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Close reading Common Core W.8.1 microsofts
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
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
A Crush by Cynthia Rylant Lesson Plan, Worksheet and Key, Activities
A Crush by Cynthia Rylant Complete Lesson Bundle
This is a complete lesson pack for the short story A Crush by Cynthia Rylant. All of the documents are alterable so that you can tailor them for your purposes. Also, all of the graphic organizers can be used for any text. The worksheets are provided in BOTH .pdf and MS Word formats for all users and formats. These materials are designed to be convenient and ready to use. They do not require any prep and can be used as an emergency lesson for a su
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6th - 10th
TDA Analysis Worksheet
Breakdown the basic components of an essay with this worksheet. Have students find the argument of a TDA, the search for claims and evidence from the text. After completing the chart, use a TDA rubric to score.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Argumentative Essay Exemplar Analysis and Critique!
This is a great lesson for students to complete before crafting their argumentative essays. It provides a 5-paragraph argumentative essay and analysis sheet. The essay attempts to persuade the audiece that tea is better than coffee and includes an introduction, 2 body paragraphs, a counterclaim and conclusion. Students will read the essay and answer the analysis sheet which asks 11+ questions about the content and structure of the essay. I hope your students learn a lot about the parts of th
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7th - 9th, Adult Education
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200+ Chapter questions for To Kill a Mockingbird
200+ Chapter questions for every last chapter of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Most questions grouped into two chapter bundles. Assign two chapters for reading, assign the questions either for homework, classwork (great sub plan!) or for an academic discourse activity (fewer papers to grade!) With this purchase you get every single well thought-out question.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Short story unit- "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
This slide deck includes a detailed lesson and activities for the short story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid. I provide an activate your brain activity (warm up) activity, discussion questions to introduce students to some of the topic discussed in the reading, annotation guide for reading the short story and an end of lesson writing prompt. Ways to use this resource-Sub plans- Part of a short story unit- Test strategieand many more other ways!
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Let It Shine Movie Form (Fillerwork)
Movie form on Let It Shine, great for before the holiday or summer break or fillerwork in the classroom.
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8th
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ELL Activities for "Amigo Brothers" by Piri Thomas
This is a PowerPoint presentation with before, during, and after activities for ELL's to read during the short story "Amigo Brothers" by Piri Thomas. There are group discussion questions, context clue/idiomatic language/multiple meaning word activities, writing activities, and graphic organizers to help students compare and contrast the two main characters. These activities give ELL's opportunities to speak, listen, and see English in a poignant story that is relevant and cuts to the heart of an
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6th - 8th
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Reading Guide: "My Favorite Chaperone"
Keep your students engaged while reading the short story "My Favorite Chaperone" with this detailed, four-page reading guide. Students will read certain parts of the text independently and be asked to summarize and explain with evidence to support what they've just read in addition to the more basic recall questions found in this reading guide. Featuring DOK level 1-3 questions, this reading guide will help ensure comprehension in addition to challenging students to think deeper about the text.
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8th
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Night- Unit Packet
Analytical Reading and Writing Activity Packet for Night by Elie Wiesel. Activities to help analytical reading and writing for 9 sectione of reading. Includes TWO Final Essay Prompts with corresponding graphic organizers and rubrics.
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8th - 10th
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Common Core Argumentative Essay Boot Camp Survival Guide (33 pages, editable)
Whether you're prepping your students for a rigorous state exam or teaching an argumentative writing unit for 3-4 weeks, this 33-page fully editable Survival Guide for the Common Core Argumentative Essay is packed with proven strategies, methods, organizers, models and checklists that will lead both you and your students through every step of the argumentative writing process.
The many resources will make teaching the argument a stress-free breeze. ALL the work is DONE for you! Ideal for high
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Argumentative Writing and Creative Problem Solving Lesson Plan
This lesson uses the conflicting texts "Ban the Ban! Soda's a Problem but..." and "Three Cheers for the Nanny State". Students will read the texts and engage in a creative problem solving discussion in which they identify the central ideas or problems that the author's identify. They then analyze the solutions to those problems and evaluate which solutions will be the most effective. The culminating assignment is an argumentative writing assignment. This is about 3-5 days of lessons.
