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High school oral communication reading strategies resources for GATE
Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions and Reading ComprehensionActivities that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.These activities are designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations of a diagram. The activities are designed so the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. This allows the activity to function as either a listening or reading c
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
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Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening & Fol
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions State Birds & Flowers +Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions: State Flowers and Birds Edition +Reading Comprehension ActivitiesAn activity that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.Save over 20% when your purchase the Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle Pack!This activity is designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on an identification chart. During the activity the directions can be read to the students by the t
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
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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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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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
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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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3rd - 12th
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â Science Fiction Collection Author's Purpose Questions and Graphic Organizers
#BestResourceEver HOT - Reciprocal teaching bundle - UK and Australian spelling
This is the newest version of my work, which I think is my best and most comprehensive yet.Please refer to the U.S.A. spelling version if that is your location.This set of reciprocal teaching role cards is designed for guided reading reciprocal teaching groups. This resource draws on the reciprocal teaching, student-generated questioning and comprehension strategy instruction research. Each card includes prompts to scaffold small group guided reading discussions and the resource also includes gr
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3rd - 9th
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Public Speaking Template, Tips, and Tricks for the 1-2 Minute Informative Speech
The common core wants effective speakers and 21st Century Learners!
Here is a template for the one to two minute informative speech in handy notecard-sized cutouts.
This document includes public speaking tips and tricks for all ages and ability levels.
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3rd - 12th
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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.
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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.
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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
Monthly Book Reports and Book Talks
Here is everything you will need to implement monthly book talks into your classroom. There is a parent letter, example, content check list/rubric, 2 graphic organizers (fiction and non-fiction book talks), pacing guide, book talk enhancement suggestion page, and a year long plan. This is 6 years of trail and error fine tuning and has been a wonderful addition to my classroom. The kids and parents love it and because it follows the same format (just the books and genres change), and you won't be
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3rd - 10th
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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.
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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.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â STAAR or Other State Assessment 10-Day Adversity Unit
AP Lit Group Seminar Novel Project Unit
This is an AP Lit level group seminar novel project teaching unit. The purpose of this unit is to allow students to learn independently from the teacher either over summer break, fall break, winter break, or spring break. The district I teach in is year-round, meaning every 9-10 weeks we have at least a two week break. Since the AP Lit exam is in May, I needed my students to continue learning during those breaks without me. Included in this unit:A list of seven novels (Wuthering Heights, Gre
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11th - 12th
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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
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7th - 10th
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