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Reading resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick Unit Critical Thinking GATE Hands-on!
Students reluctant to read? They’ll read this one! These lessons will keep them interested and keep them thinking along the way … You’ll be free to pick and choose the best activities to suit your students, because in this collection, there is much, much more than you’ll ever need for one graphic novel unit.
Open Brian Selznick’s graphic novel Wonderstruck, and you will quickly see why readers of all ages are wonderstruck—captivated by the interplay of text and pictures, drawn into two storie
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4th - 7th
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Rhetorical Analysis Basics: President Bush's Speech on 9/11
The following file is a mini unit I use with my AP English Language class to get us started thinking about rhetorical analysis. I usually do this in the first week of school.
File includes the following:
- Full text of President George W. Bush's speech on 9/11, formatted to give students room to annotate.
- Full text of President George W. Bush's speech on 9/11, with a starter key pointing out basic rhetorical moves Bush is making in regards to language and structure.
- Notes for students
STAX Independent Reading Program for Advanced and GATE
Need to differentiate for advanced readers?
Everyone seems to have one or two readers who are simply beyond the group. With the Novel STAX Independent Reading Program, you’ll be differentiating instruction today!
Why purchase independent reading guides for your advanced and GATE readers when they can create and share their own? With STAX, your independent study framework is already developed for Common Core Standards, critical thinking, and variety in learning styles. Teachers serve as g
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented for BUSY CLASSROOM TEACHERS Volume 2 - 400+ Pages
Primary Sources - Ferris Wheels from the Renaissance to 1893
It’s best practices in history and social studies!
This lesson bundle includes the primary sources lessons from the unit, STEM Kid Engineering—Ferris Wheels. In the full unit, students construct a cool Ferris wheel prototype. That full unit is available in my store.
In this series of primary sources lessons, students will examine several primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and tal
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4th - 8th
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH STAX Independent Reading Supplement for GATE
These independent reading program cards are designed for use with the STAX Independent Reading Program for Advanced and GATE. This is not the full program but a supplemental starter STAX for use with the program.
You can purchase the full program separately at the Portable Gifted and Talented store on TPT.
The STAX Independent Reading Program allows your gifted and advanced readers to create tasks and respond to meaningful critical thinking challenges to any novel. The STAX program invites b
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3rd - 8th
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GATE nonfiction reading response log
This is a reading response sheet that uses the GATE icons of depth and complexity. It can be used by GATE and nonGATE students. It makes responding to non fiction books more meaningful and challenging than typical non fiction response sheets. It can be used for homework or as a guide for literature circles.
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2nd - 6th
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The Hobbit Study questions, sample quizzes, and activities
This is a unit I put together for my lower readers when we read The Hobbit together. The study guides are in two-column notes format, and there are also quizzes for the first few chapters and some word games that I created to go with the novel. I have also updated it to include answer keys for all the study guide questions and extension activities I developed for my advanced and gifted students. My students really enjoyed this & the study guides helped keep them all on track.
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7th - 10th
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Script - 45 Minute Version!
This is Shakespeare's famous play A Midsummer Night's Dream condensed down to 45 minutes. Puck acts as both the mischievous fairy and the narrator leading the audience from scene to scene. Perfect for school plays for younger actors and short performance events.
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5th - 9th
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1984 Honors Literature Make It Rigorous Test
Don't lower the bar--raise it! This 1984 unit test will reveal the depth of your honors students' understanding of Orwell's great novel. This assessment is 65 higher level multiple choice questions including two reading passages. Use the free propaganda handout to accompany your instruction as you journey through the pages of the novel. The test includes optional short answer questions too.
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9th - 11th
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The Forgotten Door novel study
When a boy from another world falls through a portal to Earth, he learns about the best and worst of Earth's civilization as he searches for the way back to his own planet."The Forgotten Door" is a science fiction book written at a 4.75 grade level. It is fairly dense and contains mature themes, such as fear, prejudice, and hatred. The AR level is 5.0. Although The Forgotten Door is out of print, it can be accessed on the resale market and as an e-book.This novel study is built on the premise of
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4th - 7th
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Character Report Card - Characterization
This is a fun way to teach characterization while increasing vocabulary! Review vocabulary words on the character's report card. Have students choose a character from a book, or the teacher could select the character. Have students grade the character on each vocabulary word. The student must give justification for their response. - Tammy Griffis
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4th - 6th
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Young Traveler's Gift--Information Text Analysis
Informational Text Task Guide for Young Traveler's Gift
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6th - 8th
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Monster by Walter Dean Myers- Socratic Seminar guide
This is a great no-prep graphic organizer for a Socratic Seminar and reflection questions to use when reading Monster by Walter Dean Myers. This can be used at any point in the book, but around the middle to end is the most powerful since they will have many reasons to argue. First page is the graphic organizer and second page is a reflection that you can collect!
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6th - 9th
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Banner in the Sky: Differentiated Final Project Ideas
You are about the finish Banner in the Sky or have just finished the book with your middle school-age class. What now? Of course there is the traditional "written final exam" drudgery, but instead how about a differentiated creative project that students choose and that inspires each to go further in their own way?
I have concluded my teaching unit on Banner in the Sky by giving this list of 14 project ideas for many years. There are several artistic projects, written projects, research projec
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5th - 8th
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Trapped By the Ice Survival Project
A project to accompany HM Theme 5 story "Trapped by the Ice!" Students are asked to create a ziplock that include miniature sized "tools" that they would want to have with them to survive. Students must choose whether they are in the woods, on an island, or on a snowy mountain and then choose appropriate survival tools from there. Students justify reasons for having each tool and then have to describe in detail how they plan on surviving in their situation.
Students are asked to create a pr
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3rd
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![Preview of "The Crazy Talent Show (A Reader's Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/The-Crazy-Talent-Show-A-Readers-Theatre-Script-Theater-Scripts-1628131924/750f-418934-1.jpg)
"The Crazy Talent Show (A Reader's Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s(Money Back Guarantee: labouyer@yahoo.oom) [All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is an excerpt/short story from the novel, "My Viridian Rose" and is formatted for a reader's theater script. It is centered in the fictitious town of Wautowma, Wisconsin, and has some rather sidesplitting elements. It accommodates four to six players. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thank You M'am Depth and Complexity Frame
Throught provoking questions for the Jr. Great Books story "Thank You, Ma'm" using Sandra Kaplan's depth and complexity iconsExample: Details (Flower Icon)What details from the story prove that Mrs. Jones trusts Roger not to leave?Format is a table with the left column being the question and the right column being open to write a response. Also available in my store:Thank You Mam Digital Breakout Escape Room
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4th - 6th
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![Preview of "The Lost Gold Mine (A Rdrs Th Participation Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/-The-Lost-Gold-Mine-A-Rdrs-Th-Participation-Script-New-Book-Trailer--3496022-1628130434/750f-3496022-1.jpg)
"The Lost Gold Mine (A Rdrs Th Participation Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
[OUR MOST POPULAR SCRIPT, AND ONE OF THE BEST OUT THERE!]Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless. A bonus script is included.] This is a reader's theater/participation play that explores the theme of California's Gold Rush. It has all the usual characters that you would find in a good melodrama or participation play. It involves about 25 students who are directly involved, and there are even a
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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GATE reading response log
Reading response log using GATE icons of depth and complexity. For use when students are finished reading a chapter book. Can be used with all students, not just GATE students. This response log makes responding to literature a more meaningful and challenging activity.
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2nd - 6th
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The Giver-Bibliotherapy Unit
This unit provides you with ready-to-go, higher-level questions for The Giver by Lois Lowry. Originally intended to work as a bibliotherapy unit, this can easily be used in literature circles, or to spark whole-class discussions. If you are not familiar with bibliotherapy, please read the info. sheet included in the unit. I have also included a ready-to-go (make sure to change the name to yours!) parent letter to inform them of the unit. I think you will find this especially good for your G
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5th - 8th
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ADVANCED READING GROUP: Book Club Application
Once you've identified the students in your English Language Arts class who would benefit from reading an advanced novel in a book club setting, offer those students the unique opportunity to join with this application. (I read Watership Down with my advanced 7th grade readers during a book club during lunch and we sat on a blanket in my classroom and enjoyed extra snacks as an added bonus.)
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Not Grade Specific
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NEWBERRY 3 Novels for STAX Independent Reading Program for GATE and Advanced
Here are three Newberry Winner or Honor Books to help jumpstart your STAX Independent Reading Program--"Pictures of Hollis Woods," "Bridge to Terabithia," and "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH."
Save 33% off individual purchases with this 3 book collection.
These independent reading program cards are designed for use with the STAX Independent Reading Program for Advanced and GATE. This is not the full program but a supplemental starter STAX for use with the program.
You can purchase the ful
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3rd - 8th
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![Preview of "The Best Readers Theater Scripts from the Usual Bohemian I" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/-The-Best-Readers-Theater-Scripts-from-the-Usual-Bohemian-I-New-Book-Trailer--643711-1628131270/750f-643711-1.jpg)
"The Best Readers Theater Scripts from the Usual Bohemian I" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[(If purchased separately, would cost approximately $45.00(discounted), Money Back Guarantee: labouyer@yahoo.oom). All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a compilation of the best readers theater scripts from the Usual Bohemian's collection. It includes 16 scripts: “Music Words,” “The Boatswain Murders,” “My Brother Isn’t Sick,” “The Moor at Grimm Calais,” “The Blackbird Song of
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Giver Culminating Tic-Tac-Toe Activities
This Tic-Tac-Toe menu is ready to go! Students will choose one activity from the board to complete, or can develop their own choice and confirm it with the teacher. These projects are meant to be completed after reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.
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5th - 8th
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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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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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