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Informational text Common Core RI.7.2 handouts
State Test Prep Reading Passages Worksheets Main Idea, Supporting Details | Fast
These reading comprehension passages are great whether you are introducing a new skill or reviewing! This resource includes three reading comprehension passages per standard to help students answer questions that focus on a different skill. There is a brief overview of the skill and three passages that include multiple choice questions. The first passage is very short and is great for review. The second passage is longer and is good for practice. The third passage is one page long and is great t
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6th - 8th
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Yellowstone Wolves - 3 Part Informational Text
During the 1930's, people viewed wolves as dangerous and destructive animals and sought to remove them from Yellowstone National Park. This three-part informational text takes students on a journey from the wolves removal in the 1930s to their amazing return in the 1990s and the subsequent transformation of Yellowstone's present-day ecosystem. The ecological changes after their removal were widespread and evident. An excellent lesson about the power of nature's interconnections and the casca
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Also included in:Â Huge Life Science Informational Text Bundle! Great for Distance Learning!
Bell Ringer Journal Bundle: Reading Literature & Reading Informational Texts
The BEST EVER Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal for Reading Literature and Reading Informational Texts is here! Help your middle school ELA students to master the standards of Reading Literature AND Reading Informational Texts in this reading bundle including over 100 pages of bell ringers!Here's how it works: Choose the bell ringer that best fits the standard students are studying in class. Since bell ringers are standards based, they work as a perfect warm up for student learning! The next t
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6th - 8th
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Author's Craft & Rhetorical Devices Anchor Chart + Foundational Student Handout
WHAT IS IT?★ An anchor chart that can be blown up and posted in your room★ A one-page quick reference for students to use all year when analyzing authors craft and rhetorical devices. WHAT'S THE CONTENT?★ 7 Rhetorical Devices Defined and Compared to a Tool★ Purpose for each Rhetorical Device Clearly Explained★ All 3 Sides of the Rhetorical Triangle Included & Labeled★ Author's Craft & Rhetorical Device DefinedHOW DOES THIS RELATE TO COMMON CORE/ TN READY?How do you teach students to trac
Grades:
6th - 12th
7th & 8th Grade Daily Reading Warm-Ups (Common Core Aligned)
NEW - YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD THESE PRESENTATIONS IMMEDIATELY:)This item was created to help students practice reading and answering questions based on the Common Core Standard.In my classroom, I wanted to be able to have students read short passages and then answer questions in preparation for the Smarter Balanced Assessment. I also wanted them to practice the particular standard we would be working on in the classroom. This item is in PDF format, but if you email me I can share your own copy with
Grades:
7th - 8th
Standards-Based Informational Text Reading Comprehension Passages
A great way to cover inferences, central ideas & more. This resource includes three reading comprehension passages to help students answer questions that focus on a different skill. There is a brief overview of the skill and three passages that include multiple choice questions. The first passage is very short and is great for review. The second passage is longer and is good for practice. The third passage is one page long and is great to use as a quick assessment. Great for test prep!This b
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7th - 8th
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Sports Reading Comprehension Worksheets, Common Core -- BASKETBALL GREATS
This packet includes engaging biographies of the 25 greatest NBA basketball players ever. Accompanying each reading lesson are written response questions, of which the answers can be found in the text and in the teacher's answer guide. Common Core aligned. One of many sports reading and math exercises offered by Sports Scholar including basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and more. LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson and more!
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6th - 8th
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ELA: Emergency Sub Plans - 7th Grade
Got Sub Plans? If you are looking for something to keep in your sub folder, or just something for one day, this is perfect. There is absolutely NO PREP! It covers reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing, and grammar skills. See how it works: Click Here.***********************************************************What's Included- Grammar Practice - Sentence Types: Simple and Complex- Vocabulary Practice - 1 Word of the Day, 3 Different Activities- Reading Comprehension - 1 Original Informational
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Nonfiction Notice & Note Signposts Doodle Notes
Engage students' whole brain while teaching this fun reading strategy! Doodle notes engage verbal and visual centers in the brain which helps students retain information longer.
