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Middle school balanced literacy simulations in English (UK)
Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Play
Originally published in the October 2008 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine (and later reprinted in Scope, Scholastic News, and my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories), this newly-revised script is true to the original text but is cleverly structured to be more appropriate for middle grade and young adult audiences. It includes the original text, a comprehension worksheet, a "mock trial" activity, as well as teacher notes and a key--fourteen pages in all. Parts for 9 students, s
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5th - 9th
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Book Tasting
Invite your students to try out different literary genres by hosting a BOOK TASTING in class. This product contains everything you will need to make this event a success.You can hold a book tasting in your classroom or the school library. Students will get to try a selection of books they may not have chosen themselves. It's a great lesson to strengthen reading culture in your school and encourages children to keep an open mind about their reading.This product contains: EDITABLE book tasting i
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3rd - 8th
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Reader's Theater: Native American Myths & Legends
With this differentiated reader’s theater set, students will engage in 4 traditional Native American legends and myths that helped to explain the natural world to our early ancestors!! √ Click HERE to SAVE 25% on this resource with my Reader’s Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!ABOUT THIS PRODUCTEach play is based on 4 traditional myths and legends that students will be able to compare and contrast; helping to meet the CCSS: RL.4.9. Compare and contrast the treatment of s
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Substitute Cover Lessons Pack for a range of subjects
A pack of substitute cover lessons that can be used for a wide variety of subjects for middle / secondary level students.So, you're sick? Off on a course? Out on a field trip? Or maybe you are the cover teacher and no substitute lesson has been planned, or the students are feeling less than inspired by the work and you need to some emergency substitute lesson plans. Either way, there is always the hassle of setting inspiring substitute lessons to keep the students on task and interested while st
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4th - 9th, Staff
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How a Bill Becomes a Law - Full Lesson/Simulation
This is a full lesson plan for how a bill becomes a law. I have the full written out lesson plan (objective, student will, teacher will, etc) as well as all the materials needed for the lesson. This includes: role/task cards, mock congress sheet, powerpoint, exit ticket and lesson plan.
My students really loved this, as it was a real-life simulation. It was important to explain the expectations beforehand and it ran smoothly. The kids had so much fun coming up with their own laws to "pass" in
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4th - 6th
Blueback - Tim Winton - Novel Study Bundle - Teacher Guide - Literacy Task Cards
This is a 48-page novel study based on the book "Blueback" by Tim Winton. I created it for an extension Stage Two reading group so it is appropriate for use in both a Stage Two or Stage Three classroom. It contains chapter-by-chapter discussion questions. Questions target both literal and inferential comprehension as well as text-to-self connections. The novel study can be used either as independent worksheets for students or a discussion guide for teachers. Answers are included at the end of th
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3rd - 7th
Also included in: Multi-Age MEGA Bundle - Unit 1 NESA Resources - Blueback - Narrative
First day of school activities get to know you ice breakers
This printable resource pack and now with digital overlay options contains everything you need to help break the ice with your students. This would be ideal for any new class whether they are just new to you or even new to each other and thanks to the digital overlay, can be used with distance learning too.You will also find some physical activities to get them up and about, moving and talking to one another and finding things in common, helping the group to improve their social skills in talkin
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4th - 8th
Halloween Writing Activity Ghost Haunt Dice Simulation
Other Halloween ActivitiesGhosts Say What: Quotation PracticeSpooky Parts of SpeechSpooky Compound SentencesSpooky Idiom MatchSpooky Writing PromptsHalloween Literacy Based TicTacToe Choice BoardsHalloween TicTacToe Choice BoardThis product is an interactive simulation using dice that follows the story of a ghost out to have some fun on Halloween.Included in this product:- Directions for the simulation-Signs to mark locations of events in classroom-Event directions-Recording sheet-Sample recordi
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2nd - 6th
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I Spy With My Little Eye - Board game Template
I spy with my little eye is a very fun game your students will enjoy. Students can work independently or in pairs. The objective of the game is for the students to find words on the board game. You can say the item they have to look for, describe it or say the letter for what it begins.Have some magnifying glasses available for your students when they work on this activity. They really enjoy it.Laminate for durability.Also great for:Letter recognitionBack to school activityLearning center activ
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K - 12th
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The London Eye Mystery Complete Novel Study PDF
This is an updated version of my previously posted novel study sets. This updated version includes questions ALL 41 chapters of the book. It also includes 4 quizzes to be used after each section of the novel. The quizzes only pertain to the chapters read since the last quiz. Each quiz is a collection of questions from the homework pages. If you are looking for a test to cover the whole book, see my other listing. This set does not include an answer key as most of the questions are "brain" questi
Grades:
4th - 6th
Digital AND Hardcopy - Argumentative Writing - Crime Scene Investigation
This crime scene investigation is SUCH a fun way to get your students to practice their argumentative writing skills while also providing a hands-on activity for kids. This is the perfect activity for teachers who want engagement and critical thinking in their classroom.Tell students their job is to figure out who killed Mrs. Smith and why. Students need to write a claim, find three pieces of evidence, a counterclaim, refutation, and a closing statement. Once students are finished, you may choos
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7th - 12th
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Using commas, dashes and parentheses - 1 hour lesson!
Fully resourced 1 hour lesson in which students learn the difference in meaning between using commas, dashes and parentheses and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
Easily adaptable.
