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Common Core RL.8.4 worksheets for Easel
The Most Dangerous Game Activities - Short Story Unit - Questions - Map Project
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: Short Story Units with Questions, Vocabulary, and Short Story Annotations! This 90 page short story with comprehension questions resource contains everything you need to teach “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Perfect for your short story unit or The Most Dangerous Game unit, this short story package contains detailed comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, vocabulary words, character analysis, creative writing activities, pr
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7th - 10th
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A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Worksheets and Digital Easel Activity
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Practice with Easel Activity. Using quotes from the story by Charles Dickens, students have to identify types of figurative language such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and allusion. Includes a worksheet based on A Christmas Carol, a worksheet based on the play, a figurative language matching sheet, and a handout on types of figurative language. No prep. Print or go digital for remote or hybrid learning. Keys are included, but not shown in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Bundle of Support Materials
Connotation and Denotation Activities for Middle School Connotation Worksheets
Make teaching the difference between connotation and denotation straightforward and easy for middle school students, in printable worksheet format or digital. This scaffolded lesson includes an introduction to connotation and denotation, activities and worksheets to practice connotation of words, and practice with conotative meaning in a passage. This is a complete lesson plan and student materials for introducing and practicing connotation and denotation. This lesson on connotation and denotat
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7th - 9th
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The Lottery Short Story Unit - Shirley Jackson Middle School Short Story Project
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit - Activities and Comprehension Questions! Perfect for your upcoming short story unit or dystopian literature unit, this package contains graphic organizers and activities to go along with The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. The Lottery short story questions, a biography activity, a giant pennant project, and a hexagonal thinking activity are also included.✅Be sure to check out the preview and thumbnails for detailed images and descriptions about everyt
Grades:
5th - 8th
Context Clues Worksheets for Middle School High School Printable and Digital
Using context clues, Students learn new words with these digital or print worksheets. Practice context clues to increase vocabulary! Several different context clues activities for students to do fir a great review or quick substitute work. Students define context clues, determine meanings of words in context, and write sentences using context clues. Answer key included. Has context clues text signals reference sheets and reading passages with context clues are engaging worksheets for test prep.
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7th - 10th
The Raven Lesson | Annotation Poetry Activity for Comprehension & Poetic Devices
Print and digital options included! Students highlight and annotate to analyze and demonstrate reading comprehension of Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem with a focus on (1) the plot, (2) rhyme scheme, (3) internal rhyme, (4) alliteration, (5) onomatopoeia, and (6) allusions.This product includes an annotation friendly version of Edgar Allan Poe's poem. Free versions of this public domain text are readily available in many locations, but this particular document gives students space to annotate a
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7th - 11th
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Rogue Wave Short Story Unit Aligned with HMH 7 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Rogue Wave by Theodore Taylor. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent short story unit. Skills covered include mapping the plot, tone, author’s purpose, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue, comprehension, short answer response questions, foreshadowing, theme, and point of
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
The Necklace Unit - Guy De Maupassant - Short Story Reading Comprehension
This 45 page The Necklace Short Story Unit contains no prep close reading and short story annotations activities that are perfect for a short story unit on The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant. They include short story reading comprehension questions and answer keys, graphic organizers, and close reading activities.✅Please check out the thumbnails for detailed images of some of the activities included in this resource.★★★Newly updated in 2022 - ALL NEW RESOURCES ADDED!!!****************************
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6th - 9th
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Reading Comprehension Passages Mystery Picture | Summer | Print & Digital
Looking to make reading comprehension fun and exciting? Mystery Pictures are the perfect solution. The summer mystery picture activity includes 2 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction) and 8 multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a mystery picture. Once students answer the text-dependent questions, they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices. This fun color-by-number activity is an engaging way to rein
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5th - 8th
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Heartbeat by David Yoo Unit Aligned with HMH 7 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Heartbeat by David Yoo The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent short story unit. Skills covered include mapping the plot, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue, comprehension and short response questions, internal and external conflict, theme, subject-verb agreement, and poi
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Zoo by Edward Hoch Short Story Unit Aligned with HMH 6 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Zoo by Edward Hoch The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent short story unit. Skills covered include mapping the plot, support with textual evidence, context clue vocabulary, comprehension and short response questions, irony, inferencing, theme, point of view, verb tenses, and narrative writing.This unit
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court Short Story Unit
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court by Matt de la Peña. This is a story about a boy who is trying to become the best basketball player he can. The short story is from the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Common Core Standards. Skills covered include mapping the plot, external conflict, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context cl
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
Connotation Worksheets & Reading Passages - Printable & Digital
