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Free 8th grade reading resources for Google Apps
Figurative Language Worksheets - Printable & Digital
Quickly and easily check students' understanding of figurative language with these free, no-prep figurative language worksheets! Review the types of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, and symbolism), assess or pre-assess a figurative language unit, or just assign a page as homework. The activities include both matching and multiple-choice questions.This resource includes the following digital versions:Google Slides (link in PDF)Easel Activity (link in My Pu
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Also included in: Figurative Language Practice Bundle for Middle School - Print & Digital
Valentine's Day Figurative Language Activities - Idioms - PDF & Digital
Get in the spirit of Valentine's Day while you strengthen your middle school students' comprehension of idioms! This FREE two-page activity introduces middle school readers to sixteen heart- and love-related American English idioms that they are likely to encounter in reading. Students match the idioms to their meanings, use context clues to choose appropriate idioms for sentences, and compare figurative and literal meanings of phrases in a sentence-writing activity.(For more Valentine's Day fun
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Figurative Language Activities - Holiday Bundle - Digital & Printable
Middle School ELA Emergency Sub Plans
Middle School ELA Emergency Sub Plans | PDF and Digital Formats: Use these ready-to-go pre-made lesson plans for middle school ELA classes. Lessons have been divided up into reading, writing, speaking/listening, and media literacy. Use these lessons to help students review concepts previously taught throughout the year. Lessons can be completed on paper or on the provided Google Slides templates. 4 Included AssignmentsRetell, Relate, Reflect, Review Novel Analysis AssignmentDaily Writing Assignm
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6th - 8th
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Assistance Dogs | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
Engaging, FREE 1-page informational text passage hooks readers & tasks get them to hone in on central ideas by filling out a web & following steps to WRITE AN AWESOME SUMMARY! Vocabulary activities too! NO PREP PRINTABLES AND INTERACTIVE DIGITAL VERSION FOR EASY IN-PERSON OR DISTANCE LEARNING! PUTS RELUCTANT READERS AT EASE with its lighthearted (yet highly informative) subject matter of how assistance dogs help people everywhere.Perfect for middle school and older elementary students. A
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4th - 9th
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"All Summer in a Day" Short Story-Metaphors, Figurative Language, Bullying Theme
This free, awesome science fiction short story resource is great for exploring beautifully executed figurative language, the theme of bullying, and a fascinating setting. Students read a very short, very well-written short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury that is available free in easy-print format. ELA students analyze the text, make inferences, cite textual evidence, and find similes and metaphors in the reading comprehension exercise. They even consider what motivates students to bul
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5th - 10th
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Text Structure Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Printable & Digital
Three reading comprehension passages to help students answer questions that focus on text structure. The product includes a brief overview of text structure and three passages that include multiple choice questions. Great for test prep!Distance Learning Update: This product now comes with a Google Forms option. Each passage has been converted into a separate Google Form.This product is part of a money saving bundle! ⭐ Informational Text Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Test Prep
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7th - 8th
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Also included in: Limited Time Only Reading Comprehension Super Mega Bundle
Novel Brochure Google Classroom Freebie Editable Google Slides Template Activity
Novel Brochure - Pamphlet for Google Classroom Freebie!This resource allows students to create a pamphlet that can be edited for ANY novel! The file contains a Google Drive link that can be used for Google Classroom. **Be sure to MAKE A COPY of the link and save to your own Google DriveEnjoy! Ratings on freebies are greatly appreciated! :) YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY:5th Grade Novel Studies Bundle (5 Novels)Wonder Novel StudyHoles Novel StudyNumber the Stars Novel StudyEsperanza Rising Novel StudyBridg
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3rd - 8th
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Sled Dog Racing | Reading Comprehension Passage & ELA Tasks
FREE! HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES AND EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thorough, high-interest 2-page passage about sled dog racing for any time of year. Student will preview & practice relevant vocabulary, read the text closely to answer comprehension questions, practice supporting inferences by citing textual evidence, interpret a visual diagram, and compare viewpoints on the race. WOW!!!Fascinating subject matter that puts readers at ease! Kids love reading and writing about dogs and will not
