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8th Grade English ELA Lessons & Printable Materials for FULL YEAR (42 Weeks)
These 8th Grade ELA Lesson Plans span an ENTIRE year – 42 weeks – of instructional practice. I spent countless hours creating them. Heaps of original, rigorous, and creative standards-based activities, reading comprehension quizzes, Unit tests, projects, text-based vocabulary in context, and other supplemental materials are included. I even have a few of my own original works in here – a poem entitled "Passing" along with 2 short stories, "A Boy's Escape from Time" and "A Halloween Addition to H
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6th - 9th
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The Princess Bride Lesson Plans & Printable Teaching Materials for Full Unit
This is an entire Unit's worth (one full marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, curriculum, and printable teaching materials surrounding William Goldman's The Princess Bride. ELA Common Core standards are addressed passionately and with purpose – promoting higher-order thinking, inference, and text-to-world connections. Students must be investigators of text throughout this Unit that demands critical thinking and evidence from multiple perspectives.Includes:38 Pages of Comprehensive and
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6th - 9th
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A Single Shard – Lesson Plans & Printable Teaching Materials for Full Unit
This is an entire Unit's worth (one FULL marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, curriculum, and printable teaching materials surrounding Linda Sue Park's A Single Shard. ELA Common Core standards are addressed passionately and with purpose – promoting higher-order thinking, inference, and text-to-world connections. Students must be investigators of text throughout this Unit that demands critical thinking and evidence from multiple perspectives.Topics and concepts explored throughout thi
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6th - 9th
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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Study Guide
This study guide includes comprehension questions for every chapter about the characters, plot, setting, and themes. Every question has page references for students' convenience. The guide also includes guided chapter summaries for students to complete and end-of-book projects.
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8th - 12th
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Lesson Plans & Printable Materials for Full Unit
This is an entire Unit's worth (one FULL marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, curriculum, and printable teaching materials surrounding Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond. ELA Common Core standards are addressed passionately and with purpose – promoting higher-order thinking, inference, and text-to-world connections. Students must be investigators of text throughout this Unit that demands critical thinking and evidence from multiple perspectives.Topics and concepts e
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6th - 9th
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Homecoming Lesson Plans & Printable Materials for Full Unit
This is an entire Unit's worth (one full marking period) of in-depth daily lesson plans, curriculum, and printable teaching materials surrounding Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming. ELA Common Core standards are addressed passionately and with purpose – promoting higher-order thinking, inference, and text-to-world connections. Students must be investigators of text throughout this Unit that demands critical analysis and evidence from multiple perspectives.Topics and concepts explored throughout this uni
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6th - 9th
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Lord of the Flies – Lesson Plans & Printable Materials for FULL Unit
This is an entire Unit's worth (one full month) of in-depth lesson plans, original activities, and ready-to-teach resources surrounding William Golding's classic novel, Lord of the Flies. Standards are addressed passionately and with purpose - promoting higher-order thinking, inference, and text-to-world connections embedded in real life meaning. Students must be investigators of text throughout this Unit that demands critical analysis of human nature seen in character, symbolism, and motif, and
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8th - 11th
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The Princess Bride by William Goldman – Final Test
This final test on The Princess Bride is comprised of: 6 original multiple choice questions, 9 matching, and 3 short answer response. This assessment is balanced nicely to cover the text at large.Be sure to also check out these other resources for The Princess Bride:Time Travel ProjectChapter 1-3 QuizChapter 5-6 QuizThe Princess Bride Lesson Plans & Materials for Entire UnitLesson Plans for Entire Year8th Grade English ELA Lesson Plan Bundle for Entire Year (42 weeks)PARCC Practice Tests7th
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6th - 9th
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The Princess Bride by William Goldman – Chapters 5-6 Quiz (Short Answer)
This Quiz on Chapters 5-6 of The Princess Bride by William Goldman is comprised of 7 carefully crafted short answer response questions. Questions are designed to facilitate true critical thinking around the literary elements of theme, motif, symbolism, and characterization, while encouraging students to venture well beyond a surface level reading of the text. The demand for evidence to support reasoning is on full display in this assessment as well.Be sure to also check out these other resources
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6th - 9th
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STEM Frosty Adventures: Cool Science and Crafts with Everyday Household Items
All necessary equipment is available in every ordinary house. Needed materials are: grains of rice, thread, ice cube trays, and salt.This resource does not call for weird and unpractical materials!In brief:This is a take-home science or in-class fun-filled bundle about snowflakes and other cold and hot crafts.Explore some science in the holiday spirit. Get kids excited with some challenges, printables and crafts.They won't forget this one so fast!{it's even a silly rhyme}What's inside:Ice breake
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K - 7th
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Also included in: STEM Summer Camp guide and detailed planner: run a summer camp with ease
The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Chapters 11-12 Close Reading Comprehension Quiz
This quiz focuses on Chapters 11 & 12 in The Witch of Blackbird Pond. It is comprised of 4 short answer response questions and 5 multiple choice questions. Questions are both higher order and demand for inference and evidence.Be sure to also check out these other resources for The Witch of Blackbird Pond:The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Lessons, Slides, & Materials BUNDLE for FULL UnitOpen-ended PromptChapter 7-10 QuizFinal TestPARCC Practice Tests7th Grade English ELA PARCC Practice Test8t
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6th - 9th
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Homecoming ELA Final Test (Matching, Multiple Choice, & Short Answer Response)
This Final Test on Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming is comprised of:8 matching questions5 multiple choice questions8 short answer response questionsAll questions are higher-order, carefully worded, and encourage students to peer beyond the surface level of the text and into literary elements of characterization, character relationships, character motives, themes, and author's purpose. Questions are also standards-driven and well-balanced in that they check for students' comprehension of the entire tex
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6th - 9th
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Close Reading Comprehension – Chapters 7-10 Quiz
This close reading quiz on chapters 7-10 in The Witch of Blackbird Pond consists of 5 multiple choice questions to go along with 5 carefully crafted short answer response questions. Questions are designed to facilitate true critical thinking around the literary elements of theme, motif, symbolism, and characterization, while encouraging students to venture well beyond a surface level reading of the text. The demand for evidence to support reasoning is on full display in this assessment as well.B
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6th - 9th
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The Giver Ultimate Collection
This product is over 34 pages of Giver related activities, assignments, worksheets, group work with rubrics and other resources to help students interact, engage, and discuss everything related to The Giver!
