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Informational text Common Core L.8.2 pdfs
Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Soccer Informational Text and Activities
Soccer : Soccer Informational Text and Activities is a complete set of highly engaging activities for fans of the game and newcomers alike. Students of all ages and abilities can do these self-directed activities over several days or all in one activity-filled day.
•Four sets of standalone informational texts: The History of Soccer, The Laws of the Game, and biographies of Mia Hamm and Pelé.
•A fifth informational text, A Soccer Player’s Kit, with a fun ‘Design You Own Kit’ activity
•A follow-
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4th - 12th
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Speech Unit - Reading, Analyzing, Researching, Presenting (Google Classroom)
Meet Common Core State Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speaking with this 10 day Speech Unit. In this unit, students learn about the nonfiction genre of speeches, analyze four historic speeches, develop skills in writing short answer responses, conduct mini-research projects, write a persuasive speech based on their research, and present their speeches to the class. This is a highly rigorous, yet engaging, unit where students work as a group, with partners, and independently to d
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5th - 8th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 8th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 8. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, author's purpose, character trait, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, figurative language, analyzing argument and counterclaim, central idea, summary writing, internal and external c
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6th - 8th
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United States Founding Fathers Webquest: Biography Summarizing Activity
Studying the lives of the United States founding fathers is extremely valuable in understanding early American history. With these Historical Biography Summaries, students will enjoy learning about the past through researching and documenting some of history’s greats. In a user-friendly template, students will summarize the life and biography of an individual. It’s no-prep for you, but quality content for your students. Enjoy learning history through these historical biography summaries. It'
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Not Grade Specific
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Reading Comprehension Passages & Close Reading Practice Mummies - ELA Test Prep
The Reading Comprehension Passage Unit is high-interest, perfect for ELA test prep, close reading practice, and guided reading in the classroom. You can sneak in testing practice any time of year with this engaging informational reading passage on the bizarre, little-known history of Egypt's mummies. See the preview for more details.✏️ The best part? You'll save valuable time because the reading unit is ready to use!✏️ This differentiated close reading unit requires little to no prep & inclu
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6th - 8th
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Revolutionary War: Summarize American Revolution Biographies | American History
Enjoy studying about the American Revolution through the influential people that contributed to the Revolutionary War. With these Historical Biography Summaries, students will enjoy learning about the past through researching and documenting some of history’s greats. In a user-friendly template, students will summarize the life and biography of an individual. It’s no-prep for you, but quality content for your students. Enjoy learning history through these historical biography summaries in a
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
8th Grade ELA Marzano Learning Goals and Scale Posters for Differentiation
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
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8th
The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain Nonfiction Unit HMH 8 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive unit covering the nonfiction article The Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain by Jeanne Miller. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 8. 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, context clue vocabulary, inferencing, author's purpose, and more.This unit now includes a copy of all the activities for Google D
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
Reading Comprehension Passages & Close Reading Strategies - ELA Test Prep
The Reading Comprehension Passage on bog mummies is the perfect high-interest close reading unit that provides ELA test prep and classroom work for guided reading lessons. This engaging informational reading comprehension passage is just what you need for teaching upper elementary or middle school reading comprehension skills during those weeks when you want to sneak in test practice with summarizing nonfiction any time of the year.✏️ The best part? You'll save valuable time because the reading
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5th - 8th
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Reading Comprehension Passage & Close Reading Practice - Vampire Bats
The Reading Comprehension Passage with ELA test prep type questions is high-interest, differentiated, and perfect for close reading practice in the classroom or for independent work packets. This engaging informational text on vampire bats is no prep and includes graphic organizers, vocabulary work, and text-dependent questions to help students analyze the passage.Great for upper elementary or middle school reading comprehension activities to practice nonfiction summary, close reading practice,
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5th - 7th
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Inquiry Research Project & Pop Culture Writing Unit Plan for High School English
This research unit gives you EVERYTHING for a no-prep student pop culture inquiry project. This unique and engaging inquiry based learning unit plan focuses on inquiry questions, source evaluation, research process, expository writing, conclusion writing, presentation skills and more! This unit was designed to give students a voice and also a real-world audience in the format of a presentation (or pitch) of their researched findings. It is important for students to think critically, to ask quest
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8th - 11th
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Hockey : Informational Text and Activities
Hockey Informational Text and Activity Pack is a complete set of highly engaging activities for fans of the game and newcomers alike. Students can do these self-directed activities over several days or all in one activity-filled day.