This lesson includes:
- Full explanation of commas, dashes and brackets.
- Task where students decide which punctuation they will use
- Writing task.
Grades:
5th - 10th
Also included in: Punctuation and grammar skills for middle school
Matariki activities, reading, printables
Matariki activities. Activities for students for years 1 - 8 in New Zealand Schools during the season of Matariki Maori New Year - Have a look at these worksheets, printables and activities: UPDATED to refer to the 9 stars of Matariki SAVE Get this as part of my Matariki bundle which also has my School Journal linked activities : Matariki Bundle*********5 Reading comprehensions Suitable for independent reading for Gold readers plus or suitable for shared reading.Songs Twinkle, twinkle little
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1st - 7th
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Also included in: Matariki Bundle
common spelling patterns mat
A mat of words that share the same spelling pattern to aid with spelling
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2nd - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Free Reading Comprehension / Response Activities
Free Differentiated Written Activities For Any Book, Novel or Short StoryThis novel study resource for any book, will encourage your students to review and reflect on their reading material in imaginative and creative ways!This is a free sample of the full set of Written Activities for any book resource!The full set of activities are differentiated into a total of 24 activities: 12 brief and 12 more extended tasks (making them suitable for a variety of grades and ability levels) and are self exp
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4th - 6th
Pronouns,Sentences, Comprehension, Questions & Answers, Literacy Centers, NoPrep
Do your students need help with Pronouns, Sentence Structure and Comprehension, Tracking and Reorganization?There are sentences, paragraphs and narratives with comprehension questions with answers in this resource to help with this.This product is designed to give students practice on identifying Pronouns, sentences, paragraphs, narratives with comprehension questions and answers, through repeated practice of sentence structure, simple, compound, and complex sentences, and identifying pronouns.
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4th - 7th
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Google Slides Argumentative Writing - Crime Scene Investigation
This crime scene investigation is SUCH a fun way to get your students to practice their argumentative writing skills while also providing a hands-on activity for kids. This is the perfect activity for teachers who want engagement and critical thinking in their classroom.To provide this lesson, make a copy of the slideshow. Be sure to delete this slide, the answer key slides, and the last slide. If you are assigning this activity on Google Classroom, make sure you “make a copy for each student” s
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Digital AND Hardcopy - Argumentative Writing - Crime Scene Investigation
Persuasive - Advertising Placemat
I have created this persuasive advertising placemat, or poster, to help facilitate students understanding of visual, language and persuasive devices authors purposefully use to create effective persuasive texts.
I have had great success with my students, using the placemat to identify features and devices used by authors in a variety of texts.
ALL AUTHORS PERSUADE THE READER - WHETHER IT BE A NARRATIVE, POEM, ADVERTISING OR INFORMATION TEXT.
USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARISTOTLES 4 ELEMENTS OF APP
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4th - 7th
Sentence types - writing new zealand curriculum
A great resource for students, to fine-tune their writing and become confident in writing quality sentences. Great to use with criteria, and to encourage students to highlight evidence of sentence types, to keep them on track.Teaching one sentence at a time allows students to explore and write their own examples. We have used these in a structured way, giving set topics, and it brings success to our students every time.Highly recommend having copies of these, for students to refer back to and us
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4th - 6th
Pirate Pack - UKS2 Writing Structures
This pirate pack contains many high-quality images of various fictitious pirates (male and female). It also has various setting images - this includes ships, islands and various ports. There are various writing structure sheets to support character and setting descriptions. This means the students have given adjectives, which are geared to different characteristics and settings. There are expanded noun phrases, figurative language examples and information (fact) sheets related to pirates.
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4th - 9th
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Reader's Theater: American Folk Tales
This original reader’s theater set features 4 popular folk tales pulled from America’s greatest folklore! (Davy Crockett, Mike Fink, John Henry, Molly Pitcher) Each play is written on a different reading level and helps meet the Language Arts common core standards in the areas of traditional literature, elements of a drama, and fluency & expression! ABOUT THIS PRODUCTEach play is approximately 2 pages long, contains 4-6 character parts, and introduces students to the traditional folk tale ch
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Present Simple VS Present Progressive
A concise PPTX that explains in a fast paced way all the rules for the Present Simple and Present Progressive (Continuous).It includes:- All the spelling rules- Time expressions- Timelines- Fill in exercises for both tenses- Reading Comprehensions for both tenses- Present Progressive Quiz
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Grades:
4th - 8th
10 Day Writing Unit: The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
Writing Unit: The Girl Who Stole an Elephant10 Day Writing PlanL1: Introduce Writing Genre: Informal emotional lettersL2: Drama SessionL3: Grammar - ParenthesisL4: DeconstructionL5: Slow WriteL6: Grammar - Modal VerbsL7: PlanningL8: WritingL9: Peer Assessment and ProofreadingL10: Final Piece and EvaluationYear 5 Grammar ObjectivesEditable powerpointsPDF Resources
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5th - 7th
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Setting Images and Descriptions in full (KS2 and KS3)
72 different types of setting descriptions and corresponding images. There are 12 images per page and each setting description tries to use a range of writing techniques (such as listed adjectives, figurative language and adventurous vocabulary). This is great for KS2 or KS3 children (ages 7-14). You can also get this as three separate PowerPoint presentations to display in the classroom.
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4th - 8th
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