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Middle school close reading task cards for Google Apps
Reading Comprehension Questions for Any Book Task Cards plus Google Digital
LIT SPARKS: These 65 reading response question cards (print or digital) for literature will help your students engage in meaningful and insightful discussions about the books they are reading. The cards address setting, characters, plot, theme, author's purpose, mood, tone and more. Students will need to use reading strategies such as inference, summarizing, comparing and contrasting etc. to dig deeper into the text.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:65 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecord
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3rd - 6th
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Summarizing Task Cards Activity Fiction & NonFiction Text Summary Worksheets
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to finding the best summary of a text? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 summarizing task cards with text-dependent reading comprehension questions are the perfect solution to give your students the practice they need.The use of short well-known fiction stories and modern informational text articles will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and
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5th - 8th
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Point of View & Perspective Bundle
This bundle of Point of View & Perspective Resources is all you need to complete your POV and Perspective unit! It includes a heavy emphasis on paired passages and is perfect for scaffolding and differentiating your unit. The resource includes the following products from my store:Identifying Point of View Task Cards (Digital Access Included)Point of View with Pictures (FREE Resource)Point of View and Perspective Paired Passage Task Cards (Digital Access Included)Point of View Game (Used wi
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4th - 6th
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The Preamble to the Constitution Activities | Printable & Digital
Everything you need to ensure students completely understand the meaning and purpose of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution! This Common Core aligned lesson includes a close reading, matching activity, class preamble, and exit ticket! Printable PDF and Google Drive versions are included.**This resource is part of the no-prep Constitution Unit Bundle. It includes SEVEN printable and digital resources at a 30% discount price! A FREE Constitution word search is also included with the bundle!! Cli
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: US Constitution Unit Bundle | Printable and Digital Lessons
Nonfiction Annotation Stations for ANY Piece of Informational Text Activities
The purpose of these annotation stations is to help students analyze, evaluate, and apply a variety of different skills when annotating an informational text. The standards met for this activity include RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.5 and RI.9-10.9. NOTE: This resource works for ANY informational text passage. NOTE: This resource is included in my 9th and 10th grade ELA Resources BUNDLE so if you have already purchased that, there's no need to purchase this resource! If you're looking for more resources l
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7th - 11th
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Task Cards for the play of The Diary of Anne Frank - DIGITAL & PRINT
Use these 40 task cards to analyze Goodrich & Hackett's iconic play, "The Dairy of Anne Frank." Engage students and let them complete mini-research assignments that give them a strong understanding of the Nazi rise to power and the Holocaust. Then, either during the reading or after the reading, enable students to revisit and delve into the story to discover major conflicts, themes, characterizations, develop critical thinking skills, write creatively, and much more. These task cards work pe
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6th - 10th
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Notice & Note Fiction Task Cards | Digital/Print
Notice & Note Signpost Task Cards for All 6 Signposts!Included:→ 12 Task Cards - 2 for each signpost. (Can be used digitally or in person)→ Note-taking sheet (For in-person use only)→ Answer Key ⭐ DIGITAL ⭐Digital WorksheetsThis is a perfect NO-PREP activity for distance learning. Simply assign on Google Classroom and have the students work independently right on the slide! These are great extra practice tools and are designed for 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th grade students. ⭐ PRINT ⭐Open as Goo
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: MEGA Notice and Note Signposts Fiction Unit Bundle/Google Classroom
Bible Trivia Game | Print and Digital
This print-and-go resource gets your students digging in their Bibles and thinking critically about what they are reading. This printable Bible game is a fun twist on the game "Two Truths and a Lie" in which a person must tell three statements: two must be true and one must be a lie. Engage your students with this fun and challenging activity. These Bible prompts integrate Bible and critical thinking/close reading skills. Each of the 36 Bible trivia prompts asks the students to read a specific B
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4th - 6th
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Song Analysis: An Introduction to Poetry Analysis with Song Lyrics
Hook your students for a poetry lesson or unit with this engaging song lyric analysis activity. All students love music, and music is poetry. It should follow that students love poetry. But, this isn’t usually the case. This activity bridges the gap so students can explore a connection between lyrics and poetry and learn to appreciate poetic form. This activity uses five literary lenses (lyrical lenses) to analyze the lyrics of your students’ favorite songs: reader lens, formal lens, biographica
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7th - 12th
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Making Inferences - Inferring
Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Making Inferences - Inferring*******************************This resource is also included in the following discounted Bundles:Inference BUNDLE ELA/SEL Mega Bundle *******************************❤️ Click on PREVIEW button for a closer look of entire resource! ❤️ ABOUT THIS RESOURCE★ Short Inference Reading Passages and Questions★ 96 pages★ Print and Digital (PDF and Google Slides)★ Suitable for Middle School Students★ Task Cards and Worksheets★ Relata
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Social Emotional Learning and English Language Arts Mega Bundle
Theme Paired Passage Task Cards
Engage your students in thinking critically about theme with this set of paired passages task cards. There are a total of 20 fiction stories that make up the 10 sets of paired passages. Each set of paired passages has a similar theme represented in different scenarios. You can use the paired passages TOGETHER to deeply enrich your students' thinking or SEPARATELY to practice identifying themes.Included in this set of theme paired passage task cards:20 Original, High-Interest Fiction Stories o
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Theme Activities Bundle
Paraphrasing Practice Task Cards
60 Inspirational Quotes to practice paraphrasing every day! Task cards, PowerPoint slides, Google slides and answer key included. Perfect for distance learning!Perfect English bell ringer or task card activity for middle or high school students to strengthen reading comprehension, analysis, and paraphrase skills for CCSS-aligned reading and writing standards. Don't stress about creating engaging English Bell Ringers or Reading & Writing Activities to strengthen comprehension. Use these 60 in
