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8th grade literature scaffolded notes for Easel
I Am Not a Number | No-Prep Illustrated Book Study | Middle School Reading
Over 55 pages of Common Core aligned resources specifically tailored to the text. This complete unit connects to 23 different standards, models comprehension skills for independent reading, and encourages readers to move beyond basic comprehension.SUMMARY"We don't use names here. All students are known by numbers."Authors Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, along with illustrator Gillian Newland chronicle one girl's experience in a residential Indian school. Irene, from the Nipissing First Nation,
Grades:
6th - 8th
5 Types of Essay Hook | Multi-Level Instruction | Opening Paragraphs
This differentiated pack of materials demonstrates five types of essay hook, provides four practice tasks with three levels of instruction, and four pages of exit ticket slips.This product is also included in my High School Combo BUNDLE.The examples and activities use the topics of video games, school exams, space tourism, boxing, chess and pets - easy for students to engage with!You might also like...PRINTABLE Character Autopsy Worksheets and BookmarksPeer Assessment Carousel | Essays and Exten
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Harper Lee & Scottsboro Boys — ELA — Quizzes, Notes, Background Activities
This packet contains a Harper Lee background presentation (with a student note-taking worksheet and quiz) and video notes (and quiz) for the PBS documentary "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" (film not included with purchase). These anticipatory activities will assure students are prepared to begin reading Harper Lee's classic coming-of-age novel about racial injustice.Sample Scottsboro Boys Quiz Question:What economic condition existed in Alabama during the time of the trial?A. Progress and pros
Grades:
8th - 11th
McCarthyism and The Crucible: Compare and Contrast Chart
Teacher-prepared notes show students what is important and how ideas relate, and offer a model for how students should take notes themselves (Marzano et al., 2001). This chart gives students an overview of the differences and similarities between the McCarthyism and The Crucible. These notes come with a student fill-in-the-blank version. This is an excellent resource for the interactive notebook!Thumbnail and product clipart credit: by Illumismart
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Gettysburg Address (1863): Primary Source Analysis
Now includes audio links and time stamps!In November of 1863, a ceremony was held to dedicate a cemetery in Gettysburg to honor the great battle. The first speaker was Edward Everett, who gave an impassioned two-hour speech. After Everett, Abraham Lincoln rose and spoke for little more than two minutes. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was, in many ways, a summation of why the war was being fought and the meaning of the sacrifices made by the men who fought in the battle. At the end of Lincoln’s spe
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Odyssey - Timeline Notes
This four page timeline is a concise space for your students' to take notes over the important events in Homer's "Odyssey". The timeline is four pages. I print it front-back on two pages and give students the first page during the first part of the reading and second during the second half. Each spot on the timeline has an image to represent the event and lines for students to summarize the events of each section using the "and, but, so" structure.For example, to summarize the events at Cyclo
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Odyssey Unit
Reading Strategy- Readers Ask Themselves Questions
This reading strategy helps students generate questions about their reading. Too often I hear the words, "I can't think of a question." This worksheet breaks down possible questions into four categories, and students can either write their questions on the worksheet, or write on Post Its and place the question in the category.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Asking Questions While You Read
Reading Strategy- Empathize to Understand
This reading strategy asks students to think about how their own experiences might be the same or different from a character in the story. The steps are broken down into a graphic organizer with sentence starters to help the students consider the emotions, motivations, and feelings of a character in a book.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Reading Strategies for Analyzing Characters
Theme Note Catcher
Use this resource as an introduction or review activity covering the topic of Theme. Practice with two classic stories that can be read aloud in class or referenced from memory. This activity is appropriate for grades 6-12.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Reading Strategy- Making Predictions Based on Evidence
Making predictions about a text can be difficult for students. This graphic organizer breaks the prediction process into steps, so that students can look at each part and support their prediction with evidence from the text.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Reading Strategy- Back Up Hypotheses with Evidence
This reading strategy is built specifically for analyzing characters in fictional texts, but it can also be applied to nonfiction texts as well. Students are using evidence from the text to draw conclusions about characters and their traits. Each step is broken down into a graphic organizer so that students can work step by step.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â Reading Strategies for Analyzing Characters
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