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8th grade balanced literacy scaffolded note pdfs
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
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
P.E.E.L. paragraphs literacy writing mat scaffold in history (PEEL)
This powerpoint contains a writing scaffold to help students frame their paragraphs using PEEL. Most students are familiar with PEE in their paragraphs but the L is what makes students show their understanding to a higher level.The first slide is a writing mat with the sentence starters. This can been laminated and given to students to use with their written work, in particular for essays. It could also be photocopied and stuck into the students books for regular reference. My classes have bot
Grades:
5th - 11th
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This is News! Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer follows the Lucy Calkins Investigative Journalism unit of study for 8th grade. It contains multiple ways for students to organize their thoughts on a news story/event before they generate their final news article for the unit. Included are: a 5 W's chart, an interview list chart, a creating interview questions chart, (optional: press conference details), and an organization and craft questions for students to consider before drafting. Finally, there is a blank organizer fo
Grades:
7th - 9th
Note-Taking & Analysis Worksheets for ANY Film — Secondary ELA — Film Study
Need an assignment for a film viewing activity? This engaging, no-prep worksheet can be used to analyze ANY movie with a narrative arc! Watch your students explore any movie through this resource's carefully scaffolded note-taking and analysis activities, which provide structured guidance for students as they progress through your next class movie day. Simply distribute these worksheets and witness your students film analysis abilities explode! Perfect for a sub plan!With a strong focus on culti
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Millions By Frank Cotrell Boyce Teaching Resource
This comprehensive book club resource is designed for a five-week study of the novel "Millions" by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The resource provides chapter summaries, discussion questions, and thought-provoking notes to guide students through meaningful discussions and reflections on the themes, characters, and events of the book. Each week focuses on a set of chapters, allowing students to delve deeply into the narrative and explore its complexities.The first week introduces students to the setting,
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Nonfiction and Textbook Note-taking Guide (with focus on text-structure)
Do you want your students to learn how to take notes INDEPENDENTLY? With this guide/template, this is exactly what will happen AND since it is based on text structure, it will strengthen their analysis and knowledge in this area as well. In addition, it turns into a study guide for test taking or perhaps students will be rewarded with an open note quiz or test!
First, students will be assigned a textbook chapter/section/sub-title of your/their choice or a non-fiction fact/subject book or your/
Grades:
4th - 9th
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Poetry and Tableau
This product includes a complete 3-5 day lesson plan to incorporate the fine arts into your poetry unit.
Students will practice finding figurative language, summarizing, close reading, annotating, repeated readings to build fluency, think critically, answer text dependent questions with evidence from a text, analyze complex poems, and create visual representations of stanzas through tableau drama.
In addition, students will find rhyme scheme, analyze metaphors, use context clues to determin
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6th - 12th
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French Literature Circle Collaborative Poster- Shared Reading
Perfect for French Immersion and FSL classes.This resource is written in French.A great 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 hav
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Elements of Plot Foldable
A QUICK AND EASY PRODUCT!This is a quick, easy elements of plot foldable to use during literature units. Uses:* Help students identify the parts of plot and provide each of their definitions. * Enhances active learning and recall of important aspects of the story as students read a story and fill in the key points in the foldable. * Highly interactive and great for use in interactive notebooks, fitting easily in all size composition notebooks!* A positive alternative to creating a plot diagram!