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: English Bell Ringers for Middle School and High School
Point of View and Perspective Paired Passages
Engage your students in thinking critically about perspective and point of view with this set of paired passages task cards. There are a total of 10 fiction stories that make up the 5 sets of paired passages. Each set of paired passages shows the same event from a different perspective and some have varied points of view (1st and 3rd only). You can use the paired passages TOGETHER to deeply enrich your students' thinking or separately with the reflection tasks to reinforce concepts of point o
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Point of View & Perspective Bundle
Close Reading Comprehension Activities Bundle - Print and Digital Versions
A great collection of close reading comprehension resources that includes over 550 pages of passages, questions, and comprehension strategies perfect for students in grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6. Printable PDF and digital Google Slides™ versions included for blended learning. --- RESOURCE DETAILS ---You are covered with this resource. It includes PDF printable versions as well as a Google Slides™ digital versions for distancing learning and homeschool. The eight comprehension resources are high
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4th - 6th
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Reading Test Prep Bundle: 100+ Mini Passages, Task Cards, Distance Learning
These reading activities are designed for focused, interactive, and low-prep testing practice. Skills covered: context clues, multiple meaning words (dictionary definitions), main idea, inferences, persuasive techniques and summary analysis. To support distance learning, each resource includes a paper and digital version. 8 Products and over 100 Mini Passages:Context Clues (Vocabulary)--Paper & DigitalThis product includes 20 cards that each feature a mini-passage (about a paragraph in lengt
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4th - 6th
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Main Idea Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game Options - Sports Theme
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up language arts! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in difficulty. After each
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6th - 9th
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Notice & Note Nonfiction Task Cards | Digital/Print
Notice & Note NONFICTION Signpost Task Cards for All 5 Signposts!Included:→ 10 Task Cards - 2 for each signpost. (Can be used digitally or in person)→ Note-taking sheet (For in-person use only)→ Answer Key ⭐ DIGITAL ⭐Digital WorksheetsThis is a perfect NO-PREP activity for distance learning. Simply assign on Google Classroom and have the students work independently right on the slide! These are great extra practice tools and are designed for 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students. ⭐ PRIN
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: MEGA Notice and Note NONFICTION signpost Unit Bundle/Google Classroom
Fish in a Tree Task Cards - Discussion or Writing Prompt - Book Study Materials
Here are 107 open-ended question cards to enhance your reading of the wonderful novel, Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. There are two types of cards included:Cards 1-89 are meant to be used while reading the book. The cards are correlated with specific chapters which are noted at the bottom of each card. There are 1-3 cards for each chapter.Cards 90-107 focus on characters, themes, and other elements that run through the whole book. These are best used after you have read the entire book.WH
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4th - 6th
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Main Idea Whodunnit Activity - Printable & Digital Game Options - Animal Theme
Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up language arts! Based off my popular CSI projects, I have created Whodunnits? The Whodunnits plan to focus on single content topics as opposed to units and will focus more on skill building than application. Every day can't be a project day, so Whodunnits can be an engaging out-of-their-seat activity to practice important skills. In a Whodunnit, students will work in teams to solve 10 practice problems that increase in difficulty. After each
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4th - 6th
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Finding Text Evidence Task Cards - Nonfiction Text - Print & Digital Activities
These text evidence task cards are for helping students practice finding evidence in a chunk of text! Each card has a paragraph of nonfiction text and prompts the student to find which sentence in the paragraph is the best evidence for answering the given question.These cards each tell about an interesting animal. Because the text is scientific in nature, it's great for challenging the students' reading. Audio support is included to help students that may struggle with reading.Because of the s
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4th - 6th
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Task Cards for The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - DIGITAL & PRINT
Use these 24 task cards to analyze Shirley Jackson's chilling short story, "The Lottery." Engage students and let them delve into the story to discover major conflicts, themes, characterization, develop critical thinking skills, write creatively, and much more. These task cards work perfectly for individual, small group, or whole class assignments, as during reading assignments or assessments, as interactive notebook pages or posters...the possibilities are endless.This resource includes:A set o
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6th - 9th
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Bundle - The Gift of the Magi Close Reading & Escape Room - Print & Digital
O. Henry’s classic tale, “The Gift of the Magi,” is the perfect winter holiday short story. This bundle uses “The Gift of the Magi” to guide students in close reading and annotation, vocabulary, task cards, and an end-of-story Escape Room. The package includes:A 20-question reading comprehension lesson that requires students to closely read and analyze the tone of the story (PDF & Google Slide deck)A set of 24 task cards (pre and post-reading)A vocabulary lesson and quizAn end of story Esca
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7th - 10th
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Teaching Theme and Topic
Do you struggle to get your students to see the difference between the TOPIC and the THEME of a text? This resource was designed with them in mind! Students will read 16 engaging, high-interest stories and write a one word topic and a longer, more thoughtful theme for each one.After finding such amazing success using my best-selling Main Idea vs. Theme Task Cards to help students differentiate between a main idea/central idea statement and a theme statement, I decided this, too, was a much-neede
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Theme Activities Bundle
Author's Purpose Task Cards for Middle School | Bundle
These 35 task cards are an engaging way for students to practice identifying the author's purpose of nonfiction texts, author's craft, figurative language, and text features like graphics, maps, and diagrams. This activity will help middle school students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade prepare for the STAAR or other state tests by providing repetitive practice with the same question type. These can also be used as a gallery walk. Students will also answer a written response question.✨Author' Purpose
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6th - 8th
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