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8th grade balanced literacy graphic organizers under $5
Text Structure Activity
This hands on text structure activity introduces students to the concepts of text structure in a fun way. Even better, the cards and passages are not organized, so the students can help cut out the sort! ⭐If you need more text structure resources, check our the Text Structure Bundle!⭐In this text structure lesson, students are asked to sort:the text pattern definitionkey words or signal words graphic organizersa title for a type of writing a longer passage of each text structureThis nonfiction
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Text Structure Activities Bundle - Middle School ELA
Literature Circle Collaborative Poster- Shared Reading
A perfect activity for literature circles and shared reading during your literacy block! Students work independently and in groups to analyze, respond to, and discuss fictional texts. Each student receives an 8.5” x 11” page, and contributes a different piece of information to the group's overall discussion of the text. Roles can be rotated every chapter/section, or this activity can be completed after the students have read the entire text.Note: If they are new to Literature Circles, younger gr
Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: English Collaborative Posters Series #1
Summarizing Fiction and Nonfiction
Summarizing: GIST and Beyond has everything you need to teach and reinforce summarizing. I had a hard time finding summarizing lessons that include interesting fiction and nonfiction texts, answer keys, and many opportunities to practice. So I created this unit on writing a summary!This resource is easy to use and will help you teach students three summary styles. Students will learn what information to look for, depending on the type of text they are summarizing. There are three fun and memora
Grades:
6th - 8th
Persuasive Techniques - Introduction to Rhetorical Appeals Sketch and Learn
Introduce your study of rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) and persuasive techniques with this background activity. You get an activity on Aristotle and the Rhetorical Triangle. This is a strong foundation for studying media literacy. Highlights:✅ Two videos and an article (found for free online)✅ Traditional worksheets or with ISNs✅ Whole class activity or stationsYour Introduction to Rhetoric activity includes:A full lesson planTwo pages of notesAn answer key ❤️ Be sure to check out my
Grades:
6th - 9th
Persuasive Writing with anchor charts / posters tasks rubric / Printable Digital
BEST SELLER! Persuasive writing is easy and engaging with the OREO method! This resource includes:- persuasive writing anchor chart using OREO (opinion, reason, examples, re-state opinion)- sentence starter poster- rough draft worksheet- good copy paper (in 3 different line sizes for differentiation)- persuasive writing rubricThis product is a printable resource and digital through EASEL for easy sharing in Google Classroom.Perfect for:teaching, practicing, and assessing persuasive writingclassr
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Book Shopping: Cards, Schedule, and Bookmarks *EDITABLE
I want students to pick books that are just right for them AND books that will help them grow as readers, but they have such a hard time remembering how many they are supposed to shop for each time. These 3x3inch cards are the perfect reminder for students! I print them out in bulk and leave them in my conference bin, as students level up I write a new one for them to slip into the clear adhesive square on the side of their personal book bin. Each design comes in color AND black & white, wit
Grades:
K - 8th
Point of View Sketch Doodle Notes
Sketch (Doodle) notes are the way to go for notetaking engagement and visual learners. (My middle schoolers get so excited to color!)These sketch notes are specifically for the skill of Point of View in fiction. It covers first, second, and third person point of view. Included:Blank NotesFilled Out NotesGoogle Slide presentation of vocabulary This is a Google Drive file. Please ensure you have a google account in order to have easy access! Please look at the preview to examine the note pages up
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Responding to Reading Form
Are your students struggling with comprehension? While reading, have your students fill out this responding to reading form. This will help keep your students on track while boosting test scores.
This product includes:
Teacher Directions
A two page responding to reading form
Book tracker form
Looking for higher level questioning stems? Check out this product.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Marzano-Levels-of-Questioning-2718042
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Current Events Templates
13 Printable Current Events printables that promote analysis and critical thinkinga. 5 W’s- Version 1b. 5 W’s- Version 2c. 5 W’s- Version 3d. 5 W’s- Version 4e. Take 5- Determining the most important details of a story.f. Uncovering Biasg. Straight from the text- Using quotes to summarize an articleh. Follow up questions- Assuming the role of the journalist and asking further questionsi. Making change- analyzing who is affected by the news storyj. Current Events- question & answerk. Letter
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Reading Interactive Notebook: Making Prediction Activities
Making predictions is a wonderful strategy to teach students to increase their comprehension! I explain to my students that while reading; good readers make logical guesses about what is going to happen in the story. Students do this by using text clues (headings, title, pictures, etc.). These logical guesses are called predictions. Not only do good readers make predictions, but they also revise or change their predictions when they learn new information. When these good readers are finis
Grades:
3rd - 9th
How to Hold Effective Writing Conferences
This product weaves together analyzing individual and class sets of student writing with one-on-one student/teacher writing conferences to give you, as the teacher, everything you need to inform your instruction and communicate with parents about student writing.It includes:*An analysis of individual student writing progress recording form and explanation of how to use the form that allows you to see strengths and weaknesses of individual writers in your class and helps you to organize what to t
Grades:
4th - 12th
Notice & Note: Sign Post Graphic Organizers
For use with the book, Notice and Note, by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst. Wonderful resource in adding rigor to the Readers Workshop program.