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Informational Texts Collaborative Poster- Shared Reading
A perfect activity for shared and independent reading during your literacy block! Students work in partners to analyze, respond to, compare, and contrast informational texts. Each student receives an 8.5” x 11” page, reads a different informational text, and reflects upon their learning. The Venn Diagram part is completed together after reading.Each page includes the following sections:Expressing Opinions About Informational Texts: Is this text effective in communicating information to its reade
Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in: Bundle: English Collaborative Posters Series #1
Reading Comprehension Strategies - Worksheets
Transform your students into adept readers with the Understanding Texts: Reading Comprehension Strategies- Worksheets – a comprehensive resource meticulously crafted by Little Red’s Resources. These worksheets are a powerhouse of comprehension strategies, providing scaffolds that empower students to articulate their understanding of texts with depth and insight.Foster Essential Comprehension Strategies:Navigating the realms of comprehension becomes an exciting adventure with our strategically de
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Essentials - Posters & Worksheets
Theme, Literary Elements, and Inferencing Visual
Reading for and writing about Theme can be called the apex of exploring literature. Here is a visual that puts it there. You can use it to talk about how literary elements form the basis for analyzing literature, and how literary devices build on this foundation. For example, mood can be created from more basic elements, such as the setting, plot events, characterization, and imagery. (Class activity suggestion: You can print out or project this visual onto a white board and have your students
Grades:
7th - 11th, Staff
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Intermediate Interactive Read-Aloud "The Wall," by Eve Bunting
This interactive read-aloud lesson uses the touching and emotional book "The Wall," by Eve Bunting, to focus on strategies good readers use. This lesson focuses on activating prior background knowledge and includes an embedded summarization activity. The interactive read-aloud lesson includes specific "teacher talk" and guided "turn and talk" focus. Effective interactive read-aloud sessions, at the beginning of your reader's workshop, offer your students an enriched learning experience and the
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Fahrenheit 451 film (1966): Critical Viewing and Questions- DISTANCE LEARNING
I never tire of Francois Truffaut’s 1966 Film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s science-fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451. The futuristic film is visually and intellectually satisfying. The film’s content is rich and stays close to the book’s big ideas. Students find the concepts eye-opening, particularly with regard to modern day use of technology and medicine.The Viewing Guide, follows the film and invites students to think critically about the implicit warnings presented in the story, including questi
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Native American Research Project
This Project is aligned to Common Core research standards and Georgia Standards of Excellence. It is a great way to integrate subject while engaging in project based learning.
The Directions Say:
1. Select from the following tribes or famous
Native Americans:
Inuit, Kwakiutl, Nez Perce, Hopi,
Pawnee, and the Seminole.
Pocahontas, Sequoyah, Squanto,
Sitting Bull, and Sacajawea
2. Use provided websites and books to
research your tribe or famous Native
American while filling out a graphic organi
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Declaration of Independence (Historical Literary Analysis)
Students consider the complex language of the Declaration of Independence by chunking the content and comparing each section to the familiar context of a break-up letter.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Biography Guided Notes Page
This is a quick guided notes page for student ISNs or other forms of note taking. There are minimal 'notes' for students to write so that they can focus on the content of the lesson over biographies.
These only use 1/2 page per student so you can save paper and they will easily fit in student spirals, journals, or composition notebooks.
Grades:
K - 8th
Historical Fiction Analysis #2- No Prep!
This resource includes a student handout that introduces these four literary elements:Setting- The story takes place in a real location and a specific historical time period.Plot- The plot develops around both factual and fictional events.Conflict- The conflict arises from actual concerns and challenges experienced in the historical setting.Characters- Some characters are fictional, some are factual. Characters act, speak, dress, and live authentically in their time period.Each response journal
Grades:
5th - 12th
Discussion stems/ Talk Stems (English/Spanish)
Directions: Print, cut page in half, laminate and glue to a craft stick! Students can hold these as they are participating in any type of discussions (whole class, small group, or turn and talk)Includes:-Visuals for talk moves.-Differentiated stems -languages: English only, Spanish only or bilingual stems. (GREAT FOR ESL/ELL STUDENTS!!!)
Grades:
K - 12th
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Upper Elementary Interactive Read-Aloud "The Boy Who Loved Words" Word Meanings
This interactive read-aloud lesson uses the wonderful book by Roni Schotter and Giselle Potter,"The Boy Who Loved Words" to focus on strategies good readers use to determine meaning when they come to an unfamiliar word. This lesson provides specific "teacher talk" and guided "turn and talk" focus. Effective interactive read-aloud sessions, at the beginning of your reader's workshop, offer your students an enriched learning experience and the teacher an opportunity to build treasured relationshi
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Small Group Conferencing notes - Reading
This is an easy-to-use document to keep notes during reading small groups.
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Comprehension - Short Passages with MCQs and Answers
This set of passages with multiple choice questions are useful to teach and assess students' understanding.
It is also great when teaching students who are weaker in English (perhaps TESOL or AEIS learners.)
The answers are provided which will make marking a breeze!
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Writing Structures - A Short Booklet of Cheat Sheets
Different text structures have traditional layouts and this booklet covers the following: Advertisements
Anecdotes
Descriptions - Characters
Descriptions - Settings
Diary Entries
Discussions
Explanations
Information Reports
Interviews
Media Reviews
Modern Narratives
Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Editorials
Plays
Procedures & Recipes
Traditional Dreamtime Stories (Australia)
Travel Guides
Each cheat sheet is a valuable resource to have next to your student/s as they are writing. The cheat shee
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Grades:
2nd - 9th, Staff
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