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High school math literature circles for Microsoft Word and for Gifted and Talented
Death By Scrabble Close Reading Activities
Looking for an interesting short story?
Need a unit of activities to compliment a short story?
These activities require no prep! Just download the story and print the activities!
Charlie Fish's "Death By Scrabble" will have your students in deep discussions. The story lends itself to teaching many literary elements.
You will find yourself going in many directions with the text!
This unit of activities is enjoyable and promotes critical and creative thinking.
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Grades:
3rd - 10th
Creating a Literary Mandala
This lesson includes everything your students will need to create a literary mandala. In addition to a student handout that guides them through the whole process, there is also a final draft template, and a short history of mandalas handout included. This creative and rigorous activity is great at the conclusion of an individual or class reading book!
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Grades:
5th - 12th
A Night Divided Enrichment - Brief History of the Berlin Wall Digital/Print
Students who read the novel A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen often do not understand the richness of the book because they have no background on the Berlin Wall and have no idea what it is or why it was there. This three-page enrichment resource is called "Stranger than Fiction: A Brief History of the Berlin Wall." Getting straight to the point, it explains that it is all about what happened after World War II. Basically, the four victorious Allies (USA, Britain, France, the Soviet Unio
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â A Night Divided Novel Bundle - Test, Mid-point Quiz, Puzzle, Enrichment
Classic Literature/Tech skills/Editing/Grammar/Reading
This is an AI stumper! If you teach middle or high school and would like your kids to work on the computer BUT NOT solve their prompts using AI or their neighbor, this is a great option. Message me if you would like a Google Doc direct share with your purchase.This tech challenge is embedded with editing prompts and plenty of reading needed to find the "Easter eggs" that prohibit the use of AI to solve these problems. It is great for gifted and talented students. The topic is classical literat
Grades:
7th - 12th
A Brief History of the US Marines – Small Group Reader’s Theater
This Reader's Theater was written for a small group of 4 students.It was intended to give students a look into some of the history of the Marines. Cain told the class in his essay he wanted to be a US Marine when he grew up but Elizabeth was absent and has some questions about why he wants to join them. This leads to more questions about when the US Marines started, what their motto means, and where some of their nicknames come from. It is meant to be a way to encourage students to study the dif
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Things Fall Apart Reading Questions (w/Answers)
There are probably many reading questions out there for Things Fall Apart, but I wanted to offer my students questions that focus more on analysis and the big messages than on basic comprehension, so that is what this is. I have twenty questions here; I usually ask my students to respond to ten, but all twenty are great for discussion or socratic seminar. Questions focus on culture, irony, and the tragic figure. There is one question that asks the students to reflect on something from Oedipus Re
Grades:
9th - 12th
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World Café Editable Forms (editable and fillable resource)
Small group discussion, called World Cafe, allows students to discuss the activity or topic with students in your class with whom they do not typically interact. This resource includes the following forms:-Table Host-Scaffolded-Word Café Notes and reflection -Ticket Out the Door Write ONE comment or idea that you thought was particularly insightful during the World Café activity.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Knights of the Fish - Spanish Fairy Tale Pack for Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater pack. There are 3 scripts that tell the tale of The Knights of the Fish. This story is a Spanish fairy tale. It is sold as a pack because you need all three scripts to tell the story. A group of students can perform one each week OR three groups can perform different scripts in order.Part One is for 4 students. It is about the cobbler and his wife. They are starving and he borrows a fishing pole. The cobbler catches a fish that tells him to cook it and eat it. The fish
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Book Review Commercial Project- book report
Students are paired up (or put in small groups) to read the same book. Then, following the provided guidelines, they create, record and share a one minute commercial for their book. They must include an effective hook, cliffhanger and brief synopsis of the plot. Prior to recording, groups must turn in a complete script.
RUBRIC INCLUDED!
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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Anticipation Guide - Student Directions and Template
An anticipation guide is a strategy to activate your students’ prior knowledge prior to reading a text. Choose a short reading (no more than three pages) that you want to cover in detail with your students. Determine the main concepts that you want your students to obtain from the article. Try to create T/F/IDK statements that promote critical thinking that require students to interpret and synthesize information. A maximum of five or six statements should be utilized in order to keep studen
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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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I'm Done Now What?
I’m Done Now What?
This activity provides suggestions of what students can do when they complete their work. They can choose to complete them in a notebook, folder or computer. Each page can be used as a template and activites can be adjusted to match what you are teaching. This can also be done as a May Do, Must Do.
Reward System
Encourage students to complete assignments by offering rewards to those that meet whatever requirements you set.
I’ve done this my my class and they love it!
Grades:
K - 10th
Immigration Book Club and Choice Menu Project
As I was taking AIG courses through my school district, I completed this unit that I am currently using with my students. Students first complete book clubs or literature circles (however you want to structure this part) and then complete projects related to immigration issues on a choice board. Though I made this for AIG learners, it can be adjusted and modified to fit all learners.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Cooperative Group Task Cards
Cooperative group task cards allow students to do individual tasks based on what they enjoy doing. They can work in a small group, and focus on completing one specific task. These task cards can be used for any subject and any group work activity.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Bob Beamon - One Giant Leap for Man (Small Group Reader's Theater)
This reader's theater was written for four students. It ties in Social Studies with Language Arts. It is about a former Olympian, Bob Beamon, who set the world's record in the long jump in 1968. In the script, Student #1 is practicing their lines for a report on a biography about Robert ‘Bob’ Beamon when the other students hear them. At first, they are confused and think that the student is going to talk about the first landing on the moon. Student #1 and #4 explain who Bob Beamon was and is and
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
Choice Book Reading Materials
Why choice books?
The best way to get students to become life-long readers is to give them a chance to discover books that they connect with and enjoy. Using these choice book materials in your classroom makes it easy to introduce the concept of choosing books to read in addition to whatever is being studied in the English/Language Arts classroom, as it can be done as much in class or out of class as you’d like. This is very flexible and is being sold in Word document format so that you can edit
Grades:
5th - 9th
Death By Scrabble: By Charlie Fish
Looking for a short story for your literature circle?
Charlie Fish has written a short story that will have readers talking! Who knew Scrabble could be a deadly game?
This story can be used to teach many literary elements.
Don't take my word for it.
Take the time to get familiar with Charlie Fish's "Death By Scrabble". You are sure to love it.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Mac & Beth Twisted Shakespeare for Reader's Theater
This is a small group reader's theater. It is for four students. This script is a twisted version of Mac and Beth. If you know how the actual Macbeth goes then you know the plot of this script. It isn't as bloody, there aren't any swear words but I would still recommend it for students in 5th grade and up. There is a suggested vocabulary list but you can modify it for your students. Mac and Beth are told by a witch that Mac will become king. Beth talks Mac into helping things along by killing th
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
EXCERPTS FROM SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY SPEECH CRYPTOGRAM
THIS CRYPTOGRAM IS GOOD FOR AN ACTIVITY IN ENGLISH CLASS ON HENRY V.
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Life OF Pi Symbols and Motifs in Chapters 74-91
I have created a list with corresponding page numbers for the Harcourt Random House edition of Life of Pi, of symbols and motifs found within Chapters 74-91. This list serves well as a Guided Reading activity, a Post Reading Discussion, and for writing prompts. I have also included a Matching activity of these terms in which the students identify existential thematic concepts that these terms may represent. This is a flexible document that serves as a class discussion activity, or writing activi
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Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
7th grade high lexile book list- with book reviews
I struggled finding high Lexile level books with content appropriate for my gifted 7th grade students. This is the initial list I made when looking for books to recommend to my students. Following the list is a compilation of book reviews. I spent one class day having students use a Likert scale to rate how much they would want to read that book based on the book review. I took their responses and bought the most popular ones (I didn't mark these since your students' interests may be differe
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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Reading Assessments after finishing a fluency literature circle
Students are put with one or two others and given a book on their Lexile level and within their interest category. Students take turns reading aloud while the other follows along; during that time I walk around and take notes about individuals fluency to discuss with them during our ongoing private conferences. To ensure students are understanding what they are reading (and hearing) I have compiled a list of assignments that are appropriate for any fiction book (it is preferred that they have
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Grades:
6th - 10th
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION-REIGN OF TERROR CRYPTOGRAM
THIS IS GOOD FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITY ON EUROPEAN HISTORY, OR IN A FRENCH LANGUAGE CLASS!
THANK YOU FOR VISITING HERNANDEZ HOUSE!
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
LITERARY TERMS CROSSWORD PUZZLE WITH ANSWER KEY
THIS IS A CHALLENGE ACTIVITY TO REINFORCE THE MEANINGS OF LITERARY TERMS.
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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