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6th - 12th
The Princess Bride by William Goldman – Time Travel Project
This creatively designed "Time Travel Profiling Project" for teaching The Princess Bride also includes an example project for students to work from as a model. Creativity, relevance, inference, and evidence are all at the forefront.Be sure to also check out these other resources for The Princess Bride:Chapter 1-3 QuizChapter 5-6 QuizUnit ExamThe Princess Bride Lesson Plans & Materials for Entire UnitLesson Plans for Entire Year8th Grade English ELA Lesson Plan Bundle for Entire Year (42 week
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6th - 9th
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Midsummer Night's Dream - Passage Deconstruction & Film Project
Not wanting to read the entire play? Students struggling with William Shakespeare - consider this mini-unit:This film study assignment begins with a handful of key passages - short passages students can dig their teeth into, get a feel for the language, get a feel for some of the characters BEFORE watching the film. With this front-loaded work, students find the film and language of the film more accessible and are able to follow alongPost film, a handful of options for character projects are th
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8th - 11th
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Quiz -Across The Genres And Components Of Writing
This is a 50 item test made up of fill in the blanks and T/F statements.It covers general information in many genres and also general information on the components of writing. Answers are included.It could be used as an in class quiz or a take home quiz.
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8th - 11th
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Homecoming – Chapters 7-10 Close Reading Quiz (Short Answer Response)
This quiz on Chapters 7-10 of Cynthia Voigt's Homecoming consists of 7 carefully crafted short answer response questions that nudge students to peer beyond the surface level of the text and into literary elements of characterization, character relationships, theme, and author's purpose.Be sure to also check out these other resources for Homecoming:Homecoming Lessons, Slides, & Materials Bundle for Full UnitJeopardy ReviewOriginal Narrative Addition - Halloween SpecialFBI Profiling of Mr. Rud
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6th - 8th
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Close Reading Comprehension – Final Test
This Final Test on The Witch of Blackbird Pond is comprised of 10 carefully crafted short answer response questions. Questions are designed to facilitate critical thinking around the literary elements of theme, motif, symbolism, and characterization, while encouraging students to venture well beyond a surface level reading of the text. The demand for evidence to support reasoning is on full display in this assessment as well. This exam also covers the entirety of the novel with a fair balance of
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6th - 9th
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All Genres-General T/F Test
This is a True / False test that is general and touches on all genres in English/Language Arts. There are 50 questions with answers attached at the end.This could be used at the end of the year in class or as an open book test.It could also be used as review for general English /Language Arts.
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6th - 10th
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Artemis Fowl Creative Assignment - Redesign Book Cover
Create your own book cover for Artemis Fowl. Students love to be creative, and let their artistic side show in this assignment.
Full rubric included.
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6th - 9th
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Original Narrative Addition to Homecoming – Halloween Special
This is a unique item in the fact that it is a narrative piece that I crafted as an addition to Homecoming. I created it as a model for the students around how to remain true to each character's development in a logical way, as well as how to capture certain themes while mirroring the author's original style. This lends itself extremely well to the narrative component of PARCC.Be sure to also check out these other resources for Homecoming:Homecoming Lessons, Slides, & Materials Bundle for Fu
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6th - 9th
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Tone of Voice Presentation Skills - Using Rhymes to Teach Tone (fun assignment)
Short Mini-Lesson on Tone of Voice- Walk students through how tone of voice impacts meaning- begins with a brainstorming of tone/ mood words- Overview of iambic pentameter - with six short shakespeare passages for students to examine- Youtube video on tone / pitch ...etc- Nursery Rhymes---- students will end by exploring various rhymes - students have found the assignment to be a fun way to learn about voice, tone / pitch and doing so by letting down their guard and acting in a youthful manner -
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8th - 12th
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FABLE TEACHES THEME/ MORAL WITH PUZZLE
PLOT MAP/FREYTAG'S DIAGRAM STYLE
PARTS OF PLOT
THEME REVEALED IN PUZZLE AS A METHOD OF SELF-CHECK
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4th - 10th
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