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Middle school literature task cards
Theme Task Cards with Print & Digital Versions Activity Reading Differentiation
Theme is a tricky skill to master, but this resource can make teaching theme easier for you and learning it easier for your students!PLUS FREE BONUS! Write to a theme! WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:16 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording Sheets (3 different formats)Answer KeysDIGITAL:Google Slides (3 versions)Google Forms Assessment - Self-CheckingEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Cards to extend the lessonReference PosterAudio Suppor
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4th - 6th
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Plot Elements Task Cards Quiz & Passages Elements of Plot Story Plot Activities
Are your students in need of repeat practice when it comes to plot elements? Finding short, manageable practice that does not overwhelm students can be challenging.These 20 plot elements 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 will help engage your students as they practice answering multiple-choice and constructed response questions.Great for middle school stu
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5th - 8th
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Point of View Task Cards - Advanced Set 2 Print & Digital Google Apps & Easel!
Use these 32 task cards to help your student identify first person, third person – limited, and third-person - omniscient points of view. Each card includes a short, fictional passage and the three multiple-choice options.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or Print5 Challenge Cards to extend the lessonGreat for 5th, 6th, or 7th grade!CHECK OUT THE
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5th - 7th
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Character Change and Development Task Cards
Engage your students in analyzing character change and development with these 16 half-page character change task cards! They have been carefully designed to help your students see how characters develop and change throughout the course of a story.Included in this resource:16 Half-Page Character Change and Development Task CardsFull-page version of stories for annotating and close readingGoogle Slides version for digital useAnswer Key and Recording SheetI created these task cards as a quick and e
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Character Study Task Card Bundle
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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Character Study Task Card Bundle
Over 140 bundled and discounted differentiated character study task cards to complete your character study! The cards in this bundle cover character traits using both text and pictures, character feelings, inferring character traits, how and why characters change over time, and character conflict. You will receive the following task cards in this huge bundle:Character Change & Development Task Cards (16 half-page cards) *Digital IncludedCharacter Trait Match Up Task Cards (32 Matching Ca
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4th - 6th
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Discussion Skills Challenge Task Cards - Great for Socratic Seminars
Do you have students who struggle with participating in group discussions? Or others who over-share their opinions but rarely ask questions to others? Do you conduct Socratic Seminars but struggle to see student growth? These challenge cards can help! Learning to engage in meaningful discussions is one of the most valuable lessons we teach in the ELA classroom. These cards aim to help students become more aware of the different types of contributions they can make in group discussions, while als
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6th - 9th
Reading Response Question Cards for Any Book-- Multi-grade Usage
These 100 question cards for any novel will help your students engage in meaningful and insightful discussions about the books they are reading. The cards address setting, characters, plot, theme, symbolism, point of view, style, and more! Students will need to use reading strategies such as inference, summarizing, comparing and contrasting etc. to dig deeper into the text.These cards work for grades 3 through 12-- seriously! They are universal questions that work in conjunction with any novel
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
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Library Scavenger Hunt BUNDLE
This bundle includes two sets of my Library Scavenger Hunt Task Cards perfect for the library or classroom. Teach students how to locate books and information with these fun and interactive task cards.In this bundle, one set is aimed at lower elementary, the other is aimed at upper elementary. Great if you teach multiple grades, or even as a way to differentiate.Lower Elementary Library Scavenger Hunt Task Cards This Lower Elementary Library Scavenger Hunt Pack is an engaging way to teach librar
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K - 7th
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Types of Character Conflict in Literature Slides & Task Cards
If your students are ready to dive into the various types of character conflict in literature, do yourself a favor and check out this done-for-you lesson! You’ll receive an editable presentation for teaching, a student notetaker, and a kinesthetic task card activity. This all-in-one instructional resource will save you VALUABLE planning time when teaching about the types of conflict! ✨ Check out the PREVIEW for more information on this product! What types of literary conflict are taught in this
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5th - 7th
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Macbeth Bundle: Unit Plan, Worksheets, Projects, PowerPoints, Essays
If you're teaching Shakespeare's Macbeth, you need to purchase this massive bundle, with more than 95 files and 150+ pages!
Included in this bundle:
• 56 task cards analyzing the play's figurative language
• Close reading passage activities
• Sample pacing calendar
• Common Core aligned unit map
• Drama activities
• Primary source readings
• A 46-slide introductory PowerPoint on Shakespeare
• A 23-slide Macbeth Introduction PowerPoint
• Movie guides and activities
• Anticipation guide
• Creati
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8th - 12th
Elements of Literature Teaching Bundle: plot, conflict, mood, theme, and more!
