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Free Common Core RL.8.1 microsofts
Alliteration Activity Middle School Poetry
Searching for and engaging alliteration activity? These FREE Alliteration Activities are such a fun way to get your middle school students excited about poetry! This product includes direct instruction and many examples of alliteration in poetry as well as in real life. An engaging Slides presentation will guide your class through the activities. Laugh and have fun with your students while studying this poetic device. Also included are two student assignments. The first asks students to take a c
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of Poetry Unit for Middle School Students Bundle
3 FREE Learning Tasks for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” Speech!
The following resource includes 3 FREE and RIGOROUS Common Core learning tasks to be used after students have read and studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington “I Have A Dream” speech.
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MLK "I Have A Dream" Common Core Annotated Text w/Marginal Notes
MLK and Obama's March on Washington Speeches -
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6th - 12th
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Literary Terms Worksheet
This worksheet can be used to test student's retention of literary terminology. You can either delete the section with an example, the section with the definition, or both and ask the student to fill in the blanks. Literary terms include: mood, tone, setting, characterization, point of view, similes, figurative language, metaphor and many more.
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7th - 12th
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Vocabulary, characterization, figurative language, mood, tone, and inference in "The Tell-Tale Heart"
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6th - 9th
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Hunted - Reading Comprehension for Middle, High School with Assessment Questions
Hunted is an adventure story about a young boy is is being stalked by a pack of wolves. He must find the strength inside of himself to escape from an impossible situation.This is an engaging story for middle and high school with simple vocabulary and a clear premise and theme. I have included questions for comprehension assessment as well. There is an audio version of this story available on Youtube (see link in product download).All I ask for in return for this product is an honest review on Tp
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7th - 10th
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"The Landlady" Text Evidence Scavenge Hunt
The purpose of the text evidence scavenger hunt is to help students practice finding direct and indirect evidence to back up their answers to questions. The questions and answers themselves are easy, as the assignment is focused on finding textual evidence.
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6th - 8th
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Text Evidence Jeopardy
Jeopardy game to review multiple pieces of text evidence. Categories include: vocabulary, inferences, relevant and irrelevant information, and direct quote vs paraphrases. Once opened the the Jeopardy screen, click the dollar amount to take you to the corresponding slide. Once on the question, simply click to go to the answer. The $ on the bottom right takes you back to the Jeopardy slide. Answer key on the last slide if needed.
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6th - 8th
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Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes Active Reading Guide
The active reading guide can be used with the short story, Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes, however the reading is not provided. The materials can be used in conjunction with the reading of the short story to enhance readers ability to comprehend text at a deeper level.
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6th - 8th
Medusa Story Packet
Used as part of a unit on Greek mythology. Includes the story of the gorgon Medusa alongside Common Core aligned questions. Question focuses are labeled, and require students to access prior knowledge, make connections to their experiences, cite text evidence, and write a summary.
Story is an edited version of the one found here: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/myths/medusa.htm
Feel free to edit and use as you like! Created for my 6th grade ELA class, but would work for an
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6th - 8th
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Similes in The Old Man and the Sea | FREE Activity for The Old Man & The Sea
Download this editable activity for The Old Man and the Sea. This figurative language activity has worksheets that will guide the students in identifying similes, breaking them apart, tying figurative language to their lives, organizing their thoughts, and presenting their findings to the class. Keys and rubrics are included. You can check out more literature activities in my American Literature Bundle. Standards from NCTE and IRA are met, as well as the Common Core. Please email me with any
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Bundle | Growing Bundle for American Literature
Foreshadowing Graphic Organizer
Here's a foreshadowing graphic organizer that will help your students understand foreshadowing and it's purpose! Since this graphic organizer is delivered via Google Docs, you can edit it to use with any piece of fiction!Other Resources for Analyzing Literature:Response to Literature Task CardsSticky Note Literary AnalysisLiterary Analysis Mini Flip Book
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6th - 12th
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Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Character Traits Graphic Organizer
This handout can be used in the classroom when showing the film version of Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This graphic organizer includes sentence stems and covers character traits and static/dynamic characters.
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6th - 8th
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers - Close Reading
This is a worksheet that can be used to assist students in a close reading of the short story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers. It lists key quotes from the story that will help students start thinking about theme and symbols within the text.