Teaching connotation doesn't have to be complicated! These middle school connotation worksheets lay the concept out in a straightforward way that middle school students can easily understand. Use them as homework, classwork, partner practice, or whole-class test review. They're great for end-of-year ELA test prep - understanding connotation is such an important reading skill for both fiction and nonfiction reading passages!(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!)This
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Greek Mythology Unit - Greek Myths - Middle School
Greek Mythology is a topic of study that middle school students LOVE! Capitalize on that interest with these engaging, high-interest Greek Myths! This no-prep, print-and-go resource will save YOU time and bring excitement into your classroom as your students learn important literacy skills. Students will practice comprehension, theme analysis and their creative writing skills! Jump into the world of Echo and Narcissus, Prometheus, Oedipus, Pandora and more well-known Greek figures with this fun
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Greek Mythology Unit Bundle for Middle School
Reading Comprehension Mystery Picture | Summer Color By Number | Print & Digital
This fun and engaging reading comprehension mystery picture activity include 2 short passages (Fiction and Non-Fiction) and 8 multiple-choice questions students have to answer to discover a mystery picture. Once students answer the reading questions they will then self-check by coloring all the numbers on their mystery picture page based on their answer choices. This is an exciting way to reinforce reading skills!Topics: Inference, Character, Text Evidence, Figurative Language, Main Idea, Detail
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5th - 8th
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Paired Texts - We Wear the Mask and I'm Nobody! - Essay Writing Activity
Guide students through close readings of two poems: "We Wear the Mask" by pre- Harlem Renaissance poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson. Then facilitate their understanding of the speakers’ attitudes and central themes as they construct connections between the poems. The lesson engages students with an icebreaker opening game of "Two Truths and a Lie" and culminates in a writing task that imitates the style of a standardized assessment. Additionally, this
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7th - 10th
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"I , Too" Langston Hughes Poetry Activities - PDF & Digital
Combine a rich poetry lesson with a discussion about racial equality, civil rights, and hope with this set of "I, Too, Sing America" poetry analysis activities! "I, Too" is a great sample of Langston Hughes's writing, and it's the perfect text to teach free verse poetry, introduce the civil rights era in U.S. history, or just spend time thinking about during Black History Month or Poetry Month.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don't miss the rest of my bestselling Langston Hughes Poetry Bun
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Poetry Introduction Middle School Casey at the Bat
Reading poetry is HARD! Help your middle school students learn how to read poetry with these strategies and resources! Included in the poetry introduction is everything you need to equip your students with the tools and strategies they need to know how to read and navigate a poem!No-Prep, Print & Go resources to help your students learn to read poetry! With this basic introduction to reading poems, your students will feel confident in approaching any poem they encounter! Students will learn
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
Langston Hughes Paired Text Analysis - "Dreams" & "Harlem" - PDF & Digital
Bring metaphors and similes to life with this set of Langston Hughes poetry analysis activities! These paired text worksheets will introduce students to two of Langston Hughes's most famous poems - "Dreams" and "Harlem" (also known as "Dream Deferred") with deep-thinking poem activities, walking students through an analysis of Hughes's rich similes and metaphors on the topic of dreams.(If you teach poetry in middle school, don't miss the rest of my bestselling Langston Hughes Poem Activities Bun
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Langston Hughes Poetry Unit for Middle School - PDF & Digital
Context Clues Worksheet Vocabulary - Free Context Clues Activities 6th 7th 8th
Context Clues Worksheet Freebie: This vocabulary activity is a great way to help students who struggle with understanding and using context clues to define vocabulary words.This Download Contains: PRINT2 pages of vocabulary activitiesAnswer Key DIGITALReady-to-use Easel activityLike this product? CLICK HERE for the full Context Clues Passages Vocabulary resource for grades 6-8This resource shows examples of definition/explanation context clues, synonym/restatement context clues, antonym/contras
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6th - 9th
Two Legs or One? Short Story Activities HMH 7 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story Two Legs or One retold by Josepha Sherman. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 7. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent short story unit. Skills covered include mapping the plot, context clue vocabulary, irony notes, irony practice, writing response, and character trait activity.This unit now includes a copy of all the activities for Googl
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 7 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Figurative Language in Poetry Middle School | Similes and Metaphors
Similes and Metaphors are so fun to teach to middle school students! Through poetry, students will learn about figurative language and how it affects a poem. With 35+ Slides and student worksheets, this print-and-go resource will teach students about similes and metaphors and how they affect poetry and writing. Through a fun and engaging PowerPoint or Google Slides Presentation, students will have been exposed to numerous examples and have ample opportunities to practice interpreting figurative
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
A Christmas Carol Figurative Language Activities - Printable & Digital
Ready to help your students REALLY understand the figurative language in Dickens' A Christmas Carol? These engaging figurative language worksheets (part of my complete A Christmas Carol Novel Unit) make a perfect addition to your middle school novel study. You'll analyze over 35 figurative language examples from all five staves of the classic novel, practicing identifying types of figurative language and analyzing the meaning of many important quotes from the story.This resource includes a digit
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Unit Novel Study Bundle - Printable & Digital
Imagery in Poetry Activities Middle School
Help your middle school students identify and analyze imagery in poetry with these no-prep, print-and-go worksheets and Slides Presentation! Using their knowledge of figurative language, students will identify and analyze different types of imagery in poetry. Everything you need to teach your middle school students how imagery affects a poem is included! Students will learn to identify imagery, determine types of imagery, write with imagery, and describe how imagery affects a poem.Two differenti
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
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