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Informational text Common Core RL.8.1 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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RACE Writing Strategy: Lesson and Practice
When I first started teaching the RACE strategy for constructed response, I was blown away by how much my students’ writing improved. Often times they had the correct answer, but the way in which they were constructing the answer cost them precious points on tests and benchmarks. RACE is an acronym for Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain. It is easy to remember and students pick up on it very quickly. I used a variation of this lesson for an observation my very first year of teaching and got rave
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6th - 9th
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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
Reading Information & Literature Mini Lesson Whole Year Bundle Grade 8
Digital + Print! No planning! Save tons of time using these mini lessons to teach all your 8th grade reading information texts and reading literature lessons! Spend more time helping your students and less time planning and searching for resources!Plus, you can use these lessons with any texts. You'll be able to:scaffolddifferentiate workshopconferencework on test prepand dig down into those reading skills every day without a ton of work!You'll love that this resource gets you back to teaching
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8th
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8th Grade Daily Reading Warm-Ups (Common Core Aligned)
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 you via google docs.
I have organized the presentatio
Grades:
8th
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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Common Core 7th and 8th Grade Reading Literature/Info. Texts Curricular Support
This item contains 184 pages of materials to use to implement the common core reading standards into your classroom. It includes:
*An Explanation of Each of the Standards
*Examples
*Academic Vocabulary
*Student Response Sheets to Apply the Standards
Reading Literature 7.1. and 8.1.
Student Response Pages To Apply the Standard
*Citing Textual Evidence: Supporting an Analysis of Explicit Statements
*Citing Textual Evidence: Supporting an Inference
*It Says, I Say, and So….
*T-Chart
*Answer /
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6th - 9th
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Paired Texts - Poem by Taylor Mali and Newspaper Article - Writing Activities
This lesson makes learning relevant by connecting real-world issues and an engaging poem. Students complete close readings of two texts: “Totally Like Whatever, You Know?” by Taylor Mali and “Beyond Malala: Six Teenagers Changing the World” from The Guardian newspaper. Students begin by writing a journal about important topics in society. Handouts with before-, during-, and post-reading strategies provide scaffolding for their reading, and the lesson culminates with a writing activity assignm
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7th - 10th
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RACE Writing Strategy: Student Bookmark FREEBIE
When I first started teaching the RACE strategy for constructed response, I was blown away by how much my students’ writing improved. Often times they had the correct answer, but the way in which they were constructing the answer cost them precious points on tests and benchmarks. RACE is an acronym for Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain. It is easy to remember and students pick up on it very quickly. This bookmark reference is something students can keep with them to refer to as they practice th
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6th - 9th
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The Hobbit Pre-reading Activity
This bundle includes 2 different pre-reading activities to help students understand the background of The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. The first activity to all about getting to know who the author is and what the inspiration for this novel is about. It can be completed individually or in groups. The second handout is a set of guided notes that revolve around the Hero's Journey and includes mini-activities such as matching words to descriptions, fill in the blank, and a definition table to fill. Bot
Grades:
7th - 8th
Flashbacks, Foreshadowing, and More: Authors' Crafts and Techniques-Bundle
Buy 2 get 3 FREE as opposed to buying items separately [flashbacks, flashing forward, and sequencing all have a 4 star rating-the remaining 2 await reviews]!Help students understand their books better because they are not always in sequence! Students will study authors' techniques such as using flashbacks, foreshadowing, flashing-forward, sequencing, and developing background information with these 5 files. On all pages, students will finish sentence starters that define each element, then fin
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3rd - 8th
(Writing) How to Write a Thesis Statement Anchor Chart
(Writing) How to Write a Thesis Statement Anchor ChartPart of the (Writing) Five-Paragraph Essay Writing Anchor Chart SeriesPDF Download This anchor chart provides a breakdown and visual aid to introduce, model, and reference during skill-based instruction of the target skill (constructing a thesis statement that will effectively map out five-paragraph essay writing). This visual aid reflects a systematic, three-step approach for constructing a sentence that includes a strong claim and three pie
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5th - 8th
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Schooled: Prereading/Informational Texts/Vocabulary--CCSS Aligned
This 52-page teaching resource for teaching Gordon Korman’s popular middle school title has three components.
•PREREADING activities and ideas with two bulletin board suggestions
•FOUR INFORMATIONAL TEXTS with CCSS-aligned questions
Author Biography
The American Search for Utopia
The Hippies
Life on a 60s Rural Commune
•VOCABULARY with word lists, definitions, dictionary activities, usage worksheets, and a study of figurative language taken from the text.
Full ANSWER KEYS are included. Spe
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6th - 8th
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Allusions! A timely cheat sheet of 300 cultural literacy references for students
This is a spreadsheet bank of 300+ allusion-worthy lines, people, events, and other references in easy to manage tidbits of info. Sources are Biblical, Literature, including Shakespeare, Contemporary and commercial, and Historical, all cross referenced under CREATURES, LINES, FAMOUS MALES, FAMOUS FEMALES, and color coded for easy sort access.