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7th - 8th
FREE EDITABLE Character Analysis Paragraph Activities
This resource guides students through writing a character analysis paragraph, which can be applied to any piece of literature. It can be used in class or given as homework, and makes a great SSR or literature circle assignment. It is geared toward beginning or struggling writers from middle school to high school.
Included:
-General character analysis paragraph structure pattern overview.
-Sentence by sentence guide for students to follow while crafting their own character analysis paragraph.
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6th - 12th
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Analyze Character Traits
This is a worksheet to help students analyze a character in their reading and use evidence from the text to support their thinking. The teacher could complete one together with the whole class/group first to model how to find specific parts of a text/story that lead to inferences about a character. The student should then be able to complete one on a different character or for a different book on their own.
The worksheet asks students to record exact page numbers they found the information on
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4th - 8th
Gris Grimly Frankenstein Chapter 1
Gris Grimly "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. Complete digital or print Gris Grimly's graphic novel of Frankenstein: Chapter 1. Gris Grimly's, Frankenstein, graphic novel is a part of our Science Fiction series designed to engage students in a fully illustrated version of Mary Shelley's 1818 original text. Included is everything you need to teach CHAPTER 1: 1. Complete Lesson Plans. Included is a complete three-page lesson plan making this perfect for observations, substitute plans, or an easy Rea
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Gris Grimly "Frankenstein" Volumes I and II
Greek Mythology Project Menu
Are you looking for a way to incorporate student choice and differentiated instruction into a unit on Greek mythology? This Common Core aligned project menu provides options for vocabulary enrichment, essay topics to compare the portrayal of a myth across different mediums, and creative writing prompts for poems, short stories, and newspaper articles.
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7th - 10th
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Inference Work for Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day"
Provides an "It Says, I Say, And So" inference chart (concept from Kylie Beers, When Kids Can't Read) for Ray Bradbury's short story, "All Summer in a Day." This chart is only for the beginning of the story and for use with students who read at least at an eighth grade level. I will be offering other materials for struggling high school students working with this story.
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8th - 12th
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Citing Textual Evidence Entrance Ticket/Bell ringer (Two Versions)
This is a short reading passage with a question. Students can be instructed to highlight or underline where they found the answer in the text as well!There are two versions included, one with a short response and the other with sentence starters. This can be great for easy differentiation! Citing textual evidence can be tied to not only many ELA standards, but also IEP goals.
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5th - 7th
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Book Review Essay
After students finish a novel have them write a five paragraph book review. This book review is an excellent resource that lays out the format for students and includes sentence frames to help guide all students, but is especially helpful for second language learners. This resource covers many of the common core standards.
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4th - 9th
R.A.C.E. Writing Strategy Guided Notes
These notes accompany the R.A.C.E. Writing Strategy Mini-Lesson that is also posted in my TpT store. Make sure to grab that resource to go along with these guided notes for a complete pre-packaged R.A.C.E. writing lesson!These notes are organized in a graphic organizer/chart format followed by an area for additional specific tips for each part of the R.A.C.E. strategy (reword the question, answer the question, cite evidence, and explain). This is perfect for text-dependent questions or construct
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6th - 11th
Juneteenth: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom Lesson Plan, PPT, Activity
Juneteenth: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom - Comprehensive Lesson Plan for Grades 6-12Grade Levels: 6-12 Subjects: History, Social Studies, English Language Arts Resource Type: Lesson Plans (Bundled), Activities, MultimediaCelebrate and explore the profound significance of Juneteenth with our comprehensive lesson plan designed for students in grades 6 through 12. This meticulously crafted educational resource takes students on an enlightening journey from the origins of Juneteenth in Galvesto
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6th - 12th
"The Landlady" Story Folder
This folder project, which includes a rubric, can be used as a formative assessment, summative assessment, as a story review, or as a review of literary elements. This project includes a section for theme, outlining the plot, characterization, conflict analysis, figurative language, and foreshadowing. This project supports differentiation, and allows students to have the ability to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the project in a creative, fun, way. This project supports the
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6th - 8th
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Discussion Questions for “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” PPT
This file is a powerpoint presentation of the discussion questions. Each slide contains the discussion questions for a single chapter. This can be used in class discussions to help facilitate understanding of key points from the text. It can also be used to check understanding of students. These are the same questions on the word file.
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7th - 9th
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