Teach your students about the literary elements with these engaging and hands-on literary elements mini-units! These elements of literature units provide you with a focused, engaging, and effective way to teach literary elements to your students!⭐️ There are 10 units included in this teaching bundle!characterizationconflictforeshadowingmood motifplotsettingsuspensethemetoneEach literary element mini-unit includes:PowerPoint presentation for direct instructionStudent sketch notes for notetaking d
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7th - 10th
The Giver Activity - A World Without Pain Article and Novel Assignment
The Giver Activity - A World Without Pain Article and Novel Assignment is a ready-to-use resource that will allow students to examine a world with no pain as the community members experience in The Giver by Lois Lowry. In the novel, community members have been completely sheltered from feeling any emotional or physical pain. While this seems positive, Jonas comes to realize that just as there is no pain without memory, there is also no true happiness. Allow your students to make a real-world c
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6th - 9th
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Identifying and Comparing Genres
15 sets of digital and printable paired passages (30 stories total) to help students identify and compare texts in the same genre. These Identifying and Comparing Fiction GENRES Task Cards will help your students master this difficult skill!There are TWO options for using these cards, depending on your needs! You can also use both sets for scaffolding and differentiation.Set One: ("Identifying Genres") One story per half-page card for identifying the genre of each story.Set Two: ("Comparing Tex
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3rd - 6th
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Novel Study Bundle
Are you tired of searching for resources every time you start a novel with your class?! This novel study works with ANY book, perfect to use with a whole class read aloud, a whole class novel study, small group literature circles and book clubs/novel groups or independent reading activities. Over 30 engaging novel study activities that are designed to be quick to complete while enhancing children's comprehension skills.This resource includes:32 Task CardsA PowerPoint of activities50 worksheetsGr
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4th - 6th
Character Analysis with Task Cards and Graphic Organizers | Character Traits
Good readers analyze characters and give meaning to their character's traits, actions, and motives. When readers dig deeper and work to understand the characters in the stories they read, they improve their critical thinking skills.This resource can be used with Reading Workshop, Daily 5/Cafe, basal readers, literature circles, book clubs, small group lessons, whole group lessons, you name it! Everything within this resource has been specially designed to meet the needs of students in Grades 3-5
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3rd - 6th
Wonder Question Cards - 75 Print & Digital Discussion Prompts - Plus Precepts!
Dig deeper into Wonder by RJ Palacio with these discussion cards. This set of 75-question cards will really get your students thinking, talking, and writing about the characters, events, and themes and will help them to connect parts of the book to their own lives.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:58 Question Cards - To Use While ReadingBlack-lineColor17 Question Cards - Whole Book QuestionsBlack-lineColor22 Precept CardsBlack-lineColorRecording SheetsDIGITAL:Google SlidesDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital
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4th - 6th
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Digital Main Idea vs Theme Sort | Distance Learning
**This is a 100% digital version of my Main Idea vs Theme Sort. If you already own that product, go back and re-download!**Are your students struggling with the difference between main idea and theme? My Main Idea vs Theme Sort is the perfect way for them to get extra practice with this important skill. Pair this activity with your existing lessons about theme as a way to reinforce this concept! This product includes 20 cards (10 theme, 10 main idea), as well as instructions of how to share the
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3rd - 6th
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Inferences High School Task Cards Exit Tickets Short Stories Inferencing
Finding quick, easy, and engaging ways to practice inferences can be challenging. ELA Task cards are the perfect solution. They are to the point, versatile, and challenging. Making inferences task cards are great to use as bell ringers, warm-ups, tutoring sessions, exit tickets, game cards, and more. Help your high school English I & II students or Pre-AP students practice their reading comprehension. Some 8th-grade teachers have found this helpful. Click for middle school task cards.The 20
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8th - 11th
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Learning Stations for Any Text
Help students analyze any text they read: Go beyond chapter questions and worksheets and use these stations to guide your students to be independent, critical thinkers as they study a text. These stations are designed to be used with any novel and can be differentiated to suit the needs of your students. You will divide your novel into sections, then use the stations after students have completed each section. Students will move in small groups through the stations; it won't matter which order
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Learning Stations Mega Bundle
All Summer in a Day Escape Room
Escape Room Activity All Summer in a Day: Help your students understand this popular short story by Ray Bradbury with this highly-engaging interactive escape room / break out activity! No keys or lock boxes needed!Less Prep for teachers as students will cut out the cards for each task!This escape room has four tasks:1. Plot Elements – Students will correctly order the plot cards. There are 5 extra distractor cards that will not be used. Once they determine the plot points, they will write the se
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6th - 9th
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Figurative Language Task Cards: Quizzes, Activities, Bell-Ringers
Help your students understand elements of figurative language with this set of 32 task cards. Each card features a passage from a famous work of literature, along with a prompt asking students to identify and/or explain the device's function. The cards can work with both middle and high school students.
A recording sheet and an answer key are included in both Word and PDF formats (the task cards themselves are a PDF). These cards work well as a paired, partnered, or group activity. Print, cut,
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7th - 12th
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Reading Discussion Cards | Questions for Fiction and Nonfiction
Whether you're implementing a book club, literature circles, or another form of independent, choice reading, students need to have opportunities to socialize and share their thinking. With these reading task cards for fiction and nonfiction, your students will be able to share meaningful information about their books with their classmates even when everyone is reading a different novel.In this resource, you will receive 60 fiction discussion task cards and 60 nonfiction discussion task cards. Yo
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7th - 10th
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ELA Halloween or Gothic Literature Stations
Celebrate the spookiness (and fun) of gothic literature or Halloween with your students. This engaging activity is perfect to complement your gothic literature unit or to celebrate Halloween in your secondary classroom. Your middle and high school students will analyze poetry, fiction, and nonfiction with literary lenses; role play; and discuss with these engaging activities. This activity includes an interactive digital stations option too! Best of all, the content on the slides is editable! Th
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: English Language Arts (ELA) Seasonal Activities Bundle
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