading and Essay Writing - Middle School & High School
These 19 paired passages (using 39 texts) require students to use close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing to help them prepare for standardized assessments. In each lesson, students synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas and themes across texts. With texts that vary by genre, time period, and author, this bundle meets the needs of diverse learners and provides scaffolding with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies.The following texts, which are available in
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6th - 11th
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Paired Texts - Ain't I a Woman and Phenomenal Woman - Essay Writing Test Prep
In this lesson, students complete close readings of a speech by Sojourner Truth and a poem by Maya Angelou. Then, they synthesize their understanding of the texts and write a short analytical essay requiring them to consider and compare central ideas and themes. This 20-page resource includes the following: -explicit lesson plan with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guide-contextual reading guides-think aloud with sample annotation passage-text of the speech-links to aud
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7th - 11th
Also included in: Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Black History Month Activities - DIGITAL Biography Banners - Research Project
This best-selling Black History Month project is the PERFECT activity for middle school and high school students to learn about influential African American individuals during Black History Month. Take back your time with this LOW PREP project that comes in DIGITAL format. This banner project contains over 30 pages of instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. In addition, the completed banners can not only be used as an informative tool, but the co
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5th - 8th
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Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Reading Comprehension Questions & PowerPoint BUNDLE
This is a discounted bundle for two products:Close Reading PowerPoint:This 151-slide PowerPoint is aligned with Common Core Standards and is a great tool for guiding students through a more in-depth textual analysis of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Each chapter is marked by a slide featuring a plot diagram and a summary of the action in that chapter. Additional slides review key passages and push students to deeper analysis, with a strong emphasis on making inferences, recognizing foreshadowing, u
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6th - 8th
Black History Month Research Project
Informational Writing - Research Project - Black History Month - With this informative writing research project students will be assigned and research an influential African American. They have the option to write an essay about their African American, create a poster displaying images or illustrations and facts about their African American, and/or give an oral presentation about their person. A great assignment for students in 3rd through 8th grade!Included are:*List of over 60 African American
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3rd - 8th
The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Comparative Analysis of Different Versions
The best of both worlds: Student Choice and Comparative Analysis!Students are guided step-by-step through comparative reading and writing of a Brothers Grimm Story and an Alternative Version. Students get to choose one of seven Brothers Grimm stories to read for their assignment. There are four steps to this assignment: 1. Students compare and contrast a Brothers Grimm Story to an Alternate Version of the story. All of the versions are provided for through the hyperlinks in the document. 2. Stud
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Activities| HUGE GROWING BUNDLE
Black History Month Activities - DIGITAL Mini Research Project - Social Media
Are you looking for a meaningful Black History Month activity that will not only let your students have fun and show their creativity, but also requires them to conduct research and think critically? Look no further than the Black History Month DIGITAL research project! This student-centered project contains instructional materials that will help guide teachers and students through this activity. Students will LOVE that they get to learn more about an influential African American man or woman in
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5th - 8th
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Paired Texts - Close Reading and Essay Writing Lessons - Middle School Bundle
This bundle includes six of my paired texts lessons appropriate for middle school students. These lessons require students to think critically and synthesize their reading, identifying central ideas across texts. Each lesson guides them through close readings of texts that vary by genre, time period, and author; then, detailed before-, during-, and post-reading strategies help them construct connections between the texts. At the end of each lesson, students write a short essay.The following te
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6th - 9th
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MyPerspectives 10th Grade Unit 1: Inside the Nightmare
This comprehensive and engaging resource comprises OVER 180 SLIDES of short stories, poems, and videos, of gothic literature. Slides contain activities, prompts, assessments, discussion questions, mini-lessons, and more to make teaching and learning fun, educational, and creative!
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8th - 12th
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Animal Farm Unit Plan
Explore George Orwell's "Animal Farm" through a comprehensive unit of twelve engaging lessons. Beginning with an introduction to allegory and historical context in Lesson 1, students progress through various literary elements including characterization, point of view, argument analysis, vocabulary strategies, tone, mood, theme, plot, and figurative language. Lessons also include comparative analysis between the novel and its cinematic adaptation. The unit culminates with discussions on a final r
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7th - 12th
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
COMPLETE LESSON PLAN for a Novel Excerpt Unit on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. ★A perfect accompaniment to HMH Florida Collections Grade 8 Textbook. Everything you need to teach an eight-day unit on part of the popular text! Overall Overview: This novel excerpt unit will expose students to part of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. They will learn about Frederick Douglass and his impact on American history. Students will practice usi
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6th - 12th
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Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to ESL and ENL beginners and newcomers. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. Please open up the preview for details to make sure the text is right for your classroom -- it will be a challenge for your ELLs, but hopefully worth it.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also pri
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Paired Passages and Common Core Writing Tasks 16 texts (8 lessons)
Challenge your students to read and write critically with these lessons including all of my popular "Paired Passages" (paired texts). These lessons require students to synthesize their reading and identify central ideas across texts. Each lesson guides them through close readings of texts that vary by genre, time period, and author; then, the before-, during-, and post-reading strategies help them construct connections between the texts. Each lesson culminates in a writing task that imitates th
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7th - 11th
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The Little Prince, Reading comprehension passages with multiple choice, fun ela
The Little Prince, Reading comprehension passages with multiple choice, fun ela The Little Prince is one of my favorite books to teach. It can be taught on several different levels and challenges students to think about philosophical questions regarding the meaning of life, friendship, existence, love, conventions, and more. (INTERACTIVE OR PRINT) ❤️❤️ OVER 30% discount ❤️❤️Included in this product are the following:▶️THE LITTLE PRINCE CREATE, EVALUATE, ANALYZE▶️THE LITTLE PRINCE GOOGLE GOOGLE
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The 57 Bus Dashka Slater Novel Study Curriculum Bundle/Answer Keys 100pgs
The 57 Bus novel study includes all lessons necessary for a successful novel study unit including 100 pages of solid curriculum, test, questions, activities, essay, worksheets, journal responses, etc. Your students will enjoy the rigor and creativity of this lesson built on best teaching practices.Featured:100 Pages of Solid CurriculumPhilosophical Chairs Collaborative Discussion: All worksheets includedEssayPromptOutlineRubricSelf-editRoll the Dice Activity Game-to be played once or multiple ti
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6th - 9th
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THE HOBBIT MEGA BUNDLE: Intro, Close reading, Review, Test, Essays, Book writing
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."(from the last conversation between Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins) WHY "THE HOBBIT"? "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is an extraordinary novel, and if you're here, you probably think so too. Not only does it offer a captivating, exciting, funny, and at times even touching story, but it also takes the reader on a real journey of growth, hand in hand with its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins. That's why it's always an exception
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6th - 8th
My Perspectives 9th Grade Unit 3: Literature of Civil Rights BUNDLE
This LOADED resource facilitates students to discover how the writings and speeches of the Civil Rights movement inspired social change and demonstrates how words inspire change. Students will interact with a series of speeches, writings, poems, and videos to better understand and create their own change-inspiring speech at the end of the unit. This concise resource includes do-now's, vocabulary, comprehension check questions and answers, discussion questions, debate topics, assessments, and eng
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8th - 12th
The Book Thief Unit Plan
The Book Thief unit comprises a series of lessons designed to deepen students' understanding and appreciation of Markus Zusak's novel, all based on Common Core standards. The lessons begin with an exploration of historical context, delving into World War II and the Holocaust to provide a foundation for understanding the novel's setting and themes. Students then analyze literary elements such as characterization, tone, mood, and theme through close readings of text excerpts and discussions. Addit
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7th - 12th
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