439 results
Middle school close reading scaffolded note pdfs
Types of Figurative Language Guided Notes Minilesson
Need notes and practices to introduce types of figurative language? This minilesson is the perfect for defining and identifying SIMILE, METAPHOR, HYPERBOLE, IDIOM, PERSONIFICATION, ONOMATOPOEIA, ALLITERATION! With guided notes and 3 close reading passages, students will be able to distinguish 7 types of figurative language, identify examples, and explain their meanings. The graphic organizer is color-coded to classify figurative language terms into 3 categories: comparisons, sound devices, and d
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Cask of Amontillado - TEACHER COPY with ANNOTATIONS and Vocab
THIS IS ALL YOU NEED TO TEACH THE STORY. These notes have EVERYTHING!This is the full text (on 7 pages with wide margins for annotations) of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado". It includes vocabulary words (highlighted in pink and defined in the margins), GISTs of each paragraph/section, example of foreshadowing, pronunciations of difficult words, examples of literary devices, and other miscellaneous annotations. It also includes 10 higher order thinking Questions for studen
Subjects:
Grades:
7th - 11th
Main Idea and Summarizing: Interactive Slides to use with Any Text
My students always seemed to struggle with coming up with main idea statements for non-fiction texts. They'd always write something like "how sharks hunt". They need to be more specific. This helps them be concise and to the point and also provides them with a means to start a short summary about a text. This digital/paperless product can be used with any short non-fiction text. I used this with my Research Digital Notebooks (Tapping the Power of Non-fiction, Essay, Group Book) unit. Great for 1
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Stephanie
Reading Activities for Albert Marrin's Flesh and Blood So Cheap
Albert Marrin's Flesh and Blood So Cheap is a great non-fiction text to pair with Margaret Peterson Haddix's novel Uprising or any study of workers' rights, the rise of the unions, women's suffrage, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.Included: ✓Chapter Notes Graphic Organizer ✓Discussion Questions for each chapter with Answers Keys ✓18 Reading activities to accompany the chapters Graphic Organizers Sketch Notes Journal Response Argument Brainstorms Image and
Grades:
7th - 10th
"Fears and Phobias" Printable Interactive Notebook Collection 1 Grade 6
NOTE: To help teachers get digital versions of these activities faster, I have made this collection available in TPT Digital Activities by adding text boxes with the new TPT Digital Tool.OVERVIEW:This is one selection from the Collections 1 bundle, which you can find in my store here.You can bundle and save.CAUTION: "Fears and Phobias" Printable Interactive Notebook ELA Collections Grade 6 resources are for printable Interactive notebooks. This product includes foldable resources, which are not
Grades:
6th
Also included in: Facing Fear Bundle Interactive Notebook Activities Collection 1 Gr. 6
Mood & Tone in Literature Minilesson | Mood and Tone Guided Notes
This editable minilesson is the perfect printable or digital resource to introduce mood, tone, and style in literature! With guided notes and practice passages, students will be able to distinguish these literary terms and identify the mood and tone of several texts!This minilesson presents the topics in student-friendly language with color-coded organizers to distinguish mood and tone words. Mini bookmarks are also included as a support tool for selecting positive, negative, or neutral words.Wh
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
Map of the Underworld Project with Readings
Engage students to use their powers of deduction while they do a close read of a passage describing the Underworld from Greek Mythology and create a map from the descriptions.Everything you need - just print and go!Included:Lesson Plan/Teacher Instructions3-page text describing the Underworld from Greek MythologyBase Map for studentsChart of key places, people, and terms important to the UnderworldAnnotated text to show you where to find answersAnswer Keys for the chart and the mapThe perfect co
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Growing Greek Mythology Mega Bundle
Analyzing Poetry for Grades 5-8 (Main Idea, Theme, and Author’s Perspective)
Analyzing Poetry through Main Idea, Theme, and Author’s Perspective
Purpose:
Students will learn how to analyze poetry through multiple readings and varying purposes (main idea, theme, author’s point of view, etc.)
Analyzing Poetry Folder Includes:
• 5 Weeks of Lesson Plans linked to Common Core State Standards and
Objectives
• Answer Key!!!!!!
• Introduction to poetry through analyzing rhythm, meter, and pattern of nursery
rhymes.