Notice & Note Signposts are engaging reading tools that send students on a scavenger hunt through a text to make deeper meaning. These notes would be a great way to introduce the topic to your students.
Each signpost has its own notes sheet:
- Extreme or Absolute Language
- Contrasts & Contradictions
- Numbe
Grades:
4th - 8th
Move Beyond P-I-E and Get the Receipt: A Better Way to Teach Author's Purpose
Let me make a confession: A few years ago, I got very invested in the drama between Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian. For me, one of the biggest take aways from that drama was the phrase "Show me the receipts." I'd heard my students talk about "receipts" before, but something about the Kanye-Taylor drama really made that phrase memorable to me. As a teacher, I turned that phrase over in my mind. Where are the receipts in the English classroom? Well, when students are looking for auth
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Reading Strategies Favorites Bundle / Pre-Reading & Author's Purpose
Thanksgiving Pilgrims and Native Americans Informational Text Activity
Thanksgiving Pilgrims and Native Americans Informational Text Activity. This document provides your students with two informational text articles that they will read and then answer questions based on the CCSS.The History Detective topic for this activity is: about the Pilgrims vs the Wampanoag during the 1600's. Students will read two articles about the different groups, and then have to answer questions about the articles. They will have to use evidence from the text to explain their answers.I
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Informational Text Bundle
Central Idea Graphic Organizers
Eight Graphic Organizers for Central Idea
Use with ANY informational text
Great for test prep, reading or writing units
This resource is a set of eight graphic organizers to help students determine central idea, analyze the development of central idea, delineate and evaluate central idea and determine how a part of the text supports central idea. These central idea graphic organizers can be used with ANY informational text.
This resource is a compressed zip file that contains PDF versions of
Grades:
6th - 8th
Non Fiction Summary Anchor Chart
This poster reminds students the steps for writing a nonfiction summary. Great for use when reading and summarizing informational text.Summary Poster emphasizes:1. Topic Sentence that includes the title and author2. Supporting Sentences3. Concluding SentenceCarefully sized to be safe whatever size you print! Can be printed letter size, 2 per page (in your printer settings), or enlarged to a wall poster. *Comes in color and black and white.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Rhetorical Triangle: Persuasive Reading & Writing Quick Reference Anchor Chart
HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO COMMON CORE/ TNREADY?
Common Core aligned standards require students to do more than read and write. They must be able to analyze the effectiveness of an argument (hint Rhetorical Triangle) and construct persuasive arguments. Students need scaffolds to get there. Teach students to analyze author’s craft and apply lessons learned in their own writing using the rhetorical triangle. Make an abstract concept concrete with this quick reference. This is a must have on the wall
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7th - 12th
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Reading Informational Texts Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal for Grades 6-8
Welcome to the BEST EVER Standards Based Bell Ringer Journal to help middle school ELA students master the standards of reading informational texts! This bell ringer journal includes SIX bell ringers for each of the Reading Informational Texts standards that build in complexity from simply understanding to synthesizing their understanding. Here's how it works: Determine the standard your students will be studying for the day. Choose the standards based bell ringer that matches that standard. As
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Bell Ringer Journal Bundle: Reading Literature & Reading Informational Texts
Evolution Bundle! {Covers NGSS MS-LS-2 & MS-LS-4}
All three resources in this bundle are hands on and very engaging. Students will enjoy analyzing, researching and applying concepts of evolution in each resource. 1st Resource - Whale Evolution ***Best Seller***Students will be introduced to the scientific phenomena of why whales are mammals and not fish in this fun and engaging activity! This activity is broken down into two parts.Part One - Whale Sorting Activity Students begin the activity by drawing a picture of what they think whales m
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS4-2
, MS-LS4-4
TED Talk Presentations - Print and Digital
