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Free 12th grade close reading resources for Microsoft Word
Following Directions Test
This activity makes students perform close reading skills by following directions. This activity takes 5 minutes. Hand out the worksheet face down. Tell them they have five minutes to complete the test. The purpose of this test is to leave a lasting impact on students as to why they need to read all directions first. Great to do at the beginning of the year!
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3rd - 12th
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Book Club Permission Slip
This is a generic permission slip template for an after school book club that I made. This template works for most book clubs and after school clubs with a little bit of editing. It includes:
- Section for signature
- Date line
- Emergency Contact Information
- How student is getting home line
All of the sections that you will commonly edit are bracketed off, bolded, and italicized.
I hope you all enjoy! :D
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1st - 12th
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THE Best Sub Plan EVER
So, you've suddenly come down with a stomach bug? Or maybe all three kids AND you have a stomach bug? You need a lesson plan, and you need one FAST. Take advantage of the beginning of the school year to sure up your emergency plans with this fool proof design. These materials work whether your students are all Chromebook, or still stuck pushing papers. This could also be a great introduction for the students to Newsela! I use Newsela CONSTANTLY. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I enco
Grades:
7th - 12th
Social Media Pro/Con Articles and Notes
These articles work great with a unit on phone and social media use. Students choose 4 (out of 6) articles to respond to and take notes on. These can ultimately be used as sources for a discussion or Socratic Seminar, and/or an argumentative essay. If this topic is of interest to you and your students, consider our other materials on social media such as: our Film guide for The Social Dilemma to pair with this. Instructions on how to legally access the documentary even if you don't have Netflix
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Social Media Impact Unit
Science Literacy: Has Earth Reached its Carrying Capacity?
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
Learning Target poster/label
This is a label for your classroom board, bulletin board, wall, or wherever you post your learning targets (also known as essential questions or objectives/goals for each subject). Print and laminate then you never have to write it again!!
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K - 12th
Intro to Argument Writing (Claims/Counterclaims/Evidence) Detective Mystery
This product is useful for introducing argument writing, specifically claims, counterclaims, and specific evidence. It is a fun detective mystery activity that not only encourages critical thinking but also works to build a complete argument.
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8th - 12th
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Science Literacy: Can Eating Less Meat Reduce Climate Change?
Students often fail to make the connection between the science they learn in the classroom, and how it is be applied in the real world. This "Article of the Week" series follows Dave Stuarts's format and is designed to bridge that gap using real articles from reliable sources.The assignment asks students to perform a close reading, annotations, and to use evidence from the article to support a claim. It also asks students to reflect - giving them a chance to interject their own thoughts and opin
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
The Lady or the Tiger questions and annotations
Frank Stockton's short story The Lady, or the Tiger? on an editable Microsoft doc with question/annotation section. This version of The Lady, or the Tiger? is a lower level I use with my at-risk seniors, but can be edited to include the higher version of the classic story. This printable works well when reading the story so students are engaged throughout. I read this story with them before introducing a "dinner menu"/ choice board activity that we used as a final in our Project Base Learning sc
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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"Annabel Lee" Poetry Worksheet
Students LOVE "Annabel Lee," and the LOVE Edgar Allan Poe! This worksheet includes the poem followed by short answer questions and an answer key. This lesson is great for grades 8 - 12. This lesson is totally ready to go! Just print and teach!
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9th - 12th
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Lupe Fiasco "The Show Goes On" Hip Hop Analysis, Rap Lyrics Meaning Worksheet
This 10-question worksheet asks students to analyze the lyrics to Lupe Fiasco's rap song "The Show Goes On." Students analyze figurative language and summarize the work as a whole. They also cite evidence and express their opinion on the work.
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7th - 12th
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Close Reading Practice Worksheet Four
Literary Text - Excerpt, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Great close-reading worksheet!Close Reading Strategies: Annotation - Pause Point Questions - Inferences - Questioning The Text - Citing Textual EvidenceNarrative/Memoir Writing Prompt Included!