• Annotated notes on main idea, author’s
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 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
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
Notice & Note Interactive Notes & Google Slides
So you read and loved Beers and Probst Notice and Note? Well, I did too! It is packed full of useful and life-changing ideas and strategies.Teach the signposts to students using interactive notes that correlate EXACTLY to a Google Slides. Begin with a linked engager video that matches the signpost, teach the signpost as students record the anchor question and what we may have learned from that signpost, then practice using the included graphic organizer with the same video. Couldn't be easier
Grades:
3rd - 9th
The Birchbark House All Adapted Chapters and Discussion Questions
Great resource for those who teach using the novel The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich. It is directly aligned with the Ready Gen and Journeys curriculums. This is best suited for students who struggle to access the text. A condensed, easy to read reference of each chapter that still contains the content and larger meanings throughout the text. Perfect for ELL students or students with disabilities. The chapter book is a reading level T but these chapters range from level O- Q. This resource a
Grades:
4th - 6th
Types:
Differentiated Character Hexagonal Thinking Diagram Templates for Any Book
Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the characters of any novel, short story or play, and then instruct them in the creation of a hexagonal thinking diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between characters and explaining their reasons.This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.Allow more able students to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces.Now includes three differentiated versions - one baseline, one
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
CCSS:
Theme Examples Bookmarks & Posters
Need a tool to help your students develop theme statements to describe a text? How about a visual reminder for the characteristics and types of themes? These mini-posters and bookmarks are perfect for guiding students from identifying text topics to creating theme statements! Perfect to tuck inside their novel, these resources include the key information and examples of common themes, all on a bookmark to refer to while reading! What's Included In This Product? 1. Theme Poster: A visual notes
Grades:
6th - 9th
Author's Point of View Cheat Sheet! {Freebie!} (First, Second, Third Person)
Free for all your needs in helping students remember the multiple methods that writers may use to narrate their stories. This author point of view cheat sheet is also super handy for writing units and helping students pick as well as stick to their narrative style.Each point of view is simply defined. Additionally clear examples of word choices that fit with each style are given. If you are looking to nail the common core standard "Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 9th
CCSS:
Theme Hexagon Thinking Diagram Templates | Any Book | Differentiated
NEW!Coach your students through discussion and note-taking for the themes of any novel, short story or play, and then instruct them in the creation of a hex diagram by matching the sides, drawing links between the elements of the themes, and explaining their reasons. Allow more able students to work independently on the hexagon diagram pieces.Includes two differentiated versions and a 'How To Use' guide.VERSION 1 SIDES:CharactersContextSymbolismQuotations x3VERSION 2 SIDES:CharactersMain charact
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 11th
TED Talk Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can be used with any TEDTalk! It is a great way for students to practice listening skills, nonfiction text, and deducing the main idea. ** Updated to print on 8.5x11 **
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Types:
Characterization Unit- Cornell Notes, Graphic Organizer, Anchor Chart
Character Analysis plays a large role in middle school conflict and theme and often students do not know where to start. This characterization unit can be used with ANY video or literary work that includes characters.
This product includes:
*STEAL Indirect Characterization Anchor Chart - can be made into poster
*Character Analysis Organizer
*Recommended Character Analysis Lesson Cycle
*SavyTeacher Quizizz assessment for technology classrooms
*Characterization Cornell Notes with Student Handout
Grades:
4th - 8th
Introduction to Close Reading Lesson Plan and Presentation
This introductory lesson teaches and takes students through the steps necessary to complete a close read. Close reads help students dig deeper into a text and find the power of purposeful rereading.Learning Goals:* I can read a poem following the steps of a close read.* I can discuss the steps of a close read with a small group and with the class.Complete lesson plan is included with all necessary parts!!* Written Lesson Plan* Scaffolded Graphic Organizer* Student response sheets* Presentation t
Grades:
2nd - 6th
The Wretched Stone Predictions
While reading The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg, students will have an opportunity to share what they see and what they think is about to happen. This document serves as a visual guide to assist students with making predictions and confirming whether or not their predictions were correct. Additional prompts on page 2 and 3 further support the reading strategy of visualizing. This can be used to assess the reading strategies of predicting and visualizing.
Grades:
4th - 8th
TPCASTT Notes & Graphic Organizer
TPCASTT poetry analysis graphic organizer. 3 pages -- 1) TPCASTT explanation & prompting questions, 2-3) differentiated blank graphic organizers for student use. Easy to use for any poem during a poetry unit!
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 12th
Flashbacks, Foreshadowing, and More: Studying Authors' Crafts and Techniques
Use these pages to get students studying, reflecting-on, and documenting the following authors' crafts/techniques: sequencing, foreshadowing, flashing-forward, developing background information, and flashing-back. IN addition, students will reflect on other techniques that authors use such as dialogue, narration, and MORE!
Use this page to study ONE, a few, or ALL of the crafts and/or techniques that authors use. GET more than one use out of this in more than one way throughout your entire year
Grades:
4th - 9th
CCSS:
Plot Structure: Two-Sided Scaffolded Notes with Two-Sided Practice Page
Introducing plot to your late-elementary or middle-grade students? This product is for you. A carefully crafted double-sided scaffolded notes sheet will walk students through the basic parts of a plot, where each plot part is located in a story, and what each plot part does in a story.
These notes include the following plot parts: exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Once students have completed their scaffolded notes, they'll have the opportunity to p
Grades:
4th - 8th
Types:
Tone and Mood: Guided Notes, Practice Activities, and Graphic Organizers
Are you introducing or reviewing the concepts of literary tone and literary mood with your students? Are you looking to help students differentiate between these two commonly confused concepts? If so, these tone and mood guided notes, practice activities, and graphic organizers are for you!
Using this no-prep product, you'll guide students through the following:
1. One two-sided scaffolded note sheet in which students will review both definitions and examples. Students will review how authors
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
Article of the week - STAAR-Aligned Questions MEGA Bundle
How we use this in our classroom:
This resource is based on the concept of Article of the Week, created by Kelly Gallagher. Using Article of the Week is a great way to incorporate non-fiction text into your classroom every day.
This bundle includes 9 different articles for a complete 9-week cycle of grades and skill building.We included science and social studies articles that would be of interest to students.
Each article includes:
Three different variations of the same article
• Option 1 in
Subjects:
Grades:
4th - 6th
Showing 1-24 of 439 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands