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Literature resources for GATE $10 and up
ELA Escape Room Template Kit - Create Your Own Fun, Unforgettable Escape Room
Want to create your own escape room perfectly aligned to your content and geared towards your specific learners? This ELA escape room template kit was created just for you! Even if you’re a total beginner, these resources will help you make an escape room in a fraction of the time.⭐️ At a glance: ⭐️Find out how escape rooms can boost collaboration and critical thinking AND hit standardsFollow these puzzle principles to MYSTIFY even your most skeptical studentsDiscover the secret sauce for secret
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit - Drama and Analysis Activities for AMND
Are you ready to make your A Midsummer Night’s Dream unit truly magical? Immerse your students in the world of this William Shakespeare play with an interactive drama unit, an abridged version of AMND to perform, and two escape room games to introduce and review key concepts. Your A Midsummer Night’s Dream teaching unit is:✅ Interactive✅ Adaptable✅ EngagingYour A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit includes:Drama Unit for Interactive NotebooksAnalyzing dramaActing mini-lessons and activitiesIntroducti
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7th - 10th
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Advanced Novel Study: Charlotte's Web with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was designed for use with gifted second through fourth graders, but could be modified and/or scaffolded to meet the needs to students in grades 2-5. The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or
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2nd - 4th
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The Great Gatsby & Roaring 20s Activity - Print and Digital Escape Room
Introduce The Great Gatsby in a fun and engaging way with this Roaring Twenties themed escape room! Students will learn about the Roaring 20s era by studying how WWI impacted society, Prohibition, Women's Liberation figures, and also decode a Secret Quote they can analyze for theme! This bundle of Roaring Twenties activities has a Quality of Life reading and Vocabulary Match-Up, Icons & Influencers Biographies, a Prohibition-Era Song Close Reading activity, and a secret quote. You can prese
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9th - 12th
Lord of the Flies Escape Room (paper + digital) - Unit Review Activities
Are you ready for an engaging review for your Lord of the Flies unit? Students review the novel by William Golding by completing a series of puzzles to demonstrate understanding of plot, character, figurative language, conflict, and theme. There’s even a TWIST ending!Highlights✅ Paper game (no locks required)✅ Digital game with automatic answer validation✅ Full teacher’s guide and set-up instructions✅ ~45 minutes for on-level 9th gradersEach version contains the same Lord of the Flies review act
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7th - 10th
Fairy Tale Lesson Plan Bundle
This lesson plan bundle—one of my all-time favorite ELA units to teach—contains activities designed to generate enthusiasm and skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and performing. Read on for notes regarding grade level usage. And see the Preview for Table of Contents, Standards correlations, and sample materials.
Questions? Please contact me.
Email: love2teach2day@gmail.com
I hope you enjoy my favorite unit!
Cynthia
The unit bundle includes the following, totaling over 100 pages
Introducing Depth and Complexity with Trade Books
This resource is designed to help you introduce Sandra Kaplan's icons of Depth and Complexity using readily available trade books. It includes background information on each icon and trade book, a focus mat on each icon as it relates to a specific trade book, critical thinking questions to help students analyze the literature with additional icons, a suggested reading list for additional practice, and rubrics to assess learning.Once your students have a firm understanding of the icons, they'll l
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STEM Activities for Read Aloud Books BUNDLE of 10
Read alouds come ALIVE with STEM challenges! This set of STEM challenges provides 3-5 STEM challenge per story. That means that you can use the same book across multiple grade levels OR allow students to choose which STEM challenge to try. That also means if you want to do a Family STEM Night, you can set up stations for 2-3 of the stories and let families work together on the challenge of their choice.Students will need to use skills such as taking measurements, creating stable structures, brai
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Primary GATE with Caldecott COLLECTION - 180 pages - 7 Books!
Your primary kids will love these lessons! You save a bundle: 33% off individual purchases!
I teach 30-45 minute groups once a week of 1st and 2nd graders all year, and this collection is more than enough to get me through an entire school year of groups. I can’t absolutely guarantee it will do the same for you, but it’s going to be very close if it doesn’t . . .
You’ll see best practices in gifted education throughout. You’ll see many graphic organizers, age-appropriate and challenging cr
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K - 3rd
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The Secret Garden Advanced Novel Study
This novel study was written for gifted second and third graders, and would be most appropriate for children ages 8 and older.
The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.
Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or group readings (including close rea
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2nd - 5th
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Delightful Deep Dive into The Search for Delicious (GATE Novel Study)
⭐️THIS UNIT INCLUDES A LINK TO COPY 166 TEACHING SLIDES. Read more HERE. This is a different kind of novel study unit, created with gifted/ advanced 3rd graders in mind and incorporating deeper reading strategies, depth and complexity, and cross-curricular connections. Before the book is even revealed, students are enticed by (1) an introductory poem to ponder (with a surprise hidden word); (2) a simple cryptogram puzzle to uncover specific elements of fantasy stories; and (3) a hidden-message p
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2nd - 5th
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Americanah: Complete Unit Bundle [Distance Learning]
Americanah is one of my favorite novels, both to read and to teach; however when I first started teaching it four years ago, there were not many resources available, so I had to make pretty much everything I needed from scratch, and the result is this bundle. This unit bundle will take you completely from the beginning to the end of of the novel. It includes: Introductory unit notesTopic discussion guide and resourcesIndividual chapter close readsIndividual chapter quizzesA comprehensive charact
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9th - 12th
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4 Just So Stories - Differentiated Reading Passages - Pourquoi Tales
Your students will love these lively pourquoi tales. This resource includes originals plus three differentiated adaptations of four Just So Stories. Passages are included as a printable PDF, eBook, and digital Easel Activities, which allow kids to annotate directly on the pages. “How the Camel Got His Hump”“How the Jaguar Got His Spots”“The Beginning of the Armadillo”“The Elephant’s Child”Open the preview to take a closer look.Reach every child in your classroom! Multiple levels let you challeng
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4th - 6th
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Fables & Fairy Tales Bundle With Depth & Complexity
Use fables and fairy tales to examine details, language, conflict, perspective, big idea and change over time.
