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Informational text Common Core RL.8.4 resources for Easel
Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers Unit Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers. This short story is about a boy who decides to play wheelchair basketball. Skills covered in this unit include reading comprehension, listening comprehension, mapping the plot, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue vocabulary, short answer response questions, compare and contrast, theme, and point of view.The activities, questions, and standards are
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
Informational Text Paired Reading Passages | PDF & Digital | PSSA Test Prep
Help your students prepare for Pennsylvania's PSSA Test or standardized test by taking these practice tests. The practice tests were created and modeled after the 6th through 8th grade PSSA Released Practice Tests. The questions were written to give your students examples of all the types of questions they will see on the PSSA. The passages come from popular topics and will help engage and capture your students’ interest while also working on their test-taking skills.Question Types:multiple choi
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Bundle | PSSA ELA Test Prep | Print & Digital
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:Â High-Interest Informational Articles Bundle for Middle School
"I , Too" Langston Hughes Poetry Activities - PDF & Digital
Combine a rich poetry lesson with a discussion about racial equality, civil rights, and hope with this set of "I, Too, Sing America" poetry analysis activities! "I, Too" is a great sample of Langston Hughes's writing, and it's the perfect text to teach free verse poetry, introduce the civil rights era in U.S. history, or just spend time thinking about during Black History Month or Poetry Month.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don't miss the rest of my bestselling Langston Hughes Poetry Bun
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6th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Get In The Zone: The Psychology of Video Game Design Unit HMH 7 Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive unit covering the nonfiction article Get In The Zone: The Psychology of Video Game Design by Aaron Millar. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent nonfiction unit. Skills covered include common core aligned questions, main idea, objective vs. subjective point of view, vocabulary, and summary writing.This unit now includes a copy of all the acti
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
The Old Mallory Place: Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Unit
Suspense is a great way to engage your students and help them improve their reading comprehension skills! That is why I wrote The Old Mallory Place, a high interest tale of a mysterious past that haunts the present. The cliffhanger ending gives your students an opportunity to write their own ending- they get to tell what they think happened!This resource is the perfect combination of fact and fiction. The 39 page resource contains a complete short story, 2 informational text passages, and numer
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Four Suspenseful Tales of Fiction Reading Comprehension Bundle
Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Book Companion & Non-Fiction Passages & Printables
There is nothing better to read during the dark days of autumn than The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. This nonfiction resource contains seven fun printables to accompany the short story, five nonfiction passages and printables covering these topics: New England, Sleepy Hollow, Cotton Mather, Washington Irving, and Is the Tale True? Answer keys are included and standards covered- CCSS aligned. Everything you need for a fiction and nonfiction reading unit! Check out the preview!St
Grades:
6th - 8th
Games of Deception by Maraniss Olympics Novel Guide WWII History
Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany by Andrew Maraniss Novel Guide is perfect for teaching about discrimination, propaganda, nationalism, WWII, civil rights and morality. This novel guide includes: Lesson objectives Pre, during, and post reading activitiesChapter by chapter comprehension questionsBackground informationNew vocabulary Cause & Effect chart KLW Chart Essay questionsAnswer key Concepts & themes:
Grades:
6th - 9th
High School Reading Comprehension Fiction and Nonfiction Mystery Unit
This reading comprehension unit for upper middle school and high school students combines a mysterious fictional story that will hold your students' attention and keep them guessing until the end. Set in the foothills of Missouri, the castle really exists. It sits high on a bluff overlooking a sleepy village. The castle has long held the imaginations of the villagers below, but does anyone really know of the deep, dark secrets locked behind the thick stone walls? You can only imagine the tales
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in:Â High School Reading Comprehension: Fiction and Nonfiction Suspense Bundle
Common Core RL/RI.4-Connotation, Mood, and Tone:Graphic Org/Rubric
This graphic organizer (2 pages to print front and back) and rubric helps to give students practice with a crucial element of Common Core Standard RL/RI.4.
The graphic organizer works with any text that has words with connotation. Students are asked to identify the word, explain what the word describes, identify the connotation, and explain how the word impacts the meaning, mood, or tone of the passage.
This is a very rigorous task for students to complete. However, this graphic organizer
Grades:
6th - 9th
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