Look at the first picture for the categorical layout and look at the 3rd picture (the one with the left column in pink - i.e. "famous females") to get a
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6th - 10th
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(Writing) Five-Paragraph Essay Writing Anchor Chart Series
(Writing) Five-Paragraph Essay Writing Anchor Chart SeriesPDF DownloadThis anchor chart series provides four visual aids to breakdown, introduce, model, and reference during skill-based instruction of the target skills:developing a thesis statement that maps out a five-paragraph essaydeveloping introductory and conclusion paragraphsdeveloping three body paragraphs that introduce a strong claim and support the claim with relevant facts and details effectively incorporating textual evidence to sup
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5th - 8th
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How it Feels to Be Colored Me
Zora Neale Hurston is recognized as a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Please note, that while this text can easily be a centerpoint of that fact, I have not included it in the resource. Instead, I have chosen to walk students down a path of higher order thinking skills as related to close reading of literature. This full text document has been formatted with a 2" left margin for annotations and marginal questions that ask specific questions about Hurston's writing style and authorial pur
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8th - 10th
Also included in: Dynamic Voices in American Literature
HANDY MNEMONIC DEVICE - The High 5 Objective Summary Guide.
Everyone knows that getting students to learn what makes an objective summary is not easy. This file offers a HANDY MNEMONIC DEVICE to drive the point home. It meets across the grade spectrum standards, but especially CCRA.R.2. and CCRA R.7, helping students determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas and how to read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; citing spe
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5th - 11th
Spanish Reading|Diwali |Un Viaje Festivo de Luz y Cultura|worksheet|Handout
Este recurso proporciona un breve texto en español acerca de la importancia cultural y religiosa de Diwali, también conocido como el Festival de las Luces, celebrado por los hindúes en todo el mundo. El texto explica la celebración de cinco días, las decoraciones, rituales y tradiciones asociadas con Diwali. También aborda las leyendas de Lord Rama y la diosa Lakshmi. El texto está seguido de diez preguntas de opción múltiple de comprensión para evaluar la comprensión de los estudiantes sobre el
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Not Grade Specific
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"Bullying in School" Close Reading for Common Core, Smarter Balanced and PARCC
Use this powerful non-fiction article to supplement your bullying unit plan. I use this with "All Summer in a Day." This forces the students to read closely for detail and fully explain vocabulary words using context clues. It is the most powerful tool that I use in my classroom. Students MUST read carefully enough to circle and underline overlooked details. Then the students must write a complete sentence that shows understanding of the word. This would be a perfect homework or building-b
Grades:
4th - 10th
Shakespeare's Macbeth - Plot Structure, Summary and Activities
A detailed breakdown of the essential story elements for Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Perfect for any unit on Macbeth, summary notes for your students or exam preparation! This resources covers all the essentials and need-to-knows for Macbeth. It contains:A summary of the play and its major themes, covering the social and historical context.A breakdown of the plot structure with summaries of the essential events and supporting quotes to use in responses.Activities designed for students to enga
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8th - 12th
Inference Chart Editable - Distance Learning - Google Classroom - Inferencing
This editable inference chart can be used with any text! With Google Slides, Word, or .PDF options, distance or in-class use is easy! Inferencing is the most difficult reading skill because it is so abstract. When students use their background knowledge combined with what the text says, they understand how inferences work. Teaching Tip: Add in your own text evidence and background knowledge to model the skill.STAAR and Common Core aligned.ZIP FILE CONTAINS a .PDF, Word Document, and Google Docs
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Ultimate Secondary Reading Bundle NO PREP!! - Nonfiction & Fiction
(Writing) How to Write a Body Paragraph Anchor Chart
(Writing) How to Write a Body Paragraph Anchor ChartPart of the (Writing) Five-Paragraph Essay Writing Anchor Chart SeriesPDF Download This "How to Write a Body Paragraph Anchor Chart" provides a breakdown and visual aid to introduce, model, and reference during skill-based instruction of the target skill (writing body paragraphs to support the strong claim and main ideas introduced in the thesis statement). This visual aid reflects a systematic, three-step approach tackling three body paragraph
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5th - 8th
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Analyzing Text Essentials: Genre, Point of View, Narrator, Author's Purpose
Help students acquire the basic, yet foundational, skills for analyzing ANY text: identifying genre and point of view/narrator and determining author's purpose.
*Note: this is similar to my other product, Analyzing Text (fiction or non-fiction), which includes main idea/theme; the product here does NOT include main idea/theme!
Students read ANY text (your choice/theirs) and choose answers from multiple choice options. They also must include text evidence to support their answer choices. It's a
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Analyzing Text: Fiction and Non-Fiction (bundle)
Inferring Unfamiliar Words and Author's Meaning Graphic Organizers *FREE*
Inferring is one of the most important reading skills for students. It supports them in figuring out unfamiliar words and digging deeper into the author's meaning. These graphic organizers support the students in organizing their thinking while proving it at the same time. These can be used with any text both informational and literary. They come in a Google Slide format for technology use, and a PDF format if you prefer to print. They also come in color and black and white. **************
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Graphic Organizers Bundle- Every Informational Standard!
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