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8th, Staff
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Superman Smashes the Klan Unit Plans
This unit plan comes with learning targets and is aligned with Massachusetts Standards for English Language Arts. Written in Gradual Release Model, students will gain independence throughout each lessons. Within the lessons, activities are linked and described. A learning plan and performance task are also outlined with student-centered language.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Superman Smashes the Klan Unit Bundle
Zoom In: An Of Mice and Men Pre-Reading Activity
Are you looking for a way to introduce the 1930s to your students before beginning Of Mice and Men or another 1930s American work? This is the perfect activity for you! Including a presentation, colorized photos, and note-catcher, your students will love analyzing an image and discussing other pictures from this time period!
Grades:
8th - 11th
Waters of Gold
Waters of Gold is the perfect introduction to figurative language and imagery as it adds to style and authorial intent!As an introduction to character development, read slowly in small cooperative groups. The full text document is formatted with marginal questions and vocabulary words for independent reading. For my teaching style, it allows me to individualize the reading.To encourage notetaking, I have built a Cornell notes sheet to be printed right into the packet. AND, a fully completed note
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Six Short Stories For Middle School - Full Text included
Analyzing a Sonnet: "The New Colossus" Complete Bundle
This lesson facilitates teaching the analysis of the poem "The New Colossus." It includes the PowerPoint and printable lessons and assessment."The New Colossus" is a well-known poem that can be used to teach multiple standards, including analysis of the author's craft in a sonnet, of diction and imagery, as well as meter and rhyme scheme in a sonnet.This lesson focuses on author's craft: the structure of a sonnet, with the differing purposes of the octet and sestet, as well as the purposeful im
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8th - 10th
Analyzing a Sonnet: "The New Colossus" Printable Lesson
This printable lesson facilitates teaching the analysis of the poem "The New Colossus." A companion PPT is also available; however, the printable lesson can be used alone if you do not want the PPT."The New Colossus" is a well-known poem that can be used to teach multiple standards, including analysis of the author's craft in a sonnet, of diction and imagery, as well as meter and rhyme scheme in a sonnet.This lesson focuses on author's craft: the structure of a sonnet, with the differing purpose
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: Analyzing a Sonnet: "The New Colossus" Complete Bundle
Code X Unit 3 First and Second Read Bundle Option 1 for Zebra
What Does This Package Include? 2 Lesson Plans (First Read and Second Read), 2 vivid Power Points (Correspond to the lessons), and a First Read Matrix Graphic Organizer for students
This Omega English product includes a 2 detailed Common Core aligned lesson on “Zebra” by Chaim Potok. This lesson is intended to be used with the 8th Grade Scholastic Code X textbook pages 135-163. The first lesson plan focuses on the first read of the short story. It contains a corresponding Power Point and a F
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8th
Out of the Dust Essay Questions
This can be a culminating assessment for Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust. Students are presented several essay questions and are asked to respond in a well-formed paragraph. I suggest using the R-estate A-nswer C-ite evidence E-xplain D-emonstrate good writing traits format (a spinoff of ACE in Math), but the 8-sentence paragraph (or any other) format works just as well.
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6th - 8th
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Grade 6, 7 and 8 Article Writing
English non-fiction writing lesson for Grade 6, 7 and 8 useful for English Language Arts assessment preparation. Focuses on interview article writing in non-fiction writing. Students work on a magazine project, thinking of a central subject or interest to use as a stimulus for creating different writing pieces. Students analyse an example article provided and use this to help plan and write out an interview article for their magazines. Really helpful for teaching organisation and structur
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Non-Fiction Writing Grade 6, 7, 8
Analyzing Details to Support a Claim
In this lesson, students are required to demonstrate their thinking by analyzing text-based details. The lesson differentiates between paraphrasing and analyzing, which is usually a struggle for many students. A modeled organizer is used to highlight the difference between the two. The topic of the argument is from the Teacher's College Argument Writing Unit.
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7th - 10th
Effective Responses - R.A.C.E.S. frames
This is a PPT presentation with interactive notebook handouts and more! According to the VERY limited scoring of responses on the state test, students MUST be able to
• give sufficient evidence of the ability to make a clear inference / draw a conclusion
• include specific examples / details that make clear reference to the text
• adequately explain inference / conclusion with clearly relevant information based on the text
Students will either score a "1," (at grade level) or a "2," for ab
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Grades:
6th - 10th
NHS Speech Writing
Grade 6, 7 and 8 English lesson on the NHS, healthcare and writing to persuade, that focuses on key features of writing to persuade, including using DAFORREST techniques such as direct address, facts, statistics, emotive language and so on. It uses the National Health Service (NHS) to generate debate around how important the institution is to British people and discussion that then feeds into students creating their own non-fiction speeches that are designed for persuasion. Includes diffe
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Non-Fiction Writing Grade 6, 7, 8
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