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4th - 9th
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"All About Eclipses" Informational Text Reading Passage & Infographic Visuals
High-interest 1-page informational text about eclipses explained concisely and straightforwardly in a passage that tells everything students want to know about what the total solar eclipse was like in 2017 and what the next one will be like on April 8, 2024. INCLUDES A GREAT VISUAL: A COLORFUL INFOGRAPHIC FROM NASA! AND READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS! Wow! All this for free?!Plus, the text explains how there are actually eclipses all over the world every one to two years, and how there are diff
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4th - 9th
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Nonfiction Text Features Matching Worksheet - PDF & Digital
Go beyond reciting definitions with a free text features matching activity! This straightforward assessment asks students to match words like caption, footnote, and diagram to screenshot examples from real passages. If your students have memorized the definition of a footnote but need practice identifying actual footnotes, this activity will quickly pinpoint their areas of weakness as well as providing a specific, visual example for teaching (or reteaching) each kind of text feature!This resourc
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6th - 8th
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Dr. Seuss Virtual Library, Kid-Friendly Biography, and Interactive Websites
3 pages of Dr. Seuss Virtual Library, Kid-Friendly Biography, and Interactive Websites made using Google Slides. All links are accessible through the internet.
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PreK - 12th
"Yay or Nay on Daylight Saving Time?" Reading Passage & Comprehension Task FREE
HIGH-INTEREST TOPIC 1-page Passage students of all ages (and adults) are curious about in an informational text that presents multiple perspectives on DST. Everyone wants to know what is up with Daylight Saving Time! This explains it! And it does so in an engaging, argumentative way that sounds like an editorial opinion piece. This informational text passage is paired with 1 page of ELA tasks that assess reading, writing, and language skills aligned to multiple core standards assessed on standar
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4th - 9th
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Inference Activity - Digital Mystery Reading Challenge - Kidnapped Principal
Inference Activity - Digital Mystery Reading Challenge - Kidnapped Principal: Get ready to ignite your students' inferential thinking with the exciting "Who Kidnapped the Principal?" digital mystery challenge! In this engaging activity, students collaborate to unravel the mystery of the principal's kidnapping by analyzing evidence, testimonies, suspects, and alibis. Through problem-solving and deductive reasoning, students sharpen their inference skills with this mystery challenge. This free act
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6th - 9th
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Digital Reading Log Free Interactive Notebook Template | Google Slides™
This free teaching resource provides a Reading Log Interactive Notebook Template that you can edit and assign to your students! Designed for Google Classroom and Google Slides. **Includes a How-To Guide!★ ★ ★Aligned with ELA | Novel Studies | Reading Digital Interactive Notebook Template★ ★ ★Enjoy! Ratings on freebies are greatly appreciated!! ★ ★ ★ Check out more Editable Digital Interactive Notebook Templates! ★ ★ ★Digital Interactive Notebook Templates BUNDLEELA | Novel Studies | Reading Digi
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3rd - 8th
Problem and Solution Text Structure Passage - Digital & Print
Download this quick and easy text structure lesson! Your middle school students will read a high-interest article about weather science while practicing problem and solution text structure, and the activities are perfect to print or use in Google Classroom.(If you love this free sample, don't miss the rest my Weather Reading Passages for Nonfiction Text Structure and Weather Nonfiction Bundle - Text Structure and Text Features!) This resource includes a digital Google Slides version! (Link in PD
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6th - 8th
6th - 8th Grade ELA FREE LESSON PLANS CURRICULUM MAP SCOPE AND SEQUENCE
Your 6-8th Grade ELA PLANNING for the year is complete! These quarterly smart maps are perfectly aligned and sequenced to CCSS and designed to focus on one of the 4 MAJOR WRITING TASKS each quarter with reading material integrated to support the writing.Includes Quarterly: Editable standards, calendar, smart link planner, note-taking, and suggested standard-aligned resource bookshelves.No purchases are necessary to completely use this resource. You can easily use your own resources. An optional
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Literary Elements and Narrative Writing QUARTER 1 BUNDLE
Literary Elements Review Activity for Any Text: Literary Theme Park (FREE)