Teach public speaking and speech writing with this lesson that challenges students to present TED Talks. Existing TED Talks serve as mentor texts, which students view, analyze, and evaluate before using the writing process to create their own. Print-and-go handouts guide students through their discussion, planning, peer review, editing, and rehearsal. An editable slide and MS Word document is included for the final assignment, so you can customize the assessment for your students’ needs. This
Grades:
7th - 10th
How to Annotate a Text Activity
Learning how to annotate a text is an incredibly useful tool for ELA students to have! Whether for their social studies reading, test prep, or college readiness, annotating skills will help students engage and comprehend texts on a much deeper level than reading alone! This Slides Presentation teaches students both the WHY and the HOW of annotating texts! Students will learn step-by-step how to annotate a text and see multiple examples! As a Bonus, I've also included Student Bookmarks that can
Grades:
7th - 9th
Central & Main Idea Anchor Chart | Digital Notes | One Pager | Google Slides |
Use this Central Idea Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager to teach Central Idea and Main idea or to review Central and Main Idea with your students! This Central and Main Idea Anchor Chart and Notes Page is perfect for students' notebooks, folders, or binders. Central and Main Idea can be difficult to master! Give your students this aid!Includes definition of the central idea, how to find the central idea, and even questions to ask your students to find the central idea in fiction versus non-fictio
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Reading Anchor Chart | Notes | One Pager | Virtual Learning GROWING BUNDLE
Informational Text for October and Halloween
Informational Text Halloween Theme
Informational Text for October begins with an article about Frankenstein’s monster. Not only is he one of Halloween’s most versatile characters, he is also a star of stage, screen, and TV. The strange thing is—he has never had a name and he owes everything to his strikingly ugly looks.
The second article takes students back to 1816, known as the Year Without a Summer when people in New England and a few states father south were shoveling out from under
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6th - 9th
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SCIENCE Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Distance Learning
20 *SCIENCE* Close Reading Passages and Worksheets *****NOW WITH GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS!!!*****- Diverse range of high-interest extracts from authentic texts including fiction (short story)- Designed for close reading- Each excerpt stands alone as a close reading text suitable for scrutiny, critique, reflection, and evaluation.- Texts may be used as bell-ringers, as homework or vacationassignments, one-to-one tutoring, no-prep substitute plans, or anyother use- Includes 3 levels of multi-modal quest
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions BUNDLE | GOOGLE
Artificial Intelligence MEGA BUNDLE-16 ESL Reading Passages Comprehension
AI MAGAZINE (16 ARTICLES) : READING PASSAGES | COMPREHENSION DISCUSSION QUESTIONS | WRITING | NO PREP RESOURCE FOR ESL, EFL, ELA STUDENTSAre you looking for a way to make artificial intelligence exciting and accessible for teens? This AI magazine is the perfect tool, blending captivating articles with interactive reading comprehension activities, conversation questions, and creative writing tasks. Designed for ease and impact, it requires no prep and comes loaded with stunning photos and pre-r
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Ethos Pathos Logos Lesson Plan and Student Practice
Introduce and Practice Ethos, Pathos and Logos
This resource is a complete lesson plan with all student materials for introducing and practicing defining ethos, pathos and logos and identifying the use of each in sample texts. This resource for teaching ethos, pathos and logos directly supports CCSS Anchor Standard R2 (determine central idea and analyze how it is developed in a text).
This lesson on ethos, pathos and logos is a non-editable, compressed ZIP file that contains PDFs of the foll
Grades:
7th - 9th
Central Idea Exit Tickets - Perfect for Middle School (RI.2)
This collection of exit tickets is an easy way to see if your students are understanding how to find the central idea of an informational passage. The Google Forms data allows you to sort your students easily into groups because you can quickly see who understands and who needs more support. Want students to practice on paper? Use the PDF versions! The resource is ready to use today! Just download, print, or assign.This Resource Includes:Five short informational passages. Each passage has one mu
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6th - 8th
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