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10th grade reading strategies simulations for GATE
Reading Strategies Classroom Murder Mystery (Word Doc Version)
WHO KILLED MISS JACKSON?
TEACHER'S NOTES
Skills: Analyze text, determine importance, infer, synthesize, question, use background information, monitor for understanding, speaking, and listening
Grades: 6-10
Age groups: 10-17
Materials: Character cards, Character Analysis Worksheet
Time: About an hour
Preparation and Rules
Step one:
Explain to the class that you are going to play a murder mystery game. Everyone will be a character in the game and one of them is the murderer! Give them the ba
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6th - 11th
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A Raisin in the Sun: End of Play Escape Room {9-12 ELA}
A Raisin in the Sun ends with a lot of questions, but one question I like to post to the students is, where did that scoundrel Willy Harris run off to? Using this interactive, high-energy Escape Room, your class will transform into the Chicago Police Headquarters and work in teams to track down Willy Harris and the money he stole from Walter Younger.Want to see the Escape Room in action? Head on over to my Instagram page and watch my Escape Room highlights!The Setup:Your classroom becomes CPD
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â A Raisin in the Sun: Complete Unit Bundle {Digital & Print Included}
"And Then There Were None" Scotland Yard Investigation Packet
I created this packet as a way for my students to stay engaged with the Agatha Christie murder mystery "And Then There Were None". The packet should be printed and distributed to students and then updated as they read the novel, or perhaps updating the packet during class time. Students use process of elimination to rule out potential murderers, with space to list each character's profession, past known criminal activity, and their status (suspect, victim, deceased). It even lists the character
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Annotating Sonnets: COMPLETE Common Core Standards Unit for Middle & High School
Annotating Sonnets is a Common Core Standards Unit for all students grades 6-12, created to address close reading, annotating and then, WRITING ABOUT what one has found! This activity has long been practiced at the college level because it encourages nuanced and flexible thought, critical thinking and a holistic approach to tackling difficult text and hopefully all kinds of real-life issues once students move on after graduation. In preparation of this college practice, close reading and the pr
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Depth and Complexity Icon Posters
Depth and Complexity Icon Posters complete with explanations of what each icon means, examples and sentence starters. All written in student- focused language.
Grades:
4th - 12th
Reading Comprehension: Using Higher Order Thinking Skills
It is important to attain higher order thinking skills for our students as we tackle the new common core standards. This packet includes different types of activities that will engage your students and challenge their thinking and understanding. The activities are good for large group, small group, partner work, independent, or at centers.
This packet includes:
Comprehension Cards for any story
Foldable Dice for Pre and Post Reading
Tic Tac Toe Activity boards to allow for differentiated inst
Grades:
K - 12th
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Reading Strategies Classroom Murder Mystery (PowerPoint Version)
WHO KILLED MISS JACKSON?TEACHER'S NOTESSkills: Analyze text, determine importance, infer, synthesize, question, use background information, monitor for understanding, speaking, and listeningGrades: 6-10Age groups: 11-17Materials: Character cards, Character Analysis Worksheet Time: About 2 hoursPreparation and RulesStep one: Explain to the class that you are going to play a murder mystery game. Everyone will be a character in the game and one of them is the murderer! Give them the background info
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Grades:
6th - 10th
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FREE Close Reading Bookmarks - Annotating Text & Post-it Note Strategy
Print these bookmarks for your students and they will never forget how to close read! I print mine double-sided and students use one side for when we can write on the text and the other (post-it) side for when we're close reading something we can't write on!*****************************************************************************CCSS Aligned Interactive Reading NotebooksI use interactive notebooks in my classroom on a daily basis. I've created my own interactive notebook pages that are align
Grades:
4th - 12th
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The Man in the Well by Ira Sher Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking activities which require students to identify strategies used by the author to convey his purpose. The questions have students make inferences in the selection, the vocabulary chart has students define words according to context clues, and the literary device identification charts can be used to have students either identify examples in the text or determine the device used from the example provided and discuss the author's purpose for each. A short co
Grades:
7th - 10th
Halloween Collection of Stories and Poems with Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This collection includes the the poems "Annabel Lee" and "Beware: Do Not Read This Poem" and the short stories "Ruthless" and "Death by Scrabble." The poems and stories all have higher-level rather than content based questions, and there is a graphic organizer.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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GATE Themed Literature Circle Jobs
This is a set of GATE Icon frames that utilizes depth and complexity within lit circle jobs.You may also enjoy my Depth and Complexity/Content Imperative Class Cards I sell as well:Depth and Complexity & Content Imperative Icon CardsKEYWORDS: GATE icons, Literature circles, Lit Circle jobs
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Reading Activity - My Life- Why reading is so important simulation