See my anchor charts here:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Notice-Note-Sign-Post-Chart-Posters-2063306
UPDATED: Includes:
*Two sets of the Notice and Note Sheets (One set includes symbols for each and the other set is without)
*One cover page for homework parent signatures
*One sheet with that includes all the sign posts
I use the f
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in: Bundle - Fall Notice & Note Graphic Organizers
Writing Activity or Literacy Center: Are You Kidding Me? {w/ cards, planner}
Are You Kidding Me? Writing Center is an engaging writing activity for upper elementary and middle school students based on the game WOULD YOU RATHER? Students loved choose a writing assignment that requires them to choose one scenario over another using prompts from the kid's card game Would You Rather?
When students get to go to writing centers, this is always a top choice, especially when they get to work with a partner. It's always a great activity to complete with a whole-class setting
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Writing Centers Bundle: Set of 4 w/ rubrics, planners, more
Language Arts Flippables for Interactive Notebooks
Flippables are a great way to help students organize their thoughts as well as notes for a given topic.
There are a total of 37 Flippables (foldables) ready to use in your classroom in Interactive Notebooks with your class. Some of the Flippables are offered in full size sheets as well as 2 per page.
Flippables Includes are:
-Cause and Effect
-Beginning, Middle and End
-Types of Writing
-Venn Diagram
-Somebody, Wanted, But, So
-Simile and Metaphor
-Types of Punctuation
-Point of View
-Types of
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Informational Nonfiction vs. Narrative Nonfiction Anchor Chart
This anchor chart includes...definition of nonfiction textdefinitions of informational nonfiction and narrative nonfictionthe purposes of informational nonfiction and narrative nonfictionalexamples of information nonfiction and narrative nonfiction
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Cause and Effect - Sequence of Events Scenarios and Graphic Organizer
Cause and Effect - Sequence of Events Scenarios and Graphic Organizer
This is a great higher-level thinking activity for Cause and Effect! Students have to look at the picture on each page and come up with possible causes and effects. This reinforces the concept that every action has a consequence. A blank graphic organizer is included. Use it to allow students to illustrate and write their own sequence of events. It can also be used for science and social studies.
Enjoy!
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Also included in: Language Arts MegaBundle - King Virtue's Classroom
Independent Reading Conference Form and Fiction and Non-Fiction Reading Logs
Included are three different forms that can be used for conferring with students about their reading. Two of the forms are more comprehensive for independent reading and one is more oriented to quicker check-ins when students are reading any text in class. Some of the aspects in these forms include accuracy, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and student goals. Some of the skills that are included are predicting, clarifying, questioning, summarizing and synthesizing. I have also included student
Grades:
6th - 12th
How To Write An Essay Introduction Paragraph
Are you teaching argumentative, expository, or essay writing? Are you trying to teach your students how to write an essay introduction paragraph? This HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH teaches how to write introductions in a systematic way. Students will learn parts of an introduction paragraph that include hooks, background information, and thesis statements through mini-lessons and corresponding materials. This product is part of my HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY unit.Click here for the Goog
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Synthesizing While Reading Graphic Organizer
The worksheet asks students to complete three sections: one before they read, one while they read, and one after they read. The idea is that students take past knowledge and information they collect while reading to develop more complex thoughts, opinions, and questions about the text at hand. Helps to develop synthesis, analysis, inferencing, and prediction.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Character Traits and Change using Pixar Short Films
To better help your students understand characters in chapter books they are reading, it is first helpful for them to try this work using short films in which they can see the character. This resource contains: touchtone organizer using the acronym of “STEAL” to help students learn 5 different ways they can analyze characters from both the inside and outside. a blank graphic organizer using this acronym for students to fill out as they learn more about characters. Five sample responses for 5
Grades:
3rd - 8th
'The Obsolete Man'-Twilight Zone 2+ Days of Lesson Materials!
“I’m a human being!” “You’re a librarian, Mr. Wordsworth.”I love using The Twilight Zone series in my ELA classes. Typically, I get several groans when first talking to students about this show ("No color? Boring!") but before long, the students are hooked on this series! I have also included the themed virtual classroom!The ' Obsolete Man' is the story of Librarian Romney Wordsworth. He is judged obsolete and sentenced to death by a Chancellor of a fascist State of the future. In this totali
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Poetry Genre Sketch Doodle Notes
Sketch (Doodle) notes are the way to go for notetaking engagement and visual learners. (My middle schoolers get so excited to color!)These sketch notes are specifically to review or give an overview of poetry. Key vocabulary includes: speaker, narrator, stanza, mood, and several important types of figurative language (allusion, metaphor, idiom). These notes include a Google Slide presentation of the words (making it a totally workable independent station or whole class notes activity). This is
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types of (Essay) Writing Graphic Organizer Sort Activity
This easy, no-prep, essay writing organizer is perfect for introducing intermediate/middle school students to different types of writing and essays. It also works well as a refresher for those who are beginner essay writers. This activity is aligned with the Ontario Language Arts Curriculum but can also be used as a cross-curricular activity.Highlights:Compares and contrasts four types of writing: Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, DescriptiveBreaks down each type of writing by its: purpose, def
Grades:
6th - 10th, Adult Education, Staff
Reading Comprehension Bookmarks - Skills and Strategies - Literacy Bookmarks
Reading comprehension bookmarks include 20 reading strategies and skills. These are a great tool for students to use when working on a particular skill. Use them in small groups, for independent work, or store them in large library pockets for students to reference throughout the year. These are great for use in reader's workshop, small reading groups, literary circles, book clubs, literary centers, daily 5 activities, and during independent reading. Each slide includes three of the same bookmar
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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