This literary themed amusement park project is intended to be completed at the end of a text and has flexible usage. It can be completed independently, in partners, or small groups, and used with a whole class novel study, literature circles, book clubs, or even independent reading.Use this activity to review plot, setting. theme, conflict, characters, and symbolism in connection with any story, novel, or play. This fun activity makes for a great end of a unit or year project or summer reading a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Novel Study Unit For Any Text - Print & Digital (Growing Bundle)
Observation, Inference, and Prediction Lesson & Image Interpretation Activity
Teaching notes and lesson on Observation and Inference, plus a two-part activity practicing the skills of prediction and inference. Students are tasked with inferring the circumstances of a situation, based upon their observations on several scenarios. They are then given several images, and tasked with inferring what is happening in the pictures. Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms.**********************Thanks for choosing Simply Novel!Be
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7th - 9th
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Figurative Language Menu of Differentiated Activities (FREE)
This resource can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. The resource includes a print ready PDF as well as Google Drive versions (Google Slides) of all of the materials.This menu focuses on figurative language including simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, hyperbole, and understatement. The activities cover all six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, and Creation. This is a great activity to use after introducing these
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6th - 8th
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Elements of Drama Handout
This 2-page Elements of Drama Handout is perfect for use with any play or drama unit. Simple and straightforward, and a great addition to any reader's notebook or play study! Includes two pages of notes on the elements of drama, including definitions/explanations for drama, comedy, tragedy, character, protagonist, antagonist, setting, plot, conflict, theme, act, scene, stage directions, dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, aside, dramatic irony, foil, double entendre, pun, chorus, iambic pentameter,
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8th - 10th
Nonfiction Passage with Text Features - The Sun - Digital & PDF
Looking for a reading passage with LOTS of nonfiction text features? Use this handy, free text features activity to teach eight kinds of text features as students learn about one of the most fascinating objects in our solar system - the sun!(If you love this freebie, check out the rest of my Solar System Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle!)This free nonfiction reading passage includes a variety of common text features, including a title, headings, a footnote, a diagram, a caption, and more. It a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Nonfiction Unit - Solar System Reading Passages
FREE Open Ended Reading Response Cards
A free set of 20 Open Ended Question Prompt Cards for your students to use to extend their critical thinking on texts. These are DIGITAL and printable question prompts that are perfect for use with any text! These include open-ended prompts such as: "Would it be better if ______________________?" Students can fill in the blank and answer their own question. These prompts are great for sparking conversation and increasing critical thinking! Perfect for any upper elementary classroom. This set o
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Novel Study Activities | Reading Comprehension for ANY book
Middle School ELA Full Year Pacing Guide Curriculum Map Printable and DIGITAL
Do you teach Middle School reading AND writing in one 45-50 minute class period like me? And are you wondering how to make sure that all the standards are taught? Then this pacing guide is for you! What's included:✅ 9 months of reading and writing standards scheduled out for Middle School ELA✅ Weekly/Daily breakdown of topics & activities✅ Standards (common core standards are stated but the topics covered are foundational skills for English Language Arts as a discipline.)✅ A place to take
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6th - 8th
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"Working Dogs" Informational Text Reading Passage & ELA Task (Central Ideas)
HIGH-INTEREST NO PREP PRINTABLES OR DIGITAL FOR EASY DISTANCE LEARNING! Thoroughly engaging 2-page informational text passage teaches fascinating information about all the amazing things working dogs have done throughout history. Written with bold vocabulary words followed by a vocabulary activity. Well organized paragraphs make central ideas stand out more clearly for students as they are asked to organize main ideas. Then they use critical thinking skills to classify further information they a
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4th - 9th
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Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
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Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
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Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:
Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
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