TEACHER DIRECTIONS
Purpose: A simulation activity that allows students to see the realize the consequences of not trying to become better at reading and writing. This activity puts students into random socioeconomic groups based on a random number on a die. This number will determine how much money they get to spend on six different areas of their life (house, location where they live, food, entertainment, transportation, and college). Students will have to make some difficult choices based
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Grades:
5th - 10th
The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
These questions focus on the strategies that the author used to create the humor. The focus is on verbal irony, so it includes the definition and examples of verbal irony. This lesson requires higher-level thinking skills.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Hey, You Down There by Harold Rolseth Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. A vocabulary chart is included which expects students to define the meaning of words based on context clues. Writing activities give students a choice on how they want to cover the story. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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They're Made Out of Meat Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author and the purpose for each. It also has a vocabulary chart in which students are given a word in context and asked to identify the meaning. Answers are provided for both activities. Writing suggestions are included to give students choices for practice.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Skin by Roald Dahl Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies used by the author to convey his message. It also includes a chart that asks students to discuss the flashback in the story. Answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Science Fiction Collection Author's Purpose Questions and Graphic Organizers
Macbeth Act 2 Scene 4 Reenactment of the Great Chain of Being
Bring the Great Chain of Being to life! In this activity based on Act 2 Scene 4, students reenact the Great Chain of Being that illustrates that many effects of Macbeth's fatal act. This resource includes many strategies and materials for differentiating this activity for lower and higher level classes.You'll get:a "do now" review of the Great Chain of Beingfull instructions for reenacting the Great Chain of Beingcharacter roles for the reenactmentoptional scavenger hunt activityexit slip revi
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Macbeth Act Activities Intro Digital Escape Room SAT AP Prep Growing Bundle
Beware: Do Not Read This Poem by Ismael Reed Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
These questions require students to identify and examine the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. I have also included teacher notes for class discussion.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
This song describes the tragic loss of twenty-nine men when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. The product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the rhyme scheme, literary devices, and various strategies used by the author to convey his message. A summary chart is included and answers are provided for all activities.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Perils of the Sea Unit: A Collection of Shipwreck Poems and a Song
20 Reading Skill Anchor Posters BUNDLE
Terms of Use: Please do not post this product to school websites, cloud sharing websites or wiki spaces. Do not take screenshots of the materials and use them in videos, advertisements and/or your own resources without permission and without credit. Thank you for helping to protect my work!This bundle includes 20 ready-to-use reading skill anchor posters, PLUS the 5-page student reference sheets. Print and display these PDF versions on your classroom wall, project them on a screen or send them d
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Into Thin Air Everest Climbing Simulation Unit Activity
After years of tweaking, I have finally gotten to the point to share this great activity. Teaching Into Thin Air can be difficult, and I was in search of an activity that could catch my students attention. I decided to put the students in a fictional mountain climber setting.
After breaking the class into at least five expeditions, the students are responsible for a variety of activities over the course of the unit. They begin by studying the importance of advertising by designing items that w
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Love is a Fallacy by Max Shulman Author's Craft/Purpose Questions
These questions explore the literary elements used in the story and ask students to determine for what purpose they were used. The higher-level thinking questions help students to determine the message and theme of the story.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Valentine's Day Collection Stories of Love and Obsession
Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde Author's Craft/Purpose Questions with Summany Chart
This product contains a copy of the poem on a summarization chart. It also includes author's craft/purpose questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author to convey her purpose. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. Answers keys are included with each activity.
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â STAAR or Other State Assessment 10-Day Adversity Unit
Marigolds and To Kill a Mockingbird Mrs. Dubose Excerpt Author's Comparison
This product contains the story "Marigolds" by Eugenia W. Collier and the Mrs. Dubose incident excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird. Each selection has author's craft/purpose questions which require students to identify the strategies the authors use to convey their purpose. Paired passage comparison questions are also included. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. The selections also have vocabulary identification charts and a literary device identification cha
Grades:
7th - 10th
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