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8th - 12th
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Character Archetypes Notes
This handout (which can be used as an Interactive Notebook page) is designed as a follow-up resource for a discovery activity on four character archetypes--hero, anti-hero, villain, mentor. It includes the definition of archetype, characteristics of each character archetype, and examples.
The corresponding power point ("Character Archetypes Power Point") and free activity sheet ("Character Archetypes Discovery") are available in my store.
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Lady or the Tiger Reading Guide and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. The Reading Guide provides the students with a close read of the text with dependent questions that help target the Common core State Standards for Literature. This guide helps students with comprehension to help determine what the author is saying? The student reading guide is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available f
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9th - 12th
Correction Paragraphs: Stranger Things
This free resource is perfect for a lesson on editing a rough draft and making appropriate corrections, or for a last-minute sub assignment to keep your students busy. Using a popular subject, Stranger Things, students will correct run-on sentences, punctuate correctly, capitalize when needed, delete unnecessary words, etc., while reading something that may be of interest.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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First Continental Congress - Clozed Notes
This handout includes four warm up questions to help get students thinking about armies and soldiers. The questions spark discussion and provide scaffolding for future learning. Students will draw connections from this discussion/writing when analyzing how the colonial militia was able to beat the British army by using new tactics and a different type of warfare. The Clozed Notes section familiarizes students with the the First Continental Congress. Students will understand why this meeting was
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5th - 12th
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Refugee by Alan Gratz, What they Carried + Felt Project
Refugee by Alan Gratz tells the stories of three different refugees and their families. This project focuses on character analysis as students identify and explore the important character traits and feelings of individual characters in the novel. This activity allows students to be creative by asking them to draw, and write from the perspective of individual characters in the novel. This project can be done independently or as a group. Great for multilingual learners as well. Can be done as an o
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8th - 12th
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The Gift of the Magi - Literary Reading Guide
This reading guide is meant to accompany the short story The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. The short story text is included in the reading guide. The components of this reading guide contain multiple choice and short answer reading comprehension/critical thinking questions related to character development, theme(s), various literary and devices (allusion, metaphors, etc.). Enjoy!
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3rd - 12th
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" Short Story Annotation Guide
This is an annotation guide to aide students' comprehension and analysis as they read Ray Bradbury's short story "There Will Come Soft Rains." I have uploaded it as a word document so that you can modify the page numbers to fit your version.Here is a link to the version that matches the page numbers on this outline. https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf
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9th - 12th
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Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 04/25 - China/Mongol Empire - 9th Grade
Eleven short-answer questions, worth 17 total points and spanning 8 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about ancient China and the Mongol Empire. These 8 pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 9th grade Units 11-12 (out of 20 total 9th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history:Unit 11 (China - Tang, Song, Yuan & Ming Dynasties), Unit 12 (The Mongol Empire)Many of the fol
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Character Archetype Discovery Activity
This handout (which can be used as an Interactive Notebook page) is designed as a discovery activity to help students understand 4 character archetypes (hero, anti-hero, villain, and mentor). Using examples from popular movies, video games, and cartoons, students will categorize characters based on similar characteristics and identify a name that appropriately represents the shared traits of each group.
The corresponding power point with the directions and character images is called "Character
Grades:
6th - 12th
The American Dream Activity
This activity is used to inspire others to really contemplate the meaning of, "The American Dream."
After reading and completing this assignment, students can debate on their opinion of what the American Dream really stands for.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Monroe Doctrine Close Reading and Socratic Seminar
Advanced level and text-dependent questions for "The Monroe Doctrine." Ideal for US History classes. Basic level text-dependent questions are included, followed by a more advanced level Socratic Seminar.
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5th - 12th
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare | EDITABLE Worksheets & Lessons for Act 1 | FREE
Get lit! I'm offering these worksheets for FREE to help you get an amazing start with teaching Macbeth. This resource features worksheets for all seven scenes in Act 1 of Macbeth — along with answer keys! This free 50-page resource is excerpted from a comprehensive 200-page COMPLETE UNIT on Macbeth. It features worksheets that students can fill out after they've read each of the seven scenes in Act 1 of Macbeth. The worksheets are divided into sections which invite students to engage with each s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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