In this ‘Hockey’ package you will find:
An informational text about hockey, including its history and the play of the game
Follow-up activities for demonstrating comprehension, complete with answer keys
An informational text about the positions of play followed b
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4th - 12th
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March Basketball ELA Escape Room
If you are looking for the perfect way to celebrate the March college basketball tournament with a rigorous yet engaging, skills-based activity, look no further than this March Basketball Escape Room for ELA!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to cond
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 3
Guide to High School Writing, MLA Format & Citation, and Literary Terms
This 25-page document is a terrific way to give your students plenty of useful information on the writing process used in high school (and college) writing. The guidelines, tips, and suggestions are the basics gleaned from numerous and popular writing guides presented in a concise and condensed format.
Additionally, literary terms commonly found on the AP English Literature and Composition and AP English Language and Composition, as well as the SAT, ACT, and SAT Literature Subject Test have
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Constitution Day - US Constitution Informational Text
Constitution Day : US Constitution Informational Text is perfect for Constitution Day or whenever teaching the Constitution. It includes separate texts on the Constitution, Preamble, Articles of Confederation, and Bill of Rights, all with follow up comprehension activities. In this engaging, Common Core connected package you will find:•The history of the writing of the Constitution, including the pros and cons of Articles of Confederation – with follow-up comprehension questions, answer key incl
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4th - 10th
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Grammar Reference Sheets
Just the basics included in this 4 page Grammar Reference Packet. I use this in my binders, but this could also be used as stand alone material for 5th grade an above.
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5th - 12th
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Social Issues, Central Ideas, and Themes in Literary Nonfiction
After reviewing key terms (explicit, implicit, social issue, central idea, and theme), students will read a literary nonfiction text and jot notes on explicit or implicit social issues, central ideas, and/or themes they encounter while reading. English, Spanish, and Ukrainian versions included.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Informative/Explanatory Text-Based Writing Rubric and Checklist for 8th Grade
This Informative/Explanatory writing rubric is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts in 8th grade. It can be used as both an analytic and holistic scoring rubric. The writing is scored with a 0,1,2,or 3 depending on how close or how far away students are to meeting grade level expectations. The scoring guide establishes proficiency at 80% or higher. This is an excellent tool for monitoring students' progress over time.
Included for free with the purchase of this
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8th
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RI 6.9 Memoir/Autobiography and Biography Middle School Project
Directions and how-to-use:This project should be completed over the course of 4 weeks with the rubric to guide students towards achieving cross-curricular criteria and demonstrate mastery of content standards: RI 6.1- 6.9; W 6.2a.-f.; W6.4-6.9; SL 6.4-6.6; L6.1-6.6; RH6-8.1-8.2, RH 6-8.4; RH6-8.7-8.9; WHST.6-8.2-8.10 Week one- students will identify the person of interest for their essay assignment based on a list of available book options in class or appropriate options to research and request
MS Common Core Guided Reading Questions for Reading, Language, and Writing
The provided middle school guided reading stems provide Common Core level questions or statements that teachers can use to help students pause and reflect as they read complex literary and informational texts. The questions are rigorous and require students to use evaluation and analysis-level skills as they read. The question stems reflect the wording and rigor from numerous state test preparation materials and other teacher-created stems. Teachers can use these Common Core guided reading st
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6th - 8th
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Rock by Rock The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand Google Slides™ Compatible
This product includes 52 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts as well as 8 extension activities for studying the biography Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand written by Jennifer Bradbury and illustrated by Sam Boughton. This book is beautifully illustrated and does an excellent job of introducing readers to an inspirational artist. Students of all ages will enjoy reading and discussing this biography. A 2022-2023 T
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Unbound The Life and Art of Judith Scott Google Slides™ Compatible
This product includes 70 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts as well as 5 extension activities for studying the biography Unbound: The Life + Art of Judith Scott written by Joyce Scott with Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweet and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. This book is beautifully illustrated and does an excellent job of introducing readers to an inspirational artist. Students of all ages will enjoy reading and discussing this bi
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Grammar: I Have Who Has (Titanic theme)
"I Have Who Has" game for grammar review. This game goes along with the Night to Remember unit as it is written using facts about the RMS Titanic. However, the game can be used in any class regardless of whether A Night to Remember is used in your curriculum.
Skills represented in this review:
1. Commas as used in compound sentences, complex sentences, compound-complex sentences, intro-ductory phrases, appositives (essential & nonessential), interrupters, with adjectives, and in a series.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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