Included in this bundle are resources and activities for using Depth & Complexity with the following stories:
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Ugly Duckling
The Three Little Pigs
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Lion and the Mouse
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Tortoise and the Hare
~ the stories are not included~
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1st - 2nd
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Edgar Allan Poe Literary Study - Bundled Resources
Get all of my POE-some activities at one bargain price. Included:The Collaborative POE-sterPoe's Death WebQuest A literary analysis essay practiceThe Tell-Tale Heart questionsThe Raven POE-try Visual Analysis
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7th - 10th
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The Westing Game Novel Study Google Hyperdoc -Character/Clue/Mystery Analysis
Students will have rich discussions as they analyze and synthesize clues, make complex inferences about characters and plot development and try to deduce means, motive and opportunity in this classic mystery novel with plot twists and turns.Students can work independently, with partners or small groups in book clubs or novel groups, or whole class. The Westing Game is a complex mystery novel with eccentric characters and plot developments that will stump and surpise students and keep them engage
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4th - 8th
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30 Minute Escape Room Mystery - Escape from Treasure Island
Escape Room – 30 Minute Mysteries for the Classroom by Nancy Polette Grades 4-8ESCAPE FROM TREASURE ISLAND – Based on Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Cassell & Co, 1883:Captain Smollett and his crew have found the treasure and are aboard the Hispaniola ready to sail at high tide. However, in the rush to reach the ship, Jim Hawkins is captured by the pirates and imprisoned in a cave. Just 30 minutes of high tide remain when the ship must sail. Your task is to escape with Jim, de
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4th - 8th
Just So Stories ELA Unit for Fourth Grade – Reading and Writing Pourquoi Tales
This pourquoi tale unit has everything you need for four weeks of ELA instruction! Fourth grade students read differentiated Just So Stories; describe characters, settings, and events; write narratives; evaluate informational text; and identify claims and evidence in videos.Open the previews to take a closer look. Just So StoriesFour fanciful pourquoi, or origin, tales explain how an animal came to be or why it has certain traits. Each of the texts is included in its original form, as well as th
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4th
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A Single Shard Novel Teaching Guide
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
A Single Shard Novel Teaching guide is a 39-page resource with two components for teaching Linda Sue Park's 2002 Newbery Winner.
1. Objective Tests
The largest portion of the teaching material is a series of OBJECTIVE TESTS that check for BASIC STORY COMPREHENSION. The quizzes cover the novel chapter-by-chapter and also include a whole book test.
Students will find it necessary to read the material carefully and thoroughly for FACTUAL CONTENT in order to sco
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6th - 9th
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Socratic Seminar Bundle: Engage, Analyze, Discuss - Middle & High School English
Transform your English classroom into a hub of critical thinking and meaningful discussions with our comprehensive Socratic Seminar Bundle. Specifically tailored for middle and high school students, this bundle encompasses thought-provoking lessons designed to enhance literary analysis, foster collaborative learning, and elevate classroom discourse. This is a growing bundle! Purchase now for additional savings! Bundle Highlights: Diverse Texts, Rich Discussions: Explore a range of literary work
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7th - 10th
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Story Elements and Devices Lesson Bundle! - Plot - Setting - POV - Conflict
Energize your English Language Arts classroom with our comprehensive Story Elements & Literary Devices Bundle! This curated collection of engaging lessons and activities is designed to captivate your middle school and high school students while deepening their understanding of vital literary concepts. Key Features:Dynamic Lesson Variety: Transform your teaching with a diverse range of activities that break away from the ordinary. From interactive games to collaborative group work, this bund
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6th - 9th
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Halloween Bundle: Literary Analysis and Creative Writing AP & Honors
Hi, Teacher Friends, I have bundled "The Addam's Family" theme song analysis, the creative writing activity "Taunting Tombstones," "Horror Movie Posters Rhetorical Analysis," "What's He Building," and "We Were the Mask" into one spooky resource. To see more about these, please go to their individual listings for specifics on each. Spooky season is a favorite in my classroom, and I hope your students will enjoy it, too!Blessings, Shannon
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Google Classroom Reading Comprehension
This digital, paperless bundle includes 30 fiction reading passages at the guided reading levels Q, R, and S. The reading passages create a high level of engagement for your fourth-grade readers and are perfect for their reading level.There are a total of 30 stories with comprehension questions, included in this bundle. The stories were created in Google Slides. Each short story includes a cover page, the story, and 10 comprehension questions. The comprehension questions are a mix of short answe
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3rd - 5th
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Ancient Greece: The Minoan Civilization on the Island of Crete
Give your students the opportunity to be archaeologists as they explore the ancient Minoan ruins on the island of Crete.The first civilization of Ancient Greece were the Minoans on the island of Crete. This civilization reached its height of glory during the Bronze Age by carefully exploiting their both its location and resources. Much of the Minoan history is read as a picture book. We have their frescoes, artifacts, and ruins but little of their writing. So this is fantastic opportunity to
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Ancient Greece: THE MINOAN AND MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATIONS Bundle
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